Halton-Peel Branch

SW Lot 21, Concession 10, Esquesing Township.
533 Main Street, Halton Hills (Glen Williams).
GPS 43.67136°N, –79.926°W

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History:  Georgetown was surrounded by "interminable wilderness" when the first circuit rider for the Wesleyan Methodist church came this way to preach in 1839.  For years, these intrepid young preachers rode on horseback from village to village, preaching to waiting worshippers, all of them recent immigrants, assembled in homes and cottages.  The Rev. Egerton Ryerson sparked a "great spiritual revival" in Williamsburg (Glen Williams) in 1840, and preached in Georgetown the following year.

We know that Benejah Williams deeded his Glen property over to the Methodist Episcopal congregation "with a shaky signature" in 1840.  We also know that the Methodists bought this property on the "Norval Road" for 5 shillings in 1846.  A wooden frame building was erected at that time.

In 1925 Glen Williams church affiliated with the new United Church of Canada.  In 1971, a long-standing friendship was sealed when the Glen Williams and Georgetown churches amalgamated to form one congregation with one governing board, shared staff, and two places of worship.

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This page last updated 28 October 2007