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Mary Neal¹

• Father*: John Neal¹ b. 1743, d. November 21, 1788
• Mother*: Mary Leavitt¹ b. July 5, 1745, d. October 18, 1805

• Relationship: 4th great-grandaunt of Steven George Levine

• Mary Neal was born on February 3, 1771 in Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.¹
• She was the daughter of John Neal and Mary Leavitt.¹

• Last Edited: 27 May 2012

Mary Neal¹

• Father*: Samuel Clements Neal² b. April, 1818, d. 1911
• Mother*: Asenath L. Mathews³ b. December, 1831

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Mary Neal was born in 1863 or 1864 in Illinois.³
• She was the daughter of Samuel Clements Neal and Asenath L. Mathews.^2,3
• The census of 1870 shows:
  Mary Neal, 6; in the household of
  Samuel C. Neal, 52, a farmer with $15,000 real estate and $30,000 personal estate; and
  Asenath Neal, 38, keeps house;
  living at Mossville, Peoria County, Illinois.¹
  
  
• The census of 1880 shows:
  May Neal, daughter, 16, attending school; in the household of
  Samuel C. Neal, 62, a farmer; and
  Asenath Neal, wife, 49, keeping house;
  living at Mossville, Peoria County, Illinois.²
  
  

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2012

Mary Neal¹

• Father*: Samuel Clements Neal² b. April, 1818, d. 1911
• Mother*: Asenath L. Mathews² b. December, 1831

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Mary Neal was born about 1856 in Illinois.²
• She was the daughter of Samuel Clements Neal and Asenath L. Mathews.²
• The census of 1860 shows:
  Mary Neal, 4; in the household of
  Sam C. Neal, 42, a farmer with $4000 real estate and $3000 personal estate; and
  Asenath Neal, 28;
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.¹
  
  
• The census of 1870 shows:
  Lilly Neal, 14, at school; in the household of
  Samuel C. Neal, 52, a farmer with $15,000 real estate and $30,000 personal estate; and
  Asenath Neal, 38, keeps house;
  living at Mossville, Peoria County, Illinois.²
  
  

• Last Edited: 21 Nov 2012

Mary Abby Neal¹

• Father*: John Dearborn Neal b. December 8, 1809
• Mother*: Harriet Piper b. perhaps about 1809

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0248gac

• Mary Abby Neal was born about December, 1841.¹
• She was the daughter of John Dearborn Neal and Harriet Piper.
• Mary died on October 5, 1850, aged 8 yrs. & 9 mos.¹
• She was buried in Ring Swamp Cemetery, Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.¹
  

• Last Edited: 1 Nov 2015

Mary C. Neal¹

• Father*: Samuel Adams Neal¹ b. July 7, 1803, d. December 10, 1870
• Mother*: Caroline Varney¹ b. 1801 or 1802, d. October 27, 1867

• Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124bc

• Mary C. Neal was born about 1829 in New Hampshire.¹
• She was the daughter of Samuel Adams Neal and Caroline Varney.¹
• Mary married Benjamin F. Evans on June 12, 1848 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.²
• The census of 1870 shows: Benjamin F. Evans, 44, a retail grocer with $8,000 personal estate; and Mary C. Neal, 41, keeping house; listed with Carrie A. Evans, Emma A. Evans, Ida L. Evans and Saml. A. Neal
  living at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
  Also living there was Mary Cheney, 29, clerk in a store.¹
  
  
  
• The census of 1880 shows: Benjamin F. Evans and Mary C. Neal listed with Ida L. Evans and Emma A. Evans
  living at 4 Brown's Square, Newburyport, Massachusetts.³
  
  
  

• Last Edited: 19 Sep 2016

Mary Cheney Neal¹

• Father*: Moses Leavitt Neal² b. April 19, 1766, d. November 25, 1829
• Mother*: Ruth Prentice² b. 1770, d. before 1852

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandaunt of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124g

• Mary Cheney Neal was born on June 9, 1815 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.³
• She was the daughter of Moses Leavitt Neal and Ruth Prentice.²
• Mary married Gershom C. Ruggles on May 27, 1835 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, by William Mitchell, pastor of the Congregational Church.¹
• The census of 1850 shows: Gershom C. Ruggles, 40, a farmer, with $3000 real estate; and Mary C. Ruggles, 35; listed with John L. Ruggles, Moses N. Ruggles, Julia B. Ruggles and Sarah P. Ruggles.
  Also living there was Johanna Crowley, 18.⁴
  
  
• The census of 1860 shows: Gershom C. Ruggles, 49, a merchant with $4000 real estate and $4000 personal estate; and Mary C. Ruggles, 45; listed with Moses N. Ruggles, Julia B. Ruggles, Sarah P. Ruggles and Clara J. Ruggles
  living at Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont.
  Also living there was an Irish servant, Martha Fell, 20.⁵
  
