The General Synod of Ulster
Millican, Milligan, Millikan, Milliken, Millikin, Mullican, Mulliken, Mullikin etc.
Records of the General Synod of Ulster
1691 to 1820
Extracts from the Records of the General Synod of Ulster
At General Synod held in Antrim on 5 June, 1694
Mr. Thomas Mulligan presented a supplication from Dunmurray desiring that the Synod determine an effectual course on Mr. Alexander Glass on whether he should be instructed to return from Scotland. The Synod determined that the Presbytery should write to him, and if he deemed not to return, he is to be looked upon as a scandalous person and dealt with as such.
At General Synod held in Antrim on 1 June, 1703
Mr. Thomas Millikin and Mr. John Boyd nominated by Tyrone Presbytery for trials.
At General Synod held in Antrim on 6 June, 1704
Mr. Thomas Millikin licensed by Tyrone Presbytery.
At General Synod held in Antrim on 6 June, 1706
Mr. Thomas Millikin entered for ordination by Armagh Presbytery.
At General Synod held in Antrim on 3 June, 1707
Mr. Thomas Millikin, elder, with Rev. Henry Livingston, minister of Ballynahinch (1697-1708), present at Synod from Down Presbytery.
Armagh Presbytery ordained Mr. Thomas Millikin at Keady on 17 December, 1706.
A General Synod in Antrim on 1 June, 1708
Mr John Hutcheson, Moderator, presided over the Synod in that year.
A letter from Mr McBride (now in Glasgow) dated 13 May, 1708, to the Synod, following (upon text) Capt. Brice, Mr. Isaac McCartney, Dr. John Peacock, Mr. Robert Lennox, Mr. John White, Mr. Andrew Maxwell, Mr. John Black, Mr. Richard Ashamore, etc produced a commission subscribed by many in Belfast, impowering & appointing them, the said commissioners to prosecute in their name an appeal from the Sentence of the Presbytery of Belfast, dividing the Congregation of Belfast in two. The commissioners gave in a supplication. Wm Crawford Esq�, Mr. John Chalmers, Mr. Wm Rainey senr, Mr. Brice Blair, Mr. John Arbuckle, Dr Victor Ferguson, Mr. Alex Adair, Mr. Robert Andrew, Mr. Robert Millikin, Mr. Joseph Biggar, Mr. Edward Wilson, Mr. Hugh Dyatt, Mr. Wm Rainey junr, Mr. Thomas Lyle, Mr. John Arbuckle, Mr. Jon Taylor, Mr. Wm Roger, Mr. Hugh Boyd, Mr. George Orr their commissioners subscribed by many hands was read. They supplicated that the Rev'd Synod may confirm the Sentence of Belfast Presbytery, erecting them & such who should join with them by voluntary subscription into a districk Congregation to assemble in the New Meeting House of Belfast.
At General Synod held in Belfast on 8 September, 1708
Wm Crawford Esq�, Jo Chalmers, Wm Rainey senr, James Arbucles, John Eccles, Brice Blair, David Buttle, Dr Victor Ferguson, etc, George McCartney, Robert Millikin, Hugh Boyd, etc, Wm Rainey junr. etc, commissioners for the New Congregation of Belfast.
At General Synod held in Derry on 1 June, 1709
Mr. Thomas Millikin minister from Armagh Presbytery.
At General Synod held in Belfast on 21 June, 1709
Mr. Thomas Millikin minister from Armagh Presbytery.
At General Synod held in Belfast on 21 June, 1710
Mr. Thomas Millikin minister placed in Tyrone Presbytery.
At General Synod held in Belfast on 18 June, 1717
Rev. Thomas Milikin, minister, contributed 2 shillings to Irish minister�s fund and 10 shillings to the building of a meetinghouse in the Presbytery of Monaghan.
At General Synod held in Belfast on 17 June, 1718
Mr. Thomas Milikin, elder, with Rev. James McAlphin, minister of Ballynahinch (1713-1732), present at Synod from Down Presbytery.
