Exeter Township near Douglassville in Berks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Exeter Friends Meeting
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
1. Exeter Friends Meeting Marker
Established 1725 as Oley; name changed to Exeter, 1742. Present stone meeting house built 1759 near site of two previous log structures. Buried here are members of the Boone, Ellis, Hughes, Lee, and Lincoln families. Meetings discontinued 1899; building reopened for worship in 1949.
Erected 1979 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1725.
Location. 40° 18.774′ N, 75° 47.066′ W. Marker is near Douglassville, Pennsylvania, in Berks County. It is in Exeter Township. It is at the intersection of Meetinghouse Road and Boone Road on Meetinghouse Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Douglassville PA 19518, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Daniel Boone Homestead (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hopewell Village (approx. 2.3 miles away); Daniel Boone (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fisher House
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Also see . . . Mordecai Lincoln Jr. - Find-a-Grave.
Mordecai Jr. was the earliest direct Lincoln ancestor of the President to settle in Pennsylvania. With him came his brother, Abraham, the first of the Lincoln clan to bear that name.(Submitted on March 27, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts.)
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
2. Exeter Friends Meeting Marker
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
3. Exeter Friends Meeting-Cemetery Wall
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
4. Exeter Friends Meeting Cemetery-no markers
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
5. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Front view
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
6. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Right view
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 15, 2015
7. Exeter Friends Meeting House-Left view
Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2026. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,973 times since then and 103 times this year. Last updated on March 27, 2026, by G.W.Bartlett of Hingham, Massachusetts. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on June 20, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
