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On the petition of Robert Nevens1 |
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circa 1715 |
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Clues to origins from JLL manuscript: Meingsby is in Lincolnshire, a parish in the west division of the ___ of Bolingborke, part of Lindly union of Horncastle, 128 miles from London. Wm Nevins was mentioned in 1843 Church deed to St Andrew |
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Mary Lothrop; David(1) Nevins, first of this line to be found of record, was born in 1729, and was drowned while directing repairs to a bridge at Quinebaugh in 1757 or 1758. He removed from Kinston, Massachusetts to Canterbury Connecticut prior to 1747. David (1) Nevins married in 1746 Mary Lathrop ... She married (second) William Bingham. Among the six children of the first marriage the eldest was a son David (2) of whom further. (Sources are in this book)2 |
| (Witness) Deed |
19 June 1732 |
Samuel Nevins; Kingstown (now Palmer), Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts, No. 51. Nevins, Robert and David. Had a grant of 100 acres by the General Court. The lot was [originally] bought by John Dorchester of the Claimers [who died before the 1732 settlement by the General Court]. It is situated at the source of King's brook and was about a mile from the country road. It has formerly been known as the Harvey Sherman farm and since owned by Mr. - Graves.
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Copied from Genealogical Fragments on Nevins by John J Latting - a loose manuscript at NYG&BS.
David Nevins, supposedly of Scotch origin, came to New England in the early part of the last century [note this was written circa 1882], the exact date of his immigration not ascertained. In 1746 he was a resident of Kingston, but in that year married Mary Lathrop (b. 1 Jul 1729), daughter of Col. Simon Lathrop of Norwich CT and removed to and settled in Canterbury CT on a farm of 300 acres given her by her father. He lost his life in the spring of 1757 while engaged in superintending the reconstruction of a bridge over the Quinebaug [sp?] River between Canterbury and Plainfield, which had been partially destroyed in a severe [freshet -sp?]. He was standing on one of the crossbeams of the bridge giving directions to the workmen, and had his watch in his hand, which he had just taken out to see the time, when losing his balance, he fell onto the swollen stream, was swept down by the current, and drowned before he could be rescued (Caulkins History of Norwich 351).
Kingston MA, from which David Nevins moved to Canterbury, is now called Palmer, MA. During David's lifetime it was in Hampshire County. Palmer became part of Hampden County when it was formed in 1812.
JLL's notes seem to indicate he thought there was a connection with:
William Nevin of County Ayr Scotland who had: John of Kirklandhill, same county and who married Janet Spear who had: William of Maybole, b. 16 Jan 1762 Deputy Lt and Magistrate for Ayrshire, he married Isabella Christian daughter of Robert Goudie [sp?] of Kingston Jamaica.
JLL's other notes, not connected with specific items:
The Nevinsons resided at the Court Lodge of Eastry in Kent for many years. They were originally of Brigand in Wetherell in Cumberland. Many buried in Eastry Church. I Birkbeck Nevins MD of London 1854. William Nevins, Rector of Miningsby. |
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Patersons: History of the Co of Ayr vol II pg 253 had info on Nevin of Monkredding: Thomas > Andrew > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas > Thomas > William bringing this line to 1698 - not enough to say there is a connection. Since there are no Thomas's in "our" family, it's more likely this is the Nova Scotia/Hollis NH Thomas. |
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between April 1743 and April 1746 |
Kingstown (now Palmer), Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts, Upon the petition of David Nevens, late of Kingstown in the county of Hampshire and Province of hte Massachusets Bay, [412] now of Canterbury in the county of Windham, vs. Samuel Pelton, late of Midletown, now of Hartford in the county of Harford, representing that he had an execution against one John Blye, of said Midletown for the sum of £6 13s. 6d. lawful money damages, and for cost of suit 13s. 7d. lawful money, issued on a judgement obtained at the county court held at Hartford in April term, A.D. 1743, which was dated the 30th day of April, 1744, and delivered into the hands of said Pelton, as he was constable of said Midletown, for him to execute the same; also that he had brought his action against the said Pelton for neglecting and refusing to execute said writ of execution, demanding damages forty pounds money, which action came to final tryal on the plea of not guilty at the county court held at said Harford in April, 1746, when and where he, the said Nevens, lost his said action for want of sufficient evidence to prove that said Pelton had received said execution; representing also that he had since said tryal found new evidence to prove said matter of fact, and praying for a new tryal in said action, &c.: Whereupon it is resolved by this Assembly, that the aforesaid final judgement of said county court be, and it is hereby, set aside and made void; and the said Daniel Nevens shall have the liberty of having a new tryal in said action at the adjorned county court to be held at said Hartford in and for said county of Hartford on the 3d Tuesday of June next, and the whole cost shall follow the final judgement; and if the said Nevens shall finally recover against the said Pelton in said action, the said county court shall give judgement also for all the damages that the said Nevens hath suffered by occasion of the said Judgement of the said county court in April, 1746, and the execution that issued thereon.4 |
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15 March 1745 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, David Nevins buys property from Jabes Westcot in Canterbury per Canterbury CT Grantees Index5 |
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10 April 1745 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, "Per the enclosed deed... David Nevins bought property at this time. It is the earliest record of any purchase of his in the Canterbury Grantees Index, 1703-1904. I have enclosed a copy of the index, which also includes purchases after the death of David Nevins, the immmigrant, and were apparently made by his son. The 1745 deed was executed just before David Nevins' marriage to Mary Lathrop. Of special interest in this deed is the locality where David Nevins lived just prior to the purchase: Norwich, Connecticut. he is called 'David Nevins of Norwich'."5 |
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11 April 1745 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Davis Nevins of Norwich buys property in Canterbury from Joseph Wadsworth - Canterbury Ct Grantees Index5 |
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May 1746 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Upon the petition of David Nevens, late of Kingston in the county of Hampshire and Province of the Massachusets Bay, now of Canterbury in the county of Windham, vs Samuel Pelton, late of Midletown, now of Hartford in the county of Hartford, representing that he had an execution against one John Blye, of said Midletown, for the sum of 6£ 13s 7d lawful money damages, and for cost of suit 13s 7d lawful money, issued on a judgement obtained at the county court held at Hartford in April term, AD 1743, whichw as dated the 20th day of April, 1744, and delivered into the hands of said Pelton, as he was constable of said Midletown, for him to execute the same; also that he had brought his action against the said Pelton for neglecting and refusing to execute said writ of execution, demanding damages forty pouhnds money, which action came to final tryal on the plea of not guilty at the county court held at said Harford in April, 1746, when and where he, the said Nevens, lost his said action for want of sufficient evidence to prove that said Pelton had received said execution; representing also that he had since said tryal found new evidence to prove said matter of fact, and praying for a new tryal in said action, &c.: Whereupon it is resolved by this Assembly, that the aforesaid final judgment of said county court be, and it is hereby, set aside and made void; and the said Daniel Nevens shall have the liberty of having a new tryal in said action at the adjourned county court to be held at said Hartford in and for said county of Hartford on 3d Tuesday of June next, and the whole cost shall follow the final judgment; and if the said Nevens shall finally recover against the said Pelton in said action, the said county court shall give judgment also for all the damages that the said Nevens hath suffered by occasion of the said judgment of the said county court in April, 1746, and the execution that issued theron.6 |
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28 May 1746 |
Kingstown (now Palmer), Hampshire Co. (now Hampden Co.), Massachusetts, On the petition of David Nevins, of Kingstown in the province of the Massachusets Bay, vs. Samuel Pelton, of Midletown, on file: The question was put, whether the judgement prayed for to be set aside should be set aside and a new tryal granted to the petitioner as prayed for: Resolved by this Assembly in the negative. Cost allow'd respondent £4 8s. od. Ex. granted May 28th, 17467 |
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between May 1746 and May 1747 |
David moved from Kingstown (now Palmer), Hampshire Co., NH to Canterbury, Windham Co., CT between May of 1746 [when he made an appeal regarding his case against Samuel Pelton to the Conn. Assembly as a resident of Kingston] and May of 1747 when the Connecticut Assembly granted him a new trial in the matter. It was probably also prior to his marriage, which was in CT |
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14 October 1746 |
Mary Lothrop; First Congregational Church, Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut5 |
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13 November 1749 |
Windham Co., Connecticut, Valentine's Manual of the Common Council of New York, volume 1865. On page 845 is transcript of an ad placed in the New York Gazette and "Revived in the Weekly Post Boy, November 13, 1749". David Nevins of Windham County in the Colony of Connecticut placed an ad for a reward to anyone locating a runaway servant named James Fitch |
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29 November 1753 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Upon the petition of John Mercy junr, of Woodstock in Windham county, showing to this Assembly that David Nevens, of Canterbury in said county, brought his action against him to the adjourn'd county court held at Windham within said county on the fourth Tuesday of February last past, declaring on a note dated November 29th, 1753, at which court said Nevens recovered judgment against said Mercy for debt and cost of suit, and execution awarded thereon; and said Mercy moving ot this Assembly for liberty of another trial of said cause at the county court to be holden at Windham within and for said county on the 4th Tuesday of June next, for reasons in said petition mentioned, and that the whole cost follow the final judgement in said action, as per said petition appears: Whereupon it is resolved by this Assembly, that the said John Mercy, the petitioner, have liberty of another trial of said cause at the county court to be holden at Windham within and for said county on the fourth Tuesday of June next; and that the judgement of said county court in said action before given be herby reversed and set aside, and the execution awarded theron; and that the whole cost in said action follow the final judgment.8 |
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May 1755 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Upon the representation of Col. Joseph Fowler, agent for the Governor and Company, of a note given to the Governor and Company by David Nevins, of Canterbury in Windham county, for that the said Nevins gave his note of hand for one hundred pounds old tenor bills of credit on this Colony when the same should have been only for fifty pounds and that judgment upon said note by the said Nevens has been confess'd before Jonathan Trumble, Esqr, Assistant, for the said sum of £100 with interest: Resolved by this Assembly, that in case the said sum of fifty pounds like bills, with the proper interest therof, be paid to the said Joseph Fowler, with cost that has risen thereon, in convenient time, the said judgment thereby be deemed satisfied.9 |
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There is the rather large debt (296 LL, 7s 7d) to "Storer and Son of Boston" in the settlement of the David(1) Nevins estate (see version in Colonial Connecticut Records, Vol. 11, http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ChooseVolume.cfm). My guess is that David(1) was a merchant of some sort because the Colonial Connecticut Records include a case in which David(1) is attempting to collect a debt from John Mercy of Woodstock, Conn in 1753 (see, example, Vol. 10, p. 187 of Colonial Connecticut Records). If we know what business "Storer and Son of Boston" were in, we might have a better idea about David(1) Nevins' business activities. |
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26 January 1758 |
Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Drowned in the Quinebaug River. While engaged in repairing a bridge over the Quinebaug, between Canterbury and Plainfield, which had been partially destroyed, David lost his life. He was standing on one of the cross beams giving directions to the workmen and had his watch in his hand, when, losing his balance, he fell into the swollen stream and was swept down by the current and drowned. History of Norwich, Caulkins 1866 Hartford. |
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October 1759 |
James Nevins; Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, On the petition of Solomon Drown, James Nevins and Ignatius Barker, representing to this Assembly that one David Nevins late of Canterbury, deceased, in his life time was justly indebted to them and sundry others in large sums of money, which still remain unpaid, and that the said David Nevins in his life time executed to Colo. Simon Lothrop of Norwich a bill of sale of all his goos and personal estate and also a deed of all his, the said David's, land, in trust, with intent to defraud the creditors to the said David Nevins of their just debts &c.; complaining that said deed and bill of sale was fraudulent, and praying that the same may be set aside or [238] otherwise grant relief &c.: Resolved by this Assembly, that Jonathan Trumble, Christopher Avery and William Williams of Lebanon, Esqrs, be and they are herby appointed on a committee to enquire and find out the truth of the matters in said petition complained and referred to; to examine the claims of the petitioners and other creditors to the said David Nevins' estate, and to examine all persons and parties therin concerned under oath, and any others that said committee shall think proper, in order to find what is become of the personal estate of said Nevins mentioned and contained in said pretended bill of sale from said Nevins to said Lotrop; to bring to light and discover the actions and transactions between said Lothrop and said Nevins with regard to said Nevins' estate, and also the transactions of the said Rufus Lothrop therein, and examine all witnesses, exhibits and papers relative to said metters; and of what they find with their opinion thereon to make report to this Assembly in thier sessions at Hartford in May next.10
Simon Lothrop (Colonel) |
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May 1760 |
James Nevins; Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, Wheras on the petition of Solomon Drown and others, creditors on the estate of David Nevens late of Canterbury, deceased, to the General Assembly at their sessions at New Haven in October last, complaining that the said David Nevins before his death wes indebted to them &c. in large sums on the credit of a large estate both real and personal he then had in his hands, and he, the said Nevins, had executed to Col. Simon Lothrop of Norwich a bill of sale of all his personal estae and a deed of sale of all his real estate in trust, to defeat the said creditors, and that the said deed was fraudulent as to the creditors of said Nevens &c.; that they by means therof have been defeated of their just dues &c., as per petition on file may appear; Whereupon said October Assembly did appoint Jonathan Trumble, Christopher Avery, and William Williams, Esqs, a committee to enquire and find out the truth of the matters in said petition contain'd, examine all parties, and of what they should find &c. to make report to this Assembly; Whereupon said committee having made due inquiry into all matters complained of and to them referred by said act, examin'd all witnesses, exhibits &c. relative therto, their report theron have made to this Assembly, that the said David Nevens was indebted to the Governor and Company of this Colony and to the petitioners and sundry others in large sums of money, and that the said Nevens on the 7th day of February 1755, in order to prevent his creditors seizing on his estate &c. agreed with the said Simon Lothrop and then executed to said Lothrop a deed of sale of three tracts of lands situate in the township of Canterbury, containing by estimation three hundred and sixty acres, butted and bounded as in said deed is expressed and of record may appear, and that said Lothrop then executed to said Nevens a certain obligation for the sum of thirty thousand pounds old tenor, with conditions that if the said Nevens pay to the said Lothrop, his heris &c. all the money the said Nevens then owed to said Lothrop and for his charge and trouble in hiring sterlin money and Connecticut bils to pay what said Nevens owed the Governor and Company &c. and all the money said Lotrop should pay to discharge any of said Nevens's debts &c. then said Lothrop to make and execute a deed of release and quit-claim to the said three pieces of land, as by said bond and conditions annexed may more at large appear; and that at the same time said Nevens executed to the said Lothrop a bill of sale of his stock of creatures, farming tools, household goods, and all his shop goods, and that at the same time the said Lotrop, in consideration for said goods, executed to said Nevens an obligatory bond for the sum of then thousand pounds old tenor conditioned for the [278] payment of five thousand pounds old tenor, and that the said Nevens gave the said Lothrop a receipt for said five thousand pounds &c. And that it appears by said Lotrhip and Nevens thier accounts, that at the time the balance was in favour of said Nevens, but that at the time of said Nevens hes death he was indebted to said Lotrop the sum of £45 14s. 11¾d. and that said Lotrop had paid of the proper debts of said Nevens to the amount of £558 1s. 7¾d. and that there was due to said Lothrop for hiring the money, commissions, &c. the sum of forty-five pounds and no more, and that the use of said farm was a meet recompence for the interest of the money paid as aforesaid; and that on examination of the claims of the several creditors, find due to Solomon Drown, one of the petitioners, the sum of £69 13s. 0d., to James Nevens the sum of £79 4s. 8d., to Ignatius Barker £18 18s. 0d., to Daniel and Joshua Lotrop £142 1s. 0d., to Robert Nevins £73 172 3d., to Ezekiel Pierce and Elisha Paine for a debt due to Thomas Hubbard, Esqr, £88 12s. 0d., to said Pierce and Pain's account of trouble and expenses £24 18s. 7d., and sundry other small accounts to the amount of £52 13s. 7d., in the whole ammounting to £946 5s. 8d.; and that on consideration of the matters aforesaid theiy were of opinion that the deed aforesaid from said Nevens to said Lothrop ought in equity be set aside and the lands therin mentioned to be considered as the estate of said Nevens, and that the administrator to said estate be directed to proceed accordingly &c., as by said report on file may more fully appear; which said report is accepted and approved by this Assembly, except wherein any favour is allowed in the payment to said Lothrop of said sum paid by him to this Colony on account of the said Nevens. Whereupon resolved by this Assembly, that the aforesaid deed executed by said nevens to said Lothrop of said three pieces of land in Canterbury is fraudulent as to the creditors aforesaid, and that the same with every clause and article therin contained be and the same is hereby declared to be null and void as to the aforesiad creditors to said estate, and that all the lands mentioned and described in said deed be and the same is hereby declaired to be the estate of the said David Nevens in the hands of the administrotor on the said Nevens's estate for the purpose of paying an satisfying the aforesaid debts due from the estate of said Nevens; and that the adminstrator on the said Nevens's estae is herby directed to treat and inventory said lands as such, and that the whole thereof be sold and disposed of to the best advantage for the purpose of and to be applied to the satisfying of the debts due from said estate if need be, otherwise so much thereof as shall be found needful therefor; and that Col. John Dyar of Canterbury be and he is herby fully authorized and impowered to sell and dispose of the same for the purpose aforesaid, taking the direction of the court of probate for the district of Plainfield therin; and that the petitioners be allowed their cost in prosecuting their said petition and what has arose theron, with is taxed at £21 2s 10d. Ex. granted June 7th 1760, for said cost.
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Simon Lothrop (Colonel)
Robert Nevins |
| Probate* |
12 June 1761 |
District of Plainfield, Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, His inventory was entered this date. Probate also mentions land, and these names: Col. Simon Lothrop, Solomon Drown, James Nevins, Ignatious Barker, Danial & Joshua Lothrop, Robert Nevins, James Nevins, and Jennet Nevins and others whose names aren't clear, but are not Nevins or Lothrop. Rufus Lothrop of Norwich CT was appointed guardian of David Nevins, minor son of David (the immigrant). As known from the CT records, his probate was opened because of the dispute about his debts Another of the creditors was Hugh Ledlie, the second husband of Ann (Smith) whose first husband was Robert Nevins, David's assumed uncle12 |
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12 June 1761 |
Jonnet Nevins; District of Plainfield, Canterbury, Windham Co., Connecticut, There is a Jonnet Nevins, who appears as a creditor and then in the final accounting of the estate of David Nevins in 1860 but we don't know her relationship12 |
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18 July 1775 |
Mary Nevins, Samuel Nevins Jr; Hartford, Hartford, CT, A deed of gift in which Samuel Nevins [Jr] gives "to his loving nephew and niece Joseph Church Jr. and Mary Church his wife [and daughter of Samuel's deceased brother Robert Nevins] The Nevins Farm in the Point in Palmer MA, 60 acres of land in Brimfield purchased from Samuel's brother James, which James in turn purchased from their brother David [all these relationships spelled out in the deed]. Also an additional 30 acres of land in Brimfield purchased from James Nevins [named as a brother of Samuel] and three 25 acre lots in Palmer.
This must have been a wedding gift from Samuel Nevins Jr (acting on behalf of the Nevins Family since Mary's father Robert is deceased in 1775) to Joseph and Mary Church. Hence, it provides a date for their marriage.
This deed proves that Samuel Jr is the son of Samuel(1); that James Nevins (of Greenwich MA), David Nevins (of Canterbury CT) and Robert Nevins (father of Mary Church) are brothers, all childern of Samuel(1).
Samuel describes himself as a resident of Union, CT in this deed
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1882 postcard from Kingston (Plymouth County) MA town clerk says he's examined records of the town and does not find the name of Nevins since the town incorporated in 1726, which supports origin of David in Kingstown (now Palmer) Hampshire (now Hampden) County, MA |