The following surviving early records for Arboe Parish Church have been microfilmed by the staff of PRONI, Belfast, where they may be consulted:
Baptisms: 1775-1813 and 1824-71; marriages, 1773-1812 and 1824-45; burials, 1776-1813, 1827-1900 and 1905-06; vestry minutes, 1773-1833, lists of the poor, 1789 and 1794; census, 1775; confirmation lists. 1775, 1828, 1833, 1837, 1840, 1843, 1870 and 1873; indexes to baptisms 1775-1871 and marriages, 1773-1845. PRONI Ref. MIC583/10; D1278
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St. Colman’s Parish Church, Arboe, Co. Tyrone. Photo: Dr. William Roulston
PRE-CIVIL REGISTRATION MARRIAGES
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
| Year | Marriage |
| 1783 | John HAGAN & Elizabeth HAGAN |
| … | James FARRELL & Margaret TURNER |
| … | James NICKELL & Jean MULLEN |
| … | George ARMSTRONG & Anne BLEEKS |
| 1785 | James MCDONNELL & Mary PORTER |
| … | James CAULFIELD & Elizabeth MULLEN |
| 1786 | James PURVIS & Anne LAPSLIE [LAPSLEY] |
| … | Simon HAZLETON & Mary WHITESIDE |
| 1787 | William SHARP & Martha MULLIN |
| … | Mathew FARREL & Mary CORNWELL |
| 1788 | Thomas MARSHALL & Elizabeth MARSHALL |
| … | David ROBERTSON & Eleanor FLEMMING |
| 1789 | Robert BELSHAW & Anne MULLEN |
| … | Rev. Frederick Aug. ARBUTHNOT & Frances HAMILTON |
| … | Gilbert MCCULLOGH & Jane DOOLE? |
| … | James MCDONNELL & Eliza FOSTER |
| … | James MARSHAL & Lilly MCCOY |
| 1790 | Eccles SMYTH ESQ & Mary KEARNS |
| 1791 | John LAPSLIE [LAPSLEY] & Mary PURVIS |
| 1802 | Hugh LAPSLIE [LAPSLEY] & Margaret FARELL (FARRELL} |
| … | Thomas FARR & Liddia MARSHALL |
| 1803 | George RICHARDSON & Elizabeth SMITH |
| … | Matthew HENDERSON & Agnes FARREL [FARRELL] |
| … | Francis TOLBERT & Mary BELLSHAW |
| … | James MILLER & Jane GRAHAM |
| 1804 | Robert MCCLAVE [MCCLARE?]& Elizabeth WHITESIDE |
| … | Hugh CAMPBELL & Catherine MCCALLIN |
| … | William GRAY & Margaret WILSON |
| 1805 | Hugh BOOTH & Jane BRADLEY |
| … | James MCKEOWN & Ann NICHOLSON |
| … | William GILLES [GILLIS] & Rebecca BROWN |
| … | William HARRIS & Jane JUNK |
| … | Hugh MANEELY & Esther JUNK |
| 1806 | James HOG [HOGG] & Anne HOPPER |
| … | John FARREL & Mary HENRY |
| … | Hugh HAMIL [HAMILL] & Mary DAVIDSON |
| … | Robert ARMSTRONG & Jane WHITESIDE |
| … | John SLATER & Mary BOOTH |
| … | William CORDWELL & Susannah WATERS |
| … | James PURVIS & Ann KELLY |
| 1807 | Samuel GILLIS & Mary BROWN |
| … | David MILLER & Margaret ROLLINS [ROWLANDS] |
| … | William MCLERNON & Elizabeth BOOTH |
| … | Robert HARKNESS & Margaret LINDSAY |
| … | Gabriel MARTIN & Margaret WRIGHT |
| … | William MCREYNOLDS & Margaret DUFF |
| 1808 | Solomon SHAW & Elizabeth LEONARD |
| … | James WILSON & Saragh FARSHAM [FARSHIN] |
| … | Stewart KEIGHTLY & Hannah RICHARDSON |
| 1809 | James ROLLINS [ROWLANDS] & Jane MCCLEAVE |
| … | William CAULTER & Anne MCLAUGHLIN |
| 1811 | John MCKITRICK [MCKITTRICK] & Martha BIGGER |
| … | James MCREYNOLDS & Anne GIBSON |
| … | John BRADLEY & Saragh HENRY |
| 1812 | John RUBY? & Mary CANVAN [CANAVAN] |
| 1824 | Samuel LEONARD & Arabella RICHARDSON |
