Religious Census, Leck Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1766

Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast (PRONI) Ref: T808/15266, p. 28

Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
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Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast (PRONI) Ref: T808/15266, p. 28

No 1393, Bundle 81, Religious Census 1766

Returns to the Lords re. Religion

A LIST OF THE SEVERAL PROTESTANTS OF THE PARISH OF LECK BY THE REV. HEYWOOD JENKINS

The Religious Census, 1766

This census was authorised by a resolution of the Irish House of Lords on 5 March 1766 which stated:

Resolved, That the several archbishops and bishops of this Kingdom shall be and are hereby desired to direct the parish ministers in their respective dioceses, to return a list of the several families in their parishes to this House on the first Monday after the Recess, distinguishing which are Protestants and which are Papists, as also a list of the several reputed Popish priests and friars residing in their parishes. House of Lords Journal, iv, 370.

No set form for the provision of this information was laid down by either the House of Lords or the prelates, and consequently the details given vary enormously from one parish to the next. The following are the main forms which the returns take:

Number of families of each religion, Protestant and Papist, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;

List of heads of families, with their religion, in the parish as a whole; the same, divided into townlands;

The same, giving also the number of persons of each religion in each household, including servants;

The same, showing a division into landholders and cotters.

Sometimes the term “Protestant” is further broken down into members of the Established Church and Protestant “Dissenters” (Presbyterians) and occasionally details are given for smaller denominations e.g. Quakers and Anabaptists.

Most of the returns were made in March and April 1766. When received, they were arranged in alphabetical order within each diocese and stamped with a running number. However, the fact that not all returns for a given diocese arrived together means that the numbers for that diocese do not run consecutively. A summary for each diocese was prepared, showing the number of Protestants and Papists in each parish in the diocese. These summaries appear to have been done locally as several are stamped with numbers in the same way as the parish returns.

PROTESTANTS

OUGHLIARD (AGHLEHARD) McCREA Samuel

… CUNNINGHAM widow

… KING widow

… KING widow

… McCLAIRN John

… MARTEN Nathan

… WASON Wm.

… KING James

… KING Wm.

… KING Mathew

… GRAY Mathew

… GRAY Joseph

… McILHENNY Samuel

… LECKY Robert

ARDAHEE MERCER Allex.

… WILSON Mathew

ARDACANNA (ARDAGANNY?) LUCAS Wm.

… CROAN Jas.

… WILKY Thomas

… ALLEN widow

BALLYCONNALY ATKINS Andw.

… CLARKE Oliver

… HAMILTON George

… FORBES Wm.

… HUNTER Joseph

… COULTER Wm.

CURRANAGH GLEBE UPPER (CORRANAGH) JAMISON Hugh

… LAIRD John

… PEOPLES James

… LUCAS Wm.

… HAY Joseph

… MOORE Richard

… MITCHELL Jas:

… CRAWFORD Richard

CURRANAGH CAY (CORRANAGH) RANKIN And:

… RANKIN Rich:

… GORRELL Robert

… MILLER Joseph

… TAYLOR Samuel

… TAYLOR Robt.

… TAYLOR John

… TAYLOR William

… HAY widow

… WILSON Robt.

… WILSON Thomas

… HUNTER Wm.

… ROSE James

… HOOD John

… HOOD Wm.

… WIELY Sam:

… MILLER John

… GRAHAM Wm.

CULLIN (CULLION) McGEEHAN James

… McILHENNY Charles

… COLHOUN Wm.

… LEATCH Oliver

… COCHRAN Robt.

CREEVE SMITH WARDEN Joseph

… HANAGAN Philip

… RAMSAY James

… HANAGAN Wm.

… LOCKHART Robt.

… KENEDY James

… WARDEN Thom:

CORR CHAMBERS Mr. Daniel

… HORNER Joseph

… SMILY James

… CHAMBERS James

LURGY FLETCHER Robt.

… FLETCHER Wm.

… FRAME widow

… FLETCHER John

… MOORE Wm.

… MOORE Samuel

… McCLINTOCK Samuel

… MOORE Wm.

… McCLINTOCK Sam:

LISMONAGHAN BEVARD Thomas

… McCLURE Thomas

… BEVARD James

… BEVARD Wm.

… GREER Stephen

… ALLISON John

… PEARSON Wm.

… MARTEN John

… STEWART George

… JAMISON Robt.

… HOLADAY Hugh

… STEWART Joseph

… BOURKE Edw:

MAGHRIBUE (MAGHERABOY) FILSON Robt.

… SMILY widow

… FERGUSON Wm.

… FERGUSON Robt.

… STEWART Wm.

… STEWART Jno.

… GRAHAM Richard

… STEPHENSON John

… McCAY Jno.

… McCAY Jas.

OLD TOWN PEARSON Henry

… MILLER Wm.

… PATTERSON John

… HUNTER Jas.

… HARRISON Robt.

… HARRISON Wm.

… HARRISON Francis

… WHITE John

… GRAHAMS Mathew

… GRAHAMS James

… PEARSON Henry

PLUCK McKEAG James

… McKEAG Wm.

