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St Andrews Church, Scarborough

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Toronto, Canada. July 2, 2002

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, on St Andrews Road, Scarborough.

ST ANDREW'S CHURCH

IN 1817 THE REV. WILLIAM JENKINS, A NATIVE OF KIRRIEMUIR, SCOTLAND, A MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS OF NEW YORK, CAME TO UPPER CANADA IN RESPONSE TO THE PLEA OF INHABITANTS OF SCARBOROUGH, MARKHAM AND WHITCHURCH TOWNSHIPS FOR A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER. SETTLING IN MARKHAM TWP, HE ORGANIZED A CONGREGATION UNDER THE NAME OF "THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN SCARBOROUGH" IN 1818. LED BY DAVID THOMSOM, COLIN DRUMMOND, ANDREW THOMSON, ANDREW JOHNSON AND RICHARD THOMSON, ITS MEMBERS ERECTED IN 1819 THE TOWNSHIP'S FIRST CHURCH, A WOODEN BUILDING 30 X 40 FEET, ON LAND GIVEN BY DAVID THOMSON. RIDING 15 MILES ON FOREST TRAILS FROM HIS HOME TO ST ANDREWS CHURCH, WM. JENKINS MINISTERED TO HIS SCARBOROUGH CONGREGATION FOR 15 YEARS. IN 1833 THEY BUILT A MANSE FOR HIS SUCCESSOR, THE REV. JAMES GEORGE, ON LAND GIVEN BY JAMES A. THOMSON, AND IN 1849 THEY ERECTED THIS FINE BRICK CHURCH.

ERECTED BY THE SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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