Frances (Hill) Norvell d/o John Hill & Tabitha Bailey
To descendants of Spencer Norvell and Frances Hill
I am posting this information on this forum, because I believe more people might have a chance to see it here and also because this information needs to be made public.
There is substantial reason now to believe that Frances Hill, the wife of Spencer Norvell, was the daughter of John Hill and his wife Tabitha Bailey of Louisa and Goochland Co., Va.
More than ten year ago, I had the opportunity to review the private papers of Norvell and Larkam researcher Paul Edison Larkam, now deceased, of Roswell, NM, and Quincy, California. These papers show that Paul corresponded with Lucile Pleasants, an early published Norvell researcher of some repute. Lucile descended from John P. Norvell, son of Spencer Norvell and Frances Hill. Lucile wrote to Paul that she had orresponded with one Cordelia Leffler of Miami, Florida. Cordelia was a descendant of Peachy (Norvell) Doyle, daughter of Spencer Norvell and Frances Hill. Cordelia wrote that her old family bible recorded the parents of Frances Hill as John Hill and Tabitha Bailey.
I personally reviewed Paul's papers and saw his notes about this statement regarding the family bible. I know he obtained the information from Lucile and she was adamant about documentation and proof.
According to Lucile, Cordelia Leffler applied to the DAR through her lineage to Spencer.
After finding this information in Paul's papers, I reviewed the Goochland County, Virginia, court order, tax, and land records, and found where John Bailey was a close associate of James Norvell Senior of Goochland. Furthermore, tax records suggest that Nathaniel Hill was a son of John Hill, and the fact that Frances named a son Nathaniel lends further credence to a close connection since that given name was not found previously in the Norvell family. This Hill family also intermarried with the Parrish family that was closely associated and allied with the Norvells of Goochland.
John and Tabitha's land was on the Louisa and Goochland line and land records for the Hills are found in both counties.
I have no information about what might have happened to this old Bible or what happened to Lucile Pleasants' research papers. She had one son and he had no children; therefore, she decided not to publish a book.
Sue Elfving
Descendant of Nathaniel Norvell, son of Spencer Norvell and Frances Hill.
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