McNeill Ancestry

Some information contained herein is not 100% verified. Information comes from records and research from other family members as well as my own research. Any and/or all information found here or at any other source should be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence by the researcher.

Alexander McNeill (abt. 1595 - 9/3/1651) (died Battle of Worcester) married Muriel DeEguilles (? - ?) (born Wales)

Hector McNeill (abt. 1637 - ?) married ? MacLeod (? - ?)

children:

- Hector McNeill II
- Alexander McNeill
+ Robert McNeill (1670 - ?)
- Flora McNeill

Robert McNeill (1670 - ?) (born Isle of Barra, England) married Margaret MacLean (? - ?) (born Isle of Mull, England)

children:

+ Robert "Robin" McNeill II (1694 - ?)
- ? McNeill (daughter) married ? McNeill
- ? McNeill (daughter) married Malcolm McDonald

Robert "Robin" McNeill II (1694 - ?) (born Barra, Scotland) married (1) Marian or Ann Gilleas; married (2) Mary Catherine MacKinnon (? - ?) (born Isle of Skye) in abt. 1720

children:

- Katherine McNeill
+ John Thomas McNeill (1724 - 12/1780)
- Alexander McNeill

John Thomas McNeill (1724 - 4/20/1781) (born Scotland; moved to America from Inverness, Scotland about 1751; died Caswell Co., NC) married Ann Tolbert (abt. 1734 - abt. 1820) (born Ireland (?); died Person Co., NC) about 1750

children:

- John McNeill (1761 - 1794)
- Thomas McNeill (? - 1808) (unmarried)
+ Benjamin McNeill (1769-1812)
- Nancy McNeill married William Wilson Vermillion in Russell Co., VA
- Elizabeth McNeill
- Patsy Hubbard McNeill
- Lois McNeill

Benjamin McNeill (4/20/1781-12/13/1812) (born St. Georges Parish, VA; died in Jackson Co., TN) married Elizabeth Moore (1771 - 4/1856) (born Caswell Co., NC; died Sumner Co., TN) on December 17, 1787

children:

- Mary "Polly" McNeill (5/10/1792 - 6/23/1874) married Ruffin Key (3/19/1791 - 1/7/1883) on 8/16/1815
+ John McNeill (2/26/1793 - 6/3/1876)
- Elizabeth "Betsy" McNeill (1794 - ?) married David Starns on 2/7/1820
- Nancy McNeill
- Harry/Henry McNeill
- Wesley McNeill
- William McNeill
- Joseph McNeill (1/9/1810 - 12/29/1890) married Malvina C. Workings (12/30/1822 - 3/29/1877) on 8/14/1843, Sumner Co., TN

John McNeill (2/26/1793 - 6/3/1876) (born Person Co., NC; died Sumner Co., TN) married Henrietta Brown Jones (1/8/1810 - 12/16/1891) on 11/28/1831 in Sumner County, Tennessee

children:

+ Sarah Nancy McNeill (2/14/1833 - 2/1/1884)
- Joseph B. McNeill (3/8/1835 - 8/24/1920) married (1) Mahala Jane "Jennie" Key (2/20/1837 - 7/11/1859) in 12/20/1855; married (2) Sarah Catherine "Kate" McNeely (1844 - 1910) on 10/18/1866
- Elizabeth A. McNeill (1841 - ?) married Benjamin H. Hargrave

Sarah Nancy McNeill (2/14/1833 - 2/1/1884) married Edmund Alexander Ramsey (2/1/1822 - 3/19/1899) on 12/20/1849 in Sumner County, Tennessee

NOTE: John McNeill was the owner of McNeill Farms in Gallatin, Tennessee.

 Elizabeth Moore was the daughter of Patrick Moore (? - ?) and Miss Evans (? - ?). He was from Ireland. Miss Evans (don't have first name) was from Wales.

MCNEILL FAMILY GENEALOGY LINKS

McNeill Family Genealogy Forum

McNeill at Rootsweb

MacNeill Family Homepage

Descendants of Thomas McNeill and Mary Hughes

Ancestors of Thomas Benjamin McNeill

The Descendants of John McNeill and Margaret Simpson

The Descendants of Kenneth McNeill and Ann MacKinnon

McNeil Scottish Clan Association

Will of James McNeil

Anna Margerette McNeil

The McNeil Family

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