[Records of the General Synod of Ulster from 1691 to 1820, Vol. 1, 1691-1720]
A General Synod held in Belfast on 20 June, 1721
Rev. Thomas Mulligan, minister, represented from Tyrone Presbytery.
A General Synod held in Belfast on 28 June, 1721
Rev. Thomas Mulligan from the Presbytery of Tyrone subscribed to a letter of the Westminster Confession of Faith dated on 26 June, 1721.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 15 June, 1725
Rev. Thomas Mulligan, minister, present from Tyrone Presbytery.
A General Synod held in Belfast on 21 June, 1726
Mr. John Mulligan, commissioner, appeared from Glenon (Portglenone), supplicating that the congregation might be put under the care of the Presbytery of Route. The Synod agreed to supplication of the congregation and that the Presbytery of Route should take care of them. At the time, Glenon or Portglenone withdrew from Antrim Presbytery after the Rev. Shaw of Ahoghill joined the Non-subscribing Presbytery of Antrim in 1726.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 18 June, 1728
Rev. Thomas Mulligan, minister, present form Tyrone Presbytery.
Mr. John Mulligan, elder, present from Coleraine Presbytery.
Mr. Will Mulligan, elder, present from Armagh Presbytery.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 17 June, 1729
Mr. John Mulligan, elder, present from Coleraine Presbytery.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 15 June, 1731
Mr. John Mulligan, elder, present from Coleraine Presbytery.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 19 June, 1733
Mr. Robert Mulligan and Mr. John Hunter, commissioners, appeared from a part of Drummual supplicating that they might be separated from the congregation of Drummual, as they were unhappy with the call of Mr. William Henderson, minister. However, the Synod hearing the petition from the congregation of Drummual and considering the supplication, sustained the call of Mr. William Henderson, who had been ordained by the Presbytery of Tyrone on October 12, 1732.
A General Synod in Londonderry on 18 June, 1734
Death of Rev. Thomas Mulligan in January 1734 reported to the Synod.
A General Synod held in Antrim on 21 June, 1737
Reg. Donum allowed to Mr. Mulligan�s children.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 17 June, 1740
The Presbytery of Monaghan reports that in n November last 1739 they ordained at Brechy Mr. David Hutcheson and have Licensed Mr. Hugh Mulligan who both subscribed according to order.
A General Synod held in Dungannon on 16 June, 1741
Mr. John Mulligan, elder, with Alexander Brown minister of First Donegore Presbyterian Church present from Templepatrick Presbytery.
Templepatrick Presbytery report that they have licensed Messre John Mulligan, Clothworthy Brown and Jo Hood, who all subscribed.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 15 June, 1742
Mr. John Mulligan ordained at Portnorris (Mountnorris) on 5 May, 1742, by Armagh Presbytery.
Mr. Hugh Mulligan reported to be on 2nd trial by Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Antrim on 21 June, 1743
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Armagh Presbytery.
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery. It was reported the Presbytery had ordained him minister of Bailieborough on 27 July, 1742.
Rev. John Mulligan, Gilbert Kennedy, Jas. Allen, John King, Robert and William Thomson, to be named ministers of the Presbytery of Dromore.
A General Synod in Antrim on 18 June, 1745
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 18 June, 1746
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Magherafelt on 25 June, 1747
Absent and no excuse from John Mulligan and Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Magherafelt on 21 June, 1748
Absent and no excuse from John Mulligan and Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Magherafelt on 2 June, 1749
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan and John Mulligan.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 19 June, 1750
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
A General Synod in Antrim on 18 June, 1751
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Antrim on 16 June, 1752
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 26 June, 1753
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Antrim on 24 June, 1755
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Antrim on 29 June, 1756
Absence excused John Mulligan.
