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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.
Extracted from LDS Film #100173
Parliamentary Religious Return Bundle 79 No. 1023
N.B: The Papists [Roman Catholics] and Protestants are distinguished
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
SURNAME GIVEN NAME PROTESTANT/ PAPIST ADAMS William Protestant ANDERSON Alexander Protestant ARMSTRONG Edward Protestant ARNOLD John Protestant ASH Samuel Protestant BAILY John Protestant BARCLAY Richard Protestant BELL John Protestant BELL Marick Protestant BLAIR Widow Protestant BORNER [BOWER?] James Protestant BORRIS Mr. John Protestant BRADFORD Hugh Protestant BRESE James Protestant BURNS Arthur Papist BURNS Patrick Papist CAMPBEL Francis Protestant CARROL Mrs Protestant CHICHESTER Mathew Protestant CLARK Mrs Protestant COLLIGAN William Papist CONLIN Owen Papist CONNERS Thomas Protestant CORNFIELD John Protestant COURTNEY William Protestant CRAIGHLON [CREIGHTON?] Thomas Protestant CRAIGIN Edward Papist CREER James Protestant CROSS William Protestant CUNNINGHAM Robert Protestant DABIN Patrick Protestant DALEY Patrick Papist DAUGHERTY Mrs Protestant DAWSON Thomas Protestant DENAGHY [DONAGHY] Arthur Protestant DEVELIN Daniel Papist DEVELIN John Papist DONLY Patrick Papist DONNELY Robert Protestant DORLY [DAWLEY] Simon Papist DOWDILL Francis Papist DUNN Joseph Protestant ECCLES William Protestant EKLES [ECCLES] Robert Protestant ELLET [ELLIOTT?] Thomas Protestant ELLIS Thomas Protestant ENGLISH Samuel Protestant EVANS John Protestant EWART William Protestant FAIRS James Protestant FALLAN William Protestant FENIX [PHOENIX] James Protestant FENIX [PHOENIX] Ralph Protestant FRIZEL John Protestant FRIZELL William Protestant GERVIN James Papist GIBSON John Protestant GOE Alexander Protestant GRAY James Protestant GREEN James Protestant GREEN Mrs Protestant GREER Joseph Protestant GREER Thomas Protestant GREER William Protestant GRIFFETH William Protestant HAGAN Patrick Papist HANCOCK John Protestant HANCOCK Robert Protestant HANCOCK William Protestant HANINGTON Mr. Protestant HANNA William Protestant HANNA William Protestant HANNY [HANNA] John Protestant HARTLY Colvin Protestant HARTNESS [HARKNESS] Mrs Protestant HAZLETON Robert Protestant HENDERSON Alexander Protestant HENRY Robert Protestant HIGGANS Charles Protestant HUGHBANKS John Protestant HULLAN [MULLAN?] Owen Protestant HUTTON Robert Protestant INGRAM Arthur Protestant JOHNSTON John Protestant JOHNSTON Robert Protestant KELLY Daniel Papist KENNEDY Alexander Protestant KENNEDY Charles Protestant KENNEDY Dr. Gilbert Protestant KNOX Thomas, Esq. Protestant LOFTUS Fellwell Protestant LOFTUS John Protestant LUDFORD James Protestant LUSELY [LOOSLEY?] Hercules Protestant LUTON Thomas Protestant MADIN Dinis Papist MALLAN Patrick Papist MARTIN Mrs Papist M’AVOY [McAVOY] Daniel Protestant M’AVOY [McAVOY] James Papist M’CAMPBEL [McCAMPBELL] Owen Papist M’CAMPBEL McCAMPBELL] Patrick Papist M’CAMPBEL McCAMPBELL] Phelimy Papist M’CAN [McCANN] Bryan Protestant M’CAN [McCANN] Charles Protestant M’CANN [McCANN] Patrick Protestant M’CARTNEY [McCARTNEY] John Protestant