Constantino O'Neill? And Don Juan O'Neill.

Who was Don Constatino O'Neill mentioned in the O'Neill's de Puerto Rico oral history? Who ever Constantino O'Neill was he must have been born around the 1620 or 1640's and must have been in Spain or just changed his name in his new homeland of Spain . If he would have been from Ireland his name would have been called Conn. There seem to be many Conn O'Neill's but not many lived in the Spanish Netherlands nor in Spain , this eliminates all other Conn O'Neill's.

There was Constantino O'Neill who had a son named Felix O'Neill later became a Colonel in the Spanish Netherlands who served under Owen Roe O'Neill.

Conn O'Neill the 3rd son of Art O'Neill , father of two sons Daniel and Brian O'Neill , who was the father of Conn O'Neill who died in Spain.

Conn O'Neill , the 3rd son of Owen Roe O'Neill , father of Colonel Owen O'Neill and Lewis O'Neill both served in France.

There seem to be the connection of Don Bernardo O'Neill and Constantino O'Neill both associted with Owen Roe O'Neill.

Conn O'Neill, who died in 1601 , son of Hugh O'Neill , 2nd Earl of Tyrone, his grandson Feardorcha O'Neill left Ireland with don Hugh O'Neill into continental Europe . (Possibly Brussels)

Conn na Creige , son of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, who died in the tower of London in 1622 . Whose descendants nothing is known.

Conn McNeill McFachartaigh O'Neill, who was married to Owen Roe O'Neill's sister from whom he had a nephew named Brian O'Neill born circa 1612 , he served many years under the Prince of Orange army. He was married to a Catherine , the eldest daughter of Thomas, 2nd Baron of Wotton. He has a son named Harry O'Neill from a previous marriage but notthing is known of him or his descendats.

In 1697 there was Captain Constantino O'Neill , who served in the regiment of Clancarthy.

The progenitor of one of the O'Neill of Puerto Rico family is Don Juan O'Neill. Who is this Don Juan O'Neill ? and what was his connection with this Don Constatino O'Neill and the Spanish Netherlands?

Who were these men named Rocco , Guillermo and Edmundo O'Neill?

There is clue who these men could have been and a connection Don Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone O'Keffe, 2nd Marques del Norte , had his son Don Gonzalo O'Neill y Chabert born in Rio Piedras March 31, 1830 baptized by cadet Don Carlos Eugenio O'Neill from the regiments in Grenada. Very unlikely Don Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone O'Keffe would have his son baptized by a cadet unless he was from a distinct bloodline.

The island of Grenada was occupied by the French, and history well states that Dillon's regiment were contributors in the conquest of the islands of Grenada, St. Eustacia, Tobago and St.Christopher.

Aan de O'Neill's Nederland

Ik ben op zoek naar elke O'Neill die in Nederland of Belgie heeft genwoond, al dan niet bekend met zinj of haar stamboom. In de periode rond de Tachtigjarige oorlog/ de Nederlandse Opstand zijn er veel O'Neill's geimmigreerd naar Nederland en Belgie. In die periode behoorden Nederland en Belgie bij het Spaanse Koninkrijk (Phillip II).

Ik wil graag contact met iedere O'Neill die dit bericht langs ziet komen en interesse heeft in zijn/haar geschiedenis. Ook ben ik op zoek naar Jacobum de Tyrone.

M.O'Neill

Namens de O'Neill's uit Puerto Rico

Contact theredhandking@gmail.com

Y-DNA

My Y-dna is of the Haplogroup R1b1b2a1a4 also known has the SNP L48 / S162 among this Haplogroup i currently have no genetic matches the closest one are to far apart to be of any significance. Also my Haplotype has very uncommon markers not found within the SNP L48 that is believed to be around 3,900 years old origins are yet to be known.



Why is the Haplotype is so uncommon?



This could be due to not many male descendants from the original progenitor or a selected group of people not currently tested.

Among the O'Neill's of Puerto Rico there will those who would match me and those who would not but outside of Puerto Rico the percentages go down among other O'Neill's it's very unlikely that any O'Neill within Australia, Ireland and the United States ( Those not from Puerto Rico) will match me genetically. Currently no O'Neill who has tested their y-dna in Ireland, Australia or the United States has matched. This is due to various factors one of them being the O'Neill's of Puerto Rico origins start in Ireland with the immigration of the O'Neill's into Belgium once the Spanish Netherlands in the 1600's. Not later on in the 1800's to the Americas or Australia during the potato famine in Ireland.

It's very unlikely anyother O'Neill will match or be of the SNP L48 but there could be a posibility since there seems to be a big neglect among many of the O'Neill's to have their SNP tested.

The 1st known O'Neill to arrive in Puerto Rico was Don Juan O'Neill during the early 1700's he married Anna Garcia. Eight generations later i aquire a y-dna test and was the 1st to do among all the O'Neill's of Puerto Rico and any other O'Neill in Spain or Portugal.

Until others O'Neill males from Puerto Rico, Spain , Belgium , France and the Caribbean aquire a y-dna test then we will be able to know who is related to who and our true origins not just genealogy since what is in our dna does not lie.



What does the this y-dna prove?



It proves that the if O'Neill's de Puerto Rico are descedants of the Feardorcha ' Matthew' O'Neill bloodline. Then the question could be finaly answered . If Feardorcha was the illegitamate son of Conn ' Baccah ' O'Neill ?


and if he was then this would include all of his descendants of Irish history. Men like Owen Roe, Hugh Dubh , Hugh O'Neill , 2nd Earl of Tyrone and all his descendants.

Also , this may prove based on the ancient myths and Irish genealogies of the O'Neill's being of a Scythian/ Goth origin, not the so called Celtic origins. But this is often overlooked by many who believe in the ancient myths when it's convenient for them.



Based on the mutations this Haplotyope within the SNP L48 looks to be very old.

O'Neill's of Puerto Rico New updated

Felipe O’Neill Carana b. 1844 & Eugenia Lugo b.?


Parents of


• Bruno O’Neill Lugo b. 1860 - 1880
• Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873
• Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887
• Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885
• Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1888


• Bruno O’Neill Lugo b. 1860-1880? married Victoriana Melendez Garcia b. 1882 ( from Galicia and Asturias, N. Spain)

Parents of

1. Fransisca O’Neill Melendez b. 1909
2. Paullina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905
3. Ynocencio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906
4. Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906
5. Ramona O'Neill Melendez b.1898- 1905?
6. Leo "Gelo" O’Neill Melendez b.?

• Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873 married Demetria Melendez Garcia b. 1874

Parents of

1. Braulio O’Neill Melendez b. 1900
2. Celestina O’Neill Melendez b. 1897
3. Justo O’Neill Melendez b. 1902

4. Adrian O’Neill Melendez b. 1903 married Heriberta Garcia Gonzales

parents of

a. Agustin O'Neill Garcia


b. Miguel O'Neill Garcia married Ramonita Aponte

parents of


1. Miguel O'Neill Aponte
2. Norma O'Neill Aponte
3. Olga O'Neill Aponte
4. Migdalia O'Neill Aponte
5. Iraida O'Neill Aponte
6. Yolanda O'Neill Aponte







c. Adrian " Ayin" O'Neill Garcia
d. Francisco "Paquito" O'Neill Garcia

e. Efrain " Frango" O'Neill Garcia
f. Rosa "Rosin" Maria O'Neill Garcia

g. Mariam O'Neill Garcia

h. Hector O'Neill Garcia married Margarita Rosa

parents of

a. Hector O'Neill Rosa
b. Michael O'Neill Rosa
c. Edward O'Neill Rosa
d. Kenneth O'Neill Rosa


also married Carmen Ana Vazquez

parents of


a. Hector Yuvelt O'Neill Vazquez
b. Ryan O'Neill Vazquez
c. Yamal O'Neill Vazquez
d. Ronald O'Neill Vazquez

5. Serefina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905
6. Lina O’Neill Melendez b. 1908
7. Mercedes O’Neill Melendez b. 1909
8. Jana O'Neill Melendez b. 1905


• Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887 married Filomena Melendez Garcia b.?

Parents of

a. Valerina O’Neill Melendez b. 1909
b. Fransisca O’Neill Melendez b. 1906

• Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885 & Cecilia Lebron Hernandez b.1883

Parents of

a. Isabel O’Neill Lebron b.1905
b. Anastasio O’Neill Lebron b. 1908
c. Juan de Mata O’Neill Lebron b. 1898

• Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1880 Widower children no knowledge



The O’Neill Lebron Family.

• Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 6.12.1906 & Maxima Lebron Cegara

Parents of

1. Rafael O’Neill Lebron
2. Juan O’Neill Lebron
3. Jose Antonio O’Neill Lebron
4. Rey O’Neill Lebron
5. Miguel O’Neill Lebron
6. Luis O’Neill Lebron
7. Miseal O’Neill Lebron
8. Carmen O’Neill Lebron
9. Gloria O’Neill Lebron
10. Ramon O’Neill Lebron
11. Jose “Pepe” O’Neill Lebron

Maxima Lebron Cegara was the daughter of Malvino Lebron & Maria Cegara.

• Ramon “ Moncho’ O’Neill Lebron & Milagros Masa

Parents of

1. Eduardo O’Neill Masa ( Santiago)
2. Ramon O’Neill Masa ( Santiago)

• Jose O’Neill Lebron & Maria Masa

Parents of

1. Jamilet O’Neill Masa
2. Jose O’Neill Masa
3. Ramon O’Neill Masa
4. William O’Neill Masa
5. Michael O’Neill Masa

• Rey O’Neill Lebron & Julia Lopez

Parents of

1. Aida O’Neill Lopez
2. Eduardo O’Neill Lopez
3. Reynaldo O’Neill Lopez
4. Iris O’Neill Lopez

Luis "Pepe" O'Neill Lebron

father of

1.Erick O'Neill Delgado
2.Damariz O'Neill Delgado
3.Lius O'Neill Delgado


* Luis O’Neill Lebron married and had 2 sons and 1 daughter
* Juan O’Neill Lebron married Beneda Masa children unknown
* Miguel O’Neill Lebron father of one son Miguel O’Neill

The O’Neill Garcia Family

• Felipe O’Neill Carana b. 1844 & Fransisca Garcia Cecilio b. 1867
Parents of
• Eurasio O’Neill Garcia b. 1903
• Presentacion O’Neill Garcia b. 1904
• Aselma O’Neill Garcia b. 1905
• Guillermo O’Neill Garcia b. 1906
• Cipriano O’Neill Garcia b. 1908

(These are Felipe O’Neill’s children from his second marriage )

O'Neill's of Martinique : Counts of Tyrone

History shows that there were plenty of O’Neill’s serving in the Spanish and French regiments during the middle of the 1600’s and early 1700’s in the Caribbean. The land of the wooden shoes is the Spanish Netherlands modern day Belgium were many of the O’Neill’s fought this was the country were many of the O’Neill’s of Tyrone were raised and were in September 14,1607 . Hugh O’Neill (Aodh Mór Ó Néill), 2nd Earl of Tyrone migrated and landed in October 18, 1607.This opened the door for many other O’Neill’s to migrate to Spain and the Spanish Netherlands. Many of the descendants of Hugh O’Neill migrated to the island of Martinique in the Caribbean. The first of these men was Patrick O’Neill son James O’Neill (2nd Comte de Tyrone) who received lands from the Compagnie des Iles d'Amérique or (Company of the American Islands) in the early 1670s. For 200 years these O’Neill lived on the Island of Martinique involved the sugar plantations of the island many of the family members served in the regiments of Walsh and Dillon. Sean or John, the eldest son of Hugh and Catherine Megennis. Born in Dungannon , Ireland in 1599. John or also known as Juan O’Neill migrated from Ireland in 1607 with his parents. Married twice first to Isabel O'Donnell and second to the daughter of Madam De Buixln? And part of the Spanish Council of War. It’s believed he died in battle at the aged of 41 years in 1641 he settled his family on the Island of Mallorca, Spain. He was the father of Don Hugo Eugenio O'Neill the father of

-Patrick (Patricio) O'Neill, born in 1622 in Holland or possibly on trhe island of Mallorca , Spain. He was recognized has the Comte De Tyrone. He married Catherine O'Dougherty.

Parents of

James O’Neill O’Dougherty is believed to have been born in Co. Mayo, Ireland in 1660. 2nd Comte De Tyrone died in Martinique.

Father of

Henry (Enrique) O’Neill born 1698 in Ireland other accounts say he was born in 1688 .The 3rd Comte De Tyrone. He migrated to island of Martinique with his father. Henry O’Neill married Rose Plissonnean in September 25, 1724 at the age of 36. It’s believed that he died in the year of 1756.

Father of

1. Matthieu O’Neill Plissonnean who is said to have died young.

2. Jacques Henry O’Neill Plissonnean , 4th Comte De Tyrone speculated to have been born in 1728. Married Mary Anne Teyssier.

(One accounts has Jacques Henry O’Neill Plissonnean and Mary Anne Teyssier the parents of Paul Francis O'Neill Teyssier who married Anne Loiusa Hurlott parents of James O'Neill Hurlott who married Anne Modeste Hugonnec parents of Francis Henry O'Neill Hugonnec who married Hermie de la Ponce. Francis Henry O'Neill Hugonnec had a younger brother named Julien O'Neill Hugonnec.)





3. Jean Laurent O’Neill known has the Viscomte De Tyrone who militarily served in Regiment of Dillon.

Jacques Henry O’Neill Plissonnean

Father of

1. Jacques O’Neill Teyssier . Died in 1780.
2. Paul Francois Henry O’Neill Teyssier, Known has the 5th Comte De Tyrone was born in 1749. Was married to Louisa Hurlot.
3. Louis Henry O’Neill Teyssier.

4. Henry Laurent O’Neill Teyssier. Who served Served in Regiment of Walsh.

Paul Francois Henry O’Neill Teyssier and Louisa Hurlot .

Parents of

1. Jacques O’Neill Hurlot, the 6th Comte De Tyrone born in 1765 died in 1839. Resided on the island of Martinique in the Caribbean . Was married to Anne Modeste Hugonnoc.

2. Francois Henry O’Neill Hurlot . The Viscomte De Tyrone. Died in 1858.

Jacques O’Neill Hurlott and Anne Modeste Hugonnoc became the parents of

1. Lois Jacques Tiburce O’Neill Hugonnoc. Known has the 7th Comte De Tyrone it is said that he was unmarried in 1859.

2. Francois Henry O’Neill Hugonnoc .Known has the 8th Comte De Tyrone. Born on the island of Martinique in 1812 it’s believed he died after 1887. Was married to Hermoine De La Ponce.

3 .Julien O’Neill Tiburce O’Neill.

The descendants of Patrick O'Neill lived on the island of Martinique for over 200 years and knew well the Caribbean like no other O'Neill's .

Oxholm - O'Neill's of Denmark : Descendants of Lady Anne O'Neill O'Keffe of the Fews

Lady Anne O'Neill O'Keefe , sister of Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keffe and Don Tulio O'Neill O'Keffe, married in July 10th 1796, to Don Peter Lotharius Oxholm , who was born in 10.07.53, he was of Copenhagen , Demnark. They both were married in St.Croix , then moved to Copenhagen , Denmark and had 8 children.

The Children of Oxholm and O'Neill.

Emilie Catharine, * 8/10 1799, verheiratet 5/8 1826 mit dem Schwedischen Minister, Baron Carl Hochschild. Witwe 1857.


Frederik Thomas, born 4/9 1801 died in 19/3 1871, General­major, St. af D. og mehrere franz.. Orden, Regierungsraad, ehem. verschiedene Åmter i Vestindien, Gouverneur St. Thomas und Vicegouverneur ueber die vestindischen Besitzungen. Er wurde auch als uebergeordneter Gesandter zu Kaiser Maximilian von Mexico gesandt.


Carolina Augusta, born 24/5 1803, died in 1872, Hofdame bei der kgl. Høih. Prindsesse Charlotte, 1841 Hofdame bei der Kronprinsesse, Hofstiftsfraulein i Vallø.


Carl Arthur born in 15/9 1804, died in 19/7 1839, Forstcandidat, Premierlieutenant in der Gaarde, Kammerjunker, reiste 1824 nach Spanien, wo er zu Diensten bei der Koeniglichen Leibgarde beitrat und sich hervorragend bewehrte gegen Don Carlos im Spanischen Buergerkrieg . Er wurde Brigadegeneral, aber starb an den Verletzungen die er bei der Schlacht von Lucana erhielt.



Valdemar Tully, born in 11/11 1805, died in 3/8 1876, er wurde Leutnant bei der Gaarde zu Fuss , wurde dann nach Westindien gesandt zu Diensten des Daenischen Staates .Dort blieb er bis 1834 und wurde dann Gouverneur von Christian von Glücks­burg ( Koenig Christian IX.) und Frederik von Hessen bei Aufenhalt an der Universitetet i Bonn. 1841 wurde er Committeret in die Generalzollkammer, 1843 Hofchef bei Kronprinz Frederik (Frederik VII.), 1848 Generalmajor, 1854 Daenischer Minister i London. Er beendete freiwillig seine Diplomatische Karriere 1857 und Oberhofmarschall bei Kong Christian IX. Er starb als Oberkammerherr und erhielt viele Orden. Er heiratete 1. Anna v. Rud­lofff, 2. mit Marie Sophie Frederikke, Tochter von General Gerhard Christopher v. Krogh.


Harald Peter, born in 6/6 1807, died in 16/12 1869, entledigedes paa Ansøgning fra sin Stilling som Søofficer efter den første slesvigske Krig og døde som Kammerherre, R. af D. og fl. fr. Ordener og Eier af Taarnholm. Han var gift med Ellen O'Kelly, * 21/5 1813, † 6/5 1851. O'Kelly'erne ere af meget gammel irsk Adel. Kinder:


a. Mary Anne Eleonora Cathrine, f* 7/3 1841, Stiftsdame i Vallø.



b. Louise, born in 1/12 1843, gift 1871 med Capitain i Armeen Baron Emil Eric Schaffalitzky de Muckadell, f. 31/12 1837.



c. Alexander Tully, born in 5/3 1844, til Taarnholm, Hofjæger­mester, gift .11/1 1870 med Ane Christiane Vilhelmine Juliane, f. 20/1 1852, Datter af Lehnsgreve Jørgen Scheel til Estrup, blev separeret 1876; hun ejer nu Krummerup Kirkegods. Søn: Peter Harald Jørgen, f. 16/1 1871.



d. Georgine Emilie Adelaide, born in 10/4 1846 Hofdame hos Hds. Maj. Dronningen af Danmark, Stiftsdame i Vallø.



e. Elisabeth, * 13/4 1848, gift 21/5 1869 med Baron Christian Rosenkrantz, f. 2/7 1838.

Oscar Oxholm O'Neill

7. Oscar O'Neill, born in 28/4 1809, died 15/10 1871. Efter flere AarsTjeneste ved Fodgarden traadte han à la suite og var surnummerair Adjudant hos Frederik VII. fra 1848 til faa Aar før Kongens Død. Han døde som Generalmajor, Kammerherre, C. af D. og Eier af Rosenfeldt, hvor han opførte en ny Hovedbygning. Han var gift med Adelaide Morfa O'Kelly, f. 7/2 1817, til Rosenfeldt, Storgaarden og Marienberg. Kinder:


a. Carl Arthur George O'Neill, * 16/3 1843, Eier af Aunø, gift 1872 med Sophie Marguerite Bech, * 25/12 1850.



b. Fritz Johan Georg; * 23/4 1850, † 4/2 1878, dansk Jagt­junker, traadte i russisk Tjeneste og udmærkede sig i den russisk-tyrkiske Krig 1877-78, avancerede til Lieutenant i Cavalleriet og blev R. af St. Georgs Ordenen. Han blev saaret i Slaget ved Philippopel og døde kort derefter. Ved Meddelelsen om hans Død tilføjede den commanderende General: ”Nous perdons en lui un excellent officier, decore personnellement par 1'empereur pour distinction militaire”.



c. Oscar Siegfried Christian, * 31/1 1855.





Hilda Alphonsine Francisca, f* 6/4 1821, i Vemmetofte.



Peter L. Oxholm was the owner of the St. George Hill, Sally's Fancy ,and Hope plantations. He produced maps and writings in 1794 of the Danish West Indies. In 1814, he became General Governor of St. Croix , until 1816, when he became ill ,and had to traveled back with his family to Denmark.

(Many thanks to the info provided by J. Schmidt of Denmark)

O'Neill's of the Fews in Puerto Rico and St.Croix

The origin of the O'Neill's of the Fews.

In 1755, the 99 years lease on the lands of Sir. Henry O'Neill of the Fews , expired and these were in Meelick, Carrowrory and Carrowconnell. Sir. Henry (Enrique) O'Neill and his wife Hanna O'Kelly , the daughter of counsellor John O'Kelly of Keenagh, Co. Roscommon, moved his family to Spain about 1758 , and they became the parents of Don Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone, who was born in 1736, Dublin, Ireland. Later to be known by the title of the 1st Marques Del Norte and Governor of the Yucatan in 10.03.1792. (The successor of Don Jose Sabido de Vargas). Named Governor of West Florida and named into the Supreme Council of War of Spain (replacing Governor Miguel de Uztaraiz). His brother Lieutenant. Colonel. Niall 'Nicolas' O'Neill O'Kelly was born in 1734 ,and died at Saragossa,Spain. Don Tulio O'Neill O'Kelly married Catherine O'Keffe y Whalen, and became the parents of Arturo O'Neill O'Keffe, Anne O'Neill O'Keffe and Tulio O'Neill O'Keffe.


Don Tulio O'Neill O'Keffe was born in St. Croix in 1784, and later became a General , who won many distinctions during the Peninsular War. He married Manuela de Castilla, the daughter of a Spanish Nobel. They became parents of Don Juan Antonio Luis O'Neill, born in 1812, who married Dona Luisa de Salamanca. He later inherited his mothers titles in 1847, and then becoming the Marques de la Granja, Marques de Caltojar, Count of Benajiar and Marques de Valdeosera . From then on they are known as the O'Neill's of the Fews of Seville.



Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keffe was born 1783 in St. Croix, later will become a Lieut. Colonel in 17.08.1828, in Bayamon , Puerto Rico ,and a Knight of the Royal Order of King Carlos the 3rd of Spain, and recognized as the 2nd Marques del Norte. He died on Sept 7, 1832, and was buried in the Roman Catholic Church of Frederichriste , Saint Croix (Santa Cruz). He was married to Joanna Chabert Heyliger on April 19, 1802 in St. Croix.





(Lady Anne O'Neill O'Keffe, the daughters of Don Tulio O'Neill O'Kelly, married Don Peter Lotharius Oxholm b. 10.07.53 of Copenhagen , Demnark. )




The decendants of Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keffe of the Fews


Tulio Luis O'Neill y Chabert b. 17.06.1808 in St.Croix.

Arturo O'Neill y Chabert b. 25.08.1820 in Loyza, Puerto Rico and baptized in Loyza, Puerto Rico 07.09.1821.

Enrique O'Neill y Chabert

Felix O'Neill y Chabert

Micaela Ulpiana O'Neill y Chabert b. 03.04.1825 in Puerto Rico ,and baptized as the daughter of the Marques del Norte, in San Juan ,Puerto Rico.
Gonzalo O'Neill y Chabert b. 20.08.1829 Rio Piedras , Puerto Rico, and baptized in 31.03.1830, in San Juan, Puerto Rico .

Arturo Eustasio O'Neill Andino was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico 29.03.1857.
Arturo O'Neill Abajo was born in Madrid circa 1890, and died 3.012.1936 .
Arturo O'Neill Pecino, died at the age of 17 in 1.03.1937.
Diego Arturo Ricardo Próculo O'Neill Pecino, was born in 14.04.1922.

Arturo César O'Neill de Tyrone Daneyko, was born in Oviedo, Asturias, 9.10.1950.

Carlos O'Neill Pecino.

Margarita O'Neill Pecino.

Africa O'Neill Pecino.

Miguel O'Neill Pecino.

Luis O'Neill Pecino .

María del Rosario Magdalena O'Neill Abajo born in San Juan,Puerto Rico 22.07.1895.



"El 6 de diciembre de 1816, el sobrino del I Marqués del Norte, también llamado D Arturo O'Neill solicitó al rey se le expidiese la correspondiente carta de sucesión tras haber tomado posesión del vinculo ante D Joaquin Almazán del Consejo de S. M. y teniente corregidor en Madrid el día anterior según testimonio del escribano de Madrid, Antonio Lopez de Salazar. Previa la expedición de la real carta de sucesión pagó 20,361 reales y 3 maravedis por los derechos sucesorios. "

The O'Neill's of the Fews of Spain.

Much has been written, and alot has been speculated, and many time they have been celebrated as the O'Neill Mor's , but the reality is another. In my search for my own ancestry, I have came across Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keeffe , a man forgotten by history, and all the O'Neill's. His own descendants did not even know of his own origins, since all aclaim and titles went to his brother's descendants. The reality is that Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keeffe, was born in St. Croix 1783 ,and his brother Tulio O'Neill O'Keeffe born in 1784, when it was occupied by the Danish Crown. Their uncle Don Arturo O'Neill de Tyrone O'Kelly , Marquez del Norte gave his title of Marquez del Norte to Don Arturo O'Neill O'Keeffe.