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* Mrs. G. Sloan +1951+
* Eugene Simpson +2005-2019
* John Daniel Chovan +2016-2022
==Chovan family==
* John Daniel Chovan '''+2007-2022''' (b. 1947 - '''d. Nov. 18, 2022''' Ruthven, Kingsville, ON) see [https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/26402385/john-daniel-chovan/essex/ontario/kennedy-funeral-home obit]). He was Croatian by heritage, raised in Argentina to missionaries, and he also served the Lord in the West Indies. Son of John Chovan, Sr. He and his wife were married at Harrow Baptist Church in 1969.
==Crowe family==* Zuska Daniel D. Crowe (b. 1808 Raleigh Twp., Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1876 Chatham-Kent, ON). Wife: Catherine Peck Crowe (b. 1812 - d. 1892).** Louisa Crowe (1834-1838 Kent Co., ON)** Charles Henry Alonzo Crowe (b. 1837 Raleigh Twp., ON - d. 1908 Chatham, ON). Wife: Sarah Jane Dunn Crowe '''+1931+''' (1851-1945 Chatham, ON).*** Ella Jane Crowe Oldershaw '''+1931+''' (b. 1876 Raleigh Twp., Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1957). Husband: Albert Oldershaw '''+1931-1933+''' (b. 1880 ON - d. 1965)*** Dr. Maurice "SusanHilliard" Duga Chovan Crowe (b. 1875 Chatham, ON - d. 1945 Detroit, MI). Dr. Crowe practiced dentistry in Detroit for more than 35 years. 1st wife (1908 @ Mt. Clemens, Macomb, MI): Ruth Werden Crowe (b. 1887?). 2nd wife: Ruth L. Reese Crowe (b. 1886). **** Russell Alonzo Crowe (1910-1987 Detroit, MI). Wife (1934 @ Detroit, MI): Doris Lucille McClatchey Crowe (b. 1914 Harrisville, MI). **** Dorothy J. Crowe Dickie-Alderfer (b. 1911 Detroit, MI - d. 1990 Pierce, [[Washington|WA]]). 1st husband (1932 @ Detroit, MI): S. Gordon Dickie (b. 1903). 2nd husband (1940): William J. Alderfer (b. 1906 [[Indiana|IN]] - d. 1990). **** Marjorie Jeanne Crowe French (b. 1917 Detroit, MI - d. 2007 San Bruno, San Mateo, [[California|CA]]). Husband (1948 @ Detroit, MI): Thomas Lockwood French (b. 1914 Jamestown, NY - d. 2002).***** Thomas Edward French (1955-1955 San Bruno, CA)**** Jack Cameron Crowe '''+2007-20221931+'''(b. 1919 Detroit, MI - d. 1984 Belmont, San Mateo, CA). In 1931, he resided with his great-aunt Sarah Crowe in Chatham. He served in WWII. In 1946, he was employed as an adding machine serviceman. 1st wife (1944 @ Lucas, [[Ohio|OH]]): Eileen R. Russell Crowe (b. 1920). 2nd wife (1946 @ Detroit, MI): Jean Viola Smith Crowe (b. 1922 London, ON - d. 1991 San Mateo, CA), daughter of Thomas Edward Smith (b. 1913 [[Tennessee|TN]] - d. 1978 South Pittsburg, Marion, TN) & Minta Oldershaw Smith. 3rd wife (1963 @ Monterey, CA): Fredrika Florence Horrell Crowe (b. 1925 - d. 2010 Point Reyes Station, Marin, CA), daughter of Dorathy Horrell (d. 1947 Phoenix, [[Arizona|AZ]]).***** Sharon Jean Crowe Lochner (b. 1946 Detroit, MI - d. 2010). Husband: David Charles Lochner (b. 1918 Webster, Monroe, NY - d. 1999 Sutter Creek, Amador, CA). David was an EM1 in the U.S. Navy during WWII. **** Jeanne Crowe**** Dorothy Crowe Johnson*** Henry C. Crowe *** Walter Alonzo Crowe (b. 1878 Raleigh Twp., ON - d. 1917 Detroit, Wayne, [[Michigan|MI]])*** Grace Crowe** Laura Louisa Adelaide Crowe Crow (b. 1839 Louisville, Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1919 Chatham, ON). Husband: Daniel William Crow (b. 1830 Raleigh Twp., ON - d. 1920 Chatham, ON), son of William Alexander Crowe (b. 1802 Dover, Raleigh Twp., Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1886 Raleigh Twp., ON) & Jane Brown Crowe (b. 1804 Ulster, [[New York|NY]] - d. 1878 Dover, ON).** Martha Ann Crowe Hodges (b. 1842 Chatham, ON - d. 1912 Wallaceburg, Kent, ON). Husband (1865 @ Kent Co., ON): Thomas Seth Hodges (b. 1841 Chatham, ON - d. 1912 Wallaceburg, ON), son of Parker Thomas Hodges (b. 1819 Syracuse, Onondaga, NY - d. 1880 North Gore, Chatham-Kent, ON) & Nancy Crowe Hodges (b. 1821 Dover Twp., ON - d. 1873 Wallaceburg, ON).** Ralph Nathaniel Crowe (1845-1852? Raleigh Twp., ON).
