Urney is a very old congregation; the first recorded minister was the REV. JAMES WALLACE who was installed in 1654. Urney Presbyterian congregation was linked with Sion Mills in 1881.
Surviving records of this congregation have been microfilmed by PRONI: Baptisms 1837-81; Marriages 1866-1881 (PRONI Ref. MIC.1P/250)
The condition of the original records, a degree of difficulty in discerning the handwriting and times, poor quality of filming make transcription challenging and wherever possible the Urney tithe applotment book (1827) and Griffiths Valuation (1858) have been consulted for confirmation of families and townland addresses.
#1 |
May 23 1845 |
JAMES WHITE full age bachelor labourer Drumman. Father: ROBERT WHITE labourer & ELIZABETH WOODS minor spinster Whiskey Hill. Father: ANDREW WOODS labourer Witnesses: JAMES MAXWELL & ROBERT McCARTHER |
#2 |
May 29 1845 |
CHARLES WHITE full age widower farmer Ennland? Father: ROBERT WHITE weaver & ANNE LEWIS full age Carnaughter. Father: CALDWELL MITCHELL farmer Witnesses: JAMES AIKENS & ELIZA McCAUGHEY |
#3 |
January 8 1846 |
WILLIAM JOHN PORTER full age bachelor farmer Prospect. Father: JOHN PORTER farmer & SARAH HOLMES full age spinster Glentown. Father: SAMUEL HOLMES farmer Witnesses: JAMES PORTER & SAMUEL HOLMES |
#4 |
March 2 1846 |
JAMES WILSON full age bachelor farmer Fyfin. Father: JOSEPH WILSON farmer & JANE HENDERSON full age spinster Glentown. Father: JOSEPH HENDERSON farmer Witnesses: THOMAS HENDERSON & WILLIAM McGLAUGHLIN |
#5 |
May 11 1846 |
SARAH TRONE minor spinster Cloughfin. Father: AARON TRONE farmer & ROBERT McFARLAND full age bachelor farmer Rosgear. Father: JOHN McFARLAND clergyman Witnesses: Thomas Russell & Alexander Cumming |
#6 |
July 9 1846 |
JAMES MOORE full age bachelor merchant Sion Mills. Father: JOHN MOORE farmer & CATHERINE WOODS full age spinster Glentimon. Father: JAMES WOODS farmer Witnesses: ALEXANDER MITCHELL & JOHN ADAMS |
#7 |
July 24 1846 |
THOMAS HENDERSON full age bachelor farmer Glentown. Father: JOSEPH HENDERSON farmer & ELIZABETH LEECH full age spinster Skelpy. Father: SAMUEL LEECH farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM JOHN LEECH & WILLIAM HAMILTON |
#8 |
October 27 1846 |
THOMAS McCARTER full age bachelor farmer Whiskeyhill. Father: JOHN McCARTER farmer & REBECCA CALDWELL full age spinster Whiskeyhill. Father: JOHN McFARLAND farmer Witnesses: JOHN HAMILTON & WILLIAM MEGLAUGHLIN |
#9 |
January 27 1847 |
WILLIAM THOMPSON full age bachelor farmer Cullagh? Father: JAMES THOMPSON farmer & JANE LOVE full age spinster Lystimore. Father: WILLIAM LOVE farmer Witnesses: ANDREW JACK & SAMUEL LOVE |
#10 |
February 23 1847 |
WILLIAM WATSON full age widower farmer Fern. Father: WILLIAM WATSON farmer & MARTHA GRAHAM full age spinster Fern. Father: HUGH GRAHAM farmer Witnesses: ANDREW KINKAID & JAMES FOX |
#11 |
August 12 1847 |
ISABELLA WAUCHOB full age spinster Scottstown/ Somervillestown? Father: ROBERT WAUCHOB farmer & WILLIAM McCAY full age bachelor farmer Rabbstown. Father: THOMAS McCAY farmer Witnesses: JOHN McCAY & ROBERT WATSON |
