Thomas Newberry (bef. 1594 - aft. 1635)

Born before 10 Nov 1594 in Yarcombe, Devon, England

Husband of Joane (Dabinott) Newberry — married about 1619 (to about 1629) in England

Husband of Jane (Dabinott) Warham — married 1630 in Devon, England

Descendants

Died after 17 Dec 1635 after age 41 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Thomas Newberry migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 5, p. 235) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Thomas Newberry was born in England.

Thomas Newberry^[1] was baptized in Yarcombe, Devonshire, 10 Nov 1594, son of Richard Newbury.^[2]

He married by 1619 Joane Dabinott, daughter of Christopher Dabinott of Yarocombe, Devonshire.^[3]

He married second by 1632 Jane _____. (Anderson writes: "Bartlett suggested that she was Jane Dabinott, cousin of his first wife). She m2 by 1638 Rev. John Warham; she died at Norwalk, Connecticut [2]3 April 16[4]5.^[4]

"John Dabinot wrote his will in 1624, bequeathing 150 pounds to his dau., Jane, when she married with the consent of her mother and his overseers, Christopher Dabinot and Thomas Newberry. Jane Dabinot was baptized 12 June 1611, Chardstock, Dorset."^{[citation needed]}

In 1626 Thomas was living in Marshwood, Dorset, 7 miles N. of Lyme Regis, on an estate called "Coweleyes". In 1625 this property belonged to his father-in-law, Christopher Dabinot, on a 99 year lease for lives, with remainder of term to Joseph Newberry (b. 1620) and Benjamin Newberry (b. 1624), sons of Thomas. Thomas Newberry apparently continued at Marshwood (Marshwood Vale) until he sailed for New England.^{[citation needed]}

Having last lived in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England (where some of his children were christened), he emigrated in 1634 on the Recovery,^[5] settling in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was a merchant. He was made freeman on 3 Sept 1634.^[6]

Note: others have claimed he came on the Mary & John, which sailed March 20, 1630.^{[citation needed]}

"There are two conflicting records on when he sailed. William Whiteway of Dorchester, Dorset, an associate of Rev. John White, kept a diary (now in the British Museum, London), which states that "1634 April 17, Mr. Newburgh of Marshwood Vale and many others set sail from Weymouth towards New England". This agrees with the first appearance of Thomas Newberry in the Dorchester, MA records on 1 Sept. 1634.

"However, Thomas Newberry's name also appears on the passenger list of the "Recovery" of London, which sailed from Weymouth, Dorset, 31 March 1634. This ship carried other people associated with the "Mary & John" group of 1630, including Jonathan Gillett and Stephen Terry, returning to New England with their new wives.^{[citation needed]}

"By 1635 Thomas Newberry had acquired a large, 400 acre farm, one mile in length two-thirds of a mile wide, an area now in the city of Quincy, MA. He soon became one of the most prominent citizens of Dorchester and in 1634 he was one of the ten men chosen to order the affairs of the Dorchester plantation."^{[citation needed]}

He died between 17 December 1635 (when granted land) and 28 January 1636/7? (date of his estate's inventory).^[1]

Last Will & Testament

Date 12 Dec 1635; proved on an unknown date; inventoried 28 Jan 1636/7?

• to my wife Jane Newberry
• unto my children to be equally divided
• Mr. John Warham and William Gaylord, overseers

"This present day there was returned into the Court [Connecticut] by Mr. Gaylard, one of the overseers, a Coppy of the estate of the children of Thomas Newbery deceased, dated the 10th of Febr. 1639." ^[7] Thomas intended to move to Windsor, Connecticut, but died before doing so. The aforementioned document was sent to secure the rights of his heirs at Windsor. Shortly thereafter (10 Oct 1640), the town of Windsor granted land to Joseph Nuberry, Beniamin Nuberry, John Nuberry, Sarah Nuberry, Mary Nuberry, Rebeccah Nuberry and Hannah Nuberry.^[8] Thomas, himself, was considered to be one of the Founders of Windsor, as a person entitled to participate in the land distribution of 1641. His name is on the Windsor Founder's Monument

