somewhat paraphrased from Futhey and Cope; The Soc of Friends were the "pioneers in educational matters in Chester Co." The Yearly meetings gave earnest and practical advice in relation to the settlement of schools, and in 1778 advised that in the "compass of each MM ground, should be provided sufficient for a garden, orchard, grass for cow, etc, and a suitable house and stable be erected, as an encouragement to and making provision for the accommodation of a teacher of staid character and proper qualifications; and it was also recommended that funds should be collected for the establishment and support of schools. " Thus, most meetings " provided such property and created ample funds to aid in the support of schools." These Friends' schools were "numerous in those positions of the county where that society formed the bulk of the population, and imparted a solid education to all the youth of their respective neighborhoods, keeping pace in the studies taught, with those usually "pursued in ordinary academic institutions." "Chester Co was fortunate in the character of her early settlers, and that education was so universal among all classes from the earliest settlement of the province, that she owes the pre-eminence which her people have attained for intelligence and general culture." Thus, it appears that the MMs of Chester county erected schools, provided for the teachers and made educating their children a priority in their lives. S.