Samuel Neale (1729 - 1792)

Born 9 Nov 1729 in Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Peisley) Neale — married 17 May 1757 in Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland

Husband of Sarah (Beale) Neale — married 8 Apr 1760 in Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Died 27 Feb 1792 at age 62 in Springmount, County Cork, Ireland

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Biography

Samuel was a Friend (Quaker)

Samuel Neale (1729-1792) was a renowned Quaker minister ^[1].

He was born in Dublin on 9 November 1729, son of Thomas and Martha Neale. His mother died when he was about six, after which his father went to reside in America.

About the age of 18 he was placed apprentice in Dublin, where he spent several dissipated years. In his twenty-second year he was deeply impressed by the preaching of Catherine Peyton and Mary Peisley at Cork and decided to become a Quaker minister. In 1752, he accompanied William Brown, an American Friend, on a journey through Ireland, England, Holland and Germany. In 1753, he moved to Rathangan, near Edenderry, King's County.

He married the minister Mary Peisley on 17 May 1757, but she was carried away by a sudden illness after only three days. Three years later, on 8 June 1760, he married Sarah Beale and they settled in the city of Cork.

Over the coming years, he visited England and Wales on numerous occasions, as well as Scotland at least once. In August 1770, he sailed for America, accompanied by Joseph Oxley. He travelled on horseback to most of the meetings in Philadelphia, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, East and West Jersey, New England and New York, and returned to Cork on 16 September 1772.

He died at Springmount, near Cork, on 27 February 1792, and was buried in the Friends' burial-ground there on 2 March, having been a minister forty years.

"He was generally and much beloved; benevolent, helpful, and kind; an affectionate husband and a sincere sympathising friend."^[2][3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ Some account of the life and religious labours of Samuel Neale who died at Cork, in Ireland, in the year 1782 written by himself: together with letters addressed to his friends. in Evans, W and Evans T (eds) Friends' Library, vol 11 p 1, Joseph Rakestraw, Philadelphia, 1838 (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015013759538&view=1up&seq=11&skin=2021: accessed 29 March 2022)
2. ↑ "Ireland, Society of Friends (Quaker) Yearly Meeting Testimonies to Deceased Ministers," image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=ire%2fquaker%2fymf-1%2f0165&parentid=ire%2fquaker%2fymf-1%2f0165 : accessed 31 August 2020), testimony to Samuel Neale, citing YM Sufferings Testimonies to Deceased Ministers 1661-1933, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
3. ↑ Wikisource (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Neale,_Samuel_(DNB00) : accessed 31 August 2020), biography of Neale, Samuel (1829-1792), citing Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 40.
4. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMMV111M-1%2F0087&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F11442 : accessed 31 August 2020), death of Samuel Neale on 27d 2mo (Feb) 1792 in Springmount near Cork; citing Cork MM Family lists 1671-1872, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.