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The Loyalist Churches

of

Sorel

Three Rivers

St. Johns

Chambly

and

surrounding Areas

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Compiled by: Jacques Gagné - gagne.jacques@sympatico.ca

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Christ Church Anglican in Sorel

Table of Contents

The Loyalist Churches of 6

Sorel - Three Rivers - St. Johns - Chambly 6

and surrounding area 6

The Anglican Churches 6

The Anglican Church in Trois-Rivières 6

Christ Church Anglican in Sorel 6

Saint James Anglican in St. Johns 6

Saint Stephen’s Anglican in Chambly 7

St. Johns Methodist Church 7

Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford 7

Saint Thomas Anglican in Rougemont 8

Hemmingford History 8

Berthier en haut, the first Protestant Church in Lower Canada 8

Lac Maskinongé (Berthier en haut) 8

Lanaudière Heritage Web 8

Loyalist Resources on Ancestry 8

The Churches 9

Abbotsford - County of Rouville 9

Berthier County 10

Berthier en Haut - County of Berthier 10

Berthierville - County of Berthier 10

Brandon Township 11

Carufel - County of Maskinongé 12

Chambly Village - County of Chambly 12

Crabtree - County of Joliette 13

Fort St. Johns - County of St-Jean 13

Grant - County of Joliette 13

Hemmingford - County of Huntingdon 13

Joliette County 17

Kildare - County of Joliette 17

l'Acadie - County of St-Jean 18

Louiseville – County of Maskinongé 18

Maskinongé County 18

Maskinongé - 18

Mount Johnson - County of Iberville 18

New York - County of Maskinongé 19

Nicolet – County of Nicolet 19

Odelltown – County of Champlain 19

Peterborough - County of Maskinongé 19

Radnor Forges - County of Champlain 19

Rawdon - County of Montcalm 20

Richelieu County 20

Rivière du Loup en haut (Louiseville) - County of Maskinongé 20

Rougemont - County of Rouville 20

Rouville - County of Rouville 21

Sherrington - County of Napierville 21

Sorel - County of Richelieu 22

Sorel Seigniory - County of Richelieu 23

St-Gabriel de Brandon – County of Berthier 23

St. Johns - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu - County of St-Jean 23

Ste-Ursule – County of Maskinongé 25

Trois Rivières – County of St-Maurice 25

Warwick County 26

William Henry - County of Richelieu 26

Yamachiche - County of Maskinongé 26

Yamaska Mountain - County of Rouville 27

Yamaska Region - County of Yamaska 27

Repositories 27

The Loyalist Churches

of

Sorel - Three Rivers - St. Johns - Chambly

and surrounding areas

The Anglican Churches

The Anglican Church in Trois-Rivières

The years immediately following the declaration of Independence by the American Colonies saw an influx of refugees from that country into the British provinces in the north. Some of them settled in three communities a few miles southwest of Three Rivers (Trois-Rivières), namely Maskinongé (founded in 1714), Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville, founded in 1714), and Machiche (Yamachiche, founded in 1702), 24, 20, 15 miles respectively from Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers), and forming at the time, part of the Anglican Parish of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers). Before the end of the eighteenth century and during the first quarter of the nineteenth, the names of several of these original English families occur in the parish registers of Saint James Anglican of Three Rivers until the year of 1821, when Reverend John Campbell Driscoll was appointed ‘’to the cure of the souls in the Protestant portion of Rivière-du-Loup, together with the charge and inspection of the Protestant inhabitants of the Parishes of Machiche and Nicolet, all in the district of Three Rivers’’ - Source: Arthur Ernest Edgar Legge - QFHS book #HG-154.99 L3 The Anglican Church in Three Rivers 1768-1956 - 191 pages

Christ Church Anglican in Sorel

In 1777, a military chaplain, the Reverend Thomas Scott, had begun holding services in a military barrack at the foot of King Street near the River. Following the American Revolution, the city of Sorel became a haven for many Loyalists driven from their homes in the former British colonies to the south, the largest wave of Loyalist immigration occurring in 1783-84. On July 4, 1784, the Reverend John Doty arrived from England, sent by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Celebrating Divine Service on the day of his arrival, this date is viewed as the founding of the second oldest Anglican parish in Canada after Saint Paul’s Church, Halifax, in 1749.

Source;

Saint James Anglican in St. Johns

St-Jean sur Richelieu

In the years after the American Revolution, there was an influx of some 5000 United Empire Loyalists into the Province of Quebec and a large number of them came to this district. The needs of these new settlers for spiritual direction soon became a priority. At first, passing missionaries and the resident army chaplains ministered to the Protestant population. Then, in 1816, following a suggestion by the Rev. Micajah Townsend of nearby Clarenceville, a subscription list was circulated in St. Johns, Isle aux Noix, Chambly, St. Luc, Montreal and Quebec City, and £1,433 was raised to build a Protestant chapel in St. Johns. The history of this first church in St. Johns is closely linked with the history of the garrison of Port St. Johns. The selected building site was a piece of War Department land adjacent to a brick barrack shown on a plan from 1791. The land immediately behind the site became the official Church cemetery. This area was a burial ground prior to the construction of the Church and very readable tombs bearing dates prior to 1816 still exist. Some are for soldiers who fell in the War of 1812, and the oldest legible stone is from 1798. Source: Phyllis Hamilton, With Heart and Hands and Voices - Histories of Protestant Churches of Brome, Missisquoi, Shefford and surrounding area - QFHS Library - UEL Section - Pointe Claire

Saint Stephen’s Anglican in Chambly

The names of those closely connected with the early days of Fort Chambly read like a roll call of the great and famous in New France and Lower Canada -- Samuel de Champlain; Jacques de Chambly; Lieutenant Colonel de Hertel de Rouville; Sir John Johnson and Sir Guy Carleton of Loyalist fame; Colonel Charles de Salaberry; General Richard Montgomery and John Thomas from the U.S., and Sir John Bourgoyne. The first Protestant clergyman to serve the Chambly area was the Rev. D.C. DeLisle who was stationed in Montreal. From 1771 until his death in 1794, he travelled twice yearly to Chambly to conduct services in French. When the Rev. Brooke Bridges Stevens, a Church of England military chaplain, arrived in Chambly in 1819, he managed to unite the leading civil and military personnel to take steps toward building a Protestant Church in the village - Source; Phyllis Hamilton - With Heart and Hands and Voices - Histories of Protestant Churches of Brome, Missisquoi, Shefford and surrounding area - QFHS Library - UEL Section - Pointe Claire

St. Johns Methodist Church

St-Jean sur Richelieu

In 1804, records show that a Methodist missionary, the Rev. Lathan Clark, tried to start a Methodist circuit in the settlements of the Richelieu Valley, but was unsuccessful. The next record of any religious activity in the Methodist cause in this area is found in the diary of the Rev. Richard Williams in an entry for February 12, 1816. He writes: “About 30 miles from Montreal is the village of St. Johns. It is large and its inhabitants are wicked to a proverb. In this place, I spent one Sabbath day and preached twice in a store house belonging to the government.” As this excerpt indicates, Wesleyan Methodist preachers visited St. Johns occasionally. The earliest recorded ministers to serve the community on a regular basis were the Rev. John Johnson in 1835, the Rev. Edmund Ingalls in 1836, the Rev. R.L. Lusher in 1840, the Rev. William Squire in 1841. The first resident minister at St. Johns Methodist was the Rev. Hugh Montgomery in 1841 - Source: Phyllis Hamilton, With Heart and Hands and Voices - Histories of Protestant Churches of Brome, Missisquoi, Shefford and surrounding area - QFHS Library - UEL Section - Pointe Claire

