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The Religious Society of Friends
The History of
BALLYHAGAN and RICHHILL MEETINGS
1654 - 1793 - 2004
BALLYHAGAN and RICHHILL MEETINGS
1654 - 1793 - 2004
Compiled by George R. Chapman
Issued by Richhill Preparative Meeting
with the support of the following committee
with the support of the following committee
COMMITTEE:
| Howard E. Allen | Allen H. Pearson (Convenor) |
| Catherine M. Loney | David R.W. Peile |
| Brian A. McDonagh | Muriel E. Peile |
| Doreen M. McDonagh | Everett V.B. Wilson (Deceased 1979) |
ENQUIRIES TO
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
IRISH STREET
RICHHILL
Co. ARMAGH
NORTHERN IRELAND
Published 1979
printed by TYRONE PUBLISHING CO. LTD., Georges Street, Dungannon.
Second Edition Edited by Thomas Stothers
Published 2005
printed by Instantprint, Armagh Tel: 028 3852 4900.
Impression of the Quaker Meeting House, Ballyhagan, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland by Brian A. McDonagh
| CONTENTS | |
| INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION and FOREWARD | |
| PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |
| THE AUTHOR | |
| Chapter 1 | How Quakerism came to Ireland |
| BEGINNINGS 1654 | |
| EDMONDSON'S ENCOUNTER WITH FOX | |
| THE CALL TO PIONEER | |
| Chapter 2 | Ballyhagan Meeting Early Days |
| BALLYHAGAN MEETING HOUSE | |
| FOX'S REVOLUTIONARY GOSPEL | |
| GEORGE FOX'S VISIT TO IRELAND 1669 | |
| OPPOSITION TO PAYMENT OF TITHES | |
| MONEY OR MONIE BURIAL GROUND | |
| Chapter 3 | Civil War 1689/1690 - Its effects on Ballyhagan Friends |
| A letter to Anthony Sharp, Dublin, from Two Friends of Ballyhagan Meeting Dated Ballyhagan the 4th of 6th Month, 1690. | |
| A letter to Anthony Sharp and Amos Strettell from four Friends from the Meeting at Ballyhagan dated 12th month, 1690. | |
| AFTERMATH OF CIVIL WAR | |
| Chapter 4 | Life in Rural Ireland - 1716 - 1740 |
| THE WILL BOOK OF BALLYHAGAN MEETING 1716-1740 | |
| FURNITURE | |
| THE HEARTH | |
| VESSELS AND CONTAINERS | |
| AGRICULTURE | |
| CRAFT WORK | |
| GENERAL OBSERVATIONS | |
| DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN RURAL LIFE | |
| Chapter 5 | Visiting Friends |
| FRIENDS TRAVELLING IN THE MINISTRY | |
| THE NAMES OF FRIENDS IN UNITY BELONGING TO BALLYHAGAN MEETING 1779 WHO WERE VISITED | |
| THE NAMES OF FRIENDS NOT IN UNITY BELONGING TO BALLYHAGAN MEETING 1779 WHO WERE VISITED | |
| Chapter 6 | Emigration to the New World |
| FRIENDS WHO EMIGRATED FROM BALLYHAGAN MEETING TO PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN YEARS 1682 - 1750 | |
| Chapter 7 | Transfer of the Meeting to Richhil |
| RECORDS OF ULSTER QUARTERLY MEETING | |
| SITE OFFERED AT RICHHILL | |
| THE SACHEVERELL FAMILY | |
| THE MEETING HOUSE LEASE | |
| THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD | |
| JOHN WESLEY'S VISIT TO RICHHILL | |
| THE MYTH OF THE MURDERED QUAKER | |
| Chapter 8 | The nineteenth Century |
| THE 1859 REVIVAL | |
| EDUCATION | |
| COMMENCEMENT OF LIBRARY | |
| JONATHAN BINNS ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT IN 1837 | |
| ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT | |
| SITE FOR ADDITIONAL MEETING DISCUSSED | |
| MARRIAGE | |
| BROOKFIELD SCHOOL 1836-1922 | |
| DISCIPLINARY ACTION | |
| Chapter 9 | Reminiscences about some Friends in the Meeting |
| R. ERNEST LAMB, 1887 - 1973 | |
| Chapter 10 | Developments since 1900 and the way ahead |
| RICHHILL PREPARATIVE MEETING | |
| GRANGE AND RICHHILL MONTHLY MEETING | |
| WOMEN'S MEETING | |
| SUNDAY SCHOOL | |
| REPAIRS TO MEETING HOUSE AND GROUNDS | |
| FAMILY SUNDAY | |
| CONCLUSION | |
| Chapter 11 | The Last 25 years |
| PREMISES | |
| 350th ANNIVERSARY | |
| THE BLACKBURN ASSOCIATION | |
| QUAKER TRAIL DAYS | |
| RESEARCH | |
| LIBRARY BY ALLEN PEARSON | |
| LIST OF BORROWERS 1822-1824 | |
| WEB SITES | |
| WWW.BLACKBURN-TREE.ORG | |
| WWW.SINTON-FAMILY-TREES.COM | |
| APPENDICES | EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES BALLYHAGAN MENS MEETING FROM YEARS 1707-1793 |
| EXTRACTS FROM TREASURER'S BOOK BALLYHAGAN MEETING | |
| THE TESTIMONY OF BALLYHAGAN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S MEETING CONCERNING MARY WETHERALD | |
| DETAILS OF REPAIRS AND ADDITIONS TO MEETING HOUSE AND GROUNDS OVER THE YEARS | |
| MEMBERSHIP OF RICHHILL MEETING 1779 (Ballyhagan) | |
| CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF QUAKER INTEREST | |
| CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF RICHHILL AND ULSTER INTEREST | |
| INVITATION FROM RICHHILL PREPARATIVE MEETING 1/8/1979 | |
| FRONT COVER | |
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