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James dna Nealey/Neeley/Neely[1]

Male Est 1717 - 1776  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name James dna Nealey/Neeley/Neely 
    Born Est 1717  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1776  Roanoke, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Alamace Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Greensboro, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I19503  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2022 

    Family Margaret Jane Grymes/Grimes,   b. Est 1720, Botetourt, County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1776, Botetourt, County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 21 May 1740  Christ Church Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • "James Neely Sr, his sons James Jr and William, and son-in-law, Capt. Phillip Love were at the Battle of Point Pleasant, (Oct 1774)".
    Children 
    +1. James [Grymes] dna Nealey/Neeley/Neely, Jr.,   b. 1745, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1821, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    +2. Robert2 [Grymes] dna Nealey/Neeley/Neely,   b. 1741, Augusta County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1835, Mt. Pleasant, Maury County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +3. John [Grymes] dna Nealey/Neeley/Neely,   b. 1748, Augusta Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1818, (now Burwood), Williamson, Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Jane Nealey/Neeley/Neely,   b. Abt 1743, Botetourt, County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +5. William Nealey/Neeley/Neely,   b. Abt 1749, Botetourt, County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +6. 'Sally' Sarah Nealey/Neeley,   b. Abt 1748, Augusta County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1824, Roanoke, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2020 
    Family ID F7252  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Chart of Neeleys in Pennsylvania
    Chart of Neeleys in Pennsylvania
    Early Neely PA taxes.pdf
    Neeleys of Virginia
Chapter 8
    Neeleys of Virginia Chapter 8
    Neely Origins-Ch8.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Deeds; Halifax
      10251Deeds 1799-18111808Williamson Co., Tn.21-MarCarter
      Benjaminprev ownerWest HarpethThrasher McCollum to Cloud McCollum of Williamson and Maury County, $100 tract on waters of Murfee's frok of West Harpeth beg near line of John Moore, Threasher McCollum, the later having bought land from James Neely, assignee of Benjamin Carter.
      Witness Joab Patterson and John Moore.

  • Sources 
    1. [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley.
      Peter Grieder (Kriedcr) vs. James Neely. ? Bond by defendant to plaintiff, of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 8th May, 1766. Conditioned to make deed to plaintiff for land on Peters Creek.
      C R? Vol. I 18 353

    2. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.geni.com/people/Sarah-McClanahan/6000000007620192141.
      Sarah McClanahan (Neely)
      Birthdate: 1751 (73)
      Birthplace: Augusta, VA
      Death: 1824
      Roanoke County, Virginia

      Daughter of James Neely and Jane Grimes
      Wife of William McClanahan, Sr.
      Mother of Col. Elijah McClanahan; Nancy McClanahan; Jane Lewis; James McClanahan; John McClanahan; Green McClanahan; Mary "Polly" McClanahan; Sarah "Sally" McClanahan and Washington McClanahan
      NOTE: WILLIAM NEALEY AND ROBERT NEALEY ARE BOTH FOUND IN DEEDS IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA; ADDITIONALLY, WILLIAM DEVIN, AND ONE OF TWO HUGH REYNOLDS ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH THESE FAMILIES.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147515192.

      Sarah Neely McClanahan
      Birth 1748, Virginia
      Death 1824 (aged 75-76), Roanoke, Virginia
      Burial Unknown
      Sarah Neely was the daughter of James Neely and Margaret Jane Grymes. She married to William McClanahan on 07 Mar 1769 in Botetourt County, Colony of Virginia. They had at least nine children.
      Married: 7 Mar 1769 in Virginia

    4. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.csbvp.com/ferguson/jamesneeley.html.
      James Neeley

      James Neeley was born around 1717. He married Margaret Jane Grimes on 17 May 1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Christ Church). The family moved to Augusta County, Virginia by 8 February 1749 when James purchased land from Ephtraim Gaussen. This purcahse was recorded in Augusta County, Virginia DB2/598-599. He bought and sold several parcels of land over his life time. in 1769 the area he was living in became a new county. Botetourt county was formed at that time. Two pieces of land were deeded, in March of 1776, one to his son William and the other to his daughter Jane who had married Philip Love. These deeds are recorded in Botetourt County, Virginia DB2/208-209, and 210. He died in Guilford County, North Carolina and was buried in the Alamace Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Greensboro.


    5. [S170] Family Tree DNA, https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/neely/about/results.
      Neely Genetic Groups

      All YDNA projects appear to be comprised of several different genetic groups. We recognize a total of six Neely "branches" from the different genetic groupings that have evolved from participant's YDNA STR results. In order for a grouping to qualify as a branch, we have decided it must contain at least three Neely surnames (or spelling variant) of 37-marker haplotypes, with each having a FTDNA TiP calculation of 50% or more probability for a MRCA from the group average (modal haplotype) in the last 12 generations. This should be useful for looking at Neely history back to about 1500 or slightly earlier. The remaining participant groupings may or may not grow into a Neely branch in the future, depending on results of future participants. A brief summary for each of the six Neely branches is shown below.

      1. Listed as the PA group, the 24 participant's results show a tightly related genetic group. The origin of this group appears to be from Scotland or perhaps England based on current information. The MRCA of several participants in this group, including Jim and Stephen, has been traced to Thomas Neely, who came from County Tyrone to PA about 1730 with his young family. At least two of his sons moved to the Carolinas about 1760. At this time, we have been unable to tie participants from this group to records of their family in Ulster, Ireland.

