Individual Details
William Neville
(Abt, 1651 - 1700)
From, "The Flowering of the Maryland Palatinate," by Harry Wright Newman; published by the author, Washington, 1961:
"William Nevill [Neville] was the only son named in the last will and testament of his father, John Nevill, in 1665. It is estimated that his birth occurred about 1645, and he would therefore be the son of Bridget Thorsley, the first wife. At a court held in 1662, John Nevill recorded a deed of gift of one cow to his son William. By the next year William Nevill was witnessing various court instruments which indicated that he had at least attained the age of 16 or 18 years. The will of his father was probated in 1665, and at a court held in Charles County on June 12, 1666, he demanded a summons be issed to Mr. William Price and John Lamber (sic) to deliver him his estate then in their possession. On August 14, same year, he proved to the court that he had reached his majority and requested that he make choice of a freeholder to receive his estate. The court assented and Samuel Cressy was named to receive the orphan's estate. On October 10, 1666, he gave his receipt to John Lambert and William Price for his inheritance. ***Is John Lambert William's brother-in-law? His half sister, Eleanor Neville, married John Lambert On August 17, 1666, styled William Neville, of Portobacco, he conveyed to Thomas Mathews, Gent., for 3000 lbs. tob. "Huccke Berry Swamp," as laid out for 300 acres, adjoining the land of Thomas Baker, with barns, stables, and other improvements. The body of the deed referred to Joane as the "wife of the said William Nevill." He was addressed as "Mr.". In the same year he gave bond to William Allen and John Munn for the conveyance of 150 acres of land. On June 8m 1669, William Allen and John Munn sold the land located on the High Cliffs of the Potomac about Cedar Point, which they had purchased from William Neville, to Richard Bennett, stating in the deed that it had been granted to John Jarbo who assigned to John Neville, deceased, and which became the inheritance of William Neville, the son and heir. On the same day, John Munn deeded to William Neville for 2700 lbs. tob. land formerly laid out for Thomas Cotes, of Charles County, on the south side of the Piscataway River and on a branch of the Mattawoman. At a court in 1674, John Munn swore that he witnessed the delivery of a mare to Edmond Lindsey by William Neville. After 1674 the references to William Neville are rather fragmentary, but it is possible that he was in and out of the Province as a mariner. In 1697 Thomas Davis, taylor, of Charles County, under oath swore that William Neville "doth keepe & entertaine another man's wife by force & against ye peace of our Sovereigne Lord ye King." At the September court of that year William Neville appeared and swore that the woman was his lawful wife. He presented a certificate from Salem [Massachusetts] dated October 28, 1694, as follows: "This may satisfy whom it may concerne that William Neville & Sarah Noble is lawfully marryed by me according to ye Laws of our county. Given under my hand ye Day & yeare above written. witnessed by:" (signed) Tho: Hartshorne Wm Fraford Richard Whitman Mary Whitman
At the same time Jane Browike signed a statment that she had received full satisfaction from all claims from the said Nevill as by deed 28 March 1695, and that she "acquit discharge ye sd Wm Nevill from any pretense of marriage & will never trouble nor any way molest ye sd Nevill During his natural life." If the subject of this marriage were William Neville, the son and heir of John, he was fully 50 or more years of age. In 1700 William and Thomas Neville appeared in court records, so there is a question whether William and Thomas are father and son or two brothers. At court on December 12, 1700, William Neville and Thomas Neville, of Charles County, were accused of carrying away at Mattawoman one spotted barrow hog valued at 400 lbs. tob. belonging to Matthews Sanders. They were represented by their attorney, Joshua Cecil, but were declared guilty by a jury of seventeen and given "one hour in the pillory" and at the whipping post each one was to receive 10 lashes on the bare back and to pay the four-fold value of the hog which was appraised at 300 lbs. tob." ** There is no proof that the above Thomas Nevill is the brother of William Nevill, as John Nevill had no son named Thomas and there is no documentation that I have seen stating that he did--B. Price
26 Mar. 1694 WILLIAM NEVILL, Planter, and Jane his wife, to John Sallter, Innholder - all those lotts, houses and fences in Talbot county in the town of Westchester at the fork of the Chester River. Wit: Elias Robinson, Dennis Conley. Acknowledged by William Hemsley, Attorney for William Nevill, 19 Jun 1695. Memo: That the day and year specified, the said WILLIAM NEVILL made delivery of the key of the doors of the chiefs house being upon the within bargained premises. Wit: E. Robinson, Dennis Conley. [Talbot County Land Records, Bk 3. Leonard. p.22]
15 June 1694. WILLIAM NEVILLE to SARAH NOBLE - a dwelling house and lot at the town of Westchester - the sixty-fourth lot of the said town, according to the numbers as laid out by the surveyor - the dwelling is forty feet in length and twenty feet in breadth - formerly belonged to Michaell Hackett. Wit: Jonathan Fuller, Jonas Greenwood. [Talbot County Land Records, Bk 3. Leonard. p.20] (This is the one I found mention of earlier, here's the actual record.0 There's a Robert Noble is mentioned in 1705 as having willed some land to his daughter Frances . He's a "Gent." in 1702. There's also a Thomas Noble as early as 1696. Could be Sarah's family.
