Quakers were gathering for worship in this area by 1712, when members of the Religious Society of Friends met at the widow Needham's at Murderkill Creek. Established as Motherkiln Preparative Meeting under the care of Duck Creek Meeting, the group probably met in members' homes until a meetinghouse was constructed at this site about 1760 on land donated by William Jackson. The structure was burned soon afterward, and for a time Friends debated relocating the meeting to a site near Tidbury Creek. Eventually they decided to rebuild a brick meetinghouse here. In 1788 Motherkiln Meeting became a monthly meeting. By 1814 members were considering removal to the growing community of Camden, where a preparative meeting had been established in 1805. Regular worship at this site ended by 1828, and in 1830 the Motherkiln and Duck Creek Meetings were formally united with Camden Preparative Meeting to form Camden Monthly Meeting of Friends. The Motherkiln Meetinghouse was used occasionally until 1844, when the building was sold and dismantled.