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In 1862, when John Nelson Darby traveled to Canada, there seems to have been an existent exclusive brethren assembly already there. The earliest known correspondent was Alexander Hamilton (b. 1817 Scotland) who was active as early as 18771871, and as late as 1882continued for the duration of his life, he died in 1893. Alexander was a chemist who operated a drug store on King St., and resided at 295 E. King St. From ca. 1880-18821883, the assembly met at 19 S. McNab St. The subject assembly of this particular article later became known as a Tunbridge Wells assembly by 1909, and operates to this day, its meeting room (2023) is located in the Crown Point East neighborhood. =Open Brethren 1874-present=According to a census in 1881, there were 175 PB adherents in Hamilton, which likely included both the forementioned exclusive assembly, as well as the first open brethren assembly, that started meeting in 1874 down the road at 140 MacNab St., which continues today as [[West Fifth Bible Chapel, Hamilton, ON]]. The open assembly was planted as a result of Scottish brethren John Carnie, Donald Munro and [[John Smith]], and met initially in the home of Mr. & Mrs. William Fenton at Catherine Street North, who had previously performed evangelistic services in Gore Park. By 1904, the open assembly included the families of W.A. Wilson, Peter Carroll, William Duncan, George Nunn, C. Maddison, Albert Marks, Arthur Thomas, Robert Patterson, Charles Carter & Edgar Mortimer. By 1912, it also included John Moreland, James Saynor, Angus Munro, John Anderson, and Alfred Best. Its first correspondent was James Muir, the father of noted evangelist [[Thomas Donald William Muir|T.D.W. Muir]] who started the open brethren Central Gospel Hall in Detroit, [[Michigan]]. Other correspondents that followed included Mr. Fenton, Abraham Mullings, John E. Taylor, William Wilson, William Duncan, Albert Marks, John Moreland, John Anderson, Guy Cesar, & Gordon Thomson, in that order, thru 1974 when the open brethren history was written.
=Also See=
* [[Who's Who at Hamilton Meeting Room, ON]]
* [[A_Century_in_Retrospect_-_James_Gunn]]
** history of the open brethren in Hamilton
=Sources=
* Ancestry.com
* EB AB's 1877-1882; TW AB's: 2021;