Person:Francis Newman (4)
Governor Francis Newman
b.Est 1610
d.18 Nov 1660 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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  • H.  Governor Francis NewmanEst 1610 - 1660
  • W.  Mary _____Est 1615 - 1683
m. Bef 18 Nov 1660
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Name[1][2] Governor Francis Newman
Gender Male
Birth[2] Est 1610 Rough estimate based on property ownership by 1639.
Marriage Bef 18 Nov 1660 Before date of his death.
to Mary _____
Death[1][3] 18 Nov 1660 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Reference Number? Q1441671?


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Francis Newman (circa 1605 – 18 November 1660) was an English colonist in America. He served as Governor of the New Haven Colony from 1658 to 1659.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Newman, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    6:1313.

    Francis (Newman), d 18 Nov 1660 (New Haven Vital Records); Lt.; Sec.; Magistrate & Gov., NH Colony. … No known issue; he was not father of Elizabeth w. (1) of Thomas Knowles & (2) of Nicholas Knell, as often erroneously stated.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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)
    3:274.

    Newman, Francis, New Haven 1638, an Assist. 1653 and aft. until made Gov. 1658, to his d. 18 Nov. 1660. He also serv. in the import. place of Commr. of the Unit. Col. 1654 and 8, and in the troublesome relations with the Dutch of New Netherlands. In his barn was form, the compact, June 1639, or civil const, by wh. the Col. many yrs. was ruled. His wid. m. says Emery, Rev. Nicholas Street, yet we are ign. who was her f. or what was her name. Of ch. I find only Eliz. wh. m. Thomas Knowles, and next, Nicholas Knell.

  3. ↑ New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850. (Hartford [Connecticut]: Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917-1924)
    17.

    mr ffrancis Newman ye late Hon'r Gouveno'r of this Colony died Nouemb'r 18, 1660.

  4.   Francis Newman, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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