1831 Bovevagh Parish, County Derry

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
    Crawford marriages in Bovevagh Presbyterian Church:-
1823 Joseph Calhoun and Charity Crawford
1830 Joseph Crawford and Anne Barnett
1835 John Millar and Anne Crawford
1851 James Young and Lavinia Crawford
1858 Moore Steel and Matilda Crawford
    Crawford marriages in Scriggan Presbyterian Church (congregation dissolved in 1904)
1851 Joseph Crawford and Isabella Boyd
1857 John Crawford and Martha White

     The following may be of interest and some of it is available on the Macafee site
1796 Flax Growers list James and Solomon Barnett Bovevagh Parish (Townland not specified)
1766 Religious census James Barnett Ardinarive
1740 Protestant Householders James Robert and William Barnett Bonnanaboigh (this is next to Ardinarive)
1663 Hearth Tax Rolls James and John Barnett Bovevagh townland-also next to Ardinarive.

Regards

[caramarie]

WOW! THANK YOU!! I'm looking forward to perhaps matching some of these with my Barnetts and Crawfords. During this mid 19th century period did they have to register their marriages or was just the church marriage the legal record. Other than the church was there a government registration at this time in the earlier 19th century, as early as 1831?

I know it's important to stay on topic so I'm wondering if I should start a new topic as I get into years other than 1831. I think some of these marriages may take me into many other years and bring many more questions to mind. Is it ok to begin a new topic regarding some of this information?

Thank you again!!  caramarie

[kingskerswell]

Hi,
   Official registration of Protestant marriages started in 1845 and births and deaths in 1864. Various church records are earlier. Bovevagh Presbyterian church records started in 1817 in the Session Minute book before a proper marriage record book was started in about 1826.
   If you have further questions it is better to continue on this thread as a new thread could cause confusion or duplication.

Regards

[caramarie]

I'm glad to have this advice. Knowing that my Barnetts and Crawfords were in the 1831 Bovevagh census and then trying to extend this to other topics would be challenging. I like staying in one place with them rather than creating new "homes" or topics for them. Caramarie 

[Lackshmi]

Kingskerwell! Thank you! And you too caramarie. Every single Crawford marriage there is related to my family! Wow! I was going to try to find a death record for Letitia Ann Barnett. She married my 3 times Great Grandad, Joseph Crawford in 1830. Recorded as Ann Barnett then. He remarried in 1851. I presumed she had passed, but I see you have a record of a Letitia Ann Barnett marrying in 1875! Wow! Thank you

[Sinann]

The Letitia Ann Barnett who married in 1875 had not been married before
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[Lackshmi]

Thanks so much Sinann. I'm so new to all this

[Gortinanima]

Not sure if this is any use but from Bovevagh Prebsyterian registers

1-James Barnett Ardinarive, Bovevagh (1831 census 6males/4females)
+Margaret Forrest
2-Mary Ann Barnett b. 18 May 1820, Knocbrack, Bovevagh
+John Crawford
3-John Oliver Crawford b. 12 Jul 1844, Bovevagh
2-Solomon Barnett b. 25 May 1822, Boigh, Bovevagh
2-James Barnett b. 27 Jul 1824, Bovevagh
2-Martha Jane Barnett b. 4 Nov 1826, Boigh, Bovevagh
2-Eliza Barnett b. 27 Oct 1828, Bovevagh
2-Susanna Barnett b. 27 Dec 1831