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THE FIRST FREE CHURCH 3‘ June 23, 1849 For a. considerable time past, there has been a growing inclination among the people of Westminster for having a place of worship built on the fifth concession. and on Sabbath last, a meeting for taking this into ‘ consideration was intimated from the pulpit of the Free Church, London, to take place on;the evening of the Monday following. The meeting took place and unanimously agreed to build a. place of worship in connection with the Free Church and appointed the following committee to carry the object of the meeting “ into effect â€"viz- John Glendening, Wm. Murray, Alex Kerr, John Cochrane. Ninian Elliott, John Wilson, Malcolm McInnes, Wm. Dark, Robert Nicol, George Murray,Wa1ter Crawford, and James Nicol. “ The meeting agreed that the money be paid, the one half on November lst and the other half - six months thereafter. 1' John Glendinning 12 Dyer Walters 5-0 paid in full Alex Kerr 10 David Jackson 5-0 paid 2-6 James Ireland 8 James Beaty 1-0â€"0 paid 10 Ninian Elliott 12 Thomas Grieve 5-0 paid 2-6 John Cochrane 5 Wm. Carrothers 5 paid in full 1 M. McInnes 5 Thomas Turnbull 5 paid in full ‘1 Thos. Nicol 4 James Blair 5 paid 2-6 ‘ Andrew Rae 4 Wm. Anderson 5 paid in full i Wm. Wetherson 5 Wm. Rae 5 paid 2-6 y George Murray 5 H. Anderson 7â€"6 l, Walter Crawford 5 George Carrothers 5 paid in full 1 Wm. Murray 5 James Cari-others 5 paid in full g James Nicol 2 Thomas Blair 2 paid 5 John Wilson 12 William Armstrong 5 ‘V Mrs, Ireland 1 Donald Fraser 5 paid in full “ Isabella Ireland 1 George Laidlaw 5 paid John Cruickshank 2â€"6 9 This is copied from the original minutes found in a bible belonging to Robert Kirk, formerly John I Glendining's Bible. The original paper is at the University of Western Ontario. After the union of the Free and the United Presbyterian Churches in Canada in 1861, The Fredlongregation at Hubrey united with the First Church, Westminster. After the great Presbyterian Union of 1875, St. Andrew‘s, South Westminster (Church of Scotland) and the First Church became one charge.