Samuel Edgar (1767 - abt. 1826)

Born 1767 in Gilford, Tullylish, County Down, Ireland

Husband of Elizabeth (McKee) Edgar — married 15 Jan 1794 in Boardmills, Killaney, County Down, Ireland

Descendants

Died about 17 Oct 1826 at about age 59 in Magheradrool, County Down, Ireland

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Biography

Samuel was born about 1767. His father was an elder in the Gilford congregation. For some time as a child he lived with his Uncle the Rev Samuel Edgar of Loughageny. He was a Reverend living in Ballynahinch when he married Elizabeth, who was a cousin and eldest daughter of Hugh McKee and Ann Warnock. He was the minister of Second Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church for 33 years (1793-1826) and on his death on the 17th October 1826 aged 59, the congregation asked for his son David, who was at that time training to be a minister, to be his successor, and three years after his fathers death the Rev David Edgar became the minister of Second Ballynahinch Presbyterian Church. The Rev Samuel Edgar owned and lived on a farm in Magheraknock just outside of Ballynahinch, it was here that the famous Rev Dr John Edgar was born.

Sources

• Marriage: "Killaney, County Down, Ireland Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BT-HS72-2 : April 19, 2022), image 96 of 729; Mettam, Z. (Zara K.), Stewart, David.
• Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=2&place=260450&rmsId=TH-909-53157-26668-43&imageIndex=536&singleView=true
• https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/849666/48
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58850764/samuel-edgar