Category: Newman Name Study
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The family name Newman is of the same origin as that of Newcome--"Stranger newly arrived." It was originally spelled nieuwemann; Latinized, Novu Homo. (see Patonymica Britannica, By Mary Anthony Lower, Page 237.) The original spelling would seem to indicate an Anglo-Saxon origin.
Among the members of the family who came to Virginia and left their impression upon the early history of the colony were Robert, William, John Jr., and Thomas Newman, They were doubtless, relatives of John Newman, grocer, a member of the London Virginia Company in 1609, and in all probability John Jr. cam to Virginia at John Sr. suggesting in order to better their fortunes. Their descendants are now scattered throughtout the South and West: many of them are prominent in all walks of social and business life. Thomas Newman, Born in England about 1620, emigrated to Virginia on the ship called "Plaine Joan" in 1635. age 15 years; probably settled with his brother, John in James City county, Virginia, and moved with him approximately 1652 to the Northern Neck. His names, however does not appear upon any records until 1677, when he made a deed to his son Thomas, conveying one-half of his real and personal property to the latter, who was about to be married. This deed of record at Rappahonnock, Virginia is attested by Philip Pendleton. The immigrant Thomas probably married a daughter of Henry Burdett, Sr. whose will, proven in executor of, and a devisee under the will. He died intestate, about the beginning of the year 1700, and his Naylor, John McMelion (McMillian?) and Frances, Wife of John Wilson, may have been among these. He certainly had but one son Thomas, born probably before 1965, and after the removal of his Father to what is now Richmond county. (take from ? Family Tree)
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