Jean Could he have had a church in SCOTLAND - even Ayrshire? Magilligan, Co. Derry is where the father of Rev James McGregor came from (he was born 1677). Would the Fasti show assistant ministers? Thining out aloud. Could Rev Conn have been a assistnat Minister to Rev McGregor at Aghadowey, as it was a Mother Church? Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Kilpatrick" <akilpatrick@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <NIR-DERRY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DERRY] Presbyterian Church, Aghadowey > On 5-Jan-07, at 1:13 AM, BGW3133@aol.com wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> My ancestor, Rev. Hugh CONN b.1685 Magilligan, Co. Derry, was a 1707 >> graduate of Glasgow U. His records say he was a Scot. A cousin >> in Magilligan says >> the family came from Ayrshire, SCT to Co. Derry. Rev. Hugh came >> to America >> about 1713. I assume he was then living in England because that >> is where the >> minister lived that sent CONN to America. >> >> What we have all wondered is did Rev. Conn leave Glasgow after >> graduation >> and have a church in England or did his graduate and go back to >> Magilligan or >> other area in (No.) Ireland? Surely he preached from 1707-1713 >> when coming to >> America. >> >> =Do you know how I might find him in a Co. Derry(?) church? There >> are no >> Presbyterian records in Magilligan pre 1747. I assume it was >> Church of Ireland. >> >> Jean > > > If your ancestor was a Presbyterian minister, preaching in Ireland, > his name --and a very brief bio (a few lines)-- may appear in a > publication entitled, "Fasti of the Irish Presbyterian Church, > 1613-1840" (compiled by the late Rev James McConnell, B.A., and > revised by his son, the late Rev. Samuel G. McConnell, B.A.; > published by the Presbyterian Historical Society, Church House, > Belfast). The only copies I know of are held at the PRONI (Public > Record Office of Northern Ireland) and at the Presbyterian Historical > Society, both in Belfast. > > ajk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-DERRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message