Green River Baptist Cemetery

July 1980

To The Glory of God

and

In Memory of the Baptist Pioneers of Pickering Township

Green River Baptist Church

In the late 1830's two groups of Loyal Baptists from New Brunswick and England together formed The Brunswick Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Thomas Gostick as the first pastor. After meeting in the local schoolhouse for some years the pioneers erected their own church building which was completed and dedicated on May 28, 1848. The property was donated by David and Mary Haley of New Brunswick. In 1888 the building was dismantled and moved one mile west to the village of Green River to a lot provided by Nelson Bice. At this time the old clapboard was replaced by cream coloured brick. It was completely renovated in 1951 when the widening of highway 7 necessitated the last move. The church was finally closed in 1979 as a result of the government's design to expropriate property for the proposed Pickering Airport.

"For here we have no permanent home, but we are seekers after the city which is to come" Heb 13:14

 Green River Baptist Church Cemetery is located on Hwy 7 between North Rd and Sideline 28, right by the small town of Green River. The cemetery is a mix of old and new, though the last person buried here was in 1999, and I do not believe that this cemetery is accepting more burials.

The property is being maintained, somewhat, but use caution when walking the grounds. There are many partially buried monuments hidden in the somewhat long grass, some animal holes and I almost stepped on a snake. There is also a tree in the centre of the cemetery that has fallen over and it is covering at least one grave, and it appears to have been down for quite a while.

On the day I visited this cemetery I also visited Hillside Cemetery, which is reported to be haunted. This place gave me the creeps ten times more than Hillside did. The dishevelled atmosphere, the crunching autumn leaves under my boots, the fact that it is incredibly quiet for a place located on a busy road. I'll admit I checked over my shoulder more than once. I'm not interested in ghost hunting nor am I saying that this place is haunted, but if it was located int he middle of the woods I wouldn't feel too good about going in alone.

Mary E, Doten, 1864-1936.
Sanford H. Doten, 1848-1938.
William (Bob) Erkelens, 1909-1967.

Maria Anna Horrasz, 1902-1957.
Peter Horrasz, 1895-1977.

Thomas Baren,1885-1963.

Blake Lehman, 1916-1952.
Lois Draper, wife of above, 1919-1999.

William Shepherdson, 1858-1947.
Mary Jane Mood, his wife, 1869-1940.
Marshall Shepherdson, 1869-1922.
Clifford Shepherdson, 1900-1952.

William C. Barnes, 1864-1924.
Mary Monkhouse, his wife, 1866-1923.
William Barnes, died Feb 2, 1895. Aged 81 years. A native of Dublin, Ireland.
Nancy, the wife of above, died Feb 9, 1895. Aged 71 years.
Anne Barnes, 1845-1923.

William Hutchings, June 16, 1857-May 14, 1918.
Fanny E. Morgan, his wife, July 18, 1859-May 11, 1928.
Fanny Elizabeth, Nov 18, 1883-Nov 21, 1904.
Albert William, Jan 28, 1880-June 19, 1932.
Arnold, May 6, 1961.
Elizabeth Pyne, the wife of Arnold Hutchings, died Feb 16, 1941.
Ruth Pyne Hutchings, born Sept 19, 1910-Aug 2, 1997.
Hannah Pyne, June 28, 1958.

Henry Adrian Hutchings, son of William and Fanny, April 18, 1889-Dec 30, 1974.

Mary Ann Winne, wife of Daniel Poucher, born in Co. Hereford, England. 1822-1891.

Daniel Poucher, born in Co. Suffolk, England. 1811-1863.

Elizabeth, the wife of John Percy, died Oct 31, 1884. Aged 74 years.

John, son of John and Elizabeth Percy, died July 1, 1867. Aged 10 years.
Emily, daughter of John and Elizabeth Percy, and wife of George Gamble, died Dec 16, 1861. Aged 21 years.
John Percy, died Oct 10, 1871. A native of England.

