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   "Shoemaker John" McNeill & Mary Peterson
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(No deeds or grants have been attributed to "Shoemaker John" at present.)

Sources:
• "Some of the Descendants of Sailor Hector McNeill" by James Roberts, 1980;
• 1790 will of Mary Peterson McNeill;
• A second copy of Mary McNeill's 1790 will found by Ruth McArthur in her McNeill grandmother's possessions;
• Newspaper article from Ruth McArthur of Wilmington, NC about her relative, Walter A. McNeill of Hoke County, NC;
• Research of Ruth McArthur;
• NC land grant dated 1768;
• Bladen County Abstracts of Early Deeds, 1738-1804 by Holcomb;
• Various McNeill and McPherson estates records and deeds from NC Dept. of Archives and History.
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  "Shoemaker John" McNeill

Birth c.1730-40 Place Scotland
Chr – Place –
Death Before July 1790 Place Bladen/Robeson County , NC
Burial – Place probably the Neill McNeill burial ground in today's Hoke Co., NC
Father Neill McNeill on Jobs Branch Mother unknown
Marriage – Place –
Other spouses – Marriage –
WIFE   Mary Peterson
Birth c.1735 Place probably Scotland
Chr – Place –
Death after July 1790 Place Robeson County , NC
Burial – Place probably McNeill cemetery in Red Springs, NC
Father unknown Mother unknown
Other spouses – Marriage –

Notes: "Shoemaker John" was brother of "Sailor Hector" McNeill, both sons of Neill McNeill who is said to have to have emigrated in 1740 and if so likely was with the Argyll Colony. Shoemaker John is not found in any records, but there is a John McNeill in the early Bladen tax lists, but he cannot be positively identified as "Shoemaker John" himself. Mary's will was written in July 1790 bequeathing lands to her sons Neill and Daniel, so it is possible that Shoemaker John died intestate.
Children Birth Death Spouse Cht #
1. Marian McNeill
c.1755-60
1819
Daniel McPherson, c.1774
2. Neill McNeill
c. 1750-65
Flora (Riddle?)
3. Daniel McNeill
1765-80
Moved to Richmond Co., NC
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4. Janet McNeill
1769-1790
?
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5. Catherine McNeill
1769-1790
?
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