Absent and no excuse from Hugh Mulligan.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 27 June, 1758
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
Monaghan Presbytery installed Mr. Hugh Mulligan at Aghnacloy 13 December, 1757.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 24 June, 1760
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
A General Synod in Londonderry on 30 June, 1761
Resolved, that the committee to whom the affairs of the Synod's fund were committed, should be called upon to give an account of that fund, and Inquiry being made, it was found they had done no business relating to it since the meeting of this Synod. It was therefore agreed that a committee of the following Brethren, to wit, Messre Macomb, Cherry, Gibson, Ferguson, Neilson, and Mulligan, should meet at Mountnorris the 27 December next, to inspect into the state of that fund and make such regulations for strengthening it as to them shall appear necessary.
A General Synod in Antrim on 29 June, 1762
Mr. Macomb informed this Synod that the Committee appointed to meet at Mountnorris to Inspect into the state of the Synods fund did not meet, the appointment was renewed, and the following Brethren to wit Mess'' Cherrie, Gibson, Macomb, King, Ferguson, Neilson, and Mulligan are enjoined to meet at Mountnorris the 21 of July next, and make such regulations for strengthening said fund as to them shall appear necessary.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 28 June, 1763
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
Rev. John Mulligan, minister, present from Dromore Presbytery.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 26 June, 1764
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 27 June, 1769
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 26 June, 1770
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Dungannon on 25 June, 1771
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 30 June, 1772
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod in Lurgan on 29 June, 1773
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
Mr. Caldwell, Moderator, moved that another be chosen to moderate in this Synod. The following brethren were named as a leet, to witness Messre Fullerton, Rankin, Smith, Vance, Milligan, Warnock, White, Wilson, Simms, and Gilbert Kennedy. The Roll was called, and Mr. Kennedy chosen. Mr Rodger a continued clerk.
It appeared Mr Mulligan made a collection for Elizabeth Brakenridge and her disordered sister (daughters of the late Rev Bap: Boyd) and hath given it unto them, and that Messre Jackson, Carson, and Young have likewise made collections and deposited them with Mr Miller, by him to be given to these poor women. The other members of Monaghan Presbytery are enjoined by this Synod to make collections as speedily as possible and transmit them by Mr Mulligan to Elizabeth Brakenridge and her sister.
A General Synod in Antrim on 28 June, 1774
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
A General Synod held in Armagh on 25 June, 1776
Rev. Hugh Mulligan, minister, present from Monaghan Presbytery.
Mr. Henry Jackson, Moderator moved that another be chosen to Moderate in this Synod. The following brethren were named as a leet�Messre Carson, McCleland, Kennedy, Michael Henry Livingstone Osborn, Craford, Bankhead, Neilson, Bryson, Michael Henry, and Mulligan. The Roll called and Mr Mulligan was chosen.
Dromore Presbytery report that Mr. John Mulligan died 4 January 1776 and left only children. Fund to the family of Mr. Mulligan.
[Records of the General Synod of Ulster from 1691 to 1820, Vol. 2, 1721-1777]
A General Synod held at Lurgan on 30 June, 1778
Jas Mulligan, elder, attended the Synod from Dromore Presbytery.
A General Synod held at Lurgan on 29 June, 1779
Dromore Presbytery report that on the fund of the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod held at Dungannon on 26 June, 1781
Rev. Hugh Mulligan attended the Synod from Clogher Presbytery.
Dromore Presbytery report that on the fund of the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod held at Lurgan on 25 June, 1782
John Mulligan, elder attended from the Dromore Presbytery.
Dromore Presbytery report that on the fund of the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod held at Lurgan on 24 June, 1783
Dromore Presbytery report that on the fund of the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod held at Magherafelt on 29 June, 1784
Dromore Presbytery report that on the fund of the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod held at Dungannon on 27 June, 1786
It was reported by the Presbytery of Clogher, Mr. Mulligan died January, 1786, and he left a widow and family.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 26 June, 1787
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 24 June 1788
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to the family of Mr. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 30 June 1789
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 29 June 1790
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 28 June 1791
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 26 June 1792
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 26 June 1792
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 25 June 1793
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 24 June 1794
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 30 June 1795
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 28 June 1796
Armagh Presbytery report that they have entered on first Tryals Mr. John Mulligan.
