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About Joseph Neville, Sr
The following is taken from A 370-YEAR HISTORY OF ONE NEVILLE FAMILY (1612 - 1982) 1988 by Joseph B. Neville, 2624 E. Southern Ave., C-213, Tempe, AZ 85282
dar a 082524, Patriotic service, furnished supplies, vA.
This Joseph Neville seems to have been the youngest child of his parents, John and Elizabeth (Bohannan) Nevill, and to have been born in one of Virginia's tide-water counties, as were his brothers and sisters. Isle of Wight is likely county. Most writers have followed Boogher in giving the year of Joseph's birth as about 1693, but specific evidence influences me to use 1707. (14) From about 1741 to 1762, Joseph Neavill, as he then spelled his name, lived in Prince William County and in that part that in 1759 became Fauquier County. There, four miles north of Warrenton, at a farm later known as Rockingham, Joseph operated an ordinary. This inn was not so prominent as was that of his brother, George, which was no more than ten miles away. Cedar Run originates from a spring on the south slope of Wildcat Mountain on Rockingham Farm.
Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson in 1751 published a map of Virginia, which they revised in 1755. In the home of Thomas Jefferson (Montecello) son of Peter, I bought a copy of the revision. These cartographers showed "Nevill's oridanary" right at the head of an unnamed creek which is Cedar Run. this stream empties into the Occoquan after passing Neavill's Mill, near Joseph's home.
The last home of John Nevill, the Immigrant is at Port Tobacco, about 46 miles from the home of Joseph Neville.
By the time Joseph and Ann Neville moved to Prince William County to the farm now known as Rockingham, they must have had seven of their nine children. I believe that Ann Neville must have died in or before 1762, as in that year Joseph, without her signature, executed a deed "For and in consideration of the natural love, goodwill and affection which I have and do bear unto my son George Neavill, have given and granted...unto my said son, George Neavill all that tract of land whereon he now lives...on the head of Cedar Run in the County of Fauquier dated 25 September 1762". So, this farm is the location on which Joseph Neville's ordinary stood. This is interesting because a very old building still stands adjacent to the fine modern home. (16) I cannot say that this building was the one used before the Revolution as an ordinary, but the fact that it may be is intriguing.
Joseph Neville and his second wife are listed in the Mormon's International Genealogy Index as having been posthumously baptized, admitted into membership, and their marriage "sealed" for all eternity. (It is unlikely they had children together, but both had children from previous spouses.)
Interestingly, the Society of John Neville Descendants had more members descended from this Joseph than from all other fourth-generation persons combined.
(14) I take the year of Joseph Neville's birth from a statement in the William and Mary College Quarterly, Series I, Volume II, page 286, where it says: "Depositions taken in Hardy County at William Bullitt's house show that Joseph Neville, Sr., father-in-law of thomas Dodson, was 83 years in 1790". if both this statement and the deposition are accurate, Joseph Neville was born in 1707 and was the youngest child of John and Elizabeth (Bohannan) Nevill. this deposition is important in a matter more vital than merly determining Joseph's year of birth. It indicates that Joseph had a daughter who married Thomas Dodson.
At some time in or after 1762, Joseph had moved to Moorefield, then in Hampshire County, Virginia, but now in Hardy County, West Virginia. I have no evidence of Joseph after the 1790 deposition. In Fauquier County on 20 December 1777, he had married Mary Elliott, who lived with him on Lot 28 in Moorfield adjacent to the present day United Methodist Church on Franklin Street. Two hundered years later in the 1970s that lot was vacant but well kept.
On March 15, 1806, Joseph Neville, Jr., said in a letter, "My step Mother I expect will not hold out many days"
(15) I suspect that Fry and Jefferson did not know that Joseph Neville and George Neavill each had an ordinary in Prince William County. In such case, they probably believed they were showing George's inn as his surely was better known than Joseph's. However, the location they used plainly is Joseph's right at the head-waters of Cedar Run.
One further note of possible interest: in the time that the Colonial America ordinary was flourishing, inns in England had become more elaborate and were serving more varied meals. Also many sold rooms and meals separately. As time went on that method of operating became known as the European Plan, and the more simple American method naturally became the American Plan. These two names persist to this day.
Twelve years after George Washington's diary entry on George Neavill, he said this regarding some land in which he was interested: "I would take it in (on) my way from FredK when I wnet up there, as it lies only 8 miles from where Josh Nevil lived at the Pignut Ridge". the publishers of the diary, in a footnote, indicate that Joseph Neville was dead "as shown by his will in Fauquier", but he actually lived for 30 more years, re-married in 1777, did not die in Fauquier County, and certainly has no will there. the footnote further says: "His house, which still stands, was the 'Nevill's Ordinary' marked on the 1755 edition of the Fry and Jefferson's map." ( Fauquier Historical Society Bulletin, Series 1, page 68.)
This series was dated 1921-1924, and contains the statement that the land on which the ordinary stood was on the head of Cedar Run and had passed to his son, George. (this was by deed in 1762) The ownership was traced through five intermediate owners to Robert C. Barklay, its owner in 1924. The article proceeds to say that the farm is shown under the name of "Rockingham" on the map os 1914.
Washington's 1760 entry using the phrase "where Josh Nevil lived at Pignut Ridge" would seem to imply that he no longer lived there. Perhaps, he already had moved to Moorefield, out on the western frontier. I previously have believed this move was made in 1762 or later, but this entry is evidence that I may have been mistaken.
Revolutionary War patriot. Furnished supplies to the troops. He was born circa 1707 and died sometime after 1790.
He was born the son of John Neville and Elizabeth Bohannan about 1707. Married 1st Mary Barget. Married 2nd Ann Bohannan. Married 3rd Mary Elliott.
This Joseph Neville was a patriot during the Rev War, not a General. He furnished supplies to the troops, and is known as DAR patriot #A082524. He was 69 years old in 1776, too old to serve in the war. However he did furnish supplies. His son John was a Brigadier General, his son Joseph was a Colonel, his son William was a Captain, and his son James was a private in the Revolutionary War.
Historical note: Moorefield, Hardy County was in Virginia at the time of his death, West Virginia was was admitted to the Union June 20, 1863.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 7 2018, 12:58:22 UTC
Revolutionary War patriot. Furnished supplies to the troops. He was born circa 1707 and died sometime after 1790.
He was born the son of John Neville and Elizabeth Bohannan about 1707. Married 1st Mary Barget. Married 2nd Ann Bohannan. Married 3rd Mary Elliott.
This Joseph Neville was a patriot during the Rev War, not a General. He furnished supplies to the troops, and is known as DAR patriot #A082524. He was 69 years old in 1776, too old to serve in the war. However he did furnish supplies. His son John was a Brigadier General, his son Joseph was a Colonel, his son William was a Captain, and his son James was a private in the Revolutionary War.
Historical note: Moorefield, Hardy County was in Virginia at the time of his death, West Virginia was was admitted to the Union June 20, 1863.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 29 2021, 19:33:07 UTC
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Joseph Neville, Sr's Timeline
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1707
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Gloucester County, Virginia, USA, Isle of Wight, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States
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June 16, 1730
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Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia, United States
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July 26, 1731
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Abington Parrish, Gloucester Hampshire, Virginia, United States
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July 26, 1731
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Abington Parrish, Gloucester, Province of Virginia, British Colonial America
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December 2, 1733
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Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America
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1734
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Abington Parrish, Gloucester County, Virginia
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December 17, 1735
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Moore Field, Hampshire, West Virginia
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1737
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Virginia, United States
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1740
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Virginia, Colonial America
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