Cyrena/Serena Dalton^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1816 - Aft 1900  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Cyrena/Serena Dalton  [7]
  Born	Feb 1816	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1900	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  	Bern Neal [Rena] is Noted in Census 1900 Pigg River, Pittsylvania Co., VA living with George Neal [her son] and his sister Betsy A. Neal.
  Person ID	I19209	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Dalton,   b. 1775, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia ,   d. 1849, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	'Caty' Catherine Mayhew,   b. Abt 1785, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia ,   d. 1819, Pittsylvania County, Virginia  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1803	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Family ID	F8883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Neal,   b. Abt 1816, Halifax Co., Virginia ,   d. 1867, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1840	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F8884	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Marriage Bond Book dneal-cdalton.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S84] Rootsweb, http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/read/VAPITTSY/1999-08/0934925889. Children of Benjamine Dalton and Caty Mayhew are: i.Rebecca (Elizabeth) Dalton, b. 1805, Pittsylvania County, VA; d. 29 April 1882; married Jonathan Dalton 18 September 1826; born 1805 in Pittsylvania County, VA; died 17 June 1865 in Pittsylvania County, VA. 6ii.Booker Dalton, born 1808; died 10 November 1889; married Elizabeth (Betsy) Owen 26 December 1831. iii.Cyrena Dalton, born February 1816; married William David Neal 12 March 1840; born 1814. iv.Anna Dalton, born 1817; died 18 December 1892; married John Pickral 15 July 1833; born 1818; died 09 February 1896. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com. [S211] State Select Marriages, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/3374427:60214?ssrc=pt&tid=76994765&pid=40356466693. Name: Cyrena Dalton Gender: Female Marriage Date: 12 Mar 1840 Marriage Place: Pittsylvania, Virginia Spouse: David Neal FHL Film Number: 33326 Reference ID: Page 123 [S48] Ancestry Link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/33721248/person/20455063357/facts. Benjamin Dalton, 1775-1849 Birth 1775, Gretna, Pittsylvania, Virginia Death 1849, Gretna,Pittsylvania, Virginia Catherine "Caty" Mayhew, 1785-1819 Birth 1785, Pittsylvania, Virginia Death 1819, Pittsylvania, Virginia Children of Benjamin Dalton and 2nd husband Jacob Mayhew: Rebecca (Elizabeth) Dalton, 1805-1882 Booker Dalton, 1808-1889 Cyrena Dalton, 1816- Anna Dalton, 1817-1892 Spouse & Children Jacob Mayhew, 1797-1850, Husband Mary Ann Mayhew, 1843- Catherine Mayhew, 1845- Jacob Mayhew, 1846-1884 Elizabeth Mayhew, 1849- 1880 Federal Census Name: Serena Neal Age: 60 Birth Date: Abt 1820 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Pigg River, Pittsylvania, Virginia Dwelling Number: 440 Race: White Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Mother Marital Status: Widowed Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Keeping House Cannot Read: Yes Cannot Write: YesHousehold members Name: Serena Neal Age 60 Name: George R. Neal Age 35 Name: Elizabeth A. Neal Age 28 Name: Mary J. Neal Age 25 Name: Sallie D. Neal Age 23 [S48] Ancestry Link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/33721248/person/18523765781/facts. 1850 Federal Census Name: Sarena Neal Gende: Female Age: 35 Birth Year: 1815 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1850: Northern District, Pittsylvania, Virginia Cannot Read, Write: Yes Line Number: 30 Dwelling Number: 461 Family Number: 461 Household members: Name David Neal, Age 36 Name Sarena Neal Age 35 Name Joseph Neal Age 9 Name John Neal Age 7 Name Betsey Neal Age 5 Name George Neal Age 3 [S258] Marriage Bond, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99LX-MHDK?i=159. Dalton-Neapage 123 [S245] Vital Record (Ancestry), https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/004971233_00286?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=474662. William D NealNorth Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 Name William D Neal Probate Date: 1867 Probate Place: Caswell, North Carolina Inferred Death Year: 1867 Inferred Death Place: North Carolina Item Description Wills & Estate Papers, 1663-1978 Others Listed 1 [Wife Sybilla Neal] [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Neal-285. William David Neal Born about 1814 [location unknown] Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling(s) unknown] Husband of Cyrena Dalton ? married 12 Mar 1840 [location unknown] Descendants Father of John Neal, Martha Neal, Sarah D. (Neal) Dixon, William Joseph Neal, Betsy A. Neal, George R. Neal and Mary J. Neal Died about 1857 likely in Caswell Co., NC [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182216829/william-david-neal. William David Neal Birth 31 Jul 1816 Halifax County, Virginia Death 25 Jan 1867 (aged 50) Caswell County, North Carolina Burial: First Baptist Church Cemetery Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina William David Neal was the son of Thomas Neal and Elizabeth Brown. Thomas and Elizabeth married 01 Jan 1787 in Mecklenburg Co., VA. She was born in 1768, daughter of Thomas Brown, Sr. Thomas Neal was born in Amelia Co., VA, probably about 1761. He was the son of Roger Neal and Ann Hatchett. Thomas served in the Revolutionary War (War Record W5407). Thomas Neal died in Halifax Co., VA, on 10 Apr 1824. His will, dated 10 Dec 1823, was recorded in Halifax Co., VA, on 27 Sep 1824 (WB 13, p. 271). He names his wife Elizabeth and 9 children. His children are: Abraham H., Paschal P., Liza D., Roger B., Harriet W., A.M., Polly P., James A., and William David. George Washington Neal was the son of William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman, who married in 1835 (Pittsylvania Co., VA, MB 1, p. 110). William David Neal was born 31 Jul 1815 in Halifax Co., VA, and died 25 Jan 1867 while living near Providence in Caswell Co., NC. Sibyl was born 23 Aug 1807 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, and died in Sept 1873 in Caswell Co., NC. The 1850 census for Pittsylvania Co., VA, lists William Neal and Sibyl with 5 children. Their children were: Harriet A.E. (01 Sep 1836), John T. (20 Mar 1838), Mary P. (1840), James William (1844), and George Washington (10 Aug 1847). Harriet A. E. Neal married William R. Ingram in Caswell Co., NC, on 10 Nov 1857. Her nephew John David Neal reported that her family moved to Missouri with several children. John T. Neal married Lucy A. Howard in Caswell Co., NC, on 11 Dec 1859. Lucy was the daughter of Alanson Howard and Susan Swift Shelton. Mary P. Neal married Crawford D. Sledge in Caswell Co., NC, on 05 Feb 1868. James William Neal married Sallie Belle Riddle in Campbell Co., VA, on 26 Nov 1895. They moved to Caswell Co., NC, and are buried in the Moon Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. William David Neal and Sibyl Yeaman married 05 October 1835 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Her father, John Yeaman, sent his written permission. Bondsman was her brother Isaac Yeaman. The 1850 census of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, lists William Neal, wife Sibyl and their five children. By 25 November 1852, when an accounting of Sibyl's father's estate was recorded, William David and family were living in North Carolina. John Yeaman's will was recorded in Pittsylvania County, Virginia on 15 November 1852. It was written in 1838, and names his daughter Sibbey Neal. Source: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia, Carl B. Neal (1965). "William David Neal died Jan. 25, 1867, and was buried in the cemetery at Yanceyville Baptist Church." Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 402 (Article #516, "William David Neal" by William Lewis Neal). Family Members Spouse Sybil Yeaman Neal 1807?1873 Children John T Neal, 1839?1864 Mary P. Neal Sledge, 1840?1908 James William Neal, 1844?1916 George Washington Neal, 1847?1915