  
• The census of 1870 shows: G. C. Ruggles, 60, a chair manufacturer with $12,000 real estate; and Mary C. Ruggles, 54, keeping house, with $800 personal estate; listed with Sarah Ruggles and Clara Ruggles
  living at Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont.⁶
  
  
• The census of 1880 shows: Gershom C. Ruggles, 70, a clerk in a flour store; and Mary C. Ruggles, wife, 64, keeping house; listed with Clara J. Ruggles
  living at 3 Evelyn St., Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont.⁷
  
  

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  The Rutland City Directory 1887 lists:
  Ruggles, Gershom C. Mrs., h. 3 Evelyn.
  

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  The Rutland City Directory 1899 lists:
  Ruggles, Mary C., widow of G. C., h. 16 Madison.
  
• The census of 1900 shows: Mary C. Ruggles, 84, landlord; listed with Clara J. Ruggles, Sarah R Pierce and Mary J. Pierce
  living at 16 Madison, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont.⁸
  
  
• Mary died on February 11, 1901 at age 85.³

• Last Edited: 26 Nov 2015

Mary M. Neal¹

• Father*: Captain Joseph L. Neal¹ b. 1782, d. September 1, 1840
• Mother*: Polly Dearborn¹ b. November 19, 1791, d. May 8, 1883

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Mary M. Neal was born about 1815.²
• She was the daughter of Captain Joseph L. Neal and Polly Dearborn.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Dec 2011

Mary Maud Neal¹

• Father*: John P. Neal² b. about 1828
• Mother*: Ann M. (?)² b. 1833/34

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Mary Maud Neal was born about February, 1870 in Illinois.²
• She was the daughter of John P. Neal and Ann M. (?)²

• Last Edited: 14 Aug 2016

Minerva Neal¹

• Father*: Captain Joseph L. Neal¹ b. 1782, d. September 1, 1840
• Mother*: Polly Dearborn¹ b. November 19, 1791, d. May 8, 1883

• Relationship: 1st cousin 5 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Minerva Neal was born between July, 1822 and July, 1823 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.²
• She was the daughter of Captain Joseph L. Neal and Polly Dearborn.¹
• Minerva married George W. Jeffts on August 15, 1840 in North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.³
• Minerva married George Washington Hale, son of Charles Hale and Sally Ricker, on June 16, 1873 in Old North Church, Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, as his third wife, and her second husband.⁴
• Minerva died on July 21, 1890 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, of paralysis.²

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2016

Minnie Neal¹

• Father*: Daniel Silliman Neal¹ b. December 3, 1848, d. June 18, 1930
• Mother*: Eliza I Smith¹ b. 1849, d. 1877

• Relationship: 3rd cousin 2 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Minnie Neal was born on January 21, 1877 in Peoria County, Illinois.¹
• She was the daughter of Daniel Silliman Neal and Eliza I Smith.¹
• Minnie died on July 17, 1877 in Peoria County, Illinois.¹
• She was buried in LaSalle Cemetery, Rome, Peoria County, Illinois.¹

• Last Edited: 2 Nov 2012

Moses L. Neal

• Father*: John Prentis Neal¹ b. July 7, 1803, d. October 29, 1872
• Mother*: Sarah Clements¹ b. November 2, 1797, d. 1894

• Relationship: 1st cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124ab

• Moses L. Neal was born on May 7, 1820 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire,
  
  There is no man in Peoria County who has had greater success, or accumulated a larger fortune by his own efforts through economy, close application and steady habits, than Moses L. Neal. He has never been a speculator, but has acquired his possessions chiefly from products of the soil, although he is at present extensively interested in city property. He is a quiet, unassuming man, giving no indications of great wealth in his outward appearance or manners. His pleasant home is located on some of the bet land in the county, his landed estate in Medina Township amounting to more than one thousand acres, subdivided into farms of practical size. He also owns more than a thousand acres in Missouri, together with lands in other sections, and some of the finest blocks of Peoria City property. He likewise holds $35,000 worth of property at Austin, one of the recently annexed suburbs of Chicago. When it is known that these large worldly possessions have been gained chiefly by Mr. Neal’s personal efforts, it will be understood that he has been a busy man, and has made good use of his capital.
  
  He came to the Prairie State with his parents in the spring of 1838. He had the advantages of a common-school education, a thorough knowledge of hard work, and the family pride due to a long line of honorable ancestry. When the family reached Illinois, they located in Medina Township, Peoria County, in a sparsely settled section, where, however, they had a few good neighbors. In the midst of the beautiful prairie region, rich and productive, but uncultivated, the father secured a tract of land, where his son assisted in the pioneer labors under home influences, which developed the sturdy and generous qualities which he possessed, and led him to thoroughly appreciate all that is noble and enterprising.
  
