Revision as of 09:18, 19 August 2021

See Branches of Plymouth Brethren to explain abbreviation types (although in short: OB (& TW-P) are Halls & Chapels within the "open brethren" (although GH's (generally) maintain a separate network from the Chapels). EB/TW/TW-N are "Careful" Brethren (similar to OB Halls), and BC are (generally) independent community churches with early or indirect PB influence, and will (usually) not consider themselves "Brethren").

The above primer link expands on the abbreviations, and also contains introduction to this (and other) sheets within the overall History. There have been scores of branches with their own distinctive networks and strengths within the history of the PB, and many branches continue to flourish today, and while no assembly or gathering is identical to the others, each is thought to maintain a fervent desire for simplicity in gathering around the Lord Jesus, though practices and secondary doctrines may vary culturally and/or preferentially as autonomous (yet inter-dependent) local churches.

Assemblies are sorted geographically, and will, D.V., eventually have further history within. Red links on Brethrenpedia are presently undeveloped, and blue links contain data. Appreciate patience with our progress, and if you'd like to help, please contact any of the editing team, preferably via social media.

Northern Central N.S.

Annapolis County

Bridgetown

• Bridgetown Meeting Room, N.S. (EB) +1861-1893+
  • c/o Capt. Hugh Fraser (b. 1824 Inverness, Scotland - d. 1893 Bridgetown, N.S.]]
    • work: 1871: sea captain, owned a schooner named Fanny, built in 1852; took voyage (1870-1871) from Ardrossan, Scotland to Plymouth, England, then to Newport, England, then Wexford, England, then Liverpool, England then Dundalk, Ireland, the voyage on a brigantine named the Kate Upham, constructed in 1864.
      • +1881-1891+: hardware merchant;
    • wife: Eliza Frasure Frazer +1881-1893+ (b. 1830 N.S.), later Presby.
    • sister-in-law: Helen Quirk +1881-1901+ (b. 1833 Wilmot, Annapolis, N.S. - d. 1921 Bridgetown, N.S.), dau. of John Quirk, Jr. (b. 1783 Isle of Man - d. 1853 Bridgetown, N.S.) & Phebe Tupper Quirk (b. 1796 Annapolis Cy., N.S. - d. 1873 Bridgetown, N.S.);

Colchester County

Manganese Mines

• Manganese Mines Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1927+
  • c/o Frederick Johnson (b. 1885 Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, N.S. - d. 1978 Halifax, N.S.), son of James Smith Johnson (b. 1857 Newton Mills, Colchester, N.S. - d. 1918 Westbank, Central Okanagan, B.C.) & Elizabeth Johnson (1860-1895 Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, N.S.);
    • wife: Rebecca Dell Archibald Johnson (b. 1892 Manganese Mines, N.S. - d. 1957 Truro, N.S.), dau. of John Henry Archibald (1864-1925 Manganese Mines, N.S.) & Mary Alice Clifford Archibald (1864-1899 Manganese Mines, N.S.)

Truro

• Truro Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1904-1927+
  • c/o William Nathaniel Brennan +1904+ (b. 1870 Montreal, QC - d. 1943 New Glasgow, Pictou, N.S.), evangelist; wife: Margaret Broome Brennan (1870 Quebec City, QC - d. 1968 Truro, N.S.)
  • c/o C.F. Archibald @ 129 Arthur St. +1927+, possibly a Truro druggist in 1921, and Presby.

Cumberland County

Port Howe

• Port Howe Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1904-1927+
  • c/o John Duncan McDonald @ Pugwash +1911-1927+ (b. 1864 Scotland)

Pugwash Junction

• Pugwash Junction Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1904-1927+
  • c/o Joseph Howe Eaton +1904+ (b. 1849 Pugwash, N.S. - d. 1932 Toronto, ON), son of Stephen Eaton (b. 1819 - d. 1883 Pugwash, N.S.) & Mary Desiah Parker Eaton; wife: Mary Adelia McPherson Eaton (b. 1853 - d. 1922 Northfield, Summit, OH); son: Cyrus S. Eaton, "noted Cleveland industrialist and financier". Joseph was credited in an obituary in the Boston Globe as "one of the leading shipbuilders of the Maritime Provinces, as well as a lumber magnate". It was also noted that he "came to Toronto many years ago". Three daughters: Mrs. F.I. Woodworth (Sagamore Hill, OH), Miss Florence Eaton (London), & Mrs. T.B. Webb (Rome). It was also noted that a nephew, William R. Eaton, was a member of Congress from Denver.
  • c/o Hiram Franklin MacLeod +1927+ (b. 1865 - d. 1938 Pugwash Junction, N.S.), son of Frederick MacLeod (b. 1830 N.S.) & Annie Angevine MacLeod (b. 1842 N.S.); wife: Eliza Eudora Piers MacLeod (b. 1874 - d. 1961 Pugwash Junction, N.S.), dau. of Nelson William Piers (b. 1840 N.S. - d. 1926 Pugwash Junction, N.S.); Hiram was the father of assembly evangelist Oswald Lorne McLeod (b. 1902 Pugwash Junction, N.S. - d. 2002 Hickory, Catawba, N.C.) of the Hickory Gospel Hall, NC.

