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TOGA NEWS Volume III, Issue 2, February, 2003

On page seven of last month's issue of the Newsletter, we displayed a photo of Henry Huffman and his wife Eliza O'Neal Huffman. In the caption we said that the photo was taken in 1801. Thanks to numerous TOGA members for pointing out our mistake. First, the photographic process used in these photos did not exist in 1801; And, secondly, Henry and Eliza's ages didn't match up. Henry was born in 1801 and Eliza was born in 1809, so obviously the photo was taken in 1901.
Thanks to our member's sharp eyes for details.

How would you like to look at a map of current day Maryland and point to the spot where our O'Neal Ancestors came from? Bev Crowe and I have been doing a lot of work in this area lately and we'd like to share the results. We know that our 3rd generation of O'Neale's came from "Sugarland Hundred". In colonial days a "Hundred" was an area whose population was sufficient to provide one hundred able bodied men, capable for fighting in the militia.

The Census of Sugarland Hundred, Frederick County, Maryland was taken September 2, 1776. The Census shows:

Name        Age Calculated Birthdate
John O'Neal 57  1719
Peter       22  1754
Barton      16  1758
Joseph      10  1766
Margaret    49  1727 (nee Barton)
Margaret    18  1758
Phebe       16  1760
Janet       14  1762
Mary        10  1766
Source: "Mary land Records Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources:
Number of Souls in Sugarland Hundred" by Samuel Blackmore.
Note: John, listed in the census above was the son of Peter O'Neale and grandson of John (Jo Owneill) O'Neale.

In 1790 we find the 1790 Montgomery County Census showing
O Neill  Bernard  (Son of Henry O'Neale)
O Neill  William  (This is actually William, Jr.) William Sr; married Eleanor Ball died in 1759.
O Neale  Wm, Junr (This is William, III, son of William, Jr.)
O Neale  David    (Son of William md Eleanor Ball)
O Neall  Lawrence (Son of William md Eleanor Ball)
O Neale  Henry    (Son of William md Eleanor Ball)
Neill    Barton   (Son of John O'Neale, married Margaret Barton)
Source: Census_Year 1790 Microfilm # M637-3 State MD County Montgomery.
Note: William, listed in the census above was the son of William and grandson of John (Jo Owneill) O'Neale.