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1775 Religious Petitons Donegore Kilbride1775 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.
Parishes of Donegore Kilbride and Nilteen
Robert Gamble William Agnew John Ritch William Erwin John Hunter Malcolm Crawford William Murdock John Aiken junior William Davidson Robert Willson John Gillilan Hugh Williamson Arthur Adair William Owens James Brown Thomas Ferguson Arthue Adair Samuel Bowman Andre Lorimmer John Orr John Scott James Liggat James Marshall William Gardiner William Magee Thomas Watt Francis Hogg James Wilson Samuel Stephenson John McMaster William Walker Thomas Colman George Weatherhead James Hunter John Aichan senior Robert Sloan James Larther Robert Ramsay Robert Watters William Allen
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