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Our Newport Family’s Christopher Newport Legend!

There is an oral family history that states our immigrant ancestor Thomas Newport was a direct descendant of Capt. Christopher Newport. Capt. Christopher Newport was the English privateer and navigator who transported colonists to Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in America.

Richard W. Baker

RWBaker8@comcast.net

The following are examples of this tradition:

There is an Eli Baldwin biography that tells about the tradition in the Newport family of being descendants of the mariner and adventurer Christopher Newport. Jesse Newport was a son of Thomas Newport of London - our Newport immigrant to the American Colonies. Jesse would have known this story directly from his father and could have shared it with his family and friends in Trumbull Co., OH. Other descendants of Thomas Newport, including cousins in my line, have also known of this family tradition. It is a very compelling story but I wonder if the direct or “lineal” connection is correct. Even though this story is told within the biography of Eli Baldwin, we do not really know the source used by this anonymous biographer. I think it is likely that our link to the Christopher Newport family occurs one or more generations back from Capt. Christopher.

A biography of Eli Baldwin

“When … Eli Baldwin, was twenty-four years of age he was appointed general land agent for the Connecticut Land Company of the Western Reserve. He left New Milford on April 15, 1801, and arrived in Boardman, Ohio, on May 1st He superintended the survey of both land and many of the roads in Mahoning and other counties, and laid out the Town of Medina, Ohio. He was also employed by Elijah Boardman, of New Milford, Connecticut (a large land owner, and for whom the Township of Boardman was named), in his store and mill as manager or superintendent.”

“In 1803 he married Mary Newport, daughter of Jesse Newport, a Quaker, who with his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, came from Duck Creek, near Philadelphia, to Youngstown, Ohio, in May, 1800. The tradition in the Newport families is that they were the lineal descendants of Christopher Newport, who brought the first colonists to America. Thomas Newport, the father of Jesse Newport, was originally an Episcopalian, but after his marriage joined the Society of Friends.”

Credit:

Author: Anonymous

Edition Statement: Special limited ed.

City of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: American Historical Society

Date: 1920

Notes: Date of publication taken from p. 230.

Reel/Fiche Number: Genealogy and local history; LH10216

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Another story has been passed down to some offspring of Betsy Newport Stephenson. There is a family letter written February 6, 1938 by Mrs. Grace Stephenson and Dr. Ora Stephenson who lived in Indianapolis, IN. I am told that “In this letter Grace said that "other" family members said we were descended from Christopher Newport, while her brother, Capt. James Train Newport told Betsy that he could trace his ancestry to a Scottish King of England.”

There are no records or genealogies that I know of that identify the offspring of Christopher Newport beyond his children. His son John seems to be the only son who might have married and had children. If anyone reading this story has information regarding this Newport tradition please contact me so that we can expand on this subject. rwbaker8@comcast.net

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The oral history that tells of our Newport family descending from Capt. Christopher Newport also exists in other family lines, including the Baker/Hurst family. None of the stories include details or records. I think that this family story is like most other such stories – it probably contains a kernel of truth. Our study of available records indicates that it is most likely that both our immigrant Thomas Newport and Christopher Newport descended from the Newports of Middlesex (Stepney Parish, Greater London), Essex (Harwich in particular), Suffolk and Yorkshire Counties, England; and earlier, maybe even Shropshire, County.

The following is a mixture of records and commentary relating

to the Newports of England in the 16th and early 17^th centuries:

A proposed but not documented Thomas to Capt. Christopher Newport ancestry.

"Christopher Newport was born in December 1561 in Harwich, a seaport town in Essex, on the eastern coast of England. Located on a large natural harbor, where the Orwell and Stour join and enter the North Sea. Harwich provided a safe, protected deep harbor and was the only safe anchorage over a large coast from the Thames to the Humbers Rivers. Harwich had been a thriving sea port for centuries and provided ships direct access to the English Channel and North Sea.

Newport's parents, Jane and Christopher Newport, baptized young Christopher in Harwich at St. Nicholas Church, named for the patron saint of seamen. The baptismal record states, “Christopher, the son of Christopher Newport, and of Jane, his wife, baptized 29 of December.” He was christened over the stone font dating from the Norman era, still in use today for christening infants at St. Nicholas Church. Christopher Newport's father was a ship master and a proprietor of an alehouse. Essex records include a "Victualler's Recognizance" surety bond dated 23 February, 1580, naming him owner of a Harwich alehouse, with signatures of two local citizens attesting to his character."

From: “Captain Christopher Newport – Admiral of Virginia” by A. Bryant Nichols Jr.

Published by Sea Venture LLC, Newport News, Virginia

Printed by Dietz Press, Petersburg, Virginia - 2007

London Lay Subsidy Rolls 1593-1600:

Lists were compiled, by wards within London, and by hundreds or other administrative units without, of individuals of sufficient wealth to be taxed. Generally this meant individuals worth 3 pounds or more - let's say lower middle class and above. (Nobility - barons, earls, etc. - and clerics were dealt with separately and won't be found in these lists.)

