Although Perrytown had a Presbyterian congregation by 1831 (a mission ministered by Rev. Gordon of the First Presbyterian Church in Port Hope), their first church was constructed c1838 on lot 15 in concession 6, just west of the present Anglican Church. It was replaced with a new church with a seating capacity of 400 in 1851.

Walt Sammis of Florida writes

"My Hamill and Gray ancestors from Hope Township were founders and long-term members of the Perrytown Presbyterian Church, which I believe was founded in the 1840s. About 35% of those buried in the Perrytown Presbyterian Cemetery are my relatives, so you can see why I might be interested in finding the registers of the church.

I contacted many, many people searching for them, including the Presbyterian Archives and the United Church Archives, and the only 19th century records I could find are held by Rev. William Service, the pastor of the Garden Hill United Church, which is the direct descendant of Perrytown Presbyterian. He has the baptismal register from 1875 to 1914. It's small, just 9 pages of baptisms, 148 baptisms in all. He was kind enough to provide me with a copy of the register. Of the 148 baptisms in the register, 39 are my blood relatives, so the register was golden for me.

When my first cousin thrice removed, Thomas Albert Gray, died in 1877, he left a good part of the money needed for the construction of a new brick church. The congregation decided to build the new church in Garden Hill, so in 1879, when the new church was completed, the congregation moved from Perrytown to Garden Hill and the church became the Garden Hill Presbyterian Church. In 1925, when the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches in Canada joined to form the United Church, the church was renamed again as the Garden Hill United Church."

Our thanks to Walt for sending the material to us, and to Rev. Service for allowing us to present it on our site.

Surname	Child's given name	Father	Mother	Birth location	Birth	Baptised	Officiant
Henry	James	Maxwell				30 Jun 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	William Earnest	James		Hope	16 Aug 1875		Rev. Wm Hodnett
Liggett	Walter	Robert	Elizabeth	Garden Hill	23 Jan 1874	24 Mar 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Dyell	Amelia Lavina	A.J.	Mary Margaret	Garden Hill	24 Jan 1874	24 Mar 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Hamill		Robert					Rev. Wm Hodnett
Liggett	Amos Winford	Robert	Elizabeth	Garden Hill	26 Mar 1875	15 Sep 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Ellison	Robert James	William	Eliza			06 Oct 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Ellison	Martha Robena	William	Eliza			06 Oct 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Lewis(?)		David G.				03 Oct 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Archer	Hilliard	Thomas	Jane Ann			19 Oct 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Cann	John	Henry	Isabella			27 Jun 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Cann	Thomas	Henry	Isabella			27 Jun 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Cann	Samuel	Henry	Isabella			27 Jun 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Cann	Isabella	Henry	Isabella			27 Jun 1875	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Corbett	Maggie Maud	Robert A.	Emma			09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Corbett	Robert Thornley	Robert A.	Emma			09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Corbett	Florence Mabel	Robert A.	Emma			09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Corbett	Mary Josephine	Robert A.	Emma			09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Corbett	Herbert Stanley	Robert A.	Emma	Perrytown		09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Hodnett	William Albert	William	Rebecca C.	Perrytown	26 Aug 1875	09 Jan 1876	Rev. N Clark