Saint Paul’s Anglican Church in Abbotsford

Among the first Loyalist settlers in Abbotsford was Joel Fraser, who arrived around 1802. Fraser married a French Canadian, Marie Gravelle and they settled at the north end of the North Road which skirts Yamaska Mountain. In 1824, the Rt. Rev. Jacob Mountain, Bishop of Quebec, appointed the Rev. William Abbott to the parish. Mr. Abbott only stayed six months before trading parishes with his brother, Joseph from St. Andrew’s, Quebec. The name for the village of Abbotsford, which was suggested by Bishop Mountain is a combination of Abbott and Bradford, from the surnames of the Rev. Joseph Abbott and his wife Harriet Anne Bradford. Source: Phyllis Hamilton, With Heart and Hands and Voices - Histories of Protestant Churches of Brome, Missisquoi, Shefford and surrounding area - QFHS Library - UEL Section - Pointe Claire

Saint Thomas Anglican in Rougemont

During the American War of Independence, the Yamaska River, was of strategic importance as it provided an invasion route from the south. English settlers began to arrive in greater numbers in the early 1800s, many of them United Empire Loyalists such as Dennis Downing, Peter Truax, and the Batchelder family. The Batchelders were largely responsible for encouraging the building of a Church in the small village of Rougemont. As in other areas, the first religious services were held in homes when a travelling missionary visited from time to time, This continued for about 20 years, until the Rev. C.F. Thorndike of Chambly Canton, acting as missionary for Rougemont, organized the first regular religious services in 1840 - Source: Phyllis Hamilton - With Heart and Hands and Voices - Histories of Protestant Churches of Brome, Missisquoi, Shefford and surrounding area - QFHS Library - UEL Section -

Pointe Claire

Hemmingford History

http:hemmingford.ca/canton/

Berthier en haut, the first Protestant Church in Lower Canada

M1168?Lang=1&accessnumber=M1168

Lac Maskinongé (Berthier en haut)

Saint-Gabriel de Brandon

Les rapports entre catholiques et protestants au Bas-Canada

au milieu du 19ème siècle

Le cas du Lac Maskinongé (Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon)

Source: Estelle Brisson - QFHS REF #HG-157.9 B7 - 275 pages

(Quebec Family History Society)

Pointe-Claire

Lanaudière Heritage Web



Loyalist Resources on Ancestry

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The Churches

Abbotsford - County of Rouville

A Loyalist region - Also referred to as Yamaska Mountain and first settled about 1803 and located northwest of Granby and southwest of Roxton Pond. - Abbotsford has since been renamed St-Paul-d’Abbotsford

1822 – Saint Paul's Anglican Church – First opened and ministered by Rev. William Abbott in 1824 and by Rev. Joseph Abbott, his own brother a year later - By 1832, the parish at the time was responsible for missions in Farnham, Granby, Milton, Rougemont, St. Hyacinthe - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese, Montréal; parish registers (1830-1889 and perhaps also up to the mid 1990's) contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1824-1899) & (1824-1884) & (1884-1940) - Drouin-Pépin (1824-1940) - QFHS (1824-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1824-1940) - Please note, early church registers of the Anglican and Congregationalist churches of Abbotsford were intermingled into one microfilm, namely #411 (1824-1884) - The civil registers which appears on Ancestry.ca and Drouin-Pépin most likely are also intermingled between these two churches.

1835 – Congregationalist Society - United Church Archives ETRC, Lennoxville: parish registers under #UC-029 (1835-1836 & 1865-1879) contact Archives, Jody Robinson, archivist etrc2@ubishops.ca - BAnQ films (1837-1842) & (1843-1855) & (1824-1884) - Drouin-Pépin (1824-1884) - QFHS (1824-1884) - Ancestry.ca (1824-1884) - The Congregational Church and the Anglican Church church registers of Abbotsford were intermingled into one film, namely #411 (1824-1884)

1835 - Wesleyan Methodist Missionaries - Opened in 1835, burned in 1840 - For a period of time, it appears that the Methodist congregation used the Congregational church as a house of worship - United Church Archives ETRC Lennoxville, fonds under #UC-029 civil registers (1835-1836 & 1865-1879), contact Archives, Jody Robinson, archivist etrc2@bishops.ca

1840 - Methodist - Congregational - Anglican Cemetery - verify the QFHS cemetery binders.

1855 - Granby & Eastern Townships Newspaper Extracts - BAnQ book #3185 marriage, birth, death extracts (1855-1910)

1885 - United Congregational & Methodist Church - United Church Archives ETRC Lennoxville, parish registers (1865-1879), contact Archives, Jody Robinson, archivist etrc2@ubishops.ca - BAnQ film (1884-1940) - Drouin-Pépin (1884-1940) - QFHS (1884-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1884-1940) 1930 - United Church - United Church Archives ETRC Lennoxville under fonds #UC-029, content not reported, contact Archives, Jody Robinson, archivist etrc2@ubishops.ca - BanQ film (1930-1940) - Drouin-Pépin (1930-1940) - QFHS (1930-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1930-1940)

Berthier County

An old county under the French Regime located between Maskinongé and Joliette counties on the northern shores of the St. Lawrence river - Governor Frederick Haldimand had selected the region of Berthier and nearby Maskinongé as a staging region for incoming Loyalists to Lower Canada - Hamlets such as Machiche (Yamachiche), Louiseville, Brandon (Berthier-en-haut), Berthier, Maskinongé were settled in part by Loyalists - In 1786, the Prebyterian Church had sent missionaries to the region

Berthier en Haut - County of Berthier

A Loyalist region - Also referred to in the eighteenth century as Brandon and much later as Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon - see Brandon Township - see; Berthier en haut, the first Protestant Church in Lower Canada

1823 - Lac Maskinongé Anglican Missionnaires - BAnQ films under Berthier-en-Haut Anglican (1823-1828 & 1830-1834 & 1855-1856 & 1858-1899) & under Louiseville Protestants (1821-1845 & 1846-1854) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #1601 (1823-1932) - Drouin-Pépin (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - QFHS (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - Ancestry.ca (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants)

Berthierville - County of Berthier

A town also referred to in Protestant Church registers as Berthier, a town located on the St. Lawrence river in the region of Louiseville - QFHS books #HG-157.9 K5 & HG-157.9 B3 - see; - see also; Lanaudière Heritage Web - http;//attraction/Lanaudière-heritage-trail

1786 - Cuthbert Presbyterian St. Andrew’s Chapel - Organized in 1786. The building now house a museum - No known surviving parish registers - see; biographi.ca/en /bio/cuthbert_james_4E.html

1823 – Episcopalian & Saint James Anglican Parish with missions in Brandon Township (Berthier-en-haut), Kildare and Maskinongé - Missions began in 1823, most likely staffed by missionaries from the Anglican Church of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) - Erected in 1850 as a parish, Rev. W.A. Merrick, presiding - Church in Berthier would close in 1957 - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal, parish registers Berthier-en-Haut (St-Gabriel-de-Brandon) (1823-1832) & parish registers Berthier (1864-1957), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archives@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1823-1828 & 1830-1834 & 1855-1856 & 1858-1899) & (1823-1930) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #1601 (1823-1832 & 1855-1952) - Drouin-Pépin (1823-1930) - QFHS (1823-1930) - Ancestry.ca (1823-1930) - see; .