==Downie family==
John S. Downie was a hardware merchant in Chatham as early as 1871. He was the earliest known PB in that village, followed by the Simpson family. The Downie family was Presby. in 1871. In 1881, two Jones sisters also lived with the Downie family that were also PB: Sarah Jones (b. 1861 ON) & Emma Jones (b. 1866 ON). By 1891, the Downie family had relocated to Windsor, and were "Free Church" at that point.
* John Patrick Downie (b. 1787 Paisley, Renfrew, Scot. - d. 1873 Huron, ON), son of John Downie (b. 1760 Camelon, Stirling, Scot. - d. 1795 Island of St. Vincent) & Jean Reid Downie (b. 1760 Scot.; m. 1785 Glasgow, Scot.;). Wife (1808 @ Paisley, Scot.): Janet Sproul (b. 1789 Paisley, Scot. - d. 1871 Kent Co., ON), daughter of Andrew Sproul (b. 1747 Neilston, Renfrew, Scot. - d. 1796 Paisley, Scot.) & Helen Skeile Sproul (b. 1755 Yorkshire, Eng. - d. 1797+ Scot.). Andrew fought in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd Highlanders] (Black Watch) infantry during the Revolutionary War. As per [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/19221430/person/776041191/facts jeanne13040] of Ancestry.com, he participated in the Battle of Long Island, Battle of Harlem, captured Ft. Washington in Nov. 1776, Battle of Brandywine, etc., earning land 18 miles from Fredericton, [[New Brunswick]] in exchange for his prior service, returning to Scotland by 1789. For more detail, see [https://charlottetaylor.ca/black-watch-42nd-highlander-regiment/ CharlotteTaylor.ca]. No close relation to theologian R.C. Sproul (1939-2017). ** John S. Downie '''+1878-1881+''' (b. 1833 Paisley, [[Scotland|Scot.]] - d. 1912 Detroit, MI). 1st wife: Mary "Molly" Hopkins Downie (b. 1837 Almont, Lapeer, MI - d. 1871 Chatham, ON) 2nd wife (1871 @ Chatham, ON): Elenor "Ellen" Payne Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1838 USA). In 1871, John was
*** Anna "Annie" Downie Reeve '''+1878-1899''' (b. 1858 West Berlin, St. Clair, MI - d. 1899 Chatham, ON). Husband (1878 @ Chatham, ON): John Reeve '''+1878-1901+''' (b. 1854 '''Plymouth, Devon, [[England]]'''; emig. 1871; d. 1936 Chatham, ON), son of John Reeve (b. 1828 Totnes, Devon, Eng.) & Emily Litten Vivian Reeve (1832-1869 Plymouth, Devon, Eng.). See Reeve family. In 1901, John was employed in Chatham as a barrister, and at the time of his death had the title of "K.C." (Kings Counsel), and considered a pioneer lawyer of Port Arthur (now part of Thunder Bay) as reported in an obit of Montreal.
**** Mabel Hunter Reeve '''+1879-1881+''' (1879-1903 Chatham, ON). Mabel died of TB at the age of 23, registered Baptist by 1901.
*** Margaret Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1863 West Berlin, MI)
*** Mary Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1865 Chatham, ON)
*** Andrew S. Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1867 Chatham, ON - d. 1895 Detroit, MI). Wife (1892 @ Windsor, ON): Ida Bell Read Downie (b. 1890 Hamilton, ON), daughter of Moses Read & Matilda McIntyre Read. In 1892, Andrew was Baptist, and Ida Bell was Episcopalian. Andrew died at the age of 26 of consumption.