There were three Newports found in these lists:

Middlesex Subsicy Roll 239 -- "1st Subsidy granted 1597 assessment date 1 October 1598" for Lymehouse a: "Chrofer Neweporte 6", and at Lymehouse adhuc: "Thomas Newporte 3", and on Middlesex Subsidy Roll 234 "3rd Subsidy granted 1597 assessment date 1 October 1600" at Rattclyffe adhuc: "Anthonie Newport 3".

Credits: Alan H. Nelson Homepage Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, CA. http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~ahnelson/index.html & PRO (Public Records Office), UK

Both Christopher and Thomas Newport are in found in Lymehouse (Limehouse) as expected since records are found for both men in St. Dunston’s, Parish Church of Stepney. Anthony is found in Rattclyffe (Ratcliffe) which was also in Stepney Parish. Stepney and Limehouse are immediately adjacent to London on the east side.

Stepney and Limehouse in 1839:

These two parishes (earlier they were both part of Stepney Parish) are chiefly inhabited by seafaring people, or by those engaged in the building or fitting out of vessels. They contain the East India Docks and the West India Docks, and the basin at the junction of the Regent’s Canal with the Thames.

From early Newport records of St. Dustan’s, Parish Church of Stepney:

Thomas Newport:

First Generation

1. Thomas NEWPORT1

Thomas NEWPORT and unknown wife had the following children:

i. ALICE NEWPORT1 was christened on 17 Aug 1597 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. She died on 3 Jun 1605.

ii. ELIZABETH NEWPORT1 was christened on 30 Jan 1599 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

iii. ANNA NEWPORT1 was christened on 21 Apr 1605 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

2 iv. Anthony NEWPORT.

v. MARY NEWPORT1 was christened on 14 Apr 1611 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

3 vi. Rachel NEWPORT.

Second Generation

2. Anthony NEWPORT1 (Thomas-1) was christened on 21 Jun 1607 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

Anthony NEWPORT and Susan WESTWOOD were married on 11 Nov 1630 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Susan WESTWOOD1 was born. Anthony NEWPORT and Susan WESTWOOD had the following children:

i. Thomas NEWPORT1 was christened on 14 Nov 1633 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. He died on 1 Apr 1634.

ii. Anthony NEWPORT1 was christened on 29 Nov 1635 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. He died on 27 Jun 1638.

iii. Anthony NEWPORT1 was christened on 3 Oct 1638 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

iv. Mary NEWPORT1 was christened on 13 Mar 1639 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

v. William NEWPORT1 was christened on 13 May 1642 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

vi. Thomas NEWPORT1 was christened on 20 Aug 1644 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

4 vii. John NEWPORT.

viii. Rachell NEWPORT1 was christened on 5 Sep 1649 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

3. Rachel NEWPORT1 (Thomas-1) was christened on 12 Sep 1613 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

Rachel NEWPORT and Stephen CHAMPION were married on 10 Apr 1634 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Stephen CHAMPION1 was born.

Note:

The following is probably about the above noted Anthony Newport, son of Thomas.

1. England: Canterbury - Administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1655-1660 (G-Q)

Index to Acts of Administration in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1655-1660

Newport, Anthony, (Capt. in margin), Limehouse, Stepney, Mdx. 1659 (295)

2. England: Canterbury -Wills Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1653-1656

Calendar of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1653--1656.

Yardley, Yardly, George, (s. of John Yardley, fishmonger, Lond., Mdx.);

(Will made abroad; mention of the ship "East India Merchant" and Capt. Anthony Newport) 1654 (327)

Third Generation

4. John NEWPORT1 (Anthony-2, Thomas-1) was christened on 9 Nov 1647 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

John NEWPORT and Mary OLDREEVE were married on 24 May 1670 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Mary OLDREEVE1 was born. John NEWPORT and Mary OLDREEVE had the following children:

i. Anthony NEWPORT1 was christened on 20 Apr 1671 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. He died on 26 Sep 1671.

ii. Mary NEWPORT1 was christened on 10 Nov 1672 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1

iii. Mary NEWPORT1 was christened on 27 Dec 1674 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.

iv. Susanna NEWPORT1 was christened on 8 Apr 1677 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. She died on 13 Sep 1678.

v. Jane NEWPORT1 was christened on 6 Jul 1679 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. She died on 27 Apr 1680.

vi. John NEWPORT1 was christened on 26 Mar 1684 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. He died on 25 Oct 1685.

5 vii. Thomas NEWPORT.

Fourth Generation

5. Thomas NEWPORT1-3 (John-3, Anthony-2, Thomas-1) was christened on 12 May 1689 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. Age: 1 He was christened on 12 May 1689 in St. Dunstan's, Parish Church of Stepney, Middlesex, England (Greater London).4 He died after 1757 in Sussex Co., Delaware.

The often used date of 1698 for his arrive in the colonies is probably in error. There is no record of his arrive from London.

