John Newberry III (1746 - 1818)

Born 1746 in Groton, New London County, Connecticut or Dutchess County, New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Jemima (Benedict) Newberry — married 1 Jun 1770 in Warwick, Orange County, New York

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1818 at about age 72 in Warwick, Orange County, New York, United States

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Biography

Private John Newberry III served with 4th Regiment, Orange County Militia during the American Revolution.

John Newberry III is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082609.

John Newberry III^[1] was born in 1746 in either Groton, New London County, Connecticut or in Dutchess County, New York^[2] to John Newberry Jr and Zerviah Burch, most likely.^[1] There have been few records to prove or disprove this, but most family tradition supports the theory.^[1]

John married Jemima Benedict 1 June 1770, likely in Warwick, as Jemima's family had moved there in 1765.^[3][4] They had thirteen children.

1. Mary (Newberry) Fitzgerald (~1771 - ~1857)
2. Phebe (Newberry) Smith (1774 - 1865)
3. Annie (Newberry) Demerest (1776 - 1865)
4. Zelpha (Newberry) Sly (~1778 - 1853)
5. Martha (Newberry) Smith (1779 - 1853)
6. Sally Ann (Newberry) Schofield (1781 - ~1838)
7. Hannah Maria Newberry (1783 - 1828)
8. Elizabeth Newberry (1785 - 1817)
9. Sophia (Newberry) Demarest (1787 - 1823)
10. John Newberry (1789 - )
11. James Abram Newberry (1791 - 1880)
12. Joshua Newberry (~1792 - 1863)
13. Arcenith (Newberry) Durand (~1794 - ).

John's son, James was born in 1791 in Orange County, New York.^[5] He is found living there in the 1790 US Census, as well.^[6] He was still living there in 1810.^[7] The Newberry homestead was on Bellvale Road, in the hamlet of Bellvale in Orange County.^[4] Several Newberry family members are on the books in the local general store there.^[4]

Most of what is known of John is through the heritage of his son, James, and his membership in the Mormon community.^[5]

John died 3 January 1818^[4] in Warwick County, New York.^[4] He left a will that was witnessed by James and Phoebe Burt.^[4] He left his property to his sons and a condition for a room for his wife to live in in the house.^[4][8] His wife, Jemima, was devastated by his death, and read her Bible incessantly, cutting a notch in the side each time she got all the way through it.^[4]

YDNA and DNA Research

The World Wide Newburgh Project - Mapping the Newburgh Family - Website: https://www.worldwidenewburghproject.com/richard-newberry-family.html

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Clovis La Fleur, Jr.; Those who are descendants of James A. Newberry believe his father, John Newberry, III was the son of John Newberry, Jr. and his spouse Zerviah Burch. This is based on documents linking this John Newberry to Rody/Edy Newberry and Jonathan Newberry, who are known sons of this couple. Proof by Documentation has not been provide as of July, 2002. Therefore, for now, I would consider this John Newberry the son of John Newberry and Zerviah Burch based on family tradition
2. ↑ [Sue Simonich]
3. ↑ [ Holbrook and Allied Families gedcom]
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7} The Newberry Family in New York on Rootsweb, accessed 1 June 2017
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-TK5 : accessed 1 June 2017), John Newberry, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States; citing p. 393, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-YWG : accessed 1 June 2017), John Newberry, Warwick, Orange, New York, United States; citing p. 362, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 181,383.
8. ↑ Orange County, New York Genealogy and History, Wills, http://genealogytrails.com/ny/orange/wills1.html#stephens, John Newberry of the town of Warwick County of Orange and state of New York, 5 September 1809. Names sones: John, James and Joshua Newberry. Names daughters: Ann, Patty, Seviah, hannah, Elizabeth, Ascenith.