I don't know if it is a coincidence or not. But, it is always important to be on the lookout for such clues. Families did move around together. Shirley On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:38:59 -0400 (EDT) Paddy Chitty <[email protected]> writes: > > > >On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Shirley L Wilcox wrote: > >> Anita, >> >> Winifred Neville, was born 9 March 1817, probably in Orange Co., NC, >& >> was a daughter of Jesse Neville & Winifred Norwood. Her grandparents >were >> Jesse Neville and Elizabeth Parke. She married Robert Harris 7 Oct. >1841 >> in Marshall Co., MS. She is a descendant of Benjamin Neville of NC. >There >> are some others on this list that know more about these Nevilles >than I >> do. >> >> Shirley Wilcox > >Shirley & Anita: > >Do you think it is at all significant that a Jacob NORWOOD was a >witness >to an Indenture for Thomas Mitchell Srs. land which he willed to his >daughter Elizabeth. I find the document very difficult to read but it >appears that Hannah Mitchell, Moses NEVILL and his wife Elizabeth >Mitchell NEVILL are relinquishing their claim on the land prior to >leaving MD for Canada. Do you think the Norwood witness is just >a coincidence? The other witness was Thomas WELSH. > >Was it common practice for witnesses to land transactions to be, one >witness to protect the interests of the wife and witness for the >husband? > >Paddy > > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Have you tried Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet? >http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/sites.htm > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]