1866 - St. James Anglican Cemetery - see;

1892 - Baptist Missions of Maskinongé - Rev. William Stephen Bullock, served from 1892 to 1906, a Baptist missionary, pastor and member of parliament ministered in a small Baptist Church in the village of Maskinongé - Families from surrounding villages were most likely members of this small church. Church records have survived - BAnQ films under Maskinongé Baptist (1893-1906) - Drouin-Pépin (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist) - QFHS (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist)

Brandon Township - County of Berthier

A Loyalist region - Also referred to as Berthier-en-haut in early Church registers and today known as Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon - Located north of Louiseville and Berthierville - see; Berthier en Haut, the first Protestant Church in Lower Canada -. mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/ M1168?Lang= 1?accessnumber=M1168 - see also; Lanaudière Heritage Web - lanaudiere-heritage-trail

1822 - Episcopalian & Anglican Missions of Maskinongé & Berthier - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal, parish registers described as Berhier-en-haut

(1823-1832) under Louiseville fonds, contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archives@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1823-1828 & 1830-1834 & 1855-1856 & 1858-1899 under Berthier-en-Haut Anglican) & 1821-1845 & 1846-1854 under Louiseville Protestants) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages under Lac-Maskinongé Protestant #1601 (1823-1832) - Drouin-Pépin (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - QFHS (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - Ancestry.ca (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants)

1823 - Berthier-en-Haut Anglican Missionaries or Lac-Maskinongé Anglican Missionaries - BAnQ films under Louiseville Protestants (1821-1845) & (1846-1854) & under Berthier-en-Haut Anglican (1823-1828 & 1830-1834 & 1855-1856 & 1858-1899) - BAnQ books of indexes of marriages #1601 (1823-1831) #1095 (1822-1854 Episcopalians) & (1822-1868 Anglicans) - Drouin-Pépin (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - QFHS (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants) - Ancestry.ca (1821-1845 & 1846-1854 Louiseville Protestants)

1869 - Ste-Ursule Anglican Circuit Ministry with preaching points in Brandon Township (Berthier-en-Haut), Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville) and other hamlets in Maskinongé and Berthier counties - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal, fonds not reported, contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ films under Saint (e)-Ursule Anglican (1869-1882) & (1883) & (1884) & (1885-1887) & (1888-1904) & (1869-1939) - Drouin-Pépin (1869-1939 Anglican Saint (e)-Ursule) - QFHS (1869-1939 Anglican Saint (e)-Ursule) - Ancestry.ca (1869-1939 Anglican Saint (e) Ursule)

1893 - Baptist Mission of Maskinongé in Berthier-en-Haut (St-Gabriel-de-Brandon) - From 1893 to 1906, Rev. William Stephen Bullock, a Baptist Missionary based in the village of Maskinongé appears to have visited a number of hamlets within the counties of Maskinongé and Berthier, in villages such as Louiseville, Ste-Ursule and most likely St-Gabriel-de-Brandon (Berthier-en-Haut) - The church records of the Baptist Church of Maskinongé have survived - BAnQ films under Maskinongé Baptist (1893-1900) & (1893-1906) - Drouin-Pépin (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist) - QFHS (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist) - Ancestry.ca (1893-1906 Maskinongé Baptist)

Carufel - County of Maskinongé

A settlement of the 1790's or most likely earlier, bordered by the hamlets of New York to the west, Rivière-du-Loup (Louiseville) to the east

Chambly Village - County of Chambly

Located on the Richelieu river, officers and soldiers from the Imperial Army were present from about 1760 onwards, including the nearby hamlet of Carignan

1771 – Anglican Missionaries - No known surviving parish registers, contact Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal-anglican.ca

1815 – Saint Stephen’s Anglican - Rev. B.B. Stevens, Rev. Edwar Parkin, presiding in 1820 - Rev. I.P. White, presiding in 1847 - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal; parish registers (1819-1955) contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - QFHS book #HG-152.44 S7 - 67 pages - BAnQ book of indexes #1453 (1815-1955 deaths) - BAnQ films (1819-1941) & (1819-1869) & (1870-1899) - Drouin-Pépin (1819-1941) - QFHS (1819-1941) - Ancestry.ca (1819-1941) - see;

1815 - Anglican Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1453 (1815-1955) - see also; QFHS cemetery binders

1820 - History of St. Stephen's Anglican - A book by W.J. Ellis, C.P.C. Downman, T.A. Ramsey, George Pyke - QFHS book #HG-152.44 S7 67 pages (1820-1970)

1851 – First Chambly Methodist Circuit Ministry - Rev. Thomas Cleworth, presiding in 1856 - From 1858 to 1859, Rev. George Davis would minister to the congregation in Chambly and St. Johns - In 1865, Rev. Robert Ferrier took over the congregation - Rev. John Armstrong, presiding from 1869 - BAnQ films (1851-1873) & (1851-1898) - Drouin-Pépin (1851-1873) - QFHS (1851-1873) - Ancestry.ca (1851-1873) - QFHS films (1851-1898) & (1851-1875)

1876 – Chambly Methodist Church & Second Chambly Methodist Circuit Ministry - Church organized in 1876 - United Church Archives, Montreal-Ottawa Conference - Fonds of civil registers under UCAM #P603, S2, SS-94 (1883-1908) - BAnQ films (1873-1912) & (1851-1898) - Drouin-Pépin (1873-1912) - QFHS (1873-1912) - Ancestry.ca (1873-1912) - QFHS films (1851-1898)

1965 – United Church - Richelieu Valley Pastoral Charge at 450-467-7674 - 62 Constable, McMasterville, QC J3G 1N1 -

Crabtree - County of Joliette

A village now part of Joliette Township

1831 - Anglican Missionaries - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese, Montréal - Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #1601 (1831-1964 under Protestant marriages in Joliette County (various denominations))

Fort St. Johns - County of St-Jean

Located within the city of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu within the grounds of the Military College.

1757 - Fort St. John's Anglican Chapel - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese, Montréal; civil registers (1785-1795) contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1757-1760 marriages) - BAnQ film (1757-1760) - Drouin-Pépin (1757-1760) - QFHS (1757-1760) - Ancestry.ca (1757-1760)

1760 - Fort St. Johns Anglican Mission to the Imperial Forces - Church registers of marriages, births, deaths only available in London, England -

Grant - County of Joliette

A hamlet of the 1790's and most likely earlier in an old county by the name of Warwick. The township of Grant as it was then known was at the time located north of Lanoraie township in a region now referred to as Joliette within a county by the same name - Grant was bordered to the west by Kildare, Chertsey, Lavaltrie and to the east by Berthier

1831 - Anglican Missionary Society of Joliette, Kildare, New Glascow, Rawdon, Ramsey - see Rawdon, see Berthier for early church registers.

Hemmingford - County of Huntingdon

A loyalist region - Located southeast of St. Johns (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu) and north of the U.S. border

1799 - Hemmingford Two Hundred Years of Hope and Challange 1799-1999 - QFHS #HG-152.01 MCK4 & HG-152.9 H4 - 605 pages by Betty McKay Mackenzie & Jacquie Hebert Stoneberg

1799 - Hemmingford Then and Now - QFHS book #HG-152.9 S6 by Alister Somerville, Dan Mark, E.James Tarlton - 232 pages

1808 - Hemmingford Atkinson Cemetery - Located on Fisher street - First burial 1808

1815 – Episcopalian Missions of Saint George of Caldwell and Christie Manors – In the early years, Rev. Charles James Stewart and Rev. Micajah Townend who served the Parish of St. George occasionally journeyed west of the Richelieu to infant settlements along the slightly used trail from Odelltown through Roxham, Scriver's Corners, Covey Hill and on to Hinchinbrooke as far west as Huntingdon. Names of early Hemmingford landowners appear among the Caldwell and Christie Manor Anglican records - source: The History of the Anglican Church by Mickey Maynard - QFHS books #HG-152.01 MCK4 & HG-152.99 H4- This parish would later be associated with Saint Luke of Hemmingford among others.

