William Newby (bef. 1592 - 1629)

Born before 1592 in Northumberland, England [uncertain]

Husband of Alice (Walker) Newby — married 1607 in England

Descendants

Died 1629 after age 37 in Easington, Durham, England

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Biography

William Newby was born in 1592 in Northumberland, England, his father, John, was 70 and his mother, Jane/Jone, was 54. He had three sons and two daughters with Alice Walker between 1608 and 1619. He died in 1629 in Easington, Durham, England, at the age of 37.

He was probably born in Northumberland.^[1]

Children^[2]

Ralph bap 14 Mar 1612

Alice bap 5 Nov 1615, witnesses included Thomas Newbie, Alice Skurfield and Marola (?) Newbie

Rachel bap 6 Mar 1619, witnesses included Nicholas Newbie

John (possible). No baptismal record is found but later information strongly suggests that Ralph Newby had a brother John Newby.

Research Notes

Additional notation from Larry Bell information dated 2000: In addition to the William Newby family which arrived in Virginia and North Carolina in the 1680's, there was also a John Newby family. William and John Newby appear to have been related, but not as father and son or as brothers. William's brother John died in Dublin, Ireland in 1691. It appears possible that the John Newby, son of John Newby, could be the John Newby who appeared in the Perquimans area of North Carolina in the 1670's.

Note from Roy C. Leggitt

"In April 1995 Larry M. Bell provided me (RCL) a package of Newby information that contained several new sources. Included was:"

Extracts from Birth, Marriage, Death Registers - Dublin.

Isabella Roddom's will (mentions Nathan and Gabriel).

List of subscribers for a Meeting House, Dublin, 1685.

- John Newby family list.

Register photocopies.

"The Newbys of England and Ireland" by Wm. Perry Johnson, 1962.

His son Nicholas' ahnentafel.

"The Newby Family from Wm. to Emra 1637-1981" by Larry Bell, July 1992.

"William Newby Family" by Clifford Hardin.

Unfortunately, there is little information or quotation of source for this earliest Newby. All that is said is that he was born before 1592 probably in County Northumberland, England. From this baptismal records of his children in Easington, County Durham, England, there were other Newbys present therein the early 1600s, e.g., Thomas Newbie, Marola (?) Newbie, Nicholas Newbie, Juliana Newbie.

They were about a hundred miles from each other, but perhaps he is related to Richard Newby, b.a. 1594 whose daughter Ann was one of the Valiant Sixty.

Sources

1. ↑ This is postulated by Johnson, William Perry (genealogist of Raliegh, North Carolina) The Newby's of England & Ireland, manuscript compiled 1962.
2. ↑ Parish Records, Baptisms, 1612 to 1646, Easington, County Durham, England. Newcastle Upon Tyne Public Library.

[ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/113630876/person/300163891474/story. ]

Bell, Larry M, and William P. Johnson. The Newby Family from William to Emra, 1637-1981. Fairview Heights, IL (9932 Old Lincoln Trail, Fairview Heights 62208: L.M. Bell, 1992.

"The Newbys of England and Ireland" by Wm. Perry Johnson, 1962, transcribed on http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUAKER-ROOTS/1998-11/0911905590 [Link no longer fuctions Oct 2018]

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Newby-93 created through the import of ross20genancestors-children6-22-2011.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Lamar Ross.