Newell of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire - Dubious pedigree

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Contents 1 What we know 2 Profiles which need evidence that these people existed 2.1 Abraham Newell Sr (1555-1592) 2.2 Frances (Unknown) Newell (1559-abt.1592) 2.3 William Newell (abt.1520-1582) 2.4 Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590) 2.5 William Sweetapple (abt.1500-abt.1565) 2.6 Martha (Unknown) Sweetapple (abt.1505-) 3 Resources 4 Sources

What we know

The Newell family have been created to provide an ancestry for the emigrant Abraham Newell (abt.1584-1672). Abraham was documented leaving from Ipswich, Suffolk, England on board the "Francis" in 1634. He was said to be 50 years old at the time and married to Francis (Unknown) Newell (abt.1594-1682) Both of these profiles are under the management and PPP of the Puritan Great Migration Project.

A baptism has not been found for Abraham Newell

A baptism has not been found for Francis (Unknown) Newell his wife

A marriage has not been found for them but presumed before 1619 given the age of their oldest known child.

This book "The genealogies and estates of Charlestown " D. Clapp may have been the origin for the internet belief that his father was also Abraham. The reference is for Abraham the emigrant's son (and is clearly stated in the book). ^[1]

Here on FamilySearch - all his ancestors are unsourced.

Profiles which need evidence that these people existed

No sources found for any of these events so far:

Abraham Newell Sr (1555-1592)

created as a father for Abraham Newell (abt.1584-1672) said to be born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Married Frances (Unknown) Newell (1559-abt.1592) 1580 in "Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England" (this place does not exist)
Died 1592 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.
No other children listed.
Parents given as William Newell (abt.1520-1582) and Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590)

Managed and PPP by England Project 26 Dec 2023 Fitz-Henry-9 11:42, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Also found here on {https://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Newell-Sr/5668835071920032676 Geni] Unsourced, No other relatives apart from son Abraham Newell of Roxbury.

Frances (Unknown) Newell (1559-abt.1592)

Wife of Abraham Newell Sr (1555-1592) and mother of Abraham Newell (abt.1584-1672)
Said to be born in 1559 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died "13 January 1592" in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
No other children apart from Abraham listed.
Parents not given.

Probably conflated / confused with the wife of her "son" Abraham Newell (abt.1584-1672). Managed and PPP by England Project 26 Dec 2023 Fitz-Henry-9 11:42, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

William Newell (abt.1520-1582)

Created as a father for Abraham Newell Sr (1555-1592)
Born 1520 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died 1582 in place unknown
Married to Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590) (date/place unknown)
No other children listed apart from Abraham.
No parents listed

Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590)

Created as a mother for Abraham Newell Sr (1555-1592)
Born 1525 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died 1590 in place unknown
Married to William Newell (abt.1520-1582) (date/place unknown)
No other children listed.
Parents listed as William Sweetapple (abt.1500-abt.1565) and Martha (Unknown) Sweetapple (abt.1505-)

William Sweetapple (abt.1500-abt.1565)

Created as a father for Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590)
Born 1500 in England (hit the pre-1500 barrier?)
Died 1565 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Married to Martha (Unknown) Sweetapple (abt.1505-) (date/place unknown)
No other children listed
No parents listed.

Martha (Unknown) Sweetapple (abt.1505-)

Created as a mother for Elizabeth (Sweetapple) Newell (abt.1525-abt.1590)
Born 1505 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Died unknown date in Suffolk, England
Married to William Sweetapple (abt.1500-abt.1565) date/place unknown
No parents listed
No other children listed

Resources

Parish Registers of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire here:
(Ancestry subscription required) https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61056/images/BOD249_E_1_001?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
No mentions of any Newells or Sweetapples (or variant spellings)
Pages missing (obvious in the images of the register) between 1585 - 1602 - no entries between these dates. Fitz-Henry-9 13:08, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Oxfordshire records

There is no one by the name of Newell or Sweetapple in:

• 1641 Protestation Returns for Stanton Harcourt, or for neighbouring parishes.^[2]
• The court books of the borough of Witney 1538–1610 (the nearest town to Stanton Harcourt, 5 miles / 8 kilometres away).^[3]
• The Oxfordshire muster rolls 1539, 1542 and 1569, excepting one Edward Newey at Eynsham in 1542 (Eynsham is 3 miles / 5 kilometres from Stanton Harcourt).^[4]

Millard-1402 14:00, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Book: Wyman, Thomas Bellows; Edes, Henry Herbert, 1849-1922, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818
   Boston : D. Clapp; 1879; page: 698
   Internet Archive (accessed 27 December 2023)
2. ↑ Gibson, Jeremy. Oxfordshire and North Berkshire Protestation Returns and Tax Assessments 1641-42. Oxfordshire Record Society, volume 59. (Oxford: Oxfordshire Record Society, 1994). Pages 140-141, index.
3. ↑ Bolton, James L, Maslen, Marjorie M. Calendar of the court books of the borough of Witney 1538–1610. Oxfordshire Record Society, volume 54. (Oxford: Oxfordshire Record Society, 1985).
4. ↑ Beauchamp, Peter C. The Oxfordshire Muster Rolls, 1539, 1542 and 1569. Oxfordshire Record Society, volume 60. (Oxford: Oxfordshire Record Society, 1996). Page 29.