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     Edward Neal married Martha Hart, daughter of Edmund Hart, on 24 January 1662/63 in Weymouth, Suffolk Co. (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts.^2,1 He died in 1698 in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹
     He and his wife Martha settled in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹ On 16 September 1669 he and his brother-in-law John Greet were each granted five acres in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.³ He and John also owned land in Westfield that had been part of their father-in-law Edmund Neal's estate.³

     Martha Hart was born on 12 October 1640 in Weymouth, Suffolk Co. (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts.^2,1,3 She married Edward Neal on 24 January 1662/63 in Weymouth, Suffolk Co. (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts.^2,1
     She and her husband Edward lived in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹

     Edmund Hart was born by about 1610 (based on his receipt of a land grant in 1633).² He married by about 1638, but his wife's name is unknown. She died in Weymouth, Suffolk Co. (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts, on 20 August 1659.² He died suddenly about 23 September 1672 in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts. A week later an inquiry found that he had died "by the immediate hand of God in thunder & lightning."²
     He immigrated to America in 1632, settling first in Dorchester, Massachusetts.² In Dorchester he was granted a 16-acre "Great Lot" on 16 January 1632/33, 3/4 acres of meadow land on 1 February 1635/36, plus four additional acres of meadow (Lot #53, "beyond Naponset").² He became a freeman in Dorchester on 14 May 1634.²
     He then moved to Weymouth, Massachusetts,², where he was granted an 18-acre "Great Lot" in 1636.² In a land inventory for Weymouth, Suffolk Co. (now Norfolk Co.), Massachusetts, taken about 1643, he was listed with his 18 acres in the Great Lots, plus 11 acres in the East Field and 3 acres in Kingoke Hill.² On 14 December 1663 he received additional land in Weymouth, 7 acres (Lot #49) in the first division, and 21 acres (Lot #19) in the second division.² On 5 September 1664 he sold his house in Weymouth and the adjacent lot of about 20 acres, plus his two shares of common land and all of his "right title & interest in the town," to James Nash, Sr.²
     He then moved to Woronoco (now Westfield), Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts,² where on 17 October 1664 he purchased half of a 25-acre parcel of meadow and half of a 25-acre parcel of upland meadow from Praisever Turner.²
     He died intestate, and George Phelps was appointed administrator of his estate.² The inventory of his estate was signed on 25 July 1673, and "totalled £68 16s 6d including real estate valued at £96 1s."² On 31 March 1674 the court ruled that £15 from the estate was to go to his son Elisha, who was "very weak for abilities of his mind ... being crazy in his body." The rest was to be divided equally among his daughters.²

     Deborah Neal was born in 1670 in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Neal was born on 24 July 1675 in Westfield, Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts.¹