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Isaac Neville

Hello:

My second great grandfather was Isaac Neville, born abt. 1811 in Ireland. He married Sarah Coghlan at Saint Andrews, Westland Row in Dublin on April 11, 1831 and then immigrated to Albany, New York. He was naturalized in 1837.  Isaac and Sarah had eight children together before he died in Albany, New York on March 7, 1860.

I have a strong desire to learn where in Ireland Isaac was born and to learn who his parents were. I have been working on my family history for many years and have been struggling for years now trying to find information on Isaac and his family.

I am a member of Ancestry.com and I have many, many DNA matches with people who have Neville's from Lynally in their trees and another Neville match from Limerick, Pallaskenny.  The Lynally Neville's were Abraham, William, Jacob, Jeremiah, Elijah and others. My Isaac immigrated to Albany, NY in the early 1830s, as did Abraham and Elijah.  I don't believe that's just a coincidence.  William, Jacob and Jeremiah are buried in the old Mucklagh cemetery.  I was fortunate enough to visit Ireland in 2019 and locate their graves.  I was also extremely fortunate to have met Father Martin of St. Colman's Parish who spent hours with us trying to locate a Baptism record for Isaac to no avail.  Father Martin also took us to meet Matt Mooney who seemed to recall the name Isaac as being part of the family but nothing concrete, as did one of the younger generation Neville's who was kind enough to come to the parish to meet with us.

Abraham Neville - born about 1799 Lynally. Died January 31, 1873 in Canada. Wife Margaret Molloy.
William Neville - born 1801 Lynally. Died November 1882 Lynally. Wife Theresa Dempsey.
Jacob Neville - born 1807 Lynally. Died Lynally March 3, 1859. Buried Old Roman Catholic cemetery, Mucklagh
Jeremiah Neville - born 1818 Lynally. Died Lynally June 26, 1868. Buried Old Roman Catholic cemetery, Mucklagh with wife, Ann Kelly Neville
Elijah Neville - born 1819 Lynally. Died December 26, 1872 in Ohio, USA. Wife Catherine Egan

There was some talk that the Neville family came from Mountmellick where they worked at Charleville Castle as stone masons.  I've contacted Mountmellick and they could find no record of Isaac Neville.  I've also been in touch with Limerick and had research done to no avail.  Limeric stated the name Isaac would not have been used in a Catholic parish.  

Would anyone be able to steer me in a direction that might help me locate anything on Isaac....I'd greatly appreciate any guidance.

Looking forward to many replies!

Mary Beth

 

Mary Beth

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Hi Mary Beth, we have contacted a partner of ours, Ballyhoura County Development whom I'm hoping can be of some assistance.

Regards, Denise, IrelandXO

IrelandXO Mode…IrelandXO Volunteer

Hi Mary Beth, 

 

Regarding your potential Limerick connection: I can see from Griffith's valuation that there were two Margaret Nevilles in the parish Chapelrussell (of which Pallaskenry is a part), registered in 1850. I wonder might these be relatives of one/some of your ancestors? Here is the link to their page on Griffith's valuation: http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…;

I also recommend you have a look at the Historic Graves website. This is a resource of digitsed graveyards around the island of Ireland. As it stands Offaly is only sparsely completed but west Limerick is very well covered. The database is always being added to so check back regularly, especially if you have particular villages in mind. The link to the map of surveyed graveyards is below. Zoom in on an area of interest, click a graveyard, scroll down and you can read the headstone inscriptions. Keep in mind too that only legible headstones have been added, so if you can't see a name of interest it does not necessarily mean they are not buried there. It's also good to cross check with other records where possible. 

Link here: https://historicgraves.com/graveyards-map ;

If you go to the homepage historicgraves.com and click explore on the top banner, you can also search by name. I can see 31 Nevilles recorded in west Limerick. Link here: https://historicgraves.com/graves-search?field_name1_value_1=&field_sur…

Good luck in your research!

David

dwhyte@irelandxo.comIrelandXO Volunteer

Thank you both very much for your replies...much appreciated!

Mary Beth

Dear Mary Beth:

I am searching for the Alice Neville family. Alice married a Patrick Carroll and had children from 1815- 1835. In 1821 Anthony Carroll was born and through DNA testing he is a distant relative of ours. Patrick and Alice lived and farmed in Baptistgrange Townland near Lisronagh, Tipperary. Most of the children were baptized in the Catholic Parish in Powerstown. I would be interested in hearing from anyone about either family. Thanks Rich Carroll

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