The Neilands from Derrygoon Ardstraw Co Tyrone

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Neilands descent

Abraham Knelands lived in Meaghy in the Parish of Ardstraw in 1666 according to the Hearth Money Rolls

Various other spellings of the name existed from then until the 18th Century:- Neelons, Neilans, Knilance.

Later John Neelons(Knilands), a farmer of Creeduff Termonamongan born about 1715 - married Helen Kyle daughter of Robert Kyle of Creeduff.

Robert leased to John - in 1752 - 1/2 of the townland of Kerryduff, known as Gortendarragh and Edenmore for 31 years or the lives of John, Helen and Abraham their son, born about 1745.

They had another son Robert (Robin) born 1755 and a daughter.

In a deed dated 1814 Robert is mentioned as having a farm bordering the eastern boundary of a farm belonging to the Kyle family between the Derg river and the southern Killeter-Castlederg road

In the List of Persons who served Notices on the Clerk of the Peace of their intention to Register Freeholds posted Strabane Morning Post 19 May 1829  - Andrew, John and James Neelance of Derrygoon - Andrew & John can be identified from the Tithe Applotment Census 1834, but James has not been identified anywhere else

In 1834 Tithe Applotment Census  Andrew and John Neilands are listed at Derrygoon and Robert Neilands at Magheralough just 5 minutes away.  

1829 Freeholder’s Register for Co. Tyrone - James, Andrew & John Neilands of Derrygoon registered

Also at around that time a William Neilands married Anne ? - nothing more is known about them.

Also unknown are  Ellen born 18/09/1860 daughter of Thomas and Martha Neilands - baptism records of Cavandoragh Church

Robert had a daughter Sarah born 1806 - see the Moore descent below - which probably makes Robert a generation earlier than Andrew. The name Robert Neilands shows up over the years on many of the family marriage certificates.

Andrew Neilands had the following children:- Samuel and John.

Also a Margaret Neilands was born 16 May 1866 - not sure of her parentage .Also a Robert born1853 lived with his widowed aunt - Elizabeth Neilands in Derrygoon born about 1812 - at 1901 census. She was born about 1812

Samuel, son of Andrew, married Elizabeth Moore and had a daughter Ellen 1864-1901. She married Robert John Turner 1853-1949 on 3 July 1883 in Drumquin, Co Tyrone. Their son John Frederick 1887-1979 of  Magharenny Drumquin married Martha Grace Harpur 1890-1969 on 8 December 1920 at Drumrawn Drumquin. Family live in New Zealand.

John, son of Andrew had 2 known children, Mary Jane 1871-1954 and William James 1873-1918. William James married .Annie Maria Harpur 05/12/1906 - 4 known children. Frederick Noel,  William,  Henry and John Harpur.  

Samuel Neilands then married, about 1860 -  Margaret G Harpur 1844 - 1926 - they had 11 children. Samuel died on 13 November 1906

3 Charles Samuel 1872 - 1943  He was a policeman in Belfast, then a journalist in Australia. He died in Diamanta Hospital in Brisbane

10  Margaret 1883-1903 married Thomas Smith in 1901

Margaret Neilands Smith

5 Lizzie and James Sproule had 3 sons William James and Charles and one daughter Bessie
6 David and Margaret Jane had 4 children - 2 boys and 2 girls - had a Grocery business in Newtownstewart
7 Thomas Abraham and Mary Rebecca had 2 sons - descendants live in Canada
8 Hugh Harper and Martha had 6 children - 3 girls and 3 boys
10 Margaret and Thomas had one son - he married Sadie Love and went to New Zealand
 

Marjorie, Grace, Howard, Gerald, Eileen & Bertie - children of Hugh Harpur Neilands

Robert Neilands had a daughter Sarah 1806-1902 who married  Robert Moore 1803-1899 of Seskinore, Co Tyrone. in 1830. He later lived at Magheralough, Co Tyrone.

		In Sarah's obituary, it says:  "She often pointed out the spot where, in her grandfather's garden, Mr. Wesley preached, and from that time on the family have been connected to Methodism"	Could Sarah's mother have been Smith? John Wesley preached at Smith’s yard at Magheralough  See Methodist Revival - a grandson of Sarah and Robert was named Samuel Smith White - another Smith link
Robert Moore 1803-1899	Sarah Neilands Moore 1806-1902

They had 9 children

1 Robert 2 Samuel 3 Susanna, 4 Hugh (Rev Hugh) 5 John James 6  Bella Jane 7 Margaret 8 Mary 9 Sarah

3 Susannah died 1901
4 Hugh married Rebecca Jane Smith in 1877
5 John James married Nancy Anne White He died in 1874 and she died in 1906
6 Bella Jane married Sam
7 Margaret married Rob - she died in 1903
8 Mary 1843-1923 married Abraham White 1841-1936, brother of Nancy on 2 January 1867 - they emigrated to Ontario Canada. before 1881
9 Sarah married James Buchanan - she died in 1903

8 Mary and Abraham White had 4 children all born in Castlederg Co Tyrone:-
Samuel Smith 1867-, Isabella Jane 1869- ,  Annie Mary 1871- and  Frederick William 1877-
I am in touch with Canadian descendants.