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The Loyalist Churches of the Gaspé Peninsula The Loyalist Churches of the Gaspé Peninsula Compiled by: Jacques Gagné - [email protected] Last up-date: June 24th 2014 1 The Loyalists Churches of the Gaspé Peninsula Contents Those who served 4 Towns & Villages 5 Bonaventure County 6 2 Cox Township 6 Gaspé County 6 Matapédia County 6 Towns and villages 8 Anse-à-Brillant 8 Baie de Gaspé Sud 9 Cap-au-Renard 13 Douglastown - 19 Entry Island 20 Flatlands 22 Gascons 24 Haldimand - 29 Indian Cove 29 Jersey Cove 30 Kaskibijack 30 L’Anse à Beaufils 31 Magdalen Isles 33 New Carlisle 38 Old Harry 43 Pabos 43 Restigouche ( 49 Sandy Beach 54 Tracadiac 57 Wakeham - 57 York Centre 58 Regional Genealogical Repositorie 59 Online Sources 59 Contributors or source material 62 3 Dr. Kenneth Hugh Annett - Ken Annett deserves a special place in the hearts of many He is perhaps best known to the readers of SPEC for his countless hours of research which produced the series Gaspé of Yesterday. Composed of over 400 articles on aspects of Gaspesian Heritage, Gaspé of Yesterday reflects the historic time-frame of Anglophone Gaspesian History. SPEC received a copy of each article and has published some 190 of them The bound volumes can be consulted at the Gaspesian British Heritage Centre, the Gaspé Community Library, the Literary and Historical Society of Québec, the Bishop's University Library, the Archives of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec and the Archives nationales du Québec in Québec City - A few articles of Ken Annett, published by SPEC can be found among the David McDougall Collection at the QFHS library. Ken Annett is now deceased - source: Quebec Anglophone History Network - see: http://www.annett.ca/html/ken_annett. html Dr. David J. McDougall - Also known as Professor McDougall, a former professor at Concordia University, historian and compiler of thousand of documents dealing with two centuries of settlement of the Gaspé Coast by English People - The David McDougall Collection at the QFHS Library is so voluminous that it is stored in a full filing cabined by itself - In addition to, David McDougall and his wife of many years Doris Ascah McDougall during a great number of years have compiled a fair number of information dealing with the Protestant Churches in the Gaspé region - Said compilations now stored among the QFHS Cemetery Binders - Both David McDougall and Doris Ascall are now deceased - see: http://www.gogaspe.com/douglastown/twocenturies.html Those who served The Pastors and Ministers of Gaspé (Gaspee); S.K. Anderson, A.D. Archibald, C. Archibald, William Arnold, Tilley Asbell, A. Ayland, Andrew Balfour, Keith Balkwill, Herbert F. Ball, Archibald H. Barker, Joseph Barker, R. Harry Baxter, Norman Melrose Bayne, W.J. Belford, Oscar Berry, Thomas Blaylock, David Boyd, Donald C. Boyd, Felix Boyle, Harold Brazel, C.S. Brazier, Claude S. Brett-Perring, John G. Brick, Samuel Bridgette, R.H. Brodie, John M. Brooke, Henry Arthur Brooke, Thomas Decimus Brown, Donald H. Brownhill, F.S. Cant, Bruce E. Carew, Oliver D. Carmichael, Reginald A. Carson, D.E. Caufield, Robert A. Chesley, W.H.M. Church, Stewart Clarke, John Comfort, Robert Condon, Thomas