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Biography
Hugh is said to be the son of Brian MacPhelim O'Neill and Eleanor Magennis O'Neill, and is the lost heir of Shane's Castle in Antrim, Ireland. [1] He is also said to be the son of “French John” O’Neill and Charity Dixon. The truth is unknown.
Hugh is thought to have arrived in Delaware in approximately 1730-1735 [2] when he is said to have abandoned duties while a Captain Major in the Royal Navy [3], jumping ship while docked in the Delaware Bay. In doing so, he forfeited rights to the O'Neill fortune in Ireland. He was a descendant of Conn mac Cuinn O'Neill, last King of Tir Eógain (Tyrone). [4]
Other information from O'Neills can be found here [5]
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
↑ Diller, Corinne Hannah. "Immigrant Ancestors of Miami Valley, Ohio, Quaker Families." In Miami Valley Genealogical Society: Genealogical Aids Bulletin, vol. 13:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 64-67.
↑ J and J Limited Company. Index to Irish Wills. Vol. 1-2. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: J and J Limited Company, 1998.
↑ Albert M. Hyamson. A Dictionary of Universal Biography of All Ages and all Peoples. London, England: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1916.
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