Religious Census, Moneymore, Artrea Parish, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland 1766
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast. Ref T/808/15267
Transcribed, Compiled and Submitted by
Len Swindley, Melbourne, Australia
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(THE VILLAGE OF MONEYMORE INCLUDING BALLYGRUBY TOWNLAND IN THE MANOR OF DRAPERS HELD BY WILLIAM ROWLEY)
31st April 1766
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast. Ref T/808/15267
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.
MONEYMORE, ARTREA PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY
PD= Protestant Dissenters (Presbyterians)
E=Established Church (Church of Ireland)
RC= Roman Catholics
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
SURNAME GIVEN NAME TOWNLAND DENOMINATION BARKER Hugh Moneymore PD BOXTON Adam Moneymore PD BOYD Robert Ballygrooby PD BROWN James Moneymore PD BROWN James Moneymore PD BURKET Robert Moneymore PD CAVAN William Moneymore PD COOK John Moneymore PD DOWDLE John Ballygrooby RC ESPY David Ballygrooby PD FORSYTHE Adam Moneymore PD GOOD John Ballygrooby PD GRIBBIN Barnaby Moneymore RC HAGAN John Moneymore RC HAGAN Widow Moneymore RC HAMILTON Unnamed Moneymore PD HUNTER John Ballygrooby PD HUNTER Matthew Ballygrooby PD HUNTER Matthew (2) Ballygrooby PD HUNTER Wm. Ballygrooby PD JOHNSTON Michael Moneymore PD JOHNSTON Richard Moneymore PD JOHNSTON Robert Moneymore PD KIDD Daniel Moneymore PD LENOX James Ballygrooby RC MALLON John Moneymore RC MALLON Pat. Moneymore PD McCLELAN James Moneymore PD McCONERY Donogh Moneymore RC McCONRY Patk Moneymore PD McCORRY Thos Moneymore RC McCORRY Wm Moneymore RC McELHONE Hugh Moneymore RC McGALPIN James Moneymore RC McGINNAHTY Widow Ballygrooby RC McGUCKIAN Widow Ballygrooby RC McKONE Widow Ballygrooby RC McLORINAN Hugh Moneymore RC McLORINAN John Moneymore RC McLORINAN Thomas Moneymore PD McNEAL Neal Moneymore RC McQUADE Andrew Moneymore RC McQUIDE Edward Moneymore RC McQUIG Denis Moneymore RC McSPARRAN Wm Moneymore PD MELLON John Moneymore RC MITCHELL Robert Moneymore PD MURPHY Widow Moneymore PD NEVINS David Moneymore EC O’KANE Peter Moneymore RC O’LARKIN Dennis Moneymore RC PHELAN Patrick Moneymore RC PURVEY Edward Moneymore RC PURVEY John Moneymore RC QUIGLEY John Moneymore RC RAMSAY George Moneymore PD ROBINSON James Moneymore PD RUDDAGH Robert Ballygrooby PD RUTHERFORD George Moneymore PD SAMPSON George Moneymore PD SCOT John Moneymore PD SCOTT Wm Ballygrooby EC SHEIL Charles Ballygrooby RC SMITH William Moneymore PD SPRIT Thomas Moneymore PD TODD Thomas Moneymore PD WILSON James Moneymore PD WILSON Thomas Moneymore PD WILSON Widow Moneymore EC WOODS Andw. Moneymore PD WOODS James Ballygrooby PD WORKMAN Benj. Moneymore PD WRIGHT James Moneymore PD WRIGHT William Moneymore PD
Further records for ARTREA PARISH, COUNTY LONDONDERRY can be found at:
Artrea Parish Records, County Londonderry
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