1813 - Trinity Anglican Cemetery - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 compilers: Jeannie & Garry Bickes

1823 - Hemmingford Protestant Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1823-1978) - QFHS cemetery ninders #REF-CL-152.4 (1823-1978) compilers: Gerry Rogers and others

1823 - Hemmingford Cemetery Records - compiler: Garry Bickes - reproduction of content restricted - see:

1823 – Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church - Rev. John Merlin, presiding from 1822 to 1855, Rev. James Patterson, Rev. William Robertson, Rev. Roderick McKay, Rev. A. Lee, Rev. C. Haughton, Rev. S. Gorley, Rev. D.M. Reid, presiding from 1858 to 1915 - QFHS books #HG-152.44 H4 & #HG-152.01 MCK4 & HG-152.9 H4

1823 - Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1823-1978) - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 (1823-1978) - compilers: Gerry Rogers and others

1823 – St. Armand Methodist Circuit Ministry with preaching points in Burtonville, Caldwell Manor, Clarenceville, Hemmingford, Isle aux Noix, Odelltown, Sherrington - Under the missionary endeavours of Rev. Richard Pope, Rev. Thomas Best, Rev. James Covell, Rev. William Ross, Rev. Gershom Pearce, the above American Methodist preachers were ivisitors to the region.

1823 - St. Luke's Anglican Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1823-1978) - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 (1823-1978) - compilers: Gerry Rogers and others

1829 - Knox Presbyterian Robson Street Church in Covey Hill - Organized in 1829 by the Associate Synod of North Limerick, a secessionist Presbyterian body of the United States - QFHS books #HG-152.44 H4 & HG-152.01 MCK4 & HG-152.9 H4

1833 - Hemmingford Episcopalian Mission at Scriver's Corners - In 1833, Bishop George Jehosaphat Mountain appointed Rev. William Dawes as minister to the new congregation - Rev. Dawes was asked to visit families along the English River to Bogton and from Roxham north to the crown land bordering Sherrington - A few years later Rev. William Bennett Bond was appointed to the parish. The missionary endeavours of both Rev. Dawes and Bond resulted with the eventual opening of permanent missions of the Church of England in Hemmingford Township and nearby Sherrington - QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & #HG-152.01 MCK4- BAnQ film (1836-1940 Hemingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1834 – Hemmingford Methodist Church - Rev. Mr. Judd, presiding in 1835 - Church opened in 1834, two years later the church of Hemmingford was included in the Odelltown circuit, see Odelltown for early church registers under the Richelieu River Valley compilation for additional details on the availability of additional and much more complete church registers listing - BAnQ films (1855-1899) & (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1835 - Saint Andrew's Presbyterian - In 1835 under the leadership of Rev. John Merlin who organized that parish and the construction of their church Saint Andrew's near Scriver's Corners in 1842 - QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & #HG-152.01 MCK4 - BAnQ films (1836-1899 Hemmingford Presbyterian) & (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1836 – Hemmingford Anglican Circuit Ministry with preaching points in Dundee, Godmanchester, Hinchinbrook, Sherrington - Organized in Hemmingford in 1836 under the leadership of Rev. Richard Dawes - BAnQ films (1838-1842 Hemmingford Anglican) & (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & HG-152.01 MCK4 - Drouin-Pépin (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1838 – Saint Paul’s Anglican Church - Rev. Henry Hazard, presiding from 1842 to 1850, Rev. J. McKeoun in 1851-1852, Rev. Gerald O'Grady in 1852 to 1855, Rev. Thomas Mussen in 1856, Rev. Edward Duvernet from 1856 to 1860, the latter date being the actual year of closing of this Church building - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal (1875-1892, parish registers including those of Sherrington St. James the Apostle), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & #HG-152.01 MCK4 - BAnQ films (1838-1899 Hemmingford Anglican) & (1842-1855 Hemmingford Anglican) & (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1836-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyerian, Methodist, United)

1840 - St. Paul's Anglican Ruins and Cemetery - Located on Napper Road - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.3 - compilers: Jeannie & Garry Bickes -

1851 - Wesley-Knox Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1851-1981) - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 (1851-1081) - compilers: Gerry Rogers and others.

1852 – Associate Presbyterian Church of Hemmingford & Hinchinbrook - Organized in 1852, closed in 1855 - source; Ken Steffenson and others - BAnQ film (1852-1855 Associate Presbyterian in Hemmingford)

1853 – United Presbyterian Church of Hemmingford with preaching points in Russelltown (The Little White Church) and Sherrington - Organized in 1853. From 1881 to 1884, Rev. James Patterson of the Hemmingford Church was pastor at both the Hemmingford and the Little White Church in Russelltown, see: - Registres de l'état civil (1853-1966 under Presbyterian and United in Hemmingford) - BAnQ film (1853-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1853-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1853-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1853-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1855 – Wesleyan Knox Methodist Church in Hemmingford - Organized in 1855, still operational in 1918 - sources: Ken Steffenson and others - BAnQ films (1855-1899) & (1855-1918 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - BAnQ book of indexes of baptisms #2836 (1855-1909) - Drouin-Pépin (1855-1918 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1855-1918 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1855-1918 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1859 - Wesley Methodist Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1859-1976) - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 (1859-1976) - compilers: Gerry Rogers and others

1860 – Saint Luke’s Anglican – Hemmingford Village – Organized in 1860 under the ministry of Rev. Edward Duvernet 1860-1868, followed by Rev. James D. Morrison 1869-1872, John C. Davidson 1873-1881, Rev. William Weaver from 1885, Rev. H.L. Wood from 1889, Rev. Thomas B. Jeakins from 1891, Rev. A.B. Caldwell from 1916 - The parish was still open in 1998 under the leadership of Rev. Linda Faith Chalk - sources; QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & HG-152.01 MCK4 - The parish of St. Luke's would later amalgamate Saint John the Baptist of Hallerton, Saint Paul’s of Hinchinbrook, Saint James the Apostle of Sherrington, Saint James Anglican of Roxham - Rev. Edward Duvernet presiding from 1860 to 1868, Rev. J.D. Morrison, Rev. J.C. Morrison, J.C. Davidson presiding from 1869 to 1881 - Church was still open in 1982 - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal , fonds of parish registers, (1875-1892 including those in Sherrington (St. James the Apostle)), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1842-1855) & (1860-1899) & (1918-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Prebyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1918-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1918-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1918-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1918 - Union of Methodist and Presbyterian Churches of Hemmingford - The governing bodies of both the Methodist Church and St. Andrew's Presbyterian met in April of 1918 and agree to unite. This arrangement continued for seven years

1925 - Hemmingford United - Rev. C.C. Salisbury, presiding - - BAnQ films (1925-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1925-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1925-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1925-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1927 – Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian & Knox Robson Presbyterian Churches – Hemmingford - Rev. J.J. Mc Caskill, Rev. Allan S. Reid, Rev. Herbert P. Mailand presiding from 1926 to 1929 - BAnQ films (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist United) - QFHS (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1927 – Saint Andrew's United Church – Hemmingford - Rev. Herbert Maitland, presiding in 1930 - By law, the newly formed congregation calling itself St. Andrew's United now owned three churches, St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Knox Presbyterian, Robson - Covey Hill, and the Methodist Church - BAnQ films (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Drouin-Pépin (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - QFHS (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United) - Ancestry.ca (1927-1940 Hemmingford Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist, United)

1927 - Saint Andrew's United Cemetery - BAnQ book of burials #1480 (1823-1926 under St. Andrew's Presbyterian Cemetery & 1927-1978 under St. Andrew's United Cemetery) - QFHS cemetery binders #REF-CL-152.4 (1823-1926 & 1927-1978) - Compilers: Gerry Rogers and others

Joliette County

Located between Berthier and Montcalm, from the St. Lawrence river to the great north.

