The Newports and the Earl – 1
July 26, 2020
The Newports and the Earl – 3 ‘John Harrison, later John Newport’
August 9, 2020The Newports and the Earl – 2 ‘Nelson’
[i] Baptism record not yet located.
Record set: Buckinghamshire Burial Index, Samuel Newport, Burial year 1814, Birth year 1724, Death year -, Denomination Anglican, County Buckinghamshire, Country England, Place Great Missenden, Document Type Bishops Transcripts, Page 9, Age 90, Burial date 23 Dec 1814, Residence village, Register type Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, Register year range 1813-1816, Archive reference D/A/T/217/7, Centre for Buckingham Studies Record not sighted
[ii] “England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2TQ-7VH : 10 February 2018), Samuel Newport and Martha Stiles, 07 Apr 1771; citing Great Missenden, Buckingham, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,240, 919,241. FHL Film 919240,919241 Film found online QFHS 7Jan2020, Although referenced I was unable to locate 1771 marriage records within Great Missenden Parish records
[iii] Martha Styles Christened 11 Feb 1738 at Monks Risborough, Buckingham, England Father Henry Styles Mother Martha
” England Births and Christenings, 1538 1975, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWNR-LBW : 11 February 2018, Martha Styles, 11 Feb 1738); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,247, Image not yet located.
[iv] Samuel Newport Christened 20 Jun 1771 at Great Missenden, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Martha
” England Births and Christenings, 1538 1975, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J735-53X : 11 February 2018, Samuel Newport, 20 Jun 1771); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,240, 919241 Image downloaded QHFS 7 Jan 2020 page 242 of 582 Image downloaded QFHS 7 Jan 2020 Filename: Samuel NEWPORT Baptism 20 Jun 1771
[v] Samuel Newport married Caroline Bradley 23 Nov 1794 at Ellesborough, Buckingham, England FHL Film 1999199
“England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2TC-45H : 10 February 2018), Samuel Newport and Caroline Bradley, 23 Nov 1794; citing Ellesborough,Buckingham,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,228 Image downloaded QFHS 7 Jan 2020 Filename: Samuel NEWPORT and Caroline BRADLEY marriage 23 Nov 1794
[vi] Baptism record not yet located
[vii] Samuel Newport Male Baptism Date 30 Jul 1797 Baptism Place Great Missenden, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Caroline
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. FHL Film 919240 p290 of 582 Image downloaded QFHS 7Jan2020
Filename: Samuel NEWPORT Baptism 30 Jul 1797
[vii] Samuel Newport married Ann Wilsden 14 Apr 1824 at Hayes, Hillingdon, England
London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: dro/047/a/01/002 Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Image downloaded. Filename: Samuel NEWPORT and Ann WILSDEN marriage 14 Apr 1824
[ix] Anne Wilsden Female Baptism Date 14 Apr 1805 Baptism Place Edgcott, Buckingham, England Mother Sarah Wilsden FHL Film 990242
FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
[x] James Newport baptised 18 Apr 1824 Cowley, Hillingdon, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Ann Newport Parish registers
London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: DRO/033/A/01/005
Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London Image downloaded. Filename: James NEWPORT baptism 18 Apr 1824
[xi]Joseph Newport baptised 6 Aug 1826 Uxbridge St Margaret, Hillingdon, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Ann Newport Parish registers
London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: dro/010/006
Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data: Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London. . Image downloaded. Filename: Joseph NEWPORT baptism 6 Aug 1826
[xii] Maria Newport Female Christened 21 Sep 1828 at West Wycombe, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Anne
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWNT-FY2 : 11 February 2018, Maria Newport, 21 Sep 1828); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,260 FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
[xiii] Mary Anne Newport Female Christened 12 Feb 1831 at West Wycombe, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Anne
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMB6-VR2 : 11 February 2018, Mary Anne Newport, 12 Feb 1832); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,260 FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
[xiv] Jane Newport Female Christened 24 Aug 1834 at Bradenham, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Anne
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQFG-L4M : 11 February 2018, Jane Newport, 24 Aug 1834); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,042,376 FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
[xv] Sarah Newport Female Christened 2 Jul 1837 at Bradenham, Buckingham, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Anne
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSP1-QPX : 11 February 2018, Sarah Newport, 02 Jul 1837); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,042,376 FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020[xvi] Martha Newport in Birth Index Registration Jul;-Aug-Sep 1840 Wycombe, BUCKS Vol 6 page 396
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall. Image downloaded. Filename: Martha NEWPORT Civil Registration index only 1840 Parish image not located
[xvii] Joseph Newport Male christened 16 Dec 1804 at Great Hampden, Buckingham, England Father Saml. Newport Mother Catherine
