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Petitions of Presbyterians1775 Petitions PRONI Ref ; Tennison Groves ms.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.
Signatories in Strabane town and neighbourhood County Tyrone
W. Crafford Dissenting Minister John Sproull Robert Mease William Orr Chas McClenachan Robert Jamieson John Orr Andrew Gamble Patrick Fleming Moses McCrea Robert Cochran James Knox John Knox James Fleming Arch. Allan David Speer James Knox Joseph Arbuckle Samuel McKeown James Bonner William Story Alexander Crawford Robert Nelson Benj. Fenton John Best William McCrea George Parker Joseph Parker Andrew Mease Seth Fullerton Robert Kerr William Porter John Sommerville W Ross Joseph Browne John Houston Hugh Houston Thomas Browne Gab. Barnhill Gabriel Thompson George Orr W Patterson John Willson James Moore James Smith Robert Hasty John Burnside John Keys John Cooper George Leach William Campbell Allen Campbell John Buchanan John Parker Thomas Knox James Knox Robert Smith James Smith Robert Thompson
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