Update on Amendments to this Site
To save time for viewers returning to this site, I have developed
this "Updates" page to help me (and anyone else) to keep track of
the changes that I make to pages contained on the site. If you are a new viewer
to the site, then past changes will be of no interest to you, and I suggest
you proceed straight to the "Introduction"
page.
13 Oct 2023
- A 4th edition of the Hill Brow School history made available
for downloading from the Hill
Brow page. (Printed copies also available for purchase.)
25 May 2023
9 May 2023
8 May 2023
4 & 5 May 2023
25 Dec 2022
6 Oct 2022
- Recording the deaths in 2022 of Elizabeth Newman, wife of
John Allen Sandys Newman and two of their
daughters, Catherine and Susan.
14 Apr 2022
8 Apr 2022
- Photo added to Henrietta
Newman's page, with thanks to John Singer.
- Ann Burton's page updated to show Sutton Montague "aka
Sutton Montis".
5 Jan 2022
- Sad to report the death of my cousin, Ian
Caldwell, on 8th April 2021. Ian was the principle historian of his family
which included the Paynter side of my family. Much of the information that
is to be found on this website about the Paynters, the Colemans, the Stackhouses,
the Actons and others, came from Ian. I hope I have given him sufficient credit
for all the help he has given me over many years, filling the pages of this
site.
13 Nov 2021
30 Aug 2021
24 May 2021
11 May 2021
- Francis Paynter
1st and Francis Paynter
2nd's pages updated with corrected name of Francis 1st's wife (with thanks
to Virginia Rundle).
- Betty Paynter's page updated
with link to BBC Radio 4 programme “The Wedding Detectives” (part
1) relating some of Betty’s stories.
25 Apr 2021
23 Oct 2020
15 Oct 2020
14 Oct 2020
12 Oct 2020
12 Aug 2020
The following pages have been updated to reflect Harold
Biggs' latest researches into the Richards Newman of Fifehead
8 Aug 2020
- Humphrey Newman's
page updated to record the marriages of several of his children (thanks
to Harold Biggs); also to note that in his lifetime Humphrey was the senior
member of the Newman family..
3 Jun 2020
- Pages for Richard
Newman of Fifehead d.1664 and Richard
Newman of Fifehead d.1695 updated with information about the former's
1664 award of Augmentation of his Arms for unspecified services, and the latter's
1672 Pardon for unspecified "crimes". The appellation "Colonel"
has been removed from the latters name since there is no evidence that he
ever carried the rank.
8 May 2020
- Charlotte Cox's
page updated with "escutcheon of pretence" from Stephen Slater.
- New page added for Thomas
Mompesson.
- Eileen Montague Browne's pages
updated with information about her daughter Mary, thanks to Iain Fraser.
- Evie Montague Browne's pages
updated with information about her death, thanks to Iain Fraser.
2 May 2020
- Evie and Eileen
Montague Browne's pages updated with information about their husbands.
10 Nov 2019
25 Sep 2019
5 Aug 2019
- Lydia Sheridan's page
updated with baptism and death records (kindly supplied by Harold Biggs.)
- Francis Newman's page
updated with baptism record(kindly supplied by Harold Biggs.)
5 Aug 2019
4 Aug 2019
3 Aug 2019
- Cressie's school page
updated with a 1956 photo from Tim Drew and change of spelling from Cressey
to Cressie.
15 Jun 2019
15 Jun 2019
7 May 2019
4 May 2019
22 Apr 2019
22 Mar 2019
21 Mar 2019
18 May 2018
9 May 2018
- Coat of Arms page updated
with new image of Newman-Paynter arms showing reverse side.
9 Mar 2018
1 Jan 2018
30 Dec 2017
21 Dec 2017
6 Aug 2017
- Henry Ernest Paynter's
page updated with information kindly sent to me by Connie Sanders. His parents'
and siblings' also updated with his confirmed date of death.
31 Mar 2017
29 Mar 2017
25 Feb 2017
8 Feb 2017
26 Jan 2017
10 Aug 2016
9 Aug 2016
3 Aug 2016
2 Aug 2016
21 Feb 2016
21 Jan 2016
10 Jan 2016
4 Jan 2016
30 Dec 2015
- Newman Hall page updated with references
added to Robert Newman's "Newman
One Name Study" largely dismissing the possibility of a link between
the Newmans of Essex and the Newmans of Wessex.
14 Nov 2015
- New DNA page added listing 37
Y-DNA markers for Chris Newman (webmaster) from which shared paternal line
of descent may be inferred.
24 Oct 2015
9 Oct 2015
27 Sept 2015
21 Sept 2015
- Revision to Sources page listing
a few "General Geneological Sources".
17 Sept 2015
11 Sept 2015
- Revisions to Joseph Jekyll's
page including photo of his headstone at Hawkridge churchyard,
- Revisions to Rowland Newman's
page with photos of his and his wife's headstone at Hawkridge churchyard,
- Minor clarifications to Dan
Smith's page.
- Minor clarifications to Margaret
Young's page.
27 Aug 2015
26 Aug 2015
20 Aug 2015
4 Aug 2015
24 Jul 2015
- Revised page for Daniel
Smith revised history based on new information about his
mother and father.
