NEWLIN FAMILY AND Collateral Lines EDITED BY ALEXANDER Du BIN THE HISTORICAL PUBLICATION SOCIETY PHILADELPHIA Copyright, 1942. The Historical Publication Society Philadelphia CONTENTS Nicholas Newlin-emigrant ancestor l Nath~el Newlin, son of Nicholas 2 Nic~olas Newlin (2), son of Nathaniel 5 Thomas Newlin, son of Nicholas (2) 5 Benjamin Newlin, son of ~omas 5-4 Nathaniel Newlin, Jr., son of Nathaniel 4 Joseph Newlin, son of Nathaniel, Jro 4 5-6 Nathaniel Newlin (5)j .son of Joseph 6 Nathani~+ Newlin (4), son of Nathaniel, Jro 6 GAWTHROP LINE 6-9 MARSHAIJ, LINE 10-18 (Chandler-Harvey-Temple-Darlington-Fitch- Paxson-Williams-Hale~ucher--Bragdon) oyrus Newlin, son of Nathaniel (4) 19 Ro'b~rt Newlin, son of Cyrus 19 V.ER PLANCK LINE 20-22 Thomas Shipley Newlin, son of Cyrus 25 HADLEY LINE 25-26 Nicholas Newlin (5), son of Nicholas (2) 27 John.Newlin,·son of Nicholas (5) 27 William Newlin, son of John 27 WALTER LINE 28-50 (Wharton-Brown-Strawbridge·, Corlies) CORLIES LINE 50 iz1 •°7..., JOHNSON LINE tJ . :_) ·J SPROUL LINE Bf-36,, 3,,_.-58 KITTS LINE :-.~• SPEAKMAN SECTION (Abigail Newlin and Thomas Speakman) (Parker-Lawrie-Rex-Bye-Paxson - Richardson-Troth-Price) NEWLIN The family name of NEWLIN is likely an English place name. Newlyn is in the County Cornwall, England. Nicholas Newland 1 an Englishman by birth, born about 1650, emigrated from Nount Mellick, Ireland, in 1685 to Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons9 It is claimed that he was descended from the De Newlands, who were Manor Lords under the early Nor­ man Kings of Englando He brought with him a certificate or let­ ter of honorable dismissal from the Society of Friends of which they were members in good standing at Mt.Mellick, Queens County, Ireland. On March 1st, 1685, he obtained a patent for 500 acres of land in the northeastern part of Concord Township ( then in Chester County) and the family name of Newland became henseforth Newlin. It is interesting to reproduce the copy of the certificate as mentio~_ed above, granted to Nicholas Newlin: "At the request of Nicholas Newlandj we do hereby certify that the said Nicholas Newland acquainted our Men's Meeting with his intention of removing himself and family out of this nation into New Jersey or Pennsylvania in .America; and we have nothing to charge against him or his family, or to their conversation in the world since they frequented· our meetings, but hath walked honestly among men for ought we know or hear by inquiry'-'i-~ w~h hath been made, but our Friends' meeting is generally dissatis-~ fied with his so removing, he being well sett.led and having suf­ ficient substance for food and rainment., whir:'.~·· all thc.·t pro.fess Godliness in Christ Jesus ought to be contentj for we brought no thing into this world, and we are sure to take nothing out, and he.hath given us no satisfactory reason for his removing,but our Godly jealousy is that his chief ground is fearfulness of suf­ ferings here for the testimony of Jesus or coveting worldy lil: ..­ erty • .All of which we certify from our Men's Meeting at Mount Mellick, 25th of 12md, 1682, and we further certify that inquiry hath been made concerning the cleaness of Nathaniel and John New::-­ land, sons of Nicholas.Newland, from all entanglements of marr­ iage,and that they are released for ought we find. Signed by the advice and in behalf ~f the meeting." 1 Nicholas Newlin was a member of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania, 168~-88;a Justice of the Courts of Chester County, 1685-91; a man of considerable wealth for that period, and 1:. de­ vout member of the Society of Friends long before his emigr~.ti,)n to America. It was because of religious' persecution that he emi- grated to America and settled in Chester (now Delaware Cou:'1ty). Built and operated a mill, and was an important man of aff~irs~ Meetings of the Society were held at his home as early as :.687. He died at Concord, May 1699, and his widow in 1717-18. In Dublin,Ireland,are records ... -.: ~h indicate tmt his \,1.fe was Elizabeth Faggett, or Paggoto They had four children as follows--_ (1) Nathaniel-of whom belowo (2) John, who died unmarried. (5) Elizabeth,married first,Thonas Burton~~ e.t. i. secondly, William Faggett, and had four childx--en b~ ,.. he fi1·st, marriage: Mary, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Martha- (4) RacheJ, !!larried Ephraim Jacks,1u, of Edgemont., Pa~, and died ir ~·1420 Nathan;el Ne~l1n, the eldest chi~d of Nichola~ Newlllk, em­ .:_gr~ted f:rt_:rr Ireland with his father,anc... was born there, Dec.18, ~665~ H9 resided all his life in Concord Township, and like his father he was a man o~:" wealth and prominent.a. His hou3e which he ~rected in 1699 was s·cill standing 200·year~ later at which time it was torn downo He pur~h~~~u .iL :~~4, 7700 ~cres of ld.nd which w-as ]'.. Ljr J.