Kildare - County of Joliette

A Hamlet now referred to as St-Ambroise-de-Kildare - see;

http:/en.wiki/Saint-Ambtoise-de-Kildare,_Quebec

1853 - Wesleyan Methodist Protestant Mission with the participation of Anglican ministers - From about 1866, perhaps earlier, Rev. Calvin Amaron, a Wesleyan Methodist minister from nearby Shawbridge was a visitor to the region of Kildare. - BAnQ films under Protestant Kildare (1853-1909) & under Wesleyan Methodist Shawbridge (1866-1922) - Drouin-Pépin (1853-1909 Protestants Kildare (St-Ambroise-de-Kildare)) & (1866-1922 Wesleyan Methodist Shawbridge) - QFHS (1853-1909 Protestants Kildare (St-Ambroise-de-Kildare)) & (1866-1922 Wesleyan Methodist Shawbridge) - Ancestry.ca (1853-1909 Protestants Kildare (St-Ambroise-de-Kildare)) & (1866-1922 Wesleyan Methodist Shawbridge)

l'Acadie - County of St-Jean

A small town in the Richelieu Valley, just southeast of the city of Iberville

1830 - Grace Anglican Church - Episcopalian Church - Opened in 1830, closed in

1940 - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal: parish registers (1869-1940) contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1869-1875) & (1869-1873 & 1875-1876 & 1888-1899) & (1888-1899 & 1926-1940) & (1869-1876) - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1869-1888 & 1888-1948 marriages) - Drouin-Pépin (1869-1876 & 1888-1940) - QFHS (1869-1876 & 1888-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1869-1876 & 1888-1940) - Parish registers for the years of 1877 to 1887, see the Anglican Church in St. Johns (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu) or/and the Anglican Church in Chambly

1839 - L'Acadie Grace Anglican Cemetery - BAnQ book of indexes #1478 (1839-1932 burials)

1844 - L'Acadie Whitman Cemetery - QFHS cemetery binders under St-Jean County

Louiseville – County of Maskinongé

A small city located on the shores of the St. Lawrence river, west of Trois Rivières

1869 - Saint Ursule Anglican - Anglican Archives Quebec Diocese under St. Ursule Anglican (1869-1939), contact Archives, James Sweeny, archivist - archivist@quebec. anglican.ca - BAnQ films under Saint(e) Ursule Anglican (1869-1939) & (1869-1899) - Drouin-Pépin (1869-1939) - QFHS (1869-1939) - Ancestry.ca (1869-1939)

Maskinongé County

A narrow county located between the counties of Saint-Maurice and Berthier - Maskinongé county had a special affiliation with the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) - Some of the hamlets and villages within Maskinongé had been selected by Governor Frédéric Haldimand as staging regions for incoming Loyalist families - Most of these families would move-on to other regions of Canada, but some stayed - The Protestant Missionary Societies of Trois-Rivières were at the fore-front of missionary endeavours for Maskinongé and surrounding counties during the early years of the British mandate in Lower Canada - Source: Estelle Brisson

Maskinongé - County of Maskinongé

Located in the Louiseville region slightly west of Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) on the shores of the St. Lawrence - see; Loyalist-Monuments/Loyalist-Settlers-Monument/php

Mount Johnson - County of Iberville

A mountain located east of the Richelieu River near Monnoir, named for Sir. John Johnson, the mountain is now referred to as Mont-St-Grégoire

New York - County of Maskinongé A hamlet of the early 1790's and perhaps a few years earlier on the northern shores of the St. Lawrence river between Rivière-du-Loup-en-haut (Louiseville) and Carufel - The settlement of New York was later renamed Du Sable. The county of Maskinongé or at least a portion of the latter was secured by Governor Frédérick Haldimand as a staging area for the incoming United Empire Loyalists (UEL) for eventual relocation to other parts of Canada, mostly to Ontario (Upper Canada at the time

Nicolet – County of Nicolet

Located across the St. Lawrence river from Trois-Rivières - The Anglican and Methodist missionaries from Nicolet ministered to Anglo Protestant families in hamlets through-out Nicolet county and surrounding counties such as Drummond, Arthabaska, Bagot, Yamaska and even families from the Trois-Rivières region.

1823 – Saint Bartholomew Episcopalian - Anglican Church - Those who served: J. Almond, Andrew Balfour, John L. Ball, William M. Ball, Henry Burgess - Anglican Archives Quebec Diocese Lennoxville, parish registers: (1823-1908) contact Archives, James Sweeny, archivist - archivist@quebec. anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1826-1899) & (1826-1876) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #2564 (1823-1908) - Drouin-Pépin (1826-1899) - QFHS (1826-1899) Ancestry.ca (1826-1899)

1831 or about - Methodist Mission - see Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers) for parish register under Wesleyan Methodist - see:



Odelltown – County of Champlain

A hamlet in the region of Grand-Mère (Shawinigan) - Please note that a second town with the same name of Odelltown does exist, the latter located near the US border in the Lacolle region.

1831 or about – Methodist Mission - see Trois-Rivières (Three Rivers)

Peterborough - County of Maskinongé

A hamlet of the 1790's and most likely earlier, located east of Brandon Township (Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon - Berthier-en-Haut) and of Warwick county, east of Hunters Worth (Hunterstown), a region now referred to as Saint-Zénon

Radnor Forges - County of Champlain

First settled in the 1790's and referred at the time as Radnor, the latter located west of Batiscan

1895 – Christ Church of Radnor Forges (Shawinigan) & Grandes Piles (Grand-Mère) - Those who served: Rev. Mervyn Awcock, Robert Charlton, J.W. Harrison, William Henry Moorhead - Anglican Archives Quebec Diocese Lennoxville under Grand-Mère (St. Stephen's) civil registers (1899-1993) contact Archives, James Sweeny, archivist - archivist@quebec.anglican.ca - QFHS book # HG-154.99 L3 under St. James Anglican of Three Rivers, list of families including those of Radnor - BAnQ films under Grand-Mère Anglican (St. Stephen's) (1899-1936) & (1937-1940) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #3086, 182 pages in total of families who worshipped at Saint John the Evangelist Anglican in Shawinigan (1902-1983) & Saint Stephen's Rectory Anglican in Grand-Mère (1899-1981) - Drouin-Pépin (1899-1940) - QFHS (1899-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1899-1940)

Rawdon - County of Montcalm

1820 - Rawdon Church of England & Christ Episcopalian (Anglican) Church - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese, Montréal, Barbara McPhherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ films under Rawdon Church of England (1820-1832 & 1847-1940) & under Rawdon Episcopal (1832-1871) - Drouin-Pépin (1820-1832 & 1847-1940 Rawdon Church of England & 1832-1871 Rawdon Episcopal) - QFHS (1820-1832 & 1847-1940 Rawdon Church of England & 1832-1871 Rawdon Episcopal) - Ancestry.ca (1820-1832 & 1847-1940 Rawdon Church of England) & (1832-1871 Rawdon Episcopal) - see also;

1839 - Rawdon Methodist Church - BAnQ films under Rawdon Methodist (1839-1911 & 1912-1925) - Drouin-Pépin (1839-1911 & 1912-1925 Rawdon Methodist) - QFHS (1839-1911 & 1912-1925 Rawdon Methodist) - Ancestry.ca (1839-1911 & 1912-1925 Rawdon Methodist

1926 - Rawdon United - BAnQ film (1926-1940) - Drouin-Pépin (1926-1940) - QFHS (1926-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1926-1940)

Richelieu County

1784 - County of Richelieu Research Guide - Protestant Churches - A review of the various microfilms dealing with the Protestant Churches of the County of Richelieu - QFHS #REF GN-152.4 R5 (1784-1899)