21 Jul 2015
30 Jun 2015
- Note added to Henry
Paynter's page quoting an article from The London Gazette, June 1st 1886
relating to Henry's investment in the Pallion Saw Mills near Sunderland.
25 Jun 2015
20 Jun 2015
- William Paynter's page ipdated with information kindly supplied
by Alfie Windsor of the HMS
Conway Trust.
8 Jun 2015
29 Apr 2015
26 Apr 2015
- Updates to Frances Newman's
page incorporating an updated transcript of her will and noting that both
she and her sister Barbara were buried at Fifehead. Many thanks to Gay Brennan
for these inputs.
23 Dec 2014
22 Dec 2014
21 Dec 2014
24 Sep 2014
5 Mar 2014
16 Jan 2014
- Various pages updated with further information from Harold
Biggs as follows (still more to follow):
7
Jan 2014
- Various pages updated with information from Harold Biggs
as follows (more to follow):
14 Sep 2013
12 Aug 2013
8 Aug 2013
- Updates to several pages including:
- Violet Paynter (new
protected pages created for her children);
- Rowland Newman and
Rowland Alan Webb Newman references
to Hawkridge incumbencies added.
- Robert Newman
of Fifeild, Thomas Newman
of Fifehead, Thomas Newman, Robert
Newman of Fifehead Magdalen, Robert
Newman of Stour Provost and St Austyn Abbey, Robert
Newman of Sturminster Newton, John
Newman of Salisbury, Robert
Newman of Salisbury, Robert
Newman of St Thomas Salisbury, Richard
of Queen's Camel, Richard
Newman of Charlton Musgrove with links added to Jaynie
Ballard Tree, and questioning the existance of Robert
Newman of Stour Provost and St Austyn Abbey.
- Henry Augustus
Paynter, Francis Paynter, Catherine
Augusta Coleman, James Bernard
Paynter clarifying that Francis Paynter was never involved in Edwin
Newman's law firm .
- Col Richard
Newman of Fifehead and Richard
Newman of Fifehead, with clarifications about purchase of Cadbury
and other estates.
2 Aug 2013
- Updates to several pages including:
- Hendford Manor - added
reference to ownership by John Hooper from 1792 to 1825;
- Henry Brown Newman
- added reference to his wife being the daughter of John Hooper, once-owner
of Hendford Manor;
- Emma Newman (née Montague
Browne) - birth year changed to conform to the 1881
census; the name of her sister Mary added to the page as recorded
in 1855 letter from a Geo. H. Young.
- Andrew Montague
Browne - birth year re-estimated at 1830 to accord with his promotion
to Captain as recorded in 1855 letter from a Geo. H. Young.
- Evelyn Newman - her
name changed to Emma Evelyn Newman as per the 1881
census;
- Newman Street - reference
added to a 1957 letter from Barbara Girvan mentioning that Newman Street
in London was given to the Newman family by King Charles I;
- Cadbury Court - reference
added to a 1957 letter from Barbara Girvan mentioning that the Newman
crest had been reinstated over the front entrance of the house;
- Margaret Helena
Smith - date of the start of her schooling in Eastbourne changed to
1913 (as per my father's recollections);
26 Jul 2013
25 Jul 2013
5 Nov 2012
5 Nov 2012
- Fifehead Magdalen page updated
with link to brochure about Newman connections with Fifehead.
23 Sep 2012
- Ann Burton's page updated
with further information about Rev. Grosvenor Bartelot.
23 Sep 2012
- Francis (Frank)
Newman's page updated with description of a case brought against his executors
through the Chancery Court by his nephew Francis, in 1809.
References to several documents archived by the Somerset Record Office relating
to Frank's activities as a JP.
19 Sep 2012
16 Sep 2012
14 Sep 2012
13 Sep 2012
- Minor updates to Francis
(Frank) Newman's page, with links to an indenture in which he agreed to
lease a house garden and orchard to James Rogers, Francis James Newman Rogers
and Frances Charlotte Newman for 99 years for a rent of 5s 8d (~28 pence)
per year. The indenture was signed at Sparkford on 2nd Oct 1795 and in it
Francis is described as "Francis Newman of North Cadbury in the county
of Somerset Esquire Lord of the Manor of Sparkford", suggesting that
he was still in possession of these estates at that time.
8 Sep 2012
5 Sep 2012
22 Aug 2012
17 Aug 2012
26 Jul 2012
17 Jul 2012
13 Jul 2012
11 Jun 2012
- New page added for Queen Camel
with associated links from other pages.
30 May 2012
25 May 2012
22 May 2012
17 May 2012
18 Apr 2012
28 Mar 2012
- New page created for Charlotte
Campbell Newman (based on information received from Catherine Stacey)
with links added to related pages.
27 Mar 2012
22 Mar 2012
- "Law Firm" page covering
the history of Newman Paynter & Co revised (largely rewritten).
- Edwin Newman's page revised
to suggest that Francis Paynter may not have been Edwin's partner in the law
firm.
- Francis Paynter's page
revised to suggest that Francis Paynter may not have been Edwin's partner
in the law firm.