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB4B-L5T : 11 February 2018, Joseph Newport, 16 Dec 1804); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 924,816 Image not located
[xviii]Joseph Newport married Mary Chilton on 27 Aug 1837 at Hughenden, Buckingham, England
“England Marriages, 1538–1973 ,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2T4-8VH : 10 February 2018), Joseph Newport and Mary Chilton, 27 Aug 1837; citing Hughenden, Buckingham, England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,233 Image not located
[xix] Mary Chilton christened 7 Aug 1814 at Great Kimble, Buckingham Father Philip Chilton Mother Ann married with Mary Newport 25
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBW2-PJ3 : 11 February 2018, Mary Chilton, 07 Aug 1814); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,235 Image downloaded. Filename: Mary CHILTON baptism 7 Aug 1834
[xx] Walter Newport 13 Christened 29 Jul 1827 at Hughenden , Buckingham Father Joseph Newport Mother Ann
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3FR-NXS : 11 February 2018, Walter Newport, 29 Jul 1827); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 919,233. FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
[xxi] Joyse Newport in Birth Index Registration Jul;-Aug-Sep 1839 Wycombe, BUCKS Vol 6 page 402
FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006
Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Office for National Statistics. You must not copy on, transfer or reproduce records without the prior permission of ONS. Database Copyright © 1998-2003 Graham Hart, Ben Laurie, Camilla von Massenbach and David Mayall Image downloaded. Filename: Joyse NEWPORT Civil Registration index only 1839 Parish image not located
[xxii] Owen Newport Birth registration in Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1841, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
“England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N39-NW1 : 1 October 2014), Owen Newport, 1841; from “England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Image not located
[xxiii] Stephen Newport christened 15 Jul 1810 at Great Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England Father Samuel Newport Mother Catharine
“England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JM12-DS9 : 11 February 2018, Stephen Newport, 15 Jul 1810); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 924,816. FHL Film Image not available online QFHS 7Jan2020
[xxiv] Stephen Newport married Leah Saunders in the Pasrich of St Pary, Princes Risborough on 29 May 1828.
Buckinghamshire Marriage Index 1745-1842 Baptisms marriages and burials D/A//T/154 Original record at Centre of Buckinghamshire Studies image on file
[xxv] Vital records not located
[xxvi] Leah Newport Age 30 Lacemaker, born BUCKS; Levinia Newport Age 13 born BUCKS, Jane Newport Age 7 born BUCKS, Rose Newport Age 5 Born BUCKS
Class: HO107; Piece: 41; Book: 8; Civil Parish: Great Hampden; County: Buckinghamshire; Enumeration District: 11; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Line: 6; GSU roll: 241211
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England Image downloaded. Filename: Leah NEWPORT and family Census 1841
[xxvii] Vital records not located
[xxviii] Vital records not located
[xxiv] Vital records not located
[xxx] Samuel Newport on 11 Dec 1839 at Bryants, Bottom, Great Hampden, 69 years old, of natural decay. District of Wendover
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Wycombe Buckinghamshire Volume 6 Page 285 Registration Image on file
[xxxi] Catharine Newport on 25 Sep 1837 at Bryants Bottom Great Hampden, 62 years old lacemaker, informant Martha Newport, daughter,
England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Wycombe Buckinghamshire Index Volume 6 Page 297 Registration Image on file
[xxxiii] Samuel Newport died 6 Sept 1880 at Tasman St, Nelson, New Zealand, 88 years old of old age, Father Samuel Newport, Farm Bailiff, Mother Katherine Newport formerly Bradley, born Missendon, England. Arrival New Zealand 38 years ago (calc)1842), Married to Ann Wilsden at Uxbridge, England at age 32 (calc 1834), Informant James Newport, dairyman, son
New Zealand Births Deaths and Marriages Copy of entry on file
9 Comments
Hi Tim
You aunt Sallie directed me to your website – she and my mum are cousins. Good on you for trying to dispel these myths. I to have tried whenever I see unsubstantiated information to have the links removed. While living in Aylesbury in the early 2000s I would travel through Great Missenden most days on my way to work and always think of the Newports and their journey to NZ. I didn’t take enough advantage of my time there to visit the record office, but I did see the Great Missenden burial register with Samuel Newports burial. I cannot recall now whether he was 90 or 96 when he died – the transcription has 90. Looking forward to more articles!
Amanda
Thanks so much for your interest and support Amanda. I can’t promise a lot more on our line, but am hoping that this subscription free site will generate a positive conversation and provide usable sources for others to verify, and use to fix up their particular subscription site. (of which I also belong to several). I am excited that Sallie, who is much more experienced than me in genealogy research, is seeking to go deeper into the origins of the Newports of Buckinghamshire.
Hi Tim, I’ve also been directed her by Sallie,
Firstly – THANK YOU! This rumour has been driving me nuts for more than 20 years. For some time I believed it and was very excited about my link to nobility. But it makes no real sense and the more I looked closely at details the less I believed it. About two years ago I deleted all people and references to the rumour from my tree which took weeks and weeks.