Thomas NEWPORT and Elizabeth LOCKWOOD were married about 1710. Elizabeth LOCKWOOD1,3 was christened on 7 Nov 1692 in St. Dunstan, Parish Church of Stepney, London, England.5 At St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England. Daughter of Richard & Anne Lockwood. Thomas NEWPORT and Elizabeth LOCKWOOD had the following children:

Some of this is not from St. Dunston’s records.

i. Mary NEWPORT1 was born in 1711 in England. She was christened on 12 Sep 1711 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. She died on 4 May 1792. Mary is generally considered to have been born in 1718 because of her age as stated at her time of death in 1792. It is very likely that Mary did not divulge her age. The age given might have been a guess or she might have used a younger age with her associates.

ii. Sarah NEWPORT6 was born. Mary mentioned her sister Sarah in her will.

iii. Hannah NEWPORT was buried in 1728 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.7

Thomas NEWPORT and Anne BARKER were married on 14 Mar 1733 in First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia.8 Anne BARKER9 was born about 1715 in Sussex Co., Delaware. She died in Sussex Co., Delaware. Thomas NEWPORT and Anne BARKER had the following children:

6 i. Jesse NEWPORT (born about 1734/35).

Sources

2. Russell Bond, Richland, Iowa 52585, Russell Bond. Descendant of Jesse Newport.

3. Ellwood Roberts, Biographical Annals of Montgomery Co., PA - David Newport biographic information.

4. Church of England - Parish Church of Stepney - Church Records, Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney. (International Genealogical Index).

5. Church of England, Parish Church of Stepney, Parish registers, 1568-1875 Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney (Topic: Family History Library Catalog: England, Middlesex, Stepney - Church records).

6. Will of Mary Newport, half sister of Jesse Newport.

7. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy (William Wade Hinshaw, - Washington D. C. 1946).

8. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Marriages 1702-1745: Philadelphia, PA.

9. Probate record - will summary.

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Christopher Newport:

First Generation

1. Christopher NEWPORT1,2,3 was born December 1561 in Harwich, Essex, England – the son of Christopher and Jane Newport of Harwich. He died at sea or at Bantam, Java in August 1617.

Katherine PROCTER1,2 was born. Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT and Katherine PROCTER had the following children:

i. NEWPORT1,2 was born on 25 Mar 1585 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2 She died on 25 Mar 1585.2

Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT and Ellen ADE were married on 29 Jan 1590 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2 Ellen ADE1,2 was born. Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT and Ellen ADE had the following children:

i. NEWPORT1 was born on 16 Dec 1590 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. He died on 16 Dec 1590.

ii. Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT1,2 was christened on 28 May 1592 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2

iii. JANE NEWPORT1,2 was christened on 21 Jul 1594 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2

Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT and Elizabeth GLANFEILD were married on 1 Oct 1595 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2 Elizabeth GLANFEILD1,2 was born. Christofer (Christopher) NEWPORT and Elizabeth GLANFEILD had the following children:

i. GLANFIELDE NEWPORT1 was christened on 24 Oct 1596 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2 He died on 3 Dec 1596.2

2 ii. Elizabeth NEWPORT.

iii. Joseph (possibly John) NEWPORTE1 was christened on 8 Jul 1599 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England.2 PROBABLY a son of Capt. Christopher Newport but he is not mentioned in his will or any other records unless he was actually John.

(The christening record as transcribed is Joseph. There is no later record citing Joseph but Christopher Newport did have a son named John. An abbreviated John might have been mistaken for Joseph. There is no certainty that the John Newport who married Ann Owen is the son of Christopher. There are no children that can, with any certainty, be considered to be theirs.)

Second Generation

2. Elizabeth NEWPORT1,2 (Christofer (Christopher)-1) was born.

Elizabeth NEWPORT and THEODORE WADSWORTH were married on 25 Mar 1617 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London, England. THEODORE WADSWORTH1 was born.

Sources

2. Church of England - Parish Church of Stepney - Church Records, Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney. (International Genealogical Index).

3. “Captain Christopher Newport – Admiral of Virginia” by A. Bryant Nichols Jr.

