This file of the RELIGIOUS CENSUS FOR BANAGHER PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY 1766 forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIES TYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY & FERMANAGH provided without charge or subscription by CoTyroneIreland Welcome to the Premier Website & Research Tool for Cos. Tyrone, Donegal, Londonderry & Fermanagh Genealogy (cotyroneireland.com) A complete list of records pertaining to BANAGHER PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY on this website can be found at the foot of this file.
The Religious Census, 1766
This census was authorised by a resolution of the Irish House of Lords on 5 March 1766 which stated:
Resolved, That the several archbishops and bishops of this Kingdom shall be and are hereby desired to direct the parish ministers in their respective dioceses, to return a list of the several families in their parishes to this House on the first Monday after the Recess, distinguishing which are Protestants and which are Papists, as also a list of the several reputed Popish priests and friars residing in their parishes. House of Lords Journal, iv, 370.
No set form for the provision of this information was laid down by either the House of Lords or the prelates, and consequently the details given vary enormously from one parish to the next. The following are the main forms which the returns take:
Number of families of each religion, Protestant and Papist, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;
List of heads of families, with their religion, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;
The same, giving also the number of persons of each religion in each household, including servants;
The same, showing a division into landholders and cotters.
Sometimes the term “Protestant” is further broken down into members of the Established Church and Protestant “Dissenters” (Presbyterians) and occasionally details are given for smaller denominations e.g. Quakers and Anabaptists.
Most of the returns were made in March and April 1766. When received, they were arranged in alphabetical order within each diocese and stamped with a running number. However, the fact that not all returns for a given diocese arrived together means that the numbers for that diocese do not run consecutively. A summary for each diocese was prepared, showing the number of Protestants and Papists in each parish in the diocese. These summaries appear to have been done locally as several are stamped with numbers in the same way as the parish returns.
A LIST OF PROTESTANT FAMILIES IN BANAGHER PARISH APRIL 4 1766
PROTESTANTS
Surname Given Name AIKIN William ALLISON Robert BEANHANNON [BUCHANAN?] George BOYD John BOYDE James BOYLE Henry BOYLE Thomas BOYLE William BRICE Andrew BRICE Thomas BRIZEL John BUCHANON Archibald BUCHANON David BUCHANON William CAMPBELL James CANNON John CANON Hugh CANON John CLERK Bartw. COSH William COUGHERAN Andrew CRAIG Alexander CRAIG James CREIGHTON Henry DONILSON Henry DOUGHERTY Edward DOUGHERTY James DOUGHERTY John DOUGHERTY Robert DOUGHERTY William (1) DOUGHERTY William (2) DUART Robert DUNLAP James DUNN Joseph FALKNER James FARGUSON James FLEMING George FLEMING John GAMBLE Joseph GUYLER Jacob GUYLER John GUYLER Will. HAMILTON Thomas HARBITT Sam HATHORN James HENDRY Alex. HENDRY James HUGHTON James KEITON John KENEDY John LAMON Alexander LEETCH Andrew LEETCH James LEETCH Robert LOCHERY Robert LOCHERY Thomas LYONS John LYONS Joseph MARSHAL William McCOMB John McCOMB Willm. McCONNAUGHEY Andrew McFARLAND Andrew McFARLAND John McFARLAND William McFERSON Samuel McKINLY Henry McLEAN James MILLER Hugh MILLER James MILLER Thomas MILLER William MILLER Wm. MONTEITH Robert MONTGOMERY William MOORE Fergus MOORE George MOORE James MOORE Jas. MOORE Robert MOORE William O’DONAGH George O’DONAGH John PHILIPS George PHILIPS Henry PICQUET Robert POSTON James POSTON William RAILY [REILLY?] Edward RAILY [REILLY?] James RAINS William REA James REA William READ Andrew READ James READ William RICHEY John ROBINSON Joseph ROSEBROUGH Alex. ROSEBROUGH William ROSS Henry ROSS James, Jr. ROSS James, Sr. ROSS John ROSS Thomas ROSS William STEVENSON James, Mr. THOMPSON Archibald THOMPSON George THOMPSON Jno. THOMPSON Jo: THOMPSON John (1) THOMPSON John {2} THOMPSON Joseph THOMPSON Robert THOMPSON William (1) THOMPSON William (2) THOMPSON Wm. TODD Adam TODD Archibald TOM Joseph TURNER John WALKER Sam WARNOCK Will. WATT Joseph WHITE John WHITESIDE William WILSON Alexander WILSON James WITHEREW Hans WITHEREW James WITHEREW Robert WITHEREW Thomas WITHEREW William
Further records for BANAGHER PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY can be found at:
Banagher Parish Records, County Londonderry
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