Our Neely Descendants (Ireland)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generation 1

 

 

1  Henry Neely (b. abt 1694 North Ireland) married Elizabeth ? (b. abt. 1694 Ireland). They immigrated to
    York Co., SC. sometime in the early 1700s.

 

Children of Henry Neely and Elizabeth ?:

 

                2    i                John   b. 1722  Ireland

                2   ii                Thomas   b. 1724  Ireland

                2  iii                Samuel   b. 1726  Ireland

                2  iv                James   b. 1729  Ireland

2   v                William   b. 1730   Ireland (twin to Robert) d. 1780

2  vi                Robert   b. 1730  (twin to William

                2 vii                Isaac   b. ? 

                2viii                Margaret   b. 1736

               

 

Generation 2

 

 

2 v  William Neely (Henry 1 Neely) married Margaret Patterson (b. May 25, 1737 Lancaster, PA  d. 1782
        Neely’s Bend, TN (near Nashville).

       *Note: WILLIAM NEELYsupposedly came over to the US on a flatboat from Tyrone Co., Ireland with
        his brother ISAAC NEELY and a man named DONELSON.  (DONELSON’s daughter eventually married
        ANDREW JACKSON).

 

Children of William Neely and Margaret Patterson:

               

                3    i             Jean   b. 1755

                3   ii             Elizabeth   b. 1757

                3  iii             Isaac   b. 1759

                3  iv             Mary   b. 1761 (Captured by Indians in raid, Fall 1780, carried to Michigan.  For more
                                     information, see Footnote 2.

                3   v            Martha   b. 1764

                3                 William   b. 1766

                3 vii            Samuel   b. 1769  Mecklenburg, NC  d. Sep. 9, 1802-03

                3viii            Margaret   b. 1772

                3  ix            John   b. 1774  d. Oct. 1783 Chester Co., SC

                3   x            Jane   b. 1776

 

 

2 iii  Samuel Neely (Henry 1 Neely) married 1. Sarah ?

 

2 iii  Samuel Neely (Henry 1 Neely) married 2. Sarah Ferguson (b. abt. 1731  NC  d.
        Dec. 28, 1806  Chester, SC)

 

 

2 iv  James Neely (Henry 1 Neely) married Martha ?

 

Generation 3

 

 

3 iii  Isaac Neely (William 2 Neely) married Ann Coppedge.

 

                Children of Isaac Neely and Ann Coppedge:

 

                4    i                Isaac, Jr.

 

 

3 ix  John Neely (William 2 Neely) married Elizabeth ?.

 

 

Generation 4

 

 

4 i  Issac Neely, Jr. (Issac 3 Neely) married Rutha Brown.

 

                Children of Issac Neely, Jr. and Rutha Brown:

 

                5   i                William H.   b. 1815

 

 

Generation 5

 

 

5 i  William H. Neely (Issac 4 Neely, Jr.) married Nancy Jane Alsip/Alsop (b. abt. 1816) on October 4,    
       1832.

      *Note: According to the Somerset HH #258 District, Pulaski Co., KY, 1860 Census, William Neely 
       was a farmer with 100 acres of land. For more information, see Footnote 1.

 

Children of William Neely and Nancy Alsip/Alsop:

 

                6  i                James Isaac

                6 ii                John Lafayette   b. 1837  d. Aug. 18, 1864 Atlanta, GA

 

 

Generation 6

 

 

6 i  John Neely (William 5 Neely) married Sarah Jane VanHook (b. abt. 1831) on July 2, 1857. 

      *Note: John Lafayette Neely enlisted Oct. 10, 1861 in Earles KY, same time as Henry H. Neely. 
        Sick in Nashville, TN March-June 1862, returned Apr. 10, 1862, lost on Smith’s Carbine at
        Strawberry Plains, TN (Siege of Knoxville) on Nov. 15, 1863; discharged Dec. 16, 1864 at Bowling
        Green, KY. Also, some information states his gravesite in Marietta national Cemetery, gravesite
        #3327, Sect. #E, Grave, #811. Was in the 12th Kentucky Vol. Co. F. Regiment.  Attached to
        Sherman’s army?

 

                Children of John Neely and Sarah VanHook:

 

                7  i                James David   b. 1860  d. 1937

                7 ii                William G.

 

Generation 7

 

 

7 i  James Neely (John 6 Neely) married 1. Martha Jane Dykes (b. abt. 1860 d. before 1891 of
      pneumonia) on July 23, 1879 in Pulaski Co., KY.  Martha Dykes is the daughter of Peter Dykes and
      Nancy  Mounts. 

      *Note: James Neely and Martha Dykes were married in her home by her father, Peter Dykes, surety
      G.R. Dykes. For more census information on James Neely, see Footnote 1. For more information on
      Martha Dykes,  see Dykes genealogy. James Neely is buried at Neely’s Creek Cemetery, Burnside,
      KY.  Died at 76 from Arteriosclerosis heart disease and had a heredity narrow angle glaucoma. He lived
      alone after death of second wife, Sarah Farmer.

