The first Quaker meeting for worship in Delaware was held in New Castle at the house of Governor Lovelace[2] in September 1672, when George Fox visited the town.

After William Penn became proprietor of the "Three Lower Counties," as Delaware was then known, regular meetings were formed in Newark, Centre and New Castle.

[3] The first dedicated meetinghouse was built across the street from the current site in 1738 and measured 25 feet (7.6 m) square.

[3] John Dickinson, the "penman of the Revolution," is buried in the adjoining burial ground, as are abolitionist Thomas Garrett and Delaware Governor Caleb P. Bennett.

Garrett, one of the best known conductors on the Underground Railroad, was a member of the meeting, and lived on Quaker Hill at 227 Shipley Street.