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Chuckatuck Friends Monthly Meeting

Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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Established prior to 1672, the Chuckatuck Friends Monthly Meeting first met in private homes and was was one of the the earliest Quaker Meetings in Virginia. It was visited in 1672 by George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends and by William Edmondson, well known Quaker minister and missionary.

When constructed, the originally Meetinghouse was located somewhere along present day Highway 32, west of Suffolk City and near the border with Isle of Wight County. Unfortunately, there are no physical remains of it today.

The Library of Virginia holds records from this meeting for the period of 1678-1755. Various dates are given for its "laying down" with 1769 being the last date that it is referred to according to Quaker historian Hinshaw. The cause of its demise was a large scale movement of Quakers from Virginia to North Carolina as a result of the religious persecution that began anew with the restoration of the monarchy in England after Cromwell's reign.

Early Quakers were buried on their own land or in Meeting House cemeteries in graves marked with simple fieldstones if marked at all. This was the result of their desire to show simplicity and humility in death as in life. Although they kept meticulous records of life events, including death, their burial places were not noted and in modern times remain mostly unknown. This cenotaph has therefore been created for those early Friends who were associated with Chuckatuck and the early history of Virginia.





Established prior to 1672, the Chuckatuck Friends Monthly Meeting first met in private homes and was was one of the the earliest Quaker Meetings in Virginia. It was visited in 1672 by George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends and by William Edmondson, well known Quaker minister and missionary.

When constructed, the originally Meetinghouse was located somewhere along present day Highway 32, west of Suffolk City and near the border with Isle of Wight County. Unfortunately, there are no physical remains of it today.

The Library of Virginia holds records from this meeting for the period of 1678-1755. Various dates are given for its "laying down" with 1769 being the last date that it is referred to according to Quaker historian Hinshaw. The cause of its demise was a large scale movement of Quakers from Virginia to North Carolina as a result of the religious persecution that began anew with the restoration of the monarchy in England after Cromwell's reign.

Early Quakers were buried on their own land or in Meeting House cemeteries in graves marked with simple fieldstones if marked at all. This was the result of their desire to show simplicity and humility in death as in life. Although they kept meticulous records of life events, including death, their burial places were not noted and in modern times remain mostly unknown. This cenotaph has therefore been created for those early Friends who were associated with Chuckatuck and the early history of Virginia.





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