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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").  AA/CA refers to assemblies of African or Caribbean origin, or predominant demographic, although all ethnicities are overly welcome in any assemblies.

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.

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East Central NY

Albany County (Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY metro)

  • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted two open assemblies in Albany Co., with 62 meeting between a home and a rented hall (with a capacity of 200). There was also one PB-I (Grant) assembly with 36 attending a rented hall with a capacity of 75.

Albany

  • Albany Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ "Church in the House" +1922+ (new hall expected soon); 369 Washington Ave. +1926+; 152 Western Ave. +1927+
    • c/o J.R. Gilda, 269 Western Ave. +1922+; Dr. George S. Munson @ 261 State St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 15 in fellowship (7 men, 8 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $466 in expenses), and $1000 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Albany Meeting Room, NY (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1951+
    • @ upstairs, 49 State St. +1880+
    • c/o J. Temple @ 19 Alexander St. +1880+; William G. Paterson @ 100 Bradford St. +1880+

Guilderland

Knox

  • Knox Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1904-1927+
    • c/o Eugene Crounse +1904-1927+ (b. 1869 Altamont, NY - d. 1940 Albany, NY)
      • m. Maria Livingston (b. 1868 Altamont, NY - d. d. 1947 Albany, NY)
      • son of Benjamin J. Crounse (b. 1839 Guilderland, NY - d. 1930 Altamont, NY), merchant, & Emma Keenholts Crounse (b. 1842 Gilderland, NY - d. 1926 Altamont, Albany, NY)
      • B.J. Crounse, son of Nicholas Crounse (b. 1789 NY - d. 1877 Altamont, NY) & Elisabeth Crounse (b. 1800);
    • c/o David Williams +1922+

New Scotland

Delaware County

Franklin

Greene County

New Baltimore

Montgomery County

Amsterdam

  • Amsterdam Assembly, NY (G-EB) +1890-1946; (G-A EB) 1946-1949+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Montgomery Co., with 16 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 75.

Otsego County

  • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Otsego Co., with 3 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 15.

Milford

Worcester

  • Worcester Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ home of C.P. Putnam +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 9 in fellowship (5 men, 4 women) with no S.S. The Hall met in a home (with $10 in annual expenses), and $15 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Rensselaer County

Schodack

Troy

West Troy

Saratoga County

Round Lake

Saratoga Springs

Schenectady County (Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY metro)

Schenectady

  • Becker Street Gospel Hall, Schenectady, NY (Grant EB) +1890+
    • c/o William Frederick Engel (1868-1947/1948). His son Raymond was in fellowship with the Amsterdam Grant Assembly. See Who's Who at Amsterdam Assembly, NY
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Schenectady Co., with 5 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 20.
  • Vischer Avenue Chapel, Schenectady, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • Vischer Avenue Gospel Hall
    • Vischer Ave. & Bellevue St.
    • c/o Mr. Bunn @ 50 Thomson St.; Alexander Cooke @ 102 Gilderland Ave. then 122 Mill St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 28 in fellowship (8 men, 20 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 88 in 1926). The Hall was valued at $3,000 with no debt (with $202.14 in annual expenses), and $135.50 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Scotia

Warren County

Glens Falls

North Creek

Northeastern NY

Clinton County

Cadyville

Essex County

Westport

Franklin County

Harrietstown

Malone

Waverly (Franklin C?)

North Central NY

Calumet Island

Cayuga County (Syracuse metro)

Auburn

Aurora

  • East Aurora Evangel Hall, NY (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ Odd Fellows building, Main St., East Aurora +1926+; 399 Oakwood Ave., home of Dr. H.D. Andrews +1927+;
    • c/o Dr. H.D. Andrews
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 8 in fellowship (3 men, 5 women) with a discontinued S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $147.01 in expenses for the first three months of 1926), and $125 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.


Port Byron

Herkimer County

Frankfort

Jefferson County

Watertown

Lewis County

Croghan

Onondaga County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Onondaga Co., with 19 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 50.

Anandago

Borodino

Skaneateles

Syracuse

  • Syracuse Assembly (G-EB) +1894+
    • c/o J.B. McCaffery @ 129 Green St.
  • Syracuse Meeting Room, NY (TW-Lowe EB) +1879-1905+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census identified one PB-III assembly in Onondaga Co., with 7 meeting in a home.


Oneida County

Forestport

Trenton

  • Trenton evangelism, NY (OB) 1916
    • Armour of Light 1916-10: "On Aug. 28, Thomas Baird held his closing meeting in the Trenton Tent. Very good results are reported; some conversions and many blessed. During the summer, several, including C.W. Roder, William Jelley, William Dunning, went to Trenton to help."

