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Samuel Newman (1602 - 1663)

Rev. Samuel Newman
Born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, Englandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Brother of [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 61 in Rehoboth, Plymouth Colonymap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Samuel Newman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 239)
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Biography

Caution. No documents have been found that indicate Susan Sparhawk as the mother of Samuel Newman. She has been detached, but may certainly be re-attached, following collaboration, if additional information on this relationship comes to light in the future.

Samuel Newman was born May 10, 1602, in Banbury, England. He is the son of Richard Newman.[1]

Samuel graduated from Trinity College, in Oxford, with honors in Theology on October 17, 1620. He became pastor at Midhope Chapel in the West Riding of Yorkshire where he remained for 10 years.[2]

In 1635, disgusted with the religious persecutions of Archbishop Laud, he came to America with a large number of emigrants including Rev. Richard Mather. He lived in Dorchester (a neighborhood in Boston) for four years writing his Concordance to the Bible. In 1639, he became pastor of the church at Weymouth, Massachusetts.[3]

In the spring of 1643-4 he and the majority of his congregation moved to a place on the east bank of the Pawtucket River called Seacunk by the native Americans. He renamed the place Rehoboth, a scriptural word meaning enlargement.[4]

Samuel Newman died July 5, 1663, in Rehoboth.[5] In his will, he mentions by name his wife, "Sibbell," his three sons, Samuel, Antipas, and Noah, and one of his daughters "Hopstill". However, apparently Samuel had two other living daughters mentioned only in an instruction to his son Antipas "that hee pay 40 pounds in two yeare to his three sisters and brother Noah; five pound apeece to each for the two yeares." [6][7] So according to his will, Samuel had six surviving children: three boys and three girls.

His inventory heading mentions his death, 5 July 1663, and was taken 31 July (63). It was presented to the Plymouth Court on 18 February 1663(/64).[7]

Research Notes

The following two items were entered without a source.

Husband of Sibbell Featley — married December 25, 1623 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Father of Samuel Newman, Antipas Newman, Patience Newman, Mary Newman, Noah Newman, Bathsheba Newman, John Newman, William Newman and Hopestill Newman

Sources

  1. #Tilton Gives birthdate and father. The birth place is inferred from his father's residence.
  2. #Tilton
  3. #Tilton
  4. #Tilton
  5. Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vital Records, 1642-1896 (Ancestry.com)
  6. The Will of Samuel Newman, Sr.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-VSRT : 7 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 209 of 616; State Archives, Boston. Page 9-11
  • Tilton, George Henry, and Leonard Bliss. 1918. A history of Rehoboth, Massachusetts; its history for 275 years, 1643-1918, in which is incorporated the vital parts of the original history of the town. Boston, Mass: The author. On Archive.org

See Also:

  • Austin W. Spencer, "Samuel1 Newman of Dorchester and Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony, His Origins an Early Career," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 176 (2022):259-272; digital images available to subscribers, AmericanAncestors, courtesy of Rick Pierpont.
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Mather-Thompson Testament" Vol. 140 (1986) p. 10 where it indicates the place of birth for Samuel Newman was Midhope, Ecclesfield of the West Riding of Yorkshire.subscription




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Attached son John s of Samuel who died July 24, 1665, is probably not the son of this Samuel but a grandson John Newman (1666-1666). If there are no objections, I plan to disconnect and merge with grandson John.
posted by M Cole
The latest NEHGR (WN 703) contains an article about him and his family.
posted by Rick Pierpont
There are no sources showing his mother was Susan Sparhawk. The "father" of Susan Sparhawk did not have a daughter named Susan. Recommend that she be detached as mother. I will also add "uncertain existence template to her profile until such time as a likely match for her is found.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
edited by S (Hill) Willson
detached mother, with note on both profiles. PPP.

I see there is no source for the wife or children, according to the biography.

biography needs updating.

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
edited by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
There is a dupe profile for Samuel Sparhawke which is an unmerged match with Samuel Sparhawk, and which I have added sources to, showing wife and children.

But perhaps you meant for Newman...

posted by S (Hill) Willson
edited by S (Hill) Willson
added PGM project box to Samuel Newman-287
Newman-1553 and Newman-287 appear to represent the same person because: same dates and places
posted by Robin Lee

N  >  Newman  >  Samuel Newman

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