Bridget (Thorsley) Neville (abt. 1618 - abt. 1646)

Born about 1618 in England

Wife of John Neville — married 1638 in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Descendants

Died about 1646 at about age 28 in Maryland

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Biography

John Nevill’s marriage to Bridget Thorsley is somewhat documented. Exact details of Bridget’s birth and death are inconsistent and conflicting. Foremost among these conflicts is that Lord Baltimore's first settlers arrived in the new colony in March 1634, which agrees with the immigration sources below.

It appears she was born in England and immigrated from England to Maryland and married John Nevill. They had at least one child named James Nevill.

Research Notes

It appears that Bridget was born in England and immigrated from England to Maryland and married John Nevill.

Name variations: Bridget Thorsley, Thornbay, Thomsley ot Thorsbey.

Bridget was born in about 1618 in England. It is thought that Bridget died c.1643/4 in Calvert, Maryland; Age: 30-31. However some show her death was in 1646.

Various sources are conflicted as to the children of John Neville. Some show that he had three children with his first wife Bridget. Some sources indicate that James Neville was the eldest child. Other sources show that John Neville and Bridget Thorsbey did not have a son named James. Additional children shown in some sources include Ellen Neville and John Neville Jr., as children of John’s first wife Bridget Thorsbey. John had a son named William Neville with his second wife Johanna (Joan) Porter.

Child: Eleanor Neville

Child: James Neville

Child: Mary Neville

Child: Ellen Neville

Cliffs of Calvert, Calvert County, Maryland two quotes from wikipedia.org -

• "On his 1612 map, Captain John Smith identified the area as "Rickard's Cliffes," having given them his mother's family's name."

• "First colonized as part of Charles County (much larger than the present-day Charles County) around 1650, it was renamed. Patuxent County was established in 1654 by an Order in Council. In 1658 the county was renamed Calvert County. It is one of the older counties in Maryland, after St. Mary's County, Kent County and Anne Arundel County."

Bridget Thorsby in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Name: Bridget Thorsby Gender: Female Spouse Name: John Neville Spouse Birth Year: 1618 Marriage Year: 1639 Marriage State: MD Number Pages: 1

The Gee family : descendants of Charles Gee (d. 1709) and Hannah Gee (d. 1728) of Virginia Chapter II. The Gees in Henrico, Surry, Sussex, and Prince George Counties, Virginia - States “It is record that John Neville (1612-64) immigrated from England to Maryland in 1634, married Bridget Thomsley and had son James Neville ©. 1642-1700), who married Elizabeth __ and had son John Neville, b. cir. 1665, who went to Isle of Wight County, Va., and married Margaret ___ (Virkus II, 2110).”

John Nevill in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: John Nevill Arrival year: 1633 Arrival Place: Maryland Primary Immigrant: Nevill, John Source Publication Code: 4508 Annotation: Copied from Land Office records in Annapolis, Libers F, A, and B. Much contained in no. 8510, Skordas. A few records beyond the year 1655. Source Bibliography: "LAND NOTES, 1634-1655." In Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 6:1 (Mar. 1911), pp. 60-70; vol. 6:2 (June 1911), pp. 195-203; vol. 6:3 (Sept. 1911), pp. 262-270; vol. 6:4 (Dec. 1911), pp. 365-373. Household Members: Name Relation John Nevill

Bridgett Thorsbey in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name: Bridgett Thorsbey Arrival year: 1639 Arrival Place: Maryland Primary Immigrant: Thorsbey, Bridgett Source Publication Code: 2524.55 Annotation: Date and port of arrival. Extracted from Maryland Land Office records of patents and warrants. Reference to original record or transcript and microfilm number are also provided. Other historical and genealogical information may also be provided. The first Source Bibliography: GIBB, CARSON. A Supplement to The Early Settlers of Maryland. Annapolis, MD: Maryland State Archives, 1997. 248p. Household Members: Name Relation Bridgett Thorsbey

The actual Find a Grave Memorial has been removed, however what follows are the details that were associated with the memorial. Bridget Neville in the Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: Bridget Neville Maiden Name: Thorsbey Birth Date: 1612 Birth Place: Cliffs of Calvert, Calvert County, Maryland, United States of America Death Date: 1643 Death Place: Cliffs of Calvert, Calvert County, Maryland, United States of America

Marriage

Bridgett Thornsly married John Neville and had at least one son James. Some sources add Esquire to her husbands name. His place of birth is shown as England, but more then one John Neville is possible. It is uncertain whether they were married in England or Maryland. Some sources say that they married c.1638 in England. Others say it was 1638 Clefts, Calvert, MD.

Sources

• The Blakemore Family and Allied https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062846928&view=1up&seq=290 Starting on page 226, this source provides the details on the family of John Neville, his first wife, Bridget Thorsbey and his second wife, Johanna (Joan) Porter.

• Geesnmore A Family History ~ Neville Family ©2009 Kathryn Gearhart https://geesnmore.wordpress.com/charles-gee-bridget-neville/neville-family/ Discusses several Neville families, it is a searchable document. On the opening pages it discusses John Nevill of Maryland and his wife, Bridget Thorsley Neville. John transported Bridget to Maryland in 1639. She was English and they were married in 1638 in England. An affidavit in November, 1659 by John confirms the marriage. This document states that John and Bridget Nevill of Charles County, Maryland did not have a son James;

• Bridget Thorsby in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

• The Gee family : descendants of Charles Gee (d. 1709) and Hannah Gee (d. 1728) of Virginia Chapter II. The Gees in Henrico, Surry, Sussex, and Prince George Counties, Virginia

• John Nevill in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

• Bridgett Thorsbey in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

• wikipedia.org

• Fletcher, W. J.. The Gee family : descendants of Charles Gee (d. 1709) and Hannah Gee (d. 1728) of Virginia : with a chapter on the English background. Rutland, Vt. : Tuttl. Errata inserted between p. 154 & [155]|||Includes index. The Gee family : descendants of Charles Gee (d. 1709) and Hannah Gee (d. 1728) of Virginia : with a chapter on the English back. Ancestry.com, 2005.

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. The Generations Network. Ancestry.com, 2004.

• Wilson, W.E.N. (1964). The Neville Family of England and the United States. On pages 4 and 5 discusses the same John Neville

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