Welles Monthly Meeting
Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA – *No GPS coordinates
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Add PhotosThe Welles Monthly Meeting first took place in private homes. Then in 1704, less than a month before he died, William Newby purchased an acre of land from fellow Quaker William Bogue, for the use of the Welles Meeting. Later, the Welles Meeting House was constructed on this site and continued as long as there were Friends on the eastern banks of the Perquimons River. After most of its members had departed for the Midwest in the first decades of the 1800's, the Meeting House itself was moved to the Jessup family property where it served as a school for many years and is still standing.
The early Society of Friends did not favor individual grave markers as its members preferred simplicity and humility in death as in life. They wished instead, to be remembered for the manner in which they witnessed the Inner Light, particularly in their opposition to slavery. At the same time, Friends kept meticulous records of life events, including exact dates for the death of all members. It was only their places of burial that were not mentioned.
This lack of information and the fact that early Friends were buried in unmarked graves or under simple fieldstones, makes it impossible for us to know in modern times where they were buried. This cenotaph has been established therefore, for memorials by the descendants of the Friends who attended the Welles Monthly Meeting, or lived on the east bank of the Perquimans River in its vicinity. Their presence and witness was an important part of early North Carolina history.
Most members are buried in nearby Suttons Creek Friends Cemetery but with unmarked headstones.
The Welles Monthly Meeting first took place in private homes. Then in 1704, less than a month before he died, William Newby purchased an acre of land from fellow Quaker William Bogue, for the use of the Welles Meeting. Later, the Welles Meeting House was constructed on this site and continued as long as there were Friends on the eastern banks of the Perquimons River. After most of its members had departed for the Midwest in the first decades of the 1800's, the Meeting House itself was moved to the Jessup family property where it served as a school for many years and is still standing.
The early Society of Friends did not favor individual grave markers as its members preferred simplicity and humility in death as in life. They wished instead, to be remembered for the manner in which they witnessed the Inner Light, particularly in their opposition to slavery. At the same time, Friends kept meticulous records of life events, including exact dates for the death of all members. It was only their places of burial that were not mentioned.
This lack of information and the fact that early Friends were buried in unmarked graves or under simple fieldstones, makes it impossible for us to know in modern times where they were buried. This cenotaph has been established therefore, for memorials by the descendants of the Friends who attended the Welles Monthly Meeting, or lived on the east bank of the Perquimans River in its vicinity. Their presence and witness was an important part of early North Carolina history.
Most members are buried in nearby Suttons Creek Friends Cemetery but with unmarked headstones.
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- Added: 16 Sep 2012
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2465741
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