Will of Captain Christopher Newport

The Sixteenth Day of November Anno Voninin one Thousand Six Hundred and sixteen in the year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord James by the years of God Reign of England Scotland, France and Ireland the former tenth and of Scotland the Fiftieth. I Christopher Newport of London Mariner and one of the six Masters of his Mas Navy Royal being of health and of body and of perfect mind and memory – lauds and praise be given to Almighty God Abut being now by Gods grace and assistance therewith the next wind and weather Captain of the good ship called the Hope of London for to sail into the East Indies a long and dangerous voyage, and knowing that nothing is more certain than death and nothing more uncertain than is the honor than I doe make and declare this my testament containing therein my last Will in manner and form following this to fie for it and principally I commend my soul into the hands of almighty god trusting and faithfully believing through the only merit death and passion of his dear and only Son Jesus Christ my all sufficient savoir and redeemer to have a full reemission and forgiveness of all my sins and to with him in his most blessed Kingdom of Heaven. Next I bequeath and commit my body to such burial as God shall in his wisdom appoints who then at home or abroad at Sea or Land knowing god to be the Lord of all Comities and places and that the earth and waters shall yield up their dead at the general resurrection when Christ Jesus shall come in the lands with thousands Angel to trudge all flesh both quick and dead. And as touching the the dispense of all and singular such lands, good Cattle, Chattel, ready money plate Ievelle and other things where both the Lord hath indued me within this transitory life I give devise and dispose the same in manner and form as hereafter is oppressed that is to say affix I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth my naked dwelling here so private and being up on Tower Hill London in the gash of all hollows making together with my garden adjoining, then but only and for and during her natural life, stem after my said wife dies I give and bequeath my fee simple of my said house and lease of my said garden together with all my household stuff goods and plate what so ever remaining and being in and about the said house put my two sons royally together by name Christofer Newport and John Newport and to their heirs ever to and assign for ever, provides always that if either of my two sons dye without issue of his or their bodies lawfully together that then my will and mind is that the survivor shall have and enjoy the same wholly and entirely. And if both of them happen to dye without issue of their body as afro said, then I give and bequeath the same my daughter Elizabeth and to her have and assign for ever, and if it fortune she also dye without issue lawfully together of her body and give and bequeath the same house and garden unto my next heir at the Common Law.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my said Daughter Elizabeth the sum of four hundred of lawful money of England which four hundred pounds is remaining and being in the last India Company by ways of employment and my very will and mind is that what benefit and profit shall arise or accrew by reason of the employment aforesaid of the said four hundred pounds, that such benefit and profit which shall so arise ever and above the said four hundred pounds so bequeathed to my said daughter Elizabeth as aforesaid shall equally divide to and amongst my said three children by name Christofer – Newport and my said daughter Elizabeth andgate Ake which said four hundred pounds so as aforesaid bequeathed to my said daughter Elizabeth my will and mind is shall paid her at her day of marriage or at her full age of twenty and one year which shall first happen so all issues that my said daughter doe marry with the good Asking and consort of her said Mother and not other wife. Item, I give unto my daughter Jane the sum of five pounds of lawful money of England to be paid unto her within three months after my decease and my very will and mind is that she the said Jane her heirs excutes or assigns in regard of many her great disobediences towards me and other heriust misdemeanor I to my great harts grief shall not have any right title or interest to claim reward or enjoy anymore of any of my goods, Lands, or chattle or whatsoever. Item I give and bequeath unto my said two sons Christofer and John and to my said daughter Elizabeth equally between them all and singular my stake and adventure in general which I have in the Virginia Company together with the benefit and profit that shall thereby any ways arise or grow to be equally divided share and share alike, And like wise further give and bequeath and my will and mind is that the Jewels, Brucett, and monies whatsoever be remaining over and above what I already bequeathed shall like wise divided equal by and between my said three children Christofer Newport, John Newport and Elizabeth, provided almost and my very will and mind is that my said wife Elizabeth shall have and enjoy my said house and garden together with the rest of all my moneys, goods, household stuff, plate, and the thing and things whatsoever with my aforesaid two sons tenements with the benefit and profit thereof arising for and during her natural life only excepting the sum of four hundred pounds afore bequeathed to my said daughter Elizabeth which my will and mind is shall paid accordingly at the day of her marriage, or at her full age of one and twenty years which shall first happen after my decease And in the mean time my said Wife Elizabeth to have the profit and benefit thereof. Item I make and ordain of this my last will and testament my loving wife Elizabeth and the right world God: Thomas Smith Knight, Governor of the East India Company my full and behold Executrix, And my very will and mind is that neither of my said Executrix of this my last will shall not in the execution of this my testament doe any manner of act deeds or things at any time without those overall consort and agreement of the other Executor first hull and alertness; And I give and bequeath unto the said Sir Thomas Smith and Diamond King of the value of Ten pounds of Lawful English money: And as Overseer of this my last will and Testament I make and ordain my revie good friend Mr. Mathias Springham and Mr John Goodfellows defining them as my trust is in them to see this my Will duely and truly preformed, And I give to each of them for their Payne herin to be taken a King of forty shillings appear, and I will that this shall stand for my last will and testament and none other nor otherwise Jr Witness Whereof I the said Christofer Newport have hereunto put my hand and seal yeo be the day and year first above Written Im Christofer Newport Sealed and delivered and the day and year Above written by the said Christofer Newport for his last will and testament in the presence of ws William Alexander, John Capper, Henry Fotherbye, Fr Barton Raile. This tenth of September Anno Vui one thousand six hundred and seventeen. Memorandum that we who have hereunder subscribed our names do testify that Captain Newport Commander of the good ship the Hope appertaining to the right worshipful company of Mr Hante trading the East Indies, due in his life time in his visitaron of fitness being In perfect sense and memory explain himself thus much, that after his departure out of this life his Son Christofer Newport, Master Mate in the said ship should have and enjoy all his Apparel informants Lyumen plate and what else was belonging to him the said Captain Newport his mover excepted: which money he wished might be Committed into the perfect hands for his wife use saying: that he had ordered his estate in England and left there his last will and testament, whereas to stand firm only certain final Legacies he ordered to be paid here to those that had done him office in the time of his fitness. In witness whereof we have hereunto put our name the day and year above written: John Smest, Chrostofer Jackson, William Baskerville, John Turnor.

