History 3

First & Second Markethill Presbyterian Church

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First Markethill

Ministers Name	Date Installed at Markethill	Date of Resignation	Reason

Archibald Maclaine	1698	20th July 1734	Death
George Ferguson	10th March 1741	Retired 1780	Died 6th June 1782
Samuel Sloane	18th June 1780	15th March 1793	Death
William Charlton	19th March 1794	15th June 1808	Deposed
Paul Boreland	26th September 1809	Retired 1828	Died 15th July 1831
John Fisher	23rd June 1823	25th March 1842	Deposed
Alexander G. Ross	5th February 1843	24th February 1858	Death
Hillis Kyle	29th September 1858	24th November 1860	Death
George Nesbitt	29th May 1861	7th February 1886	Death
Henry W. Morrow	30th June 1886	16th November 1904	Installed in 2nd Omagh
Hugh H. Moore	25th January 1905	1st November 1919	Retired to make way for union of 1st and 2nd.

Second Markethill

Ministers Name	Date Installed at Markethill	Date of Resignation	Reason

David Arrott	22nd June 1749	16th November 1807	Death
David Moore	22nd July1808	December 1818	Death
Robert Morrison	1st September 1819	31st August 1860	Death
Robert Mitchell	26th June 1861	29th August 1882	Installed in Leckpatrick
Hugh McFarlane	27th March 1883	11th February 1910	Death
William J. McConnell	18th May 1910	1st November 1919	Inducted into the united congregation of 1st and 2nd Markethill

First and Second Markethill

Ministers Name	Date Installed at Markethill	Date of Resignation	Reason

William J. McConnell	1st November 1919	Retired 15th June 1925	Died 15th February 1956
Thomas H. Witherow	3rd February 1926	Retired 30th April 1963	Died 1st September 1989
John H. Rankin	18th September 1963	Retired 1st November 1988	Died 27th November 1993
Robert I. A. Allely	16th March 1990	1997	Installed in Dungannon
Daniel Rankin	8th May1998	21st January 2009	Installed in Strand, East Belfast
David J. Irvine	8th January 2010

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