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Title: Members of the business community in Belfast

Date: 1798

Description: This database is based on an article by Dr George Chambers, titled 'Divided loyalties in the Business Community of Belfast in 1798', that appeared in Familia: Ulster Genealogical Review, no. 10 (1994).

The author identified a handbill in the Getty Papers in PRONI (D3695) which contained a list of 153 names (two of which appear to be duplicates) of the inhabitants of Belfast supporting an appeal by General Nugent for the recovery of six brass cannons in May 1798. This was on the eve of the outbreak of the rebellion in Ulster.

For 105 of the 151 signatories, Dr Chambers provided brief biographical sketches, which are also include in this database. The signatories included many of the leading merchants and businessmen in Belfast at this time.

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Francis
Turnly
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Robert
Thomson
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William
Tucker
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William
Thompson
senior
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William
Thompson
junior
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James
Radcliffe
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Robert
Bailie
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John
Haslett
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Francis
Jordan
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George
Bamber
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William
Galt
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George
Lepper
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H.
Welsh
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William
Anderson
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John
Gray
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Hugh
Johnson
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Alexander
Stewart
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Paul
Kelso
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George
Wells
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Robert
Getty
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John
Campbell
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Christopher
Strong
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Henry
Boyle
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John
Thomson.
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Alexander
Orr
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William
Bell
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Andrew
Pinkerton
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Samuel
McMain
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John
Shaw
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Samuel
Gibson
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Robert
Callwell
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William
Magee
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Nicholas
Grimshaw
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Edward
Bate
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Robert Watt
McClure
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John Galt
Smith
junior
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Thomas
Whinnery
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Hugh
Crawford
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Robert
Davis
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John
Stevenson
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John
Luke
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Saml.
Wilson
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Robert
Wilson
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John
Macartney
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William
Stevenson
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William
Milford
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John
Milford
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William
Bruce
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Henry
Joy
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Pat.
Kean
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John
Holmes
junior
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David
Tomb
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Cunningham
Greg
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Richard
McClelland
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John Galt
Smith
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John
Ewing
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John
Clarke
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Matt.
Bellew
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James
Stevenson
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James
Ferguson
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Hu.
Hyndman
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Robert
Jameson
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John
Holmes
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John S.
Ferguson
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William
Batt
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James
Williamson
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Bartho.
Fuller
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Narcissus
Batt
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E.
Meadows
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R.
Staples
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A.
Gordon
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Samuel
McClean
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Stewart
Banks
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Robert
Hyndman
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John
Hamilton
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Francis
Hamilton
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William
Seed
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James
Grogan
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John
Sloan
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James
Luke
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George
Leslie
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Henry
Leslie
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Thomas
Gihon
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William
Maphett
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Val.
Jones
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William
Hendren
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Ez. D.
Boyd
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James
Hunter
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Robert
Patterson
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Andrew
McClean
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Samuel
Brown
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Robert
Gihon
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Robert
Scott
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Edward
Bristow
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Edward
Bristow
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George
Dunbar
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Robert
Linn
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William
Anderson
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James
Hamill
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John
Cunningham
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Andrew
Thomson
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Adam
McClean
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Thomas
Lyle
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John
Kennedy
junior
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Francis
Davis
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Robert
Gemmill
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Thomas
Cavan
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Gilbert
McIlveen
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Thomas
Sinclaire
junior
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Robert
Greenlaw
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Alexander
Blackwell
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Rev.
P
Vance
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William
Johnson
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James
Bailie
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John
Emerson
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Thomas
Hughes
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George
Langtry
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Andrew
Browne
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William
McClure
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James
Johnston
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William
Wilson
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James
Suffern
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William
Stewart
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Samuel
Hessin
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Archibald
Bankhead
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Thomas
McDonnell
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James
Mason
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Adam
Hill
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Alex.
Hill
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Robert
Hodgson
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John
Tillington
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James
Pinkerton
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John
Erskine
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David
Mollyneaux
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Matthew
Steele
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James
Kirker
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John
Sedgwick
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Hugh
Graham
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William H.
Rusk
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Robert
Herdman
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William
Mawhinney
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Thomas
Scott
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Hugh Wilson
Dobbin
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Willian
Henderson
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Robert
McHinch
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William
Martin
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Hugh
Graham
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William
McClean
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James
McMaster
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John
Getty
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Edward
McCormick
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