#12 |
October 15 1847 |
JAMES McGLAUGHLIN full age bachelor labourer Somerstown. Father: WILLIAM McGLAUGHLIN farmer & MARGARET ROGERS full age widow Urney. Father: WILLIAM ROGERS farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM BRADLEY & ROBERT BRADLEY |
#13 |
October 27 1847 |
MARY BARR minor spinster Fyfin. Father: JOSEPH BARR farmer & WILLIAM COOPER full age bachelor labourer Fyfin. Father: JOHN COOPER farmer Witnesses: THOMAS H. GAMBLE & NATHAN KILPATRICK |
#14 |
April 7 1848 |
ROBERT ECTOR full age bachelor farmer Skelpy Father: JAMES ECTOR farmer & MATILDA WILSON full age spinster Fyfin. Father: JOSEPH WILSON farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM McLAUGHLIN & JOHN McC......? (illeg) |
#15 |
October 23 1848 |
JAMES PURDON minor bachelor farmer Scotstown. Father: JOHN PURDON farmer & ESTHER MAXWELL full age spinster Scotstown. Father: JOHN MAXWELL farmer Witnesses: JAMES ROLLESTON? & JOHN PURDON |
#16 |
March 22 1849 |
MARGARET WHITE full age spinster Ballylast? Father: JOHN WHITE farmer & JOHN HAMILTON full age widower farmer Kil......? (illeg)Father: WILLIAM HAMILTON farmer Witnesses: H. W.......? ROGERS & JAMES WHITE |
#17 |
April 27 1849 |
CATHERINE COLHOUN minor spinster Kennystown. Father: ALEXANDER COLHOUN farmer & JAMES COLHOUN full age bachelor farmer Stranamuck. Father: JAMES COLHOUN farmer Witnesses: CHARLES McCAY & ARCHIBALD McLAUGHLIN |
#18 |
August 9 1849 |
MARY JANE MAXWELL minor spinster I.....island? Father: SAMUEL MAXWELL .......? (illeg) & THOMAS DOUGLAS full age bachelor grocer Ballymagorry. Father: ROBERT DOUGLAS ......? Witnesses: JOSEPH BATES & CHARLES MAXWELL |
#19 |
September 14 1849 |
HELEN CALDWELL full age spinster Magheragar. Father: JOSEPH CALDWELL farmer & ARMOUR MATHEWS full age widower farmer Doogary. Father: HUGH MATHEWS farmer Witnesses: SAMUEL CALDWELL & ANDREW JACK |
#20 |
November 16 1849 |
MARY ANNE HENDERSON minor spinster Drumeagle. Father: JOHN HENDERSON farmer & JAMES SPROULE full age bachelor farmer Ardbarren? Father: JAMES SPROULE farmer Witnesses: JOHN ENTRICAN & JOHN MOODY, surgeon, R.N. |
#21 |
December 7 1849 |
MARGARET ECTOR full age spinster Skelpy Father: JOHN ECTOR farmer & WILLIAM McCREERY full age bachelor Castlefin. Father: JOHN McCREERY farmer Witnesses: ROBERT ECTOR & HUGH KNOX |
#22 |
December 12 1849 |
MARGARET COLHOUN full age spinster Kennystown. Father: ALEXANDER COLHOUN farmer & SAMUEL McGIRR full age bachelor farmer Lisnamulligan. Father: SAMUEL McGIRR farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM McGIRR & JOHN ELLIOTT |
#23 |
February 1 1850 |
ISABELLA ANDERSON full age spinster Whiskeyhill. Father: JOHN ANDERSON farmer & JOSEPH McCORMICK full age bachelor .........? Fern. Father: JAMES McCORMICK farmer Witnesses: SAMUEL CALDWELL & JAMES FOX |
#24 |
March 27 1850 |
JOSEPH BROWNE full age bachelor physician Fern. Father: JOHN BROWNE farmer & JANE BROWNE full age spinster Fern. Father: BENJAMIN BROWNE farmer Witnesses: DAVID McCORMICK & JAMES CRAIG |
#25 |
April 18 1850 |