Wife of E. Wisemore, died 1889.

Mary, the wife of David Haley, died May 3, 1867.

James Haley, died 1853. Aged 71 years.

Clark Hansen, died Feb 1, 1896. Aged 35 years.

Robert, son of David and Mary Haley, aged 2 months.

Sylvester Boyce, 1786-1867.
Charlotte Palmer, his wife, 1786-1871.
Nelson, their son, 1822-1835.

Sarah, wife of Elisha Bell.

Unknown.

Mary Ann, the wife of Charles Skinner, died 1853. Aged 18 years old.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Lucy, the wife of Roger Hawkins, died May 18, 188?. Aged 29 years.

Unknown.

Elian A, son of Sidney Vardon. Died Mar 28, 1876. Aged 7 weeks.

Leieta Bell, daughter of E.L. & R Vardon, died Aug 30, 1873. Aged 8 months.

Fred, son of Edwin L. and Rebecca Vardon, died Oct 16, 18??. Aged 8 months.

Robert B. Vardon, died March 5, 1851. Aged 51 years.

Edwin Vardon, died April 20, 1872. Aged 33 years.

Mary Jane.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Joseph, son of W&C Windsor. Died Sept 25, 1878. Aged 6 years.

James Ozburn, died Sept 16, 1851. Aged 50 years.
Syntha, the wife of James Ozburn, died Nov 21, 1848. Aged 51 years.

Shusanna Windsor, died 1864.

Unknown.

Mary Westlake, the wife of John Windsor, died Oct 16, 1898. Aged 68 years.

Windsor.

Unknown.

Unknown.

James, son of Joseph Bogas.

Unknown.

Alvin Loth, died 1887.

Nelson Bice, died 1898.
Eliza Loth, died 1904.

McIntyre.

Mary McIntyre.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Noble, died Mar 10, 1855.

James A Bucknam, Nov 10, 1833-Dec 15, 1911.
Prescilla Turner, wife of James Bucknam, April 25, 1833-Feb 8, 1875.

Alfred Bucknam, April 5, 1874-May 18, 1877.

Ann, wife of Isaac Turner, July 30, 1800-May 18, 1899.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Mary E. Doten, died Mar 10, 1888. Aged 14 years.
George E. Doten, died March 19, 1888. Aged 2 years.

Nancy Ann Hall, the wife of Benjamin Doten, died  Sept 29, 1908. Aged 33 years.

Benjamin Doten.

William Reynolds, died Feb 3, 1921. Aged 71 years.
Sophrona, his sister, wife of Michael Gilfson, died 1896.

Lyman, son of Chauncy and Phoebe Reynolds, died July 2, 18??. Aged 29 years.

Unknown.

Unknown.

Orlando Reynolds, died April 16, 1856.

Chauncy Reynolds, died July 24, 1870. Aged 65 years.
Phoebe Reynolds, died 1875. Aged 70 years.

George W. Turner, died Feb 18, 1874. Aged 39 years.
Permelia J, his wife, died Nov 15, 1901. Aged 67 years.

Archie B, son of Henry and Maria Hopkins.

Hopkins, died 1888.
Henry Hopkins, died 1857.

Maria Ann Madill, the wife of Henry Hopkins, died March 27, 1878. Aged 35 years.

Eva Gertrude, daughter of Henry and Nancy Ann. Feb 6, 1898-Nov 8, 19??.

William Madill.

Unknown.

Ebeneezer Madill, 1818-1904.
Mary Ann Madill, his wife, 1822-1900.
Annie Pennock, wife of Weldrick Madill, 1903-1921.
Weldrick Madill, 1892-1971.

Frank Pennock, Dec 28, 1882-Aug 31, 1960.
Emily Shepherdson, May 18, 1884-Sept 15, 1975.
John Franklin Pennock, Mar 4, 1905-Oct 27, 1985. Son of Franklin and Emily.