The ministry is undoubtedly the social group that has been best covered in the historiography of Ulster Presbyterianism. The ministers who served in the period 1640 to 1690 have been surveyed by Barry Vann, and those from 1690 to the end of the nineteenth century by Kevin Conway, while J. M. Barkley has provided a brief sociological description of the ministers in eighteenth-century Ireland, and K. D. Brown has concentrated on ministers who operated in the nineteenth century. The purpose of this chapter is to construct a prosopographical and analytical portrait of the ministers who were active in the province of Ulster during the period 1680 to 1729. As such, it will focus on the ministry as a whole rather than a few exceptional individuals. It will consider the ministers' origins in terms of geographical, social and academic background, as well as their role within the church, how they obtained and spent their income, and their status within the community. The intention is to produce an overview of the main characteristics and features of the Presbyterian ministry of Ulster in the period 1680–1729, and also to make progress towards obtaining answers to such vital questions as the precise connexion of Ulster Presbyterianism with Scotland and the degree to which the Presbyterian ministry had a corporate identity and role within late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Ulster society.