Hi all, this came through another list, though someone on this list might be able to help her. Sincerely, Helen in Pa. -----Original Message----- From: Connie Beachy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, September 17, 1998 2:21 AM Subject: [MDALLEGA-L] O'Neals and Chaneys >Bob, >Do you have the information on Rebecca Chaney who married William >O'Neale? Rebecca, b. 1776, Washington Co. Md. > >If not, I can mail it to you with an address. >Connie > > >==== MDALLEGA Mailing List ==== >IMPORTANT: For index & search access ALSO post queries at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdallegh/qryform.html > >ListOwner: Carol Askey [email protected] > >

In my younger (and more naive days) I took great pride in my surname O'NEILL. I allied my feelings with the Irish Catholic who left Ireland during the potato famine to seek a better life in America. In researching my ancestry, I learned that my ancestors in fact were in this country prior to the revolutionary war. What pride I felt in learning that I am descended from a patriot! More research has brought me back to earth. My relatives are O'NEILL, O'NEIL, and O'NEAL. The spelling may in fact have been determined by a clerk since not all of my relatives were literate! As a Catholic, I am the exception to the rule since most were Methodist. In fact, at least one may have fought with William of Orange in the Battle of the Boyne. Some were loyalists during the Revolutionary War rather than patriots. I sign my correspondence O'NEILL since that is who I am, and I use the same spelling when I refer to the "clan", but I use the appropriate spelling of an individual when I know it. There is no "correct" or standardized spelling and I see no need for one since there seems to be no real confusion. Even so, this is a fun topic for discussion. (upon re-reading this, I realize that it sounds like I'm pontificating even though I do not mean to do so. Maybe I really am Irish after all!) Richard O'NEILL San Antonio, TX [email protected]

I am looking for ancestor information on James Neel and his son Braxton O'Neal. I do not know where James Neel is from, but his son was born in Alabama. James Neel b. 1762 (father of Baxton O'Neal) d. Feb 15, 1815 m. Elizabeth Unknown Braxton O'Neal b. abt 1796 AL (son of James Neel) d. aft. 1871 m. Dec 1, 1821 Lawrence Co., AL Mary Callie Clark b. 1804 TN Any help would be appreciated. Trisha Carden Madison, TN

Wouldn't work, either. Some don't use the apostrophe; some don't capitalize the "N"; some (descendents) don't even use the "O" ... LOL

How about just using O'N ?

Believe Tacoma Bob (O'Neal) began the reference to O'Nexlx and I, too, believe it to have been an inspiration. The "x" version helps to clarify discussions that are clan-generic in nature vice family specific. Besides, it was a significant departure from our (Tacoma Bob/San Antonio Bob) 2-year-long banter considering the value of the trailing "e." T-Bob and I descend from common stock but the spelling has meandered like the Mississippi. Atta boy, T-Bob ... and Jill, thanks for the support. ... ;o) SA-Bob

Hi, I am writing this to you publicly as you wrote to the list in same fashion. I am not personally willing to use O'Neill exclusively to include all spellings of our common family name and the members who began on their own to use O'Nexxl or a derivative there of did so to include all spellings, relatively. This is a common way to include many variations of a name in gen communities, and is imho, creative. Your comment to the list is noted. You can of course do it however you want, as can everyone else on the list. Everyone gets to use the spelling of O'Neall/O'Neil/Neal/O'Nexxl etc here of their own choosing. Thank you, Jill ---------- : From: Jon & Lori O'Neil <[email protected]> : To: [email protected] : Subject: Re: [ONEALL-L] Up and Running? : Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 5:27 PM : : Jill C. wrote: : > : > Yes, our O'Neall list and most if not all of the others are also up again : > on Rootsweb, who lost their server late last week. : > So.........everybody post away all your O'Nexxl messages, questions, trees, : : Is it just me, or is the O'Nexxxxxxx thing getting a little weird? : Maybe because there is no "x" in the Irish language? : : Maybe we can standardize on a generic "O'Neill" where necessary? : : Please ignore me if I'm ranting . . . : : Jon O'Neil (you can see I've been craving a standardized spelling my : entire life) :

Jill C. wrote: > > Yes, our O'Neall list and most if not all of the others are also up again > on Rootsweb, who lost their server late last week. > So.........everybody post away all your O'Nexxl messages, questions, trees, Is it just me, or is the O'Nexxxxxxx thing getting a little weird? Maybe because there is no "x" in the Irish language? Maybe we can standardize on a generic "O'Neill" where necessary? Please ignore me if I'm ranting . . . Jon O'Neil (you can see I've been craving a standardized spelling my entire life)

Yes, our O'Neall list and most if not all of the others are also up again on Rootsweb, who lost their server late last week. So.........everybody post away all your O'Nexxl messages, questions, trees, etc! Aloha, Jill ---------- : From: James O'Neall <[email protected]> : To: [email protected] : Subject: [ONEALL-L] Up and Running? : Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 5:59 PM : : Hey gang are we up and running on rootsweb as of : yet? : The antrim list just came on so just wondering. : : [email protected] : :

Hey gang are we up and running on rootsweb as of yet? The antrim list just came on so just wondering. [email protected]

To anyone trying to contact me at <[email protected]>, you obviously know that I am not there. My new computer is in shop for 10 days before they can even look at it. I have to compete with all the students at University of Michigan for their time. I am temporarily at my old computer <[email protected]> which is on telephone lines and I avoid using it a lot. Anne O'Neal