Caldwell	James Hilliard	James	Ellen	Perrytown		05 Apr 1876	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Wright	William Alfred	William	Harriett Jane	Hope		19 Sep 1876	Rev. Wm Hodnett
McElroy	Minnie Ida Maud	Samuel John	Jane	Township of Hope	16 Oct 1876	08 Nov 1876	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Davison	William John Bertis	John	Elizabeth Grace	Township of Hope	29 Jul 1876	09 Nov 1876	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gordon	Joseph Hamilton	William	Sarah Jane	Township of Hope	24 Aug 1875	11 Jan 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Finney	Andrew	Robert		Hope		22 Jan 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Halliday						28 Jan 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Chestnut	Clara Iola	Alexander	Isabella	Garden Hill	05 Nov 1876	07 Feb 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Liggett	Louisa Matilda	Robert	Elizabeth	Garden Hill	27 Dec 1876	29 Mar 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Joseph Alexander Wallace	John	Mary	Clark Township	04 Nov 1876	15 Apr 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Little	Lilly Maud	Joseph	Eliza Jane	Hope	23 Oct 1876	22 May 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Irwin	Thomas Arthur Kenneth	Robert	Annie Marie	Hope	15 Jan 1877	05 May 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Haskill	Norman Stanley	Joseph	Sarah Jane	Kincardine Township	05 Aug 1876	02 Jul 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Henry	Norman Maxwell	Maxwell	Elizabeth	Township of Hope	Feb 1877	28 Oct 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Hamill	Armina Ewing Gertrude	Robert	Mary Ann	Garden Hill	12 Sep 1877	07 Nov 1877	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Thompson	Margaret	James	Agnes	Perrytown	08 Dec 1874	30 Jan 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Thompson	Susanna	James	Agnes	Perrytown	05 Nov 1875	30 Jan 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Thompson	Mabel Florence	James	Agnes	Perrytown	28 Jun 1877	30 Jan 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Horner	Emma	John	Elizabeth	Township of Hope	09 Oct 1872	08 Jan 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Caldwell	Elly Spowers	James	Ellen (deceased)	Perrytown	24 Feb 1878	30 Mar 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Johnston	Thomas James	Robert	Eliza	Knoxville	01 Feb 1878	16 Apr 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Robert Harper	James	Elizabeth	Hope	17 Jan 1878	21 Apr 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Hodnett	Amy Irenae	William	Rebecca C.	Perrytown	27 Apr 1878	23 May 1878	Rev. James Cameron, M.A.
Davidson	Alberta Gertrude	William	Lucy	Hope	27 Feb 1878	17 Jun 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Wright	John Alexander	William	Harriett Jane	Hope	21 Jan 1877	23 Oct 1878	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Corbett	Maggie Louise	Ephraim	Louise Adeline	Perrytown	21 Nov 1878	23 Jan 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Haskill	Margret Jane Ethaleen	Joseph	Sarah Jane	Oakhill	03 Oct 1878	18 Mar 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Ellison	Charles Herbert	William	Eliza	Garden Hill	21 Sep 1878	23 Apr 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Herman Howard	William	Fanny	7th Con Hope	20 Dec 1878	30 Apr 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Earnest Willesley	Joseph Benjamin	Jessie	Garden Hill	02 May 1878	07 May 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Halliday	Minnie	Thomas	Mary	Hope	03 Dec 1878	18 May 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Payne	Elizabeth Alice Jane	William	Elizabeth	Hope	16 Jun 1878	31 Aug 1879	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Hamill	Amelia Mabel	Robert	Mary Ann	Garden Hill	31 Jan 1880	21 Apr 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Wright	Amy Mabel	William	Harriett Jane	9th Con Hope	31 Feb 1879	19 May 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Hodnett	William Lindley	William	Rebecca C.	Perrytown	12 Apr 1880	31 May 1880	Rev. John Ewing - Mount Pleasant
