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Neal, Benjamin Hawkins

Male 1817 - 1897  (79 years)


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  • Name Neal, Benjamin Hawkins  [1, 2
    Birth 14 Mar 1817  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 3900 
    Death 11 Mar 1897  Ashe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3852  Caswell County
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Father Neal, Zachariah,   b. 14 Dec 1787, Prince Edward County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1850, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rice, Rebecca,   b. 26 Sep 1785, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1858, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Dec 1811  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Reference Number 18859 
    Notes 
    • Marriage date also seen as 1 July 1846. Source: The Heritage of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Charles Dyson Rodenbough, Editor (1983) at 449 (Article #770, "Zachariah Neal" by Ann S. Neal).
    Family ID F1264  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 King, Martha Ellen,   b. 23 Nov 1842   d. 26 Apr 1874 (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1860 
    Reference Number 350445 
    Children 
    +1. Neal, Joseph King,   b. 31 Dec 1860  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Neal, Stephen Russell,   b. 4 Nov 1863  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Neal, James Addison,   b. 16 Mar 1867  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Neal, Benjamin Murry,   b. 9 Jun 1869   d. 16 Oct 1872 (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2063  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 McCracken, Mary A.,   b. 1830   d. 1905 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 13 May 1879 
    Reference Number 350487 
    Family ID F2064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Mar 1817 - Rockingham County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Benjamin Hawkins Neal was born 14 Mar 1817 in Rockingham Co., NC. He died 11 Mar 1897 in Ashe Co., NC. In 1843 he moved with his parents to Caswell Co., NC, at Locust Hill. Around 1850, he joined his brother Quincy in Ashe Co., NC.

      He married Martha Ellen King on 07 Feb 1860. Martha was born 23 Nov 1842, daughter of Joseph A. King and Nancy Baker of Ashe Co., NC. Martha died 26 Apr 1874.

      Benjamin and Martha had 4 sons: Joseph King (31 Dec 1860), Stephen Russell (04 Nov 1863), James Addison (16 Mar 1867), and Benjamin Murry (09 Jun 1869 - died 16 Oct 1872).

      On 13 May 1879, Benjamin married Mary A. McCracken of Johnson City, TN. She was the widow of Rufus King (uncle of Benjamin's 1st wife). After Bemjamin died, she returned to Johnson City, TN, where she died in 1905. She was born 1830.

      Source: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia by Carl B. Neal, March 1965.

  • Sources 
    1. Details: The Beaver Pond Neals of Virginia, Carl B. Neal (1965).

    2. Details: The Heritage of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Charles Dyson Rodenbough, Editor (1983) at 449 (Article #770, "Zachariah Neal" by Ann S. Neal).

    3. Details: The Heritage of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Charles Dyson Rodenbough, Editor (1983) at 519 (Article #892, "William Higgason Rice" by Anne S. Neal).