      2. Listed as the VA group, the 18 participant's results show a slightly looser related genetic group that is related to the PA group. Comparison of the averages of this group and the first group above are exactly the same except for DYS570 and CDYa & b (markers 33, 34 and 35). One group must have mutated from the other sometime in the fairly distant past. Several of the participants of this group are descended from James Neely in Botetourt Co, VA in the 1700's whose brother, Dr. John, lived there and first married sisters in the Philadelphia area about 1740. Initially it was thought James and John were from NY (hence the original group name), but we have been unable to find evidence of this. Like the first group, they also appear to have originally come from Scotland or perhaps England. Also, several MRCA have been identified in the early 1700's as coming from Ulster from paper trail genealogy, but no connection to the records in Ireland have been established thus far.
      On page 6 of ?Neely Narrative?, Grace Renshaw says ?There is evidence that Jane Grimes Neelly died in 1776. At this time James (1) gave most of his land to Jane and Philip Love and a 49 acre portion of the home place to William. I have been told of a letter of emotional character written by James at that time to daughter Jane (the letter said to be extant), the inference being that James' wife had died and in his sorrow he had divested himself of most of their property.?

    6. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L786-9WL/margaret-jane-grymes-1722-1776.

      Margaret Jane Grymes
      1722-1776
      1722, Birth
      about 1722, Augusta, Virginia
      Age 55
      Death, 1776, Salem, Roanoke, Virginia

    7. [S127] Geni, https://www.geni.com/people/Jane-Neely/6000000009128053456.
      Jane Grymes
      Immediate Family

      James Neely, I, husband
      Robert Neely, II, son
      John Ian Neely, son
      Jane Love, daughter



    8. [S273] James Neely.
      Corrected lines of descent for seven Y111 descendants of Botetourt Neelys
      1 James Neely b: ~1715, Ireland; d: 1784-1789, Virginia ..... 2 James Neely b: ~1745, Virginia; d: 1821, Tennessee
      ............ 3 Charles Rufus Neely b: 1787, Virginia; d: 1821, Alabama
      ................... 4 Rufus Polk Neely b: 1808, Tennessee; d: 1901, Tennessee
      .......................... 5 James Jackson Neely b: 1847, Tennessee; d: 1926, Tennessee
      ................................. 6 Rufus Polk Neely b: 1878, Tennessee; d: 1927, Texas
      ........................................ 7 James Saufley Neely b: 1914, Texas; d: 1985, Texas
      ............................................... 8 James Charles Neely b: 1941, Texas; d: 2006, Texas
      ...................................................... 9 754407 James Michael Neely b: 1967, Texas
      ..... 2 Robert Neelly b~1741, Virginia; d:~1835 Maury Co, Tennessee
      ............ 3 Thomas Lewis Neelly b: abt. 1795, Virginia; d: bet. 1850 and 1859, Arkansas
      ................... 4 Thomas Lewis Neelly b: 1830, Tennessee; d: 1909, Missouri
      .......................... 5 Charles James Neelly b: 1866, Missouri; d: 1952, Kansas
      ................................. 6 147168 Oric Charles Neelly b: 1919, Kansas; d: 2014, Kansas
      ................... 4 John Henry Neelly b: 1800, Virginia; d: 1851, Mississippi
      .......................... 5 Henry Franklin Neelly b: 1838, Mississippi; d: 1884, Mississippi
      ................................. 6 Edwin Clyde Neelly b: 1876, Mississippi; d: 1941, Mississippi
      ........................................ 7 Edwin Clyde Neelly b: 1912, Mississippi; d: 1991, Mississippi
      ............................................... 8 N7324 Michael L Neelly
      ..... 2 John Neely b: 1748, Virginia; d: 1818, Tennessee
      ............ 3 James Neely b: 1783, Virginia; d: 1833, Tennessee
      ................... 4 James A. Neely b: 1816, Tennessee; d: 1881, Tennessee
      .......................... 5 John Robert Neelly b: 1851, Tennessee; d: 1934, Tennessee
      ................................. 6 James Ogilvie Neelly b: 1884, Tennessee; d: 1959, Tennessee
      ........................................ 7 James Ogilvie Neelly b: 1915, Tennessee; d: 1975, Tennessee
      ............................................... 8 754407 Clarence Gene Neelly b: 1945, Tennessee
      ............ 3 John E Ellis b: 1772, Virginia; d: 1844, Tennessee
      ................... 4 William Neal Ellis b: 1808, Tennessee; d: 1852, Tennessee .......................... 5 James Knox Polk Ellis b: 1840, Tennessee d: 1906, Missouri
      ................................. 6 James Franklin Ellis b: 1865, Missouri; d: 1941, Missouri
      ........................................ 7 Kerry Lee Ellis b: 1888, Missouri; d: 1955, Missouri
      ............................................... 8 James Edward Ellis b: 1916, Missouri; d: 2008, Texas
      ...................................................... 9 349410 James Edward Ellis b: 1942, Texas ................................. 6 George Finis Ellis b: 1866, Missouri; d: 1932, Missouri
      ........................................ 7 John Isaac Ellis b: 1906, Missouri; d: 1986, Missouri
      ............................................... 8 147382 John Edward Ellis b: 1935, Missouri
      ........................................ 7 Benjamin Franklin Ellis b: 1917, Missouri; d: 2007, Missouri
      ............................................... 8 142000 Benjamin Franklin Ellis (37YDNA only)
      1 John Neelly b. ~1702, Ireland; d:1778, Virginia
      ?.2 Robert Neely Sr. b. ~1729, Ireland or PA?; d. 1780, Virginia ............ 3 Andrew Neelly b: 1763, Virginia; d: 1839, Tennessee
      ................... 4 John Clemens Neelley b: 1798, North Carolina; d: 1858, Tennessee
      .......................... 5 John Finis Neelley b: 1854, Tennessee; d: 1932, Tennessee
      ................................. 6 James Drake Neelley b: 1889, Pennsylvania; d: 1975, Tennessee
      ........................................ 7 208573 John William Neelley b: 1930, Pennsylvania