Tisdall, Rev William.1706-1736.
William Tisdall was born in Dublin and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a Fellow. It is said that he and Jonathan Swift quarreled because of Stella. He was Vicar of Skerry and Racavan and of Antrim. In 1712 he became Vicar of Belfast. He witnessed Swift's will. For his defence of traditional Christian doctrines he was denounced by James Kirkpatrick (c.1676-1743), an Irish Presbyterian minister, who played a leading role in the development of non-subscription and the creation of the Presbytery of Antrim as a liberal body separate from the Synod of Ulster. Kirkpatrick was the first minister in Belfast to argue for the principles of non-subscription.
