Bennis, Elizabeth (Eliza)
(1725–1802), methodist
activist and diarist, was probably born in
Limerick, one of two surviving daughters of Isaac and Alice (née Mitchell)
Patten . The Pattens were
presbyterian, and Elizabeth had a conventionally pious upbringing and evidently received…...
McDougall, Margaret Moran
(1826–99), author and journalist, was born 25 December 1826, according to family records (though her obituary said 25 December 1828), probably in Co. Antrim. Her father, J. Moran (or William Henry) Dixon , tailor, died in Galgorm, Co. Antrim, when…...