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Newmarket Quaker, H. R. MacMillan, richest man in Canada. (N H S archives)
1960
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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There also were Quakers who came later and made an economic contribution to Canada. H. R . MacMillan went on to British Columbia to become at one time the richest man in Canada.

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Article on H R Mac Millan, founder of major Canadian forestry industry
1962
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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He lived in Bogartown a small settlement within two miles of Newmarket (it was later absorbed into the town).

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'richest man in Canada' (N H S archives)
1976
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

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MacMillan did not forget his Quaker roots when he became a millionaire building a substantial fence and a roof for the Yonge Street Meeting House.

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Eliza Rogers and Walter Dennis
1850
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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This Dennis family photo of Eliza Rogers and Walter Dennis show the continuing intermarriage between the Rogers group and other Quaker families.

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part of Rogers family tree
13 July 1900
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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The Dennis family were farmers and carried on into the 1960's when the farm was sold for a large housing development in the south of Newmarket.
This geneology chart shows the relationship of the Dennis family to the Rogers family.

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Hannah Lundy, Quaker
1870
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
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Samuel Lundy, a Quaker, and a friend of Timothy Rogers from Pennsylvania brought 20 families to adjoining lands to the south of Newmarket (now Aurora).
Here is a photo of Hanna Lundy from the Historical Society family files.

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The Lundy Farm
1855
Bayview and St Johns sideroad, Newmarket Aurora
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This Lundy farm was just south east of Newmarket and became part of Aurora