This column examines the Quaker pacifist influence in Ontario, its origin and effect on our history. Quaker or Friends pacification has become one of the known facts in our rich local history, so I wanted to examine it further. Quaker pacifism finds its roots in 17th-century England, but it continued to flourish and expand once the…
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Newmarket Once Had Three Friends Meeting Houses
This is the second column in my two-part series exploring the history of local churches at the corner of Church and Botsford streets in downtown Newmarket. The Friends Church would replace the Congregational Church, the first church to occupy the building. I have previously told the story of the Quaker Meeting House on Yonge Street, south of Eagle Street, on…