16 Feb 2012
23 Dec 2011
- Scanned fly-leaf from a Book of Common Prayer given to Charles
Paulet Paynter in Oct 1843 added. The book was kindly given to me by David
Brady.
5/6 Dec 2011
1 Dec 2011
22 Nov 2011
- New page added for Capt
H.H. Paynter R.N., describing his extraordinary welcome in Japan in 1904,
with thanks to Peter Duckers of the Shropshire Regimental Museum.
20 Oct 2011
2 Oct 2011
15 Sep 2011
13 Sep 2011
12 Sep 2011
31 Aug 2011
- Phyl Evans's page updated
with the date of her death and the full name of her husband.
- Minor updates to Dan Smith's
page.
13 Aug 2011
- Notification of an Appeal
for Funds to undertake repairs to the Newman Chapel in Fifehead
Magdalen. Also request for information about the provenance of the large
Newman memorial that is housed inside the chapel. Who sculpted it and when?
7 July 2011
- Gran Smith's page updated
with information about her first husband including their 1899 marriage certificate.
22 June 2011
- Mary Ann Nelson's
page updated with additional note about the British Cemetery at Baithkol,
Karwar near Mangalore, India.
17 June 2011
- Dick Richard's page updated
with information from Ancestry.com's 1900 birth register.
- Edwin Newman and Evelyn
Newman's pages updated with note about the high church movement in the
late 18th century.
12 June 2011
- Dick Richard's, Gran
Smith's pages updated with information from 1899 marriage registers and
1900 birth register. Also information added about George and Helena Richard's
1902 tenure at the Karachi Grammar School (as kindly supplied by the school
in the form of the "Life and Times of Karachi Grammar School").
- 1911 Census data added to Charles
Octavious Newman's page.
5 June 2011
2 June 2011
- Bernard Paynter's
page updated with information from the 1911 census and extracts from 1957
and 1961 letters from his son Camborne,
then living in Australia.
- New page created for Ann Burton
(née Newman) with associated links to her redirected from several other
pages.
- James Bernard Paynter's
page updated with quotations from letters from his son Camborne Paynter to
H.E.M. Newman in 1957.
1 June 2011
10 May 2011
- Dan Smith's page updated with
information and photos from Nicola Gapp relating to Smith & Campbell's
pharmacy in Lahore.
9 May 2011
21 Feb 2011
16 Feb 2011
9 Feb 2011
7 Feb 2011
6 Feb 2010
5 Feb 2011
- Pages titled "Newmans of Wessex" and "Tweed-Newmans"
suspended pending discussion with their author, and links to them removed.
This has involved updates to several other pages including:
4 Feb 2010
31 Jan 2011
25 Jan 2011
25 Jan 2011
24 Jan 2011
13 Jan 2011
- Margaret Young's page
updated with confirmed location of Cloy Farm and other details including the
Bisset family next door..
2 Jan 2011
17 Oct 2010
3 Feb 2010
1 Feb 2010
24 Jan 2010
9 Jan 2010
- Death of Ian
Wilson recorded (as reported by Ian Caldwell).
28 Dec 2009
- New page created for Cressie's
School in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset where I attended from 1951 to 1954.
19 Dec 2009
- Hill Brow School
page updated with new information about its Eastbourne history.
17 Dec 2009
- Hill Brow School photo pages from 1955
and 1956
updated with Peter Isaac's name recollections.
6 Dec 2009
1 Dec 2009
- Hill Brow School
page updated with an additional photos and information, including the recollections
of Richard Synge (pupil from 1954 - 1959).
27 Nov 2009
- Hill Brow School
page updated with an additional page referring to a Hillbrow
School in Rugby, that was attended by Rupert Brooke and James Strachey.
- Aerial photo added to Hill
Brow School page showing the location of the Hillbrow campus in Eastbourn
belonging to the University of Brighton .
16 Nov 2009
- Hill Brow School
page updated with further anecdotes from Christopher Butt. More names added
to the school photos. Also added is a plan layout of the school building (as
I remember it).
13 Nov 2009
- Hill Brow School
page updated with anecdotes from Christopher Butt and a link to Wikipedia
relating to Ruper Brooke being a former pupil at the school..
12 Nov 2009
5 Nov 2009
- Further updates to Hill
Brow School page - including reference to Bonfire Night (bought to mind
by today's date).
4 Nov 2009
1 Nov 2009
- Further updates to Hill
Brow School page - thanks to Peter Isaac and Christopher Butt.
30 Oct 2009
26 Oct 2009
22 Oct 2009
21 Oct 2009
19 Oct 2009
25 Aug 2009
- Henry Brown Newman's
page updated.
- Edits to Edwin
Newman's page including transfer of information relating to Henry Brown
Newman and links to his younger brother and two sisters.
3 Aug 2009
16 Jun 2009
13 Jun 2009
- Jekyll Pedigree page added with
kind permission of its author, Jeremy Archer, with links added to relevant
Jekyll pages.
12 Jun 2009
11 Jun 2009
17 Apr 2009
13 Feb 2009
- New pages added for Cheryl McGee (placed under password
protection)
- Index of Names updated.
31 Jan 2009
- Violet Sherston Kinch
(née Newman)'s page updated.
