- John Ross died 1748. His estate was inventoried by William Barrett, William Jolliffe, Jr., and William Dillon, and sworn before John Neill, Gent. (a brother of Lewis Neill the elder), January 18, 1748-49, Lydia Ross administratrix.
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- (1) Source: FamilySearch Pedigree Resource File, Compact Disc #97, Pin #666571, Submission #288516-1109103195405.
(2) Jolliffe, William, Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1893, pp. 182-183:
John Neill became quite a prominent man in Frederick County, was at one time a Gentleman Justice of the Peace. He accumulated quite a large estate before his death, which occurred in 1750. In his will, which was dated October 2, 1750, he leaves his property to his wife, Anne Neill; to his son-in-law, Meredith Helm, Jr.; to his son Lewis Neill the plantation on which he then resided; to his son William Neill his mill and four hundred acres of land in what is now Clarke County; to his daughter Sarah Neill two lots in the town called Fredericktown, now Winchester; to his daughter Elizabeth, who afterwards married Thomas Helm, a brother of Meredith, a farm held in partnership with his brother Lewis Neill, at Cape Capon; the residue of his estate to be divided equally between his children and his wife Anne. His brother Lewis Neill and Isaac Hollingsworth, son of Abraham Hollingsworth, were named as executors. His sons all died prior to the year 1773, and his daughter Margaret, who married Meredith Helm, was the grandmother of Frances Helm who afterwards married John Jollife and left a large family in Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland.
(3) O'Dell, Cecil, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 230, 232:
NEILL
John Neill (b. 1710 c.) and his brother Lewis Neill (b. 1715 c.) were in Orange County, Virginia by 4 November 1735 when James Wood surveyed a 640-acre tract of land for them. This tract, part of Jost Hite's grant land, was located on the Great Pond Branch of Opequon Creek. John and Lewis divided this land, Lewis receiving the north section and John and his children the southern part, by Fairfax grants. The tract is on the east side of Opequon Creek with Virginia Highway 7 running through the center. Dry Marsh Run crosses the north end and Clarke County Highway 635 cuts across the center of the land, from north to south. . . .
On 2 October 1738, John and Lewis purchased 150 acres situated on both sides of Opequon Creek (Clarke and Frederick County, Virginia) from Rees Smith. The land was approximately ½ mile south of a new road (Virginia Highway 761) that connected with Jost Hite's Road (Summit Point). . . .
John Neill was deceased by 15 November 1750 when his will (dated 2 October 1750) was proved in Frederick County Court. Lewis Neill (brother or son) and Isaac Hollingsworth were named executors. His wife Anne is mentioned, though she may have been his second wife.
John Neill (b. 1710 c.) and his brother Lewis controlled or owned outright approximately 5,800 acres of land in present-day Clarke County, Virginia. Their land began at Clarke County, Virginia Highway 761 on the north and ran four miles south along the Opequon Creek to about one mile south of Virginia Highway 7. From Opequon Creek, it extended east about two miles to Clarke County, Virginia Highway 660, 674, 656 and 659. Only John Neill's (b. 1751) tracts of 300 acres and 311 acres were east of these roads.
(look in notes for brother Lewis for more notes regarding John and the family)
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1701 - 1750 (49 years)
