MACOSQUIN CIVIL PARISH
| County: | Londonderry |
| Barony: | Coleraine |
| Diocese: | Derry |
| Poor Law Union: | Coleraine |
| Probate District: | Londonderry |
| Area: | 17,812 acres |
| Population in 1831: | 6,639 |
| Topography: | This fertile parish, two miles southwest of the town of Coleraine, is bounded by the mountains of north Derry in the west and by the River Bann in the east. |
| Landowners in 1837: | This parish was chiefly owned by the Richardson family who had purchased it from the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Small portions were also the property of the Clothworkers’ and Ironmongers’ Companies. |
| RECORD SOURCES | |
|---|---|
| Tithe: | 1830 |
| Griffith’s Valuation: | 1859 |
| Census: | 1663 (Hearth Rolls), 1740 (Protestant Householders), 1796 (Flax Lists), 1831 and 1901. |
| CHURCH REGISTERS | |
| Church of Ireland: | Camus-Juxta-Bann (Macosquin) – Pre-1870 none. |
| Presbyterian: | Crossgar – Baptisms from 1839. United with Aghadowey in 1970. Dromore – United with Drumreagh in 1973. Macosquin – Baptisms 1823-1845, 1860 and from 1867. |
| Roman Catholic: | Coleraine – Baptisms from 1843 |
| Reformed Presbyterian: | Ballylagan |
| GRAVEYARDS AND TOWNLANDS WHERE FOUND IN 1859: | |
| Camus | |
| Presbyterian: | Crossgar |
| Reformed Presbyterian: | Ballylagan |
| TOP TEN SURNAMES IN 1859 (in descending order): | |
| 1= Black and Kennedy; 3 Moore; 4= Campbell and Smith; 6 Bennett; 7 Henry; 8= Blake, McLoughlin and Tannahill | |