Jan, Shirley, Peter, Gabe, and others, I have gone back over all the material you sent Jan and Shirley, and could not find a quick answer to what has been running through my mind. It is probably contained in the material but I am just not seeing it. Here is my line of thinking and question: Moses NEVILL, my ancestor came to Canada from Harford Co. MD in 1793, in the company of Thomas WELSH and John NEVILL. I do not know what the relationship was between Moses and John but feel it very likely that they are closely related. Moses named his sons Thomas (which could have been for his father-in-law Thomas MITCHELL), Kent (definitely a Mitchell given name) and John (not a Mitchell name). I have pretty much figured out who the 6 children of Moses were. John NEVILL, on the other hand, is pretty much a mystery. A Land Petition by Thomas WELSH says " "Elizabeth Mitchell wife of Moses Nevill has 6 children, Martha wife of John Nevill has 2 children". The petition was dated Dec. 5, 1796. In another Land Petition Welsh states that Ephriam Cole MITCHELL is the eldest child of Martha NEVILL and that he is under 21 and living with Thomas Welsh. I know from later census records that Ephriam was born about 1786. His mother Martha was born 1759 making her 27 when he was born. So I'm thinking that John NEVILL was at least her age or older. That aside, I believe the other child of Martha and John Nevill was Mary NEVILL who was also under the wing of Thomas Welsh and who I know form her tombstone inscription was born 25 Nov. 1789. So, the dates of Ephriam and Mary's births would indicate 1) that Martha Mitchell and John NEVILL were married prior to the 1790 Census of MD and 2) that they should be shown with 2 children on that census. If you have waded through the above and are still with me, my question is: which John NEVILL on the MD Census of 1790 fits the bill of a man with a male under 16 and a female under 16? I only have a couple of pages of the MD census so don't know if there may be John NEVILLs in other areas that could fit the profile. Perhaps if I could figure out which one he is likely to be on the census and see what other Nevills are living close by, then it might be some indication of which family he belongs to. I know that's a lot of "ifs" but ifs are all I have at the moment. Could one of you with the complete printed census have a look if it would not be too much trouble. I have no idea if it is a huge amount of pages to go through but if it is don't go to the trouble, just tell that is the case and I will order in the census microfilm. Thanks. Paddy Thomas WELSH raised Ephriam Cole MITCHELL and at least one daughter who I believe was Mary NEVILL. I also found a Margaret NEVILLE on an 1813 list of school children in Charlotteville Twp. where Thomas WELSH lived so she could also be a possible child of Martha Nevill. So what I don't know for sure is when Thomas WELSH said in his petition that as I know that Moses was not living there at that time. John NEVILL himself stayed in Humberstone Twp. some distance away.