For anyone have ancestors in Old Orange/Almance Counties North Carolina, there is the Centenntial History of Alamance Co. on line. Two O'Neals are in the index, JOHN O'NEAL and WILLIAM O'NEAL. Nine chapters and the index are currently online. Very interesting. URL is: http://home.att.net/~mwellis/ Brenda

My great grandfather William was born in 1825. Location is not known. He married Mary " Polly " Slate who was born in Tenn. He died in 1869 in Missouri. He and Poly had children George , Benjamin , Sarah,William L. (my grandfather), Mary , Susan and James. My grandfsather William Lee was born in 1832 and married Mary Susan Chapman in Altus , Oklahoma. He is buried there. Check and see if we click on the same person. Dennis O'Neal <DO'[email protected] Ft.Worth,Texas <[email protected] Dublin, Tx Ranch <[email protected]>

Thanks Emma! That is a good connection for me. Maybe this William Earp is the grandfather of my Mary Earp, married to William O'Neal! Our William married Mary Earp in 1845, so this can't be our William in the Census record. Does anyone have information on a William O'Neal born abt. 1825 in NC (probably Wake/Johnston Counties)? I have census records from 1870 and 1880, but nothing earlier. >Especially for Tamara: one of my cousins sent me this info. >On the 1850 Census page 247, Western Division House #1138, family >1138 Michael O'Neal age 27 white, male, farmer, born NC >Ann O'Neal age 27, white female, born NC >Willie O'Neal , age 6 white , male, born NC >John O'Neal age 4 white, male born NC >On the "Hunting for Bears" list: MICAJAH O'NEAL AND CLARANY >RICHARDSON married Johnston County NC on 01-21-1768 > >On August 3rd, 1778, land records show a Richard Pope enters two >hundred acres of land in Wake County, N side of Little River, Joining >the line of MICAJAH O'NEALS AND WILLIAM EARPS LINE . On Feb 9th 1779, >WILLIAM EARP enters 640 acres of land in Wake County on the N side of >Little River, Joining his own line, MICAJAH O'NEALS AND JOSIAH >CRUDOPE'S lines including EARP'S IMPROVEMENS. > >To the best of my knowledge, Michael was the half brother of my >grandfather, Zack R. O'Neal (Henderson and second wife Nancy Kilner's >child). Let me know if this helps any. >Emma ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Especially for Tamara: one of my cousins sent me this info. On the 1850 Census page 247, Western Division House #1138, family 1138 Michael O'Neal age 27 white, male, farmer, born NC Ann O'Neal age 27, white female, born NC Willie O'Neal , age 6 white , male, born NC John O'Neal age 4 white, male born NC On the "Hunting for Bears" list: MICAJAH O'NEAL AND CLARANY RICHARDSON married Johnston County NC on 01-21-1768 On August 3rd, 1778, land records show a Richard Pope enters two hundred acres of land in Wake County, N side of Little River, Joining the line of MICAJAH O'NEALS AND WILLIAM EARPS LINE . On Feb 9th 1779, WILLIAM EARP enters 640 acres of land in Wake County on the N side of Little River, Joining his own line, MICAJAH O'NEALS AND JOSIAH CRUDOPE'S lines including EARP'S IMPROVEMENS. To the best of my knowledge, Michael was the half brother of my grandfather, Zack R. O'Neal (Henderson and second wife Nancy Kilner's child) . Let me know if this helps any. Emma

Jill, you name it, you got it Rod O'Neal

Since we are on the subject... I have a William O'NEAL, born abt. 1825 in NC, married to Mary EARP. They had children (all in NC): Betsy Ann O'Neal b. 1848 Rufus O'Neal b. 1850 Candis O'Neal b. 1852 Alvis O'Neal b. October 1853 Ellen O'Neal b. 1856 Emma Lee O'Neal, April 6, 1859 Martha O'Neal, abt. 1861 Molly O'Neal, abt. 1862 Katherine O'Neal, abt. 1866 Thomas O'Neal, abt. 1869 Solomon O'Neal, abt. 1873 Peggy Rudd McAndrew has a theory that William is the son of Zachariah O'Neal (based on her census research), but we have found no evidence yet to prove this. Can anyone help? -Tamara ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Dear Gaye, I am an O'Neill living in Sydney Australia. I have lived in Tasmania for a couple of years but haven't met any O'Neills, though I could have a look in the phone book. Any clues? Any information at all. I was brought up in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland & emmigrated to Australia in 1971 - somewhat removed from 1830. Was he a willing immigrant - I suppose he was if he came from British Guyana. The point I'm making is that at that time Tasmania was still (just) a convict state & there are plenty of records available about convict traffic to the Australian colonies. No disrespect intended - you could be classed as a convict for stealing a loaf of bread. Patrick O'Neill

Hi- While going through old notes, etc and updating things on my genealogy database I happened across the following, maybe some of you can use the information. 1880 Indiana Census, Taylor Township/south half, Greene Co. 63 McElroy Samuel 57 Md Farmer PA IRE IRE Martha 57 Wf OH IRE IRE Samuel 22 Son IN PA OH Lucy 21 Dau IN PA OH John W. 13 Son IN PA OH O'Neal Ellen 63 HK PA IRE IRE I found an Ellen McElroy married to Samuel O'Neall (son of Henry Frost and Mary Miles. Maybe the Samuel McElroy in this census is the brother of Ellen? Judy

Jill, I will be glad to help. Please let me know how Terri