Neale, John

Published on: 11 May 2016 Updated: 06 Oct 2020
Page contributors: Marcia Armstrong, Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust
Editor: Teresa Rust

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN¹ NEALE, was born, presumably in Scotland about 1632 and died at Berwick, York County, Maine, on 18 Feb 1704. He married, JOANNA SEARLE.

Biographical Notes:
1. According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018),² on page 251, John is categorized as: Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity] Neale/Neal, John. Residences: Upper Kittery ME. Appears: bef.1662. D.1704. Associated with other Scots in Upper Kittery. [Exiles; Banks; DR; BCS; SPOWS; Ch.7 & 8]^3456789 For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.

Children of John and Joanna (Searle) Neal:
2. i. JOHN² NEAL, Jr., (John¹), was born at Old Kittery, York, Maine in 1662 and died in 1704.
2. ii. ANDREW² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1664 and died in 1739. He married at Old Kittery in 1694, KATHERINE FURBISH, daughter of WILLIAM FURBISH, #26 on George S. Stewart’s Captured at Dunbar List.
2. iii. MARY² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1666 and died in 1696. She married in 1693, SAMUEL MILLER.
2. iv. JAMES² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1668 and died in 1704.
2. v. AMY² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1675 and died in 1746. In 1699, she was taken captive by Indians. She married in 1706, SAMUEL JOHNSON.

Second and Third Generations

2. i. JOHN² NEAL, Jr., (John¹), was born at Old Kittery, York, Maine in 1662 and died in 1704.

2. ii. ANDREW² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery, York, Maine in 1664 and died in 1739. He married at Old Kittery in 1694, KATHERINE FURBISH, the daughter of, WILLIAM FURBISH, a Scottish prisoner of war.

Biographical Notes:
“John Neal’s son Andrew Neal (1664-1739) and Andrew’s two wills March 19, 1725-6, Andrew Neal’s first will, Old Eliot vol. 3, pp. 20-23 August 28, 1739, Andrew Neal 2nd will, Maine Wills 1640-1760, William M. Sargent, 1887, pp. 407-408.” See Craig Stinson’s Article below.

Children of Andrew and Katherine (Furbish) Neal:
3. i. KATHERINE³ FURBISH, (Andrew², John¹), was born in York County, Maine on 4 Dec 1695.
3. ii. JOHN NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born at York County on 18 Oct 1698.
3. iii. ANDREW NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born on 4 May 1701 and died 1757.
3. iv. HANNAH NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born on 28 May 1704; died young.
3. v. REBECCA NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born on 20 Jan 1706/07.
3. vi. MARY NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born in York County on 17 Aug 1708. She married on 12 Jan 1726.
3. vii. JAMES NEAL, (Andrew², John¹), was born on 4 May 1711 and died on 31 August 1730.

2. iii. MARY² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1666 and died in 1696. She married in 1693, SAMUEL MILLER.

2. iv. JAMES² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1668 and died in 1704.

2. v. AMY² NEAL, (John¹), was born at Old Kittery in 1675 and died in 1746. In 1699, she was taken captive by Indians. She married in 1706, SAMUEL JOHNSON.

– End of Generation List –

John Neal (abt. 1632-1704)
B. Craig Stinson, May 25, 2018
In 1660 fellow Unity prisoner John Neal settled just south of Daniel Ferguson. In fact, so many of the Unity Scots settled in this vicinity that the area on both sides of Furbish became known as the Parish of Unity. In 1675 Unity bore the brunt of a Wampanoag attack during King Philip’s War. Sporadic attacks continued until 1690, when the Abenaki burned many homes and garrisons throughout the Parish of Unity. The Neal garrison, now headed by John’s son Andrew Neal, survived these attacks. This fortified home was located very near the present-day intersection of highways 101 and 236 in Berwick, Maine. In 1699 John’s unmarried daughter Amy Neal was “taken captive by Indians,” and later released.

Notes for John Neal
abt. 1632 born Scotland
1650 POW Unity Dunbar Prisoners List #81 [Note: Have not yet located place of his indenture]
15 July 1656 John Neal receives Alexander Maxwell’s land grant at Unity Parish (Old Kittery pp. 125-6)
1662 John Neal sells 25 of these acres to Nathan Lord (Old Kittery p. 126)
1662 (09 Nov) John Neal sells 25 acres that he had bought of Alexander Maxwell to Alexander Cooper
Married Joanna Searle (GDMNH p. 506)
1664 son Andrew born (GDMNH p. 506)
1668 absent from meeting (GDMNH pp. 506-7)
1671 grant 50 acres (Old Eliot vol. 5, p. 138)
1676 Shuah Heard deeds land to John Neal (Old Kittery p. 121, map p. 106)
1685 absent from meeting (GDMNH pp. 506-7)
1694 John Neal transfers the 1676 Heard land to son Andrew Neal (Old Kittery p. 121)
1699 daughter Amy captive Indians (Old Kittery p. 639), (GDMNH pp. 506-507) 1700 (13 Sep) John Neal deposes that he has lived in the upper part of Kittery upwards of forty years (Alfred, Maine, court files)
1704 dies 18 Feb 1704 Berwick, York, Maine (Old Eliot vol. 5, p. 138), (Old Kittery), (GDMNH)

