Maghera Presbyterian Church Communicants Roll 1847

Maghera Presbyterian Church Communicants Roll 1847 or the ‘Communicants Roll Book of the Congregation of Maghera in connection with the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’ as Thomas Witherow entitled it was effectively a church census of members. It lists not only the members of the congregation, but also where they lived (as districts of the parish), who they were married to (for women, their maiden names) and where they moved to, etc.

“The rolls were first commenced in 1847 and were annotated (minister’s note) at irregular intervals subsequently resulting in a rather untidy system with later-dated comments. The majority of names on the list were eventually crossed out in time (as they would be) for various reasons. Surely, additions of new communicants would also have been recorded, although there is no confirmation of this by date or comment. However, this is all supposition unless there is an entry along with the original record.” William Scott.

Complied by the Rev. Thomas Witherow, Minister 1847

Transcribed by William Scott & Barbara Braswell

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