%eadnotat; ]> 5059havi An Inventory of the Haviland Family Papers, 1754-1931 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1957 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Haviland Family Papers, 1754-1931 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 1957 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1754-1931 RG 5/059 Haviland Family 2 boxes; 1 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. James S. Haviland, a birthright Quaker, was born in 1849, the son of William F. and Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Haviland of Purchase Monthly Meeting (N.Y.). The collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal papers, and miscellaneous manuscripts of the families of James S. and Elizabeth (Griffen) Haviland. Includes materials of the related Griffen, Field, and Parry families, especially the correspondence of Seneca Ely and Priscilla Stubbs Parry of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1826-67, and of his sister, Rachel Parry Brosius.

Repository:

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

James S. Haviland, a birthright Quaker, was born in 1849, the son of William F. and Sarah Ann (Carpenter) Haviland of Purchase Monthly Meeting (N.Y.). In 1874 the married Elizabeth Griffen, daughter of Henry. They had two daughters, Martha G. and Louise E.; the latter married J. Barnard Walton in 1910.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains correspondence, financial, and legal papers, and miscellaneous manuscripts of the families of James S. and Elizabeth (Griffen) Haviland. Includes materials of the related Griffen, Field, and Parry families, especially the correspondence of Seneca Ely and Priscilla Stubbs Parry of Lancaster County, Pa, 1826-67, and of his sister, Rachel Parry Brosius.

 Organization

The collection is divided into thirteen series, according to family names.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Donors: Gift of Barnard Walton, 1957

Gift of Margaret S. Walton, 1977

 Provenance

Papers descended to donor, Barnard Walton, through is wife's family.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Haviland Family Papers, RG5/059, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

Collection was composed of letters, documents, newspaper accounts from Haviland family and related families (including Bowne, Carpenter, Cromwell, Field, Griffen, Haydock, Stoutenburgh and Sutton) and reference material. Collection sorted and filed in documents box, fall of 1957. Additional materials added in 1977. In 1982, Minute Book of the Young Friends Association of Purchase, N.Y., removed from collection and transferred to RG 4. Individually catalogued as RG 4/075.

The following material has been removed from the collection and recatalogued:

For marriage certificate of Charles Carpenter and Phebe Cromwell see: Chart Case Marr. C. Minutes of the Young Friends Association of Purchase, New York, 11mo 4, 1892 to 4mo 20, 1894. [Transferred to RG2 Friends Associations on 9-22-1982] For deeds of the Haines family, see Chart Case-Deeds H. For Certificate from the Woman's Central Association of Relief to the Soldiers and Society of Harrison, N.Y., 1mo 1, 1866 see: RG 5 Oversize. SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Quakers -- New York Haviland, James S., 1849-1939 Eastburn, Rachel, 1808-1876 Parry, Seneca E. (Seneca Ely), 1813-1848 Walton, Priscilla S. (Priscilla Stubbs), 1815-1897 Walton, Louise H. (Louise Haviland), 1875-1951 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Bowne Daniel of Flushing, 1772 Indenture 1772 2mo 27 1 Ser. 2. Carpenter, Charles and Phebe Jane (Cromwell), 1813-1846

The Carpenters were the grandparents of James Haviland.

 Papers 1813-1846 1 Ser. 3. Cromwell family, 1784-1813 Papers 1784-1813 1 Ser. 4. Field Family, 1763-1823 Papers 1763-1823 1 Ser. 5. Griffen family, 1754-1789 Correspondence and papers 1754-1789 1 Ser. 6. Griffen family, 1841 Newspaper account of fire on the Erie 1841 8mo 1 Ser. 7. Haviland family, 1791-1931, n.d. Paper and correspondence 1791-1931, n.d. 1

Includes letter from Szechwan Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting.

 Minutes of the Young Friends Association of Purchase, New York 1892 11mo 4-1894 4mo 20 1

Transferred to RG2 Friends Associations on 9-22-1982

 Louise E. Haviland, Scrapbook of Verse 1904 1 Louise E. Haviland, Account Book 1910 1 Ser. 8. Haydock family, 1785 Deed1785 6mo 26 1 Ser. 9. Stoutenburgh family, 1785 Deed1785 10mo 10 1 Ser. 10. Sutton family, 1783 Letter from James Sutton to Benjamin Field, 1783 1mo 29 1 Ser. 11. Reference material kept by the Haviland family, 1822, n.d. 2 letters concerning the Separation 1822 11mo 15, n.d. 1 Ser. 12. Parry family, 1815-1917, n.d. Biographical and genealogicaln.d. 2 Correspondence: Elizabeth Ely Parry 1815 2 Ely Parry1858 2 Rachel Parry Broius 1852-1855, n.d. 2 Seneca Parry 1826-1896, n.d. 2 Priscilla Stubbs Parry 1833-1867, n.d. 2 Ruthanna Parry 1852-1856 2 Miscellaneous correspondence 1822-1917, n.d. 2 Rachel Stubbs, Book of Verse 1849 2 Ser. 13. Miscellaneous, 1896, n.d. Log book1896 2 Sketch book n.d. 2