CALDWELL OLIVER full age bachelor farmer Casty. Father: THOMAS OLIVER farmer & JANE WILSON full age spinster Flushtown. Father: MATHEW WATSON farmer Witnesses: JAMES OLIVER & WILLIAM WATSON |
#26 |
June 6 1850 |
JANE RIPPY full age spinster Tullywhisker. Father: ROBERT RIPPY farmer & GERET GOURLEY full age widower farmer Churchminster. Father: JOHN GOURLEY farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM DUNCAN & ROBERT PARK |
#27 |
June 26 1850 |
THOMAS CHAMBERS full age bachelor farmer Tullymoan. Father: THOMAS CHAMBERS farmer & ELIZABETH HUNTER full age spinster Hunterstown. Father: ANDREW HUNTER farmer Witnesses: ANDREW C. STEWART & JAMES CRAIG |
#28 |
August 26 1850 |
ISABELLA LEECH full age spinster Skelpy. Father: SAMUEL LEECH farmer & JAMES GORDON full age bachelor farmer Callhame. Father: PETER GORDON farmer Witnesses: WILLIAM JOHN LYNCH & PETER GORDON |
#29 |
October 17 1850 |
ELIZA BROWNE full age spinster Ferne. Father: BENJAMIN BROWNE farmer & JOHN ALLEN full age bachelor farmer Fyfin. Father: CHARLES ALLEN farmer Witnesses: JOSEPH BROWNE, R.N. & CHARLES BROWNE |
#30 |
January 23 1851 |
ALEXANDER McGUIGAN full age bachelor farmer Urney. Father: JAMES McGUIGAN farmer & MARGARET ROSS full age spinster Urney. Father: DAVID ROSS farmer Witnesses: JOHN KNOX & HUGH KNOX |
#31 |
February 3 1851 |
JAMES ANDERSON full age bachelor farmer Whiskeyhill. Father: JOHN ANDERSON farmer & REBECCA KINCAID minor spinster Whiskeyhill. Father: JAMES KINCAID farmer Witnesses: JOHN WATSON & .....? (illeg) KINCAID |
#32 |
May 18 1851 |
ANDREW RIPPY full age bachelor ploughman Park. Father: ANDREW RIPPY farmer & JANE SPEAR full age spinster Park. Father: JAMES SPEARE farmer Witnesses: H. JOHN RODGERS & ALEXANDER MARTIN |
#33 |
September 16 1851 |
JOHN CARSON full age bachelor labourer Mellmount. Father: JOHN CARSON labourer & MARY COLLINS full age spinster Mellmount. Father: JOHN COLLINS labourer Witnesses: HUGH NELSON & H. JOHN RODGERS |
#34 |
October 22 1851 |
ALEXANDER STEWART full age bachelor farmer Whitehouse. Father: JOHN Stewart farmer & JANE JACK minor spinster Fern. Father: ANDREW JACK farmer Witnesses: JAMES McASKIE & JOSEPH CLARKE |
#35 |
April 8 1852 |
AARON BOAK full age bachelor farmer Peacockbank. Father: AARON BOAK farmer & SARAH STEVENSON minor spinster Magheragar. Father: JOHN STEVENSON farmer Witnesses: SAMUEL STEWART & ROBERT? BOAK |
#36 |
May 27 1852 |
MARY COLHOUN minor spinster Kennystown. Father: ALEXANDER COLHOUN farmer & EDWARD CHRISTIE full age bachelor Gortna.....? Father: ALEXANDER CHRISTIE farmer Witnesses: ANDREW GIBSON & WILLIAM COLHOUN |
#37 |
August 4 1852 |
JOHN ENTRICAN full age bachelor farmer Stoney Falls. Father: JAMES ENTRICAN farmer & REBECCA ENTRICAN full age spinster Gortlocher. Father: JOHN ENTRICAN farmer Witnesses: JOSEPH BOGLE & WILLIAM WRAY |
#38 |
September 21 1852 |
ROBERT LEVISTON full age bachelor labourer Grahamstown. Father: ROBERT LEVISTON labourer & ESTHER WATSON full age spinster Gortlocher. Father: WILLIAM WATSON labourer Witnesses: JOHN ROULSTON & ROBERT MONTEITH |
#39 |