Utica

Oswego County

Fulton

Oswego

South Central NY

Broome County

Vestal

  • Vestal Fellowship (KLC-EB) +2016+
  • Vestal Meeting Room, NY (Raven-TW-Lowe EB) +1889+; (TW-Lowe EB) +1903-1905+; (TW-EB) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2022+
    • @ Binghamton +1889+, +1903-1905+; Lestershire +1911-1914+; Johnson City +1917-1923+; Hooper +1927+; Endicott +1933-1951+
    • c/o W.D. Brewster +1889+; T.B. Jacobs +1903-1905+; E.F. Woodford +1903-1917+; L.O. Stewart +1911-1944+; George W. Allen +1911+, +1927+; A.L. Vergason +1914-1923+; Frank C. Knapp +1923-1927+; Charles M. Shelhamer +1923+; +1933-1944+; Stacy Harrington +1933-1944+; John Talada +1944-1951+; J. Edward Corson +1949-1951+; Charles E. Little +1949-1985+; Russell R. Rochon +1962-1985+; Richard S. Drown +1962-1985+; Charles H. Krause +1985+; David Jenkins +1999-2010+; Mark Steika +1999-2016+

Chemung County

Elmira

  • Elmira Meeting Room, NY (EB) +1878-1880+; (Grant EB) +1890+
    • c/o E.H. Cowles @ 124 Lake St. +1880+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Chemung Co., with 6 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 40.


Chenango County

Norwich

  • Norwich Meeting Room, NY (TW-Lowe EB) +1889-1890+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census identified one PB-III assembly in Chenango Co., with 5 meeting in a home.

Schuyler County

Hector

Tompkins County

Ithaca

  • A.R. (OB) 1929
    • Between July & Aug. 1929, A.R. of Ithaca paid or made two donations to The Witness of Pickering & Inglis, as per the 1929-9 issue, p. 3. Donations made were 2 pounds, 13 shillings, 5 pence (641 pence), and 1 pound, 7 shillings, 6 pence (330 pence) for a total of 971 pence worth ($410 today).

New York City

  • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted four open brethren assemblies in NYC, with a total of 216 meeting in two schoolhouses, one rented hall, and one owned hall (with a $100 value). The four structures had a combined capacity of 675.

Bronx

  • Bronx Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 871 Melrose Ave. +1922-1926+; 861 161st St. +1927+
    • c/o Walter S. Cameron @ 2625 Grand Ave.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 50 in fellowship (20 men, 30 women) including 11 S.S. teachers, presiding over 110 children (for a total of 160 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,200 in expenses), and $1,200 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Tremont Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 177th St., 4243 Park Ave.
    • c/o Arthur Warren Reid @ 2403 Grand Concourse
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (12 men, 28 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 76 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,052.83 in expenses), and $236.13 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.


Rockland County

Haverstraw

Long Island

Kings County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted two PB-I (Grant) assemblies in Kings Co., with 130 meeting in rented halls with a total capacity of 400.

Brooklyn

Elizabeth Monroe Richards Tilton (b. 1834 Flatbush, L.I., NYC or Brooklyn, NYC - d. 1897 Brooklyn, NYc) was the wife of Theodore Tilton, a civil rights activist. They were both members of Plymouth Church until a highly publicized scandal between Elizabeth with Henry Ward Beecher, pastor who married them, and she was excommunicated in 1878, and later joined the PB. Her memorial service was officiated by Malachi Taylor.

  • 3rd Avenue Gospel Hall, NYC (AA/CA OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 169 3rd Avenue
    • c/o John B. Hunte @ 878 Gates Ave.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 84 in fellowship (28 men, 56 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 52 children (for a total of 136 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $2,013.51 in annual expenses), and $63.25 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • 13th Street Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1904-1927+
    • 13th Street Meeting Room +1904+
    • @ 316 (or 326) 13th St. +1904-1927+
    • c/o Scott Aspinall @ 488 7th St. +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 90 in fellowship (43 men, 47 women) including 7 S.S. teachers, presiding over 61 children (for a total of 151 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility, owned by W. Hawkins @ 221 Stratford Rd., Brooklyn (with $950.49 in annual expenses), and $2591.47 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Atlantic Avenue Gospel Hall, NYC (AA OB) +1927+
    • @ 927 Atlantic Ave.
    • c/o Stanley Lovell @ 389 Winona Ave.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 41 in fellowship (15 men, 26 women) including 3 S.S. teachers, presiding over 50 children (for a total of 91 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $902.60 in annual expenses), and $101.25 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Brooklyn Assembly (G-EB) +1912+
    • c/o J.F. Gilmour
  • Brooklyn Christian Assembly, NYC (EB) +1878-1881 (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
    • AA/CA assembly +1946+
    • @ 99 Jefferson Ave. +1946+
    • c/o E. Hamblin, 315 Jefferson Ave. +1946+; Samuel Eifel, 84 Hancock St. +1946+
  • Brooklyn Italian Gospel Hall, NYC (Italian OB) +1927+
    • @ 656 Lorimer St.
    • c/o Frank P. Diorio @ 1504 Sixtieth St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 25 in fellowship (15 men, 10 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $350 in annual expenses), and $230 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Brooklyn Meeting Room, NYC (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1992; (TW-N) 1992-2016+
    • @ 452 Fifth Ave. (nr. 9th St.) +1880+
    • c/o Jas. Carr @ 160 Walworth St. +1880+; E.G. Mauger @ 82 Fourth Pl. +1880+
  • Franklin Avenue Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 434 Franklin Ave.
    • c/o T. Boyd @ 497 Gates Ave., then 61-54 Palmetto St. +1922-1927+; John Boyd @ 2556 Palmetto St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 20 in fellowship (7 men, 13 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $585.80 in annual expenses), and $640.75 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Williamsburg Meeting Room, NYC (EB) +1878-1880+
    • @ 62-4th St., nr. Broadway +1880+
    • c/o Dr. J. Young @ 279 S. 5th St. +1880+; M. Taylor @ 303 Putnam Ave. +1880+


