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Hello to NEWRICKs
If you are a NEWRICK, no
matter where you live in the world, you are almost certainly a descendant of
James and Ann NEWARK (late 17th and early 18th century
farm family of Burgh Castle which was originally in Suffolk, England). You are almost certainly related, albeit
distantly, to anyone else by the name Newrick and to the Newricks who still
live in Suffolk
today. The exception are descendants
of a family from Poland
named Neurick whose name was anglicized when they emigrated to England
and then elsewhere. Your Newrick name
is rare. In England for example. only one
person out of 300,000 (very roughly) is named Newrick.
Hello to NEWARKs
If you are a NEWARK the picture is a
little more complex. You may well be a
descendant of James and Ann Newark of Suffolk
and thus also related distantly to Newricks.
You may also be descended from clusters of other Newark
families located in Lincolnshire,
the West Midlands, London
and a few other English counties.
These groups are probably all unrelated to each other. In the US
most people named Newark (but not all) are
actually descendants of European immigrants from Prussia,
Poland, Bavaria
etc whose names (such as Neuwart) were anglicized to Newark.
The name is uncommon with roughly one person in England out of every 150,000 named Newark.
NEWARK is an old name
One thing is sure, the
family name Newark originated in England hundreds of years ago and is derived
from the place named Newark
in Nottinghamshire. Influential individuals in the church and in the King’s court from Newark in all likelihood spread the name by means of
their dealings in land and church business, their vassals and tenants
becoming known by the name Newark. There are numerous records of a Newark family wielding
just such power and influence. It
existed in Yorkshire
from the 1200s to about 1700 when it seems to have died out.
NEWRICK is a variant of NEWARK
The Newrick name is a
sub-group of the Newark name and appears to have
originated due to the peculiarities of Suffolk
pronounciation.
What you will find here
On these pages you will
find the overall structure of the Burgh
Castle family at large,
articles, biographies, a gazetteer of place names, a memorial to Newarks who saw
active military service, and other information and graphic material related
to Newark/Newrick family history. You
are invited to return here from time to time as the pages are updated to
reflect new information.
Purpose of this web site
The
purpose of these pages is to provide a family history telling the story of
individuals, and placing the family in the context of time, place, and
society. While some genealogical
detail is included, detailed lists of family members, their relationships and
vital statistics are excluded in an attempt to make the pages more readable
(full genealogical detail is provided at our companion website theNewarks.ca.)
Research
on the Newark/Newrick families of Burgh
Castle is being carried out by Michael Newark (himself a
descendant of James & Ann Newark of Burgh Castle)
who originated and runs these web pages and who is pleased to respond to
enquiries for family detail. He started out as a boy not even knowing his
cousins, then in the 1970s began family research which has since burgeoned
into an effort to understand the origin of the name Newark/Newrick, its
development over time, the migration of family members and the relationship
between the different groups. Independently, Jane Cavell also researches the
same family with emphasis on the “Newrick”
side.
To get started on your exploration of these web pages, we suggest
going to the introduction link at the top of the navigation bar to the
left. We hope you enjoy your visit and
find the material interesting and useful.
Please sign the guestbook – your comments will be much appreciated.
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