  He never married, but retained his good nature and love for his fellow men, as few do who are denied the companionship of wife and children. Much of the tenderness of his nature was lavished upon his aged mother, who lived with him, being cared for in the most reverential way. Never having lost sight of the duties he owes his kindred he adopted two nephews, Roscoe and M. W. Neal, who have been under his guardianship since childhood. Mr. Neal gives generously to every enterprise that is worthy, being especially interested in all that will favorably affect his county. Without a drop of dishonest or lazy blood in his body, he detests shiftlessness in others. He has made it a rule through life never to eat or drink anything that would result in personal injury, and therefore preserves his vigor of mind and body beyond an age when many men break down.²
• He was the son of John Prentis Neal and Sarah Clements.¹
• The census of 1850 shows:
  Moses Neal, 28, a farmer, with $900 real estate; in the household of
  John Neal, 52, a farmer with $3500 real estate; and
  Sally Neal, 51;
  living at Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.³
  
  
• The census of 1860 shows:
  Moses Neal, 38, a farmer with $8,000 real estate and $4,000 personal estate; in the household of
  John P. Neal, 63, a farmer with $15,000 real estate and $6,000 personal estate; and
  Sally Neal, 63;
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.⁴
  
  
• Moses L. Neal adoptedLarosco Green, William Carlos Green and Moses William Green about 1865.¹
• The census of 1870 shows:
  Moses Neal, 50, a farmer; in the household of
  John P. Neal, 72, a farmer with $100,000 real estate and $1,000 personal estate; and
  Sarah Neal, 72, keeping house;
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.⁵
  
  
  
• The census of 1880 shows: Sarah Neal, 81, keeping house; and Moses Neal, son, 60, a farmer; listed with Roscoe Neal, Arthur D. Neal and William Neal
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.
  Also living there was Zelliah Neal, 71, a widowed servant from Ohio, whose father was from Massachusetts, and mother from Pennsylvania.⁵
  
  
• Moses died on November 17, 1897 in Perry County, Illinois, at age 77. He never married.^1,6
  
  
• He was buried in LaSalle Cemetery, Rome, Peoria County, Illinois.⁶

• Last Edited: 10 Dec 2016

Moses Leavitt Neal¹

• Father*: Moses Leavitt Neal¹ b. April 19, 1766, d. November 25, 1829
• Mother*: Ruth Prentice b. 1770, d. before 1852

• Relationship: 3rd great-grandfather of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0062

• Moses Leavitt Neal was baptized on July 7, 1803 in First Congregational Church, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.¹
• He was the son of Moses Leavitt Neal and Ruth Prentice.¹
• Moses married Sarah Furbish about 1820.²
• Moses Leavitt Neal was graduated in 1829 from Harvard College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.³
  

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2016

Moses Leavitt Neal

• Father*: John Neal b. 1743, d. November 21, 1788
• Mother*: Mary Leavitt b. July 5, 1745, d. October 18, 1805

• Relationship: 4th great-grandfather of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124

• Moses Leavitt Neal was born on April 19, 1766 in North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.¹
  
• He was the son of John Neal and Mary Leavitt.
• Moses Leavitt Neal entered Dartmouth College, Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, at the age of fourteen.²
• After two years, Moses Leavitt Neal entered Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1785.²
• He tought schools and academies for several years, then studied law with John Prentiss, Esq., of Londonderry.²
• In 1793, Moses Leavitt Neal was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.²
• Moses married Patty Prentice, daughter of Hon. John Prentice and Ruth Lemmon, on February 22, 1796 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. They were married by Jonathan Brown, Presbyterian clergyman.³
  
  
• In 1796, Moses Leavitt Neal moved to Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.⁴
• Where he taught a select school for two or three years.⁴
• In 1809 Moses Leavitt Neal was elected clerk of the N.H. House of Reps. He was annually re-elected until 1828, except for two years during the War of 1812.⁴
• In 1816, Moses Leavitt Neal was appointed Registrar of Deeds for Strafford County, in which capacity he served until his death.²
  

  I (Steve Levine) am in possesson of an ambrotype of this portrait, which has been passed down in the family for generations.
• Moses died on November 25, 1829 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, at age 63. "He was a man of pleasing manners, a finished scholar, rather unobtrusive and easy-going, but firm to his principles and highly esteemed by all who knew him."²

• Last Edited: 26 Sep 2016

Ora Neal¹

• Father*: John Dearborn Neal¹ b. December 8, 1809
• Mother*: Harriet Piper¹ b. perhaps about 1809