- New pages added for Violet's three children (placed under
password protection)
30 Jan 2009
- Password protection added to links to pages relating to
living persons.
Please write to Chris Newman at chris@newman-family-tree.net
if you would like to access these pages.
Please also write to Chris Newman at chris@newman-family-tree.net
if you discover pages relating to living persons which are not password protected.
28 Jan 2009
2 Dec 2008
16 Nov 2008
20 Oct 2008
- Francis Newman's page
updated with information sent by Bernadette
Murphy in France identifying the birth year of Francis's daughter Elizabeth
Rachel Newman as 1792. The year of his (and his family's) emigration to America
is also more accurately estimated as between 1794 and 1796.
11 Oct 2008
2 Oct 2008
15 Jun 2008
14 Jun 2008
7 Jun 2008
4 Jun 2008
3 May 2008
1 May 2008
- Information added to Francis
Paynters page about his son William Rouse (or Ross or Rous) Paynter based
on information kindly sent by Ann Roberts.
- Note added to John
de Camborne Paynter's page about his likely attendance at Exeter Free
Grammar School, also based on information sent by Ann Roberts.
5 Apr 2008
5 Mar 2008
2 Jan 2008
27 Nov 2007
11 Nov 2007
10 Nov 2007
6 Nov 2007
- Dan Smith's page updated with
link to his death certificate. Street address of Mylesdown added.
1 Nov 2007
3 Oct 2007
1 Oct 2007
24 Sep 2007
28 Aug 2007
26 Aug 2007
5 Aug 2007
- PDF File containing transcript of pages
662 to 666 of "The Indian Sappers and Miners" by Lieut.-Colonel
E.W.C. Sandes D.S.O., M.C., R.E. (Ret.) published by The Institution of Royal
Engineers, Chatham, 1948 added. These breifly
mention actions that involved H.E.M. Newman in the North West Frontier area
(now N.W. Pakistan) in 1937. The similiarities with what has been going on
recently in adjacent Afghanistan are quite evident. Links to this document
are provided on H.E.M..Newman's page and on
his 1930's page. Mention of it has also been
included in a footnote in H.E.M. Newman's
memoirs.
- PDF File containing transcript of pages 300
to 306 of "The Indian Sappers and Miners" by Lieut.-Colonel
E.W.C. Sandes D.S.O., M.C., R.E. (Ret.) published by The Institution of Royal
Engineers, Chatham, 1948 added. These pages describe
the Battle of Tofrik in Sudan that took place on 22nd March 1885 at which
Edwin Montague Browne Newman was killed. A link to this document are provided
on Edwin M.B. Newman's page.
22 Jul 2007
14 Jul 2007
9 July 2007
- Information Exchange
page updated with a request from Suzanne
Sanders for information about George (Albinus) Newman and his wife Ellen
(Nell) who resided in Fulham, England at the beginning of the 20th century...
21 Jun 2007
12 Jun 2007
- Information Exchange
page updated with photos of a Henrietta Newman who Pam Cass would like information
about..
29 May 2007
- Jum Paynter's page updated
with deletion of erroneous information. Sincere apologies to his family for
any offense caused.
27 Apr 2007
24 Apr 2007
10 Apr 2007
6 Apr 2007
29 Mar 2007
3 Feb 2007
- New information from Ian Baker about Catherine Stackpole
added to Susanna Acton's page.
24 Jan 2007
2 Jan 2007
12 Nov 2006
21 Oct 2006
20 Oct 2006
5 Sept 2006
- Updated version of Florence Newman's
family history "The Newmans of Sussex" added, with link from Information
Exchange page.
- New entry added to Information
Exchange page by Jenny Merrell
seeking assistance with finding information about her Newman and Gower ancestors
who emigrated to Australia from Birmingham, England..
29 Jul 2006
- Photograph of the Cumeria added to William
Paynter's page (thanks to Ray Farnsworth). The Cumeria was the ship that
was lost at sea in June 1888.
27 Jun 2006
- Sadly recording the death of Oliver
Suffield - lovely man and one of my favourite relatives. Regrettably I
met only twice in my life, once in 1956 when I was a boy of 10 and then in
2001 when I was a bit older. His visit in 1956 driving an immaculate MG TD
did a lot to inspire my love for old cars, but the beautiful vintage Bentley
that he owned for 40+ years was something that I could only aspire to. I will
miss him.
15 Jun 2006
16 May 2006
- New entry added to Information
Exchange page relating to the mysterious death of Florence Stanley in
1901. Florence was engaged to a John Newman born in Chippenham in 1877. Margaret
Smith is seeking information from anyone who knows anything about the
tragedy.
2 Apr 2006
22 Dec 2005
21 Dec 2005
- New entry added to Information Exchange page relating to
the West Sussex ancestors of Florence
Newman of Tasmania.
4 Dec 2005
- Updates to Edwin Newman
(the younger)'s page with further information from Diane Howard about
his wife Sophia Baskerville Newman (nee Armstrong), his daughter Sophia S
Newman and his step mother Sophia Armstrong.
20 Nov 2005
- Updates to Edwin Newman's
and his son E.H.A Newman's
pages to include information received from Diane Howard relating to E.H.A.
Newman's death and that of his mother Sophia Baskerville Newman (née
Armstrong).
