On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 17:55:07 -0400 d4walls@erols.com writes: >Cousins, > >I have been watching the debate on James with some delight. He has >always been a question mark in my tree because so little seems to name >him. I believe that John Neville, who married Elizabeth Bohannon, was >an infant in 1674, with father dec'd. [See Gloucester Co. Deeds] If >James Neville was John's father, then he died before 1674. He may >have >had more children than John, but they are not named and John, who >recieved the property in right of his father must be the eldest son. >If >as Michelle Duval Ule wrote this spring, Duncan Bohannon "may have >used >this land to discharge the debt he apparently had owed to the Virginia >John Neville's grandfather, John Neville, in Maryland ten years >before" >then a connection to John and Bridget can be proven. But I have not >yet >seen the record concerning this debt (Does anyone have the citation?) >Anyway, if above is true, what proves the Neville between the two >Johns >was named James? > >Any takers? > >I have been very busy at work and at home, so I have not volunteered >for >the forthcoming newsletter. I am however, transcribing court records >pertaining to the Neville family in Maryland. I will be glad to >serialize the transcription for the newsletter, but be warned!...truth >is stranger than fiction and some court records of the seventeenth >century use language and expressions that you will not hear on >television today. Tell me if you want items that are unsuitable for >children to be censored from the serial. Most of the "color" comes >concerning John's second or third wife, Joan (Joann/Jo Ann/Ann) Porter >Neville. > >Happy rooting to all! > >Brian Walls >Columbia, Maryland > > Brian You hit the nail on the head! If the debt owed by Bohannon to John Neville could be verified, it would help settle these relationships. Boogher first identified James as the son of the immigrant John. His reference as shown in footnote 1 on page 6 of Joseph B. Neville's book ''The 370 Year History of One Neville Family" is: "On March 6, 1674, James Neville, Sr. purchased 100 acres of land in Gloucester Co., VA in the name of his son, John, then a minor from Duncan Bohannan, formerly of Charles Co., Md. It would appear from the records the said 100 acres of land were deeded by Bohannan in settlement of the suit brought by his father, John Neville Sr., against said Duncan Bohannan, in Charles Co., MD, in 1662. (See Liber 6, folio 549, Land Office, Richmond, VA). It would appear he drew this conclusion just from reading that land record. If this can be verified, it would seem to prove the relationship of John, Sr. to James to his son John. If not, then maybe we have to consider that perhaps James came from England after John, and they are not father and son. I hope you will have a chance to check this key point. I see it is recorded in Richmond VA which may not fit in with your planned Maryland trip. Thanks for your interest. Jim Walker