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Early Church Records for the Niagara Peninsula.
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"This information was originally published by:
ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Papers and Records
Volume 8, Published in Toronto in 1907
Pages 149-225.
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Stamford Twp. Marriages 1827-1834
Burials by Rev. Wm. Leeming 1820-1837
Baptisms by Rev. Wm. Leeming 1820-1837
Marriages by Rev. Wm. Leeming 1820-1835
Marriages by Thomas Cummings, J.P. 1801-1820
Early records of Twps. of Willoughby and Crowland.
EARLY CHURCHES IN THE NIAGARA PENINSULA,
STAMFORD AND CHIPPAWA, WITH MARRIAGE
RECORDS OF THOMAS CUMMINGS, AND
EXTRACTS FROM THE CUMMINGS' PAPERS.
Edited by Janet Carnochan.
The following records were obtained from various sources and
relate to three early churches of the Niagara Peninsula and to a
noted merchant of Chippawa.
The records of the Stamford Church were kindly loaned by Mr.
McMicking, and it is told with pardonable pride were once
produced in a court of justice to decide a lawsuit.
Those relating to Chippawa were rescued by Colonel Cruikshank
from an old building where old account books were found, some of
them almost undecipherable from the effects of rain and damp,
some mildewed and decayed, and now recopied by kind permission
from that gentleman's first copy.
Stamford Church was probably the first in Upper Canada, with
perhaps the exception of the Mohawk Church, near Brantford. It
is supposed to have been built in 1786 or 1787, but the earliest records
are unfortunately lost. The oldest record in the graveyard is
1793. In the session book the name is the Associate Presbyterian
Society, and the congregation is still in connection with the
churches of the United States. The faithful pastor, who for
nearly thirty years kept the records here printed, is thus
commemorated in the gra"
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