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Bond Head, Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada – *No GPS coordinates

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About 1833 a small group of members of the Christian denomination ( also called Bible Christians ) arrived in the Bond Head area from the U.S.A. They included the Stone and West families who, at various times, owned parts of Lot 3 Concession 5. On 3/4 of an acre at the N.W. corner (near Conc 6 road ) they built a church bearing the date 1855. There was a cemetery that received the remains of many early settlers. Church Trustees were given the deed for the land by Allan Howard in 1856. West Gwillimbury census for 1861 says" The Bible Christian Church was brick, seated 300 and was valued app. $1500". Census shows neighbors attending, including 2 members of the Jeffs family from acoss the road. Eventually a larger Christian Church was erected in Newmarket and with better roads, some families traveled farther to worship. Others changed church allegiance. (According to historian Andrew Hunter, it was taken down about 1897, sold and moved to north half of Lot 4 Conc 3 and converted into a house.) Graveyard stones remained until the 1930s. There is now no sign of the pioneer cemetery.
About 1833 a small group of members of the Christian denomination ( also called Bible Christians ) arrived in the Bond Head area from the U.S.A. They included the Stone and West families who, at various times, owned parts of Lot 3 Concession 5. On 3/4 of an acre at the N.W. corner (near Conc 6 road ) they built a church bearing the date 1855. There was a cemetery that received the remains of many early settlers. Church Trustees were given the deed for the land by Allan Howard in 1856. West Gwillimbury census for 1861 says" The Bible Christian Church was brick, seated 300 and was valued app. $1500". Census shows neighbors attending, including 2 members of the Jeffs family from acoss the road. Eventually a larger Christian Church was erected in Newmarket and with better roads, some families traveled farther to worship. Others changed church allegiance. (According to historian Andrew Hunter, it was taken down about 1897, sold and moved to north half of Lot 4 Conc 3 and converted into a house.) Graveyard stones remained until the 1930s. There is now no sign of the pioneer cemetery.

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  • Added: 7 Dec 2015
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2597582