County Antrim Baptisms, 1824 to 1864. Lisburn First Presbyterian Church, Blaris Parish.

The First Presbyterian Church is located in the heart of Lisburn, County Antrim. The site has been a place of worship for the Presbyterian congregation since 1710 with the current church standing since 1788.

Records from the Church Baptismal Registers have now been added to our birth database and cover the period from 1824 to 1864 inclusive. These entries include the Child’s name, Father’s name, Mother’s forename, Date of Birth & Baptism and the townland in which the family resided.  These baptisms are available by searching our Birth Records collection at  www.emeraldancestors.com/northern-ireland-ancestor-search. Marriage records for the church are also available on our database from 1845 to 1922.

Microfilm copies of the registers are held in the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) under MIC1P/159/1, Lisburn First Presbyterian, Blaris Parish, County Antrim and covers baptisms from 1824 up to 1871.

The following are prevalent family surnames in these baptism records:-
Adamson (Adamsone), Addams (Adames), Alister, Alvar, Anderson (Andersone), Armstrong, Atchisone, Barbour, Beane, Beatty (Beetie), Beerd, Beggs, Bell, Berry, Blair (Blaire), Boreland (Borland), Bothwell (Bothwill), Braithwaite, Britch, Broun (Brown), Brownlee, Buchanan, Burns, Cahoon, Campbell, Carlisle (Carlaile, Carlile), Carnachan, Carr, Carson, Chambers, Chapman (Chapeman, Chappman), Charters (Charter), Cherry, Clark (Clarke), Clindinnin, Close, Coburn (Cobron, Coburne), Cochrane (Cochran), Colvin, Connor, Corbett, Coulter, Craig, Crawford, Cree, Crooks, Crow, Culbert, Cumming (Cummings), Davison (Davisone, Davidson), Dawson, Deane (Dean), Dickey, Dickson (Dicksone), Donaldsone, Dornan, Drynan, Dugan, Duncan, Dunlopp (Dunlope, Dunloppe), Dunwoddy (Dunwoddie, Dunwoody), Eden, Egger (Edgar, Edger), Elliott, Ellis, Ferguson, Finlay (Finley), Fitzsimons, Fleming (Flemming), Flinn, Foote, Foreman, Foster, Fraser, Fullerton, Fulton, Galloway, Gerrett (Gerret), Gibson, Gillespie (Gilespie), Glendinnine (Glendinine, Glendining), Gordon, Gowdy (Goudy), Gracey (Gracie), Graham, Grainger, Greene (Green), Greer (Greire), Haall (Haal), Haddock, Hamilton, Hanna, Hawthorne (Hathorn, Hawthorn), Henderson, Heron (Herron), Hicks, Hodgen (Hodgens), Hogg, Houll (Houle), Hovie, Hunter, Hutcheson (Hutchison), Innes, Irvine (Irving, Irwin), Jamisone (Jameson, Jamison), Jelly, Johnson, Johnston, Johnstone, Jordan, Kane, Kenly (Kenley, Kenlie), Kennedy, Kernaghan, Kerr, Kirkwood, Laird, Livingstone, Logan, Long, Macartney, Macklin, Magee, Magill, Maher (Mahir), Mairs, Major, Martin, Mathies, McAlister (McAllaster), McBride, McCabry (McAbre), McClave (McCleave, McCleaver), McCloy, McClune, McClure, McComb, McComiskey, McConchy, McConnell, McCoubrey (McCoubry), McCracken (McCrackan), McCullough (McCulloch), McDowell, McGie (McGee), McGill, McHarg, McHarry, McKee, McKeown, McKinstry, McKitrick, McKneight (McKnaight, McNaight), McMaster, McMillen, McMullan, McMurray (McMurrie), McNeale, McNeight, McNeil, McQuiston, Mehir, Meniece, Mershall, Miller, Montgomery (Montgomrie, Montgomry), Moodie (Moody), Moore, Morgan, Morrow, Munce, Musgrave, Neill (Neale), Newburn, Norrice, Oliver (Olipher), Park, Patterson, Pelan, Pollock, Porter, Primrose, Rainey (Rainy), Rea (Ree), Reid (Reed), Richardson, Ringland, Roberts, Robisone (Robinson), Rossbottom, Scott, Shannon, Shaw, Shields, Simpson, Sinclair, Sloan (Sloane), Slowan, Smith, Sorby, Speers, Stewart, Taylor, Teate, Thomas, Thompson, Thompsone, Todd, Torbett (Torbott), Turner, Walker, Wallace, Ward, Warnock, Webb, White, Wiley, Wilkie, Williamsone (Williamson), Wilson, Wilsone, Woods, Wright & Young.
(Surnames in brackets indicate variations also recorded in the Register).