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=History=
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 1871, and continued 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. 1880-1883, the assembly met at 19 S. McNab St.
Prior to 1878, in an area of modern-day Hamilton known then as Dundas, a separate meeting room may have been planted there. In 1880, its correspondent was a printer named Thomas Somerville. It continued thru 1927. Also before 1878, in the Lynden area, there may have been another meeting room that met thru 1880 with a correspondent of a farmer named Thomas Lemon. In the mid to late 1940's, there also may have been a meeting room in Bartonville.
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.
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.
It is presently unknown whether the Fenton family was previously in fellowship with the EB, as well as others that followed into the opens. There have been at least 10 open brethren assemblies in the Hamilton metro since 1874, including:
* [[West Fifth Bible Chapel, Hamilton, ON]] 1874-present
==Raven==
In 1889, several other families left in adherence to Frederick Raven, which by 1954 had a meeting on Robins Ave., and another on Rifle Range Road, which by the 1960's was meeting on Emerald Street under the global leadership of James Taylor, Sr. of New York City, [[New York]].
==Needed Truth==
Sometime prior to 1930, Sheldon Gospel Hall was started, with affiliation with an exclusive group known popularly as "Churches of God", and historically as "Needed Truth" that left the OB in the 1880's, which continues today on Annabelle Street.
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