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New Fairfield 1815
Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted September, 2011
Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted September, 2011
Photo of an old postcard by contributor Anonymous - Posted November, 2016
Plaque Location
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Moravian Indian Reserve
At the very north end of Centre Road in
Delaware of the Thames First Nation
5 km north of Highway 401 via Road 20
Coordinates: N 42 35.005 W 81 53.698 |
Plaque Text
In 1792, Fairfield, a Moravian missionary settlement of Delaware Indians was established by David Zeisberger just north of here across the Thames. It was destroyed by invading American forces following their victory at the Battle of the Thames, October 5, 1813. Christian Frederick Denke, who guided the homeless Fairfield Indians during the war years, re-established the mission here at New Fairfield in 1815. A small log church was then built which was replaced by a larger log structure in 1827. The Reverend Jesse Vogler built the mission house in 1845 and completed the present church in 1848. The Moravians turned the mission work over to the Methodists in 1902.
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