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Hello - I have Eliza Mitchell and John Boyd marriage Sep 20,1838 at Killinchy,Down and am looking for parents of each one - I have Eliza born about 1807 and John Boyd born about 1819 - they immigrated to Scotland where subsequent members of my family line lived in or around Newton Stewart and Mochrum.Specifically, my great grandfather was their son and he was born in Ireland in 1842 and was named William and had a brother born in Scotland named Charles. The marriage was Presbyterian I have tried to get further info from all the records on Ancestry but am at a roadblock. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks very kindly.

Dianna

Saturday 12th Dec 2015, 07:38PM

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  • Dear Dianna

    I have had a look on rootsireland.ie and there is a baptism for an Elizabeth Mitchell in Co. Down in 1804 but it is Church of Ireland - father William. The start date for Presbyterian records for that parish begin in 1835 so it may well be the case that they were both born and baptised in a time that predates parish records. Can I ask where you go the marriage info from?

    Best wishes

    Clare Doyle

    Genealogy Support 

    Monday 21st Dec 2015, 12:57PM

  • Hello Clare;

    Thanks for your help. The marriage info for Eliza Mitchell and John Boyd came from Ancestry records -

    John Boyd Sex:Male Marriage:1838 Marriage Place:Second Presbyterian Church, Killinchy, County Down, Northern Ireland Spouse:Eliza Mitchel

    lSource:Z. Mettam. Northern Ireland Marriages, Volume 1 (Manuscript found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City on microfilm 824282, item 2).
    Marriages are taken from County Down: Boardmills 1st Presbyterian Church, 1782-1842; 1851-1870; Down/Downpatrick, 1700-1874; Dromara, 1817-1845; Dromore, 1784-1845; Drumbo, 1706-1721; Killinchy, 1812- 1845; Killyleagh, 1835-1872; Kilmore, 1833-1845; and Kircubbin, 1802- 1845.
    Registration of marriages at the General Register Office in Dublin was compulsory for all Protestants after April 1845 in Ireland. They are the official record.

    Source Information

    Ancestry.com. Ireland, Select Marriages, 1619-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

    Original data: Ireland, Marriages, 1619-1898. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.: FamilySearch, 2013.

    Thanks again for your help

    Dianna

     

    Monday 21st Dec 2015, 04:27PM

  • Hi again

    The only John Boyd Presbyterian baptism in Co. Down for the period 1815-1825 is in 1825 - a John Baxter Boyd, father James Boyd and mother Anne Baxter in Upper Moybrick, 1st Dromara Presbyterian, Co. Down. Again, give the early period it's difficult to say for sure. 

    Best wishes

    Clare Doyle

    Genealogy Support 

    Wednesday 6th Jan 2016, 11:34AM

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