Rentoul, John Laurence
Rentoul, John Laurence (1846–1926), presbyterian minister, academic, and poet, was born 6 July 1846 at Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, fourth son of the Rev. James Buchan Rentoul (d. 1886) and his wife Sarah, daughter of the Rev. William Wilson of Crossgar. He was educated at…...
Rodgers, William Robert (‘W. R.’; ‘Bertie’)
Rodgers, William Robert (‘W. R.’; ‘Bertie’) (1909–69), poet and presbyterian minister, was born 1 August 1909 in Belfast, son of Robert Skelly Rodgers, insurance clerk, and his second wife, Jane Ferris Rodgers (née McCarey). Brought up in a puritan household in Ballymacarrett, his early…...
Rogers, John
Rogers, John (1740–1814), presbyterian minister and Volunteer, was youngest son of James Rogers, elder of Newbliss congregation, Co. Monaghan. He was said to be a descendant of the Rev. John Rogers, the first protestant martyr to be burned at the stake during the reign of Queen…...
Simms, John Morrow
Simms, John Morrow (1854–1934), presbyterian minister, army chaplain, and politician, was born 23 November 1854 at Newtownards, Co. Down, second son of John Simms of Holywood, Co. Down, and Elizabeth Simms (née Alexander) of Newtownards. He was educated at the Old Academy, Belfast…...
Sinton, John Alexander
Sinton, John Alexander (1884–1956), Indian Army medical officer and VC, was born 2 December 1884 in British Columbia, Canada, son of Walker Sinton of Lisburn, Co. Antrim, and his wife Isabella, daughter of Allan Pringle of Derrymore House, Newry, Co. Down. In 1890 the family…...
Skeffington, Clotworthy
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Skeffington, John
Skeffington, John (1632–95), 2nd Viscount Massereene , soldier and politician, was baptised 27 December 1632 at Lichfield in Staffordshire, the son of Sir Richard Skeffington, knight, of Fisherwick near Lichfield, and his wife, Anne Skeffington (née Newdigate). His father (who was…...
Smith, Col. James
Smith, Col. James (c.1713–1806), lawyer, soldier in America, and signatory of the American declaration of independence, was born in the north of Ireland, second son of John Smith, a farmer with a large family. There are few details extant about his background or date of…...
Smith, John
Smith, John (d. 1771), presbyterian bookseller, was a native of Ulster. Nothing is known of his parents, but he was probably a kinsman of William Smith (1698–1741), one of his business partners. William was a son of Samuel Smith, a Belfast merchant and an associate of…...
Smyth, Richard
Smyth, Richard (1826–78), presbyterian minister and MP, was born 4 October 1826 in Carncullagh, near Dervock, Co. Antrim, second son of Hugh Smyth, an elder in Carncullagh, and Mary Ann Smyth (née Wray); three of his brothers also became presbyterian ministers. The effects of a…...
Staveley (Stavely), William
Staveley (Stavely), William (1743–1825), Reformed Presbyterian minister, was born at Ferniskey, near Kells, Co. Antrim, eldest child and only son among the three children of Aaron Staveley, a Church of Ireland farmer who had married the daughter of the Rev. Patrick Vance, a…...
Stephenson, Samuel Martin
Stephenson, Samuel Martin (1742–1833), presbyterian minister and physician, was the youngest son of James Stephenson, farmer, and his wife, Margaret (née Martin), of Straidballymorris, Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. He was educated at the classical school in Antrim before studying…...
Stevenson, William Fleming
Stevenson, William Fleming (1832–86), presbyterian minister, was born 20 September 1832 at Strabane, Co. Tyrone, youngest child among three sons and two daughters of William Stevenson (d. 1857), a prosperous merchant, and Margaret Anne Stevenson (née Morton). It was intended that…...
Stewart, Andrew
Stewart, Andrew (1624?–1671), presbyterian minister, was one of four children of the Rev. Andrew Stewart (d. 1634), minister (1627–34) in Donegore, Co. Antrim; the family was probably a branch of the family of Stewart, lords of Ochiltree (one of whom married John Knox, the…...
Stewart, David
Stewart, David (1868–1961), presbyterian minister, was born 10 July 1868 in Saintfield, Co. Down, son of Robert Stewart; his father may have been a grocer who had at least three other sons, two of whom were clergymen: one in the presbyterian church, and one who was a rector in the…...
Stewart, Kenneth Donald
Stewart, Kenneth Donald (1911–2006), surgeon and evangelist, was born 9 October 1911 at 26 Mountshannon Road, Kilmainham, Dublin, the second of at least two sons of Donald Kenneth Stewart, a commercial traveller, and his wife Jeanie (née Mackay); both his parents were Scottish-born…...
Tennent, Gilbert
Tennent, Gilbert (1703–64), presbyterian minister in America, was born 5 February 1703 in Vinecash, Co. Armagh, near Portadown, eldest son among four sons and a daughter of William Tennent (qv) (d. 1746), and his wife Catherine,…...
Tennent, John
Tennent, John (1772–1813), United Irishman and French soldier, was born 11 October 1772, sixth child and third son of the Rev. John Tennent, minister of the Seceding Presbyterian congregation of Roseyards, Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, and Anne Tennent (née Patton). Though 1772 was the year…...
Tennent, John
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Tennent, William
Tennent, William (1673–1746), presbyterian minister in America, was a son of John Tennent, a merchant in Edinburgh, and his wife Sarah Hume, and is believed to have been born in Mid Calder, West Lothian, Scotland, the family's ancestral home. The young man was well educated: he…...
Tennent, William
Tennent, William (1705–77), presbyterian minister in America, was born in 1705 on either 3 June or 3 January 1705, in Ireland, possibly in Co. Armagh, but more likely in Co. Antrim, second son among four sons and a daughter of William…...
Toland, John
Toland, John (1670–1722), freethinker and polemical writer, was probably born in Inishowen, Co. Donegal, on 30 November 1670. Reputed to be the illegitimate son of a catholic priest, Toland may have been baptised ‘Joannes Eugenius’, which he later altered to a pen name, ‘Janus Junius’.…...
Toye, Thomas
Toye, Thomas (1801–70), presbyterian minister, was born 6 October 1801 in Clonakilty, Co. Cork, eldest child among two sons and a daughter of Winspear Toye (d. 1854) and Margaret Toye (née Justice). His father, who held public office in the county, was connected to Cork's gentry…...
Upton, Arthur
Upton, Arthur (1623–1706), presbyterian politician, was born 31 May 1623, the eldest son of Captain Henry Upton of Castle Upton (or Castle Norton), Templepatrick, Co. Antrim, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Hugh Clotworthy; he had three brothers and three sisters. Sir Hugh,…...
Waller, Sir Hardress
Waller, Sir Hardress (1604–66), soldier, politician, and regicide, was the son and heir of George Waller of Groombridge, Kent, England, and his wife Mary, daughter of Richard Hardress. Waller's family was one of the wealthiest in Kent, and his cousin was the parliamentarian…...