The Neal Garrison
Old Eliot vol. 6, p. 146 calls it the John Neal Garrison.
The Neal Garrison was ½ mile south of Shorrey Brook in Eliot, Maine, located near the present junction of highways 101/236.
The Neal cemetery is also there.
www.oldberwick.org states that Joanna Searle’s father Andrew Searle had a shop inside the Neal Garrison.
Old Kittery p. 172 has an extended account of the attack on the Neal Garrison about 9:00am on January 28, 1704.

Children of John Neal
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William R. Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908, p. 1966
Cutter names 3 children:
Mary Neal Miller (1666-1696?) m. Samuel Miller 1693
Amy Neal Johnson (1675-1746?) captive Indians 1699; m. Samuel Johnson 1706 Andrew Neal (1664-1739) m. Katherine Furbish 1694

Some other sources name as children John Neal Jr. (1662-1704) (??) and James Neal (1668-1704) (GDMNH)

John Neal’s son Andrew Neal (1664-1739) and Andrew’s two wills March 19, 1725-6, Andrew Neal’s first will, Old Eliot vol. 3, pp. 20-23 August 28, 1739, Andrew Neal 2nd will, Maine Wills 1640-1760, William M. Sargent, 1887, pp. 407-408

General James Hill was the great-grandson of John Neal and of William Furbish
John Neal (1631-1694)
Andrew Neal (1664-1739) m. Katharine Furbish (abt. 1673-1755)
Mary Sarah Neal Hill (1708-bef. 1788)
General James Hill (1734-1811)

John Neal’s (#81) son Andrew Neal married William Furbish’s (#28) daughter Katharine Furbish about 1694. Neal and Furbish were neighbors in what was then known as the Parish of Unity. Andrew and Katharine Furbish Neal’s daughter Mary Sarah Neal married Benjamin Hill (1703-1788) in 1726. Benjamin and Mary Sarah Neal Hill’s son was General James Hill (1734-1811).

Additional Information:

2. Neal, Andrew of Kittery, York Co, ME dated 08 Jun 1739. wife–Katherine, Sons–Andrew & John–Daughters–Katherine Austin & Mary Hill–Gr Son–Andrew Austin–Negro–Dillo
(Transcribed by Jeana Gallagher)¹⁰

1679 – Petition for Direct Government. Complains that Massachusetts is suppressing freedom of religion. Signers all but two from Kittery. Peter Grant, James Grant, John Key, Clement Short, Niven Agnew, Nathan Lord Sr, Miles Thomson, Richard Nason, Jonathon Nason, Nicholas Hodsden, John Green Sr, Nathaniel Lord, Bennoni Hodsden, John Taylor, James Waren, Alexander Cooper, Andrew Sarle, George Gray, John Nason, John Searle, John Neale, William Furbish, Christopher Batt, Nathan Bedford, Walter Rendel, William Rogers, William Sciven, Richard Cutts, Diggerie Jeffery, James Wiggons Sr, James Wiggons Jr, Rich Thomas, Nicholas Shapleigh, Dennis Downing Sr, Joshua Downing, Jeamis Tobee, Thomas Hancome, Richard Whitt, Francis Champernowne & Francis Morgan. http://genealogytrails.com/maine/yorkco/courtrecords_kittery.html

http://genealogytrails.com/maine/yorkco/wills_abstracts.htm

Old Kittery and Her Families, Everett S. Stackpole, Lewiston, Maine: Press of Lewiston Journal Company, 1903.
Old Eliot, vols i-ix, John Lemuel Murray Willis, Somersworth: New England History Press, 1985 reprint.
Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Noyes, Libby, and Davis, Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1928-1939. www.oldberwick.org
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William R. Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908, p. 1966.
Maine Wills 1640-1760, William M. Sargent, Portland: Brown Thurston & Company, 1887.
Garrison House, Eliot, Maine ~B. Craig Stinson
rev. May 25, 2018
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 4 by William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908 – Boston (Mass.)

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