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Cumberland Lookup Requests / Re: The Neville/Westmorland Name Connection
« on: Tuesday 24 May 16 14:23 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your efforts in helping me. I already have this information. Thomas Edward Neville Westmorland couldn't have been Edmund's son since Thomas was born in Milburn and not
anywhere near where Edmund lived. Also Charles' title went to his relations in the Fane/Vane family.

I know of passages where it states that Charles had no surviving son. There is a ton of
information on these genealogy/ family history websites, but no one seems to have written
documentation of all these 'stories'. It drives me batty to say the least. Lineage societies will not accept hearsay. I really appreciate you sharing what you know with me. Best regards, A Westmoreland descendant

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Cumberland Lookup Requests / The Neville/Westmorland Name Connection
« on: Tuesday 24 May 16 02:59 BST (UK)  »
Dear All Fellow Genealogists,

I have been perplexed for years about the following supposed story- Charles Neville who lived in Raby Castle in the 16th century rebelled against Elizabeth I. He fled to another country and abandoned his family. Supposedly before this rebellion, he married an unknown woman and they had a son named Thomas Edward Neville Westmorland 1565-1612. The story is that this Thomas changed his last name from Neville to Westmorland. I have found no documentation to support this theory.

Olin Mapes wrote a book on the Westmorelands, yet he had no footnotes. He traveled to England, but didn't make any notes on where he found about Charles Neville, his first wife and his son. This was before Charles married Jane Howard. My DNA results show one of my ancestral names was Neville!

Does anyone have any information about this story? Thank you very much, A Westmoreland descendant

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