Hants County

St. Croix

• St. Croix Meeting Room, N.S. (EB) +1880+
  • @ Loran Smith's mill
  • c/o Loran Smith (1853-1921 St. Croix, N.S.), son of Nathaniel Dill Smith (1814-1871 St. Croix, N.S.) & Margaret McDonald Smith (b. 1814 Hants Cy., N.S. - d. 1878 St. Croix, N.S.); wife: Eugenia Harvie Smith (b. 1869 Hants Cy., N.S. - d. 1903 St. Croix, N.S.), dau. of Benjamin Harvie (b. 1838 N.S.) & Margaret Salter Harvie (b. 1840 N.S.);

West Hants RM

Hantsport

• Hantsport preaching point, N.S. (EB) 1869-1885
  • c/o Silas Tertius Rand 1869-1885 (b. 1810 Cornwallis Park, Annapolis, N.S. - d. 1889 Hantsport, N.S.); son of Rev. Silas Rand (b. 1778 N.S. - d. 1842 Cornwallis Square, Kings, N.S.) & Deborah Tupper Rand (b. 1778 Kentville, Kings, N.S. - d. 1812 Cornwallis Square, Kings, N.S.);
    • Baptist preacher, missionary, ethnologist, linguist and translator, with focus on the Mi'kmaq people of Maritime, Canada, and was the first to record the legend of Glooscap. Became PB in 1869 via an itinerant in Halifax, until expelled in 1885, and returned to the Baptists. See Biographi.ca.

Pictou County

New Glasgow

• New Glasgow Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1927+
  • c/o David Sharp (b. 1880 Scotland)
    • a Presby. stonecutter in 1911 in New Glasgow.

Pictou

• Pictou preaching point, N.S. (EB) +1880-1891+
  • c/o David R. Russell (b. 1849 N.S. - d. 1936 Seattle, WA), blacksmith
  • Picton (sic)

Southern Central N.S.

Halifax RM

Halifax

• Dartmouth Meeting Room, N.S. (EB) +1880+
  • c/o Major John Oldright (b. 1802 Whitechapel, London, England - d. 1891 Dartmouth, N.S.); wife: Elizabeth Oldright (b. 1802 Halifax, N.S. - d. 1884 Dartmouth, N.S.);
  • PB @ 1861 in Toronto, ON. Served 1811-1836+ in the 81st Regt. of the British Army at the Rock of Gibraltar.
    • His son, Capt. John Edward Oldbright was born at Gibraltar, and later a pioneer citizen of Austin, Texas, a "veteran Texas ranger captain, soldier, traveler and scholar", who lived in Austin from 1868-1918, then relocating to California where he died in Glendale.

• Halifax Meeting Room, N.S. (EB) +1877-1882+
  • @ Temperance Hall +1880-1882+
  • c/o William Howe, Registrar of Probate @ 32 Bishop St. +1877-1882+; J. Pennington, Cunard's offices +1877+

Southeastern N.S.

Cape Breton Island (RM)

• Sydney Assembly, N.S. (OB) 1850-1885+
  • c/o Samuel Frederick Kendall 1850-1885 (b. 1818 Bristol, England - d. 1885 Cape Breton, N.S.)
    • "Thirty-five years he laboured in isolation, with much discomfort amidst the coldness and bleakness of that country; but little can be traced of how he was supported. The records are above. He fell asleep in 1885." (from Charles Brewer's My Book of Remembrance from 1909, via BrethrenArchive.

• Sydney Mines Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1927+
  • c/o Thomas Hamilton, Drawer E

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Carlyon

• Carlyon Gospel Hall, N.S. (OB) +1927+
  • c/o J.C. Carter
    • there was a J.C. Carter that traveled in 1919 from Winnipeg to Halifax.
  • possibly Carleton Village, Shelburne County???