Nassau County

Hempstead

  • Dean Street Chapel, Freeport, NYC (Spanish & English OB) 1880-2025+
    • Grace Chapel; Fireman's Hall +1922+; Dean Street Chapel +1926-current
    • @ Fireman's Hall +1922+; 23 W. Dean St., Freeport +1926-current
    • c/o Axel Sigfred Johnson +1922-1933 (b. 1862 Finnerodja, Sweden - d. 1933 Freeport, NY), son of Jonas Peter Jonsson (1834-1911 Nysund, Sweden) & Carolina Eriksdotter Johnson (b. 1841 Finnerödja, Sweden - d. Källtorp, Sweden). Wife (1887): Mary Boynton Johnson (b. 1870 Eldora, Hardin, IA - d. 1955 Freeport, NY), daughter of Charles Freeman Boynton (b. 1832 Somerville, Lincoln, ME - d. 1908 Freeport, NY) & Ellen Lavinia Loring Boynton (b. 1843 Skohegan, Somerset, ME - d. 1903 Freeport, NY). Axel came to Freeport in 1886 with a letter of intro to August & Beata Johnson who had originated in the same part of Sweden, who were of the exclusives. He was one of the pioneers of "the idea of making sidewalks and curbs of concrete instead of using flagstones" starting in 1895, and working all over Nassau and Suffolk counties, many sidewalks have "A.S. Johnson" stamped into them. Axel remained with this assembly, and Richard Hill of Brooklyn officiated his memorial.
      • Ellen Boynton's father was Asa Tewksbury Loring (b. 1813 Hebron, ME - d. 1880 Omaha, NE), who was a Congregational pastor in Phippsburg, Skowhegan, Norway & Yarmouth, Maine, then relocated in 1860 to Manchester, IA, then Osage, IA. He eventually left the pastorate to work in life insurance, and served as a probate judge. Ellen's brother James Tewksbury was killed in the Civil War for the Union.
      • Mary Johnson's father, Charles Boynton, was a Presbyterian pastor in Brooklyn before deciding that a "servant of God should take no salary", and offered to preach the gospel for free to his congregation, who would not accept it so he resigned and built a house on Main St., forming bricks from oyster cells and lime in an oven he built. As per his obit, he did most of his own carpentry work, and was regarded one of the best houses on Long Island. After retiring from pulpit work, he served overseas as an itinerant, including Bermuda, where he aided formerly incarcerated Boer War prisoners to return home. He was "possessed of a strong Christian character, generous and genial nature, and was highly esteemed.
      • Axel & Mary's children: Frederick, Herman, Paul S., Charles, Eleanor, Florence, Eldrida and Adelma Johnson, all of Freeport; also Clement of Manhattan.
    • New Hall was expected soon after 1922.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 38 in fellowship (18 men, 20 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 18 children (for a total of 56 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $10,000 with $1845 owed (with $771.79 in annual expenses), and $560.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Freeport residency, NYC (TW-Lowe EB) 1886-1908+; possibly (Lowe EB) 1909-1916
    • August Johnson (b. 1848 Sweden; emig. 1881; d. 1916 Freeport, NY). The family settled in 1884 in Jamaica, NY, then in Freeport by 1886. He was an employee of the Long Island Railroad for 35 years, including serving as Superintendent of gates at crossings. The family resided at 58 W. Seaman Ave. from 1886-1963. Here is a picture of their house, the location is now the Caroline G. Atkinson elementary school. Wife (1873): Beata E. Thoreson Johnson (b. 1847 Sweden; emig. 1883; d. 1910 Freeport, NY). The New York Heritage has a family picture. Jacob Whitehurst officiated August's memorial in 1916. His obit states that he "was distinctly a man of ability, and early taught his children those lessons of economy, sobriety and industry which did much to enable them to attain and hold the respect of all those with whom they come in contact." Children:
      • Hon. Albin Nicholas Johnson (b. 1874 Gothenburg, Sweden - d. 1933 Freeport, NY). As per the Freeport History Encyclopedia, Albin organized and served for three years as the first president of the alumni association for Freeport schools, having graduated in 1893. He graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1894 in commerce, NYU in 1896 with a bachelor in laws, and Brooklyn Law School of St. Lawrence University with a master of laws, part of the first graduating class of the latter school. He worked in Richmond Hill as a member of the Magee & Johnson firm, then formed a law partnership with his brother Hilbert at Freeport as Johnson & Johnson. New York Heritage has his picture. Wife (1906): Estelle Graham Van Riper Johnson. In 1910, Albin was elected a member of the Freeport school board, the first graduate to have that honor, and eventually served as president of the Board of Education. He was called the "Great Joiner" and served as a charter member and executive officer of more than fifty civic and fraternal organizations, more than any other local resident of that time. In 1931, he ran for Freeport judge on both tickets. His memorial service was conducted in 1933 by William P. Murphy, Elks leader, and Walter E. Thompson of the Freeport Methodist church.
      • Marie Olga Johnson Olson (b. 1876 Gothenburg, Sweden - d. 1961 Freeport, NY).
