Marshall, William Forbes
Marshall, William Forbes (1888–1959), presbyterian minister and writer, was born 8 May 1888 in Drumragh, near Omagh, Co. Tyrone, second among three sons of Charles Marshall, school principal at Sixmilecross, and Mary Marshall (née Forbes); his mother died when he was 5 years old.…...
Martin, William
Martin, William (1729?–1807?), Reformed Presbyterian minister in Ireland and America, was born 16 May 1729 or 1733 at Ballyspallen, near Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry, eldest son of David Martin; his mother's name is not known. He had at least one sister, who was married in Scotland.…...
Mastertown (Masterton), Charles
Mastertown (Masterton), Charles (1679–1750), presbyterian minister and moderator, was born 23 March 1679 in Scotland, probably in Linlithgowshire, of unknown parents, though he was the nephew of Lady Huggonfield. He was educated at Edinburgh University, graduating…...
McBride, John
McBride, John (1651?–1718), presbyterian minister, was born in Ireland, probably in 1651, and possibly son of John McBryd, merchant in Holywood, Co. Down. He entered Glasgow University in 1666 and graduated in 1673; he was a schoolmaster in Killyleagh in 1679, and in 1680 he was…...
McCosh, James
McCosh, James (1811–94), presbyterian minister, philosopher, and academic, was born 1 April 1811, near Patna, Ayrshire, Scotland, second and only surviving son and fifth child of seven born to Andrew McCosh, farmer, and Jean Carson, his wife. Educated at the local parish school,…...
McCracken, Alexander
McCracken, Alexander (d. 1730), presbyterian minister and non-juror, was born in either Scotland or Ireland, possibly in Co. Antrim; nothing is known of his family. He graduated MA from Edinburgh University (1673), was licensed to preach by…...
McDowell, Benjamin
McDowell, Benjamin (1739–1824), presbyterian minister, was born 25 December 1739 in or near Elizabethtown, New Jersey, North America. His father was Ephraim McDowell (d. 1762), who had emigrated with his family from Co. Antrim, possibly from Raloo near Larne, or from Connor, to…...
McElroy, Albert Horatio
McElroy, Albert Horatio (1915–75), politician and clergyman, was born 14 February 1915 in Glasgow, Scotland, second of three sons of Ulster-born parents; the family regularly holidayed with relatives in Banbridge, Co. Down. McElroy retained a lifelong love of things Scottish. The…...
McGregor, James
McGregor, James (1677?–1729), presbyterian minister and emigrants' leader, was born in Magilligan, Co. Londonderry, one of two known sons of Capt. McGregor, who also had at least one daughter; nothing is known of his mother. During the Williamite war the family took refuge in Derry city…...
McIlmoyle, Robert John
McIlmoyle, Robert John (1875–1965), Reformed Presbyterian minister and member of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), was born 10 April 1875, eldest son among five sons and four daughters of Robert McIlmoyle, farmer, of Stradreagh, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, and Margaret McIlmoyle (…...
McMahon (McMechan), Arthur
McMahon (McMechan), Arthur (1755?–1816?), presbyterian minister, United Irishman, and officer in the French army, was born, probably in 1755, at Donanelly in the parish of Inch, Co. Down; he was the younger son of Alexander McMechan (d. c.1793), a prosperous farmer there…...
Mitchell, Isabel Deane (‘Ida’)
Mitchell, Isabel Deane (‘Ida’) (1879–1917), presbyterian missionary in China, was born in Belfast, fourth in a family of three daughters and two sons. Her father, the Rev. Deane Knox Mitchell (1840–1939) was minister of Crumlin Road presbyterian church (formerly a missionary…...
Montgomery, Henry
Montgomery, Henry (1788–1865), presbyterian minister, was born 16 January 1788 at Killead, Co. Antrim, youngest of nine children of Archibald Montgomery of Boltnaconnel House and his wife Sarah, daughter of John Campbell of Killealy, Co. Antrim. Two of Henry's older brothers…...
Moore, Robert
Moore, Robert (1886–1960), farmer, politician, and presbyterian minister, was born 26 September 1886 at Ballymacannon, Ringsend, near Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, son of Kennedy Moore, whose family had farmed in the area for generations, and Mary Elizabeth Moore (née McFetridge).…...
Morgan, James
Morgan, James (1799–1873), presbyterian minister, was born 15 June 1799 in Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, second of three surviving sons of Thomas Morgan and Maria Morgan (née Collins); another brother died in infancy, and his mother died when James was 11. Thomas Morgan owned a linen…...
Morrow, Henry Cooke (‘Harry’)
Morrow, Henry Cooke (‘Harry’) (‘MacNamara, Gerald’) (1865–1938), playwright, writer and artist, was born in Co. Down on 27 August 1865, the second eldest of eight sons of George Morrow, a painter, decorator and founder of Morrow & Sons Ltd, and his wife Catherine (née MacNamara).…...
Morrow, John Love
Morrow, John Love (1859–1940), presbyterian minister and golfer, was born 14 December 1859 in Dundermott House, near Cloughmills, Co. Antrim, a younger son of Matthew Morrow, a prosperous farmer, and Margaret Morrow (née Love). John was educated locally and at Ballymena Academy.…...
Morrow, John Watson
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Mullin, (Thomas) Hugh
Mullin, (Thomas) Hugh (1914–2006), presbyterian minister and historian, was born 22 September 1914 at Irish Green Street, Limavady, Co. Londonderry, second son in a family of four boys of John Barbour Mullin and his wife Effie (née Black). Both his parents were teachers. Hugh was…...
Murray, Nicholas
Murray, Nicholas (1802–61), presbyterian minister in the USA, was born 25 December 1802 in Ballynaskeagh, Co. Westmeath, or near Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. All that is known of his family background is that his father, Nicholas Murray, a Roman catholic farmer, wanted him to become a…...
Neilson, William (Mac Néill, Uilliam)
Neilson, William (Mac Néill, Uilliam) (1774–1821), presbyterian minister, classical and Irish-language scholar and writer, was born 12 September 1774 at Rademon, Kilmore, Co. Down, fourth among seven sons of the Rev. Moses Neilson (1739?–1823), schoolmaster and presbyterian minister of…...
Nelson, Isaac
Nelson, Isaac (1809–88), presbyterian minister and politician, was born in Belfast, son of Francis Nelson, greengrocer, of Barrack St., Belfast, who was said to have been a United Irishman in 1798. Little else is known of Isaac's early life, but in the late 1820s he was in the…...
Nevin, Thomas
Nevin, Thomas (c.1686–1744), presbyterian minister, was born at Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, grandson of Hugh Nevin, vicar at Donaghadee, Co. Down. Educated at Glasgow College, he graduated MA (1703). On 20 November 1711 he was…...
Nicholson, William Patteson
Nicholson, William Patteson (1876–1959), evangelist, was born on 3 April 1876 in Cottown near Bangor, Co. Down, one among seven children of Capt. John G. Nicholson, merchant seaman, and his wife Ellen (née Campbell). The family was devoutly presbyterian; two sisters and a brother became…...
O'Quinn, Jeremiah
O'Quinn, Jeremiah (d. 1658), presbyterian minister, was born to Irish-speaking catholic parents in Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. Presumably raised a catholic, he later converted to protestantism. The local protestant landowner, Arthur Upton…...