New Brunswick
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Years listed are approximate era of existence, a plus (+) sign expects additional earlier or later years active (but unknown for certain). Sources are primarily old assembly address lists including 1904, 1927, 1936, 1943, and 1948-present (OB) and various 1870's-present (EB, TW, etc.). If an assembly was previously known by other names, these have been listed, along with years most well known as such. Corrections and revisions coveted, and the assemblies are sorted by geography (closest city, area, etc.)
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.
Contents
Central East NB
Kent County
Bryants Corner
- Emerson Road Gospel Hall, NB (OB) +1927+
- Bryant's Corner Gospel Hall
- Founders:
- William Bryant III (b. 1840 PEI - d. 1928 Bryants Corner) and his wife Margaret Isabel Porter Bryant (b. 1847 Halifax, NS - d. 1940 Sunny Corner, NB) married 1901 in Alton, Maine; Margaret's parents were born in Scotland.
- Jabez Mills Bryant (b. 1858 PEI - d. 1946 Harcourt) and his wife Mary Ann MacArthur Bryant (b. 1861 PEI - d. 1937 Harcourt)
- c/o Joseph Ward (1874-1937) and his wife Margaret "Maggie" Isabel Robinson Ward (1880-1958) +1927+
McLean Settlement near Coatesville
- McLean Settlement Gospel Hall, NB (OB) +1904+
- c/o Hugh McLean (1836-1913) +1904+
Central South NB
Kings County
Apohaqui
- Apohaqui Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1914-1947
- c/o Alfred Attoe (1857-1947) 1914-1947
Hampton
- Hampton Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1908-1909; (TW) 1909-1917
- c/o Mrs. E. Hanford 1908-1911; Miss E. Hanford 1914-1917;
Sussex
- Sussex Meeting Room, NB (EB) +1878-1881;
- c/o Levi Card, Jr. (b. 1842 England - d. 1917 Detroit, MI) +1878-1881+;
St. John
Chance Harbour
- Chance Harbour Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1927
- c/o James E. Mahwhinney 1927; Robert Ellis (1861-1934) 1927;
Saint John (oldest incorporated city in Canada)
- Lorneville Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1903-1909; (TW) 1909-2016+
- c/o Thomas H. Galbraith 1903-1933; Herbert J. Galbraith 1908-1962; Edmund Wilson 1923-1933; Leslie Ferguson 1944-1962; Charlie Galbraith 1949-1962; William J. McCavour 1962-1966; H. Murray Lee 1966-1985; Maurice H. Wilson 1966-1985; Gordon M. Downey 1973-2016+;
- Saint John Meeting Room, NB (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
- c/o J. Stewart +1878-1879; J. Hammond 1889; W.J. Davidson 1889, 1901; Andrew Nesbitt (b. 1844 Belfast, Ireland - d. 1906 St. John, NB) 1894-1906; Frederick G. Godard (1852-1916) 1891-1916; Thaddeus Joseph Scribner (1861-1930) 1908-1930; William Austin Coles (1869-1944) 1901-1905, 1944; William Henry Barlow (1859-1934) 1908-1911; R. Cunningham 1914-1933; William Frederick Godard (1877-1960) 1916-1917, 1933-1951; Walter Wilson William Galbraith (1892-1960) 1944-1960; William James Anderson 1944-1973; Herbert Pilch Attoe (1901-1974+) 1962-1974+; William Maguire, Jr. (1914-1989) 1962-1989; Richard Dyson Thomas (1918-1999) 1985;
- West Saint John Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1905
- c/o William Henry Barlow (1859-1934) 1905;
Central NB
The Christie family, which served in leadership in many of the Brethren assemblies in this area, were associated with the Brethren earlier than 1881.
