Muster Rolls of c.1630
Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mullican, Mulliken, Mullikin etc.



The Muster Rolls of c.1630


The Muster Rolls of c.1630 contain lists of the principal landlords in Ulster and the names of their Protestant men whom they could assemble in an emergency and the types of arms borne by them. They are arranged by county, and district within the county, and list the names of over 12, 000 tenants. I have examined the original manuscript preserved at the British Library Manuscript Collections in London and transcript copies held at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast. Of the nine counties of Ulster, only Antrim, Donegal, Down and Tyrone list the names �Ms� above the age 16 years, able to bear arms. I have included the page folio from the original manuscript catalogued under Add 4770. Millies Collection, Vol. XVII (ff. 283) Muster Roll of the province of Ulster c1630-36. I could find no reference to the surname Amuligane on any of the estates covered, and note that there are no muster rolls for the estate of Sir John Chichester of Belfast or the Earl of Antrim.


Calliver = s sort of handgun or musket.
Snaphance = a Dutch firelock.

COUNTY ANTRIM

Mr William Adair [1]
His British tenants
In the barony of Toome
His arms and men � 137

NAME
Meliken, James
Millikin, John


Sir John Clothworthy
His lands of the Antrim & Killead
In the barony of Massereene
His arms and men � 229

Moligan, John


Mr. Henry Upton
Proprietor of Templepatrick
In the barony of Belfast
His arms and men � 92

Moligan, William


COUNTY DOWN

Lord Montgomery
His estates in the baronies of Castlereagh & Ards
His arms and men � 1317

Milligan, John
Mulligan, Thomas
Mulligan, John
Mulligan, Alexander
Mulligan, James
Mulligan, Robert
Mulligan, James
Mulligan, John
O�Milligan, Patrick
Milligan, James


Lord Claneboy
His lands in the barony of Great Ards
His arms and men � 314

Milligan, Dunkan


Lord Claneboy
His Town and lands of Holywood
In the barony of Castlereagh
His arms and men � 414

Milligan, Dunkan


Bishop of Dromore
His Church lands and Town
In the barony of Lower Iveagh
His arms and men � 156

Mulligan, John
McMulligan, Walter


COUNTY DONEGAL

John Murray, Earl of Annandale [2]
Proprietor of lands
In the baronies of Boylagh & Banagh
His arms and men � 143

Molligan, George
Jackson, David, younger
Shankeland, Gilbert
Milligan, John, younger


COUNTY LONDONDERRY

Mr. George Canning
His lands of Agivey and Movangher
In the barony of Coleraine
His arms and men � 123

Hemphill, James
Hemphill


COUNTY TYRONE

Sir James Erskin, Knt. [3]
Portclare, Ballykirgir & Ballymackell
In the barony of Clogher
His arms and men � 138

Molikin, John
Melikin, David
Milikin, James


Sir William Parson
Proprietor of Ballyclough in the barony of Clogher
His arms and men � 59

Millikin, Gilbert


Lord Bishop of Clogher
His Church lands in the barony of Clogher
His arms and men � 64

Millikin, David


Capt. Alexander Sanderson [4]
Proprietor of Tullelegan in the barony of Dungannon
His arms and men � 36

Myllikin, William









ARMS
sword & pike
no arms







no arms







no arms








no arms
sword only
sword only
sword only
sword & pike
sword & musket
sword only
no arms
no arms
no arms






pike only







sword & pike only







sword only
sword only










no arms
no arms
no arms
no arms








sword & pike
sword & pike









sword only
sword & calliver
sword & snaphance






sword & pike






no arms






sword only









FOLIO
f. 165b.
f. 167a.







f. 174b.







f. 178a.








f. 215b, no. 49.
f. 216b, no. 102.
f. 217b, no. 152
f. 218a. no. 193.
f. 222b. no. 428
f. 227a, no. 690.
f. 228b, no. 804.
f. 233b, no. 1067.
f. 234b, no. 1136.
f. 237a, no. 1290






f. 254b.







f. 260b.







f. 267b, no. 118.
f. 267b, no. 119.










f. 195a.
f. 196a.
f. 196a.
f. 196a.



















f. 72b, no. 40.
f. 73a, no. 48.
f. 73b, no. 60






f. 79a, no 25.






f. 101a.






f. 84a, no. 13.


Notes
[1] William Adair settled in the barony of Toome from Kinlilt in Wigtownshire, Scotland.
[2] John Murray, Earl of Annandale, acquired a number of proprieties in the baronies of Boylagh and Banagh belonging to Scottish Planters, such as, William Stewart of Garlies, Sir Patrick Vaus of Barnbarroch, Sir Patrick McKee of Larg and George Murray of Broughton. In the barony of Banagh, the Earl owned the whole of the parish of Killybegs and the townlands of Aighan, Ballybedonnell, Ballyloughan, Croagh, Darney, Druminiscal and Rahan in the parish of Killaghtee. The 1665 Hearth Money Rolls of County Donegal lists the names of Robert Shanklan and Widow Milikin, who immediately follows Shanklan, in the parish Killaghtee. It will be noted, George Molligan is listed with David Jackson, younger. The Hearth Money Roll for the parish of Killybegs lists the names of David Jackson of Largysillagh and David Jackson of Drumanoo.
[3] Sir James Erskine, a Scots man, acquired the 3000 acres of land, Portclare & Ballykirgir from Sir Thomas Ridgeway, and Ballyymackell from George Ridgeway.
[4] Capt. Sanderson, a Scots man, purchased the land of Tullelegan in the parish of Desercreat from George Crawford of Lefnoreis in Ayrshire and subsequently introduced 36 British men.




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