From: “Captain Christopher Newport – Admiral of Virginia” by A. Bryant Nichols Jr.

Published by Sea Venture LLC, Newport News, Virginia

Printed by Dietz Press, Petersburg, Virginia - 2007

Miscellaneous records and observations:

From the Records of the Virginia Company of London Vol. 2, The Court Book Volume II, 1622-1624 p.421, May 12, 1623.

“M^r John Newport moved, that whereas his father Cap^t Christopher Newport had under the seale of y^e Counsell foure hundred pounds allowed him for his Adventure in Shares of Land to y^e number of Thirty two shares, that the said shares might be confirmed unto him, being his only sonne and heire, as also such Personall shares as are due unto him for y^e transport of men heretofore, or that hereafter he shall transport at his owne charge. W^ch request the Court hath graunted unto him: and to this purpose there being a Draft of a Pattent presented & read; the same was approved and ordered to be engrossed against the Quarter Court.” (bold print added)

This Virginia Company of London document indicates that there were no living sons other that John in 1623. The 1618 wills of Capt. Christopher Newport and of his son Christopher do not mention other male offspring of Capt. Christopher or his son Christopher and I know of no documents that identify children of John Newport, the son of Capt. Christopher Newport.

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From an Essex County, England Website:

Patentees of the London Company included Captain Christopher Newport who was baptized in Harwich in 1561. In December 1606, the settlers under the command of Newport set sail for Virginia. A site on the north bank of the James river was chosen for the colony and named Jamestown in honor of the King.

(http://www.essex-sunshine-coast.org.uk/Genealogy.htm)

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The following information and comments were submitted by Doug Griffith:

There is a webpage which gives the biography of Sir Christopher Hatton, a courtier and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I. The following is a quote from that webpage:

Hatton died at his London home, the palace of Ely, on 20 Nov 1591. During his last illness the Queen paid him several visits, and is said to have fed him with her own hands. He was buried with great pomp in St. Paul's cathedral, as typical a courtier of the high Elizabethan period as can be found. His heir was his nephew, William, son of his sister Dorothy and John Newport. William Newport adopted the surname of Hatton.

Further information is given about him and the Newports:

If Sir Christopher Hatton was born about 1540, then his sister must have been born somewhere close to that as well. Dorothy Hatton's second husband, whom she married after the death of John Newport, was William Underhill, who died in 1570. This means that Dorothy Hatton must have married John Newport somewhere around 1560 (say 1555-1565). It occurs to me that John Newport and Dorothy Hatton may have had a second son, named Christopher after his maternal uncle, who became Capt. Christopher Newport. We do know that Capt. Christopher Newport was born about 1560 and had a son named John.

John Newport was the son of a Richard Newport, who died in 1565. Richard Newport was the name of the brother of the 2nd Sir Thomas Newport, who died off the coast of Spain while returning to the island of Rhodes in 1522. Therefore, it is possible that this family might be linked to the Newports of Rhodes. But we know from the arms of that family that they are linked to the Newports of Boynton, Yorkshire. (By the way, since 3 mullets appear in the Newport arms, I have come to the conclusion that they are NOT marks of cadency, but rather integral charges in the arms themselves.)

Nothing concrete again, of course, but an interesting speculation, I think, as to where the name "Christopher" came from.

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I am not very knowledgeable on British geography, but from what I can make out from the maps I have viewed, Harwich, Essex lies on the eastern end of Essex (on the seacoast at the mouth of Holbrook Bay, which serves as the dividing line between Essex and Suffolk to the north). It is about ten miles southeast of Ipswich, Suffolk; about 15 miles south of Witnesham, Suffolk, and perhaps 35 miles southeast of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. (Doug)

Some Newports from Suffolk:

1. John Newport and wife, Margarett Tirwhitt, had a daughter born about 1483, who married a Henry Turnour (Turner) about 1504, according to an LDS ancestral file.

2. Robert Newport, esq.: mentioned in a document date 10 Jun 1495 (from A2A archives)

3. John Newport of Falkenham, Suffolk was born about 1513 and married a Joan Scrutton in 1538 according to an unsourced posting to the LDS IGI.

4. Austin Newport married Audrie Celie on 12 Jul 1562 in Horningsheath, Suffolk [LDS Batch M012561 of extracted marriages]

The following children listed in LDS Batch P012561 [extracted christenings]:

a. James Newport, 17 Jun 1563

b. John Newport, 25 Feb 1565

c. Richard Newport 27 Dec 1566

5.. Anthony Newport had a son, Thomas, christened in Witnesham, Suffolk on 9 Feb 1573 according to an unsourced posting in the LDS IGI.