I am not aware of any definitive records that prove what happened to this William Nevill, son of the immigrant John. He is probably the man married by 17 Aug 1666 to Joane/Jane Browiske (Charles Co., MD Deeds C #1:61-64 & 150-159). He may also be the man who said he married Sarah Noble 18 Oct., 1694 at Salem (?MD?*).
On 26 March 1694 William and Jane Nevill of Talbot Co., MD sold a lot in Westchester. (Talbot Co., MD Land Records L.L. #7, p99-100). I do not know of another William with a wife Jane during this time period so I suspect this is the couple found in earlier Charles County records.
A few months later on 15 June 1694 William Nevill deeds to Sarah Noble a dwelling house & lot in the town of Westchester. (Leonard, Talbot Co., MD Land Records, Book 3, p20).
The court records of 14 Sept. 1697 say the sheriff is to command William Nevill late of Charles County, plantor, to answer charges that he "doth keep & Entertaine another mans wife by forse against ye pease of our Sovereigne Lord..." William comes & says that she is his lawful wife & produces in court a certificate "from Salem October ye 28th day 1694. This may satisfye whom it may conserne that William Neville & Sarah Noble is lawfully marryed by mee according to ye Laws of our countrey - given under my had ye day & yeare above written. Tho: Hardshorne. It is witnessed by Wm ffraford, Richard Whittman & Mary Whitman"
"William Nevill [Neville] was the only son named in the last will and testament of his father, John Nevill, in 1665. It is estimated that his birth occurred about 1645, and he would therefore be the son of Bridget Thorsley, the first wife. At a court held in 1662, John Nevill recorded a deed of gift of one cow to his son William. By the next year William Nevill was witnessing various court instruments which indicated that he had at least attained the age of 16 or 18 years. The will of his father was probated in 1665, and at a court held in Charles County on June 12, 1666, he demanded a summons be issed to Mr. William Price and John Lamber (sic) to deliver him his estate then in their possession. On August 14, same year, he proved to the court that he had reached his majority and requested that he make choice of a freeholder to receive his estate. The court assented and Samuel Cressy was named to receive the orphan's estate. On October 10, 1666, he gave his receipt to John Lambert and William Price for his inheritance. ***Is John Lambert William's brother-in-law? His half sister, Eleanor Neville, married John Lambert On August 17, 1666, styled William Neville, of Portobacco, he conveyed to Thomas Mathews, Gent., for 3000 lbs. tob. "Huccke Berry Swamp," as laid out for 300 acres, adjoining the land of Thomas Baker, with barns, stables, and other improvements. The body of the deed referred to Joane as the "wife of the said William Nevill." He was addressed as "Mr.". In the same year he gave bond to William Allen and John Munn for the conveyance of 150 acres of land. On June 8m 1669, William Allen and John Munn sold the land located on the High Cliffs of the Potomac about Cedar Point, which they had purchased from William Neville, to Richard Bennett, stating in the deed that it had been granted to John Jarbo who assigned to John Neville, deceased, and which became the inheritance of William Neville, the son and heir. On the same day, John Munn deeded to William Neville for 2700 lbs. tob. land formerly laid out for Thomas Cotes, of Charles County, on the south side of the Piscataway River and on a branch of the Mattawoman. At a court in 1674, John Munn swore that he witnessed the delivery of a mare to Edmond Lindsey by William Neville. After 1674 the references to William Neville are rather fragmentary, but it is possible that he was in and out of the Province as a mariner. In 1697 Thomas Davis, taylor, of Charles County, under oath swore that William Neville "doth keepe & entertaine another man's wife by force & against ye peace of our Sovereigne Lord ye King." At the September court of that year William Neville appeared and swore that the woman was his lawful wife. He presented a certificate from Salem [Massachusetts] dated October 28, 1694, as follows: "This may satisfy whom it may concerne that William Neville & Sarah Noble is lawfully marryed by me according to ye Laws of our county. Given under my hand ye Day & yeare above written. witnessed by:" (signed) Tho: Hartshorne Wm Fraford Richard Whitman Mary Whitman
