Person:John Neill (59)

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From: <BoomerNels@@aol.com> Subject: Neill\Neil - NC to Tenn Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 20:00:10 EDT

Hi, I am a new member, does anyone have information on my line?

NEILL The information on this family cam from research done by Malone Mc Daniel of Jackson, Tennessee and Peggy Neill of Pharr, Texas over many years. One of the legends is that this family was an aristocratic line that was banished from Ireland.

THOMAS NEILL He married Elizabeth. They were Quakers in Gloucester, England as of 1694.

JOHN NEILL Thomas and Elizabeth's son John was born at Inniskillen, County Fermaugh, Ireland. He married on April 3, 1694, Esther Reford (born 1670's), the daughter of Lewis (born 1650's, whom died in County Antrim, Ireland around 1684) and Hannah Reford. They had seven children. Three boys died as infants, and three came to America. He was alive as of 1738 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. Sons John and Lewis settled in 1732 in the Joist Hite settlement (see Glass family) on Opeckon Creek in Frederick Co., Virginia.

John and Esther's children :

1.Rebecca was born May 31, 1695 at Lurgan, Clanbrassil, Ireland, she never left Ireland.

2.Thomas was born May 31, 1697 at Clare, Down, Ireland, he died August 19, 1711.

3.Samuel was born January 17, 1699, at Clare, he died as an infant on June 3, 1700.

4.John was born June 13, 1701, at Clare, he is buried in Frederick Co., Virginia

5.Lewis was born September 22, 1704, at Clare, he is also buried in Frederick.

6.Joseph was born December 26, 1706 at Clare, he died as an infant.

7.William was born April 21, 1711 at Clare, he died in 1797 in Iredell.

WILLIAM NEILL John's probable but not proven son William came to America with his brothers. He settled in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Between 1750 and 1752 his three sons: Andrew, James and William moved from New London Township in Chester Co., Pennsylvania to Iredell Co., (then known as Rowan) North Carolina where they were among the original forty settlers of the Davidson Creek settlement. James' son James mentions serving in his Uncle Colonel Gilbreath Falls regiment during the Revolution. Colonel Falls was killed at the battle of Kings Mountain, North Carolina. From this one could surmise that the Neill brothers may have had a sister who married Gilbreath Falls.

William's children:

1.Andrew was born in Maryland, he was living as of 1750 in New London Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, had issue- Gilbreath md. Martha Kerr, Sarah md. Andrew Falls, Jane md. Andrew Kerr, Esther md. Thomas Allison & James Donelson, William md. Ann Allison & Elizabeth Neill, Rosannah md. William Kerr, Lettice md. Richard Allison.. 2.James 3.William, see below. 4. possibly a daughter who married Gilbreath Falls 5. possibly, Polly who married in 1769, Joshua Cox.

From Mrs. Edwin Constable:

John and Esther (Raford) Neill lived in Tyrine (Tyrone?) County, Ireland. It is not clear if they immigrated. However, their sons John and Lewis settled in Frederick County, VA with the Jost Hite Group in 1732. John and Esther's son William immigrated to Philadelphia in 1730. He is the one that came to Rowan County, NC with sons Andrew, John, James and William. William Sr. was born in 1711.

1. ↑ Yount, Agnes B. - e-mail: alby6@@juno.com.