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Rev Samuel Edgar

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Rev Samuel Edgar

Birth
Northern Ireland
Death
Nov 1826 (aged 58–59)
Northern Ireland
Burial
Killaney, County Down, Northern Ireland Add to Map
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EDGAR, Here lies in the grave of his father and mother the Rev Dr Edgar, Minister of Ballynahinch and professor of divinity to the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland. He died November 1826 in the 59th year of his age and the 33rd of his Ministry. Also his wife Elizabeth who departed this life 9th January 1839, aged 68 years.

Rev Samuel Edgar M.A. D.D. The Rev Dr Samuel Edgar was born in Gilford, Co Down, in 1767. His father was an elder in the Gilford congregation. For sometime as a child he lived with his Uncle the Rev Samuel Edgar of Loughageny. He married Elizabeth McKee (1771-1839) on the 15th January 1794. 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.
EDGAR, Here lies in the grave of his father and mother the Rev Dr Edgar, Minister of Ballynahinch and professor of divinity to the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland. He died November 1826 in the 59th year of his age and the 33rd of his Ministry. Also his wife Elizabeth who departed this life 9th January 1839, aged 68 years.

Rev Samuel Edgar M.A. D.D. The Rev Dr Samuel Edgar was born in Gilford, Co Down, in 1767. His father was an elder in the Gilford congregation. For sometime as a child he lived with his Uncle the Rev Samuel Edgar of Loughageny. He married Elizabeth McKee (1771-1839) on the 15th January 1794. 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.

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