Paul, Welcome to the list and thank you for the great post! I guess you know Paddy's friend Carmen Matterson, another descendant of James and Eve DeShired Nevills. Carmen says that James was probably James Thomas Nevills or Thomas James Nevills. Has your research led you to the same conclusion? Have you ever considered James Nevill who served in Washington Co., PA during the Rev. War as a possibility for your James? Philip Nevill served in the same county, and may be the same Philip Nevill who is found in MD Rev. War records. In the 1790s a Philip Nevill appeared in the Spanish Natchez Territory records (present day Mississippi in the area along the MS River around Natchez. James Nevill appears in one record of property with which Philip is also associated. Since Philip's daughter Mary (Polly) Nevill McFall Ashley stated that she was born in MD, I think the Philip Nevill in MS is the same as the one found in PA and MD records in the Rev. War. Some of those who went to Natchez were looking for land and others were disaffected with the outcome of the Revolutionary War. James disappeared from the records after a 1790's reference to his land on Bayou Pierre. Later the land was bought by William Mackey, but Philip was given as the owner, not James. So far, no record of transfer of the land has turned up (much information may still be in the Spanish Archives in Madrid or the Cuban archives). I have no idea what the relationship between Philip and James might be. I think it is possible Philip was an indentured servant who came to MD shortly before the war (have a reference to a Philip Nevil who left London for MD in early 1770s), and who may have joined the patriots' cause to escape indenture. James is a puzzle. We don't know if he died shortly after coming to Natchez or got there and didn't like the climate and went somewhere else. Philip named his son Thomas, which could be a family name on his side of the family. I have posted records which back up the above information and will be glad to do so again, but I just wanted to see what you thought about James Nevill who was in the Washington Co., PA Rev. War records. One other little tantalizing detail: according to a group sheet from a Philip Nevill descendant, one of Philip's daughters, Nelly Nevill Travillion, named a son Philip Bass or Barnes Nevill. Paddy has pointed out that the Barnes surname is linked with her Nevills. Several Barneses are buried in the same cemetery as the Nevills in Harford Co., MD where Paddy's Nevills lived. Jan At 11:42 AM 2/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >A few weeks back I remember reading about a website <http://leo.vsla.edu> >which had frustrated the efforts of one of the listmembers. My brouser IS >Java enabled so I tried myself and got a pleasant surprise. Most of these >Neville individuals are not new, but, for anyone interested, I deduce that >copies of these wills can be obtained from microfilms on repository at the >Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA. And there is much >more there... > > >NAME Nevill, Grace. >DATE 1706. [Will probated 24 Sept. >1706] >SOURCE Deeds, Orders, Wills, etc., 13, 1706-1710 (Reel 6) > p. 6. Will pro. 24 Sept. 1706. > p. 9. Exors. bond rec. 24 Sept. 1706. >NOTE Part of index to York County Wills and Administrations >(1633-1811) >PLACE York County (Va.) >FORM Wills. aat. >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >NAME Nevel [Neivel], John. >DATE 1730. [Will probated 27 July >1730] >SOURCE Will Book, Vol. 3, 1726-1734 (Reel 23) > p. 213-214. Will pro. 27 July 1730 >NOTE Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and >Administrations (1628-1800) >PLACE Isle of Wight County (Va.) >FORM Wills. aat. >ADDED ENTRY Neivel, John. >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >NAME Neavile [Nevell] [Nevill] [Neavill], John. >DATE 1740. [Will probated 23 Feb. >1740] >SOURCE Wills and Accounts, Vol. 4, 1733-1745 (Reel 24) > p. 320-322. Inv. & Appr. rec. 23 Mar. 1740 > p. 542-546. Accounts rec. 26 Aug. 1745 > p. 317-318. Will pro. 23 Feb. 1740 >NOTE Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and >Administrations (1628-1800) >PLACE Isle of Wight County (Va.) >FORM Wills. aat. >ADDED ENTRY Nevell, John. >ADDED ENTRY Nevill, John. >ADDED ENTRY Neavill, John. >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >NAME Neavill, Elizabeth. >DATE 1747. [Will probated 8 Oct. >1747] >SOURCE Wills and Accounts, Vol. 5, 1745-1752 (Reel 24) > p. 79-81. Will pro. 8 Oct. 1747 > p. 87. Inv. rec. 12. Nov. 1747 >NOTE Part of index to Isle of Wight County Wills and >Administrations (1628-1800) >PLACE Isle of Wight County (Va.) >FORM Wills. aat. >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >NAME Nevil, James. >DATE 1752. [Will probated 9 >November 1752] > Will dated [?] March 1752 Will proved 9 November 1752 St. >Ann's Parish >NOTE Part of index to wills not listed in Virginia Wills and >Administrations, 1632-1800 > (Torrence). >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >NAME Nevel, James. >DATE 1785. [Will probated 7 Feb. >1785] >SOURCE Will Book No. 2, 1780-1786 (Reel 16) > p. 215-216. Exors. bond rec. 7 Feb. 1785. > p. 224-226. Inv. & Appr. rec. 2 May 1785. > p. 211-215. Will pro. 7 Feb. 1785. >NOTE Part of index to Amherst County Wills and Administrations >(1761 - 1800) >PLACE Amherst County (Va.) >FORM Wills. aat. >COLLECTION Virginia wills and administrations. > > >If you've read this far, the strangest one of them all comes from a >different section of the Electronic Library (Unlike the ones above, these >files are only viewable as G4 TIFF picture >files, and I am reminded of the prohibition against sending attachments to >the list) This is, then, my rendering: > >SUBJECT VIGINIA COLONIAL RECORDS PROJECT >DOCUMENT 04778 >SURVEY REP'T 5009 >DEPOSITORY Principal Probate Registry >CLASS Will - Register Books 247 PYNE >TITLE Will of John Nevell >DATES 1697 >REFERENCES Probate Act Book 1697, 205. >EXAMINED 9 May 1961 >EXPOSURES 1 >This entry is on the fourth folio, verso, of 247 PYNE. >Will of John Nevell, bound on a voyage to the Straits. >To his wife and two daughters his whole estate: one third to his wife Mary >Nevell, one third to his daughter Mary Nevell, and one third to his daughter >Elizabeth Nevell, paying £50 apiece to his sisters Elizabeth Nevell and >Martha Carpender. (thus the text; the relation of the bequests is not >clarified.) >Signed 2 November 1696. Witness Jno Sabbartory, Stephen Thexer, Hannah >Finnch. >Probate 2 November 1697 to Mary Nevell, relict of Vice Admiral John Nevell, >late of the parish of St Margaret, Westminster, Co. Mdx., but deceased in >Virginia. - "buried St. Johns church Hampton VA." > > >Granted, it would appear that this John had no sons. But the whole entry >intrigues me. >1/ I am looking for a "Sir Thomas Neville" on the eastern seaboard about >this time and > here we have John, a Vice-Admiral. >2/ For about an hour I thought we had a Virginia - Maryland connection >(which many of > you are looking for). After all, St Margarets, Westminster IS in >Maryland (and for > those who don't believe me, the hamlet of Westminster, MD, was renamed >or superceded, > at least, by the village of Cape St. Claire). To the best of my cursory >research > this MD county was always Anne Arundel (across the bay from West >Chester!) but NOT > Middlesex Co. so I am forced to suppose that we are talking about St >Margaret's, > the church parish associated (still today) with Westminster Abbey in >West London, > England (now Greater London but then Middlesex County). > >Since this is my first post to this list (although I have read all of yours >back through >1997) I'm another part of Paddy Chitty's Ontario puzzle. Where she's >looking for the >ancestors of Moses, I'm looking for the ancestors of James & Eve. Her >search has taken >her to Cecil Co. MD and New Rochelle NY, mine to the Nansemond VA > >Halifax/Orange Co. NC >Nevilles (We're probably NOT connected, although our ancestral cousins only >lived a few >farms apart up here...). > >Paul Bingle >Brampton, Ontario, CANADA >E-mail: [email protected] > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Please do NOT send attachments to the list. > >