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2 unusual facts about Samuel Haliday


Samuel Haliday

He was son of the Rev. Samuel Haliday (or Hollyday) (1637–1724), who was ordained presbyterian minister of Convoy, County Donegal, in 1664; then moved to Omagh in 1677; left for Scotland in 1689, where he was successively minister of Dunscore, Drysdale, and New North Church, Edinburgh; and returning to Ireland in 1692, became minister of Ardstraw, where he continued till his death.

He now became chaplain to the Cameronian regiment, serving under the Duke of Marlborough in Flanders.



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