Edward Neville descendants: Here's an exciting email I received the other day! This is the first concrete evidence we have that our line is French. One problem: Dorothy Kimbrel's theory that Edward was the son of John Neville, and grandson of Dr. Jean deNeufville makes a little less sense to me in light of this letter. Would deNeufville's great-grandson still identify himself as French a century later? I doubt it. I'm starting to place more credence in the suggestion that Edward was the original immigrant...this seems, certainly, to suggest that very strongly. Here's the email I received (there's a follow-up email I'll post seperately): > It was exciting, with my first try at Geneology "on line" to find others > who > have completed the same research on their ancestors. > My gggg grandfather, Joseph Neville, born 1794 in Maryland, is brother to > your > John S. Nevill. > Most of my information came from a letter written by my great great > grandfather, Wilson Neville b. 15 Aug 1816 in Diamond Township, Ohio to > his > son, Samuel Neville in 1874. In this letter, he listed all of the family > members he knew anything about. He said that Joseph's father was "french > or > born in France". We know that he was born in Md. but this does strengthen > the > belief that this branch of the Neville's came from France. > I would be pleased to correspond further with you and to forward you > copies of > any of my information you might want. > My research ends exactly where you are - Edward and Mary in Md. > Looking forward to hearing from you > > Nonette Swedberg >