Re: Looking for ancestors of Samuel Milliken (Belfast)
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Looking for ancestors of Samuel Milliken (Belfast)
David Byers 2/11/02
Suggest you try the Ulster Family History group at http://www.uhf.org.uk/http://www.uhf.org.uk/.It is a play for pay group.UHFholds its records close to its chest, but it does have records back to this period.
The Scots were almost all Presbyterian by 1650.A lot of them went to Ulster in Ireland about the time that Oliver Cromwell quashed their bid for independence.
Ulster was a partial haven for Protestant dissenters. Your ancestor likely converted from being a Presbyterian to the Church of Ireland.