HOME

Family

   Neill "Little Neill" McNeill and wife Catherine __?__
Chart No:
lnm
 _________
LINKS:
Signature
Homesite
History
Associated Grants/Deeds:
1742 - Royal Grant to Neill McNeill, 200A of Tranthams Creek, Cumberland Co., NC;
1753 - Royal Grant to Neill McNeill, 100A on Tranthams Creek near Archd McNeill, Bladen Co., NC;
1761 - Neill and wife Catherine McNeill to Hector McNeill et al., a 1A for meeting house on river, Cumberland Co., NC;
1784 - John McNeill (Bluff) to John McNeill Jr., lands he inherited from "Little Neill" McNeill, Cumberland Co. NC;

Sources:
• 1762 will of Neill McNeill, Cumberland Co., NC;
• Research of Donald McNeill;
• Map of McKeithan lands by Malcolm Fowler, c.1975, showing lands of Neill McNeill and Roger McNeill Meeting House on Tranthams Creek at Cape Fear River;
• Cumberland Count deeds;
HUSBAND

  Neill McNeill, aka "Little Neill" McNeill; had a brother John McNeill

Birth – Place Scotland?
Chr – Place –
Death Between March 1762 and August 1766 Place Cumberland Co., NC
Burial – Place Cumberland Co., NC
Father – Mother –
Marriage – Place –
Other spouses – Marriage –
WIFE   Catherine __?__
Birth – Place –
Chr – Place –
Death after March 1762 Place Cumberland Co., NC
Burial – Place Cumberland Co., NC
Father – Mother –
Other spouses – Marriage –

Notes: "Little Neill" McNeill and his wife Catherine gave the one acre for the original Roger's Meeting House on his land on the west side of CFR in 1761. The deed for this transaction calls for the agreement of Little Neill's wife Catherine to co-sign for the sale of the one acre to the reps of the meeting house. So, was this one acre part of land she brought into their marriage? The land had been patented by Walker in 1742 and he sold it to Trantham in 1748 who sold it to Little Neill—was Catherine a Trantham? No children have been attributed to this couple. According to his will "Little Neill" a brother named John McNeill (who had a daughter Isabel) and a sister named Marron. Malcolm Fowler claimed "Little Neill" was with the Argyll Colony of 1739 but I can find no deed information that would hint he was in North Carolina that early and pre-1745 grants do not identify him. More research needs to be done to identify more fully this Neill McNeill.
Children Birth Death Spouse Cht #
1. Children?
?
?
?
lnm1