Newell Family Line

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Nana's 7x Great-Grandmother:

My 9x Great Grandmother:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 10x Great-Grandmother:

Rebecca Newell (1637 - 1698)

Rebecca Fowler

Henry Fowler II

Henry Fowler

Abraham Newell, of Roxbury (1583 - 1672)

Abraham Newell

Abraham Newell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Biography

On 30 Apr. 1634 the family enrolled at Ipswich as passengers on the Francis for New England and included Abraham, age 50, Francis, his wife, age 40, Fayth, age 14 (who was with the family of John Bernard), Grace, age 13 (with the family of William Westwood), Abraham, age 8, John, age 5, and Isaac, age 2.[1][2] Abraham was admitted to the church in Roxbury that year and his wife in 1636.[3] He was made a freeman on 4 Mar. 1634/5.[4]

In the Roxbury Book of Possessions from about 1653, Abraham held ten parcels including “his house, barn and lot, nine acres and a half… ten acres upon Richard Pepper’s assigns north and upon Mr. Joshua Foote south, and so between two highways east and west… fourteen acres one end thereof upon the Great Pond, and so between John Burwell and a highway to Quenetticot… three acres at Bear Marsh… in the first and third allotment in the last division being the eleventh lot… forty two acres three quarters and twenty rod… in the thousand acres at Dedham twenty and two acres… two acres of salt marsh… lying below the salt pan, sometimes the land of Nicholas Parker… six acres of salt marsh… lately the lasd of Edward Pason, being half the marsh given to Edward Pason by the town… twenty six acres of woodland broken up lately the land of Richard Woody Senior, and Richard Woddy Junior… and six acres of land lately of Edward Porter”.[5]

On 4 Sept. 1666 “Abraham Newel Senior of Roxbury… in consideration of an annuity or annual rent of six pounds per annum to be paid by Abraham Newell Junior… unto the said Abraham Newell Senior & Francis his wife… give… to… Abraham Newell of the same Roxbury Junior eldest son of the said Abraham Newell Senior… three acres of land lying & being in Roxbury aforesaid… also twenty two acres more or less lying in the first division in Roxbury aforesaid being part planting land within fence & part woodland… also sixteen acres more or less lying in Roxbury… also one fourth part of twelve acres of meadow or salt marsh… with all ways, paths, passages, that now is or ever heretofore hath been in use to & from the dwelling house that was the dwelling house of said Abraham Newell Senior before it was by fire consumed & stood upon the same sixteen acres & now new built by the said Aqbraham Newel Junior”. [6]

