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Two copies of the original List survive and are archived in the Linen Hall Library, Belfast and the Irish Linen Centre, Lisburn
PARISH OF RYE (sic)
***ORIGINAL SPELLING HAS BEEN RETAINED***
| SURNAME | GIVEN NAME |
| ALEXANDER | James |
| ALEXANDER | Widow |
| ALLEN | John |
| ALLEN | Robert |
| ALLEN | Samuel |
| ALLESON [ALLISON] | Moses |
| ALLESON [ALLISON] | S. |
| ARMSTRONG | Archibald |
| BARCLAY | Hugh |
| BARCLAY | William |
| BARRETT | Henry |
| BARRON | John |
| BLACK | Thomas |
| BOYLE | Bryan |
| BOYLE | Elizabeth |
| BOYLE | Widow |
| BOYLE | William |
| BRADLEY | James |
| BREW | Elizabeth |
| BROGAN | Alexander |
| BROWN | Alexander |
| BROWN | James |
| BROWN | Joseph |
| BROWN | Mary |
| CALDWELL | Robert |
| CAMPBELL | Alexander |
| CAMPBELL | John |
| CAMPBELL | Matthew |
| CAMPBELL | William |
| CANNON | Aaron |
| CANNON | David |
| CARLAND | William |
| CARMICHAEL | Samuel |
| CAVELY | Owen |
| CLARKE | John |
| CLARKE | Robert |
| CLARKE | William |
| CLEE | Charles |
| CLIDE [CLYDE] | John |
| COCHRAN | Thomas |
| COCHRAN | William |
| COCHRAN | William, Sen. |
| COLHOUN | Andrew |
| COLHOUN | David |
| COLHOUN | James |
| COLHOUN | John |
| COLHOUN | Margaret |
| COLHOUN | Robert |
| COLHOUN | Wm. |
| CONAGAN [CONNAGHAN] | Andrew |
| CONAGHAN [CONNAGHAN] | Hugh |
| CONNAGHHAM [CONNAGHAN] | Owen |
| COWDEN | William |
| COYLE | Charles |
| COYLE | Cormack |
| COYLE | Patrick |
| COYLE | William |
| CRAWFORD | William |
| CRUTHERS [CARRUTHERS] | John |
| CULBERT | Joseph |
| CUNNINGHAM | Cornelius |
| CUNNINGHAM | James |
| CUNNINGHAM | John |
| DAVIS | William |
| DAVITT | Daniel |
| DILL | James |
| DINGWELL | Robert |
| DOGHERTY | Hugh |
| DOGHERTY | John |
| DOUGAN | James |
| DOUGHERTY | Cornelius |
| DOUGHERTY | Isaac |
| DOUGHERTY | James |
| DOUGHERTY | John |
| DOUGHERTY | Owen |
| DOUGHERTY | Patrick |
| DOUGHERTY | Widow |
| DOUGHERTY | William |
| DOUGLASS | William |
| DUFFEY | Bryan |
| DUFFEY | Charles |
| DUFFY | John |
| DUGGAN | James |
| DUNLAP | Hugh |
| DUNN | Andrew |
| DUNN | John |
| DYERMOND [DERMOTT] | Denis |
| DYERMOTT [DERMOTT] | Richard |
| DYORMOND [DERMOTT] | John |
| ECKLES [ECCLES] | David |
| EDGAR | Abraham |
| ELLIOTT | William |
| EWING | Alexander |
| EWING | John |
| FERGUSON | Victor |
| FORSYTH | James |
| FREEL | Michael |
| GALAUGHER [GALLAGHER] | Barney |
| GALAUGHER [GALLAGHER] | Charles |
| GALAUGHER [GALLAGHER] | William |
| GALBRAITH | Joseph |
| GALLAUGHER [GALLAGHER] | Charles |
| GAMBLE | James |
| GAMBLE | Thomas |
| GIBBONS | John |
| GLINN [GLENN] | Robert |
| GRAHAM | James |
| GRAHAM | John |
| GREGG | John, Jun. |
| GREGG | John, Sen. |
| GREGG | Samuel |
| GUTHRAY [GUTHRIE] | James |
| GUTHREY [GUTHRIE] | Samuel |
| HAGIN [HOGAN?] | Patrick |
| HAMILTON | John |
| HAMILTON | Joseph |
| HARRIS | Robert |
| HAUGHEY | William |
| HEASTEY | John |
| HENDERSON | George |
| HENDERSON | John |
| HENDERSON | Samuel |
| HENDERSON | William |
| HOUSTON | James |
| HOUSTON | Moses |
| HUMES | James |
| HUNTER | David |
| HUNTER | William |
| JOHNSTON | James |
| KANE | John |
| KENNEDY | John |
| KERR | Edward |
| KING | John |
| LACKEY [LECKEY] | Alexander |
| LAIRD | James |
| LECKEY | John |
| LECKEY | Robert |
| LECKEY | Thomas |
| LEVITTON [LEVISTON] | Thomas |
| LOGAN | James |
| LOGAN | John |
| LOGAN | Thomas |
| LONG | James |
| LOWREY | Hugh |
| LYNCH | Charles |
| LYNCH | Philip |
| M'ANAW [MCANNAIR] | David |
| M'ANAW [MCANNAIR] | John |
| M'ANAW [MCANNAIR] | William |
| M'CARLAND [MCCARLAND] | Philip |
| M'CARMELL [MCCONNELL?] | James |
| M'CAWLEY [MCCAWLEY] | James |
| M'CELAND [MCCLELLAND] | Samuel |