6. A John Newporte married an Alyce Davie on 25 Jul 1574 in Kenton, Suffolk according to Batch 9102890 in the LDS IGI.

7. A Thomas Newport had the following children christened in Denham Near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk according to LDS Batch P012541 of extracted christenings:

a. John Newport, 20 Mar 1581

b. George Newport, 28 Apr 1583

c. Edward Newport, 25 Jul 1585

d. Constance Newport, 13 Sep 1586

8. A. Tho. Newport married Anne Everaul on 26 Feb 1602/03 in Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk (LDS Batch M063142 of extracted marriages)

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At the other end of Essex, perhaps 50 miles to the west, lies Newport, Essex, which is about 10 miles south of Great Chesterford, Essex (which is close to Ashdon, Essex). About six miles further west from Newport is Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire, which is one of a trio of Pelham villages (Stocking Pelham and Furneux Pelham being the other two) about 2 miles apart from each other. Somewhat between Newport and Brent Pelham, but a bit south, lies Manuden, Essex. About 4 miles northwest of Brent Pelham is Barkway, Hertfordshire.

Additional persons found in Essex and Hertfordshire:

9. According to a posting in the LDS IGI, a John Newport (the son of Robert Newport and Mary Allington) was born about 1500 and was buried 10 Jun 1522. He married Mary Daniel and was the father of a daughter, Grace Newport, born about 1520 in Brent Pelham. According to the following site, Grace Newport married Sir Henry Parker on 18 May 1523 at the age of eight (meaning she was born in about 1515). She was heiress to the manor of Furneux Pelham which she passed to him.

10. A George Newport was the father of following children christened at Barkway, Hertfordshire (LDS Batch C072111 of extracted christenings):

a. Michaell Newport, christened 2 Jan 1568/69

b. (Male) Newporte, christened 1 Apr 1571

c. George Newporte, christened 2 Mar 1571/72

d. John Newporte, christened 14 Jun 1573

e. Roger Newporte, christened 27 Jan 1576

11. A Thomas Newport married a Margaret Sowthe on 6 Nov 1578 at St. Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire (LDS Batch M072172 of extracted marriages)

12. An Edward Nuport was the father of the following children christened at Manuden, Essex (LDS Batch C042391 of extracted christenings):

a. John Nuport, christened 28 Jun 1592

b. Robert Nuport, christened 21 Mar 1593/94

c. Marie Nuport, christened 11 Feb 1594/95

d. Susan Nuport, christened 20 Jul 1596

13. An Edward Newporte of Brent Pelham was the father of following children according to LDS Batch 5009172:

a. Jane Newporte, christened 8 May 1610

b. Thomas Newporte, christened 31 Dec 1612

14. A Robert Newport (possibly 12b above) was the father of the following child christened at Great Chesterford, Essex:

a. Honoria Newport, christened 13 Jun 1616

15. A John Newport (possibly 12a above) was the father of the following child christened at Great Chesterford, Essex (LDS Batch P008331 of extracted christenings):

a. Jane Newport, christened 13 Dec 1618

16. A John Newporte (possibly 15 above) was the father of the following children christened at Brent Pelham, Hertfordshire according to LDS Batch 5009172:

a. Mary Newporte, born 15 Feb 1619/20; christened 21 Feb 1619/20

b. William Newporte, christened 6 Apr 1621

17. An Edward Newport (possibly 13 above) built Pelham Hall at Brent Pelham in 1620 according to the following excerpt from Hertfordshire Genealogy: Places: Brent Pelham:

BRENT PELHAM (1 mile from Essex border and S miles E. from Buntingford) is an interesting village, formerly called Burnt Pelham because, as tradition states, both village and church were destroyed by fire during the reign of Henry I. Traces of the fire existed in the days of Norden (circa 1548-1626) The church — near which the old stocks may still be seen — is Early English, with the embattled western tower so frequent in Herts. It is locally famous for a tomb in the N. wall, said to mark the resting-place of one Piers Shonkes, a serpent slayer who lived in the time of William I. The tomb bears some allegorical figures, which have been the subject of diverse interpretations. Pelham Hall (E. E. Barclay, Esq.), "a alight but well contrived House in this Mannor, near the Church," was built in 1620 by one Edward Newport. It was once owned by the Floyers or Flyers, a family to whose memory there are several memorials in the church.

18. A Robert Newport (probably 14 above) and his wife, Jane, were the parents of the following children christened at Great Chesterford, Essex (LDS Batch P008331 of extracted christenings):

a. Alice Newport, christened 3 Apr 1621.

b. Marie Newport, christened 3 Jun 1623

c. Martha Newport, christened 16 Oct 1625

19. A John Newport (possibly 16 above) was the father of the following children christened at Furneux Pelham (LDS Batch C072341 of extracted christenings):

a. Francis (Female) Newport, christened 16 Apr 1622.

b. Robert Newport, christened 23 Mar 1622/23

c. Thomas Newport, christened 13 Jun 1624

d. Bridgett Newport, christened 5 Dec 1625

e. Martha Newport, christened 7 May 1628.

f. Dorothie Newport, christened 1 Apr 1630

g. Charles Newport, christened 21 Feb 1630/31

h. Jane Newport, christened 24 Apr 1634

i. James Newport, christened 9 May 1636.

20. A John Newport was the father of the following children christened at Ashdon, Essex (LDS Batch C035962 of extracted christenings:

a. Grace Newport, christened 18 Oct 1625

b. Margaret Newport, christened Mar 1626/27

c. Richard Newport, christened 1 Mar 1628/29

d. Edward Newport, christened 15 May 1631

e. Sarah Newport, christened 5 May 1633

f. Anna (twin?) Newport, christened 5 May 1633

g. Anne Newport, christened 18 Apr 1636

21. A Robert Newport (probably 18 above) was the father of the following children christened at Great Chesterford, Essex, without a mother being named (LDS Batch P008331 of extracted christenings):

a. Ann Newport, christened 8 Sep 1628.

b. Ann Newport, christened 23 Nov 1630.

22. A Thomas Newport married Rebecca Wood on 10 Apr 1632 at St. Leonard, Lexden, Essex (LDS Batch M043171 of extracted marriages). They had the following child christened at the same church (LDS Batch C043171 of extracted christenings):

a. Mary Newport, christened 7 Feb 1632/33

23. A man surnamed Newport (possibly 22 above) had the following children christened at St. Leonard, Lexden, Essex with no mother named (LDS Batch C043171 of extracted christenings):

a. Thomas Newport, christened 3 May 1635

b. Susan Newport (twin?), christened 3 May 1635

c. Thomas Newport, christened 8 May 1636

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Here are some other Newports found in Boynton, Yorkshire besides Capt. Christopher Newport (born about 1563--according to the Turpin website):

A. ANOTHER CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (born about 1480): Click here: Saul's 32 Generation Genealogy

He is the first ancestor of the following lineage:

1. Christopher Newport (born about 1480 in Boynton, Yorkshire)

2. Eleanor Newport (born about 1506 in Boynton, Yorkshire) married in 1525

William Buckton (born about 1500 in Yorkshire, died 7 Sep 1529)

3. Ursula Buckton (born in 1526 in Buckton, Yorkshire) married 1550 in parish of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, Northumberland

Henry Brandling (born in 1515 in North Gosforth, Northumberland, died 20 May 1578 in Newcastle, Northumberland)

4. Ursula Brandling (born about 1551 in St. Nicholas, Newcastle, Northumberland) married on 22 Jan 1579/80 in Gisburne, Yorkshire

William Carr (born 11 Nov 1551 in Ford, Northumberland, died in 1589)

5. [At least some of the dates in this generation are obviously erroneous--DG]: Elizabeth Carr (born in 1563 in Newcastle, Northumberland) married on 22 Jan 1579/80 in Gisburne, Yorkshire

Thomas Foster (born about 1570 in Gisburne, Yorkshire; died 19 Jun 1648 in Brunston, Northumberland)

6. Reginald Foster (born about 1595 in Exeter, Devonshire; died 9 Jun 1681 in Ipswich, Massachusetts) married on 18 Sep 1619 in Thaydon, Garnon, Essex

Judith Wignol (born about 1597 in Exeter, Devonshire; died in Oct 1664 in Ipswich, Massachusetts)

7. Deacon Jacob Foster (born in 1635 in Exeter, Devonshire; died 9 Jul 1710 in Ipswich, Massachusetts) married on 26 Feb 1666/67 in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Abigail Lord (born in 1646; died on 4 Jun 1729 in Ipswich, Massachusetts)

B. A DOCUMENTED NEWPORT FAMILY IN BOYNTON:

1. From the GENUKI description of Boynton (from Bulmers' 1892):

There were formerly some other and more ancient monuments in the church, but they have disappeared. They are mentioned by Dodsworth, in his MSS., who quotes the Latin inscriptions which they bore. One was the tomb of Sir Robert Newport and Margaret, his wife, both of whom died A.D. 1383. It bore a brass on which was the figure of a knight in armour, kneeling. Another stone recorded the burial of Thomas Newport and Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heiress of John Boynton, son and heir of Sir Robert Boynton, who died in A.D. 1423.

2. The descriptions from the Dodsworth MSS:

St. Andrews in Boynton

Bointon (Boynton) Church, 15 Novembris, 1620

A hansome tombe in the North wall.

In brasse the portraiture of a man in armor kneeling, on his brest, quarterly, 1[sa.] on a chevron entre 3 pheons [arg.] 3 molletts gu. [Newport], 2 quarter, or, on a cross sa. 3 bull heads cabaged ar. [Boynton], 3 as 2, 4 as 1. Behind him, 8 sonnes kneeling, Under:

Hic jacet Robertus Newport,² amiger, qui obiit xxiij^o die Mali anno Domini MCCCCLXXXIIJ, cujus amina requiescat in pace. Amen.

Translation: Here lies Robert Newport, esquire, who died on the twenty-third day of May in the year of [our] lord 1483, may the soul of whom rest in peace. Amen

His wief with 7 daughters. On her brest, quarterly, . . .. a chevron entre 3 swannes, 2 quarter, [or] a chevron gu. a cheif vaire or nebulee. [St. Quintin.]

Orate pro anima domine Margarete, uxoris ejus, que obiit xviij die mensis Septembris anno Domini MCCCCLXXXXIIJ, cujus anime propietietur Deus Amen.