   

                Children of James Neely and Martha Dykes:

 

                8  i                Nannie Ellen    d. Oct. 25 at 67 yr.

                8 ii                John Peter

                8iii                Lulabelle

                8 iv                Riley

 

 

7 i  James Neely (John 6 Neely) married 2. Sarah Jane Farmer on February 15, 1891.  Sarah Farmer is the
      daughter of Riley Farmer and ?

 

                Children of James Neely and Sara Farmer:

 

                 8  ii                Grace  (married Caddell)

 

 

Generation 8

 

 

8 i  Nannie Neely (James 7 Neely) married 1. Henry Hyden on Oct. 8, 1899.

 

Children of Nannie Neely and Henry Hyden:

 

                9  i                Lulabelle Hyden  b. 1903

                9 ii                Flora Margaret

 

8 i  Nannie Neely (James 7 Neely) married 2. Eli Archibald Dykes (b. Apr. 3, 1869 Pulaski Co., KY) on
      March 15, 1906 in Pulaski Co., KY. 

    *Note: ELI DYKES is the son of JAMES DYKES and JULIA ANN HORTON.  For ELI DYKES, see        
    DYKES genealogy.) 

 

                Children of Nannie Neely and Eli Dykes:

 

                9   iii       Ada   b. 1909

                9   iv      Della   b. 1911

                9    v      Delmar T.   b. 1913  d. March 17, 1971

                9  vi       Harry William   b. May 28,1915 Pulaski Co.KY  d. February 9, 1994 Syracuse, NY

                9 vii       Vada   b. 1916

                9viii       Dortha   b. 191

 

 
**Special thanks to D. Bray for information on Nannie Neely.
 
 
 
Additional Notes:

James Neely  Co D, 7th Inf KY Union, enlisted Sep. 3, 1861  Camp Dick Robinson, KY

James Neely  Co E, 32nd Inf KY Union

 

Henry H. Neely

Private 11th Co Inf KY, enlisted 20 years old Oct. 10, 1861 Earles KY Died Jan 20 1862  Calhoun KY  typhoid

 

Compiled by the Media Research Bureau,
Washington, D.C.
Researched by Mildred Neeley Oliver.

 

        The name of Neeley or Neely is said to be derived from the extremely ancient surname of O'Neill, which was taken from the given name of Niul or Niall. It is found on the ancient Irish and early American records in various forms of Neill, Neil, Neall, Neale, Neilye, Neillye, Neleye, Nelye, Neley, Nely, Neilie, Nealie, Neallie, Neally, Nealley, Nealeye, Nealye, Nealey, Nealy, Neelie, Neellie, Neeleye, Neelly, Neelye, Neeley, Neely and others, of which the last two forms mentioned are those most generally accepted in America today and several of the others are also still occasionally used.


         It is claimed by some authorities that the O'Neills trace their descent from Niul, son of Phenius Prarsa, King of Scythia, from whom was descended in about the twenty-first generation King Milesius of Spain, whose son, Heremon, became the first King of Ireland about the year 1200 B.C.

 

         In the year 388 A.D. one Niall the Great, who was the fifty-third in descent from Heremon, was the ruler of Ireland. The direct descendants of this last mentioned Niall occupied the throne of Ireland for more than six hundred years, many of them being named Niall. The forty-sixth monarch, Daniel Armach O'Neill, is said to have died in 1064 and to have been succeeded by Malechy, who was succeeded by King Mortough Mac Neill, who died in 1168 and was the last native king of Ireland of the Hy-Niall line. From this ancient Irish line were descended the O'Neills of the British Isle, from whom many of the Neeleys and Neelys trace their descent.

 

         There were several families of Neele, Neyle, Neile and Neale living in England before the year 1500. It is not known from which of the many illustrious lines of the family in Great Britian the earliest emigrants of the name to America were
descended, but it is generally believed that all of the Neeleys and Neelys (and those families which bore the many variations of these names as well) were of extremely ancient origin and, in most cases, of common derivation at a remote period. It is also generally believed that most of the Neeleys and Neelys were of Irish Lineage and descended from the O'Neills.

 

          The first of the name in America was one Teague Nealy or Neely, who came from either England or Ireland to America as early as 1655 and settled in Northampton County, Virginia. Unfortunately, however, nothing is definitely known concerning the immediate family or descendants, if any, of this early emigrant.

 

          By the early 1700's, there were Neally or Nealleys (Neely or Neeley) in New Hamphire, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New York. The descendants of these and of later emigrants of the name to America have spread into all parts of the United States and have aided as much in the growth of the nation as their ancestors aided in its founding and establishment upon this continent. They were known for their energy, industry, integrity, fortitude, determination, pride, independence of thought and action, and courage.


Among those of the Neel(e)ys who fought in the War of the Revolution were Captain Abraham of New York; Lt. Benjamin & Capt. William of Pennsylvania; James, Hugh, Issac, James, Jr, John and Alexander of Virginia; and numerous other as well from various other New England and Southern Colonies. William, James, John, Richard, Thomas, Edward, Frances, Joseph, Matthew, Benjamin and Andrew are some of the Christian names most highly favored by the family for its male progeny.