This file of the PETITION OF PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, COLERAINE PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY 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 LONDONDERRY on this website can be found at the foot of this file.
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.
COLERAINE PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
Surname Given Name SIMPSON John KYLE (LYLE)? Arthur LYLE Hugh GIVEN Robert GALT Robert HASLETT James GALT John GALT Charles SMITH William LAWRANCE Alex HOLMES William BROASTER (BREWSTER) James BENNETT Francis WATSON William HAMILL James HAZELTON Thomas WILSON John FINLAY Samuel GIVEN Robert junior, son of ROBERT GIVEN McKACHAN Alexander
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