*** Robert Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1869 ON)
*** Florence "Flossie" Sophia W. Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1871 Chatham, ON - d. 1895 Detroit, MI). Flossie died at the age of 24
*** James Downie '''+1881+''' (b. 1874 ON)
*** Nellie Louisa Downie Gemmill-Harrison '''+1881-1893+''' (b. 1876 Chatham, ON - d. 1949 Detroit, Wayne, [[Michigan|MI]]). 1st husband (1893 @ Windsor, ON): William Roger Gemmill (b. 1873 Chatham, ON - d. 1962), son of John Roger Gemmill & Janet Gemmill. In 1893, Nellie was registered as PB, William as Presby. 2nd husband (1906 Detroit, MI): Charles Walter Harrison (b. 1880 Detroit, MI).
==Oldershaw family==
Albert was formerly Baptist, and self-employed as a plumber. See Crowe family. * Albert Oldershaw '''+1931-1933+''' (b. 1880 Dover, Kent, ON - d. 1965), son of James Oldershaw (b. 1834 Nottinghamshire, [[England|Eng.]] - d. 1923 Chatham, ON) & Mary Anne Cornhill Oldershaw (b. 1842 Toronto, ON - d. 1912 Chatham, ON). * Ella Jane Crowe Oldershaw '''+1931-1933+'''(b. 1876 Raleigh, Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1957), daughter of Charles Henry Alonzo Crowe (b. 1838 Raleigh, ON - d. 1908 Chatham, ON) & Sarah Jane Dunn Crowe '''+1931+''' (b. 1851 ON - d. 1945 Chatham, ON).
==Pegley family==
==Reeve family==
* Thomas Simpson (b. 1671 Alves, Moray, Scot.). Wife: Bessie Taylor Simpson (b. 1670 Moray, Scot.)
** Walter Simpson (b. 1707 Haugh Arndilly, Scot. - d. 1819 Cavendish, PEI). Wife: Elspet Man Simpson (b. 1685 Haugh of Arndilly, Scot. - d. 1780 Cavendish, Scot.), daughter of John Man (1632-1740) & Elspet Shand Man (b. 1668).
*** William Simpson (b. 1733 Haugh Arndilly, Scot. - d. 1819 Cavendish, PEI). Wife: Janet Winchester Simpson (b. 1735 Frochabers, Elgin, Scot. - d. 1818 Cavendish, PEI).
**** James Simpson (b. 1770 Gerbity Moray, [[Scotland]] - d. 1850 Hope River, Queens, [[Prince Edward Island|PEI]]). Wife (1798 @ Hope River, PEI): Agnes Nancy Woodside Simpson (b. 1778 Prince Town, PEI - d. 1841 Hope River, PEI), daughter of James Woodside (b. 1736 Irvine, Strathclyde, Scot. - d. 1824 Princetown, PEI) & Ann Love Woodside (b. 1741 Campbellton, Scot. - d. 1829 Princetown, PEI).
***** Robert Simpson (1799-1853). Wife: Janet May McNeill Simpson (1798-1878), daughter of John Malcolm McNeill (1750-1815) & Margaret Simpson McNeill (1759-1849). Margaret was a daughter of William Simpson (1733-1819) & Janet Winchester Simpson (1735-1818).
***** Hon. Jeremiah Simpson (1803-1877). Wife: Margaret McNeill Simpson (1807-1896), daughter of William Simpson McNeill, Sr. (1782-1870) & Eliza Bliss Townsend McNeill (1788-1869). William McNeil was a son of John Malcolm McNeill (1750-1815) & Margaret Simpson McNeill (1759-1849). Cavendish was the inspiration for Avonlea of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables "Anne of Green Gables"], written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Maud_Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery], who was a maternal great-granddaughter of previously mentioned William Simpson McNeill and his wife Eliza Bliss Townsend McNeill.
***** Ann L. Simpson Clark (1806-1856)
***** Alexander Simpson (1809-1884). Wife: Eliza McNeill (1814-1879), daughter of Malcolm McNeill (1784-1863) & Sarah Caroline Campbell McNeill (1786-1872).
****** James Albert Simpson (1837-1840)
****** William Howard Simpson (b. 1839 Bayview, PEI - d. 1888 Chatham-Kent Co., ON). Wife (1871): Matilda Zimmerman Simpson (b. 1843 Nelson Twp., Halton, ON - d. 1912 Hamilton, ON). In 1871, William was a Presbyterian pastor in Nelson, Halton, ON. In 1880, he pastored in Madison, Jefferson, [[Indiana]]. By the time of his death, he had returned to Ontario.
****** Louisa Simpson '''+1901-1927+''' (b. 1842 Darnley, Prince, PEI - d. 1937 Sarnia, Lambton, ON). She never married, and by 1931, she was registered as UCC. She relocated to Chatham when she was five years old (1847?). She taught school in Chatham and the district for a number of years, and for 25 years was in the beekeeping business in Chatham Twp. until retiring in 1895.