M’CAUGHY [McCAUGHEY] John Protestant M’CONEL [McCONNELL] Andrew Protestant M’CONEL[McCONNELL] James Protestant M’CRISTAL [McCRYSTAL] Edward Protestant M’DOLE [McDONNELL?] James Protestant M’DONEL[McDONNELL] Charles Protestant M’FALL [McFALL] John Protestant M’GARETITY [McGARRITY] Hugh Protestant M’GEE [McGEE] Adam Protestant M’GEE [McGEE] Hugh Protestant M’GLADE [McGLADE] George Papist M’GLUNEEY? Owen Papist M’ILLDONE [McILDONE] Edward Papist M’ILLGREW [McELGREW] Bryan Protestant M’LAUGHLIN [McLAUGHLIN] John Papist M’MAGHAN [McMAHON?] John Protestant M’MENAMY [McMENAMY] Hugh Papist M’NAGHTEN [McNAUGHTON] James Papist M’NAMARA [McNAMARA] Peter Papist M’NELLY [McNEELEY] James Papist M’QUE [McCUE] Mrs Papist M’SHANE [McSHANE] Owen Papist M’SHANE [McSHANE] Roger Papist M’TILLGREW [McELGREW?] John Papist MEDLYCOAT Mr. Protestant MELLAN James Papist MILLER Hugh Protestant MILLONE [MALLON?] Thomas Protestant MILLS Mrs Protestant MOORE Rev. Fowles? Protestant MORIBY Mr. Protestant MORRIS Mrs Anne Protestant MORROW Andrew Protestant MORROW John Protestant MORROW Nathaniel Protestant MULLAN George Protestant MULLAN James Protestant MULLAN John Papist MULLAN John Protestant MULLHAKAN? Oliver Papist MURPHY John Protestant NEWGENT [NUGENT?] John Papist O’HARRA Edward Papist ORR William Protestant PRESTON James Papist PRESTON John Papist PRUNTY Bryan Papist PURDY Thomas Protestant QUIN Barney Papist QUIN Charles Papist QUIN Neal Papist QUIN Owen Papist REA Richard Protestant REA Richard Protestant REA Thomas Protestant REED James Protestant RICE Samuel Protestant RICE Samuel? Protestant RICHARDSON George Protestant RICHARDSON John Protestant RICHEY John Protestant RICHY George Protestant ROAN Edward Papist ROBISON John Protestant ROBISON William Protestant RODY Robert Protestant ROGERS Robert Protestant SALVAGE John Protestant SEMPLE James Protestant SHEAN Patrick Papist SHEREDON [SHERIDAN] Peter Papist SIMMS Doctor Protestant SIMMS Richard Protestant SIMMS Robert Protestant SLONE [SLOAN?] Samuel Protestant SMITH John Protestant SMITH Robert Protestant ST. PAUL Rev. John Protestant STEEL David Protestant STERLING William Protestant STEWART Thomas Protestant SWINNE John Protestant TEMPLETON Widow Protestant THOMPSON Isreal Protestant THOMPSON Walter Protestant THORNBURY Mrs Protestant TRACY James Protestant TRACY John Protestant TULLY Mary Protestant UNDERHILL John Protestant VALELLY Patrick Papist WALALLY [VALELLY] Const. Papist WALLACE William Protestant WALSH Mr. Christopher Protestant WALTON Richard Protestant WAUGH Mrs Protestant WELSH Mr. Alexander Protestant WELSH Patrick Papist WELSH William Papist WHITEHAND John Protestant WILDMAN John Protestant WILLCOX John Protestant WILLSON Andrew Protestant WILLSON Eliz. Protestant WILLSON James Protestant WILLSON Patrick Protestant WILLSON William Protestant WILLSON William Protestant PROTESTANTS: 160
PAPISTS: 55
Further records for DRUMGLASS PARISH, COUNTY TYRONE can be found at:
Drumglass Parish Records, County Tyrone
Further transcriptions of the 1766 Religious Census for County Tyrone parishes are located here:
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