Willistown was originally established as a preparative meeting as early as 1769, when early meeting were held in the schoolhouse built on land deeded by Anne Yarnell. In 1798 construction began of the current meetinghouse.
Westtown Friends Meeting is located on the grounds of Westtown Friends School.
Goshen meeting was set up in 1721/22 by Chester Quarterly from part of the membership of Chester Monthly Meeting and three preparative meetings, Goshen, Whiteland and Willistown, were set up under the new meeting’s jurisdiction. In 1939, the preparative meetings were set up as monthly meetings and the original Goshen meeting was discontinued, its membership …