Constanble, Frank B. Cook, John R.H. Corbett, Edwin H. Creed, Silas Crosse, Rev. Mr. Curtis, Edward Cusak, John Dairdson, Doreen Ethel Bird-Daley, John Davidson, E.A. Davis, Job Deacon, Walter J. Dean, James Benjamin Debbage, William de Gruchy, Francis de La Mare, Joseph de Mouilpied, Lucius Doolittle, Rev. Dr. Douglas, Alexander Drennan, Matthew Dripps, William C. Dunn, John J. Durrant, Arthur W. Dutton, A. Hatfield Dyment, Joseph Eames, John Eden, D.D. Elliott, George Elliott, Andrew Fairburn, A.H. Farnsworth, Ken Fenton, K.M. Findly, Alexander Firth, B.W. Fisher, Richard A. Forde, William Thomas Forsythe, W.J. Fowler, E.J. 4 Fulerton, Delbert Garnet, P.B. Gaudini, Arthur E. Godwin, Barry Goodwin, Robert Goudie, George Gough, R.L. Gourley, Samuel A. Grandy, William Gray, R.H. Greaves, Thomas Haddon, William Halpenny, George T. Harding, C.A. Hardy, E. Hart, John D. Hartley, D.E. Hattie, Howard Hawes, Patsy Hayes, R. Henry, J.H. Hooker, David Horner, Susan Hutchison, Edmund S. Ingalls, Charles Inglis, David Jennings, Septimus Jones, Grover E. Kendrick, Matthew Ker, Lewis J. King, George F. Kinnear, Fred Kitson, Richard Knagg, Walter Lack, John Laurence, Willis B. Leard, Pierre LeBel, Fred G. Le Gallais, Christopher V. Levan, Peter Lindsay, Rev. Mr. Little, Hiram Lord, Frederick Ebenezer John Lloyd, William Gore Lyster, Rev. Mr. MacCallum, Rev. Mr. MacDonald, Alexander MacKay, James A. MacLean, John M. MacLeod, David N. MacNaughton, M.J. MacPherson, William B. Marceau, Guy Marston, Richard Mathers, Hugh Matheson, Ruth H. Matthews, Timothy Matthews, Samuel E. Maudley, A.V. McLaren, D.R. McClelennan, J.R. McCullough, J. F. McCurdy, William McMillan, James McNeil, Syney Meade, R.J. Millar, George Milne, John Mitchell, C. Monkhurst, Garth Morrill, Charles John Morris, George Mossop, A. Clair Motyer, Jacob Mountain, George Jeosaphat Mountain, E.E. Mowatt, A.S. Murray, Gordon S. Murray, Samuel F. Newton, G.L. Norris, Joseph W. Norwood, A.E. Oliver, Edward Parkin, Rev. Mr. Pentz, R.B. Penwarden, Arthur Perkins, Ovid H. Peters, Edward Leslie Pidgeon, George Campbell Pidgeon, Barry Pierce, Stewart Pike, Norman Pilcher, Jason Pollick, Rev. Mr. Pope, E.J. Rattee, Ernest Reed, J.L. Reynolds, Royden R. Reynolds, John Pettener Richmond, Carl R. Riggs, Solomon Riopel, George Raymond Robins, George Ross, James F. Rowley, Philias R. Roy, Ellen C. Rutherford, George Salmon, Fred Sawdon, Henry Scott, Fred Seller, G.K. Shaw, Robert Short, Peter Simon (Pierre Simon), Elton C. Smith, Frederick Augustus Smith, I.C. Smith, Ronald Smith, James Stevens, Charles James Stewart, Glenn Stone, Henry Coleridge Stuard, John Suddard, James Samuel Sykes, Isaac B. Tallman, J.E. Tarrant, Rev. Mr. Tate, E. Thomas, W.B. Thomas, W.A. Thompson, C. Thorp, James Tweedie, Hewlett C. Upton, Hubert A. Vallis, Thomas Van Petegan, Walter Vey, Ron Vincent, Abe Wallace, John Walters, E.C. Ward, A.R. Warner, A.R. Warren, M. Way, John Wayman, Frederick Mather Webster, John Webster, C.S. Wells, John Wells, G.H. Williams, Arthur Whiteside, Brian Whitlow, Arnold William, John H. Wright, Morris L. Wright, John Young Towns & Villages Anse à Brillant, Anse aux Gascons, Anse au Griffon, Aurigny, Baie de Gaspé Nord, Baie de Gaspé Sud, Baie des