Below is the line of descent of the McNeill Family in America. Bold text indicates direct ancestors. Numbers indicate generations in order from the earliest (known) to the latest. Same number indicates either siblings or cousins of the same generation. Underlined text contain links to pages devoted to that individual, and other miscellaneous records.
The direct ancestor will always be listed last in the list of children, even though chronologically (by date of birth) they may be out of order.
1-John McNeill (b. 1798 Ireland, d. 1856 Laurel, Oh)
+Lovina Stairs (b. 1803, d. 1855 Laurel, Oh)
2-Children (13):
2-Sarah Ann McNeill (b. 1820, d.?)
2-Mary McNeill (b. March 15, 1822, d. March 4, 1884, Clermont Cnty, Oh)
2-Elizabeth McNeill (b. June 15, 1824, d. Jan 18, 1915, Clermont Cnty, Oh)
2-Rebecca Jane McNeill (b. Dec 5, 1828, d. ?)
2-John McNeill (b. Aug 26, 1830, d. Jan 19, 1891, New Paris, Oh)
2-James McNeill (b. Feb 22, 1833, d. Jan 26, 1911, Richmond, In)
2-Robert McNeill (b. Jan 24, 1835, d. May 22, 1919, Wayne Cnty, In)
2-Oliver McNeill (b. Oct 1837, d. Oct 13, 1900, Brazil, In)
2-Nancy McNeill (b. 1840, d. ?)
2-William Tell McNeill (b. Nov 6, 1841, d. Nov 11, 1841, Clermont Cnty, Oh)
2-Francis M McNeill (b. Feb 12, 1843, d. March 16, 1926, Brazil, In)
2-Lovina McNeill (b. Sept 4, 1845, d. June 30, 1923, New Richmond, Oh)
2-Harbison McNeill (b. May 30, 1826 Laurel, Oh, d. Aug 20, 1890 Laurel, Oh)
+Susannah Moreton (b. July 20, 1831, d. Aug 31, 1909 Laurel, Oh)
Children (9):
3-Maria Jane McNeill (b. 1849)
3-Francis Albert McNeill (Uncle Frank) (d. 1931)
3-Emma M. McNeill (b. Oct 15, 1853, d. Feb 15, 1938)
3-William McNeill
3-Lovina (Love) McNeill (b. 1855, d. 1916)
3-Robert Elmer McNeill (Uncle Rob) (b. Feb 14, 1861, d. Oct 18, 1937)
+Emma A. Atkinson (b. May 20, 1873, d. Sept. 14, 1950)
3-Charles H. McNeill (b. 1864, d. Sept 3, 1890
3-Elizabeth (Libby) McNeill (b. 1869, d. 1957) married (April 12, 1905)
+Charles J.A. Simmons (b. April 12, 1871, d. May 6, 1951)
Children:
4-Dr. Charles McNeill Simmons (b. 1911, d. July 1, 1969, Bethel, Oh)
3-Moreton (Mort) Harbison McNeill (b. April 26, 1867, Laurel, Oh, d. April 29, 1959, Laurel, Oh) married (June 30, 1904)
+Bertha Allen Simmons (b. Aug 14, 1869, Laurel, Oh, d. 1937, Laurel, Oh)
Children (2):
4-Ruth Winnifred McNeill (b. 1906, d. April 8, 1976, Detroit, Mi)
+Robert M. Hendrixson
Children (1):
5-Madeleine (Mitzi) Sue (b. July 13, 1938, Cleveland, Oh, d. August 31, 2008, Ann Arbor, Mi)
+Samuel N. Irwin
No children
4-Dorothy Allen McNeill (b. Feb. 7, 1912, Laurel, Oh, d. July 7, 1986, Cincinnati, Oh) married (Sept 29, 1939)
+Erwin Kattus (b. 1897, Cincinnati, Oh, d. 1978, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children (2):
5-Marjorie Ellen Kattus (b. Feb. 24, 1942, Cincinnati, Oh, d. Sept. 20, 1991, Cincinnati, Oh)
+George Ruege
Children (2):
6-Michael Ruege (b. Dec 30, 1972, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children: (1)
7-Brandon Ruege
6-Mary Ruege (b. May 11, 1982, Cincinnati, Oh)
Children: (1)
7-Grace Dugger
+Landen Peters
Children: (1)
8-Wesley Scott Peters
5-Christine Anne Kattus (b. Nov 5, 1951, Cincinnati, Oh, d. June 25, 2018, Cincinnati, Oh) married (Sept 6, 1974)
+David Bolten
Children (2):
6-Aaron David Bolten (b. April 5, 1979, Louisville, Ky)
+Jennifer Rose
6-Sarah Lynn (Bolten) Kearns (b. March 19, 1982, Delaware, Oh) married (May 17, 2014)
+Jonathan Kearns
Children: (1)
7-Capriana Christine Kearns (b. June 3, 2016, Raleigh, NC)