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Hello all,

Does anyone know if records for this church exist?

There's no listing for a Crumlin Road Presbyterian Church in the PRONI Church records listing.

Thanks

Hello all.

Does anyone know where Connor burying ground is?

My ancestor Alexander Bell appears in the family registers written up by the minister of Antrim 1st Presbyterian Church, presumably Rev. Robert Magill.

The record says:

Connor Burying Ground
Grave of Alexander Bell.

Does anyone know where this actually is?

Alexander was likely born in the mid 18th century, given that his son was married in 1797.

I've checked the first OS map for the settlement of Connor and it has a meeting house but no graveyard. The second ordnance survey map indicates graveyard at the meetinghouse and one at the Church of Ireland which existed in the first ordnance survey but no graveyard indicated.

I visited Connor previously and it seemed that the grounds of the Presbyterian church are now mostly a car park.

As well as the settlement, there is the parish of Connor, but I wouldn't know where to begin if it's a generically named place in the parish. I know the Presbyterian Church doesn't use parishes but I can't rule it necessarily out.

Thanks.

Does anyone have any information on this battle or the life of Francis Ross (born 1665, Ross-shire) or could point me in the direction of any resources?

There is a likely DNA connection of myself to him but there isn't really any concrete evidence about his life that I can find - aka it's all unsourced.

I've found this:

"Lord Frances Ross was born 1665 in Ross-shire, Scotland. According to family lore and bible records, he was possibly a member of the Scottish Parliament in 1688. The story was handed down that he killed a member of parliament, but story is unsubstantiated. He fought at the Battle of Killiecrankie on July 27, 1689. This battle took place between the Highland Scottish Clan who supported King James VII of Scotland and troops that supported King William of Orange and took place during the first Jacobite uprising. After the battle, Frances emigrated to Northern, Ulster, Ireland and married a woman of noble birth possibly by the name of Kate Ketterow. They had at least four children we know of: James, John, Mary, and Elizabeth. About 1723 or 1724, Frances immigrated with his four children (unknown if his wife came along), to America and probably first landed in Pennsylvania."

"On the side of "Bonnie Dundee," he fought in the battle of Killiecrankie 29 July 1689 and was exiled from Scotland to Ireland to live the remainder of his life.His eldest son James emigrated to the United States in 1724, landing at Port Royal, South Carolina where he married Cathrine MCCOLLOUGH in 1730. Francis ROSS had considerable property, ability, and courage; and he was a leader of his clan until his stand in the insurrection of the Catholics in favor of the Stuart cause in 1689."

""Francis Ross was born in Thagtshire and was said to be a son of the ruling house. When he was about 24 years old, he imigrated to Ireland with a band of Scotch Presbyterians. He married an Irish lady of aristocratic family about 1690."

"James Ross Sr b 1698 son of Francis b 1665 was banished from Scotland
for his part in the Catholic Insurrection in 1689.
He fought as Lieut at Battle ofKillecranke, where King James of Scotland was defeated.
Francis ROSS immediately emigrated to Ireland at age 24. "

There seems to be a lot of contradictions in these accounts. I can't find any records of him being at this battle. Nor can I understand why he was banished from Scotland. Considering all the information here, he was a Presbyterian who fought in a battle of Williamites against the Jacobites, the Jacobites won the battle, then he was banished for taking part. If he was on the Jacobite side I would maybe understand, but if he fought on the Williamite side?

Does anyone have any info on this? Would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hey all,

In my tree I have an Arthur Rice marrying an Ann Muldoon at St Mary's RC in Belfast.

Arthur's father is also called Arthur but his mother is called Ann Gunnion.

I've tried searching that name without a huge amount of luck. I saw a houseofnames entry which to be honest I don't really trust given their track record on name origins. Then I stumbled upon Arthur's birth record which lists his wife as Gunnan.

Does anyone have any experience with those names or if they are corruptions?

EDIT: I would post the marriage record but for some reason it does not appear in the civil records. Definitely exists though in the church. Have attached the image in case it's a bad transcription.

Thanks.