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First Donagheady Presbyterian Church Elders Ordained 1700, Donagheady Parish, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Extracted from Three Centuries of Life in a Tyrone Parish: A History of Donagheady 1600-1900
William J. Roulston (Strabane History Society, 2010)
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

 

The minister, Rev. Thomas Wensley was ordained at Donagheady on January 16 1699. At a meeting of the Laggan presbytery at Urney in 1700, Wensley proposed ordaining the following members of his congregation to the eldership which was approved by presbytery:

ELDER TOWNLAND ADDRESS
CAPTAIN LESLIE John? Leslie, Tirkernaghan
WILLIAM ELLIOTT  
ANDREW PICKEN Maghereagh
JAMES LOVE Ardmore?
JAMES MCCREA Glencush?
ROBERT SPEER Tirconnelly


 

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