Abraham made his will on 8 Feb. 1669/0: “having formerly disposed of the greatest part of my lands unto my children by reason of mine inability to improve them by reason of mine age & weakness & having given to mine eldest son Abraham Newell a deed unto my hand of several parcels of land & unto all the rest of my sons the possession of others of my lands but not sufficiently confirmed unto them… the lands that I have confirmed as before expressed unto my eldest son Abra: Newell with twenty pounds given to him at his marriage shall be his double portion out of all the lands that I have already divided unto my children although not sufficiently confirmed unto the rest of my children as this is to him… my son John Newell shall have ten acres of land near unto Joseph Bugbie’s house & one quarter part of my salt marsh at the Salt Pans, also my fresh meadow at Flaggy Meadow but in case that the said John Newell have no natural heirs… all these several parcels of lands here willed to him shall fall unto the rest of my children, my sons Abra, Isaac & Jacob Newell & to my son-in-law William Tay… not hindering dowry in case that he doth marry… my other two sons Isaac & Jacob Newell shall have my lot at the Pond Plain & the lot at the neck of it that was bought formerly of Edward Denyson & the land on the rocks called Totman’s Rocks that was lately the land of William Hopkins & Samll Ruggles & all my meadow in Bear Marsh & half my salt marsh at the Salt Pans… my son-in-law William Toy shall have my Long Orchard near unto where my dwelling house butting on the knoll of the hill near to where my said house was & by the way leading by the north side of Richard Meadeses houselot & upon John Watson’s homelot & all the other land there that is mine whether orchard, woodland or pasture land down to Samll Ruggles his pasture that he bought of me in all about fifteen acres of land… all these several parcels of land above mentioned that are willed unto my sons Abram, John, Isaac, & Jacob Newell is now in their hands & possession they giving to me for the same every one of them as I have agreed with them or as my necessity shall require during the whole term of my natural life yearly… for all the worldly goods that I shall die possessed of or that is due to me in the hands of any person whatsoever excepting what is abovementioned or that shall be hereafter expressed in this my will whether it be housing or lands, cattle or moveable goods or what else soever I dispose of it as followeth… my dear wife Francis Newell shall have the use & benefit of my whole estate for & during the term of her natural life & that she shall dwell with any of her children where it liketh her best yet being provided for & it is my will that she shall be provided for by all my children by an equal proportion as they do enjoy of my lands in their possession… that my eldest son Abram Newell as he doth enjoy & possess a double portion of all the lands divided out to my sons my said son Abraham shall provide as much more as any of the rest of my children for the maintenance of my said wife & all the rest of my sons as my sons John, Isaac & Jacob Newell & my son-in-law William Toy shall provide every one of them equally for the comfortable livelihood of my said wife… after my wife’s decease my will is that my eldest son Abraham Newell shall possess & enjoy the knoll of the hill by his house that he set up where mine was burnt adjoining to it & the land about it that he doth now possess of mine abovementioned it lying on the north side of it & it lying on the south side of my son-in-law Wm Toy’s Long Orchard… abutting… on the land of the heirs of Isaac Morrell… my other two sons Isaac & Jacob Newell shall have, possess & enjoy my lot of twenty & two acres in the woods in the thousand acres near Dedham & that it shall be equally divided betwixt them both… all the rest of my estate after the decease of my said wife whatsoever either in her hands or in the hands of any person… shall be equally divided unto all my children… excepting my said wife’s wearing clothes which shall be at her liberty to dispose of to whom she pleaseth;also in case my children cannot agree about the division of the goods left to them… they shall choose each of them one man being no way related to them these men thus chosen with my two friends desired to be my overseers of this my will to have power to hear & finally determine all such difference that shall arise amongst any of them, they or the major part of them, but in case either by death or removal there doth want an odd man, these men thus chosen shall have the full power to choose an odd man… my dear wife Francis Newell shall be my executrix & my loving son Isaac Newell shall be my executor… my loving friends John Boales & William Gary to be my overseers.”[7]

On 17 Jan. 1671/2 “Abraham Nuell Senior of Roxberie… in consideration of an annuity or annual rent of twenty shillings… unto the said Abram Nuell & Frances his wife during their natural lives… do… sell… to Willm Tay of the same Roxberry, son-in-law of the said Abram Nuell Senior… twenty acres of land more or less & being in Roxberry.”[8]

On 24 Jan. 1671/2 “Abraham Newell Senior of Roxbury… tailor… in consideration of an annuity or annual rent of six pounds to be paid… unto the said Abraham Newell and Frances his wife during their natural lives… to Isaac and Jacob Newell of the abovesaid Roxbury… fourteen acres of arable land lying and being in Roxbury aforesaid anad called the Pond Lot abutting… upon six acres of land the said Abraham bought of Edward Denison and six acres of pasture land which is the six before expressed… and one parcel of pasture land called by the name of Totman’s rocks lately the land of Samuell Ruggles and William Hopkins it containing nine acres… also twenty two acres of woodland… lying in that which is called the thousand acres in Roxbury & yet not divided and three acres of fresh meadow lying in that which is called Bear Marsh in Roxbury… and the half of twelve acres of salt marsh”.[9]