Chaleurs, Baie des Sables, Baie Ste-Marie, Barachois, Belle Anse, Black Cape, Bonaventure, Bridgeville, Broadlands, Cap au Renard, Cap aux Os, Cap Chat, Cap d’Espoir, Cap des Rosiers, Cape Cove, Cape Hope, Cape Ozo, Caplan, Carleton, Cascapedia Bay, Chaleur Bay, Chandler, Clarke Hall, Clenville, Coin du Banc, Corner of the Beach, Cove St. George, Cox, Cullen’s Brook, Douglastown, Entry Island, Escuminac Flats, Flatlands, Forillon, Fox Bay, Gascons, Gaspé, Gaspé Basin, Gaspé Bay North, Gaspé Bay South, Gaspé Cove, Grand Cascapedia, Grande Grève, Grande Rivière, Grand Étang, Grindstone, Gros Norme, Grosse Ile, Grosses Roches, Haldimand, Hopetown, Iles de la Madeleine, Indian Cove, Jersey Cove, Kelly, L’Anse à Beaufils, L’Anse aux Gascons, L’Anse aux Sauvages, L’Anse 5 du Cap, l’Anse Pleureuse, L’Anse St. George, Leslie, Little Gaspe, Magdalene Isles, Malbaie, Malbay, Mann Settlement, Maria, Matapédia River Valley, Millstream, Miquasha, Morris, New Carlisle, Newport, New Richmond, North Restigouche River, Nouvelle, Oakbay, Old Harry, Pabos, Paspébiac, Peninsula, Péninsule, Penouille, Percé, Petit Gaspé, Pointe à la Garde, Pointe St-Pierre, Point St. Peter, Port Daniel, Price, Restigouche, Restigouche River North, Rivière au Renard (Fox Bay), Rose Bridge, Ruisseau au Rebours, Ruisseau Arbour, Sandy Beach, Sayabec, Sellarsville, Shigawake, Shoolbred, Sillarsville, Spring Grove, St. Cyprien, St. George’s Cove, Wakeham, Weeping Cove, York Centre Bonaventure County A county first settled by members of the Micmac First Nation - In the 1750's, the Acadians arrived - In 1784, the British Loyalists arrived and formed Cox Township. The Anglo Protestants or their descendants can be found in all hamlets, villages and towns of the county including Black Cape, Bonaventure, Caplan, Carleton, Cascapédia, Cox, Escuminiac, Grand Cascapedia, Hamilton, Hope Town, Mann, Maria, Matapédia, Millstream, New Carlisle, New Richmond, North Restigouche, Oak Bay, Paspébiac, Port Daniel, Restigouche, Ristigouche, Sellarsville, Shigawake. Cox Township An early sub-county on the Bay of Chaleur established in 1784 during the migration northward of United Empire Loyalists - The region is now part of Bonaventure county and more specifically within the townships of New Carlisle, New Richmond, Paspebiac - In 1785, Captain Nicholas Cox, Lieutenant Governor of Gaspé, promised to endeavour to find and secure a clergyman, for there were none in the Peninsula. Gaspé County The birthplace of New France (La Nouvelle France) - The Anglo Protestant presence dates back to the 1760's - Channel Islanders from Jersey and Guernsey, Scottish, British, Irish immigrants were all early settlers. About 1784, the United Empire Loyalists arrived in Cox Township on the Chaleurs Bay. Douglastown near present-day Gaspé City, also experienced the arrivals of American families (non-Loyalists), these families might have preceded those of Cox Township Matapédia County Located north of Bonaventure county. The Anglo Protestant presence within this county was limited to the villages of Sayabec, Kempt (Road) and Matapédia River Valley - The first 6 Protestants were from Scotland in the 1790's, although, few in numbers, the
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