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From: "Jack Neal" <>
Subject: Re: [Scotch-Irish] Red Hand Trivia & O'Neill Family
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:31:32 -0600
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I'm relatively new to the List, and have determined that I descended from
the Neall family of Beaver Pond Virginia - The name became Neal after the
migration to the Virginia Colony before 1730 - They are believed to have
come from Ulster, after migrating from Scotland a couple of generations
earlier - From what I've observed, it seems most of the
Neil/Neal/Neall/Neel, etc families (whether in Scotland or England)
originally descended from the O'Neill Families of Ireland - I would
appreciate any "Cousins' " comments regarding the matter.

Jack Neal


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Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: [Scotch-Irish] Red Hand Trivia


> I noticed on a banner that the Colquhoun arms depicts the Red Hand of
Ulster,
> or the Bloody Hand of the O'Neill. I wrote the Society Secretary on the
> matter questioning if it related to the fact that the Colquhouns had a
> plantation in Raphoe. The Secretary, James Pearson, was quite interested
in
> the observation as he just hadn't noticed it before. He consulted with
Sir
> Ivar Colquhoun of Luss and Camstradden.
>
> Nope. It doesn't relate to the Colquhoun plantation. ALL British arms
> issued after the revolution have the Red Hand symbol. Bet you didn't know
> that! Geez, they could have done a lot worse ... maybe a harp or
something.
>
> jcmaclay
>
>

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