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Petitions of Rathfriland Congregation1775 Petitions PRONI Ref T808/15307 Petitions of Dissenters {Presbyterians} and also some members of the Established Church to the Irish Parliament . The names were recorded by Parish or Congregation 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 Presbyterian congregations signed: some may have been beholden to a landlord belonging to the Established Church and did not wish to upset him.
Rathfriland/Rathfryland Congregation County Down
Samuel Barber Minister John McKee John Murphy Saml Murphy William Scott John McBride David Lindsay John Davidson John Walker James McBride John Willson David Cromey Jeames Kennedy Samuel Davis Saml McFadden David Heaney George McFadden Hames Hill Joseph Boyd John Craig William Johnston James Muckdrone Jams Bagger David Magill David Mathews John Mathews David Mathews {2} Saml Mathews William Hanna James Hanna Joseph Hanna James Davis William Davis John McKeage William Willson Robert Hamilton Hugh McClure William Gowan Thomas Park Thomas Martin Joseph Murphy Saml Thompson
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