It is one of the oldest Friends meetinghouses in what was originally Chester County.
[2] The first mention of an organized Friends meeting in Middletown Township was in 1686.
[4] After a doctrinal split between Philadelphia Quakers, a number of "orthodox" members were forced out of the Meeting.
In the 1880s, the meetinghouse was reconfigured creating a more church-like appearance and orientation.
[6] John Edwards, the Congressman from Pennsylvania is interred at the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse cemetery.