3 Nov 2005
- Update to Dan Smith's page
with additional photo and thoughts about who his parents might have been.
- Update to Jane Newman's page with
additional photos.
20 Oct 2005
22 Sept 2005
13 July 2005
11/12 July 2005
28 June 2005
12th June 2005
10th May 2005
- Corrections made to Rose
Paynter's page, with many thanks to her grandson Ron Walker.
- The death of Henry Paynter at the age of 98 recorded
on his father Jum Paynter's page, again
thanks to Ron Walker for the information. Amazingly Henry continued to
play Badminton until a few weeks before his death.
8th May 2005
4th March 2005
20th February 2005
15th February 2005
11th February 2005
- New page added for Joseph
Jekyll with links from relevant pages
- New page added describing "Hawkridge
and Withypool" where Joseph Jekyll, Rowland Newman and Rowland
Alan Webb Newman were rectors. (The information was previously on Rowland's
page)
- New page added for George
Jekyll (Joseph's father).
10th February 2005
- New page for Edwin
Henry Armstrong Newman, after discovery of 1871
and 1881 census records that show
him as the son of old Edwin's eldest son
Edwin Newman, who I had previously
assumed to have been EHA Newman. This page now includes the obituary to
E.H.A. Newman which I had previously presumed to have been wrong because
none of the dates or data made sense! Further information added from 1901 census.
- Revision of Edwin
Newman's page (elder son of 'old Edwin'
who I had previously recorded as EHA Newman), incorporating information
from 1871 and 1881
censuses. Also recording details from 1871
census.
- Revision to Walter Newman's,
his wife Emma's, and his daughter Evelyn's
pages with data from the 1881 census.
- Update to Joseph
Newman's page, recording details from 1871
census.
- Update to Rowland Newman's page, recording details from
1871 census.
- Addition of Mary
Ann Rhodes née Nelson to the website with information kindly
sent to me by Debbie Hill (further updates expected soon).
- Updates to Robert
Kilpatrick Wake's page with data from 1881
and 1891 censuses.
- Minor updates Adah Rhodes
Nelson's page; also to her daughter's Adah
Elizabeth Aitken Wake and Mary Helena Nelson
née Nelson's pages, with information from 1871,
1881 and 1891
censuses.
- Further corrections to Francis
Newman's page - however this page is now going to have to be rewritten
to make sense of all the information that I have about him.
- Updates to the Index of
Names to incorporate recently created entries, and also to list the
"other pages"
which cover subjects other than individual people.
2nd February 2005
31st January 2005
27 January 2005
23 January 2005
- Charles Dagenais's name corrected on Francis Newman's
page. Charles is the genealogist in Paris who researched the details surrounding
the French period of Francis Newman's eventful life.
12 January 2005: modifications
as follows:
- A new "Information
Exchange" page has been added to allow people who are seeking
information about their Newman (or related) family histories to seek help
from other viewers of this website. The page is accessible from a link
at the bottom of the main index (on the left of the screen).
- Further information provided about the short life of
William Paynter who was drowned at sea
in 1888, kindly sent to me by Ray
Farnsworth (owner of the old Paynter home at Freelands, Alnwick,).
- Richard Newman
of Evercreech's page updated with a correction
of the date of burial of two infants, Grace and Henry Newman, who were
probably children of Richard (see bottom of page). Thanks to Dick Newman
for pointing out the error.
8th January 2005: Information
about Mary Ann Rhodes Nelson,
sister of Adah Rhodes Wake (née
Nelson), added to Adah's page (information sent to me by Mary's g-g-granddaughter
Debbie Hill).
10 December 2004: Several updates
summarized as follows:
- Richard Newman
of Horsington including a photograph of Gould's
House where he used to live, and a brief description of its current occupants:
Christopher Maltin whose company Organic
Power Ltd has developed a new form of organic waste digestion system
and a vehicle engine to burn methane in place of petrol; and his wife Susan Moore,
a genealogical researcher who has done work for me and who has just published
a book on research using Chancery Proceedings;
- The Newman Street page
has been updated with new information coming from Campbell Newman in Australia;
- Thomas Newman
of Fifehead's page has a corrected version of
the Latin inscription inside the Fifehead chapel (from a new photograph
taken by myself in Oct 2004). Interestingly, the date of his death is shown
as 1649 and not 1602 as quoted in John
Hutchin's History of Dorset;
- Richard Newman
of Fifehead's page also has a corrected version
of the Latin inscription inside the Fifehead chapel (from a new photograph
taken by myself in Oct 2004);
- The Fifehead page has been
updated with the above inscription corrections. Also, several photos of Fifehead Manor House have been
included (thanks to local resident, Peter Mera). [Note - this house was
built in 1807, some years after the Newmans sold the Fifehead estate];
- The Brent Knoll page has
been updated with a new section
describing the church where my parent's funeral services were held, and
which houses a plaque in memory of my step-mother Babs (d.1979);
- A new page has been added titled "Easter
Rising in South Brent" with a link from the section on Brent Knoll
church. The new page incorporates the text of a short history of the Civil
War as it affected the village people, written in 1980 by Peter Synge,
one-time resident of Brent Knoll. Links are added to another page
relating to the Civil War in the West Country, describing the role of Sir Ralph Hopton, builder of Evercreech Park House;
- Reginald Hearle
Paynter's page updated with a note relating to
Harold Barkworth & Julia Traill Sandbach (his son's parents-in-law),
thanks to Eric Percival (see www.eric.percival.dsl.pipex.com for further info).