… CLARK Edward

… CRAIG John

RAAN RUSSELL John

… RUSSELL James

… McCANDRICK Wm.

… GREER Robert

ROSSBRACKEN STEPHENSON Hugh

… MONTGOMERY Allex:

McILHENNY John

SCABLEY (SCRIBLY) SCOTT Wm.

… CUNNINGHAM widow

… McCLURE Wm.

Trimra McILHENNY John

… KING Jas.

… KING Wm.

… KING widow

TRAIN (TREANAVINNY?) ARMOR Thomas

… KIRKWOOD John

… DAVISON John

… MARTIN James

DUBALUGH (DOOBALLAGH) MONTGOMERY Jas.

… VIEN John

… PATTERSON Jas:

… CATHER David

… STREAN John

… SCOT Michael

DRUMERDAGH (DRUMARDAGH) WILSON Wm.

… FULSAN widow

… STEPHENSN John

… MONTGOMERY Hugh

… BROWN Robt.

… PEOPLES Robt.

… PEOPLES John

… STEEN Nathan

… JENKINS Wm.

… GRAHAM Jas:

… GRAHAM Hugh

… PARK David

DRUMMORE (DROMORE) STEPHENSON Robt.

… DENNING Joseph

… BROWN John

… DILL John

… FORSYTHE Robert

… TORENLINE widow

… BALLENTINE Alex:

DRUMMANY McILHENNY widow

… CLANDINNING Thomas

… KING Jas

… BROWN Wm.

… MILLS Thomas

… RUSSELL John

… WILSON Jas.

… COLHOUN widow

… WILSON John

FERSELMORE (FARSET MORE) McNUTT John

… DIERMOND Jno.

… DIERMOND Allex:

… McILHENNY Jas.

… BROWN Robt.

GLENOUGHLY (GLENCOUGHTY?) McKINNEY Hugh

… McKINNEY John

… GIVEN George

… McILHENNY Wm.

… MOORE Richard

… MOORE Thomas

… BLACK David

… KILLEN Thomas

KNOCKBRACK STEWART Wm.

… WALLACE Sam:

… WILSON widow

… McKINNY Henry

… McKINNY Wm.

… WILSON John

… FLETCHER Alex:

… ALLEN John

… REAGH Archibald

LECK ALLEN WILSON Wm.

… MOORE widow

… ALLISON widow

LURGYBRACK GARVILL William

… BLAIR Thomas

LISBELLIAN (LISTELLIAN) BILLSLAND Allex:

… KING John

… TAYLOR John

… BOWLEN John

… LEETCH widow

… LOVE Thomas

… PEOPLES widow

… HUTCHINSON John

… HUTCHINSON Wm.

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Religious Census, Leck Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1766

Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast (PRONI) Ref: T808/15266, p. 28

Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

OUGHLIARD (AGHLEHARD)	McCREA	Samuel
…	CUNNINGHAM	widow
…	KING	widow
…	KING	widow
…	McCLAIRN	John
…	MARTEN	Nathan
…	WASON	Wm.
…	KING	James
…	KING	Wm.
…	KING	Mathew
…	GRAY	Mathew
…	GRAY	Joseph
…	McILHENNY	Samuel
…	LECKY	Robert
ARDAHEE	MERCER	Allex.
…	WILSON	Mathew
ARDACANNA (ARDAGANNY?)	LUCAS	Wm.
…	CROAN	Jas.
…	WILKY	Thomas
…	ALLEN	widow
BALLYCONNALY	ATKINS	Andw.
…	CLARKE	Oliver
…	HAMILTON	George
…	FORBES	Wm.
…	HUNTER	Joseph
…	COULTER	Wm.
CURRANAGH GLEBE UPPER (CORRANAGH)	JAMISON	Hugh
…	LAIRD	John
…	PEOPLES	James
…	LUCAS	Wm.
…	HAY	Joseph
…	MOORE	Richard
…	MITCHELL	Jas:
…	CRAWFORD	Richard
CURRANAGH CAY (CORRANAGH)	RANKIN	And:
…	RANKIN	Rich:
…	GORRELL	Robert
…	MILLER	Joseph
…	TAYLOR	Samuel
…	TAYLOR	Robt.
…	TAYLOR	John
…	TAYLOR	William
…	HAY	widow
…	WILSON	Robt.
…	WILSON	Thomas
…	HUNTER	Wm.
…	ROSE	James
…	HOOD	John
…	HOOD	Wm.
…	WIELY	Sam:
…	MILLER	John
…	GRAHAM	Wm.
CULLIN (CULLION)	McGEEHAN	James
…	McILHENNY	Charles
…	COLHOUN	Wm.
…	LEATCH	Oliver
…	COCHRAN	Robt.
CREEVE SMITH	WARDEN	Joseph
…	HANAGAN	Philip
…	RAMSAY	James
…	HANAGAN	Wm.
…	LOCKHART	Robt.
…	KENEDY	James
…	WARDEN	Thom:
CORR	CHAMBERS	Mr. Daniel
…	HORNER	Joseph
…	SMILY	James
…	CHAMBERS	James
LURGY	FLETCHER	Robt.
…	FLETCHER	Wm.
…	FRAME	widow
…	FLETCHER	John
…	MOORE	Wm.
…	MOORE	Samuel
…	McCLINTOCK	Samuel
…	MOORE	Wm.
…	McCLINTOCK	Sam:
LISMONAGHAN	BEVARD	Thomas
…	McCLURE	Thomas
…	BEVARD	James
…	BEVARD	Wm.
…	GREER	Stephen
…	ALLISON	John
…	PEARSON	Wm.
…	MARTEN	John
…	STEWART	George
…	JAMISON	Robt.
…	HOLADAY	Hugh
…	STEWART	Joseph
…	BOURKE	Edw:
MAGHRIBUE (MAGHERABOY)	FILSON	Robt.
…	SMILY	widow
…	FERGUSON	Wm.
…	FERGUSON	Robt.
…	STEWART	Wm.
…	STEWART	Jno.
…	GRAHAM	Richard
…	STEPHENSON	John
…	McCAY	Jno.
…	McCAY	Jas.
OLD TOWN	PEARSON	Henry
…	MILLER	Wm.
…	PATTERSON	John
…	HUNTER	Jas.
…	HARRISON	Robt.
…	HARRISON	Wm.
…	HARRISON	Francis
…	WHITE	John
…	GRAHAMS	Mathew
…	GRAHAMS	James
…	PEARSON	Henry
PLUCK	McKEAG	James
…	McKEAG	Wm.
…	CLARK	Edward
…	CRAIG	John
RAAN	RUSSELL	John
…	RUSSELL	James
…	McCANDRICK	Wm.
…	GREER	Robert
ROSSBRACKEN	STEPHENSON	Hugh
…	MONTGOMERY	Allex:
	McILHENNY	John
SCABLEY (SCRIBLY)	SCOTT	Wm.
…	CUNNINGHAM	widow
…	McCLURE	Wm.
Trimra	McILHENNY	John
…	KING	Jas.
…	KING	Wm.
…	KING	widow
TRAIN (TREANAVINNY?)	ARMOR	Thomas
…	KIRKWOOD	John
…	DAVISON	John
…	MARTIN	James
DUBALUGH (DOOBALLAGH)	MONTGOMERY	Jas.
…	VIEN	John
…	PATTERSON	Jas:
…	CATHER	David
…	STREAN	John
…	SCOT	Michael
DRUMERDAGH (DRUMARDAGH)	WILSON	Wm.
…	FULSAN	widow
…	STEPHENSN	John
…	MONTGOMERY	Hugh
…	BROWN	Robt.
…	PEOPLES	Robt.
…	PEOPLES	John
…	STEEN	Nathan
…	JENKINS	Wm.
…	GRAHAM	Jas:
…	GRAHAM	Hugh
…	PARK	David
DRUMMORE (DROMORE)	STEPHENSON	Robt.
…	DENNING	Joseph
…	BROWN	John
…	DILL	John
…	FORSYTHE	Robert
…	TORENLINE	widow
…	BALLENTINE	Alex:
DRUMMANY	McILHENNY	widow
…	CLANDINNING	Thomas
…	KING	Jas
…	BROWN	Wm.
…	MILLS	Thomas
…	RUSSELL	John
…	WILSON	Jas.
…	COLHOUN	widow
…	WILSON	John
FERSELMORE (FARSET MORE)	McNUTT	John
…	DIERMOND	Jno.
…	DIERMOND	Allex:
…	McILHENNY	Jas.
…	BROWN	Robt.
GLENOUGHLY (GLENCOUGHTY?)	McKINNEY	Hugh
…	McKINNEY	John
…	GIVEN	George
…	McILHENNY	Wm.
…	MOORE	Richard
…	MOORE	Thomas
…	BLACK	David
…	KILLEN	Thomas
KNOCKBRACK	STEWART	Wm.
…	WALLACE	Sam:
…	WILSON	widow
…	McKINNY	Henry
…	McKINNY	Wm.
…	WILSON	John
…	FLETCHER	Alex:
…	ALLEN	John
…	REAGH	Archibald
LECK ALLEN	WILSON	Wm.
…	MOORE	widow
…	ALLISON	widow
LURGYBRACK	GARVILL	William
…	BLAIR	Thomas
LISBELLIAN (LISTELLIAN)	BILLSLAND	Allex:
…	KING	John
…	TAYLOR	John
…	BOWLEN	John
…	LEETCH	widow
…	LOVE	Thomas
…	PEOPLES	widow
…	HUTCHINSON	John
…	HUTCHINSON	Wm.

Religious Census, Leck Parish, County Donegal, Ireland 1766

Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast (PRONI) Ref: T808/15266, p. 28

Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia len_swindley[at]hotmail.com

Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
len_swindley[at]hotmail.com