Jan, The information I have is from a cousin here is has been doing research. She sent me the information with a note: "With the info about John Nevil (1612-1664) I was able to piece a lot of info together from the Nevil Newsletter at Dallas Public LIbrary". So it seems that she may just be going by what has already been published. Do you feel, or is there some reason to suspect, that the linking information is flawed? I do not know where the C. or Cornelius came from. Another local cousin sent a family group sheet from what she had researched and it listed Thomas' middle initial as C. I have a copy of the book "The Neville Family Of England And The United States", by John Hart Wilson. It certainly does not list a Thomas Nevil, or Thomas C. Nevil. I will check with my local cousins to see what their sources of information were. However I'm sure that they have not found anything new. I suspect that they are just following the paths that you have already been down. Daris Nevil Jan & David Faulkner wrote: > Daris, > > In reply to your message which was forwarded to the list earlier this month, > I have a couple of questions. You show the middle initial of Thomas Nevil > of Amherst Co., VA and Rutherford Co., TN as C. and suggest that it might > stand for Cornelius. Where did you find evidence that C. is his middle > initial and that the name might be Cornelius? Were others in your family > named Cornelius? I know that name was used in the Capt. James Nevil > (1686-1752) group in Amherst Co. but haven't come across it in Thomas's line. > > The other subject you mention is a link to John Neville of the Ark and Dove. > If you are relying on what is in print about the connection between James > Nevil of Albemarle and Amherst Co., VA with the Nevilles who were in > Fauquier Co., VA (several brothers) and ultimately linked with John Neville > of MD, you need to know that no evidence actually exists of such a > connection. Members of this list have been looking at both families for > more than a year and trying to document sources for some information which > has been in print for almost a hundred years now. Unfortunately, an early > genealogy, which is probably the source of most information in print on this > family, has family links which cannot be documented, including a link > between John Nevill of MD who may have arrived on the Ark and Dove and the > VA Nevilles. I think the research in this area is ongoing, and I am sure > list members will be glad to hear your comments in relation to this subject. > > Jan > Daris A Nevil wrote: > > > I Tried to sign the guestbook, but I got an error saying that it could > > not connect, and that > > the server might be down. I am including inforation that I put on the > > guestbook below. > > > > Daris A Nevil > > McKinney, Collin Co., Texas > > [email protected] > > > > We have traced back to Western Tenn, and then back to Amherst County, > > Virginia > > to Thomas C (Cornelius?) Nevil, who married Elizabeth Tiller. We are > > one of > > the families that feels that we are connected to John Neville of the Ark > > and Dove, > > through his gggrandson Capt James Neville Jr. Thomas' children are > > Ruben Jordan, > > William, James, Thomas G., and Polly. Would be happy to share what we > > have with > > anyone who feels they might be related to our line. > > > ==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== > Have you tried the Neville Query List on GenForum? > http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/neville