Gray	Elizabeth Louisa Jane	John	Mary	Township of Clark	03 Jan 1879	02 Jun 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Dyell	Edith Mabel	Alexander	Mary Margaret	Garden Hill	24 Feb 1880	02 Jun 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Maggie Teresa May	Joseph Benjamin	Jessie	7th Con Hope	11 Feb 1880	07 Jul 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Liggett	Robert Henry	Robert	Elizabeth	Garden Hill	06 Apr 1879	18 Aug 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Mary Laura Mabel	James C.	Elizabeth	7th Con of Hope	02 May 1880	01 Sep 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Corbett	Ada Teressa	Ephraim	Louisa Adeline	Perrytown	26 Aug 1880	14 Sep 1880	Rev. Wm Hodnett
Gray	Lauretta Lillian	William	Fanny A.	Township of Hope	18 May 1881	21 Aug 1881	Rev. J W Boyd
Gray	James Stanley	James C.	Elizabeth Stewart	Township of Hope	16 Oct 1881	29 Jan 1882	Rev. B J Beathye
McElroy	Herbert Howard	J.J.	Jane (McKeown)	Township of Hope	19 Sep 1880	19 Oct 1882	Rev. W H Jamieson
Walton	Harriett Jane	John	Emily (Campbell)	Port Hope	18 Aug 1881	22 Jan 1883	Rev. W H Jamieson
Campbell	Thomas Herbert	Robert	Alice Jane (Wilson)	Township of Hope	10 Sep 1882	22 Jan 1883	Rev. W H Jamieson
Johnston	William Baxter	Robert	Eliza (Armstrong)	Township of Hope	17 Oct 1882	26 Jul 1883	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Bertha Beatrice	Joseph Benjamin	Jessie (Hamill)	Township of Hope	05 Oct 1882	15 Aug 1883	Rev. W H Jamieson
McClung	William Francis	William	Elizabeth (Smith)	Township of Hope	04 Mar 1883	19 Nov 1883	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Irene Louisa	William	Fanny Ann (Eakens)	Township of Hope	31 May 1883	05 Feb 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Hamill	Edith Eveline	Robert	Mary Ann (Gray)	Township of Hope	19 Jul 1883	06 Feb 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Ellison	Bertrand			Township of Hope		17 Apr 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Jamieson	Cyril Reginald	W.H.	Esther Harriett (Foster)	Township of Mariposa	17 Oct 1881	18 Apr 1884	Rev. A Leslie, M.A.
Jamieson	Leonard Foster	W.H.	Esther Harriett (Foster)	Township of Hope	18 Aug 1883	18 Apr 1884	Rev. A Leslie, M.A.
Gray		J.C.				20 Jul 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Little	George Harold	William H.	Mary Jane (Stewart)		20 Jan 1884	23 Jul 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Walter Henry Wellington	John	Mary (Hall)	Township of Clarke	19 May 1881	13 Oct 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Mary Alice Maude	John	Mary (Hall)	Township of Clarke	19 May 1881	13 Oct 1884	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Lillian Winnifred	John O.	Sarah (Morrow)	Township of Hope	26 Sep 1884	25 Jan 1885	Rev. W H Jamieson
Strickland	William Henry	Henry	Mary Jane (Pollock)	Port Hope	29 Sep 1884	18 Jan 1885	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gordon	James Robert	Samuel	Theressa (Hodge)	Hope	29 Dec 1886	18 Apr 1887	Rev. W H Jamieson
Curiston	Royal Jamieson	Samuel	Mary Ann (Jamieson)	North Gower	19 Aug 1887	02 Sep 1887	Rev. W H Jamieson
Ferguson	Mary Aileen	John	Martha (Davison)	Hope	19 Aug 1887	23 Nov 1887	Rev. W H Jamieson
Corbett	Arthur Leon	Ephraim	Louisa Adaline (Walsh)	Hope	06 Nov 1887	01 Feb 1888	Rev. W H Jamieson
