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Title: "Shoemaker John" McNeill & Mary Peterson

Chart No: 2

Sources: 1790 will of Mary Peterson McNeill; newspaper article from Ruth McArthur of Wilmington, NC about her relative, Walter A. McNeill of Hoke County, NC, his ancestors and their family's Bladen County; Research of Ruth McArthur; A second copy of Mary McNeill's 1790 will found by Ruth McArthur in her McNeill grandmother's possessions; 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; 1878 will of Neill T. McNeill.

HUSBAND

"Shoemaker John" McNeill

Note: "Shoemaker John" was brother of "Sailor Hector" McNeill, both sons of Neill McNeill who emigrated circa 1740, and who likely was part of 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.
Birth

before 1740

Place

Scotland

Chr

Place

Death

before July 1790

Place

Robeson or Bladen County, NC

Burial

Place

probably the Neill McNeill burial ground in today's Hoke Co., NC

Father

Neill McNeill (Argyll Colonist?)

Mother

unknown

Marriage

Place

#2 spouse

info

WIFE

Mary Peterson

Notes: See Mary's will of 1790
Birth
Place
unknown
Chr
Place
Death
after July 1790
Place
Robeson Co., NC
Burial
Place
probably the Neill McNeill burial ground in today's Hoke Co., NC
Father
unknown
Mother
unknown
#2 spouse
info
CHILDREN
Birth
Death
Spouse
Chart #
1. Marian McNeill
1755-60
1819
Daniel McPherson
2a
2. Neill McNeill
1750-65?
1831
Flora ______
2b
3. Daniel McNeill
1765-80?
alive 1803
To Richmond Co. NC
2c
4. Janet (or Jennet) McNeill
minor in 1790
?alive 1797?
______ Paterson?
2d
5. Catherine McNeill
minor in 1790
?
No information
2e