Rivière du Loup en haut (Louiseville) - County of Maskinongé

See; Louiseville or Ste-Ursule

Rougemont - County of Rouville

A Loyalist region - Located east of Granby

1840 - Saint Thomas Anglican - Church located at 21 Rang de la Montagne, Rougemont 450-469-3432 - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal: parish registers (1847-1848 & 1913 & 1921-1993), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1885-1899) & (1885-1940) - Drouin-Pépin (1885-1940) - QFHS (1885-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1885-1940)

1861 - Seigniory of Rougemont - Cadastre Abrégé - QFHS #REF-AD-151.4 C3 Vol. III District of Montreal - 17 pages of settlers in 1861

Rouville - County of Rouville

1861 - Seigniory of Rouville - Cadastre Abrégé - QFHS REF #AD-151.4 C33 - Vol. III District of Montreal - 34 pages of settlers in 1861

Sherrington - County of Napierville

A Loyalist region - An old township of 1809 located north of Hemmingford, both located west of the Richelieu River between the U.S. Border and St. Johns

1820 - Sherrington - 1820-1830 - QFHS book #HG-152.99 S5 - 15 pages by Alice Tully -

1823 – St. Armand Methodist Circuit Ministry with preaching points in Burtonville, Caldwell Manor, Clarenceville, Hemmingford, Isle aux Noix, Odelltown, Sherrington - American Methodist preachers from Plattsburgh, New York and Vermont as early as 1801, headed by Rev. Elijah Chichester, Elijah Hedding, Henry Ryan, Gershom Pearce, Bela Smith, William Ross, Cyrus Prindle were visitors to the regions north of the border. No known surviving parish registers

1828 – Presbyterian Mission – A preaching point of Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian of Hemmingford - Rev. John Merlin from Hemmingford, presiding from 1828 to 1842 - QFHS book #HG-152.44 H4 St. Andrew's Presbyterian of Hemmingford - see Hemmingford for church records

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1838 – Sherrington Saint James Anglican Mission - A preaching point of Hemmingford Saint Paul’s Anglican Circuit Ministry, the latter with other preaching points in Dundee, Godmanchester, Hinchinbrook - Rev. William Dawes found about 40 English Protestant families in 1838 and brought church services to Sherrington - Other who served in Sherrington were Rev. Mr. Wail, Rev. Henry Hazard (1842-1850), Rev. J. McKeown (1851-1852), Rev. Gerald de Courcey O'Grady (1852-1855), Rev. Edward Duvernet (1856-1860), Rev. T.W. Mussen (1856) - From 1860, the parish of Sherrington was under the guidance of Saint Luke's Anglican of Hemmingford, for the parish Saint Paul's of Hemmingford had ceased to exist - Other ministers who served in Sherrington were Rev. Edward G. Sutton, Rev. James Fulton, Rev. C.A. Wetherall, Rev. Walter Windsor - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal (1842-1872), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - BAnQ film (1842-1855 Episcopal Sherrington) - Drouin-Pépin (1842-1855) - QFHS (1842-1855) - Ancestry.ca (1842-1855) - see also Hemmingford under St. Paul's Anglican and St. Luke's Anglican for additional parish registers. The last service held at St. James was on June 11th 1872 - QFHS books #HG-152.9 H4 & #HG-152.01 MCK4

1853 – Sherrington United Presbyterian Church - Rev. Alexander C. Stewart, presiding from 1853 -A preaching point of St. Andrew's Presbyterian of Hemmingford - This congregation appears to have been also associated with the Presbyterian church in Russelltown Flatt, the latter known as the Little White Church, see: - Ministers from the Little White Church in Russelltown were also assigned responsibility of the families at the Sherrington mission - It appears that church services in Sherrington stopped in the 1860's - see Hemmingford for parish records

Sorel - County of Richelieu

An early military post for both the French Regiments and the Imperial Forces - Located at the mouth of the Richelieu river with the St. Lawrence river - Some of the earliest Protestant church documents are found in Sorel - Sorel is the second largest city on the Richelieu River

1642 - The History of Sorel -1642-1958 - A book by Walter S. White - QFHS #HG-153.99 W5 173 pages

1774 – Sorel - First Anglican Mission – Later renamed Christ Church in 1784

1779 – Sorel - First permanent Anglican Church – 34th Regimental Mission – Later renamed Christ Church in 1784 - See also 1774, 1784, 1810

1784 – William Henry Christ Church Anglican - QFHS book #HG-153.44 W54 (1784-1984) 64 pages - BAnQ film (1784-1899) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #123 (1784-1966) -

1784-1984 - Sorel - The Parish of Christ Church - A book by Walter S. White - QFHS #HG-153.44 W54

1784 – Sorel Christ Church Anglican - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal; parish registers, family listings, confirmations (1784-1993), fonds most likely include St. Francis Mission to the Abenakis in Odonak & 34th Regiment Mission of Fort Henry & Fort Henry's William Henry Mission & William Henry Congregationalist Mission - contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist - archivist@montreal. anglican.ca - QFHS binders "Christ Church Records" (1784-1889) Reference section next to the UEL section - BAnQ films (1810-1868) & (1868-1939) & (1843-1885) - BAnQ book of indexes #123 (1784-1966 marriages) - Drouin-Pépin (1810-1939) - QFHS (1810-1939) - Ancestry.ca (1810-1939)

1803 - Sorel & St. Johns Methodist Episcopal Church - Rev. Laban Clark, a Methodist preacher from Plattsburgh, New York ministered in Sorel and St. Johns in 1803 and 1804 - see St. Johns in 1803 for additional information in regard to the early ministerial endeavours of the American Methodist Circuit Riders to this region.

1834 - Sorel Old Anglican Cemetery - BAnQ book of deaths #174 index of surviving tombstones

1839 – Sorel Saint Francis Congregationalist - BAnQ film (1839-1865) - QFHS film (1839-1865)

1842 – William Henry Anglican Parish - BAnQ film (1843-1885) - QFHS film (1843-1885)

1844 – William Henry Congregationalist Society - Rev. J. Buckman, presiding in 1847 - United Church Archives Montreal-Ottawa Conference Montréal, fonds under UCAM #P-603, S2, SS106 (1844-1847) - BAnQ film (1844-1847) - QFHS film (1844-1847)

1849 - Sorel Union Church - Opened about 1849, closed in 1849 - no known surviving parish registers.

1893 – Sorel Baptist Church - BAnQ film (1893-1895)

1911 - Sorel Anglican Cemetery - BAnQ book #174

Sorel Seigniory - County of Richelieu

1861 - Seigneurie of Sorel - Cadastre Abrégé - QFHS #REF-AD-150.4 - #2 Seigneuries de la Couronne - 72 pages of settlers in 1864

St-Gabriel de Brandon – County of Berthier

A Loyalist region - see Brandon Township and Berthier-en-Haut - A region first referred to as Berthier en Haut in the eighteenth century and later as Brandon Township and much later as Saint-Gabriel de Brandon - see; Berthier en Haut, the first Protestant Church in Lower Canada - M1168?Lang=1&accessnumber=M1168

1823 - Anglican Missionaries Lac-Maskinongé - BAnQ film under Anglican Berthier-en-Haut (1823-1828 & 1830-1834 & 1855-1856 & 1858-1899) - BAnQ book of marriages #1601 (1823-1832)

St. Johns - St-Jean-sur-Richelieu - County of St-Jean

The largest city on the Richelieu River, the town was first named St-Jean-sur-Richelieu during the French Regime, the town's name was changed to Dorchester or/and Dorchester's St. Johns, then later to St. Johns and much later back to St-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

1757 - Fort St. Johns Anglican Mission - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1757-1760 marriages under Fort St. Johns)

