Prospect Bible Chapel, CT

Prospect Bible Chapel in Hartford, Connecticut is an open brethren assembly with roots back to the late 1800's.

• • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 47 in fellowship (15 men, 32 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 20 children (for a total of 67 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $600 in expenses), and $400 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

AKA

• Gospel Hall Society +1926-1934
• Scripture Truth Church 1934
• Prospect Gospel Chapel / Hartford Gospel Chapel 1934-1983
• Prospect Bible Chapel 1983-present;

Meeting Times

1904

• Sun B 10:30am; SS/BC 12:15pm; G 7:30pm; Wed P/Address 7:45pm

Locations

• @ City Mission buildings, 234 Pearl St. +1904+
• Asylum St. 1907+
• 173 Zion St. 1912+
• Room 10, 17 Haynes St. +1926-1927+
• 576 Prospect Ave. 1934-present;

Also See

• Who's Who at Prospect Bible Chapel, CT notable alumni
• Visiting Ministry at Prospect Bible Chapel, CT ministry reports

• William H. Surgenor @ 115 Hamilton St. 1912+
• Duncan McNicol Surgenor +1926-1940 (b. 1886 Maryhill, Lanarkshire, Scot. - d. 1940 Hartford, CT). Emigrated 1920. Son of William Surgenor (b. 1855 Ballydaniel, Cork, Ireland - d. 1919 Hartford, CT) & Euphemia "Effie" McNicol Surgenor (b. 1856 Craignish, Argyleshire, Scot.). Wife: Catherine Muir Surgenor (b. 1885 Glasgow, Scot.), daughter of John Muir (b. 1855 Walston, Lanark, Scot.).
  • • Children:
      • Annie Muir Surgenor Fraser (b. 1910 Scot. - d. 1974 Orcas, San Juan, CA), married Neil McCormick Fraser (b. 1902 - d. 1974 Orcas, CA). Annie must have lived in Victoria, B.C. for a time prior to her wedding. Neil was living in Detroit, MI in 1936 when they were married at Duncan & Effie's home on Fairfax Ave., West Hartford, CT, the service officiated by Robert Oliver of Holyoke, MA. They settled first in 1936 at Alexandria, [{Michigan|MI]]. Neil was a commended worker many years serving the assemblies.
      • Euphemia "Fay" McNicol Surgenor Smart (b. 1912 Scot. - d. 2002 Pittsboro Christian Village, Chatham, N.C.). In 1938, while living in Toronto, where they settled, Fay married John Paul Smart (b. 1906 Scot. - d. 1975 Oak Park, Cook, IL). The forementioned Robert Oliver performed the wedding ceremony, Mrs. C. Ernest Tatham performed the wedding music, Neil Fraser was best man, and their honeymoon was in Muskoka Lakes, ON. John Smart was, in 1941, one of three cofounders of what is now Emmaus Bible College. He was the son of Peter Smart (b. 1880 Cowdenbeath, Fife, Scot. - d. 1963 Victoria, B.C.) & Amelia Janet Watson Kemp Smart (b. 1882 Perth, Perthshire, Scot. - d. 1969 Oak Bay, B.C.).
    • In 1891, William (Duncan's father) was employed as an Engine Driver in Scotland, and emigrated in 1914. In 1917, he was employed in Hartford as a Stationary Engineer, and at the National Fire Insurance Company. His funeral was officiated by Rev. John H. Jackson of St. Andrews Church).
  • c/o William Hume Surgenor 1941+, +1947-1948+ (b. 1890 Glasgow, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1965 Atlanta, Fulton, GA. William was Duncan's younger brother. Wife: Flora Elizabeth MacNevin Surgenor (b. 1888 Charlottetown, Queens, P.E.I.), daughter of Alexander L. MacNevin (b. 1836 PEI) & Mary Ann MacFadyen McNeven (b. 1856 PEI). Flora was raised Presbyterian.
  • c/o George Amos McGee +1950-1954 (b. Rice, Benton, MN - d. 1974 Hartford, CT). Lived in Hartford 1939-1974 Retired carpenter. Member of the "Gospel Truth Church". Son of Amos McGee (b. 1841 Carleton, N.B. - d. 1926 Orangevale, Sacramento, CA) & Ida May Sutliffe Roach-McGee (b. 1860 Looneyville, Houston, MN - d. 1931 Orangevale, Sacramento, CA) Siblings: Stuart McGee (Orangevale, CA) & Mary McGee (Duarte, CA). Wife: Zitella A. Hess McGee (b. 1896 Lebanon, PA - d. 1999 Rocky Hill, Hartford, CT), daughter of Lyman Wesley Witmin Hess, Jr. (b. 1874 Lebanon, PA - d. 1957 Hartford, CT) & Amelia Elizabeth Bender Hess (b. 1877 Lebanon, PA - d. 1977 Hartford, CT).
    • No relation to radio preacher J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988).

• • c/o Alexander Brown 1955-1963, 1966-1979 (@ Hartford 1955-1963; @ Wapping, South Windsor 1966-1971; @ Vernon 1972-1979); (b. 1918 Hartford, CT - d. 2005 Concord, N.H.).
    • Son of Charles Alexander Brown (b. 1886 Londonderry, N.I. - d. 1941 West Hartford, CT) & Rebecca McCorkell Brown +1982 (b. 1883 Bready, N.I. - d. 1982 Hartford, CT).
    • Wife: Florence Elizabeth Freeburn Brown (b. 1923 Worcester, MA - d. 2010 South Windsor, Hartford, CT), daughter of Richard Freeburn & Martha Nelson Freeburn.
    • In 1963, Alexander founded Turnpike Travel Trailers, which operated until 1990 in the Vernon, CT area.
  • c/o Thomas E. Woods @ Manchester 1980-2022+
    • son of Thomas John Woods (1908-1970 Manchester, CT) & Florence B. Glenney Woods (1908 - 1997 Manchester, CT). Florence was the daughter of Irving Glenney (b. 1884 CT - d. 1942 Manchester, CT) & Jane E. Jackson Glenney (b. 1884 Ballynary, Co. Armagh, N.I. - d. 1972 Manchester, CT).
      • In 1901, Jane's elder brother Stevenson Jackson (1879-1916), at the age of 22, was in fellowship with an assembly at Ballynary, while the rest of the family was still with the Church of Ireland. In 1903, Stevenson departed for Cape Town, South Africa. By 1911, he was living at Portadown, Armagh, N.I., working as a brick manufacturer, his wife's name was Rachel Smith Jackson, and they had two children, Moses Dillon Jackson (b. 1908) & Glory Jackson (1910-1911), and his younger brother William (b. 1881) was living and working with Stevenson, who died in 1916 at Co. Down.
    • Thomas E.'s brother, Donald R. Woods, is a founder of Manchester Bible Chapel.
  • Elizabeth Smith Wilson (Mrs. T. Ernest Wilson) was commended from this assembly to Angola, as were Gordon Reager & Neil Dougal, evangelists.