Mike, A woman in Pittsburgh and I have worked for 10 years to find out how our Neelds are related, especially since both families were neighbors in Western PA in the 1870 census. I finally found a woman in Silver Springs, MD, who had this piece of paper written by a JP stating that he married James Neeld to Mary Parsons in 1793, IIRC. One of the couple wrote the names and dates of birth of all their kids which instantly united or linked all of the Western PA Neelds and, I believe, all of the Ohio Neelds. The interesting thing is that this woman in Silver Springs has a neighbor who ALSO is a descendant of Tom Janney. It would make a better story if the Neeld descendant in Silver Springs was from the Bucks Neilds or Nields but she isn't, for which I'm eternally grateful. This same woman has traced her ancestry back to the Bucks Nield but she has that wrong. It was a member of the Bucks list who suggested to me last year that it's possible that there were two John Neelds who came to this country. Everybody overlooks mine, who came first, and every Neeld researcher that spells the name that way somehow has managed to trace their ancestry back to Bucks. Before I upset the apple cart, I want to research both men from the day they set6 foot in this country up until 1850 when the census can take over. Al At 10:09 AM 3/6/2008, you wrote: >Nield. Your message refreshed my memory. Since the Janney's are in my line >that is probably where I saw it. > > >In a message dated 3/6/2008 12:24:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, >alenkner@stargate.net writes: > >Mike, > >That's some interesting info you have. My John Neeld came in 1692 >and settled in what is now Aston, PA while John Neild or Nield >arrived the next year, 1683, as an indentured servant to Thomas >Janney. I don't know why but the spelling of the name has really >screwed up a lot of research. In fact, one history of Delaware >County by what is reputedly a professional historian spelled my Neeld >three different ways on one page. No wonder us amateurs are confused. > >Thanks for the tips. > >Al > > > >At 11:32 PM 3/5/2008, you wrote: > >Again, I want to be careful what I say from memory from trips made long >ago. > >I do know that somewhere along the way I saw something about a Nields > >gravesite. Off hand I think it might have been at Wm. Penn's house at >Penn's > >Landing or at the Slate Hill cemetery in Yardley, Bucks Co, PA. > >Wasn't one of the > >early Nields a gravedigger and perhaps the same one a caretaker type at > >Penn's Landing? Wow, talk about flaky information! I am quite > >certain that the > >Spruance library in Doylestown ,the Lower Makefield Historical Society in > >Yardley, PA or the Penn's Landing folks can sort this out for you. > >My guess is > >that someone on this site will straighten out my rambling above. > Mike Daley > >Carlisle, PA > > > > > >In a message dated 3/5/2008 10:01:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > >alenkner@stargate.net writes: > > > >Becky, > > > >I don't know where any of my Neeld/Neild/Nield are buried so I would > >appreciate a lookup for these renegades. I'll save the Brelsfords > >for another day. > > > >TIA. > > > >Al > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PABUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the >body of the message > > > > > >**************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & >Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >PABUCKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.5/1314 - Release Date: >3/5/2008 6:38 PM