Founder of the Church of England in the Ottawa Valley.
"It is a matter of very real regret that no pictures can be obtained of the Rev. Richard Bradford the Pioneer Clergyman of this district, or of the Rev. William Abbott, whose special work was the completion of the Church, and the consolidation of the Parish during his long Incumbency. It would be hardly 'right, or even possible, to compile the history of Christ Church, -St. Andrews, during the last hundred years without first, by way of introduction, and in justice to his memory and faithful labours, referring back to Richard Bradford, at one time a midshipman under the famous Capt. Cook and afterwards Chaplain of the 49th Regiment, who was stationed as a Missionary of the 'S. P. G. at Chatham as early as the year 1805. For the Rev. Richard Bradford was the first clergyman resident in the County of Argenteuil, and the first to plant the Church of England in the Ottawa valley. In 1808 he was stationed at William Henry (Sorel) and remained there two years, returning to Chatham in 1811, where again for five years, until his death, in the Fall of 1816, he faithfully ministered to the religious necessities of the Pioneer Settlers of the district, visiting St. Andrews once a fortnight for Services, and performing Acts of Civil Status, of which his Registers are among the most treasured possessions of 'Christ 'Church to-day." [1]
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