Category: Acoaxet Friends Meeting, Westport, Massachusetts
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Westport’s earliest religious association is closely tied to the Society of Friends, as is that of neighboring Dartmouth. Westport’s earliest settlers were included in the Apponagansett Meeting [[1]] in Old Dartmouth. As settlement expanded in present-day Westport, the Acoaxet Meeting was established as a separate entity in 1699. Members met in local homes for several years, and then built their first meetinghouse in 1716 near the location of the present Central Village Meeting House. The only remaining element of the early structure, which was used for nearly a century, is a set of granite stepping stones. Paul Cuffe was among those Westporters who helped pay for the current Central Village Meeting House, constructed in 1814. The building was significantly renovated in 1872
Historical sketch for the two hundredth anniversary of Friends Meeting, Westport, Massachusetts. Also being the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Westport (Acoaxet) Monthly Meeting, 1766-1916. By Khalil A. Totah and Edward L. Macomber. Available at: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100507516
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