September 22 1852 |
JOHN COLHOUN full age bachelor farmer Glentimon. Father: ALEXANDER COLHOUN farmer & FANNY COLHOUN full age spinster Stranamuck. Father: ALEXANDER COLHOUN farmer Witnesses: JAMES COLHOUN & ALEXANDER COLQUHOUN |
#40 |
January 3 1853 |
JAMES KILPATRICK full age bachelor mechanic Sion. Father: JOHN KILPATRICK watchman & ANN ANDERSON full age spinster Sion. Father: WILLIAM ANDERSON grocer Witnesses: JOHN KERR & THOMAS NELSON |
#41 |
January 24 1853 |
GEORGE MEARNS full age widower gasfitter Strabane ............? ..........? [not stated] & ELIZA HOLMES full age spinster Glentown. Father: SAMUEL HOLMES farmer Witnesses: JAMES MARTIN & THOMAS TYNAN |
#42 |
February 14 1853 |
JAMES FRAME full age bachelor labourer Strabane. Father: SAMUEL FRAME labourer & MARY STEELE minor spinster Urney. Father: WILLIAM STEELE labourer Witnesses: WILLIAM STEELE & SARAH STEELE |
#43 |
March 10 1853 |
ANDREW MONTEITH full age bachelor carpenter Maghrageragh. Father: ROBERT MONTEITH farmer & VIOLET ECTOR full age spinster Skelpy. Father: JAMES ECTOR farmer Witnesses: JOHN CRAWFORD & LETITIA ECTOR |
#44 |
June 9 1853 |
WILLIAM WATSON full age bachelor farmer Flushtown. Father: MATTHEW WATSON farmer & ELIZABETH HOLMES full age spinster Ballycolman. Father: JAMES HOLMES farmer Witnesses: ANDREW HOLMES & CALDWELL OLIVER |
#45 |
August 29 1853 |
ROBERT McNEELANS full age bachelor labourer Gortlogher. Father: ROBERT McNEELANS labourer & ELIZABETH WATSON full age spinster Gortlogher. Father: WILLIAM WATSON labourer Witnesses: WILLIAM CUMMINS & JAMES OLIVER |
#46 |
January 7 1854 |
THOMAS ADAMS full age bachelor labourer Ballyfatten. Father: WILLIAM ADAMS labourer & CATHERINE ORR minor spinster Ballyfatten. Father: WILLIAM ORR labourer Witnesses: THOMAS DICK & GEORGE ADAMS |
#47 |
February 23 1854 |
ROBERT PORTER full age bachelor farmer Listymore. Father: DAVID PORTER farmer & MARY BAIRD minor spinster Inchany. Father: THOMAS BAIRD farmer Witnesses: DAVID PORTER & JOHN LEECH? |
#48 |
April 6 1854 |
SAMUEL HALL full age bachelor farmer Drumbuoy, Clonleigh. Father: JOHN HALL farmer & ANN CLARKE full age spinster Carrickane. Father: JAMES CLARKE farmer Witnesses: JAMES CLARKE & JOSEPH CLARKE |
#49 |
August 10 1854 |
ALEXANDER EDGAR full age bachelor labourer Urney. Father: ROBERT EDGAR labourer & MARY ANDERSON minor spinster Ballylast. Father: WILLIAM ANDERSON labourer Witnesses: THOMAS OLIVER & MARTHA McCONAGHY |
#50 |
December 21 1854 |
JAMES KEATING full age bachelor missionary Glasgow. Father: JOHN KEATING merchant & DOROTHY WOODS full age spinster Glentimon. Father: JAMES WOODS farmer Witnesses: W. WRAY & JOHN McDONALD |
#51 |
February 28 1855 |
ANDREW BAIRD full age bachelor groom Claudy. Father: WILLIAM BAIRD farmer & CATHERINE PURDON minor spinster Glentown. Father: JOHN PURDON farmer Witnesses: JOSEPH RUSSELL &HUGH PURDON |
#52 |
April 6 1855 |
WILLIAM JOHN PORTER full age widower farmer Prospect. Father: JOHN PORTER farmer & ELLEN WAID full age spinster Gallony. Father: JOHN WAID farmer Witnesses: JOHN PORTER & JOHN HOLMES |