Wright	Hannah Bradford	William	Harriett Jane (Ball)	Hope	25 Dec 1882	19 Apr 1888	Rev. W H Jamieson
Wright	Charlie Stewart	William	Harriett Jane (Ball)	Hope	02 Aug 1884	19 Apr 1888	Rev. W H Jamieson
Wright	Essie Victoria	William	Harriett Jane (Ball)	Hope	23 Dec 1885	19 Apr 1888	Rev. W H Jamieson
Martin	Estella Maud	John C.	Lorena (McKeown)	Hope	22 Mar 1888	15 Jun 1888	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Albert Clarence	William	Fanny Ann (Eakins)	Hope	17 Sep 1887	1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Annie Laura Mabel	John	Mary (Hall)	Manvers	21 Nov 1887	20 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gray	Frances Henrietta	John	Mary (Hall)	Manvers	04 Dec 1889	20 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Goodman	Charles Frederick	William	Alexia (Bennett)	Hope	05 Oct 1874	22 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Goodman	Eva	William	Alexia (Bennett)	Hope	25 Feb 1878	22 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Goodman	Mary Grace	William	Alexia (Bennett)	Hope	11 Dec 1879	22 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Goodman	William	William	Alexia (Bennett)	Hope	10 Jul 1883	22 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Goodman	Edward James	William	Alexia (Bennett)	Hope	23 Oct 1886	22 Jun 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Martin	Arthur McKeown	John C.	Lorena (McKeown)	Hope	04 Aug 1890	09 Oct 1890	Rev. W H Jamieson
Little	Reginald Harshaw Keith	John	Martha Anna Black (Keith)	Hope	13 Jun 1891	08 Jul 1891	Rev. W H Jamieson
Little	Ermintrude Annitta Dodd	John	Martha Anna Black (Keith)	Hope	13 Jun 1891	08 Jul 1891	Rev. W H Jamieson
Gordon	Florence Annie	Samuel	Eleanor Theresa (Hodge)	Hope Township	08 Aug 1893	05 Oct 1893	Rev. J A Bloodsworth
Liggett	Nellie Robena Margret	Samuel	Mary Jane (Ellison)	Perrytown	31 Oct 1893	10 Apr 1894	Rev. J A Bloodsworth
Lockhart	Helene	Lawrence	Margaret (Ferguson)	Elizabethville			Rev. Wm Johnston
Gray	Blyth Auburn	Joseph B.	Jessie (Hamill)	Peterboro	14 May 1896	22 Jul 1896	Rev. Wm Johnston
Wright	Maggie Maria	William	Harriet Jane (Ball)	Township of Hope	01 Jun 1888	21 Apr 1897	Rev. Wm Johnston
Wright	Minnie Ellen	William	Harriet Jane (Ball)	Township of Hope	01 Dec 1889	21 Apr 1897	Rev. Wm Johnston
Wright	Robert George	William	Harriet Jane (Ball)	Township of Hope	07 Aug 1892	21 Apr 1897	Rev. Wm Johnston
Horn	Josephine Angelia	Alexander	Catherine (Westwood)	Oshawa	01 Nov 1857	09 Jun 1897	Rev. Wm Johnston
Byers	Iona Esther	George W.	Henrietta (Lockington)	Township of Hope	07 May 1896	21 Dec 1897	Rev. Wm Johnston
Smith	Marjorie Agnes Hellen	Andrew	Sarah Jane (Lynes)	Campbellcroft	27 Jul 1898	09 Nov 1898	Rev. Wm Johnston
Wright	Albert Brice	William	Harriet Jane (Ball)	Hope Township	09 Aug 1897	18 Apr 1898	Rev. Wm Johnston
Dunbar	Milton Warren	Warren	Mary Ida Jane (Cooper)	Hope Township	22 Sep 1897	13 Apr 1898	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Harvey Samuel	Samuel	Mary Jane (Ellison)	Hope Township	09 Sep 1898	12 May 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Armstrong	Margaret Jane	James	Mary Jane	Hope Township	07 Sep 1898	12 May 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Byers	Lilian May	Robert	Eliza Jane (Lockington)	Hope Township	10 Jun 1896	14 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Percy Arnold	Robert	Elizabeth (Morrison)	Garden Hill	28 Apr 1891	18 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Annie May	Robert	Elizabeth (Morrison)	Garden Hill	29 Jun 1892	18 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Vera Mina	Robert	Elizabeth (Morrison)	Garden Hill	25 Jul 1894	18 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Lilian Sophia	Robert	Elizabeth (Morrison)	Garden Hill	09 May 1899	18 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Liggett	Edith Florence Hellen	Robert	Elizabeth (Morrison)	Garden Hill	09 May 1899	18 Jul 1899	Rev. Wm Johnston
