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 London to settle it after his arrival here; therefore, he may be on more than one ship's passenger's list. The footnote on him in the source I used stated that he does not seem to have had children. However, I wonder if he had other Neville relatives who came to the colonies. The records refer to him being from Stepney, London and London, England. Since he was settling his father's estate, I wonder if we could turn up his father's will in London. Jan > > Now - from the book Ship Passenger Lists New York and New Jersey 1600- > 1825 by Carl Boyer: > > John Fenwick's Colony - the oldest English speaking settlement on the > DE River, Salem Co., NJ. > > Passengers on the Griffith 1675: [arrived, fall, 1675] p. 215 > > James Nevill > > History of the Colony.... New Jersey... p. 217 > > One moiety or half part of the province of NJ belonged to the Lord > Berkeley, and now was sold to John Fenwick, in trust for edward > Bylling and his assigns. Fenwick, in 1675, set sail to visit the new > purchase in a ship from London, called the Gritfith; arriving after a > good passage... he called [the place] Salem... near the DE River. > Other passengers... Richard Noble... > This was the first English ship that came to West Jersey, and none > followed for two years, owing to a difference between Fenwick & > Byllinge ... > The proprietors, William Penn, Nicholas Lucas, E. Byllinge, John > Eldridge and Edmond Warner.... > Among other purchases of the West Jersey lands were two companies, one > made up of Friends of Yorkshire, the other Friends of London > [Quakers]. > > The same book has a list of oath of abjuration 1715-16: Rachel > Neufeile [of New Rochell, widow] > > I think I've posted all this previously, but I'm including it to > ponder if their is some connection with James Neville and Richard > Noble arriving at the same time... > > > Jeanne > > >==== NEVILLE Mailing List ==== >Have you tried the Rootsweb Surname Helper Search Engine? >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/surhelp/srchall.html > >