        • Husband (1908): Sigfrid Alexius Olson (b. 1875 Gothenburg, Sweden; emig. 1891; d. 1966 Bellmore, NY), son of Andreas "Andrew" Olson (b. 1836 Gothenburg, Sweden; emig. 1881;) & Anna Sofia Olsson Larsdotter (b. 1835 Värmland Co., Sweden - d. 1892 Halmstads, Sweden). In 1881, Andrew was a carpenter. Sigfrid & Marie were married in 1908 in August & Beata's home in Freeport, officiated by Dwight A. Jordan, former pastor of the M.E. church. Initially upon emigrating to North America in 1891, Sigfrid settled in Jamaica, then moved to Freeport in 1893. He was employed in 1910 as an electrical engineer for the railroad. In 1917, he was employed as a draftsman for the Chili Exploration Co. (Chilex), a copper mining initiative in Chuquicamata, Chile. Their mine was the largest open pit copper mine in the world, in terms of excavated volume. Its offices were based at 120 Broadway, NYC which is the Equitable Building skyscraper, then the largest office building in the world by floor area, and by 1920 the most valuable building in NYC. The original building, built in 1870 that burnt in 1912, was the first office building to feature passenger elevators. Here is a picture of the structure during that era. Sigfrid was a charter member of Hose 4 for the Freeport Fire Dept., and served as its captain 1919-1920. He worked as a designer starting in 1930 for the Freeport Electrical Dept., officially retiring in 1949 but continuing to work part-time until 1962. He was a member of the Freeport Methodist church, his memorial was officiated by its pastor Chester E. Hodgson.
      • August Victor Johnson (b. 1881 Gothenburg, Sweden). In 1942, August was employed in Freeport as the Nassau county comptroller. In 1910, he was the chief clerk & paymaster for the Long Island railroad. Wife (1905): Georgiana Okie Johnson (b. 1885 NY - d. 1946 Freeport, NY)
      • Hon. Hilbert Rolin Johnson (1888-1953 Freeport, NY). At the age of 21, Hilbert was self-employed as an attorney, having graduated in 1909 from NYU, with an office at 49 Railroad Ave., then was the city judge 1933-1953. He established the first Freeport Historical Society in 1941 until its building's demise in 1944 to a hurricane. He was also the first foreman of the Freeport Fire Department, then captain of the Patriot Hose Co. He was president of Freeport before the council-mayor system was adopted, and later a village trustee and counsel. He was president of the Auxiliary Police Benevolent Assoc., and president of the South Nassau Lawyers Assoc. His memorial was held at the Episcopal church. Wife (1916 @ Church of the Transfiguration, Freeport): Margaret Winifred Taylor Johnson (b. 1892 Cornwall, Orange, NY), daughter of John James Taylor (b. 1851 Cornwall, NY) & Margaret Jane Fulton Macartney Dusenbury-Taylor (b. 1865 High Ham, Somerset, Eng.; emig. 1882; m. 1891). John Taylor was employed in 1910 in Hempstead as a building contractor. In 1867, Margaret boarded at Bishops Nympton in Devon, Eng.
    • Axel Sigfred Johnson 1886-1908+ (b. 1862 Finnerodja, Sweden - d. 1933 Freeport, NY). Axel was later +1922-1933 a correspondent of the open brethren Dean Street Chapel. See that listing for more detail on his life. Wife (1887): Mary Boynton Johnson 1887-1908+ (b. 1870 Eldora, Hardin, IA - d. 1955 Freeport, NY)
  • Hempstead Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ home of Theodore Oman +1927+ (82 Trenton St., then? 83 Clinton St.)
    • c/o Theodore Jonas Oman (b. 1878 Jönköping, Småland, Sweden - d. 1964 Hempstead, NY). Wife (1907 Kings Co., NY): Ellen Augusta Asklund Oman (b. 1877 Jönköping, Sweden - d. 1962 Hempstead, NY). Theodore emigrated to the U.S. in 1890 from Gothenburg on the ship "City of Rome". He applied for citizenship in 1917, with an occupation as an automobile mechanic, and residing at 37 E. 52nd St., (now) East Flatbush, Brooklyn, NYC. Willard L. Davis officiated Theodore's memorial. Children:
      • Rev. Walter Theodore Oman (b. 1918 Brooklyn, NYC - d. 2015 Tulsa, OK). Thru 1940, Walter worked with his brother Leonard as an auto electrician, but by 1950 he was a pastor in Howard Twp., Bibb, GA, and later in Pullman, WA with Emmanuel Baptist, and senior ministries in Clarkston & Lewiston. 1st wife: Marjorie Bernice Vanwickler Oman (b. 1917 Brooklyn, NYC - d. 1986 Pullman, Whitman, WA), daughter of Fred Royce Vanwickler (b. 1892 Hempstead, NY - d. 1972 West Hempstead, NY) & Amelia Frances Salvage Vanwickler (b. 1888 Brooklyn, NYC - d. 1975 Smithtown, Suffolk, NY). In 1942, Fred Vanwickler was employed with the Rivoli Theatre, the second of a circuit of Calderone theatres, connected with Amusement Supply Co., 341 W. 44th St., (now) Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Walter's 2nd wife (1988): Patsy Ruth Craft Locke-Oman (b. 1924 Vinita, OK - d. 2016 Broken Arrow, OK), daughter of Virgil Lee Craft (b. 1894 Afton, Ottawa, Cherokee Indian Terr., OK - d. 1969 Oklahoma City, OK) & Emma Belle Buchanan Craft (b. 1897 Somerset, Pulaski, KY - d. 1979 OKC, OK).
      • Charles Leonard Oman (b. 1908 Brooklyn, NYC - d. 1991 East Meadow, Nassau, NY). From +1930-1950+, Charles was employed as an electrician in the auto industry, branded as Oman Bros. & Co., of 236 Main St., Hempstead in 1940. Wife: Alice Elizabeth Post Oman (b. 1912 Hempstead, NY - d. 1989), daughter of Peter C. Post (b. 1865 Hempstead, NY) & Grace W. Carman Post. In 1941, Peter was elected a deacon of the Union Gospel Tabernacle (C&MA) in West Hempstead, and Charles' brother Walter was elected a trustee. Leonard's wife Alice was elected on the music committee. Peter was employed in 1910 as a motorman for a trolley in Hempstead.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 19 in fellowship (10 men, 9 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 40 children (for a total of 59 in 1926). The Hall met in a home, but owned a $1500 lot with $1300 owed (with $270 in annual expenses), and $85.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Merrick Gospel Chapel, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • Richard Avenue Chapel
    • @ Richard Ave.
    • c/o George E. Walker @ Meades Ave., Merrick
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 22 in fellowship (10 men, 12 women) including 22 S.S. teachers, presiding over 203 children (for a total of 502 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $3,209.09 in annual expenses), and $2,888.63 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Oyster Bay