Little	John Vernon Howard	John	Eliza (Haviston)	Hope Tp			Rev. Wm Johnston
Scott	Olive May	James	Eliza Jane (Beavis)	Township of Hamilto	09 Jan 1901	28 Aug 1901	Rev. Wm Johnston
Gray	Ivan Laverne Hunter	J Dugan	Emily F. (Hunter)	Garden Hill	02 Jan 1901	04 Jul 1901	Rev. Wm Johnston
Gray	Hazel Kathleen Eakins	William	Fannie Ann (Eakins)	Township of Smith	02 Apr 1899	04 Jul 1901	Rev. Wm Johnston
Searl	George Lawrence	James Henry	Harriett (Trew)	Township of Hope	01 Apr 1899	04 Aug 1901	Rev. Wm Johnston
Muldrew	Sarah Martha Hannah	Archibald	Mary Martha (Gordon)	Township of Hope	09 Sep 1899	04 Aug 1901	Rev. Wm Johnston
Hamill	Charles Norman Alexander	William Howard	Mary Ann (Argue)	Township of Hope	05 Nov 1902	25 Jan 1903	Rev. Wm Johnston
Caldwell	Olive Spowers	James Hilliard	Lena Maud (Cooper)	Township of Hope	19 Jul 1903	11 Nov 1903	Rev. Wm Johnston
Little	Hazel Winnifred	James Harshaw	Adelaide Elizabeth (Weatherilt)	Township of Hope	14 Nov 1903	06 Jul 1905	Rev. Wm Johnston
Waddell	Helen Alberta	Jacob Albert	Louisa Jean (Robb)	Township of Hope	13 Nov 1906	14 Mar 1907	Rev. Wm Johnston
Caldwell	James William	James Hilliard	Lena Maud (Cooper)	Township of Hope	20 Dec 1906	09 May 1907	Rev. Wm Johnston
Campbell	Percy Elmer	Robert	Sarah Jane (Moyse)	Township of Hope	20 May 1906	09 May 1907	Rev. Wm Johnston
Byers	Ruby Mary Essie	Robert	Eliza Jane (Lockington)	Township of Hope	02 Dec 1905	16 Jun 1908	Rev. Wm Johnston
Byers	Garnet Watson	Robert	Eliza Jane (Lockington)	Township of Hope	08 Dec 1907	16 Jun 1908	Rev. Wm Johnston
Winslow	Myrtle Elizabeth Edna	Percival Charles	Matilda Louise (Leggett)	Township of Hope	23 Nov 1904	18 Jun 1908	Rev. Wm Johnston
Winslow	Olive Billford	Percival Charles	Matilda Louise (Leggett)	Township of Hope	17 Mar 1907	18 Jun 1908	Rev. Wm Johnston
Henry	Howard Arthur Allen	Robt Artemus Ward	Charlotte Anna (Thorn)	Township of Hope	12 Oct 1903	19 Apr 1906	Rev. Wm Johnston
Allison	Cyrus James Allison	Alexander Cameron	Angelia Josephine (Horn)	Township of Hope	24 Oct 1891	27 Nov 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Allison	May Elizabeth Allison	Alexander Cameron	Angelia Josephine (Horn)	Township of Hope	16 Dec 1888	27 Nov 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Dun7:06 PM 19/12/2004bar	Lawrence James	Anson James	Mary Laura Mabel (Gray)	Township of Hope	14 May 1909	25 Nov 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Waddell	Joseph Samuel	Jacob A.	Louisa J. (Robb)	Township of Hope	12 Aug 1909	25 Nov 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Waddell	Robb John	Jacob A.	Louisa J. (Robb)	Township of Hope	28 Mar 1911	10 Jan 1912	Rev. Wm Johnston
Beatty	Thelma Sarah Ida	Walter Thomas	Pearl Edna (Brothwell)	Township of Hope	10 Oct 1910	03 Jan 1912	Rev. Wm Johnston
Gray	Margaret Mabel	W.E.	Anna (Whittington)	Township of Hope	13 Mar 1913	17 Dec 1913	Rev. Wm Johnston
Beatty	Stella Marjory May	Norton Lewis	Bella (Retallick)	Township of Hope	30 Oct 1911	24 Jun 1914	Rev. Wm Johnston
Cameron	Eva Marjory	David	Hannah (Wright)	Township of Hope	11 Mar 1909	01 Jun 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Coates	Audrey Viola	Franklin A.	Amy Mabel (Wright)	Peterboro	06 Jan 1907	01 Jun 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Coates	Thelma Enid	Franklin A.	Amy Mabel (Wright)	Peterboro	08 Jul 1908	01 Jun 1909	Rev. Wm Johnston
Gordon	Howard Manwell	James Robert	Irene Sarah (Stapleton)	Township of Hope	13 Sep 1914	15 Dec 1914	Rev. Wm Johnston

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