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Offline jasmi

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Rev James Mitchell c1850s
« on: Friday 15 April 05 22:48 BST (UK) »
Looking for info on the Rev James Mitchell, minister of the Irish Presbyterian Church.

He turns up in Scotland, where he was the minister at the marriage of a James Smith(from Tyrone) and Letitia McGuffin (Newry), being later a member of the Church of Scotland)

Does anyone recognise the name?  I'm hoping to place him in a parish, and perhaps identify a parish for my James Smith - allowing that there may be some particular connection.

Thanks

Janette

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Re: Rev James Mitchell c1850s
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 17 April 05 07:10 BST (UK) »
Hello Janette,

I think this organisation may be able to assist you -

Presbyterian Historical Society of Ireland
Church House, Fisherwick Place, Belfast BT1 6DW, Northern Ireland
http://www.presbyterianireland.org/phsi/phsibooks.html -

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Re: Rev James Mitchell c1850s
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 September 08 12:17 BST (UK) »
Going through older posts and came across this one. By now you might have been able to find more information.

This was posted under Londonderry/Derry but your James Smith was from Co. Tyrone. Do you have a reason for thinking James Mitchell was in County Derry?

Presbyterian Churches are organised into Presbyteries not parishes. A History of Congregations in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1610-1982 doesn't list a Rev. James Mitchell for the period you are searching.

Did you contact the Presbyterian Historical Society and if so were they able to help?

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Re: Rev James Mitchell c1850s
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 05 October 08 16:37 BST (UK) »
May or may not be linked (realise timescale different). In Belfast Newsletter of 1/6/1841, it carries in the Death Notices mention of the death of a Rev James Mithchell of the Manse, Aberlemno, Scotland, minister of the parish. He was aged 72 and had been in the ministry 47 years.
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Re: Rev James Mitchell c1850s
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 05 October 08 19:20 BST (UK) »
The Fasti of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, 1840 - 1870, published by the Presbyterian Historical Society lists a Rev James Mitchell - details below:

James Mitchell, s[on] of John Mitchell, Clough, Down. Educ[ated] QCB [Queen's College Belfast] MCD, ACB, BA(QUI) 1866 [Queen's University of Ireland]; lic[enced] Down 5 May 1868; ord[ained] Curran [Co. Londonderry] 14 July 1869, res[igned] 17 March 1873; inst[alled] Calistoga Springs, Calif[ornia] 1873.

Hope this helps.
Kelso, McDowell, Kerr, Gamble, Harkins, Nelson (Kinallen, Dromara - 1st Dromara Presbyterian Church).
Kempton, Artt, Boon, Murray (Cookstown, Co. Tyrone)
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