St Patricks Balleymoney

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athaciath62 and Kiltaglassan
   You are right, there were 4 Taylors in Rasharkin in the 1834 Tithe records all in the same townland,
Alexander. Hue, Charles and William. Looks as if it is a family group.
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Aghadowey
                 The link that you gave is excellent.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSZD-LQ37-X?i=503.
   I have checked through another 15 years and there are no more baptisms with father Alexander Taylor.
  I am also sure that you are right about Alexander Taylor not being married. It is the only entry where the mothers maiden name is used.
Maybe they left Claghey in disgrace.
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Aghadowey
       Is there also a link to a transcript for the marriages at St Patricks parish church in Ballymoney ?
 It would be interesting to see if Martha McCann had a later marriage.
One would assume that she must have raised the child William from 1813.
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Aghadowey
                 I have been going through the link to the baptisms again and i see that there are approximately 5 entries to the page where the separate names are given for the parents.
   This seems to be a very large number of out of wedlock births .
  Would this be usual for the early 1800's ?
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