I was wondering if anyone had run into ancestors in Ulster that attended church services far from where they lived? I'm trying to figure out if a group of people in St. Columb's Church of Ireland registers are one & the same with a group that appears in Tyrone's hearth rolls (a group of Maclaine brothers and their families).
From what I understand, this area in Tyrone (southeast near Lough Neagh) was in ruin after the Eleven Years' War and there were no churches. Is it feasible that people made the trek to Londonderry (abt 35 miles) to marry or baptize children? It seems like this family came to Tyrone from Down after the land was seized and parcelled out to adventurers and soldiers c1652. (The older John is probably the John I found in the 1642 ulster army lists) I'll post the records anyway but I was wondering if this is too far-fetched of a theory.
Register of St. Columb
22 Jul 1655 Baptism of John Machilane, s. Owen
22 Jan 1663 Marriage of Archiball M'Clene & Mary M'Cracken, wit: Wm M'Clene
27 Dec 1663 Baptism of William M'Clene, s. Patrick
27 Dec 1663 Baptism of Jno M'Clene, s. Archiball, wit: Wm M'Clene
29 Mar 1665 Baptism of John M'Clane, s. Anndro
9 Mar 1667 Baptism of Andrue M'Lane, s. John
21 Feb 1668 Burial of James M'Aline, s. John & Elinor
Tyrone's Hearth Rolls, 1663
John McKline, Coolkill, Clonfeakle, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone
Patrick Mclaine, Galcussah, Desertcreat, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone
John McOlane, Lederg, Killyman, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone
Andrew McClean, Ballymenagh, Tullyniskan, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone
I know the hearth/subsidy rolls aren't exactly a precise householder census but these names do not appear anywhere else in Tyrone, Londonderry, Donegal (except for a Patrick in Inishowen) as far as any records for this timeframe goes.