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.
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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