1757 - St. Johns County (St-Jean-sur-Richelieu) Protestant Mariages - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #1430 (1757-1989)

1803 - St. Johns & Sorel Methodist Episcopal Church - In 1803 and 1804, Rev. Laban Clark tried to establish a Methodist Church in the Richelieu Valley, Pastor Clark came from Plattsburgh, New York and remained for two years in Sorel and St. Johns - In 1816, Rev. Richard Williams established Methodist church services in St. Johns, most likely in barns or warehouses, the latter owned by the government of Lower Canada. In 1835, Rev. John Johnson and Rev. Edmund Ingalls were frequent visitors to the St. Johns region. In 1840, Rev. R.L. Lusher was a visitor to the region. In 1841 the Wesleyan Methodist Church was erected, Rev. William Squire, Rev. E.L. Lusher, Rev. Hugh Montgomery, presiding - see the Missisquoi County compilation for surviving civil registers under Dunham Methodist Missions

1809 - St. Johns Saint James Cemetery - BAnQ book of indexes #1478 (1809-1903 burials) - QFHS cemetery binders

1816 - St. Johns Anglican Church of Saint James - Opened in 1817 by Rev. Micajah Townsend - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese Montréal; parish registers (1817-1993), banns book (1912-1937), contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant-archivist archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - QFHS book #HG-152.44 S7 - 67 pages - BAnQ films (1817-1846) & (1846-1942) & (1817-1868) & (1869-1899) - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1816-1989 marriages) -

Drouin-Pépin (1817-1942) - QFHS (1817-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1817-1942)

1828 - The Protestant & Catholic Marriages within the County of St-Jean - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #1430, 767 pages (1828-1950) under St-Jean County

1835 - St..Johns Methodist Church - Rev. John Johnson, presiding in 1835, Rev. Edmund Ingalls, presiding in 1836 - Church erected in 1841, Rev. Hugh Montgomery, presiding - In 1842 and 1843, Rev. Benjamin Slight would assume the leadership of the congregation - In 1846, Rev. James Brock, took over the mission - In 1854, Rev. John Carroll would assume the leadership - From 1857 to 1858, Rev. George Davis would minister to the congregation in St. Johns and Chambly - In 1858, Rev. Richard Clark, took charge - In 1861, Rev. Robert Ferrier was supervising both missions - From 1861 to 1863, Rev. Edward Harley Dewart was in charge - From 1864 to 1866, Rev. J.F.F. Dickson took over - United Church Archives Montreal-Ottawa Conference Montréal; parish registers under UCAM #P-603, S2, SS93 (1842-1887) - United Church Archives Montreal Presbytery Westmount; parish registers under UCMP UCC #301-302 (1887-1939) - QFHS book #HG-152.44 S6 - 70 pages - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1842-1925 marriages) - BAnQ films (1842-1851) & (1852-1899) & (1842-1898) & (1899-1942) - Drouin-Pépin (1842-1942) - QFHS (1842-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1842-1942)

1926 - St. Johns United Church - Church opened in 1926, still open to this day - United Church Archives Montreal Presbytery Westmount; parish registers under UCMP UCC #301-302 (1926-1939) - QFHS book #HG-152.44 S6 - 70 pages - BAnQ film (1926-1942) - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1926-1989 marriages) - Drouin-Pépin (1926-1942) - QFHS (1926-1942) - Ancestry.ca (1926-1942)

1951 - St. Johns Saint Thomas More Church - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1958-1989 marriages)

1967 - St. Johns Military College Protestant Chapel - Opened in 1967, still open to this day - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1967-1989 marriages)

1974 - St. Johns Good Sheppard Chapel - BAnQ book of indexes #1430 (1974-1989 marriages)

Ste-Ursule – County of Maskinongé

see Louiseville - also referred to as St. Ursule in various Protestant Church registers

Trois Rivières – County of St-Maurice

The only mid-size city between Montréal and Québec city first settled in the 1650's - Also referred to as Three Rivers within Protestant church records

1763 – Saint James Anglican - Episcopalian – Trois Rivières – Following the British take-over on February 10th 1763, the British would take possession of the Récollets Church and Monastery situated on des Ursulines street in Trois Rivières – The church, hall and rectory were built in 1754 as a Récollet Monastery - Saint James’ Anglican church is still in existence today at the same location - First Anglican church service in French in Trois Rivières in the Chapelle des Récollets – First marriage on December 26th 1767 – Rev. Légère Jean Baptiste Noël Vessière, presiding - Those who served: H.R. Bigg, Henry Burgess, Philip Carrington, John Doty, Andrew Hunter Dunn, Francis Evans, John Foster, I. Gamble Geddes, C. Gorley, James Grant, J.W. Harrison, G. Heaton, John H. Jenkins, William N. Jenkins, D.W. Kidd, Arthur Ernest Edgar Legge, James S. Moore, Jacob Mountain, George Jehoshaphat Mountain, G. Mullaney, G.H.A. Murray, Robert Quirk Question Short, F.A. Smith, W.W. Smith, Charles James Stewart, H. C. Stuart, John Torrance, Léger Jean-Baptiste Noël Veyssière, James W. Williams, Lennox Waldron Williams, Samuel Simpson Wood - Anglican Archives Quebec Diocese Lennoxville, parish registers: (1768-1956) fonds also includes confirmations and marriage banns, contact Archives, James Sweeny, archivist - archivist@quebec.anglican.ca - QFHS book #HG-154.99 L3 (1768-1956, 191 pages) - The Anglican Church in Three Rivers, Quebec 1768-1956 by Arthur Ernest Edgar Legge - BAnQ films (1768-1809) & (1768-1792) & (1768-1883) & (1810-1882) & (1863-1940) & (1883) & (1884) & (1885-1887) & (1888-1900) & (1916) - BAnQ book of indexes of mariages, baptisms, deaths #951 (1767-1875) - Drouin-Pépin (1768-1883 & 1863-1940) - QFHS (1768-1883 & 1863-1940) - Ancestry.ca (1768-1883 & 1863-1940)

1767 – Wesleyan Methodist Church – BAnQ film (1768-1883) - BAnQ book of indexes of marriages #951 (1767-1875) - Drouin-Pépin (1768-1883) - QFHS (1768-1883) - Ancestry.ca (1768-1883) see:



1823 – Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian - Those who served: Rev. Mr. Aitken, Calvin Elijah Amaron, John A. Clark, Dugall Currie, George D. Ferguson, William Jones, Peter Lindsay, A.Y. Love, J.R. MacLeod, George R. Maxwell, James McCaul, Robert G. McClaren, G.H. Murray, Ernest Pacouil, James Thorne - United Church Archives Montreal & Ottawa Conference, civil registers (1846-1925) - BAnQ films (1846-1882) & (1883) & (1884) & (1885-1887) & (1888-1900) & (1879-1899) & (1846-1940 & 1902-1923) & (1900-1901) - Drouin-Pépin (1879-1923) - QFHS (1879-1923) - Ancestry.ca (1879-1923) - QFHS film (1844-1882)

1831 – Three Rivers Wesleyan Methodist Circuit - Those who served: Rev. James Armstrong, David Balfour, Thomas Bell, William Blackstock, John B. Brownell, Thomas Campbell Clark, Joseph Shaw Coffin, L. Conley, John Corbett, George H. Davis, Charles DeWolfe, Alexander Drennan, Richard Eason, A.H. Farmsworth, William Faulkner, Benjamin Flight, William Hansford, William Henderson, John Holmes, Henry Irvine, Albert Johnson, Sidney C. Kendall, James Knowland, Matthew Lang, Jeremy Lanton, David B. Madden, D. Mick, E.S. Morrison, Edward Olivant, Samuel C. Philp, William Pollard, Richard Pope, George C. Poyser, J.A. Rankin, Richard Robinson, M.M. Ross, William Ryan, John Ryerson, Joseph L. Sanders, William S. Scott, John Selley, Joseph Simpson, Benjamin Slight, George W. Snell, William Steer, Joseph Stinson, Edmund E. Sweet, Lachlin Taylor, L. Sheldon Throop, James Watson, J. Harold Way, William Wells - United Church Archives Montreal & Ottawa Conference, parish registers (1831-1925) - BAnQ films (1831-1844) & (1845-1925) & (1916) & (1831-1845) & (1846-1882) & (1876-1879) & (1884) & (1885-1887) & (1888-1900) - Drouin-Pépin (1845-1935) - QFHS (1845-1935) - Ancestry.ca (1845-1935)

1863 – Saint James Anglican - Episcopalian – The church became a parish on April 18th 1863– The church was first organized on February 10th 1763, 100 years prior.

