Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Neal was born on 14 July 1732, her father, Thomas Neal, was 26 and her mother, Mary Hyatt Long, was 28.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Ann Neal, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ann Neal, "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991"
Parents and Siblings
1706–1752 Male
1705–1746 Female
Siblings (12)
1728– Male
1728– Female
1730–1728 Female
1732– Female
1733–1758 Female
+7 More Children
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French, Anglo-Norman French, and Middle English personal name Neel, Nele, Nihel, Niel, itself derived from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’), originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. The name was very common among Normans and was brought to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. There has been considerable confusion with the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Niall (see Neil ); the two names are now pronounced identically. It is theoretically possible that in Normandy, where the personal name was popular, that it was also used for Old Norse Njáll, but this is difficult to prove. Njáll was adopted from the Irish Gaelic personal name Niall by Vikings in Ireland, who took it back to Iceland and Norway, but whether the Vikings also took Njáll to Normandy and to the northwest of England, is an open question, which cannot be settled on the available evidence.
English: alternatively from the Middle English personal name Nele, a variant of Nell as a pet form of Elias (see Ellis ). Compare Nelson , Nielson .
Scottish and Irish: shortened form of McNeal (see McNeil ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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