  • Sea Cliff Gospel Chapel, NYC (OB) +1904-2021+
    • Sea Cliff Gospel Hall (OB) +1904-1927+
    • @ Prospect Ave. +1904+; 61 Fourteenth St. +1926-1927+
    • c/o A. Isaac +1922+; William A. Isaac @ 375 Littleworth Lane +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 22 in fellowship (10 men, 12 women) including 5 under 13 years old, and 1 S.S. teacher, presiding over 35 children (for a total of 57 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $3,000 with no debt owed (with $130 in annual expenses), and $545.21 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Queens County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Queens Co., with 14 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 40.

Astoria

  • Astoria Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ 853 4th Ave.
    • c/o Joseph Paynter (or Poynter?) @ 53 1794 St., Elmhurst
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 23 in fellowship (11 men, 12 women) including 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 20 children (for a total of 43 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $796 in annual expenses), and $112 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Long Island City

Richmond Hill

  • Richmond Hill Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1911-1927+
    • @ 118th St. near Jamaica Ave. +1922-1927+
    • c/o David Morrison, 181 Lefferts Ave. +1922+; John C. Fenty @ 9143 110th St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 64 in fellowship (27 men, 37 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 124 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,531 in annual expenses), and $1,276 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

St. Albans

  • St. Albans Christian Assembly, NYC (KLC-EB) +1946-2016+
    • @ Montauk St. & Farmers Blvd. +1946+
    • c/o Theo. Starr, 185-032 Nashville Blvd., Springfield Garden; William Sievert, 187-13 122nd Ave. +1946+

Suffolk County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted three PB-I (Grant) assemblies in Suffolk Co., with 15 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 75.

Bellport

Coram

Southold

Terryville

  • Terryville Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1904-1927+
    • c/o Thomas Reuben Terry (b. 1840 Southhold, Suffolk, NY - d. 1923 Port Jefferson, Suffolk, NY); m. Josephine Adelaide Terry (1848-1916 Terryville, NY), dau. of Scudder Homan Terry (b. 1823 Farmingville, Suffolk, NY - d. 1865 Terryville, NY) & Rhoda Jane Young Terry (b. 1823 Riverhead, Suffolk, NY - d. 1913 Terryville, NY)
      • T.R. Terry, son of Thomas Terry (1808-1892 NY) & Phoebe Rachel Hudson Terry (b. 1811 Bayport, Suffolk, NY - d. 1880 Port Jefferson, NY), m. 1832;
        • son of Daniel Terry (1767-1846) & Lydia Homan Terry (1775-1851), m. 1794; Phoebe dau. Richard Hudson (d. 1828) & Rachel Akerly Hudson (d. 1817), m. 1799;
          • descendants of Revolutionary War veterans: Gershom Terry (d. Dec. 1788 Cutchogue, Suffolk, NY), Brewster Terry, and Ensign Nathaniel Hudson;
    • Terry immigrating ancestor 1635: Richard Terry (b. 1618 London, Eng. - d. 1676 Southold, Suffolk, NY), who married Abigail Lines Terry (b. 1614 - d. 1686 Southold, NY); Abigail's immigrating grandparents 1642: Henry Lines (b. 1569 Northhampton, Eng. - d. 1640 New Haven, CT) & John Worth Lines (b. 1572 Long Buckley, Northhampton, Eng.)
    • c/o Mrs. Edwin Hawkins @ Coram, Brookhaven, L.I. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 13 in fellowship (7 men, 6 women) including 1 under the age of 13 years old, and no S.S. The Hall was presumably at this point meeting in Mrs. Hawkins' home, with $30 in annual expenses, and $120 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Manhattan

