Parish Name

Hi Douglas,

www.rootsireland.ie/ has 2 baptism records of John Brown in Antrim - 1748 & 1750. It's hard to know whether either of these is William's father and the records cost to view on rootsireland.

There is no record of the marriage of John & Margaret however. The birth record of William is there but not James.

The Tithe Applotments 1823-37 do not include Antrim so no help there!

There are 200 Browns in Antrim in Griffiths Valuation (free to search online)

The Irish censuses (free to search) have 190 Browns in Belfast, Antrim in 1901 and 107 in 1911   

From google: West Irish Browns are descended from a knight named Hugo le Brun & were 1 of the ancient tribes of Galway; Killarney Browns are descended from a later Elizabethan settler.

I couldn't find a relevant tree on ancestry either I'm afraid.

There are no Browns in Antrim in the current Irish phone book.

Col

The church listed in 1766 as Church of England St. Anne's civil, Belfast.

Couuld you advise if this church is still there and what was the demonination then and is it the same now?

Thanks Doug Brown

Hi Doug,

I'm not a Belfast specialist so you'd be better asking them via findmyparish on this site.

I googled it and it says the foundation stone was laid in 1899 so that's not the one you enquired about.

Sorry

Col

St Anne?s parish church from the 1700s has been demolished and replaced by a cathedral, on the same site (which is the building founded in 1899). They built the cathedral around the old church and then knocked it down and removed it. That way they were able to use the old church until the new building was more or less complete. Pictures and further information on this link:

http://www.belfastcathedral.org/

St Anne?s is Church of Ireland (ie Anglican or Church of England).

Brown is a very common name in the Antrim area. (There are 583 in the local phone book) so it will be a bit of a struggle to trace this family.