****** Albert Benjamin "A.B." Simpson (b. 1843 Bayview, PEI - d. 1919 Nyack, Rockland, [[New York|NY]]). He was saved during the 1859 revival under the ministry of Henry Grattan Guinness, who in the 1870's published the ''Missionary Echo'', the first open brethren missions newsletter. He spent some time in Chatham, Ontario, and studied Presbyterian theology at Knox College at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1865, as per his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Benjamin_Simpson wiki], and was subsequently ordained by the Canadian Presbys. At the age of 21, he was pastoring the large Knox Presby. in Hamilton, Ontario. He subsequently pastored other Presby. churches including at Chestnut St. in Louisville, [[Kentucky]] starting in 1873, and Thirteenth St. in NYC by 1880. In 1881, he experienced a shift in theological positions to more of an evangelical one with continuationist leanings, and subsequently founded what became Nyack College and the Christian Missionary & Alliance denomination (now [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_World_Fellowship Alliance World Fellowship], and in 1882, allegedly published the first missionary journal with pictures. Wife (1865): Margaret Louis Henry (b. 1841 Toronto, ON - d. 1924 Nyack, NY), daughter of John Henry & Jane Martin Henry.
****** Margaret Jane Simpson (b. 1845 Bayview, PEI - d. 1847)
******** Mildred Simpson (b. 1905 PA). By 1910, Mildred resided with her maternal grandparents in Turtle Creek, a borough of Pittsburgh, where she remained thru her mid-1930's. In 1940, she was employed as a stenographer, and residing with her grandmother in a unique bungalow (Spanish Colonial Revival) style apartment building (built in 1925) at [https://www.zillow.com/b/1136-logan-st-los-angeles-ca-9MLX5K/ 1136 Logan St.], in what is currently the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, [[California]].
******** James Gordon Simpson (1907-1925 Highland Park, Wayne, MI) died at the age of 17 of heart disease.
******* Albert "Bert" James Simpson '''+1951+''' (1881-1957). Wife: Jean McMurdo Simpson '''+1944-1951+''' (b. 1884 Kent Co., ON - d. 1982 Leam., ON), daughter of Andrew McMurdo (b. 1857 Cadder Parish, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1895 Baker City, Baker, OR) & Jane Fleming McMurdo (b. 1857 Cadder, Lanark, Scot. - d. 1916 Baker City, Baker, OR).******** Albert Donald Simpson (b. 1909 Glendale, AZ). Wife: Mary Ethel Bristow Simpson (b. 1911 Gosfield South, Essex, ON), daughter of Gilbert Franklin Bristow (b. 1881 Termor Co., Lennox & Addington, ON - d. 1963) & Marion Ermanetta Whaley Bristow (b. 1880 Garfield South, Essex, ON - d. 1968). ********* Richard Donald Simpson (1935-1939 Windsor, ON).
******** Allan Fleming Simpson (b. 1910 Glendale, [[Arizona|AZ]] - d. 1995 Leam., ON). Wife: Viola Hetherington Simpson (b. 1911 Fort Macleod, Claresholm, [[Alberta|AB]] - d. 1992 Leam., ON), daughter of Thomas Ridley Hetherington (b. 1869 Allendale, Northumberland, [[England|Eng.]] - d. 1940 Leam., ON) & Melissa Ann Mifflin Hetherington (b. 1878 Tilbury East, Chatham-Kent, ON - d. 1949 Mersea Twp., Essex, ON).
********* Eugene Simpson '''+1962-2019''' (1940-2019). See [https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/24915987/eugene-simpson obit]. Saved in 1963.
==Sloan families==
There were "Mrs. G. Sloan" and "Mrs. L. Sloan" at this assembly in 1951. Perhaps the "L" is for Lemuel (wife Annie), and the "G" is for Garnet (wife Velma)? Also see Simpson family.
* Amy "Annie" Elizabeth Simpson Sloan '''+1881+; +1951+''' (b. 1876 Chatham, ON - d. 1972 Leamington, ON). Husband (1901 @ Chatham, ON): Lemuel Wendell Sloan (b. 1874 Mersea Twp., Essex, ON - d. 1961 Leamington, ON), son of James Thornton Sloan (b. 1838 Eganville, Halton, ON - d. 1889 Windsor, ON) & Isabella Fox Sloan (b. 1837 Gosfield, Essex, ON - d. 1903 Mersea, Essex, ON).