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Huron County, [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], comprises the central townships in Ontario lying along the east shore of Lake Huron. Its maritime climate makes it suitable for raising a variety of bush and tree fruits as well as mixed farming and stock-raising. The first Mennonites to migrate westward beyond [[Waterloo County (Ontario, Canada)|Waterloo County]], settling in Hay Township about 1840, were [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]]; about 1850 the Mennonites also settled there and with help from itinerant ministers from Waterloo County assemblies were started in the townships of Hay, Stanley, and Grey. [[Brundage, Daniel (1812-1895)|Daniel Brundage]], who moved from [[York County (Ontario, Canada)|York County]], Ontario, about 1850, was the earliest resident minister. The first deacons were Daniel Lehman, Samuel Reesor, Henry Baer.

See [[Hay Mennonite Church (Zurich, Ontario, Canada)|Hay]]; [[Stanley Mennonite Church (Zurich, Ontario, Canada)|Stanley]]; [[Clemens Preaching Appointment (Huron County, Ontario, Canada)|Clemens]]; [[Zurich Mennonite Church (Zurich, Ontario, Canada)|Zurich]]
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