Chipman, Rev. Thomas Handley, one of the founders and fathers of the Baptist denomination in Nova Scotia, was born Jan. 17, 1756.

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Chipman, Rev. Thomas Handley, one of the founders and fathers of the Baptist denomination in Nova Scotia, was born Jan. 17, 1756. His first religious impressions were received under the ministry of the celebrated Henry Alline; was baptized at Horton, 1779, by Rev. Nicholas Pierson, and soon commenced preaching; was ordained in 1782. ‘The churches to which he ministered were mixed,— composed of Baptists and Pedobaptists. Mr. Chipman, however, subsequently became clear and fixed in his views of the church of Christ and its ordinances, and his ministry proved a great blessing in Annapolis, Yarmouth, and Queen’s Counties. He took part in forming the Baptist Association, June 23, 1800. In 1809, Mr. Chipman removed from Bridgetown to Nictaux, and became pastor of the Baptist church formed there, June 10, 1810, and _ continued his labors with much usefulness till his death, Oct. 11, 1830. Many of the early churches in Nova Scotia were open in their communion, hut they gave up the practice as inexpedient and unscriptural. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart