- 17 July 1783. B & S. Bet. Mary Rosser, widow of John Rosser, dec'd., Richard Rosser & Judith, h.w. and George Rosser, said Richard and George being sons of the above named John Rosser & Mary Rosser his widow .. And William Allason ..£282.10s. specie .. tract .. on north branch of Rappahannock River, by Patent from the Proprietor's office .. to Richard Rosser ..
7 Feb. 1725 .. 226 acres +/- .. box oak in a Poison Field .. Signed: Mary (X) Rosser, Richard Rosser, Judith Rosser, George Rosser.
Wits: Eppa Timberlake, William Withers, Fred'k (X) Burditt, David Allason, Francis Payne, John Rosser.
Rec: 28 July 1783, prov. by o. of wits.
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- LDS Ancestral File NQ9-31 gives her year of birth as 1726, as does "The Neville Family" Chapter XV. Quoted from "The Neville Family" starting on p 281:
"Mary Neavill was born ca. 1626/27, probably in Middlesex Co, Virginia, was one of the eight daughters of George Neavill. He had two wives, the first having been Hannah Symes, to whom he was married ca 1725 and who it is thought, was the mother of his daughter Mary. His second wife was Mary Gibbs, but the date of their marriage is not known.
In 'Landmarks of Old Prince William' at p 461 it is stated:
' In 1727 and 1728 there was living in Middlesex one George Neavil, who in the latter year buried there a wife, Hannah. Considering the migration from the lower Rappahannock to the Piedmont at this time it is reasonable to assume that he wahe George Neavil who had a land grant in March 1730/31, on the upper side of Cedar Run adjoining the Carter Kettle Run Tract, and who voted in Prince William in 1741. The location of this land grant, as proved by the subsequent conveyances, is that of the modern village of Auburn. George Nevill's house thus stood at the crossing of the Carolina Road and the Rappahannock branch of the Dumfries Road which lead by Turkey Run Church; and the identification is convincing in the light of the record that on the organization of Fauquier in 1759, one Geoge Nevil was surveyor of the road from his house to Turkey Run Church. There can, then be no reasonable doubt that it was at this house that George William Fairfax and George Washington spent a night in March, 1748, on their journey to the Valley.....
'This old house, probably as old as any now surviving in Fauquier, is still standing, but in ruins, on the green at Auburn. It reveals the foundation of the full length porch which was, as we have seen, the characteristic of the eighteenth cury ordinary. In other respects it is in the strict tradition of improvement construction after the manner of Virginia building, as specified in the act of 1713. It has not been occupied for many years. It looks today more like the palace of the Sleeping Beauty than a caravansary where, for the asking, all the world might have news, ham and eggs and a toddy."
Prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, George Neaville served as a Captain in the Prince William Co., Va., Militia, which accounts for him sometimes being referred to as "Capt. Neaville." Also, there are references to him as "Georgeaville of Auburn."
In the year of Mary Neavill's birth, William parks established a printing press in Annapolis, Md. The year prior to her birth saw the establishment in New York of its first newspaper, the Gazette, published by William Bradford. Also thatr saw the establishment of the first separate church of Colored Baptists at Williamsburg, Va.
Mary Neavill and John Rosser, son of Richard and Sarah Rosser, were married ca 1753, probably in Prince William Co, VA. This couple became the great grandparents of Ann E. Nelson, who married Thomas Smith Wigfield. It follows that all ofs couple's descendants also are descendants of John and Mary Neville Rosser.
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