John Neville (1731 - 1803)

Born 26 Jul 1731 in Abington Parrish, Gloucester Hampshire, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Winifred (Oldham) Neville — married 24 Aug 1754 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1803 at age 72 in Neville Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Colonel John Neville served with 4th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Neville is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082521.

John Neville is Notable.

At the end of the Revolution, John Neville was promoted to Brigadier General.

Name

• Name: John Neville ^[1]

Birth

• Birth: 26 Jul 1731, Aoccoquan Creek, Prince William Co., VA or Abington Parrish, Gloucester Hampshire, Virginia, United States ^[2]

Marriage

• John Neville married Winifred Oldham on 24 Aug 1754, probably at Winchester, Frederick Co., VA ^[3]

• John and Winifred Neville had the following children:
  1. Presley Neville, b. 6 Sep 1755 ^{[4] [5] [6]}
  2. Susannah Neville, b. 9 Oct 1757; d. 9 Oct 1759 ^[7]
  3. Susannas Neville, b. 14 Oct 1760; d. 9 Nov 1763 ^[8]
  4. Amelia (Millie) Neville, b. 4 Apr 1763 ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Death

• Death: 29 Jul 1803, Montour's Island, Allegheny Co., PA ^[12] or Neville, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

Burial Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot Section 11 Lot 21

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Amelia (Neville) Craig, her mother a daughter of General John and Winifred (Conway) Neville and a sister of General Presley Neville, who served on General Lafayette's staff during the war of the Revolution.

He married, March 28, 1809, Harriet, daughter of Major Isaac and Amelia (Neville) Craig, the former an officer in the Continental army, and the latter the daughter of General John Neville, of Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, also of Revolutionary fame.

From History of Pittsburgh and Environs:

Amelia Neville, daughter of General John Neville...

General John Neville was son of George Neville...

Ann (Bur­roughs) Neville, the mother of General Neville, was a cousin of Lord Fairfax.

General Neville was born here, July 26, 1731.

He died on Montour's Island, now Neville township, Allegheny county, Pa., July 29, 1803;

General Neville married, Aug. 24, 1754, Winifred Oldham,...

General and Winifred (Oldham) Neville had two children: Presly Neville, born Sept. 6, 1755, and Amelia, wife of Major Isaac Craig.

Notes

Colonel of the 4th Virginia regiment during the revoloution.

General John Neville established himself in Winchester, Va., where he lived a gracious life in a grand plantation-style estate. His sumptuous style of living seemed to require the help of house slaves. In the Revolutionary War, Neville was charged with raising a company of soldiers to take control of Fort Pitt. Presley, his oldest son, played an active role in the Revolution, too, serving as aidede- camp to Lafayette in 1777. The Nevilles saw the potential of the western frontier and returned when the war was over. The general built a fine house on Chartiers Creek. Presley owned more than 1,800 acres of land in Washington County, in what is today Collier Township. The Nevilles tried to replicate the southern planter’s life, replete with lavish entertainments. The two had among the largest slaveholdings in the region. 1

The 1790 census shows John Neville owned 18 slaves, with 17 of their children born over the years. John Neville, a tax inspector, aroused the ire of local citizens in his role as revenue inspector during the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1794, an armed group threatened Neville at his Bower Hill home, looting and setting fire to the house. Hogg writes that the attackers were driven off by a surprise volley from the Negro quarters. After the fracas, Neville left his estate but found it difficult to find people to care for the property and his slaves. He relocated to an island in the Ohio River, now Neville Island.

Sources

1. ↑ John Neville's Family Bible, by Jane B. Craig
2. ↑ John Neville's Family Bible, by Jane B. Craig
3. ↑ Neville-Jones-Giles-Spencer-Harrison Families and Collateral Lines, 1600 - 1992, by Shepherd Spencer Neville Brown; 1993.
4. ↑ John Neville's Family Bible, by Jane B. Craig.
5. ↑ Neville-Jones-Giles-Spencer-Harrison Families and Collateral Lines, 1600 - 1992, by Shepherd Spencer Neville Brown; 1993.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, Membership Application Number 7446 of Mrs. Emily Neville McGuire.
7. ↑ Information from John Neville's Bible, posted by Jan <Removed disallowed email>, dated 7-15-97 {11:35 PM}.
8. ↑ Information from John Neville's Bible, posted by Jan <Removed disallowed email>, dated 7-15-97 {11:35 PM}.
9. ↑ The Neville Family of England and The United States, by Frances Beal Smith Hodges; 1964.
10. ↑ Neville-Jones-Giles-Spencer-Harrison Families and Collateral Lines, 1600 - 1992, by Shepherd Spencer Neville Brown; 1993.
11. ↑ Genealogical Abstracts Of Revolutionary War Pension Files, Abstracted by Virgil D. White; Waynesboro, TN: National Historical Pub. Co., 1991, Volume I: A - E, page 794.
12. ↑ Society of John Neville Descendants Newsletters, Newsletter #15.

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• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 771-775)
• Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 for John Neville Vol IV: Lodge - Pickens - Shows John Neville a soldier born in Prince William County, Virginia in 1731; Died on Montours island, near Pittsburg, PA 29 July, 1803. He was engaged in Braddock’s expedition in 1755, and then settled near Winchester, VA., where he was a sheriff. In 1774 he was a delegate from Augusta county to the Provincial convention. He served in Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, and Monmouth, as a Colonel of the 4th Virginia regiment, in Revolutionary War, after which he was a member ot the executive council of Pennsylvania. Holding the office of U. S. Inspector under excise law, he was engaged in suppressing the whiskey insurrection in 1794.
• John Neville in the Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 - John Neville Birth Date: 1731 Age: 72 Death Date: 26 Jul 1803 Military Branch: Army Veteran of Which War: Revolutionary War Registration County: Allegheny Cemetery Name: Allegheny Cemetery Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• John Neville in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 - Shows John Neville Birth Date: 26 Jul 1731 First Marriage Date: 24 Aug 1754 Death Date: 29 Jul 1803 Death Place: Montour's Island Father: George Neville Mother: Ann Burroughs Spouse: Winifred Oldham Children: Presley Neville and Amelia Neville
• Wikipedia: General John Neville
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13377161
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 1, p. 355-357)
• Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 4, p. 115-119)