On the following day “Abraham Newell of Roxbury… as guardian and out of the natural affection unto my grandchild John Bennet… do… give… to the said John Bennet all his bringing up and all my charges about him and upon his housing at Boston excepting what I have as his guardian received of his estate… and… all that my allotment of land lying in Roxbury aforesaid in the third division being twenty and two acsres more or lesss being the eleventh lot in number”.[10]

Abraham Newel Sr. died 13 Jun 1672 age 91 years.[11]

The inventory of Abraham’s estate was taken 21 June 1672 and amounted to only £23.4s as he had given all his real estate away.[12]

On 10 Jan. 1680/1: “widow Newell was abated for this year the rent of the land, 1680”.[13]

Source

↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874. p. 278

↑ The Great Migration- Immigrants to New England: 1634-1635- database at NEHGS, Vol. V, article on Abraham Newell, p. 245ff

↑ Roxbury Land and Church Records- Sixth Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, Boston 1884- p. 82

↑ Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England:1628–1686- Nathaniel Shurtleff, Ed., Boston, 1853- Vol. I, p. 370

↑ Roxbury Book of Possessions- Sixth Report of the Boston Record Commissioners, Boston, 1884- pp. 24-5

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds- Vol. V, pp. 96-7

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Probate- Vol. VII, pp. 220-3

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds- Vol. VII, pp. 321-2

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds- Vol. VII, pp. 309-10

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds- Vol. VII, pp. 307-8

↑ Vital records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. p. 600

↑ Suffolk County Registry of Probate- Vol. VII, pp. 220-3

↑ The Town Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1647 to 1730, Being Volume One of the Original- Robert Dunkle, Ann Lainhart, Ed., Boston 1997- p. 120

Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P, pages 245 - 250, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007.

Source S-1290057201 Repository: #R-1290057911 Title: "Francis" Passenger List, Publication: http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/francis.htm. Note: I have a copy of the list in my possession.

Repository R-1290057911 Name: http://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/francis.htm

References:

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L41C-CLP/abraham-newell-1583-1672

https://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Newell-of-Roxbury/6000000006590761094

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=abraham&n=newell

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newell-118

https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Abraham_Newell_(c1584-1672)

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/o/Michael-W-Brown/GENE4-0048.html

https://moorecountywallaces.com/getperson.php?personID=I20754&tree=Wallace

Thomas Newell Sr.:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCXT-ZKW

Frances Marie Holland:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MNRS-QWK

Wife (is she being confused with this man!?):

https://www.geni.com/people/Francis-Foote/6000000049519432212

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Foote-271

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/9Q3Y-PJD/francis-foote-1594-1624

Wife (possibly confused with this person?):

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204101411/frances-barnard

Wife (unlikely parents):

http://gsmall.us/Family/Small/getperson.php?personID=I02011&tree=Small

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Nana's 9x Great-Grandfather:

My 11x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

Abraham Newell (1555 - 1605)

Abraham Newell, Sr.

Parents:

Richard Newall, II

1520-1603

Frances Marie Reedman

1522-1582

Family

Spouse:

Frances Hynde

1559-1583

Frances Newell

Also known as: "Frances Booth", "Frances Marie Reedman"

Birthdate: ca. 1559

Birthplace: Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Denomination: (probably) Anglican

Date of Marriage: ca.1580

Place of Marriage: Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England (or, Ipswich, Suffolk, England)

Death: aft. 1583 in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England

Immediate Family:

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Abraham Newell b. 1581, Ipswich, Suffolk, England d. 13 Jun 1672, Roxbury, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

2. Thomas Newell Sr. 1585–1672

About About Abraham Newell

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Archibald Family Tree.ged on 01 March 2011.

References:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GWFK-WLL

https://www.geni.com/people/Abraham-Newell-Sr/5668835071920032676

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Newell-120

Richard Newell:

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCYR-7MH

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Nana's 10x Great-Grandfather:

My 12x Great Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 13x Great-Grandfather:

Richard Newall, II (1520 - 1603)

Parents: