Sunday, November 20, 2016

Don Tulio & Don Enrique O'Neill: Puerto Rico 1783-1806


Don Arturo O'Neill: 1780s St.Croix (Santa Cruz), Cuba, Puerto Rico


Don Arturo O'Neill : St.Croix / St.Cruz


Don Tulio O'Neill: Captain of the Puerto Rico Militias 1800's


Colonel Don Thomas O' Daly & Don Enrique (Henry) O'Neill: Puerto Rico






Don Tulio O'Neill & Don Enrique O'Neill: St.Croix / St. Cruz 1779



Don José O’Neill:1860s death & Don Arturo O'Neill



Año 1861

Enero:


En la parroquia de San Pedro Martin de Guaynabo, isla de Puerto Rico, a los días del mes de enero de mil ochocientos sesenta i uno de mil años: yo, el padre Don Juan (¿Baintro?) Fuentes, cura de esta Yglesia. (¿?) Los oficios de entierro (¿?) solemne con procesión al cementerio i sepultura (¿?) es el cadáver de adulto Don José O’Neill y nos falleció, en la tarde del día anterior, de sesenta i cinco años (65) de edad, natural de esta (¿peligresia?) persona blanca, libre: hijo legítimo de Don Patricio i de Doña Ana Feliciano, ambos difuntos otorgó su testamento  en siete de Noviembre último , en cargas de (¿?) copias, o sea testimonio antes escribimos (¿?) de (¿priblico?) de (¿?) Don Arturo O’Neill, copio las siguientes (¿?) Ordena, se digan por bien de alma las treinta misas de San Vicente, i diez a las benditas ánimas de purgatorio, Todas de la limosna de un peso (¿?) a la manda religiosa i (¿?) sea (¿?) carda de las Jerusalén: Ytem. Declara sus (¿?) casando velan, según rito de (¿?) madre Yglesia (Iglesia), en primeras (¿?) con Dona Ynes Umpierre de cuyo matrimonio; procuraron por (¿?) legítimos hijos a Dona Señora Leonor, Don León, Don Pedro, Don Juan de Mata i segundo con la testadora (¿?) Dona Gregoria Cuello de cual han tenido i procreado a Dona Ysabel Marian O'Neill Cuello, Don Gerónimo (Jeremias)…

1861

January:

In the parish of San Pedro Martin de Guaynabo, island of Puerto Rico, on the days of the month of January, one thousand eight hundred sixty and one thousand years: I, Father Don Juan (Baintro?) Fuentes, priest of this Church. The offices of solemn burial with procession to the cemetery and grave (?) Is the adult corpse Don Jose O'Neill died, in the afternoon of the previous day, sixty-five years ( 65) old, natural of this (?) White person, free: legitimate son of Don Patricio and Doña Ana Feliciano, both deceased granted his will on November 7 last, instill of copies, or Don Arturo O'Neill, copy the following (?) Order, say for good of soul the thirty Masses of San Vicente, and ten a. The blessed souls of purgatory, All of the alms of a weight (?) To the religious order i (??) Are (?) Cards of the Jerusalem: Ytem. He declares his (?) Marrying, according to rite of (?) Mother Church (Church), in first (?) With Dona Ynes Umpierre of whose marriage; They sought for (legitimate?) Children to Mrs. Leonor, Don Leon, Don Pedro, Don Juan de Mata and second with the testator (?) Dona Gregoria Cuello of which have been procreated to Dona Ysabel Marian O'Neill Cuello, Don Gerónimo (Jeremiah) 


Monday, February 3, 2014

The O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico: Negative for the SNP L47



Recently, I obtained the test for the SNP L47 which is an Germanic SNP associated with possible origins in the Baltics some theories believe that it was spread by Danish Vikings, Franks, and  cluster  of people whose ancestors converted into Judaism long ago.

The O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico are not part of the SNP L47.  The next possible test will be the SNP Z9 associated with North Western Germanic origins around 2,000 to 3,000 years ago in the regions of the North Sea associated with the tribal origins with the Istvaeones, Saxons, Jutes (possible Geats), Angles, Thuringians, Alamanni, Suebi, Franks, Sicambri, Salii, Chamavi, Bructeri, Chatti, Chattuarii, Ampsivarii, Tencteri, Ubii, Batavi, Frisii, Cimbri, Batavi, Chatti, Thuringii, Hermunduri.
 The problem is that the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico belong to the Germanic L48 SNP, but they don’t match any of the current tested population within the USA or Britain. Where the tested population it’s heavily associated with Saxon and Angles tribal origins. Outside a 2,000 year match of 12 markers and a few tested in Yorkshire , England with the marker YCA II b = 21, there are no concrete matches.

It’s very likely that the progenitor of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico belonged to undiscovered SNP of a Teutonic origin. Only time will tell when new SNP’s are discovered and new evidence is found. 

The Milesian Myths



By M.O'Neill

The warlike sons of the Gadelian race remain’d among the Goths for thirty years, and there shall some of their prosperity. Remain till the world’s end. – Giolla Coamhan.

In my opinion, the creators of the Milesian genealogies used all types of information from various sources including the Bible to eliminate all types of pagan ancestry, and this would look respectable in the eyes of the church during those periods in Ireland. The Irish scribes either wanted to associate the Royal Bloodlines of their Celtic kings and chiefs to a Gothic / Scythian origin or they were retelling the folklore of a Gothic / Scythian bloodline in Ireland. All the Milesian myths sound very familiar to the Goths journey through Europe. Which led me to create the theory that this was a creation of ancient Irish Scribes mixing oral history, Abrahamic Genealogy to satisfy the church in Ireland and then being heavy influenced by the Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum. In the Irish myths Milesius was a Scythian Nobel whose ancestors were born in Scythia, the island of Gotland, Northern Spain, Thrace and Egypt; consequently, these myths were absorbed and believed to be fact by the Irish population with the writings of men like Keating, O'Hart and other pedigree writers of their time. It’s an interesting notion that an aristocratic Scythian tribe is the progenitors of an entire society from Northern Spain with roots in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.

In the reign of King Brath, son of Dega, he commands a voyage with the Gadelians form Gothland or Gothinia and the destination is Spain. [1] [2] King Brath sails with 4 ships and 24 men and an equal amount of women with each of the four ships being in command of Oige and Uige, sons of Alloyed, son of Ne niul, also, Mantan and Caicer the Druid.  King Bratha has a son named Breoghan, later to become King Breoghan of Spain, founder of the city of Bregonia or Braganza, in La Coruna, Galicia situated in Northern Spain. [3][4][5] King Breoghan of Spain has a 14 sons among them Cuailgne , Cuala, Blath, Aibhle, Nar, Breagha, Fuad, Muirthemhe, Ith, and Bille. Now Bille, the son of King Breoghan, the grandson of King Brath, has a son named Galamh, later to be known as Miles Hispaniae or Milesius of Spain, “The Soldier of Spain” or “Soldier of a 100 battles.” [6] Galamh after fighting many victorious battles in Spain against the native population, and the arrival of a famine in Spain, decides to visit his Royal kindred that being King Reffleior of Scythia. [7][8] Galamh arrives in Scythia with his group of Gadelians and is welcomed by King Reffleior, who gives him command of a part of the army to fight his enemies, and after Galamh and his Gadelians soldiers are victorious in many battles King Reffleior offers his daughter Seang in marriage to Galamh, as a result, Galamh becomes the father of two sons named Donn and Aireach Feabhruadh meaning, “The Red Browed”.  [9] King Reffleior is over taken by envy and jealousy over the popularity of Galamh among the Scythians, and orders the murder of Galamh, when this is found out by the Gadelians and Galamh they storm King Reffleior palace and kill him. Galamh his two sons and the Gadelians leave Scythia, towards Egypt without his wife Seang, who had died in Scythia. [10] In Egypt the Gadelians and Galamh where they find  that Pharaoh Nectonibus II is at war with the Ethiopians , and he enlist the help of Galamh and the Gadelians, there Donn and Aireach Feadruadh  are trained in the arts of war. Again Galamh is victorious in many battles; as a result, Pharaoh Nectonibus offers Galamh his daughter Princess Scota Tephi’s hand in marriage. [11]

In Egypt Galamh and Scota become the parents of Heberus Fionn and Aimhergin, but seven years later Galamh remembers the prophecy of his ancestors Caicer the Druid, about the Western Island in which his descendants would rule. [12] Galamh decides to leave Egypt with his wife Scota, his sons and the Gadelians, and they sail from the River Nile with 60 ships into the Mediterranean where they land on the  island of Irene, off the coast of Thracia, and there Scota delivers a son named Ir. Galamh’s Gadelians are now known as the Milesian and they decide not to go back to Spain, but to fight their way through Europe, until they with a fleet reached the island of Gothinia, described to have been within the Baltic Sea and the Arctic sea. On the island of Gothinia, Scota gives birth to another son of Galamh, named Colpa of the Sword. Years later from the island of Gothinia the Milesian sail to Alba or Caledonia where they plundered the regions , and then they sail past the Orkneys and Shetlands islands down thru the British Channel to the Bay of Biscay into Northern Spain. There in Northern Spain, Galamh and the Milesian fight a total of 54 battles against the Goths and other warrior nations within Spain. [13] Galamh remained in Spain and so did his sons, until one winter’s night Ith, the son of King Breoghan, from the Tower of Breoghan in Galicia saw an island; which is modern day Ireland. Ith, with his warriors arrived in Ireland, named Inis Elga, which was ruled by three Kings named Mac Cuill, Mac Cécht, and Mac Gréine. Ith and his soldiers were told to leave Ireland and Ith refused soon his soldiers fell victim to demons and a plot of murder was devised by the 3 kings of Ireland, as a result, Ith was wounded in a pursuit his body was then taken back to Spain, where the sons of Galamh “The Milesian” and the sons of Breoghan swore revenge.

With a force of 36 ships and 36 Gadelian Chiefs they began the conquest of Ireland; these chiefs were the ten sons of Breoghan - Brego, Bile, Blad, Cualu, Cuailnge, Fúat, Muirthemne, Eibleo, Íth, Nár.  The seven sons of Galamh - Donn, Colptha, Amorgen, Éber, Ír, Érimón(Heremon),and his three sons, and  Érech Febria and Érennán, who was the youngest among them all. [14] After battles against the native population of Ireland, Heremon, the 7th son of Galamh,who cuts off his hand to win the kingship of Ulster, and there we get one of the myths of the Red Hand of the O’Neill’s. [15][16][17][18][19][20] King Heremon ends up slaying his brother Heber and Amergin, and becomes the sole monarch of Ireland and divides it among his commanders and family. Heremon gave Munster to the sons of Heber: Er, Orba, Feron, and Ferga. Ulster to Ir, the Eastern part of Leinster he gave to his commander Criomtham-Sciath-Bheil, Connaught to one of his commanders named Un-Mac-Oigge, and a section of Munster to Lughaidh the son of Ithe. [21]




NOTES:

 [1] Getulia was situated in North Africa in a desert region south of the Atlas Mountains, bordering the Sahara, and other accounts says it was in the regions of what are modern day Tunisia and Algeria. These regions were once occupied by the Gaetuli, an ancient Berber tribe of Northern Africa. If one wants to believe the Milesian myths then we are to believe that the Milesian lived for over 150 years among the nomadic Berber tribes of Getulia, a region that the Roman Empire had trouble with for years. There are no accounts of Celts settling any areas of North Africa, but only the Vandals (East Germanic tribe) from Jutland. In 429 AD under King Genseric entered Northern Africa and by 435 AD they controlled most of the Roman North African provinces this being what modern day Algeria is and Northern Morocco.

[2] Gothland, “Land of the Geats” which is located in the geographical area in the south of Sweden, bounded by the north by Svealand. Once it was inhabited by a North Germanic tribe called the people called the Gautars or Geatas. Historical theories suggest that the Goths immigration from Scandinavia is associated with the Weilbark culture. This was a culture that appeared during the first half of the 1st century BC, and replaced the Okyswie culture, which was located in the regions of what is now modern day East Pomeriania around the lower Vistula River, yet this is just a theory. In ancient accounts the island of Scanza, homeland of the Goths was called “Scythia Antigua". Dacia, during the fourth century, when it was settled by Goths it was called Gothika. The Goths move into Asia Minor during 250 - 270 A.D. they invade Moesia in 248 A.D., and invade Greece, Thrace, and Asia Minor in 258 A.D.

[3] The myths have the Milesian being Kings also of Galicia, and the Celts did occupy Galicia prior to the arrival of the Suevi in 395 AD. The first Celtic settlement in Galicia was that of the Saefs, or Sefes in 11th century BC. The Saefs were Celtic peoples of the Hallstatt Culture that was predominant in Central Europe from 8th to the 6th century BC, basically European Iron Age that developed from the Urnfield culture. The Hallstatt culture is often associated mainly with the Celtic populations. The Saefs are believed to have been from the areas of the Czech-German areas they are said to have migrated in the 6th century BC over the Pyrenees into Spain. Then there is the Gallaeci a Celtic people that are the descendants of an Atlantic Stone age peoples 1300-700 BC composed of tribes with the names of Arrtrebi, Albioni, Celtici, Supertamarici, and Lemavi. The Asturian region was occupied by the Astures Celtic tribe composed of tribes by the names of Luggones, Albiones, and the Pesicos. The Astures may have been part of an early immigration of the Hallstatt expansion that emigrated from the Bavaria – Bohemian region. The Astures are recorded to have fought as Spanish Mercenaries under Hasdrubal Barca’s army in 207 BC, during the 2nd Punic war.

[4] The Romans entered Galicia in 137 – 138 BC. Under General Decimus Junius Brutus and the area was now known under the name Gallaecia. In 137 BC the Gallaeci faced the Romans with an army of 60,000 at the battle of the river Douro and were defeated. In 61 BC the Romans under the command of Julius Caesar landed in Brigantium, modern day la Coruna. In 395 the Suevi took over Galicia, and in 411 they created the first medieval kingdom of Europe. Also, the Vandals, Suevi, and Alans occupied Spain, and in 416 – 418 AD.

[5] Breoghan - Also known as Brigus, King of Galicia, Andalucía, Murcia, Castile, and Portugal. The tribe called the “Brigantes” ruled kingdoms in what is now County Wexford, Ireland. Prior to Roman invasion there were three different tribes of people living in the Yorkshire area among these tribes was the Brigantes, who lived between Tyne and Humber. Ancient accounts describe the Brigantes living in small villages, and raised cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and horses.  Where they controlled the largest section of what would become Northern England, and a significant part of the Midlands. These modern regions are Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, York, and West Yorkshire. There are several ancient settlements named Brigantium all throughout Europe such as Betanzos in Galicia (Spain), Bragança in Portugal and Briançon and Bregenz in the Alps. This may be due to the worship of the Goddess Brigantia, or tribal occupations.
[6] Bile – Also known as Belinus, Belenos, Bolgios, or Bel, and possible origins with the Cymric/ Gaulish God Beli, or Bolgios the lord of death.  Bolgios was the titular deity of a Belgae tribe.

[7] Feinius Farsaid, King of Scythia (Alanius): The legendary king of Scythia who is well recorded in the Irish mythologies and versions of their history. Feinius Farsaid was the son of Baath the son of Magog. Magog is the second of the seven sons of Japheth. According to Josephus he identified Magog as the progenitor of the Scythians, a name used in ancient times for peoples north of the Black Sea. Jordanes in his work Getica, circa 551, mentions Magog as ancestor of the Goths. According to Johannes Magnus Magog had migrated to Scandinavia eighty eight years after the flood, and his five sons were Suenno, Gog, Ubbo, Thor, and German.

[8] The Galatians were led by Brennus and they were Celts that migrated and invaded Macedon, and others Galatians were original Celts, who settled Galatia and they had arrived via Thrace under the leadership of Leotanius and Leonnorios around 270 BC. The fall of the 2nd Scythian kingdom was due to an onslaught of Celts, Thracians, and Sarmatians circa the 3rd century BC. That is one is to assume that the Milesian were of Galatian Celtic origins, and then we have get into Y-DNA samples to prove this. The Ostrogoths leave Greece, Thrace and Asia minor in 270 A.D.

[9] Nél (m. Scota, d. of Pharaoh): Nél according to the myths journeyed to the Tower of Babel. Nél then married Scota, daughter of Pharaoh Cingris of Egypt, and their son was Gaedel Glas.

[10] In the 2nd Century the Goths occupied the areas of Scythia under the legendary Gothic King Filimer, and then in a second migration they went into Moesia, Dacia, and Thrace. But later returned and settled in the northern parts of the Black Sea, and under another legendary Gothic King Tanausius, of the Royal Goth bloodline, who is said to have repelled the military advances of the Egyptian Pharaoh Sesostris of the 12th dynasty, yet this could be all myths. There are the historical accounts of the Goths raiding Crete in 269 A.D. and this was during the massive invasions of a coalition of “Scythians”  into Roman territory during 267-269 AD , and these "Scythians" were in reality the Goths, the Gepids, the Peucini, and the Heruli. All Germanic tribes outside the Peucini , which were a mixture of Germanic and Celtic cultures. The first so called “Scythians” were the Heruli , which raided and ravaged with a total of 500 ships the coasts of the Southern Black Sea. Until they were defeated by the Romans military, and they escaped into the Aegean Sea, where they just ravaged surrounding lands and this included the islands of Crete and Rhodes.

[11] King Milesius of Spain: Milesius married Scota Tephi Princess of Egypt, daughter of Nectonibus, Pharaoh of Egypt. Pharaoh Nectonibus II was said to have ruled from 380 – 363 B.C., or 360 - 343 B.C.

 [12] The name Heber is another name that looks to be just another corruption of the Hebrew bible figure named Eber, an ancestor of the Israelites; he was the great grandson of Noah’s son Shem and the father of Peleg. This figure Eber refused to help with the building of the Tower of Babel, so his language was not confused with others and he and his family ended up retaining the original human language Hebrew a language named after Eber.

[13] The Goths invaded Northern Spain circa 475 A.D. The Visigoths invaded Spain, were the King Attaces of the Alans was killed in battle. Galicia and Asturias came under Suebic and then Visigoth control when 585 AD, the Visigoths took control of Galicia, and its first king was King Leovigild, before that it was originally occupied by the Romans. Milesius is said to have fought the Goths in Spain before he traveled back to his home land of Scythia and then Gothinia again other accounts have him fighting against the Goths and then conquering Ireland. This would place the Milesian in the year of 475 A.D. this was the time the Goths and Vandals were conquering Iberia.

[14] The name Ir may represent the Irminones, also referred to as Herminones or Hermiones were a group of early Germanic tribes that circa the 1st century AD who expanded into Bavaria, Swabia and Bohemia. T.F.O’Rahilly points out that the figure of Ir was an invention by Irish genealogist: A third son, Ir, was added early; the ‘Historia Brittonum’ speaks of the invasion of Ireland by tres fillii Militis Hispaniae, who can only be Eber, Eremon, and Ir. The invention of Ir was probably due in the first instance to the genealogist, who were favorably disposed towards the Cruthin and determined to provide them with a highly respectable Goidelic pedigree. Before the end of the ninth century the number of Mil’s sons had been increased to six by the addition of Donn, Colptha, and Amairgein. Later we find two others added, viz. Erech Febria and Airennan, making a total of eight…In the course of time the genealogist ennobled the remnants of the Erainn by inventing Goidelic pedigrees for them. This was done in particular in two ways. Some branches of them, especially the Corcu Loigde, they made descend from Ith, who is usually represented as son of Bregon and uncle of Mil.– T.F. O’Rahilly Early Irish History and Mythology.

[15] Heremon and his association with the origin of the “Red Hand of the O’Neill’s.” I have researched the origin of the Red Hand, and, in my opinion, its origins are of a Germanic one.  There are some tales of the two sons, of a Viking who fought, and one lost his hands in battle to gain kingship of Ulster. This practice is known has “The fountain of Tyr” associated with Viking berserkers, but there is no evidence of this practice was ever done in battle. Another is an ancient worship of the God Tyr, who lost his right hand versus Fenrir, but the Left Red Hand was used by the O’Neill Kings and the myths say Heremon cut off his Left Hand. 
[16] The battle cry of the O'Neill's of Ulster is Lamh dearg an Uachtar ' the Red hand uppermost' and also Lamh dearg Aboo ' the Red hand forever’. This was always an exclusive symbol of the O'Neill's of Ulster. The resemblance among the Scandinavian and Germanic God Tyr, and the god Nuadu, chief of the Tuatha De Dannan, who lost his hand in battle and it was replaced by a silver one so he could reign once again. Nuadu was also the one handed god of the sun. Tyr, the one handed Germanic god of battle and patron of the sword was also called 'the shining one’. Nowhere in Europe is there any mention of any men associated with losing one hand, or the practice associated with one hand that is only among the Scandinavians. From the saga of the berserker Egil the one handed in the Saga Einhenda ok Asmundar Berserkjabana.
[17] There was the berserker practice of the Fountain of Tyr in which a berserker would cut his hand and use the blood of his spurting artery to blind an opponent. The Goths would sacrifice their captives to the god Tyr, and would put the arms of their victims on branches of trees.
[18]Theodoric is said to have cut off the right hand of his prisoners, who he took, so they might never be able to fight against him. The original practice of cutting off a warrior’s right hand is not known, nowhere, outside the O'Neill legend and the Scandinavians. I have yet to see any accounts or legends otherwise.
[19]Tyr was the great god of the Teutonic peoples, the Southern Germans named him Ziu, the Northern Germans called him Tiuz, the Scandinavians called him Tyr, and the Anglo Saxons, by the name of Tiw.
[20] Nuada – Possible origins the God Nuada Airgetlam “of the Silver Hand/ Silver Arm” who was the 1st King of the Tuatha de Dannan. The mythological parallels to Nuada are with the Norse God Tyr, Roman God Mars, and the Welsh Lludd Llaw Eraint “Lludd of the Silver Hand.” 
[21]Heremon, the 7th son of Galamh, born in Galicia, Spain became the King of Munster, and ruled sometime in 1698 or 1700 B.C died in 1683 B.C. at Rath-Beothaight, Argat-Ross, Ireland. Heremon began his reigned for fourteen years, and was succeeded by three of his four sons, named Muimne, Luigne, and Laighean, who reigned jointly for three years.



Sunday, December 15, 2013

The descendants of Don Juan O’Neill by M.O'Neill


The descendants of Don Juan O’Neill are the majority of O’Neill’s on the island of Puerto Rico, and after Y-DNA testing the results is that they are currently L148- L48+ P107- U106+ U198- placing them unique among the Haplogroup R1b1a2a1a1a5c   L48/S162, which is a Haplogroup associated with a Scandinavian / Germanic origin. Due to its uniqueness it’s very likely to be an ancient bloodline likely now extinct among the population and only found among this group of O’Neill’s on the island of Puerto Rico.
Out of three O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico has obtained a Y-DNA test. Only my test and that of a distant cousin matched  35 out of 37 markers the only mismatch marker were at of Markers DYS = CDY a/b which is common thing.

Outside that they are 100% related with a TMRCA, which I estimated to be around a 95% circa the year 1710 – 20 A.D. This is the time that Don Juan O’Neill was estimated to have arrived or born. 

In 2014 I will be taking new Y-DNA SNP tests to find a new possible sub-clade with the U106. Any O'Neill male that belongs to this bloodline or may have any relation to any other O'Neill of Puerto Rico should obtain a test also.

Don Constantino O'Neill
father of: 

 Don Juan O'Neill married Anna Garcia.
 Parents of:

1.         Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia

(And possibly a Don Jose O'Neill Garcia)

Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia married Anna Feliciano in March 5th, 1778 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

Parents of: Don Hipolito O'Neill Feliciano born 1787, Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano, and Dona Maria Gumersinda O'Neill Feliciano.

The son of Patricio O'Neill Garcia and Anna Feliciano, was named Hipolito O'Neill Feliciano, was married twice, one marriage with Dona Juana Ramirez de Arellano.

Hipolito O’Neill Feliciano married Dona Juana Ramirez de Arellano

Parents of: Nicomedes O'Neill Ramirez b. 1843 and married Juana Rosario Ramirez b. 1853

Parents of: Lucas O'Neill Rosario b.1843, Fransica O'Neill Rosario b. 1880-1888, Ysabel O'Neill Rosario b. 1883, Manuel O'Neill Rosario b. 1892, and Lucas O'Neill Rosario
Father of: Jose O'Neill Santa, Lydia O'Neill Santa, Rafael Nicomedes O'Neill Santa, Jennifer O'Neill Santa, and Enrique O'Neill Santa

Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano, first marriage with Dona Ines Umpierre on March 4th, 1802.
 Parents of: Don Leon O'Neill Umpierre, Don Pedro O'Neill Umpierre, Dona Leonor O’Neill Umpierre, and Don Juan de Mata O’Neill Umpierre

Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano second marriage is with Dona Gregoria Cuello.

Parents of:  Dona Ysabel Marian O'Neill Cuello, Don Jeremias O'Neill Cuello, Dona Marta Victoria O'Neill Cuello, Don Jose Roman O'Neill Cuello, and Don Luciano Donato O'Neill Cuello.

Don Juan de Mata O’Neill married Anna Casanas

Parents of:
Felipe O’Neill Casana b. 1844, marries Eugenia Lugo b.?

Parents of:Don 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, and Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1888.

(2nd marriage) Felipe O’Neill Casana b. 1844, marries Fransica 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, and Cipriano O’Neill Garcia b. 1908.
1.      Cipriano O’Neill Garcia marries Juana Santiago and they become the parents of Eliezer O'Neill Santiago, Israel O'Neill Santiago, Noemi O'Neill Santiago, and Gerson O'Neill Santiago.
a.       Eliezer O’Neill Santiago is the father of Adalberto O’Neill.
b.        Adalberto O’Neill the father of Yrinelly O'Neill, Yadhiel A. O’Neill, and Cristian A. O'Neill.

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

 Parents of:  Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Paullina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905,Ynocencio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Ramona O'Neill Melendez b.1898- 1905?, and Leo "Gelo" O’Neill Melendez b.?

Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873, marries Demetria Melendez Garcia b. 1874
Parents of:  Braulio O’Neill Melendez b. 1900, Celestina O’Neill Melendez b. 1897, Justo O’Neill Melendez b. 1902, Serefina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905, Lina O’Neill Melendez b. 1908, Mercedes O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Jana O'Neill Melendez b. 1905, and Adrian O’Neill Melendez b. 1903.
Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887 married Filomena Melendez Garcia b.?
Parents of: Valerina O’Neill Melendez b. 1909 and Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1906

Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885 married Cecilia Lebron Hernandez b.1883
Parents of: Isabel O’Neill Lebron b.1905, Anastasio O’Neill Lebron b. 1908, and Juan de Mata O’Neill Lebron b. 1898

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

The descendants of Adrian O'Neill Melendez:

 Adrian O’Neill Melendez b. 1903, (son of Leon O’Neill Lugo, Grandson Felipe O’Neill, Great Grandson of Juan De Mata O’Neill, Great- Great Grandson of Jose O’Neill, and Great -Great -Great Grandson of Don Patricio O’Neill) married Heriberta Garcia Gonzales

Parents of : Agustin O'Neill Garcia, Adrian " Ayin" O'Neill Garcia ,Francisco "Paquito" O'Neill Garcia ,Efrain " Frango" O'Neill Garcia ,Rosa "Rosin"  Maria O'Neill Garcia , Mariam  O'Neill Garcia, Miguel O’Neill Garcia, and Hector O’Neill Garcia.

1.  Miguel O'Neill Garcia( son of Adrian O’Neill Melendez)  married Ramonita Aponte
 Parents of:  Miguel O'Neill Aponte, Norma O'Neill Aponte, Olga O'Neill Aponte, Migdalia O'Neill Aponte, Iraida O'Neill Aponte, and Yolanda O'Neill Aponte.

2.  Hector O'Neill Garcia, (son of Adrian O’Neill Melendez), his first marriage was to Margarita Rosa
Parents of:  Hector O'Neill Rosa, Michael O'Neill Rosa, Edward O'Neill Rosa, and Kenneth O'Neill Rosa.
Hector O’Neill’s second marriage to Carmen Ana Vazquez
Parents of: Hector Yuvelt O'Neill Vazquez, Ryan O'Neill Vazquez, Yamal O'Neill Vazquez, and Ronald O'Neill Vazquez.
 
The descendants of Antonio O’Neill Melendez, son of Don Bruno O’Neill, and the Great –Great- Great- Great Grandson of Don Juan O’Neill:

Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 6.12.1906 married Maxima Lebron Cegara, the daughter of Malvino Lebron & Maria Cegara.

Parents of:  Rafael O’Neill LeBron, Juan O’Neill LeBron, José Antonio O’Neill Lebron, Rey O’Neill Lebron, Miguel O’Neill Lebron, Luis O’Neill Lebron, Miseal O’Neill Lebron, Carmen O’Neill Lebron, Gloria O’Neill Lebron, Ramon O’Neill Lebron, and Jose “Pepe” O’Neill Lebron.

1.    Ramon “Moncho’ O’Neill Lebron married Milagros Massa
 Parents of: Eduardo O’Neill Massa (Santiago) and Ramon O’Neill Massa (Santiago).

2.    Jose O’Neill Lebron married Maria Massa
 Parents of: Jamilet O’Neill Massa, Jose O’Neill Massa, Ramon O’Neill Massa, William O’Neill Massa, and Michael O’Neill Massa.

3.    Reymundo O’Neill Lebron married Julia Lopez
 Parents of: Aida O’Neill Lopez, Eduardo O’Neill Lopez, Reynaldo O’Neill Lopez, and Iris O’Neill Lopez.

4.    Luis "Pepe" O'Neill Lebron
Father of: Erick O’Neill Delgado, Damariz O'Neill Delgado, and Luis O'Neill Delgado.

5.      Juan O’Neill Lebron married Beneda Massa
children ?

6.      Miguel O’Neill Lebron

Father of : Miguel O’Neill.




Wednesday, January 2, 2013

O’Neill of Puerto Rico: Marriages By M.O’Neill




Don Juan O'Neill married Anna Garcia.

 Parents of:

1.         Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia
(And possibly a Don Jose O'Neill Garcia)
Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia married Anna Feliciano in March 5th, 1778 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
Parents of:
1.         Don Hipolito O'Neill Feliciano
2.         Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano
3.         Dona Maria Gumersinda O'Neill Feliciano.
Don Jose O'Neill Feliciano, first marriage with Dona Ines Umpierre on March 4th, 1802.

 Parents of:

1.         Don Leon O'Neill Umpierre
2.         Don Pedro O'Neill Umpierre
3.         Dona Leonor O’Neill Umpierre

Don Juan de Mata O’Neill married Anna Casanas

 Parents of:

Felipe O’Neill Casana b. 1844, marries Eugenia Lugo b.? -  the parents of Don 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, and Manuel O’Neill Lugo b. 1888.

A.         Bruno O’Neill Lugo b. 1860-1880? , marries Victoriana Melendez Garcia b. 1882 (from Asturias, N. Spain) and become the parents of Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Paullina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905,Ynocencio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Antonio O’Neill Melendez b. 1906,Ramona O'Neill Melendez b.1898- 1905?, and Leo "Gelo" O’Neill Melendez b.?

B.         Leon O’Neill Lugo b. 1873, marries Demetria Melendez Garcia b. 1874 they became the parents of Braulio O’Neill Melendez b. 1900, Celestina O’Neill Melendez b. 1897, Justo O’Neill Melendez b. 1902, Serefina O’Neill Melendez b. 1905, Lina O’Neill Melendez b. 1908, Mercedes O’Neill Melendez b. 1909, Jana O'Neill Melendez b. 1905, and Adrian O’Neill Melendez b. 1903.

C.         Tito O’Neill Lugo b. 1887 married Filomena Melendez Garcia b.? And they became the parents of Valerina O’Neill Melendez b. 1909 and Fransica O’Neill Melendez b. 1906

D.         Catalino O’Neill Lugo b. 1885 married Cecilia Lebron Hernandez b.1883 and they became the parents of Isabel O’Neill Lebron b.1905, Anastasio O’Neill Lebron b. 1908, and Juan de Mata O’Neill Lebron b. 1898

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

We have three O’Neill brothers in the 1800’s marrying three Melendez sisters from Asturias, Spain:

1.      Don Bruno O’Neill married Victoriana Melendez.
2.      Don Leon O’Neill married Demetria Melendez.
3.      Don Tito O’Neill married Filomena Melendez.

The Melendez surname origins are of an ancient Visigoth Royal Family that settled in Asturias, Spain. We do know that the Melendez sisters were from the region of Asturias, Northern Spain.


There is a pattern of the O’Neill men of this family with marriages to women from Asturias, and Galicia with surnames of those regions, and possibly strong Visigoth origins. The Garcia and Feliciano surnames are of Northern Spanish with origins in the Kingdom of Navarre… Another interesting fact is Don Felipe O’Neill married Eugenia Lugo - the Lugo surname origins are in Galicia, Northern Spain. In Galicia there is the province of Lugo the only city in the world that is surrounded by Roman Walls, and once a strong hold of the Visigoths.  On the other side The Asturias O’Neill’s of the Fews O’Neill men married women of German ancestry except the Sevilla O’Neill’s of the Fews who married among the Spanish Nobility… The question is was this all a coincidence or planned? Did the ancient myths of the Galician origins influence their thoughts etc.? We will never know, but what we do know is that there is a strong connection with the regions of Galicia and Asturias of Northern Spain, and the marriages between the O’Neill of Puerto Rico and the Asturias O’Neill of the Fews with Visigoth / German origin women.
Unlike the other O’Neill’s in Ireland and the U.S.A. those O’Neill’s the emigrated to Spain and the Caribbean married among Galician, Asturian and German women. Except the O’Neill’s Counts of Tyrone who married mainly French surname women, but that is understandable due to the geography and population of Martinique under French rule…

Note: The Umpierre surname is found all through Europe from Italy to Sweden, but it’s strongly found among the population of Puerto Rico. Either it was brought over to the island by the French or Corsican immigration, yet it must have been before the 1790’s.  The origins of the Umpierre surname I have yet to discover…

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

O’Neill Clan Chiefs: Still No Y-DNA test? By M.O’Neill


It’s a shame, and pathetic that one of the most powerful and famous clans in Irish history without a doubt currently has not one of its so called Chiefs of its respected clan not y-dna tested. Recently an author claimed that his grandfather was the eldest son of King George V of England the author convinced that a descendant of Prince Albert obtain a y-dna test and he did with his results being of the SNP U106/S21 with new reported test being of positive for the SNP subclade of  Z305.  We are talking about one of the most powerful Royal House in Europe the House of Saxe – Coburg – Gotha and going further back to the House of Wettin a dynasty of German counts with their progenitor being Thiedericus I of Liesgau.

The O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico those within the SNP L48 do share a common ancestor with the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha within 6,000 years at the moment and that is all. Since their Royal House is negative for the L48 SNP.

A tremendous credit must be given to these men of The Royal House of Wettin that underwent a y-dna test to find out their ancestry and uncover new things in history. That can’t be said about the O’Neill’s of Clannabuidhe , The Sevilla O’Neill’s of the Fews, The Asturian O’Neill’s of the Fews, The O’Neill’ s of France , and every other O’Neill clan that claims any royal ancestry. They should be ashamed of themselves!!!

This raises a lot of questions and doubts on the legitimacy of the O’Neill Clan Chiefs with their refusals to obtain a simple y-dna test when members of one of the most historic Royal Houses in Europe are willing to obtain a y-dna test. Are you going to tell me that we know that the Royal House of Saxe – Coburg – Gotha SNP is U106/S21, andtheir Haplotype is known, and the O’Neill’s Chiefs still are so petty and scared to make their y-dna public or undergo a y-dna test? I find it very pathetic at best in 2012 with all the current y-dna testing commercial and private. Sadly the true SNP’s of the various clans of with the O’Neill surname will not be known by help of the established clans like the O’Neill’s of the Fews or the O’Neill Clannabuidhe, but possibly by some obscure event or finding. One thing that doesn’t change is that the further I obtain y-dna test the harder it is will be for anyone outside our bloodline to match us unless they share the same common ancestor.There is no O’Neill’s within the United States of America, Australia, Ireland, and England to expect any common ancestors. The only places that we may find a  common relative is in Spain, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and other islands in the Caribbean.
Currently I underwent new test SNP test for L44 -, L148 -, and L188- and tested negative The O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico remain with the SNP L48 (R1b1a2a1a1a5b2   L48/S162) until I undergo further test for the Z SNP’s. I was told by FTDNA that it’s very likely that I belong to an obscure SNP that is, yet to be discovered.

Again since this a solo effort on my part I can only do but so much and only time will tell what it’s to be discovered.



Monday, June 11, 2012


The Johnson Baronets of New York / O’Neill of the Fews
By M.O’Neill

This family is a branch of the O’Neill’s of the Fews the descendants of William MacShane.

Johnson Baronets, of New York (1755)


1.      Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet was born in County Meath, Ireland circa 1715 – July 11, 1774 he was known as an Anglo-Irish official of the British Empire. Johnson converted to the Protestant religion, and in 1738 arrived in New York with twelve Irish Protestant families. Some accounts state Johnson had perhaps 100 illegitimate children, but that is a yet to be made a fact. In his will, Johnson acknowledged children by Catherine Weisenberg, a German Palatine indentured servant with whom he had three children. Two daughters Nancy and Mary (Polly) and a son John. With                     Mary Brant, a Mohawk he had three children: Keghneghtago (Brant) born in 1742, Thomas born circa 1744, and Christian born circa 1745; Thomas and Christian died in infancy.  In 1750, Johnson had a son named Tagawirunta, also known as William of Canajoharie, by a Mohawk woman.  Johnson is also believed to have been intimate with the two sisters Susannah and Elizabeth Wormwood, and an Irish woman named Mary McGrath, by whom he appeared to have had a daughter. In 1759, Johnson began a common-law relationship with a Mohawk woman named Molly Brant, with whom he had 8 children. William Johnson died from a stroke on July 11, 1774 and was buried was buried beneath the altar in St. John's Anglican Church, the church he founded in Johnstown.  An interesting fact is that there is no knowledge of any of the descendant’s obtaining a y-dna test or any possible descendants of the Mohawks.
2.      Sir John Johnson, 2nd Baronet of New York born near Amsterdam, New York on November 5, 1741 died in Montreal, Canada on January 4, 1830, and is buried at Mount Johnson, near Chambly, Quebec.  Johnson took as a common-law wife the Dutch woman named Clarissa Putman with whom he had a daughter Margaret in 1765, and a son William in 1770. In June 30, 1773, Johnson married Mary Watts, with whom he had ten sons and four daughters. Eight of their sons served in the British army and navy.  James Stephen Johnson, who was killed at the siege of Badajoz, in 1814, Catherine Maria Johnson, Adam Gordon Johnson (1781-1843), Anne Nancy Johnson. They had one last daughter who died in London unmarried.
Johnson was a Loyalist leader during the American Revolution this led him to move to Canada during the American Revolutionary War with family and allies.
He was a Brigadier General in 1782 of the King's Royal Regiment of New York. Sir John Johnson, in 1771, was the last Provincial Grand Master of Masons in the colonies of Province of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.3.      Sir Adam Gordon Johnson, 3rd Baronet (1781-1843)
4.      Sir William George Johnson, 4th Baronet (1830-1908)
5.      Sir Edward Gordon Johnson, 5th Baronet (1867-1957)
6.      Sir John Paley Johnson, 6th Baronet (1907-1975)
7.      Sir Peter Colpoys Paley Johnson, 7th Baronet (1930-2003)
8.      Sir (Colpoys) Guy Johnson, 8th Baronet (b. 1965)
 Possible future Baron’s:Colpoys William Johnson (1993-present)    Rufus George Johnson (1996-present) or Benedict Peter Johnson (2000-present)



The Milesian Genealogies:By M.O’Neill 


I.     Adam  (Abrahamic Genealogy)
II.     Seth   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
III.     Enos    (Abrahamic Genealogy)
IV.     Cainan   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
 V.     Mahalaleel   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VI.     Jared    (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VII.     Enoch     (Abrahamic Genealogy)
VIII.     Methuselah  (Abrahamic Genealogy)
IX.     Lamech   (Abrahamic Genealogy)
 X.     Noah      (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XI.     Japheth     (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XII.     Gomer (Iovan): The son of Japheth identified with the migratory Cimmerians of Assyrian inscriptions circa 720 BC. (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XIII.     Baath (Boad) (Abrahamic Genealogy)
XIV.     Feinius Farsaid, King of Scythia (Alanius): The legendary king of Scythia who is well recorded in the Irish mythologies and versions of their history. He was the son of Baath who was a son of Magog. Magog is the second of the seven sons of Japheth. According to Josephus he identified Magog as the progenitor of the Scythians, a name used in ancient times for peoples north of the Black Sea. Jordanes in his work Getica, circa 551, mentions Magog as ancestor of the Goths. According to Johannes Magnus Magog had migrated to Scandinavia eighty eight years after the flood, and his five sons were Suenno, Gog, Ubbo, Thor, and German.
XV.     Nél (m. Scota, d. of Pharaoh): Nél according to the myths journeyed to the Tower of Babel. Nél then married Scota, daughter of Pharaoh Cingris of Egypt, and their son was Gaedel Glas.
XVI.     Gaedel Glas
XVII.     Esru
XVIII.     Sru
XIX.     Heber Scot
XX.     Boamain
XXI.     Ogamain

XXII.     Tat

XXIII.     Agnomain
XXIV.     Lamhfionn
XXV.     Eber Glunfhind
XXVI.     Agni
XXVII.     Febric Glas
XXVIII.     Nenuall
XXIX.     Nuada
XXX.     Allot
XXXI.     Ercha
XXXII.     Death
XXXIII.     Brath
XXXIV.     Breoghan
XXXV.     Bile
XXXVI.     King Milesius of Spain: Milesius married Scota Tephi Princess of Egypt, daughter of Nectonibus, Pharaoh of Egypt. Pharaoh Nectonibus II was said to have ruled from 380 – 363 B.C.
XXXVII.      Heremon: was the 7th son of Milesius of Spain believed to have been born in Galicia, Spain. Heremon became the King of Munster, and ruled sometime in 1698 or 1700 B.C died in 1683 B.C. at Rath-Beothaight, Argat-Ross, Ireland. Heremon began his reigned for fourteen years, and was succeeded by three of his four sons, named Muimne, Luigne, and Laighean, who reigned jointly for three years.
   I have pointed this out already that Milesius was in Egypt circa 380 – 363 B.C. yet Heremon is written to be in Ireland circa 1698 B.C. a total of 1,300 + years early he is said to have ruled Ireland.