| 1825 | John DUNBAR & Ann HIGGINS |
| … | Robert WRIGHT & Letitia PURVIS |
| … | Michael GRAHAM & Peggy MCCANN (both R.C.) |
| … | John HOGG & Margaret HAGAN |
| … | John MCDONNEL & Margaret MARTIN |
| … | George VINCENT & Mary COOPER |
| … | William MULLEN & Sarah HAGAN (widow) |
| 1826 | John QUINN (R.C.) & Sarah DEVELIN [DEVLIN] (R.C.) |
| … | John MCKEMNISH [MCKEMMISH] & Isabella Ann MCCORD |
| 1827 | James ANDERSON & Izabella COLGAN (R.C.) |
| … | John MCCLEERY & Sarah MCKEMMISH |
| … | Samuel PURVIS & Mary JOHNSTON |
| … | Andrew FOSTER & Elenor MCVEY |
| … | William CARLTON & Anna ROBINSON |
| … | Nathaniel MITCHELL & Ann ALLEN |
| … | John GRAHAM & Mary MCCULLOUGH |
| 1828 | John FERON & Sarah MCGRATH |
| … | Robert Harkness & Mary Ann KEOKLY [KECKLY] |
| … | James EDMONSTON & Margaret MARRION? |
| … | Robert KENNEDY & Rachel MARTIN |
| … | George FARR & Anne WATTERS (nee ARMSTRONG) |
| 1829 | Robert MCVEY & Elizabeth WHITE (alias HARKNESS) |
| … | Thomas SHEPHERD & Alley MCINTIRE |
| … | Edward CORRIGAN & Catherine Ann FARR |
| … | William DORIAN & Martha WHITE |
| … | George CROOKS & Letitia MCGAGHY |
| … | Silas PURVIS & Jane JACKSON |
| … | Robert FARREL [FARRELL] & Jane FARIS (alias ARMSTRONG) |
| 1830 | George EVANS & Elizabeth GREY (widow) |
| … | William ROBINSON & Mary VINCENT |
| … | Benjamin SINCLAIR & Anne BIGGERS |
| … | James MARTIN & Ann MULLAN |
| … | William BEATTY & Sarah HOGG |
| … | James CORRIGAN & Elizabeth Ann MARSHALL |
| … | George GRAHAM & Jane GILLIS |
| … | Robert GLENDINNING & Mary TRIMBLE |
| 1831 | James BROWN & Elizabeth CLARK |
| … | William MARTIN & Fanny ROSS |
| … | Archibald MCDONNELL & Elizabeth DARAGH |
| … | Thomas SANDYS & Martha SHARP |
| … | Eccles WATTERS & Margaret RICHARDSON otherwise MCCLELLAND |
| … | Thomas COLLINS & Janes KEARNS |
| … | Alexander WADDEL & Margaret MCMANUS |
| … | John BIGGERS & Nancy WILSON |
| … | Robert MAXWELL & Izabella MARCH |
| … | Robert JOHNSTON & Margaret RICHARDSON |
| … | John PURVIS & Mary Ann ORR |
| … | James WRIGHT & …..? WARNOCK |
| 1832 | Thomas MCKIBBIN & Nancy Ann JUNK |
| … | Robert PORTER & Rachel PURVIS |
| … | Thomas SMITH & Nancy Ann MCALISTER |
| … | James SMITH & & Sally MULLEN |
| … | (Mark?) QUINN & Nancy QUINN both R.C. |
| … | Henry DEVLIN & Nancy PURVIS |
| 1833 | Philip POTTER & Mary MCDONNELL |
| … | Joseph MOFFET & Elizabeth PHILIPS |
| … | James ALLEN & Sally ARMSTRONG |
| … | John BLEEKS & Margaret BROWN |
| … | Uriah MARSH [MARCH?] & Mary MARTIN |
| … | …..? FARIS & ……? MCNAWALL |
| … | William WATTERS & Mary LAPSLEY |
| … | John MOFFET & Mary Jane LEONARD |
| … | Patrick MCCALLISTER & Agnes FAIR |
| … | Robert DEVLIN & Catherine KILPATRICK |
| … | (John?) Thomas? ANDERSON & Mary PURVIS |
| … | Robert BRADLEY/BRADLY & Elizabeth WATTERS |
| … | George CULBERT & Sarah MCDONNELL |
| … | William MCALISTER & Mary FERGUSON |
| … | John DIMOND & Isabella CATHERWOOD |
| … | Robert HOPPER & Elizabeth HAMILL |
| 1834 | James MOFFIT & Elizabeth LEONARD |
| … | James NERRIE [NEARY?] & Matilda CLARK alias JOHNSTON |