  • 125th Street Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • East 125th Street Meeting Room
    • @ 51 E. 125th St., Central Harlem +1922-1927+
    • c/o Arthur Annett +1922-1927+
      • @ 52 Bradhurst Ave. +1922+; 556 W. 188th St. +1926+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 128 in fellowship (49 men, 79 women) including 4 S.S. teachers, presiding over 25 children (for a total of 153 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $2,139 in annual expenses), and $1,556 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Grace Gospel Chapel, Manhattan, NYC (AA OB) +1926-1927+
    • @ 102-104 W. 133rd St., Central Harlem
    • c/o Talbot B. Nottage @ 267 W. 121st St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 252 in fellowship (98 men, 154 women) including 1 under the age of 13, and 18 S.S. teachers, presiding over 245 children (for a total of 497 in 1926). The Hall was valued at $95,000 with $50,000 owed (with $9,344.70 in annual expenses), and $2,250.00 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • National Bible Institute Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ Room A, Third Floor, National Bible Institute, 340 W. 55th St., Hell's Kitchen +1926+; @ 331 W. 57th St. +1922+, 1927+
    • c/o Richard W. Owens @ 25 W. 84th St., then 501 W. 111st. +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 51 in fellowship (17 men, 34 women) with no S.S. The Hall was a rented facility (with $266.34 in annual expenses), and $629.14 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Bible Truth Hall, NYC, NY (G-EB) +1890-1894+
    • c/o P.J. Loizeaux @ 63 Fourth Ave. +1894+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in NYC, with 100 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 250.
  • New York City Christian Assembly, NYC (EB) +1873-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
    • @ Room, 71 W. Seventh Ave. +1946+
    • c/o Rudolf Nickel, 505 W. 122nd St. +1946+; John Buschmann, 646 E. 105th St., Brooklyn +1946+
    • Business address @ Loizeaux Bros., 19 W. 21st St. +1946+
  • New York City Gospel Hall, NYC (EB) +1873-1881; (KLC-EB) 1881-1946+
    • @ 27-29 W. 115th St., CA/AA assembly +1946+
    • c/o Alexander Birkett, 17 W. 123rd St. +1946+; Branch Joseph, 1469 Fifth Ave. +1946+
  • New York City Meeting Room, NYC (EB) +1873-1909; (TW) 1909-1927+;
    • @ The Tract Depot, 64 Bible House, Aston Pl. +1873-1877+; 20 Fourth Ave. +1880+; Loizeaux Bros., 96 Fourth Ave. +1882+;
    • c/o M. Cathcart, +1873-1877+; Jos. Sharpe @ 710 Third Ave. +1880-1882+; Loizeaux Bros., 96 Fourth Ave. +1880-1882+; D. McDougall @ 198 E. 74th St. +1884+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated that this PB-III assembly was comprised of 52 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 75.

Staten Island

  • Staten Island Meeting Room, NYC (EB) 1879-1909; (TW) 1909-1973+
    • @ Tompkinsville 1879+; Stapleton +1889-1927+; West New Brighton +1933+; West Brighton +1944+; New Dorp +1944-1951+; Staten Island +1962-1973+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census indicated that this assembly was 12 meeting in a home.

Southeastern NY

Dutchess County (Poughkeeepsie/Newburgh/Middletown, NY metro & NYC metro)

Poughkeepsie

Orange County (Poughkeeepsie/Newburgh/Middletown, NY metro & NYC metro)

Cornwall

Newburgh

  • Newburgh Gospel Chapel, NYC (OB) +1926-1927+
    • Fullerton Avenue Gospel Chapel
    • @ 40 Chambers St. +1922+ (new hall expected soon); Fulton St. +1926+; @ Fullerton Ave. +1927+
    • c/o John McLean, 35 Bush Ave. +1922+; Thomas McGee @ 48 Wilkins St. +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 31 in fellowship (15 men, 16 women) including 8 S.S. teachers, presiding over 60 children (for a total of 91 in 1926). The Hall was valued at $15,000 with $5,000 owed (with $1,275 in annual expenses), and $340 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Sullivan County

Fallsburg

Ulster County

Gardiner

  • Gardiner Meeting Room, NY (TW) +1908-1944+
    • @ Rutsonville +1908-1914+; Gardiner +1911-1917+; New Paltz +1923-1933+; Gardiner +1944+

Westchester County (NYC metro)

Bedford

Greenburgh

  • Irvington Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1926-1927+
  • @ 6 North A St.
    • c/o Harold M. Payne @ 21 North D St., Irvington; Samuel T. Mathews @ Ardsley, NY;
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 26 in fellowship (9 men, 17 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 25 children (for a total of 51 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $463 in annual expenses).

