=Baptist Church.= Like several other religious denominations in Canada, it had its origin in Nova Scotia. Some Baptists were living in Lunenburg as early as 1753. In 1800 the first Baptist Association was formed at Granville, Nova Scotia, and by 1850 there were Baptist Associations in many parts of the province. In 1828 the Nova Scotia Baptist Educational Society was established. The first church was built in Montreal, 1830; and in 1834 the Baptist Seminary of New Brunswick was founded at Fredericton. In 1852 the Baptist Missionary Society of Canada was established. Since then the Baptists have grown rapidly in all the provinces, and several Baptist colleges and institutions have been established, notably Acadia and McMaster Universities (_q.v._). The Baptist Church was organized in British Columbia in 1877. =Index=: =W= First founded in Fredericton, 1813, 10; represented by one member in Legislative Council, 69. =Bib.=: Wells, _History of the Baptist Denomination in Canada_, in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 3; Hill, _Forty Years with the Baptist Ministers and Churches of the Maritime Provinces of Canada_. =Baranof, Alexander Andrevitch= (1747-1819). Governor of Russian America. Had been manager of a glass factory at Irkutsk, Siberia; grew tired of the monotonous though profitable business, and engaged in the fur trade of eastern Siberia. Appointed governor of the principal Russian trading company in America, 1790. Nine years later, the different companies were united, and Baranof moved his headquarters from Kadiak to New Archangel (Sitka), where he built a strong fort, with a shipyard, foundry, churches, and hospitals. Even a library and picture-gallery were afterwards added to this little outpost of Russian civilization. In 1818 sailed for home, and died at sea on the voyage. =Index=: =D= His rule at Sitka, 44; his character, 44; his death, 1819, 45, =Bib.=: Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_. =Barbarie, A.= =W= Referred to in Wilmot's speech, 104. =T= Represents Restigouche in New Brunswick Assembly, 18. =Barclay, Robert H.= Born in Scotland. Took part in the battle of Trafalgar. Sent to Canada, and commander of British naval force on Lake Erie in 1813. On Sept. 10, 1813, defeated by the American fleet under Perry. Subsequently court-martialled, but acquitted. Died, 1837. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._ _See also_ War of 1812. =Barclay, Thomas= (1753-1830). Born in New York. In 1775 served in the British army during the American Revolution, and in 1777 became major. At the end of the war moved to Nova Scotia; entered the House of Assembly, and for some time Speaker. Appointed adjutant-general of militia; served as a commissioner under Jay's Treaty; appointed consul-general at New York for the Northern and Eastern states. =Index=: =Bk= Declares war to be inevitable, 202. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Barker, T. B.= =T= Founder of business firm of St. John, 8.