Lurgan Ancestry ~ Lurgan Timeline 1700

Lurgan Timeline 1700 - 1799

Year	Event
1700	The Landlord Estates
1700	Madame Beaversham, heiress of William Brownlow dies and is buried at Shankill graveyard
1700	Seagoe Parish
1705	The legend of Margorie McCall. The woman who lived once and was buried twice. She was buried in Shankill Graveyard
1711	Arthur Brownlow dies and is buried in Shankill graveyard
1712	William Edmundson dies and is buried at Shankill graveyard.
1718	Lease granted to Presbyterians, to build a church in Lurgan
1718	Shankill Vestry agree to build a new parish church in Lurgan centre. The church was built on a part which was known as "The Green"
1725	The new parish church is consecrated.
1730	Rev. James Fleming, Presbyterian minister died.
1736	Quaker meeting house built at Moyallen
1740	Lurgan and surrounding areas become involved in the Linen industry.
1742	The Lough Neagh to Newry canal opens
1744	A clock is ordered for the parish church.
1748	James McCabe Clockmaker is born in Lurgan.
1754	The bridge over river Bann in Portadown is swept away.
1756	John Wesley preached in Lurgan
1762	Michael Obins successfully petitions House of Commons for Linen market
1762	Portadown ~ Landing Place of the Ferry
1765	The Montiaghs are formed
1765	Ardmore church is built close to the shores of Lough Neagh
1767	Approx. 30,000 Orangemen paraded at Lurgan
1767	Rev Arthur Forde, Rector of Shankill Parish dies.
1771	John Wesley visits Lurgan once again.
1772	The Battle of Gilford Castle
1774	Shankill Vestry decides that beggars in Lurgan should have to wear badges.
1775	Approx. 450 people listed at Lurgan Church.
1778	Lurgan's first Methodist Church opens
1781	Lurgan ratepayers are listed in the Shankill Vestry book.
1783	Ardmore Church is blown down in a storm in November.
1785	Ardmore church is built on the present site.
1787	Three members of Lurgan Volunteer Company killed in Tullylish.
1789	The Peep O Day Boys Attacked Drumcree Church
1793	New clock ordered for Lurgan Church.
1795	The Battle of the Diamond.
1795	The Orange Order is Founded.

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