Hartsdale

  • Hartsdale Gospel Hall, NYC (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ Lewis Ave., home of R.E. Lewis; Inwood Ave., home of Richard L. Roberts
    • c/o R.E. Lewis; Richard L. Roberts
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 16 in fellowship (6 men, 10 women) with no S.S. The assembly met in homes (with $100.00 in annual expenses), and $1,210.20 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Merritt's Corners

Mount Vernon

Rye

  • Port Chester Meeting Room, NYC (EB) +1879-1908+ (KLC-EB) 1908-1946+
    • @ home of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Timmerbeil, Cliffdale Rd. & King St., P.O. Box 1; Telephone 505 Greenwich +1946+
    • c/o Ernest Pickhardt +1880+;

Ossining

Yonkers

  • Bethany Chapel, Yonkers, NYC (OB) 1904-2022+
    • Bethany Gospel Hall 1904-1927
    • @ home of Charles Young, 37 St. Andrew's Pl. 1904+; several locations on Broadway; old Putnam Railway Station, 20 S. Broadway +1918; Women's Temperance Union, 57 N. Broadway 1918-1938; 55 Greenvale Ave. 1938-present;
    • c/o E. Morgan (Charles Young's brother-in-law) 1904+;
    • c/o Charles & Mary Young 1904-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 101 in fellowship (40 men, 61 women) including 10 S.S. teachers, presiding over 75 children (for a total of 176 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $1,272 in annual expenses), and $1,659 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
    • see BC's website

Western NY

Alleghany County

Alfred

  • Alfred Assembly of Christians, NY (OB) Late 1960's-2022
    • In the late 1960's, Jim Funk (professor) & Fred McMahon started a neighborhood Bible study that evolved into an assembly by the late 1970's that primarily met in a chapel owned by Alfred University. Fred relocated to Texas in 1980, and Jim to South Carolina in 1989, now with the Lord. Dennis Dinger, professor of ceramics. David Ross - Andover, MA. For many years, the Steere family also had an evangelistic Friday evening Bible study for Asian scholars and exchange students. The assembly folded in 2022, with some dispersing to other locations such as Northgate Bible Chapel in Rochester, and others are Home with the Lord. Bible studies still happen, and they regularly keep up a FB page in 2024.

Belfast

  • Belfast Gospel Hall, NY (OB) 2002-2023+
    • Friendship Gospel Hall 2002-2003; Mill Street Gospel Hall aka Caneadea Gospel Hall 2003-2017
    • hive from East Aurora Gospel Hall
    • @ 6042 White Creek Rd., Friendship 2002-2003; 7449 Mill St., Caneadea 2003-2017; 38 South St., Belfast 2017-present;
    • c/o Doug Behen @ Caneadea 2002-2017+
    • also see BGH's website

Hume

  • Fillmore Fellowship (KLC-EB) +2016+
    • see Lockport, NY
    • c/o Mickey & Ticia Gingras

Chautauqua County

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one open PB-I (Grant) assembly in Chautauqua Co., with 4 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 20. Dunkirk or Sherman???

Dunkirk

  • Dunkirk Assembly (G-EB) +1894-1932+
    • c/o R.H. Stratton +1894+; William M. Horsey +1894+;
    • c/o James Sidey +1930's+ owned a department store.

Jamestown

Sherman

  • Sherman Assembly, NY (G-EB) +1894+
    • c/o Franklin H. Williams

Erie County (Buffalo / Niagara Falls metro)

    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted three PB-I (Grant) assemblies in Erie Co., with 102 meeting in rented halls with a combined capacity of 290.

Blasdell

  • Bethany Chapel, Blasdell, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ Arthur Ave.
    • c/o George J. Timm
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 35 in fellowship (11 men, 24 women) including 9 S.S. teachers, presiding over 140 children (for a total of 175 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $6,000 with no debt (with $800 in annual expenses), and $158 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Buffalo

  • Buffalo Meeting Room, NY (EB) +1878-1909; (TW) 1909-1944+
    • @ Room 10, 404 Main St. +1880+
    • c/o T.T. Fryer @ 666 Oak St. +1880+; J. Morton @ 249 S. Division St. +1880+
  • Elmwood Avenue Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1890-1927+
    • @ 111 Elmwood Ave. +1897-1927+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one open assembly in Erie Co., with 25 meeting in a rented hall with a capacity of 100.
    • c/o Edward Fairbairn, 529 Ashmead Ave. +1922+; F.R. Sacher @ 228 Wardman Rd. +1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 180 in fellowship (65 men, 115 women) including 24 S.S. teachers, presiding over 200 children (for a total of 380 in 1926). The Hall had an assessed value of $33,000, with $10,000 on the first mortgage (with $6,594 in annual expenses), and $1,457.60 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work overseas in 1926.
    • Dr. George Thomas Lord was in fellowship with this assembly +1947.
  • Filmore Avenue Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1927+
    • @ 1427 Filmore Ave., 3 doors from Glenwood
    • c/o Sidney C. Hughes @ 473 Riley St.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 33 in fellowship (16 men, 17 women) including 10 S.S. teachers, presiding over 25 children (for a total of 58 in 1926). The Hall was a rented facility (with $868.19 in annual expenses), and $284.07 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Tonawanda