&:i!d-out as tiewlin Township. Ht~'was n~(.~1T1b~~ of the Pro- -»et-- vinc-:.al Asse~·._1y for 24 years, from 1696 to 1722; and was first coUilllissioned J~~tice of the Peace and of the Courts of Chester County in 1705 ~nd several times recoiillili.ssioned,the last time of record being Aug,1st 26, 1726, altP.ugh he probably served until his death in 17l9. He was one of the Proprietaries Commissioners of property from 1722-29;d Trustee of the General Loan Office of the province,_, and one 0f the Commissioners selected in 1700 to draw up a p).an for a new form of Government for Pennsylvaniao Upon the death of Nathaniel Newlin, there remained unsold of the Newlin Township, over 6000 acres which was divided among the heirs~ and of which his son, Nathaniel, Jr., received 1620 acres. The holders of land in Newlin Township are said to have paid quit-rents to the head of the Newlin family for a consider­ able tim~j from which it might be claimed that this was substan­ tially a "Manor~" Nathaniel Newlin was twice married; first, April 17, 1685, to Mary Mendenhall, daughter of Thomas and Joan Mendenhall, of Wiltshire, England (see MENDENHALL GENEALOGY); married secondly, Feb. 2, 172,. ◄ j to Mar-J ~-~ncner, daughter of John Finchero She re­ moved, upon i... ~, dG~th ~f her husband, to Londongrove and died -in 17500 '~½.ere -r.a.s nc iSS!.le by ths second marriage;but by the first marric: ge the·r-d were sev-en children: (1) J,;..ni!Ila., bcr-n Dec~ 9j 1685 - 6, married Oct" 4, 1712, Richard Eavenson,, (2) Elizabet,h, married Ellis Lewis, born in Wales in 1680, and who emigrated to Hav-erford, Pao, in l708o (See LEWIS GENEA­ LOGY)~ (5) Nicholas, -- of whom belowo· (4) Nathaniel, Jr., - of whoill below. (5) John, born Dec. 28, 1691, died in 1755; married 17ll, Mary, daughter of Richard. and Jane Woodward and s; ster of the wife of his brother Natha~del. She died Nov. 24, 1790, at the ad­ vanced age of 101 years. They had five children: Nathaniel, John (of whom further), Jane, Rebecca, and Y.ary. (t)) Kezia,born Dec.22,1695-6, married William Baily of Kennett. (t!") Mary, born_ Feb. 2, 1699, married in 1724, Richard Clayton. No issue. · - Nicholas N~wlin, eldest son of Nathaniel and Mary (Menden- hall) Newlin, born 1689,died 1768; married (1) 1715, Edith Pyle, born. 1695", died 174f, ~arried (2) ~746, Ann Speakman, born 1719, died l789;daugbter of Thomas and Ann Speakman.By the latter mar­ ri•age there were ten children,of whom the second son was Thomas­ as below~ and the fourth son was Nicholas of whom later. Thomas Newlin,-born 1747, d.ied March 29, 1811; married (1) Sept.27, 1764, Joanna Prior: (2) Nov.16, 1780, Sarah Berry, wid­ ow of Benjamin Berry. By the first marriage,there were two sons, Nich9las·and Nathaniel. By the second marriage, there were two children,-uar-J Berry and Benjamin - the latter of whom belowo Benjamin Newlin, born 1784, died 1875; married (1) Feb. 1, .1804, Elizabeth Annesley, daughter of Thomas and Esther Annesley of Philadelphia; married (2) 1851, Mary Woodnutt, born March 22, 1797,died April 9, 1840,daughter of James ·and Margaret Woodnutt. By the ·rirst marriage,there were six children, and by the second marriage, one child - as follows: (1) Sarah Lightfoot Newlin, born,-Dec~ 17, 1804, died unmarried. (2) Hetty~ Newlin, born Aug. 5, 1806, dled Aug. 50, 1856. (5) Annesley-Newlin, born 1808, married June 5, 1855, Elizabeth Goodwin Woodnut_t,born Feb. 5, 1810,daughter of Preston Wood- .... nutt •. lssue, two children who died unmarri~d. ~- ( 4) Thomas Newlin, born 1810. ( 5). Elizabeth Annesley Newlin,born March 16, 1815, married March 5, 1854, Sketchley Morton, of Springfield, Pa. (6) Mary P. Newlin, born Aug. 17, 1817, died 1882; marr~ed Isa&c Cole Price, born 1817, died Aug, 8, 1889; eldest grandson of Benjamin Price·, the latter the son, of Philip Price. Issue: 1. Elizabeth Price, born 1845,died April 1,1916; married Dr. Algernon Cadwallader, of Yardley, Pa. Issue, 3 children: 1. Isaac Price Cadwallader,born 1869,died 1917;umnarried. 2. Mary Price Cadwallader, born 1872, died March 31,1955; married C. W. Fourl. No issue. 5. Elizabeth Price Cadwallader, died in infancy. 2. Mary Cole Price, born Feb. 14, 1847, died April 10, 1893; married, 1866, William Clinton Ewing, son of George c1;n­ ton and Lydia Ann (Stillwell) Ewing.