On 2 August Ren posted some material (Ancestors of Fauquier Co) concerning references in Wulfeck's "Marriages of Some VA Residents." The texts are below. Historical, Genealogical, and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 (Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co, 1893) p74 [This is a footnote to the text mention of Colonel John Nevill. Quotations are in the footnote but no source is given.] "John Neville, a son of Richard and Ann Burroughs, his wife, who was a cousin of Lord Fairfax, was born July 26, 1731, on the head-waters of Ocequon Creek, Virginia (Bull Run). He served in Braddock's War, and at its close settled near Winchester. Was a captain in Dunmore's War, 1774, and on the 7th of August, 1775, marched with his company to Fort Pitt. He was chosen colonel of the Fourth Virginia Regiment during the Revolution, after the promotion of Adam Stephens. He married Winfred Oldham, who was born 1786 [sic]; both he and his wife died near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where they resided the latter part of their lives. Their son Pressly Neville was born September 6, 1755; was a captain in the Eighth Virginia Regiment during the Revolution; married Nancy, daughter of General Daniel Morgan, and both died in Ohio." John Nevill was a direct descendant of the great Nevill family of England. His ancestors first settled in the county of Isle of Wight, Virginia. Virginia Historical Magazine, Vol. XVI (1908) p53-4 [This is a footnote to the text that is John Neville's 1776 letter from Fort Pitt, to the President of the Committee of Safety.] "John Nevill was born in Virginia, (probably in that part of Prince William county afterwards Fauquier), July 26, 1721, and died at Montours Island, Alleghany county, Pa., July 29, 1803. He served in the French and Indian War, and afterwards removed to Frederick county. Later he removed to the neighborhood of Fort Pitt (Pittsburg), and was chosen member of the convention of March, 1775, for West Augusta. By resolution adopted in the Virginia convention on August 7, 1775, John Nevill was directed to march with his company of one hundred men and take possession of Fort Pitt. He remained in command here until June, 1777. He was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel 12th Virginia regiment Nov. 12, 1776; Colonel 8th Virginia Dec. 11, 1777; transferred to 4th Virginia Sept. 14, 1778, and served to the close of the war; brevet Brigadier General Sept. 30, 1783. From 1777 he was under Washington, and was with his regiment at Valley Forge. After the war he returned to Pittsburgh, and was for many years a prominent citizen of Pennsylvania. He married August 4, 1754, Winifred, daughter of John Oldham of Westmoreland county Va. General Nevill was son of George Nevill and Ann Burroughs, his wife. Among George Nevill's other children were Presley Nevill, who was major and aid-de-camp to Lafayette in 1778; commissioned brevet Lt. Col. Oct. 27, 1778, captured at Charleston, exchanged in 1781, and served to the end of the war, dying Dec. 1, 1818; and Joseph Nevill, who was member of the House of Burgesses for Hampshire county at the sessions of March 1773, May 1774, June 1775, and of the convention of Dec. 1775. During the latter part of the Revolution he was county lieutenant of Hampshire, and later was a brigadier general of Virginia militia. He died March 4, 1819." As you can see, these two sources do not agree on the parents of John Nevill, and Wulfeck did not notice that one said Richard & Ann Burroughs and the other said George & Ann Burroughs. Some of the material in the Jolliffe genealogy may have come from Eagle's Genealogies which was originally printed 1886. My notes are from an 1896 second edition & I don't know if it varied from the first edition. Has anyone see the first edition? The second edition of Eagle's Pennsylvania Genealogies, says John Neville was a son of George Neville and Ann Burroughs, cousin of Lord Fairfax. However, I've never seen any evidence of a George who was old enough to be John's father. The earliest George of this area I have is the man who married Hannah Symes in 1725. There was an early Richard Neville in Northampton Co, VA (w/p 1659) but his wife was named Mary. He died before John would have been born and is not known to have had a son Richard. I should qualify this in that I have a lot of loose unconnected notes and it is possible I have something on a George or Richard but never made a family group sheet as had nothing to tie them to another person. I'd welcome any comments. To put things in perspective, Boogher's compilation was written in 1902 several years after Eagle's. To get a better picture of what was available at that time, one needs to study many of the early periodicals. Shirley ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.