1925 – Saint Andrew’s United Church - United Church Archives Montreal & Ottawa Conference Montréal, (1925-1984)

Warwick County

A 1791 county located on the north shore of the St. Lawrence between the counties of Leinster and St. Maurice. The town of Berthier or Berthierville was actually located in Warwick county

William Henry - County of Richelieu

Another name for Sorel, an original county of 1792 within Lower Canada - The expression of William Henry can be found among the earliest church registers of Sorel.

1784 – Christ Anglican Mission of William Henry - Anglican Archives Montreal Diocese, Montréal, content not reported - contact Archives, Barbara McPherson, assistant archivist - archivist@montreal.anglican.ca - BAnQ films (1810-1868) & (1868-1939) & (1843-1885) - Drouin-Pépin (1810-1939) - QFHS (1810-1939) - Ancestry.ca (1810-1939)

1844 – Congregationalist Mission of William Henry - BAnQ film (1844-1847) - QFHS film (1844-1847)

Yamachiche - County of Maskinongé

Referred to in Protestant church records as Machiche, the latter located on the northern shores of the St. Lawrence river between Trois-Rivières and Louiseville - Machiche was a premier relocation area for the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) - In 1778, one source placed 440 Loyalist supporters in Yamachiche

Yamaska Mountain - County of Rouville

See Abbotsford

Yamaska Region - County of Yamaska

A district which encompass Acton Vale, Roxton, Roxton Falls, Upton and other villages and towns

1924 - Yamaska Region United Church Civil Registers - United Church Archives ETRC Lennoxville, fonds #UC-023 (1924-1984), restrictions are in order, contact Archives, Jody Robinson, archivist etrc2@ubishops.ca

Repositories

Archives nationales du Québec - Montréal, Québec, Trois-Rivières, Gatineau, Sherbrooke, Rimouski, Chicoutimi, Sept-Iles, Rouyn-Noranda - Legend: BAnQ

Anglican Church of Canada - Montreal Diocesan Archives - 1444, Union avenue, Montréal QC H3A 2B6 514-843-6577

United Church of Canada Archives - Montréal & Westmount

Montreal & Ottawa Conference - 225, 50th avenue, Lachine QC H8T 2T7 514-634-7015 ext 28 archives.mo@istar.ca - United Church Coding Legend: "UCAM P603 S2 SS #" - Please note: restrictions in regard to genealogy searches are applicable

Montreal Presbytery - Westmount - 301 Lansdowne avenue, Westmount QC H3Z 2L5 414-933-4285 mtlpres@on. - United Church Coding Legend: "UCMP UCC #" - Please note: restrictions in regard to genealogy searches are applicable archives@montreal.anglican.ca - Please note: restrictions in regard to genealogy searches are applicable, please also note, civil register books, banns, confirmations for parishes currently active might be kept in 2010 at the Archives on Union avenue - The same might apply to church registers of churches no longer active - contact Archives.

The Quebec Association of Baptist Churches - Montréal main/

Presbyterian Church of Canada - Canadian Archives - 50 Wynford Drive, Toronto ON M3C 1J7 800-619-7301 banger@presbyterian.ca - Please note: restrictions in regard to genealogy searches are applicable

Contributors or source material:

Beverly Anderson Levine, H. Gordon (Gary) Aitken, Bob Anger, Ken Annett, Judy Antle, Tracey Arial, Doug Armstrong, Kim Arnold, Joseph Badger, Diane & Ray Baillie, Hugh Banfill, Denyse Beaugrand-Champagne, Joan Benoit, Hélène Bergevin, Gary Bickes, Jennie Bickes, Estelle Brisson, Neil Broadhurst, William B. Bullock, Lucille H. Campey, Jim Caputo, Luc Charlebois, Guy Coolidge, John Irwin Cooper, George Crawford, Tina Crossfield, Catherine Matilda Townsend Day, Chantal Déragon, Herbert Derick, Gail Dever, C.P.C. Downman, Mary Ducharme, Robert Dunn, David J. Ellis, W.J. Ellis, Matthew Farfan, J.M. Fisk, E.R. Fitch, Denis Fortin, Françine Fortin, D. Galbraith, Mark W. Gallop, Michael Gauvreau, Sylvia Green-Guenette, Janice Hamilton, Phyllis Hamilton, Beryl Hauver, Mimi Hayward, Kevin Erskine-Henry, Derek C. Hopkins, H.B. Hubbard, Henry Judah, Cecilia Karwowski, Jean-Pierre Kesteman, Jean-Louis Lalonde, Robert Lamb, Shirley Lamb, Marcel Lambert, Burton Lang, Adelaide Lanktree, Elizabeth Larrabee, Winoma Lawrence, Diane Leblanc, Ronald Léger, Arthur Ernest Edgar Legge, Sophie Lemercier, Jeanne Lemieux, David Lepitre, Beverly Anderson Levine, Claire Lindell, J.I. Little, Bev Loomis, Richard Lougheed, Matt Lowe, Hale Lunan, Marilynn Lund Broadhurst, Don MacCallum, Alexander Macfie, Robert Douglas Macfie, Betty McKay Mackenzie, Dan Mark, William Martin, Winoma Lawrence Matthews, Mickey Maynard, Connie McClintock, David McDougall, Robert McGee, Hugh McLellan, Malcom McLellan, Barbara McPherson, Antonio Mongeau, Sophie Morel, Françoise Noël, Daniel Olivier, Bobbie Paradis, Jean-Pierre Pépin, René Peron, Marion L. Phelps, Mary Plawutsky. George F. Playter, George Pyke, Michel Racicot, T.A. Ramsey, Pierre Rannou, G. A. Rawlick, Pennie Redmile, Waltert Herbert Renwick, Melissa Richer, Sébastien Robert, Jody Robinson, Gerald A. Rogers, Geneviève Rosseel, Pearl Rowell, Arlene Royea, Ken Russell, Joseph Edward Sanderson, Gary Schroder, Adam L. Sellar, Adams L. Sellar, Robert Sellar, Marlene Simmons, Albert Smith, C.A. Smith, Alister Somerville, Peter Southam, Marion Standish, Susan Stanley, Ken Steffenson, Jackie Hebert Stoneberg, Charles Stewart, James Sweeny, Ann Taft, E. James Tarlton, Ernest M. Taylor, Cyrus Thomas, Micajah Townsend, Carol Truesdell, Alice Tully, Catherine Turckle, Richard Virr, Joyce Wardlaw, Walter S. White, Robert C. Wilkins, Pamela Wood Waugh, Connie McClintock Wilson, S.A. Zielinski, Barbara Young

Date of completion of the above August 10th 2014

The above research guide is the property of Jacques Gagné and as such, said work is protected by the Copyright Laws of Canada governing such intellectual properties.

Compiled by: Jacques Gagné - gagne.jacques@sympatico.ca

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