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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 dadmany 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. Also see [[Connecticut history]] for more on the OB history.
** @ 19 Elm St.
** c/o John Pinkerton Barclay (b. 1863 Kilbirnie, Ayr, [[Scotland|Scot.]])
*** emig. 1893 to NYC; 1895-1901+ @ Willimantic, Windham, CT; +1910-1933+ @ Hartford.
*** wife (1894): Flora M. Easdale (b. 1869 Dalry, Ayr, Scot. - d. 1933 Hartford, CT), daughter of Hugh Easdale (b. 1837 Dalry, Scot.) & Flora McKinnon Easdale (b. 1836 Morrven, Argyle, Scot.).
*** children: John Jack Easdale Barclay (b. 1897 Willmantic, CT - d. 1976 Maywood, [[Illinois|IL]]), father of Jack Barclay who served as an elder and designed the structure of [[Woodside Bible Chapel, IL|Woodside Bible Chapel]] in Maywood, [[Illinois]].
* Farmington Avenue Gospel Hall +1933+, +1954-1966;
** Waterville Gospel Hall +1922-1950+; Gospel Hall of Waterbury +1954-1990+
** @ 10 Chapel St. +1922+; Thomaston Ave. & Boyden St., Waterville +1926-1950+; Spencer & Phoenix Ave., Waterville +1954-1972+; 34 N. Main St., Terryville +1975-2000; 36 N. Main St., Terryville 2001-present;
** c/o Chaplain William J. James Herbert Chambers +1922+ (b. 1890 Dublin, IrelandIE - d. 1969 San Francisco, [[California|CA]])*** son of John Charles Edward Chambers (b. 1869 Rathcoole, Dublin, IE - d. 1918 Paterson, NJ) & Elizabeth Jane Watson Chambers (b. 1864 Dublin, IE - d. 1950 Toronto, ON), married 1889 @ Dublin.**** John was son of James Crawford Chambers (b. 1830 Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, NI - d. 1899 Rathcoole, Dublin, IE) & Mary Anne Fulton Chambers (b. 1829 Londonderry, NI - d. 1912 Rathcoole, Dublin, IE).**** Elizabeth was daughter of William Watson (1840-1871 Dublin, IE) & Eliza Livingstone Watson (b. 1830).**** Wife: Arline Frances Pond Chambers (b. 1890 Manhattan, N.Y. - d. 1973 San Francisco, CA). Arline was a member of the [https://firstsf.com/ First Baptist Church] of S.F. when she died. Children:***** Major William James Herbert Chambers, Jr. (b. 1916 Rutherford, NJ - d. 1952 Newfoundland) died on active duty. See [[Military]]. He enlisted with the National Guard in 1935, honorably discharged in 1939, enlisted with the USAF in 1941, and was stationed at McAndrews AF Base in Newfoundland at the time of his death. Wife: Lola Joe McComb Chambers (b. 1921 Kent or Taylor Co., TX - d. 2010 Fort Worth, TX), daughter of Carl Winfield McComb (b. 1898 Riverdale, Kent, TX - d. 1991 Abilene, TX) & Elsie Ada Morton McComb (b. 1899 Eastland, TX - d. 1975 Abilene, TX). Children:****** Lola Carolyn Spearing-Chambers Frye-Hart (b. 1942 Taylor, TX)****** Paula Deborah Chambers Shachtman (b. 1948 Waco, TX).*** ** Edward Herbert Chambers (b. 1914 Rutherford, NJ - d. 1988 El Paso, TX).*** 1900-1910 @ Rutherford, Bergen, NJ; +1920-1922+ @ Waterbury, CT; 1930 @ Oakland, CA; 1940 @ Maricopa, AZ; 1942 @ Arlington, Riverside, CA; *** 1930 electric fixture salesman; 1942: worked for the Butler Bros., Howard & Fremont, San Francisco, CA which was a wholesale & dry goods merchandiser founded in 1877, and based in Chicago, IL which in the 1930's developed the Ben Franklin stores, and was the largest wholesaler in the country in the 1940's-1950's;
** c/o William Batterton +1927-1968 (@ Greystone Rd., Terryville +1926+; @ Waterville +1927-1956+, @ Terryville +1958-1968); Abram Vandenbush @ Terryville 1969-1972, 1975-1983; James C. Batterton @ Bethlehem 1984-2000; William G. Batterton @ Plymouth 2001-2009; Stephen Morin 2010-2022+; Donald Labbe 2010-2022+;
** also see [https://www.facebook.com/Terryville-Gospel-Hall-103619691029639/ TGH's FB]
* [[Bridgeport Gospel Hall, CT]] (OB) +1904-1982
** @ 441 Bishop Ave. +1927-1982
** c/o Samuel Rainey +1922-1927+ *** @ 221 DeForest Ave., Bridgeport +1922+; 981 Connecticut Ave., Bridgeport +1926-1927+; Stratford +1927-1972;
** c/o J.S. Boyd 1973-1974; Alexander MacPherson @ Stratford 1975-1977;
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/c204c2a854acc55f37b2575d8bb7198de9d21359.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 61 in fellowship (25 men, 36 women) including 6 S.S. teachers, presiding over 76 children (for a total of 137 in 1926). The Hall had a value of $10,218 (with $3500 owed, and $778.68 spent in expenses), and $995 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.