1740 Protestant Householders' Returns for North Antrim

In 1740 a list of Protestant Householders was compiled for Ireland. Within Ulster transcripts of  names and places are available for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. The transcripts are arranged by county, barony and parish. As far as I know, townlands are not given except for the baronies of Keenaght and North West Liberties in County Londonderry.

I think that the persons who compiled this information were the Hearth Tax collectors. This was in contrast to the later 1766 Religious Census which was compiled by the local rectors. Because the compilers of the 1740 returns were tax collectors the areas surviving for a county reflected the "Walks" which they followed. For example in County Antrim the Dunluce Walk covered the baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway as well as the baronies of Coleraine and North East Liberties in the adjoining county of Londonderry.

Below you will find a database of names listed in the 1740 Protestant Householders' Returns for the parishes in the baronies of Cary, Dunluce Lower and Upper, and Kilconway in North Antrim. Note that in the database there is a column which lists the exact spelling of each surname recorded in the returns and a column with a standardised spelling selected by me. Incidentally, you may not agree with some of my standardised spellings. Feel free to make up your own mind.

Note that the entries within the Excel version of the database are presented in the order in which they occur within the source. There is also a separate sheet in the Excel file where the entries are sorted by standardised surname, barony and parish. The entries in the PDF version are arranged alphabetically by standardised surname, barony and parish.
 

1740 Protestant Householders' Returns for the Baronies of Cary, Dunluce and Kilconway in North Antrim

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