- Rowland Newman's page has been updated with a link to a new
page, telling a fascinating story of an illegitimate child called Bertie Thomas whose high-born parents left
him with a washerwoman who lived at Withypool (Somerset). His foster-mother
subsequently placed Bertie's papers into the safekeeping of Rowland
Newman, vicar of Hawkridge and Withypool. His grandson, John Thomas,
is appealing for help in tracing his grandfather's parents, and since I
recall reading the story once before (I don't remember where or when) I
thought I would post it onto this website on the off-chance that it reaches
someone who knows the answer to the riddle.
11th October 2004: An additional
note added to Henrietta Newman's page
confirming that at least 9 months elapsed between her wedding and the birth
of her first child! The mystery remains as to why she and her new husband
were sent off to Alnwick, so far from their homes, to have their children
and live their lives.
1st August 2004: Updated information
about Anne Toll (née Newman) sent
to me by her descendant Ken Toll. Updates include an estimate of her birth
year and the year of her marriage and alternative spellings of her name.
A minor update has also been made to Edwin Henry
Armstrong Newman's page in which reference is made to information about
him on the LDS (Latter Day Saints) website.
12th Jan 2004: Updated transcription
of the text of the contract
for the purchase of Evercreech Park has been added, thanks to Raymond Mercier. Raymond has also sent
me a transcription of the Will
of "Richard Newman the Younger" which I have added to the
site. I have many more Will transcriptions from Raymond, awaiting my attention
whenever I can get time to add them as well.
7th Jan 2004: Updates to pages
for Thomas Newman of Fifehead
and his son Richard Newman of
Fifehead. To these pages I have added the names of Robert
and John Newman,
both sons of Thomas, who were discovered for me by Raymond
Mercier. Raymond has sent me a vast collection of Newman and related
Wills, including those of Robert and John Newman (and Frances
Newman as mentioned in my 5th Dec 2003 update), and I plan to incorporate
copies of these into these pages as and when time permits.
5th Dec 2003: My recent visit
to the UK where I visited two of the old Newman houses (Cadbury Court and
Evercreech Park) has rekindled my interest in genealogy which had flagged
over the last 12 months. However my most recent flurry of genealogical activity
has been the result of my discovery of Campbell Newman's website at http://www.angelfire.com/mac/cambel/500_hist/geneal_10_newman.html
. Campbell and I share a common ancestor in Edwin
Newman of Yeovil. However his family has been resident in Australia
for some three generations which is (naturally) where his website tends
to focus its attention. Nevertheless, some of his information about the
older generations of the family is of immense interest to me and I have
quoted freely from his text in several of the modified pages listed below.
In addition, Raymond Mercier has provided me with a vast
amount of new information, including a CD full of Wills (many of which he
has transcribed) only one of which I have so far had time to incorporate
in these pages.
I summarize the extensive changes that I have recently
made as follows:
New pages added as follows:
- Fifehead-Monuments - a transcription of the text from "Historical Monuments
in the County of Dorset" kindly sent to me by Peter Mera, Secretary
of the Village Hall at Fifehead. The text describes various "monuments"
in the village of Fifehead including the Church (and Newman chapel) and
the Fifehead House which already been demolished at the time of writing.
- Fifehead-in-the-1840s - a transcription of the text of a paper called "Fifehead
Revisited" presented by Peter Oxlade in 1988. This was also kindly
sent to me by Peter Mera, Secretary of the Village Hall at Fifehead. The
text sets out to describe what the village was like in the 1840s but includes
a lot of historical perspectives going back to the 16th century and beyond.
- Thornbury-Park - Photos of the house only at this stage, copied from "a
Family History of Ashburnham Cecil Newman and his many descendants"
by Geoffrey Newman. I will add more information later
- Old-Palace-Yard - a map and brief explanation as provided to me by Raymond Mercier
relating to Westminster properties once owned by the Newman family.
- Richard-Newman-1675-Indenture - a copy and transcript of what appears to be some form of lease
agreement (or indenture) whereby Col. Richard Newman, for the sum of five
shillings, passed over the rights and income from Evercreech Park and other
nearby lands to four gentlemen for a 12 month period. I have no idea why
he did this, but the names of two of the gentlemen mentioned in the agreement
suggest that it was an amicable arrangement.
- Evercreech-Purchase-Contract - a copy and transcript of the agreement whereby Richard Newman
of Westminster purchased Evercreech Park from Messrs John Tretheroy and
John Caryll in 1657. Which Richard Newman signed it?
- Frances-Newman - a new page dedicated to Frances, sister and heiress of Sir
Samwell Newman's fortune.
- Frances-Newman's-Will - transcription of the 20+ page Will left by Frances Newman, kindly
sent to me by Raymond Mercier.
Page modifications as follows:
12th Nov 2003
- Change to Hendford Manor
page to clarify some details of the other Newman family living in Hendford
at the time of the 1851 census (thanks to Sandra
Beckett of the Newman Name Society). The question still remains: were these
Newmans related to the Newmans at Hendford Manor?
10th Nov 2003
- New page added showing some census
records for Yeovil in the years 1851, 1881 and 1891, also a letter
from Somerset Records Office which accompanies the census records.
- Changes to Hendford Manor
page including references to the census records (above), and the existence
of a Jane Newman
plus several relatives living at 80 Hendford in 1851. Who was she?
- Addition to Edwin Newman's
page speculating whether the record of his younger brother Henry Brown
Newman is correct. Was he in fact Henry Bennett?
- Minor changes to James
Bernard Paynter's page with links to the Yeovil censor records.
- Minor changes to George
Henry Newman's page confirming that it was his daughter Charlotte who
was in Yeovil at the time of the 1881 census.
6th Nov 2003
- Updated speculations included on the Sparkford
page about the possible location of Sparkford Manor, including photos
of Manor Farm.
3rd Nov 2003
- Several minor additions and corrections made based mainly
on information given to me by Sam Miller, antiquarian of North Cadbury,
who gave me a list of Newman baptisms and burials at North Cadbury Church.
The names of these I have listed on the Cadbury
page of this website, which I have also updated extensively.
2nd Nov 2003
- Copy of
a 1675 lease made by Col. Richard Newman (itself
a copy made in 1779) added with a link from Col
Richard's page. The document was given to me by the current owners
of Evercreech Park Farm. I have made a transcription
of the text as best I can (but will be grateful for corrections of any
errors that I've made).
30th Oct 2003
- Changes made to the pages for Richard
Newman of Evercreech and for Evercreech
Park. Updates include information about a plaque found by Di Clements
in Evercreech church, and photos taken by myself when I visited Evercreech
Park Farm in September 2003.
2nd May 2003
28th April 2003
- New photo of Patricia Newman (née
Feaver) added to her page. Thanks to Mike Bown.
25th April 2003
- Revisions to the Sparkford Manor page in which I conclude
that there was never a "Sparkford Manor" per se, but more likely
that the not insubstantial Sparkford Farm was the manor (with a small 'm')
owned by the Newman.
- Francis Newman's page and that of his uncle Francis
of North Cadbury updated with minor corrections and additional Chancery
Proceedings.
23rd April 2003
- New photo of Patricia Newman (née
Feaver) added to her page. Thanks to Mike Bown.
8th April 2003
17th March 2003
10th Mar 2003
28th Feb 2003
- Additional maps showing the location of Evercreech Park
Farm added to Evercreech page.
- Additional information added about Sparkford Manor (thanks
to Di Clements)
- A newspaper cutting sent to me by Jack Paynter added to Jum
Paynter's page, celebrating his son Henry's 96th birthday and his achievement
at becoming the world's oldest Badminton player!
5th Feb 2003
29th Jan 2003
- New pages for kings William
I and Henry I, plus changes to their
parents',wives' and offspring's pages.
23rd Jan 2003
20th Jan 2003
19th Jan 2003
14th Jan 2003
12th Jan 2003
10th Jan 2003
- Search function (via PicoSearch) added to all indexes (at bottom of the frame
on the left side of the screen). This enables users of the site to search
for words or phrases within this website.
9th Jan 2003
30th Dec 2002:
- Photo added to Lilian
Jekyll Newman (née Paynter) showing silver salver wedding gift
given to her by the Shillbottle miners.
28th Dec 2002:
- New page added, being a reproduction
of a letter from Wayne Newman (from Wellington, New Zealand) to the Newman
Name Society's April 1998 issue of "The Newman Chronicle" (Page
2412) and a response by the then Editor, Tony
Newman. Sadly, neither Wayne nor Tony have been able to establish their
own connections to the Fifehead Newmans, however between them they present
an extraordinary amount of information (and informed comment) about the family.
I am indebted to both Wayne and Tony for giving me permission to reproduce
their writings on this website, and in due course (as time permits), I will
copy much of their information into the relevant pages presented on this site.
- Note added about Edward
Bernard Coleman from information sent to me by his great grand-daughter
Helen Tamara Proctor.
26th Dec 2002:
29th Oct 2002:
- New address registered www.newman-family-tree.net with
123-reg. The old website address http://www.geocities.com/lao_ke/ has outgrown the space
available at Yahoo-Geocities. However, I will keep its existing pages updated
for the time being, but I do not expect to be able to expand it any further
to incorporate new pages.
20th Oct 2002:
- New page created for Richard
Newman of Horsington, discovered by historian/researcher Susan
Moore. It seems that Richard and his brother Thomas were previously unrecorded
sons of Francis Holles Newman. Susan Moore discovered their existence through
a record of a Chancery Court
proceeding dated 23 Nov 1742. The record also indicates that their mother,
Eleanor (née Mompesson) died after the proceedings began in 1740 and
before the case was heard in 1742.
19th Oct 2002:
17th Oct 2002:
- New information about Francis
Paynter sent to me by the Royal Institute of Cornwall, indicating that
(a) his marriage to Catherine Augusta Coleman was his second marriage,
and (b) he was bankrupted in 1849.
22nd Sep 2002:
- Revisions to Edwin
Sandys Newman's page with references to church inscriptions at Babcary
as provided by Ian Caldwell.
- Edwin Sandy's mother and Henry
Newman's wife identified as Ann Underwood (also by Ian Caldwell)
24th Aug 2002:
- Revisions to Patricia Newman's
page incorporating information provided by her son George.
14th Aug 2002:
- A very interesting and enlightening account of the English
Civil War has been added on a separate page dedicated to Sir Ralph Hopton who led the Royalist forces in the West
of England, and who also happened to be the owner of Evercreech Park estate
before it was owned by the Newmans. This story was kindly sent to me by
Mark Hopton, a descendant
of Sir Ralph.
14th Aug 2002:
- A very interesting and enlightening account of the English
Civil War has been added on a separate page dedicated to Sir Ralph Hopton who led the Royalist forces in the West
of England, and who also happened to be the owner of Evercreech Park estate
before it was owned by the Newmans. This story was kindly sent to me by
Mark Hopton, a descendant
of Sir Ralph.
11th and 13th Aug 2002:
8th Aug 2002:
- New information added to Patricia
Newman (née Feaver)'s page, with thanks to Mike Bown (a Feaver
relation).
- New pages added (with hopefully more to come) relating
to the Australian descendants of Arthur Newman
with information kindly supplied to me by Tony Newman.
5th Aug 2002:
4th Aug 2002:
3rd Aug 2002:
- Memorial inscription added to Edwin
Sandys Newman's page along with three additional children mentioned
on the memorial (passed on to me by Ian Caldwell);
- Note added to Charlotte
Newman (née Jekyll)'s page giving information about her father
Rev. George Jekyll (also passed on to me by Ian Caldwell).
1st Aug 2002:
31st July 2002:
26th July 2002:
25th July 2002:
23rd July 2002:
- Copy of Edwin's
will added, with links from Edwin's and some of his sons' pages.
22nd July 2002:
- Spelling corrected in Anne
St. Leger's page, and font size reduced in several pages linked to
hers.
- New page added for Eleanor-Mompesson
with revisions to her husband's page.
21st July:
- My new contact details added: please note my email address
is now gts@a1.com.au .
- Notes added relating to Emma Montague
Browne.
- A new page has also been added showing a purported Newman Pedigree with a bit
of Jekyll history, that was passed to me by my father - much of which appears
to be wrong!
20th July 2002:
18th July 2002:
17th July 2002:
16th July 2002:
- Joseph Jekyll Newman - Note added relating to Edwin Newman's will (which arrived in
the mail today 16th July). Several related amendments will follow.
- Henrietta Paynter (née
Newman) - photos of her grave added (kindly sent
to me by Ray Farnsworth).
- Anne Newman - new information arrived from Raymond Mercier - a descendant
of Anne. Welcome, Raymond!
15th July 2002:
- I have began reducing font and table sizes used in all
pages, to make them easier to see on low-resolution screens. I designed
all the pages on my laptop and they look fine on its large high-resolution
screen. I only recently discovered how awful the pages can look on smaller
low resolution screens. This is a big job that will take some time to complete.
Earlier in July 2002:
- Francis Newman - a very interesting update based on information provided by
Cliff Ranson, a descendant of Francis. Welcome, Cliff! There must be much
more to be written about Francis, and Cliff has promised to fill in some
of the missing details in due course.
- Col Richard
Newman - Jerry Gandolfo (USA) has given me a large
collection of information about the family which I have only just begun
to transcribe into my tree. One bit that I have copied so far is the story
of the Battle of Worcester and Richard Newman's involvement in it. Thanks
Jerry.
- Sir Richard
Newman and Sir
Samwell Newman - On my recent visit to England I called in to Fifehead
and took some more photos inside the church. Two of these are of the busts
of Sir Richard and Sir Samwell, which I have included in their respective
pages.
- Fifehead
- I've included verbatim translations of the two Latin inscriptions inside
the Fifehead church that were kindly provided to me by Jerry Gandolfo;
(thanks Jerry). Also two photos that I took of the tomb of Thomas Newman
Gent who I believe was the eldest son of Thomas Newman of Fifehead.
I'm sure there are lots more changes that I made around
this time, but these are the ones I can remember.
Future Updates: Scott Nourse
has written in with a bunch of information about William
Gregory and Elizabeth Geers from
whom he is descended. I will be working through this as soon as I can. Raymond
Mercier has also sent a bundle of information about Newmans in Canada descended
from Anne Newman which is going to take some
time to work through.
Jerry Gandolfo has a lot more information about his relatives
in the USA and I have suggested to him that he compose new pages for them
himself, either for me to incorporate onto this site, or for him to post
on a new website of his own. Cliff Ranson has also offered to pass on information
to me about another US branch of the family, and about Francis
Newman from whom they all descend.
I have been in contact with Tony
Newman who has a lot of information about the Newmans of Fifehead posted
on Ancestry.com. Unfortunately, Tony hasn't yet been able
to trace his own links back to the Newmans of Fifehead, but has developed
an interest in them nonetheless. He mentions the existence of an Irish branch
of the family, but I don't yet know where the connection is.