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 4 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Ora Neal was born between May, 1840 and May, 1841 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.¹
• He was the son of John Dearborn Neal and Harriet Piper.¹
• Ora died on May 12, 1912 in Holy Ghost Hospital, 1575 Cambridge St., Cambridge, Massachusetts, of endocarditis, with contributory cerebral embolus. She never married.¹
• He was buried in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Dec 2011

Orrie Neal¹

• Father*: Samuel Clements Neal¹ b. April, 1818, d. 1911
• Mother*: Asenath L. Mathews¹ b. December, 1831

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Orrie Neal was born about 1869 in Illinois.¹
• She was the daughter of Samuel Clements Neal and Asenath L. Mathews.¹
• The census of 1870 shows:
  Orrie Neal, 1; in the household of
  Samuel C. Neal, 52, a farmer with $15,000 real estate and $30,000 personal estate; and
  Asenath Neal, 38, keeps house;
  living at Mossville, Peoria County, Illinois.¹
  
  
• Orrie probably died before 1880, asshe was not listed with her parents in the census.²

• Last Edited: 24 Aug 2016

Orrin S, Neal¹

• Father*: John P. Neal² b. about 1828
• Mother*: Ann M. (?)² b. 1833/34

• Relationship: 2nd cousin 3 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Orrin S, Neal was born in 1856/57 in Illinois.²
• He was the son of John P. Neal and Ann M. (?)²

• Last Edited: 14 Aug 2016

Rebecca Neale¹

• Rebecca Neale was born perhaps about 1669.¹
• Rebecca married William Nightingale, son of William Nightingale and Bethiah Deering, on December 14, 1691.¹

• Last Edited: 12 Sep 2016

Roscoe Raymond Neal

• Father*: Jotham S. Neal¹ b. September 21, 1857, d. January 18, 1946
• Mother*: Violet Rebecca "Lettie" Pierce b. March 25, 1862, d. January 21, 1943

• Relationship: 3rd cousin 2 times removed of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124aadb

• Roscoe Raymond Neal was born on August 22, 1893 in Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.²
• He was the son of Jotham S. Neal and Violet Rebecca "Lettie" Pierce.¹
• The census of 1900 shows:
  Roscoe Raymond Neal in the household of
  Jotham S. Neal and
  Violet Rebecca "Lettie" Pierce
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.³
  
  
  
• The census of 1910 shows:
  Roscoe R. Neal, a student at Bradley Polytechnic Institute; in the household of
  Joe S. Neal, a grain farmer; and
  Violet R. Neal, mother of six, of whom four were living in 1910;
  living at Medina Twp., Peoria County, Illinois.⁴
  
  
• R. died on May 11, 1953 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, at age 59.⁵

• Last Edited: 3 May 2014

Samuel Adams Neal¹

• Father*: Moses Leavitt Neal¹ b. April 19, 1766, d. November 25, 1829
• Mother*: Ruth Prentice b. 1770, d. before 1852

• Relationship: 3rd great-granduncle of Steven George Levine

• Reference: 0124b

• Samuel Adams Neal was born in 1800 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.^2,3
• He was baptized on July 7, 1803 in First Congregational Church, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.¹
• He was the son of Moses Leavitt Neal and Ruth Prentice.¹
• Samuel married Caroline Varney.²
• The census of 1850 shows: Samuel A. Neal, 49, a manufacturer with $2000 real estate; and Caroline Neal, 48; listed with James A. Neal, Sarah J. Neal, Ann M. Neal, William H. Neal and Ellen A. Neal
  living at Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.²
  
  
• The census of 1860 shows: Saml. A. Neal, 59, a wood dealer with $1,500 real estate and $150 personal estate; and Caroline Neal, 58; listed with Ellen Neal, Charles Trefethen, Elizabeth Trefethen, Elizabeth Trefethen, Charles L. Trefethen and Ruth E. Trefethen
  living at Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.⁴
  
  
• The census of 1870 shows:
  Saml. A. Neal, 70, a wood dealer with $1,000 personal estate; in the household of
  Benjamin F. Evans, 44, a retail grocer with $8,000 personal estate; and
  Mary C. Neal, 41, keeping house;
  living at Newburyport, Massachusetts.⁵
  
  
  
• Samuel died on December 10, 1870 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, at age 67. His occupation was listed as manufacturer. Both parents were listed as being born in Londonderry.³
• On September 26, 1898, Samuel Adams Neal was mentioned on the death record of James A. Neal.⁶
• Samuel Adams Neal and Caroline Varney were buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire.⁷

• Last Edited: 24 Jul 2016