Hi Paddy. Welcome to the group. You wrote that you descend from Moses Nevill who migrated to Ontario in 1794 from Harford Co, MD. My family descends from Edward Nevill (wife: Mary) who died in 1756 in Cecil County, MD. We are not able to document this line beyond Edward. Cecil County is right next to Harford Co. We've had little luck finding new information on our Neville's in Cecil Co.. It has been suggested to us that Harford County is probably the best place to look next...especially because we ended up migrating to Pennsylvania. I'm wondering if we might have common ancestors in the mid or early 1700s in Maryland. Are you able to trace/document your Moses Nevill line further back? It might be particularly useful if you happen to have info on the siblings of your direct line. I am attaching below a summary of my Neville male line of descent. ====================================================================== Peter Jonathan Neville (self) John Terryl Neville, 1934-93, CO>PA John Arlie Neville, 1899-85, OH>CO>PA Samuel Tilden Neville, 1876-65, OH>CO George T. Neville, 1839-1900, OH Jonathan Nevill, 1806-72, PA>OH John Nevill (wife: Elisabeth Grant) Born 1786 in Maryland Died August 1, 1855 in Holmes County, OH John S. Nevill (wife: Elizabeth; married 1780s in Maryland) Born 1760s in Maryland Died after 1850 in Beaver County, PA John Nevill (wife: Sara Richardson) Born March 18, 1740 in Cecil County, MD Died 1800 in Beaver County, PA Edward Nevill (wife: Mary) Died in 1756 in Cecil County, MD ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Nevilles in Ontario Author: NEVILLE-L@rootsweb.com at smtp-gateway Date: 6/18/97 2:58 PM Hello everyone: My name is Paddy and I have just joined the group. I descend from a Moses NEVILL who migrated to Ontario Canada in 1794 from Harford Co., MD. He and his wife Elizabeth MITCHELL were in a group which included his brother John NEVILL and his wife Martha MITCHELL and Thomas WELCH and his wife Mary MITCHELL. The 3 Mitchell women were the daughters of Thomas MITCHELL of Harford, MD. and his wife Hannah OSBORN. Hannah, a widow, was also in the group. Moses was said to have had 6 children, of which Kent, Thomas and John are known and there was possibly a Martha and a Margaret. John Nevill and Martha MITCHELL had 2 children: Ephrian Cole MITCHELL and possibly Mary NEVILL. There were other Nevill(e) families in early Ontario which I have not connect- ed to mine. They were: James NEVILLE or NEVILLS as he was known was from New Jersey. He came to Ontario about 1787 with a wife Eve DeShired and children. A character certificate presented by his neighbours was signed in Sussex Co. N.J. He had sons: Abraham b. 1780; William, Isaac, James and Jacob and daughters: Agnes Nancy, Rebecca, and Phoebe. Edward NEVILLE, b. c1753, United Empire Loyalist. I don't know where he was from; he had children: George, Edward, Robert, James and Frances and his wife was Catherine. If anyone is interested I can look for his land petition which may give where he was living before he migrated or his military unit. There is another James NEVILLE, referred to as Major James. He was born c1789 and was married to Elizabeth (MANN). He could be a s/o of one of my Nevill brothers but the names of his family don't seem to fit. I don't know where he was born but suspect a N.J. connection. He could have been here and he could also be a son of the James above. I don't know the names of his children except Alma. Other Neville(s) buried in the same cemetery as Major James are: Arthur W. Nevills b.c1792; Charles L. Nevills b. c1822, Matilda Nevills b. c1816, Rhoda Martin a daughter of Joseph & Sophie NEVILLS b. c1842. That's about it for the early ones. I thought I would post this in case one of you is missing someone who could have turned up here. Paddy