Genessee County

LeRoy

Livingston County (Rochester metro)

York

  • York Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1922-1990's+
    • Linwood Gospel Hall +1922+
    • c/o F.C. Marshall @ 42 E. 84th St. +1922-1927+
    • later families Edward & Idabelle Neibsch, Bill Ladely, LaFever, Lousely

Monroe County (Rochester metro)

Rochester

  • Carter Street Chapel, Rochester, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • @ 70 Jefferson St. +1922+ & 404 South Ave. +1922+ (2 meetings); crnr. Carter & Herald +1926-1927+
    • c/o J.W. Bramhall, Jr. @ 49 Gardiner St. +1922-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 38 in fellowship (15 men, 23 women) including 5 S.S. teachers, presiding over 30 children (for a total of 68 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $3,000 with $600 owed (with $354.63 in annual expenses), and $545.50 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Rochester Gospel Hall, NY (OB) +1890-1904+
    • @ 273 E. Main St. +1897+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one open assembly in Monroe Co., with 50 meeting in a home.
    • c/o Alexander "Alex" S. McKenzie @ 235 Bronson St. +1904+ (b. 1847 P.E.I.); 1851 @ Puslinch, Wellington, ON; 1861 @ Kinloss, Bruce, ON;
      • son of Donald McIntosh (b. 1816 Royston, Glasgow, Scot.), Ch. of Scot., tailor; & Isabella Milne McIntosh (b. 1817 Cawdor, Nairnshire), PB by 1891, possibly by 1881;
      • m. Jul. 6, 1887 @ Puslinch, Wellington, ON: Agnes Margaret McIntosh (b. 1860 Puslinch, Wellington, ON;
        • 1861: Free Church @ Puslinch, ON; 1881: Presby @ Guelph, ON; 1891: Free Church @ Guelph, ON;
  • Rochester Assembly, NY (G-EB) +1890-1946; (B-G EB) 1946-1958+
    • c/o Maurice Ralston Keim (b. 1875 Philadelphia, PA - d. 1958 Rochester, N.Y.), a full-time laborer +1918-1958.
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Monroe Co., with 34 attending a rented hall with a capacity of 250.
  • State Street Gospel Hall, Rochester, NY (OB) +1927+
    • @ 595 Frost Ave. +1926+; 102 State St. +1927+
    • c/o George W. Lewis @ Yates American Machine Co., 961 Lyell Ave.
      • Yates claimed to be, at one time, the largest woodworking machinery maker in the world.
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 32 in fellowship (11 men, 21 women) including 1 under the age of 13, and 2 S.S. teachers, presiding over 20 children (for a total of 52 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $7579 with $3500 owed (with $1867.72 in annual expenses), and $885.26 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.

Niagara County (Buffalo metro)

Barker

Lockport

  • Lockport Meeting Room, NY (TW) +1949-1966+
    • c/o R.B. Hein +1949-1966+; Antonio Verratti +1962-1966+; James Mashinter +1962-1966+

Niagara Falls

  • Niagara Falls Evangel Hall, NY (OB) +1922-1927+
    • Niagara Falls Gospel Hall
    • @ Sixteenth & Weston Ave.
    • c/o James Graham @ 1859 Weston Ave. +1922+; Julius A. Dolan; Lewis M. Kimmel; +1926-1927+
    • 1926 USCoRB indicated that there were 48 in fellowship (20 men, 28 women) including 10 S.S. teachers, presiding over 90 children (for a total of 138 in 1926). The Hall was valued at $4,000 with none owed (with $529.90 in annual expenses), and $246 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.
  • Niagara Falls Meeting Room, NY (TW preaching point) +1914-1917+; +1944-1951+
    • c/o Mrs. Burnham +1914-1917+; J.E. Mashinter +1944-1951+; James Mashinter +1949-1951+

Royalton

Gasport

  • Gasport Meeting Room, NY (Grant EB) 1890+; (TW-Lowe EB) +1901-1909; (TW-EB) 1909-1992; (TW-N EB) 1992-2016+
    • c/o Charles W. Brigham +1901-1944+; Rudolph Hein +1923-1927+; Antonio Verratti +1923-1951+; Arthur J. Fulwell +1949-1951+, +1985-2010+; Daniel Ryan +1973+; John Verratti +1973+; John A. Verratti +1985+
    • In 1890, the U.S. Religious Census counted one PB-I (Grant) assembly in Niagara Co.

Orleans County

Albion

Medina

Wayne County

Sodus

?

Phillipsburg

  • Phillipsburg Gospel Hall (OB) +1922+
    • c/o Mr. Lorenson @ First National Bank

Sources

  • Ancestry.com
  • EB/TW AAB's 1878-2016; OB AAB's 1904;
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