| M'CLELLAND [MCCLELLAND] | James |
| M'CLELLAND [MCCLELLAND] | Samuel |
| M'CLEYN [MCCLEAN?] | Archibald |
| M'COBB [MCCOBB] | Thomas |
| M'COBB [MCCOBB] | William |
| M'CONAGHEY [MCCONAGHEY] | James |
| M'CONNELL [MCCONNELL] | John |
| M'CONNELLOGUE [MCCONNELOGUE] | John |
| M'CORKLE [MCCORKELL] | Robert |
| M'CORMACK [MCCORMACK] | John |
| M'CRODDY [MCRODDY] | Patrick |
| M'DAID [MCDAID] | John |
| M'DAVITT [MCDEVITT] | James |
| M'DAVITT [MCDEVITT] | John |
| M'DAVITT [MCDEVITT] | Neil |
| M'DERMOTT [MCDERMOTT] | James |
| M'DEVITT [MCDEVITT] | Andrew |
| M'DEVITT [MCDEVITT] | Hugh |
| M'DEVITT [MCDEVITT] | John |
| M'DEVITT [MCDEVITT] | Neil |
| M'ELHEER [MCELHEER] | Owen |
| M'ELHER [MCELHEER] | Dominick |
| M'ELHINNY [MCELHINNEY] | Thomas |
| M'ELWEE [MCELWEE] | Wm. |
| M'GINLAY [MCGINLEY] | James |
| M'GLINAHEY [MCGLINCHEY] | Bryan |
| M'GONEGAL [MCGONIGLE] | Bryan |
| M'GOWAN [MCGOWAN] | Denis |
| M'ILHINNEY [MCILHINNY] | James |
| M'ILHINNEY [MCILHINNY] | John |
| M'ILHINNY [MCILHINNY] | Francis |
| M'INTIRE [MCINTYRE] | John |
| M'KAIN [MCKAIN] | Bartholomew |
| M'KINLAY [MCKINLAY] | John |
| M'KINLAY [MCKINLAY] | Samuel |
| M'KINLAY [MCKINLAY] | William |
| M'LAUGHLIN [MCLAUGHLIN] | Edward |
| M'LAUGHLIN [MCLAUGHLIN] | John |
| M'LAUGHLIN [MCLAUGHLIN] | Patrick |
| M'LAUGHLIN [MCLAUGHLIN] | William |
| M'MENAMON [MCMENAMON] | Denis |
| M'MENAMON [MCMENAMON] | James |
| M'MENAMON [MCMENAMON] | John |
| M'MONAMON [MCMENAMON] | James |
| M'MUNNAGLE [MCMONAGLE] | James |
| M'SHANE [MCSHANE] | Bryan |
| M'SWINE [MCSWINE] | Hugh |
| M'SWINE [MCSWINE] | Thomas |
| MAGILL | Andrew |
| MAGILL | William |
| MAIRS | James |
| MARSHAL | David |
| MARSHAL | Elenor |
| MARSHAL | George |
| MARSHALL | John |
| MARSHALL | William |
| MASON | George |
| MASON | John |
| MIDDLETON | William |
| MILLS | George |
| MONTGOMERY | Henry |
| MONTGOMERY | Hugh |
| MONTGOMERY | William |
| MOODEY [MOODY] | William |
| MOODY | Alexander |
| MOORE | David |
| MORRISON | William |
| MULLOY | John |
| MURRAY | David |
| MURRAY | John |
| NESBITT | Hugh |
| NICKLE | William |
| NOBLE | John |
| O'BOYLE | Bryan |
| O'DONNEL | Edward |
| O'DONNELL | James |
| ORR | Matt |
| PARK | Andrew |
| PATTERSON | Ezekiel |
| PATTERSON | James |
| PATTERSON | Jane |
| PATTERSON | John |
| PATTERSON | Robert |
| PATTERSON | Samuel |
| PATTERSON | Thomas |
| PATTERSON | Widow |
| PATTON | Henry |
| PATTON | Richard |
| PEOPLES | Alexander |
| PEOPLES | Samuel |
| PHARON [FARREN?] | Hugh |
| QUIGLAY [QUIGLEY] | Patrick |
| RAMSAY | Robert |
| RAYAGH [REA] | William |
| RAYGH [REA] | Archibald |
| REAGH [REA] | Charles |
| RICHMOND | James |
| RODGERS | Alexander |
| RODGERS | Robert |
| ROSS | Moses |
| ROULSTON | Robert |
| ROWLING | William |
| SHANNON | Hugh |
| SHANNON | John |
| SHERRIN [SHEERIN] | Charles |
| SHESKRAN [SHESKIN?] | Charles |
| SMITH | James |
| SMITH | John |
| SMITH | John, Jun. |
| SMITH | John, Sen. |
| SPEER | Samuel |
| SPEER | William |
| STARRETT | Alexander |
| STEEL | Robert |
| STEWART | Alexander |
| STEWART | James |
| STEWART | John |
| STEWART | Joseph |
| STEWART | Walter |
| STEWART | William |
| STEWART | Wm |
| SWEENEY | James |
| TAYLOR | Charles |
| TAYLOR | William |
| TEAS [TEAZE] | John |
| TEAS [TEAZE] | Joseph |
| THOMPSON | Anthony |
| THOMPSON | Archibald |
| TOLAN | James |
| TOLAN | James |
| WALKER | Thomas |
| WALLACE | Benjamin |
| WALLACE | Daniel |
| WALLACE | George |
| WALLACE | John |
| WALLIS [WALLACE] | Francis |
| WASON | George |
| WASON | James |
| WASON | John |
| WATSON | George |
| WATSON | Hugh |
| WATSON | James |
| WILSON | James |
| WILSON | John |
| WILSON | Robert |
| WILSON | William |
| WOODS | Archibald |
| WOODS | John |