Ardstraw is a very old congregation; the first recorded minister is Rev. William Moorcroft who was installed in1655 and was also in charge of work in Badoney in 1659.
Surviving records of this congregation have been microfilmed by the staff of PRONI, Belfast where they may be consulted Baptisms 1837-90 & Marriages 1837-1939 (Ref. MIC.1P/50)
STIPEND PAYERS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY
STIPEND PAYERS | PEW NO. |
ADAMS George | 56 |
ADAMS Wm. | 25 |
ALEXANDER Andrew | 3 |
ALEXANDER Samuel | 39 |
ALLEN Mrs. | Gallery |
ALLEN Mrs. | 65 |
ALLEN Thomas | 38 |
ANDERSON Archd. | 65 |
ANDERSON James | 61 |
ANDERSON Jas., sen. | 2 |
ANDERSON John | 9 |
ANDERSON Robt. | 61 |
ATCHISON Gerard | 51 |
BAIRD Alexander | 16 |
BAIRD Miss | 64 |
BARNHILL Robert | 19 |
BARNHILL Wm. | 19 |
BROOKS Matthew | 27 |
BRUCE James | Gallery |
BRYDON Wm. | Gallery |
BRYDON Wm. | 25 |
COOK Mrs. Mary | Gallery |
CRAIG John | 52 |
CRAIG Robert | 60 |
CRAIG Samuel | 6 |
CRAIG Thomas | 53 |
CRAIG Thomas | 60 |
CRAWFORD Wm. | 56 |
CROW George | Gallery |
CUMMINGS Alex. | 62 |
CUMMINGS John | 50 |
CUNNINGHAM A. | 23 |
DEAN Alexander | 27 |
DUNCAN John | 34 |
DUNCAN Robert | 33 |
DUNCAN Robert | 43 |
DUNN Samuel | 5 |
DUNN Wm. | 20 |
ELLIOTT James | Gallery |
ENTRICAN Robert | 10 |
EWING Samuel | 18 |
FORSYTHE Andrew | 35 |
FORSYTHE John | 46 |
FOSTER Arthur | 67 |
GIVEN James | 45 |
GOURLAY Andrew | 49 |
HENDERSON Hugh | 58 |
HILL Eliza | 42 |
HILL Thomas | 42 |
HUNTER James | 17 |
HUSTON James | 46 |
IRWIN Andrew | 29 |
IRWIN James | 30 |
IRWIN Thomas | 57 |
JACK Patrick | 32 |
KERR Isaiah | Gallery |
KERR James | 26 |
KILLEN Mrs. | 45 |
KNOX James | Gallery |
LAIRD Andrew | 31 |
LAIRD John | 50 |
LAIRD Thomas | 24 |
LEITCH Andrew | 40 |
LEITCH John | 64 |
LEITCH John, jun. | 40 |
LEITCH John, sen. | 29 |
LOVE James | 52 |
LOVE James | 58 |
LYLE Thomas | 6 |
MACLEAN Samuel | Gallery |
MAGEE Robert | 22 |
MAXWELL James | Gallery |
MAXWELL John | Gallery |
MAXWELL Joseph | Gallery |
MAXWELL Moses | Gallery |
MCCARTHUR Wm. | Gallery |
MCCAY Adam | 3 |
MCCLINTOCK Robert | Gallery |
MCCONNELL Charles | Gallery |
MCCONNELL John | Gallery |
MCCREA John | Gallery |
MCFARLAND Robert | 7 |
MCFETRIDGE John | 24 |
MCINTYRE Robert | Gallery |
MCKEEWAN Thos. | Gallery |
MCKINNEY James | Gallery |
MCMONAGLE Robert | Gallery |
MCMULLAN John | Gallery |
MICKEY James | 28 |
MILLAR Andrew | Gallery |
MONTEITH John | 31 |
MONTGOMERY George | Gallery |
MOORE Mrs. Ann | 22 |
MOORE Robert | 26 |
MOORE Robert | 34 |
MOORE William | 28 |
MOOREHEAD Robert | 51 |
MORRISON Mrs. Jane | 4 |
MORROW George | 16 |
NEIL Samuel | Gallery |
NEILSON Matthew | 48 |
OLIVER Wm. | 54 |
ORR James | Gallery |
PARK Matthew | 53 |
PATTERSON Thomas | Gallery |
POLLOCK Wm. | 59 |
RITCHIE John | Gallery |
RUSSELL James | 55 |
SEMPLE Wm. | 30 |
SEYMOUR Thomas | Gallery |
SHANNON Charles | Gallery |
SMITH Hugh | Gallery |
SPROULE Edward | 18 |
STEVENSON Charles | 21 |
STEVENSON James | Gallery |
STEWART John | Gallery |
STEWART Miss | 34 |
STEWART Thomas | 44 |
TAYLOR Andrew | 9 |
THOMPSON James | 20 |
TODD Wm. | 63 |
TOWNLY David | 57 |
TYNAN Allen | 37 |
TYNAN James | 37 |
TYNAN Wm. John | 68 |
WATSON Cochrane | 66 |
WATSON David | 54 |
WATSON Thomas | Gallery |
WATSON Wm. | 47 |
WATSON Wm. John | 66 |
WAUCHOB John | 8 |
WAUCHOB Samuel | 15 |
WILSON James | 15 |
WILSON Robert | 62 |
WRAY John | 49 |
YOUNG John | 21 |
YOUNG Mrs. Margt. | 23 |
YOUNG Stewart | 43 |