This file of the Petitions of Protestant Dissenters, Town of Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 1775 forms part of the vast archive of 4,000+ pages of genealogical records relating to COUNTIES TYRONE, DONEGAL, LONDONDERRY, ARMAGH & 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 COUNTY ANTRIM on this website can be found at the foot of this file.
History
PROTESTANT DISSENTERS (as PRESBYTERIANS were disparagingly termed) were barred from holding public office because of their beliefs. Presbyterian congregations across Ireland petitioned the parliament in Dublin for repeal of the Test Act which required all office holders, i.e. magistrates, burgesses etc. to be communicant members of the Established Church. Clearly, not all members of the congregations signed and may have been beholden to a landlord belonging to the Established Church. Some petitions contain the names of members of the Established Church.
Names were recorded by Parish or Congregation and very few such petitions have survived.
Town of Antrim, County Antrim
Surname Given Name Houston John Houston William Rainy John Watt the elder James Watt Samuel Watt John Watt the younger James Reid James Gilmore senior John McLaughlin James Ferguson John Ferguson Archibald Richey Patrick Gilmore junior John
Further records for COUNTY ANTRIM can be found at:
County Antrim Records, Northern Ireland
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