Secondly – I am absolutely fascinated with Samuel Newport (or ‘Old Sam’ as he often called himself). Ironically, I was working in an agency that worked with victims of Domestic Violence when I first read the newspaper reports about the inquests of Samuel’s later wives. I have no doubt in my mind that both deaths were directly caused by his violence and I question whether Anne Wilsden’s fatal haemorrhage at age 44 was also caused by this. There is no extra information re cause of the haemorrhage on Anne’s death certificate as Nelson had not yet established proper medical services until the cottage hospital opened in 1853.
Sam frequently placed advertisements/notices in, and wrote letters to the local paper and I have collected dozens and dozens of these over the years. Some of these notices were directed to those in debt with him, as well as the owners of wandering stock. One notice declared that he would kill a horse and hang it from a tree if it strayed into his property again. He was often taking people to court for petty matters. He was convicted of indecent exposure on several occasions. Earlier on the year of Susan Whiting’s death Sam was charged with being drunk and beating her (or as the courts phrased it ‘ill-using’ his wife). He was bailed out at a cost of fifty pounds. Susan would die of a brain haemorrhage less than 12 weeks later aged only 36 years and Sam would still have been under bail conditions when she died.
So what I have gleamed about my 3rd Great Grandfather is that he had a very bad temper and would escalate disagreements with others. In some Nelson council minutes he was “laughed down” after presenting his point. So he wasn’t a respected man. His abuse had been widely reported upon, and his wives inquests published lots of details about the type of person he was. I have read accounts that the nobility rumours were backed up by Samuel. I now believe that this is something he may have knowingly lied about to others. He liked to promote himself in the newspapers, so it would fit his character to tell people he should have been made an Earl.
This is my theory anyway. I hope to get to Nelson and spend some time at the family history library there, as there are published family histories linked to the Newports. As much as I am disgusted and at the same time fascinated by Samuel, I am immensely proud of the lives his children lived. Considering their upbringing they did really well for themselves. My 2nd Great Grandmother changed her name from Maria Sarah to Sarah Maria after the death and inquest of Maria Newport. Perhaps she didn’t want to share a name with her dead Stepmother.
Anyway keep up the good work!
Lesley
Hi Lesley.
Thank you so much for your comments. Like you I was fascinated by the idea of royal links, but it was just a bit too hard to take on the discrepancies when I started exploring family history (which I started after my son (now 10) asked many many questions about family.
Earlier, I concentrated on my paternal ancestry and my wife’s asian ancestry (another entire chapter), but the overwhelming number of unsourced ‘smart matches’ and ‘discoveries’ regarding the Countess Dowager and the Earl coming my way led me, first to disconnecting/unlinking and this year to researching this part of the Newport story.
I must thank Sallie for her encouragement and for continuing to work backwards in time, to what I hope is an extension to the Newport story.
It has been quite challenging, as apart from the clear domestic violence link in Nelson, even a cursory look at life in the mid -late 18th century, while fascinating, has been very very sobering with so much personal tragedy.
hI tim many hrs of research thankyou one question have print off a few pages but at the bottom of each page there is a picture both sides which covers names etc can we somehow cancel this ,, u look like a wise kid setting out this site well done regards mervyn
ps am not a member of the newports but doing it for a friend who is
Thanks Mervyn.
You are right, it has been many hours!!
Anyway a word document version has been sent to you directly. Please use freely.
I would welcome further comment on how it has been useful to you or your Newport friend.
For me I have learnt more about 18th century England in 8 months than in the past 60 years. I think there may be a book in any one of the chapters.
Tim hi, I am descended from Lavinia New port who came with her parents and 2 siblings on the Sir Charles Forbes. I notice you have her mother as Leah Saunders, in actual fact she was born Leah Sandhurst in 1803 in Great Hampden Buckinghamshire.
Lavinia married Samuel Austin a well known Whanganui Soldier and settler and my great grandfather was their second son Walter James Austin.
Lavinia died at age 40 and is buried with her infant son Samuel in the Old Cemetery in Whanganui and I have discovered its an unmarked grave so am arranging a simple cross to be erected in the next wee while.
Thanks for your work on the family tree
Garry
Hi Garry
Thanks so much for your comments. I have been aware of conflict between Sandhurst/Sanders/Saunders and would love to lay this one to rest.
I’ve sent you a personal email, but would also welcome input from any reader that is able to help source Leah’s maiden name at birth so that i can correct the record.
Hi Tim
Sallie directed me to your site too.
I am descended from Jospeh Newport & Mary Chilton. Their daughter Sarah born 1846 in Nelson is my Great Grandmother. She married Playford Chapman-Stone.
My Mum’s brother Bill Chapman-Stone did a lot of research and I have most of his documentation. I scanned all his folders after he died but haven’t really looked into it all. I haven’t done much research on the family but am interested in anything I can find. I know he had lots of hypotheses and was working to find out answers about Samuel.
Jeanette