At the same time Jane Browike signed a statment that she had received full satisfaction from all claims from the said Nevill as by deed 28 March 1695, and that she "acquit discharge ye sd Wm Nevill from any pretense of marriage & will never trouble nor any way molest ye sd Nevill During his natural life." If the subject of this marriage were William Neville, the son and heir of John, he was fully 50 or more years of age. In 1700 William and Thomas Neville appeared in court records, so there is a question whether William and Thomas are father and son or two brothers. At court on December 12, 1700, William Neville and Thomas Neville, of Charles County, were accused of carrying away at Mattawoman one spotted barrow hog valued at 400 lbs. tob. belonging to Matthews Sanders. They were represented by their attorney, Joshua Cecil, but were declared guilty by a jury of seventeen and given "one hour in the pillory" and at the whipping post each one was to receive 10 lashes on the bare back and to pay the four-fold value of the hog which was appraised at 300 lbs. tob." ** There is no proof that the above Thomas Nevill is the brother of William Nevill, as John Nevill had no son named Thomas and there is no documentation that I have seen stating that he did--B. Price
26 Mar. 1694 WILLIAM NEVILL, Planter, and Jane his wife, to John Sallter, Innholder - all those lotts, houses and fences in Talbot county in the town of Westchester at the fork of the Chester River. Wit: Elias Robinson, Dennis Conley. Acknowledged by William Hemsley, Attorney for William Nevill, 19 Jun 1695. Memo: That the day and year specified, the said WILLIAM NEVILL made delivery of the key of the doors of the chiefs house being upon the within bargained premises. Wit: E. Robinson, Dennis Conley. [Talbot County Land Records, Bk 3. Leonard. p.22]
15 June 1694. WILLIAM NEVILLE to SARAH NOBLE - a dwelling house and lot at the town of Westchester - the sixty-fourth lot of the said town, according to the numbers as laid out by the surveyor - the dwelling is forty feet in length and twenty feet in breadth - formerly belonged to Michaell Hackett. Wit: Jonathan Fuller, Jonas Greenwood. [Talbot County Land Records, Bk 3. Leonard. p.20] (This is the one I found mention of earlier, here's the actual record.0 There's a Robert Noble is mentioned in 1705 as having willed some land to his daughter Frances . He's a "Gent." in 1702. There's also a Thomas Noble as early as 1696. Could be Sarah's family.
I am not aware of any definitive records that prove what happened to this William Nevill, son of the immigrant John. He is probably the man married by 17 Aug 1666 to Joane/Jane Browiske (Charles Co., MD Deeds C #1:61-64 & 150-159). He may also be the man who said he married Sarah Noble 18 Oct., 1694 at Salem (?MD?*).
On 26 March 1694 William and Jane Nevill of Talbot Co., MD sold a lot in Westchester. (Talbot Co., MD Land Records L.L. #7, p99-100). I do not know of another William with a wife Jane during this time period so I suspect this is the couple found in earlier Charles County records.
A few months later on 15 June 1694 William Nevill deeds to Sarah Noble a dwelling house & lot in the town of Westchester. (Leonard, Talbot Co., MD Land Records, Book 3, p20).
The court records of 14 Sept. 1697 say the sheriff is to command William Nevill late of Charles County, plantor, to answer charges that he "doth keep & Entertaine another mans wife by forse against ye pease of our Sovereigne Lord..." William comes & says that she is his lawful wife & produces in court a certificate "from Salem October ye 28th day 1694. This may satisfye whom it may conserne that William Neville & Sarah Noble is lawfully marryed by mee according to ye Laws of our countrey - given under my had ye day & yeare above written. Tho: Hardshorne. It is witnessed by Wm ffraford, Richard Whittman & Mary Whitman"
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1651 | The Clefts, Calvert County, Maryland | |||
| Marriage | October 28, 1694 | Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts - Sarah Noble | |||
| Death | 1700 |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Noble ( - ) |
| Father | John Neville (1612 - ) |
| Mother | Johanna Porter (1627 - 1677) |
| Sibling | Rachel Neville (1658 - ) |