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Unions of Congregations

 

Minister

Dates in Drumhillery

Area From

Other Congregations.

Dr Thomas Clark (Later Rev)

Preached before first Minister called

Scotland

To Ballybay

Rev John McCauley

Ord 1753-1764

 

To Dublin 1764

Rev William Henry

Ord. Sept 1771 - 13 May 1795

 

Resigned Drumhillery and Retained Tassagh

Rev George Agustus McCauley

Ins. 1797 - 16 May 1808

 

From Richhill, served in Drumhillery until His death.

VACANCY

1808 - 1813

(Two candidates set aside 1811 by presbytery)

 

Rev Edward Jardine

Ord. 21 Sept 1813 - 9 May 1838

4th Son of Edward Jardine, Donaghmore (lic Upper Tyrone)

Served till death (aged 51)

Rev John Lyons

Ord. 27 Mch 1739 - 22 Mch 1844

Rathfriland district

Suspended and disannexed by General Assembly and went to America

Rev James McCauley

Ord. 19 Mch 1845 - 4 Apr 1874

Rathfriland (lic. Rathfriland Nov 1834)

Served until death aged 53

Rev William Ingram

Ord. 16 Dec 1874 - 1903

Rahtfriland (lic. Rathfriland 6 May 1873)

Until suspended for insubriety 1903, went to America in 1905

Rev Vernon Marshall Corkey

Ins. 27 Sept 1906 - 24 Oct 1912

5th Son of Rev Joseph Corkey, Glendermot

Licenced in America, Ordained 4Oct 1900 at Kalamazoo, Michegin, USA (returned to Ireland 1902) Culnady & Swateragh from 1912

Rev Josias Kennedy Currie

Ord 10 April 1913 - 7 Mch 1922

(lic Ballymena 5 Feb 1912), brought up in Kells

To Cootehill, ret 1958, died 7 Mch 1973, aged 88

Rev Samuel Hans Martin

Ins. 3 May 1923 - 30 Nov 1946

(lic Dromore 1898)

Minister 2nd Keady, Ord 30 Nov 1898 - 30 Nov 1946, ret, died 16 Mch 1952

Rev Cosmo Alexander Morwood Meldrum

Ord. 1 Sept 1948 - 35 July 1951

(lic Belfast)

To First Monaghan

Rev S H Williamson

Ins. 2 July 1952 - 28 July 1959

Belfast

Clare, Loansends, to Warrenpoint

Rev Hugh Barkley Wallace

Ord. 20 April 1960 - 18 Feb 1970

Drumbo (lic Dromore)

To Bushmills

Rev Dr W R Linsay

12 Sept 1973 - 1991

Co. Antrim

Until death

Rev Samuel Ian Dennis

1994 - 1996

 

Ord 1992 Joymount, To Scotland 1996

Rev Jonathan Alexander Curry

2 Dec 1998 - Present

Warrenpoint (lic. Newry and Mourne)

 

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