Paul: On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Paul L Bingle wrote: > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >My Thomas NEVILL s/o Moses was also a Surveyors Assistant. Where did you > >get the information that James was as well? > > "Further corroboration of this being the general area of James' place of > residence in the 1780's is found in a SURVEY RETURN [capital's mine] dated > 2 Sept 1785 for land in (old) Newton Township [Sussex County] on Laurel > Brook, a branch of the Papacoting. James assisted in laying out the metes > and bounds." Thanks for this informantion. It is interesting that both men pursued this line of work, at least for a while but I guess I can't read much into that. > >Do you have a land petition for James NEVILLS of Stamford that outlines > >his loyalist activities? > > This one is tougher and falls partly into the area that you dislike a lot - > speculation. Wilson asked the same question and the answer remains the same: > NO, I have never found such a document. > > BUT what do we know? > We know that in 1796 the signature of James Nevills (as spelled) appears on > a document written by Judge Nathaniel Pettit, younger brother of my > 6x great grandfather on my FATHER's side, the gist of which is as follows: <snip> > we may obtain the agreeable protection and benefit of the above > proclamation... > Newark, 12th October, 1796 > [signed, and here I will only list those heads of households directly > connected in some way with my family, but that happens to be almost half of > them:] > Nathl. Pettit, Adam Green, John Willson, Leonard Muisener, Jonathan Pettit, > Andrew Pettit, Joshua Robins, Charles Pettit, John Pettit, Thos. Matthews, > John Silverthorn, Henry Chrysler, William Man[n], Jeremiah London [probably > Landon], James Nevills, Alex Markle, Gershom Carpenter, Joseph Corwin, John > Davis, Robt. Davis, Thos. Davis, John Green" > Interesting list of names. As you say the ones mentioned are connected to your family. Do you mean to say that you have connected the Davises mentioned above to your Davis line? This could be important if you have so please, if you would, share the information you have of the connection. Just as a matter of interest, The Jeremiah London is London and he is probably the brother of Bartholomew LONDON of Saltfleet who was murdered in 1801 by his young wife Mary OSBORN who was having an affair with the hired hand. I do hope she was not one of my Osborns. She was the first woman executed in Ontario. Thanks again for the information Paul. Paddy