Person:Thomas Newell (9)
Thomas Newell
b.Bef 1618
d.13 Sep 1689 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thomas NewellBef 1618 - 1689
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1643
  1. Rebecca NewellEst 1643 -
  2. Mary NewellEst 1646 -
  3. John NewellEst 1647 - 1696
  4. Thomas NewellEst 1650 - 1733
  5. Esther NewellCal 1652 - 1739/40
  6. Sarah Newell1655 -
  7. Martha (twin) Newell1658 -
  8. Hannah (twin) Newell1658 - 1757
  9. Ensign Samuel Newell1660 - 1753
  10. Joseph Newell1664 - Bef 1689
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Newell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1618 Based on estimated date of marriage.
Marriage Bef 1643 probably at Hartford or FarmingtonBased on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Rebecca).
to Rebecca Olmstead
Death[1][3][5] 13 Sep 1689 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Probate[4] 6 Nov 1689 Administration to the widow and son Samuel.
Estate Inventory[4] 7 Nov 1689 £449-17-06. Taken by John Stanly and Samuel Cowles.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Starr, Frank Farnsworth. Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut. (Hartford, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Press, 1915)
    1:184-90.
  2.   Thomas Newell, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    3:272.

    "Thomas (Newell), Farmington 1652, m. Rebecca Olmstead, sis. of John and Richard O. had nine ch. to partake div. of his est. 1689, Rebecca Woodford, then aged 46; Mary, w. of Thomas Bascom of Northampton, 44; John, 42; Thomas, 39; Esther, w. of John Stanley, 37; Sarah Smith, 34, wh. was bapt. 18 Feb. 1655; Hannah North, 31, bapt. 11 Apr. 1658; Samuel, bapt. 5 Dec. 1660; and Joseph, 20 Apr. 1664, wh.d. bef. Nov. 1689, but aft. the yr. came in.


    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:655] [Vol. 3] P. 272, l. 17 and 16 from bot. for Olmstead, sis. of John and Richard O, r. Adgate, l. 15 from bot. bef. Woodford, ins w. of Joseph l. 14 from bot. bef. Stanley ins. w. of John─also bef. Smith r. w. of Arthur l. 13 from bot. bef. North r. w. of Thomas─also, at the end, add, not as Hist. of Woodbury, 167, says, 14, wh. was Wednesday"

    The original was correct; Thomas Newell's wife was Rebecca Olmstead.

  3. ↑ Farmington Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    116.

    "Newell, … Thomas, the aged, d. Sept. 13, 1689 [LR1:3]"

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Newell, Thomas, Farmington, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    1:490-91.

    "Probate Records. Vol. V, 1687 to 1695. Page 13-14.

    Newell, Thomas, Farmington. Invt. £449-17-06. Taken 7 November, 1689, by John Stanly and Samuel Cowles. The children: John Newell 42 years, Thomas 39, Samuel 28, Rebeckah Woodford 46, Mary Bascom 44, Hester Stanly 37, Sarah Smith 34, & Hannah North 31.

    Whereas, Thomas Newell of Farmington, lately deceased, died without any Will, it is mutually agreed between the Widow of the sd. Newell & all the Children that were present at the County Court when the Dist. of Thomas Newell's Estate was made: The Widow & Relict of the sd. Thomas Newell reserveth the full dispose of her thirds of all the Moveable Estate for her maintenance. It is also agreed by the Widow & Children that Rebeckah Woodford, gr. Child of the forementioned Thomas Newell, that hath lived several years with her gr. Father & Mother, shall have £10 in Moveable Estate given her out of her gr. Father's Estate before any other Dist. be made. We have given into the Worshipfull Court the several sums that each of the Children have already received, as near as we can, intreating them to make an equal Dist. of the forementioned Estate according to our Agreement. Unto all which we have set to our Hands & Seals this 8th of November, 1689.

    REBECKAH NEWELL, LS.
    JOHN NEWELL, LS.
    SAMUEL NEWELL,
    RICHARD NEWELL,
    JOHN STANLY, LS.
    THOMAS NORTH, LS.
    REBECKAH WOODFORD, LS. (a grand Child.)

    Witness: George Grave, Caleb Stanly.

    An Account of the Several sums that the Children of Mr. Thomas
    Newell have already received out of their Father's Estate before he deceased:

    To Samuel Newell, Deed of Gift.
    To the Eldest son John, £34-00s-00d
    To Thomas Newell, 65-00-00
    To Rebeckah Woodford, 30-00-00
    To Mary Bascom, 40-00-00
    To Hester Stanly, 28-00-00
    To Sarah Smith, 40-00-00
    To Hannah Smith [error for North], 28-00-00

    Court Record, Page 5—6 November, 1689: Adms. to the Widow and Samuel Newell. John Stanly and Samuel Cowles to be Overseers."

  5. ↑ Olmsted, Henry King (1824-1896), and George Kemp Ward (1848-1937). Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America: Embracing the Descendants of James and Richard Olmstead and Covering a Period of Nearly Three Centuries, 1632-1912. (New York: A. T. DeLaMare, 1912)
    191.

    ... REBECCA OLMSTED (sister of Richard and John), m. Thomas Newell, of Farmington, Conn., (Freeman 1669; d. Sept. 13, 1689). His estate of L700 was divided in 1689. ...

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