Hello   I have a Neel/Neal line from County Down, Ireland.  I don't know if they were Quakers but have wondered.  I can go back to George B. Neel born 1725 County Down, Ireland.  They were in Georgia by 1758, which is where my 5th great grandfather was born.  Thanks Terry ________________________________ From: "quaker-roots-request@rootsweb.com" <quaker-roots-request@rootsweb.com> To: quaker-roots@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:00 AM Subject: QUAKER-ROOTS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 20 Today's Topics:   1. Meeting in Cavan in 1656 (Bob Neal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:17:21 -0600 From: Bob Neal <RHNeal@comcast.net> Subject: [Q-R] Meeting in Cavan in 1656 To: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <F72920F1-9C67-47F7-84C0-4B2FCC339495@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii My sixth great-grandfather William Neill is mentioned in a family history. However I not been able to find out any more information about him. Here's the quote from William Jolliff's book : Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Joliff Family of Virginia: Also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's and other cognate families "The first Friends' Meeting organized in Ireland was held at William Edmundson's house in Lurgan, in the year 1654. This William Edmundson was a native of Westmoreland, England, and had been a captain in Cromwell's army, by whom he was settled in Ireland on dispossessed lands. Another meeting was begun at Cavan in 1655, and to this meeting a William O'Neill joined himself in 1656. Dropping the " O" from his name, he ever afterwards wrote himself as " William Neill." Sewell speaks of him as William Neill." I've also look thru Sewell's book online but not found this supposed reference.  Anyone have information on the Cavan meetings? Bob Neal ------------------------------ To contact the QUAKER-ROOTS list administrator, send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the QUAKER-ROOTS mailing list, send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUAKER-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of QUAKER-ROOTS Digest, Vol 7, Issue 20 *******************************************