Clogher Presbytery report on the funds supplied to Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 5 September 1797
No reports from Clogher Presbytery.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 28 June 1798
Armagh Presbytery report that they have licenced Mr. John Mulligan according to Synodical Regulations.
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 25 June 1799
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 24 June 1800
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Lurgan, 30 June 1801
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 29 June 1802
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 28 June 1803
Bangor Presbytery report that on the last Tuesday of November they ordained Mr. John Mulligan in the Congregation of Moria.
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 26 June 1804
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 25 June 1805
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 24 June 1806
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 30 June 1807
Clogher Presbytery report they have on fund Mrs. Mulligan.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 28 June 1808
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
The Rev. Henry, the Moderator, having moved that another Moderator be chosen to this Synod, the following Brethren were named, viz., Messers McCaldin, Caldwell, Blair, Denham, Makay, Dunlop, R. Dill, Thomson, Patterson, Greer, & Mulligan. The Roll was called and Mr. Denham chosen Moderator.
Clogher Presbytery report that Mrs. Mulligan died on the 25 December last (1807)
A General Synod at Cookstown, 26 June 1810
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 25 June 1811
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 30 June 1812
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 29 June 1813
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Cookstown, 28 June 1814
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Belfast, 27 June 1815
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Belfast, 25 June 1816
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A Special Meeting of Synod was held at Cookstown on 5 November, 1816
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Belfast, 24 June, 1817
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A Pro re nata Meeting of Synod, held in Belfast on Wednesday 14 January 1818.
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
A General Synod at Belfast, 30 June, 1818
Dromore Presbytery report that they have examined, previous to their going to College the first time, Alexander Patterson, John Mulligan, Thomas Hay, Robert Little, John Bell, William Murphy, Charles Adams, Robert Phares, George Thompson, John Martin, George Jardine, John Davison, William Hays & John Cavan.
Bangor Presbytery report that they examined Hugh Gamble and James Mulligan, previous to their going to College.
At meeting held Belfast on 29 April, 1818, the Committee appointed by the General Synod of Ulster, to attend the examination of students under their care in the B. A. Institution:
�In Greek�, to Hugh Gamble, John Doherty, George Bellis, John Davison, Robert Kennedy, Georg Thompson, John Martin, John Bell, Thomas May, John Mulligan, John Hutton, George Jardine, Alexander Patterson, James Mulligan, Robert Little, James Cowan, and John Scott Porter.
And the following day on 30 April, 1818:
"In Logic�, to James Cowan, Hugh Gamble, John Doherty, George Bellis, John Davison, Robert Kennedy, George Thompson, John Marcin, John Bell, Thomas May, John Mulligan, John Hutton, George Jardine, Alexander Patterson, James Mulligan, W. Smith, Robert Little, and James Ferguson.
"In Latin�, to Thomas May, Robert Little, John Hutton, John Doherty, John Bell, James Mulligan, Hugh Gamble, William Kay, George Bellis, Alexander Patterson, and John S. Porter.
A General Synod at Belfast on 29 June, 1819
Mr. John Mulligan attended the Synod with other ministers from the Bangor Presbytery.
Dromore Presbytery report that they have received certificates from Alexander Patterson, John Mulligan, Thomas May, Robert Little, John Bell, William Murphy, and William Hay, stating their regular attendance at College, from the 3rd of November until the 1st of May, during the last Session, in the classes of Moral Philosophy, Junior Mathematics, and Greek.
Bangor Presbytery report that they examined William Neilson, and John Byers, previously to their going to College the first time; Hugh Gamble and James Mulligan, after their return the first time; and James Cahoon and Henderson Wightman, after their return the second time; who all attended the full session.
[Records of the General Synod of Ulster from 1691 to 1820, Vol. 3, 1778-1820]
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