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- William Neville was he first of his family in the county. His land was located on the borders of the Isle of Wight and Nansemond. In March 1642-43 the General Assembly enacted that the boundaries of Isle of Wight "shall extend from the main river into the woods southerly un to and including the plantations of William Neville and Robert Pitt." In 1643 Captain J0hn Upton patented land next to him.
William Neville was dead before the 25th April 1665 for on that date Roger Neville sold to Arthur Skinner, his father-in-law, "all claims to the estate of William Neville my father." On May 16, 1665, John Neville of Nasemond sold to Arthur Skinner 125 acres.
From "Some Isle of Wight Families, Virginia" by John Bennett Boddie, pages 235 .
John Bennett Boddie's Historical Southern Families, Vol. II, p. 149 and 150: "William Neville, first of his family in Virginia..on borders of Isle of Wight and Nansemond. In March 1642-43 the General Assembly enacted that the boundaries of Isle of Wight shall extend from the main river into the woods southerly into and including the plantations of William Neville and Robert Pitt...William Neville had two sons, Roger and JOHN Neville [actually, Boddie shows proof only for Roger]...Roger seemingly moved to Nansemond...disappears from Isle of Wight records from 1672 until 1704 when he was holding 200 acres of land in the Quit Rents of that year...JOHN Neville [Roger's apparent brother] m. Elizabeth Reynolds...In 1665, JOHN Neville of Nansemond, planter, and Elizabeth, his wife, sold to John Marshall of Isle of Wight for 1000 lbs. of tbco. 400 acres granted Mar. 6 to Henry Bradley and Bradley sold to Neville Feb. 2, 1663. Recorded in Nansemond, John Lear, Clerk. Recorded in Isle of Wight, John Jennings, Clerk...
REF: AM Origins by David B Trimble
Nevills in OR County, North Carolina & Coffee County, TN
William Nevill,was probably the first of this family in America.He lived in Isle of Wight County,Va.ca1642/1643 He died before 1665. Fact-Land located on border of Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties
Marriage 1 Lydia b: Abt 1615
Note: Reference Number:49324
Married: Abt 1639
Children
1. John Neville b: 1640 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1637 From Warrosquyouke County formed in 634
2. Roger Neville b: Abt 1642 in Nansemond County, Virginia (Later Perquimans County, North Carolina 1689)
Sources:
1.Abbrev: Jeannie Alyce Woodruff Scarlett JScarl1070@aol.com>
Publication: 11602 Norton
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2.Abbrev: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight
Author: John Bennett Boddie
3.Abbrev: Historical Southern Families Vol.2 by John Bennett Boddie
Title: Historical Southern Families Vol.2 by John Bennett Boddie
Page: Page 149
Quality: 3
4.Abbrev: Renwick Morgan Neville, beschutzer@earthlink.net>
Title: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=johnneville
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