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- Russell and Russell do not mention Rachel as a daughter of John Neville; Newman does; see the note under Joanna. R&R also give Ellen/Eleanor and William to John's first wife Bridget, not his second wife Joan(na).
He as a well-known noble English name, but according to Newman, "his connection with the noble Nevills of the ducal line was rather remote, and many attempts have failed to prove immediate kinship." He was called "Goodman," a "prefix of civility applied to a member of the yeomanry or urban middle-class."
He and his wife arrived on the Ark with the immigrants to St. Mary's City in 1634. He was transported by Leonard Calvert Esq., "apparently under the technicality of a servant." He settled in St. Mary's in St. Michael's Hundred. He was not Catholic, like many of the Ark and Dove passengers, but an Anglican.
His wife was away for a while after 1656, during which time he had an affair with Susan Atcheson; her husband James, at any event, acccused him of adulterous relations on May 15, 1657. They were found guilty and given 20 lashes.
Before 1659 he settled in Port Tobacco Hundred. [3]
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