1 Oct 1645, his heirs petitioned the General Court to approve of their selling their inherited land to John Glover.^[9]

7 May 1662, the heirs returned again to the courts, named as "Benjamin Nubery, Daniell Clarke and Sarah Woolcot, the wife of Henry Woolcot, now in England," regarding recently discovered additional property of their deceased father's that they claimed was part of their inheritance.^[10]

Children

By first wife Joane Dabinott:^[11]

1. Joseph b abt 1619; returned to England after 1648
2. Sarah, b abt 1621; m in Windsor 18 Nov 1641 Henry Wolcott, son of Henry
3. Benjamin, b abt 1623; m in Windsor 11 Jun 1646 Mary Allyn, dau of Matthew
4. Mary, bp Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, 22 Oct 1626; m in Windsor 13 Jun 1644 Daniel Clark
5. John, bp Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, 19 Feb 1628/9; d by 6 Jan 1647/8? when his estate was distributed to his siblings

By second wife, Jane (possibly Dabinott):

1. Rebecca, b abt 1632, d Hadley, MA 21 Nov 1688, in 57th year; m by 1660 John Russell, son of John
2. Hannah, b abt 1634; m by unk date Thomas Hanford, son of Eglin

Anderson, p 241, argues against the existence of a third daughter by the second wife.

Research Notes

Disputed Parents / Origins:

Anderson (p 241) describes a 1925 exchange between two researchers differing over the parentage of Thomas.

Douglas Richardson has proven that Richard Newberry was NOT the son of Richard Newburgh, gentleman, of Livingshayes, Silverton, Devon; Tim Forsythe's "GEN-MEDIEVAL-L: Fraudulent Ancestry of [Mr. Thomas Newberry (died 1636[/37]), of Dorchester, Massachusetts"].

Richardson concludes: "In summary, contemporary records indicate that the immigrant, [Mr.] Thomas Newberry, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, was the son of Richard Newberry, of Yarcombe, Devon, and his wife, Grace Matthew. Richard Newberry, in turn, was the son and heir of William Newberry, of Yarcombe, Devon (died 1596), by his wife, Ellen (buried at Yarcombe, Devon 26 June 1609). Thus, the immigrant loses all of his royal ancestries."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Robert Charles Anderson, et al., Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Boston, MA: NEHGS (2007), Volume V, M-P, pp 235-242
2. ↑ Anderson, p 240, citing Newberry Gen. 24
3. ↑ Anderson, p 240, citing PCC 30 Clarke; PCC 112 Gore; Newberry Gen 47-50
4. ↑ Anderson, p 240, citing Newberry Gen 43, GMB 3:1925-28, Grant 68
5. ↑ Anderson, p 235, citing NGSQ 71:171, 77:249-55 and Whiteway Diary 143
6. ↑ Anderson, citing MBCR 1:369
7. ↑ Trumbull, J. Hammond. (transcriber). The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony May 1665. (Hartford: Brown and Parsons, 1850.) AKA Colonial Records of Connecticut. Volume I. 1636-1665 p. 44
8. ↑ Anderson, citing Windsor Land Records 1:2-8
9. ↑ Anderson, p 237-238, citing Massachusetts Archives 15B:144, Newberry Gen. 42, and Mass. Bay Court Records 2:139
10. ↑ Anderson, p 238, citing Dorchester Town Records 36-37
11. ↑ Anderson, pp 240-241

See also:

• Trask, W.B., Abstracts of Wills of the Early Settlers of New England, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1853) Vol. 7, Page 29: also see footnote.
• Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009)
• Newberry Genealogy by Bartlett; an extremely flawed genealogy
• Starr, Frank Farnsworth. The Newberry Family of Windsor, Connecticut (Hartford, Conn, 1898) Page 8