Fredericton
- Fredericton Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1917-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
- c/o George Albert Christie (1878-1969) 1917-1962; John Barnet Currie (1920-2002) 1951-1985; Clifford Franklin Stewart (1923-2006) 1962, 1973; Melvin Hiram Blackmore (1926-2012) 1966-2012;
Sunbury County
Maugerville
- Maugerville Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1914
- c/o George Piers Christie (1858-1943) 1914
Central West NB
Carleton County
Argyle
- Argyle Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1962-1966
- c/o Robert Ludlow Hovey (1903-2003) 1962-1966
Hartland
- Hartland Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1951-1966
- c/o Mrs. Claude Ginson aka Charlotte Miriam Christie Ginson (1915-1999) 1951-1966; Mrs. Anthony Keith Christie aka Erna Lillian Russell Christie (1892-1968) 1966;
York County
Harvey Station
- Harvey Station Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1879+
- c/o Sandy Smith 1879+
McAdam
- McAdam Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1914-1923
- c/o Mrs. Mary Hay 1914-1923; Mrs. Alfred "Fred" Embleton aka Beatrice U. Wilkin Embleton (1873-1960) 1914-1923;
Thomaston Corner
- Thomaston Corner Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1903-1909 (TW) 1909-1911; 1944+, 1951-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
- c/o Richard Thomas 1903-1905; John Christie, Sr. (1850-1939) 1903-1911; Thomas M. Brown 1908-1911; James Herbert Wilkin (1875-1962) 1944, 1951; Anthony Keith Christie (1887-1964) 1944, 1951-1962; Charles Angus Christie (1889-1979) 1944-1973; Milford Irvine Charters (1914-1981) 1962-1973; Phillip R. Christie 1966-2016+; Harold Embleton 1973-1985; Earl William Christie (1913-2002) 1985-1999;
Wilmot Settlement
- Wilmot Settlement Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1901+ (TW) +1914-1949
- c/o Thomas Davidson 1901; Richard Thomas 1901; John Christie, Sr. (1850-1939) 1901; 1914-1933+; Benedict Kingston 1914-1927+; Charles Hall 1914-1927; Thomas Brown 1923; James Wilson 1933; James Herbert Wilkin (1875-1962) 1949; Anthony Keith Christie (1887-1964) 1949;
York Mills
- York Mills Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1889-1896 (TW) 1949
- c/o Herbert Wilkins (b. 1826 Longtown, Cumberland, England - d. 1894 Harvey, NB) +1881-1894; Richard Thomas 1894-1896; John Christie, Sr. 1894-1896; James Davidson 1896; Angus Christie 1949;
Miramichi
- Miramichi Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1973/1999-2016+
- c/o Mrs. Donald Emerson "Buddy" Shaddick, Sr. aka Audrey Mona McKinley 1973-1999; Mrs. Howard Edmond Barton aka Bessie Hazel Griffin Barton (1921-2010) 1973-1999; Rick Wakefield 1999-2010;
- aka Newcastle Meeting Room (TW) 1973-1985
Newcastle
- Newcastle Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1973-1985
- c/o Mrs. Donald Emerson "Buddy" Shaddick, Sr. aka Audrey Mona McKinley 1973-1985; Mrs. Howard Edmond Barton aka Bessie Hazel Griffin Barton (1921-2010) 1973-1985
Southeast NB
Westmorland County
Moncton
- Moncton Gospel Hall, NB (OB) 1919-2020+
- c/o Norman Lee MacNeil (1885-1969) +1927+
- @ 347 St. George St. 1919-1939; 124 Archibald St. 1939-1950; 195 Mountain Rd. 1950-2009; Seventh Day Adventist Church / School / Motel 2009-2010; 895 Salisbury Rd. 2010-2020+
- Moncton Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1901; (TW) 1951-1973
- c/o Mrs. S. Winter 1901; Mrs. H. Coggon (possibly Mrs. Henry Coggin aka Sarah Rosanna Kelly 1854-1921) 1901; Mrs. Elizabeth McLean 1951; Harry Beacham 1962-1966; Mrs. Herbert McLean (possibly Mrs. Herbert Lawson McLean aka Verna Helen Matheson (1918-1990) 1973;
New Scotland
- New Scotland Gospel Hall, NB (OB) +1904+
- c/o R. Morton +1904+
Sackville
- Sackville Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1894-1909; (TW) 1909-1944; 1962-1985; (TW-N) 2016+
- c/o John A. Hammond (1843-1939) 1894-1939; Arthur Rainsford Dixon (1867-1944) 1908-1944; Arthur Leonard Hemmings (1914-2005) 1962-1985; James R. Irvine 1973;
Tidnish
- Tidnish Gospel Hall, NB (OB) +1904+
- c/o H.C. Goodwin @ Tidnish Bridge, NS +1904+
Southwest NB
Charlotte County
Bayside
- Bayside Gospel Hall, NB (OB) +1904+
- @ near Port Elgin +1904+
- c/o G. Allan, Jr. @ Port Elgin +1904+
Lapreaux (Lepreau)
- Lapreaux Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1927
- c/o James Shaw (1866-1929) 1927;
Maces Bay
- Maces Bay Meeting Room, NB (EB) 1901-1909 (TW) 1909-1949
- c/o Robert Ellis (1861-1934) 1901-1917; Howard Ellis (b. 1875) 1908; Wilson George Mawhinney, Jr. (1869-1966) 1923-1949; Joseph Ellis (b. 1867) 1933;
Mink Brook
- Mink Brook Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1933
- c/o William Knox Galbraith (1871-1946+) 1933
Pocologan
- Pocologan Meeting Room, NB (TW) 1911-1923
- c/o Hugh Joseph Kilcup (1869-1952) 1911-1923; George Herbert Ellis (1879-1949) 1914-1917; James Shaw (1866-1929) 1914-1923; George Emerson Kilcup (1893-1975) 1923;