| … | James BLAKE & Jane DUFFEN [DUFFIN] |
| … | William FOSTER & Elizabeth FORREST |
| … | James CLEMENTS & Elizabeth BOOTH |
| … | Andrew BELL & Judith (SHEAN?) |
| … | Patrick CAMPBELL & Mary MCVEY |
| … | March HAMILTON & Martha MCKNIGHT |
| … | Thomas SHILLINGTON & Francis SIMMONS |
| … | James BEECK? & Mary Jane PATTERSON |
| … | John SMITH & Jane WILSON |
| … | James LEECK? & Jane ROLLONDS [ROLLANDS?] |
| 1835 | John HOLMES & Mary GILLIS |
| … | Robert HARRIS & Nancy GLENDINNING |
| … | THOMAS MCDONNELL & MARY JANE BLEAKS |
| … | JOHN PURVIS & MATILDA MARCH |
| … | HENRY FERGUSON & MARY JOHNSTON |
| … | ADAM WRIGHT & ANNE MCLEAN |
| … | JOHN LONG & MARY FOX |
| … | ANDREW DUNN & SARAH WILSON |
| … | HUGH LAPSLEY & ANNE JANE DAVIDSON |
| … | Samuel KEOKLY (KECKLY) & Nancy TAYLOR |
| … | Rewell? HAMILL & Anne GORDON |
| … | Thomas ROLLONDS [ROWLANDS] & Elizabeth BEATTY |
| 1835 | John DORMAN & Margaret MCCLEAN [Banns December 13, 20, 27] |
| 1836 | Andrew FERGUSON & Mary Ann FARRELL |
| … | William CROFTON & Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS |
| … | Hugh MULLAN & Mary BRADLEY |
| … | Robert MARKS & Sarah Jane MARKS |
| … | Oliver ART & Bridget SKELTON alias SMALL |
| … | Francis MAYS & Mary Ann MCGUCKEN |
| … | Alexander SIMPSON & Mary FOSTER |
| 1837 | William HENDERSON & Ellen Mack DONNELL |
| … | Bernard DEVELIN [DEVLIN] & Sally MCDOWELL |
| … | James GILLIS & Saragh MCDOWELL |
| … | Thomas MORRIS & Rachel BLANE |
| … | Thomas SHARPE & Matilda KEIGHTLY |
| 1838 | George MARTIN & Catherine CAMPBELL |
| … | Hugh COOK & Mary WHITE otherwise RICHARDSON |
| … | James COOK & Margaret MONTGOMERY |
| 1839 | Hugh SHORT & Hannah ROURKE |
| … | Robert FOSTER & Martha MARSHALL |
| … | James MCKEE & Eliza ALLEN |
| … | John HAMIL [HAMILL] & Mary WRIGHT |
| 1840 | John MCVEY & Mariah WADDELL |
| … | John MCKEOWN & Harriet LEONARD |
| 1841 | John MCGLADRY [MCGLADDERY] & Rose JAGGARD? |
| … | William WHITE & Matilda WHITE |
| 1842 | John BLAKLEY & Eliza Jane MARSHALL |
| … | David MILLAR & Maria GILLIS |
| … | William HAMIL [HAMILL] & Maria HAMIL [HAMILL] |
| … | William HENDERSON & Letitia MCCORD |
| … | James STAFFORD & Nancy A. FREW |
| … | James ROLLINS [ROLLANDS] & Mary BIGGER |
| 1843 | John BOON & Mary HAMIL [HAMILL] |
| … | Adam IRWIN & Martha MCREARN |
| … | David ALLEN & Sarah Jane FARRELL |
| … | James HOGG & Rachel ALLEN |
| … | Andrew MCMANNUS & Elizabeth MCINTYRE |
| … | Thomas GILMORE & Mary CAMPBELL |
| … | John MATHEWS & Eliza MOON |
| … | James MCCORMICK & Eliza MARKS |
| … | Robert BOOTH & Eliza MARKS |
| … | William MCGUCKIN & Mary BIGGER |
| 1844 | William IRWIN & Catherin DORTHEY? |
| … | William MCILROY & Peggy Jane JOHNSTON |
| … | Samuel WRAY & Jane BELL |
| … | Andrew BRIDGET & Jane DORMANT [DORMAN] |
| … | James BRADY & Jane DOBSON |
| … | John GRAHAM & Ellen BOYD |
| … | Samuel DONNELL & Elizabeth MCVEAGH |
| 1845 | William RICHARDSON & Eliza Martha STEWART |
| … | William DONNALLY & Jane MCGLADE a widower (sic) |
| … | James RICHARDSON & Isabella FARR |
To view Arboe Parish Church marriages commencing May 1845-December 1850