James Neville (abt. 1640 - abt. 1696)

Born about 1640 in Clefts, St. Mary's, Colony of Maryland

Husband of Elizabeth Margaret (O'Canny) Neville — married 1660 in Northampton, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1696 at about age 56 in Rowan, North Carolina

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Biography

James Neville was born about 1640, possibly in Clefts, Calvert, Maryland, son of John Neville and Bridget Thorsley.^{[citation needed]}

He married about 1660 Elizabeth or Margaret O'Canny in Northampton, Virginia.^{[citation needed]}

He died between 1696-1700 in Neville's Creek-Rowan River Valley, Rowan, North Carolina. Others, without source, claim he died in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.

Children included:

• John Neville
• Jacob Neville

James Neville (b. 1640 - d. btw 1696 - 1700) and his wife Elizabeth are believed to have died at the hands of Native Americans. The couple were probably married in Northampton, Virginia, before moving to the Isle of Wight in March of 1674.

Research Notes

Land Patents

• 26 Mar 1662, James Nevil: 1300 acres in Northampton County at the seaboard side being a neck or island bounding easterly by Matchepunco River...^[1]

• 5 Mar 1674, John Nevell: 100 acres in Kingston Parish, Gloucester County adjoining to a greater tract of Dunkin Bohannan. The said land being formerly due Dunkin Bohannan by purchase from Mr. Armestead and then sold to the father of the above said John Nevell as son and heir of his dec'd. father. .^[2]

The 1674 patent suggests that James was deceased by March, 1674.

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia Land Office Patents No. 4, 1655-1664, p. 539 (Reel 4) https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990008010330205756
2. ↑ Virginia Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 549 (Reel 6) https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990008010190205756

• Wilson, W.E.N. (1964). The Neville Family of England and the United States. Frances Beal Smith Hodges, Ed. Wichita Falls, TX. FamilySearch.org. eBook.
• Featured in: A 370-year History of one Neville family 1612 - 1982. January 1, 1988. By Joseph B. Neville. 166 pages. and A 360-year History of one Neville Family 1612 - 1972. https://www.worldcat.org/title/360-year-history-of-one-neville-family-1612-1972/oclc/001880565 and https://www.worldcat.org/title/370-year-history-of-one-neville-family-1612-1982/oclc/018186218
• Society of John Neville Descendants Newsletter. Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Neville families in who came mainly from Normandy to England and Wales, and then to America. Focus is on the descendants of John Neville (born 1612), an Englishman who immigrated in 1634, and waas one of the founders of the province of Maryland, later known as Calvert County, Maryland. He married three times; his wives were Br idget Thorsesby, Ann who died ca. 1647, and Johanna Porter. John Neville died in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland, in 1664. In the 1700's, some Neville families moved to Pennsylvania and Virginia. During the 1800's, some migrated to Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, and Tennessee. Later descendants and relatives also lived in England, and in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North and South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and elsewhere. https://www.worldcat.org/title/society-of-john-neville-descendants-newsletter/oclc/866724451 and https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/33475?availability=Family%20History%20Library
• Neville Family of Maryland & Virginia. By William Fletcher Boogher. 1 Edition published in 1989. John Neville immigrated to Maryland in 1634. He and his first wife, Bridget Thoresby, had a son, James, and a daughter Ellen. He and his second wife, Ann, had a son, John. He married 3) Johanna Porter in 1649. The had a son, William, and a daughter, Rachel. He died in Charles County, Maryland, in 1664. Descendants lived in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois and elsewhere. https://www.worldcat.org/title/neville-family-of-maryland-virginia/oclc/865997302