Peter, The following was a mistake in my previous message on Neville/Noble of West Chester, MD: A comment on James Neville who arrived on the Griffith: He may be the same James Nevill of Fenwick's colony in West Salem, NJ. I should have stated NEW SALEM, WEST JERSEY, not West Salem, NJ. The records I cited are from pre-New Jersey days. I am not sure if this area finally fell into Pennsylvainia or New Jersey. (William Penn was one of the proprietors of West Salem.) Jan At 12:56 PM 2/3/99 -0500, you wrote: > Jeanne & Jan, > > Thank you for your posts on "Neville/Noble of West Chester, MD". > > I don't know what to make of all this yet, but here are some > tid-bits: > > Jan wrote: "I wonder if he (James Nevill of Fenwick) had other > Neville relatives who came to the colonies." > Here's a likely candidate and possibly great source of info: The > Smith family (Burlington County, New Jersey, and of Philadelphia) > Papers include NEVILL, SAMUEL (1697?-1764) correspondence. > [Libraries, Private. Burlington (N.J.), Moorestown (N.J.), > Burlington County (N.J.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Legislators -- New > Jersey. lcsh Merchants. lcsh Control No.: NJRV93] > > I'm guessing that he is related to the Samuel Nevill that was a member > of General Free Assembly in 1682 [Salem, Co NJ Genealogical Data. by > Stanley Craig] > > Gabe, could you get to the Philly library? > > Shirley wrote: "But, if the residence of Thomas Hartshorne (Married > William Nevill to Sarah Noble in 1694) could be identified as in MD, > NJ or MA, we would have an answer as to what Salem was being referred > to for this marriage." > A Thomas Hartshorne was born in Reading, Massachusetts 1642. > [http://uftree.com/UFT/WebPages/Tracy_Ashley_Crocker/CROCKER/d2/i00050 > 97.htm] and aparantly married Hannah __, May 10, 1671 [Early > Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800. page 79]. Reading is about 10 > miles from Salem. I've e-mailed the Crocker genealogist to see if she > knows of any Thomas Hartshornes that were likely to be doing marriage > ceremonies. > > If I recall correctly, the Hartshornes were a prominent Cecil Co MD > family, and warrented a short section in George Johnston's History of > Cecil Co. Does anyone have easy access to the book? How far back do > the Cecil Co Hartshornes go? These Hartshornes migrated up to Chester > County PA where my gradeschool class teacher was a Hartshorne. I'll > have to get in touch with her. > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Message-Id: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NEVILLE-L] Jeanne: Neville/Noble of West Chester, MD > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Peter and Jeanne, > > A comment on James Neville who arrived on the Griffith: He may be > the same James Nevill of Fenwick's colony in West Salem, NJ. I > posted notes on him last July or August. He was an agent for > Fenwick and later for Penn. > > Neville was involved in an estate settlement and may have gone back to >