| Samuel Newman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 239) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm |
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]
The following two items were entered without a source.
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edited by S (Hill) Willson
I see there is no source for the wife or children, according to the biography.
biography needs updating.
edited by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
But perhaps you meant for Newman...
edited by S (Hill) Willson