Porter, Josiah Leslie
Porter, Josiah Leslie (1823–89), presbyterian minister, professor, and president of QCB, was born 4 October 1823 at Carrowan, Burt, Co. Donegal, youngest son of William Porter and Margaret Porter (née Leslie); both parents were from…...
Porter, William
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Quinn, Hubert
Quinn, Hubert (1902–72), clergyman and writer, was born in Manchester, son of Joseph Quinn, carpenter and master builder from Hillhall, Co. Down, who married a Welsh methodist, Jane Williams. Quinn had one full sister (four years his elder) and a half-brother thirteen years older by his…...
Reid, James Seaton
Reid, James Seaton (1798–1851), presbyterian historian, was born 19 December 1798 at Lurgan, Co. Armagh, eleventh son among seventeen children of Forrest Reid (d. 1801), schoolmaster, and Mary Reid (née Weir) of Derriaghy, Co. Antrim. Only five of the children survived childhood.…...
Rentoul, James Alexander
Rentoul, James Alexander (1845–1919), presbyterian minister, lawyer and politician, was born at Errity House, Manorcunningham, Co. Donegal, on 7 August 1845, eldest son (of three sons and five daughters) of Alexander Rentoul, presbyterian minister, and his wife Erminda (née Chittick…...
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…...
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
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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…...
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,…...
Wasson, Moore Dunlop
Wasson, Moore Dunlop (1918–2009), presbyterian minister and television producer, was born 2 December 1918, the first-born child of Robert Wasson and Emmeline Wasson (née Bell). His father was at that time a soldier, his mother was a milliner before her marriage, and the family lived…...
Watts, Robert
Watts, Robert (1820–95), presbyterian scholar, was born 10 July 1820 in Moneylane, near Dundrum, Co. Down, youngest among fourteen children; nothing further is known of his family background. He attended RBAI for a time,…...