Translation: Pray for the soul of lady Margaret, his wife, who died on the eighteenth day of the month of September in the year of [our] lord 1493, to whose soul may God be propitious. Amen.

On a stone.

Hic jacet Thomas Nevport³ et Elisabet, uxor ejus, filia et heres Johannis Boynton, filii et heredis Domini Roberti Boynton, militis, qui Thomas obiit xv die Novembris anno Domini MCCCC. . . Et illa v [six] obiit iiij die Octobris anno Domini MCCCCXXIIJ, quorum animabus propicietur Deus. Amen.

Translation: Here lies Thomas Nevport and Elisabeth, his wife, daughter and heir of John Boynton, son and heir of lord Robert Boynton, knight, who (Thomas) died on the fifteenth day of November in the year of [our] lord 14. .. . And she died on the fourth day of October in the year of [our] lord 1423, to whose souls may God be propitious. Amen.

Another stone.

Hic jacet Willelmus Newport, armiger, qui obiit decimo die mensis Novembris anno Domino Millesimo CCCCLXXX, cujus anime propicietur Deus.

Translation: Here lies William Newport, esquire, who died on the tenth day of the month of November in the year of [our] lord 1480, to whose soul may God be propitious.

On that stone, a chevron entre 3 pheons, -- [Newport.]

South window.

A. 3 barrs gemewise or.

Or on a cross sa. 3 bulls' heads cabaged ar. [Ayton or Boynton]¹

Or a fess entre 3 crescents gu. -- [Boynton]

.....

Translations by Virginia Murphy, medieval scholar.

² Robert Newport made his will 20 October 1481, proved at York 26 June, 1484. There seems no pedigree of Newport, or any printed information about the family.

³ Thomas Newport, Esq., of Boynton, made his will Tuesday following Feast of St. John the Baptist, 1441, proved at York 29 November, 1442. In the pedigree of Boynton in Foster's Yorkshire Families, it states that Sir Robert was a son of Sir Thomas Boynton, of Acklam, and that he was Governor of Berwick Castle circa 1381, and married Isabel, daughter of Sir william Normanvile.

¹ There seems to have been litigation between Sir William de Aton and Sir Robert de Boynton as to the right to use these arms. [See the paper by A. S. Ellis in the Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, xii, 263.]

Clay, J.W., ed. (1904) Yorkshire Church Notes 1619-1631, by Roger Dodsworth, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series, vol. 34, pp. 167-168.

3. The Arms of Newport: A chevron entre 3 pheons [From an heraldic dictionary:

Pheon, or Pheon head, written also feon: the head of a dart, barbed, and engrailed on the inner side; the broad arrow being in this respect plain.]

These appear to be the arms which appear on the gravestone of Sir Thomas Newport on the island of Rhodes in Greece, which is described by Gillian Palmer in a GenForum posting dated 21 Sep 2001:

There is a long, thin, broken, gravestone in Rhodes, Greece, Archaeological Museum:

The gravestone is in marble with a coat of arms at the top:
Pale (in 2 halves) left side: chevron (inverted V) containing 3 five-pointed stars. On the background are 3 arrowheads or ermine tails (most likely, denoting son of... i.e. father still living). On the right side is what might be a gourd.

Below coat of arms:
HIC JACET THOMAS NEWPORT PORTUS ACTIE MILES O- OBIT 1502 xxii DIE M--SS SEPTEMBRIS CVM ANIMARE QVII SCAT-N PACE AMEN 150-.

At the bottom is quite the jolliest skull, seeming to be in conversation, and two crossed bones.

This would seem to indicate that Sir Thomas Newport was a Knight Hospitaller.

[Note: the 5-pointed stars mentioned above are most likely the molletts mentioned in the Dodsworth MSS and are marks of cadency, as described by Walt Cross on his webpage, "The Points of Heraldry":

Marks of Cadency (difference). The marks of cadency are charges added to the shield to denote the hereditary status of the individual or family bearing a coat-of-arms. The figures most often found as marks are:
1. The crescent (a crescent moon).
2. The mullet (star).
3. The fleur-de-lys (French for flower or lily of the field).
4. The martlet (a dove like bird).
5. The annulet (a ring).
These marks of cadency are usually located in the chief or the fesse point (middle of the shield) if the shield is quartered. As to which mark delineates which son, that is pretty much up to the bearer of the arms, although there is a ponderous system sometimes mentioned in heraldic texts but no often used]

4. Sir Thomas Newport, seafarer:

Peter Wilson, in an undated posting to London-Companys-L Archives on Rootsweb.com, gives the history of a Sir Thomas Newport, who was probably the son of the previous Sir Thomas, since he was also linked with the island of Rhodes:

Does anyone connect Christopher Newport with Sir Thomas Newport, who
died 1522?

Thomas was a knight of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, preceptor of
Newland, Temple Brewer, and a good businessman. In 1503 he was
commander for the order in Dalby & Rothley, in Leicestershire,
collecting rents for manors owned by the order. His brother, Richard,
also seems to have been a member of the order. Thomas became
receiver-general for the order for England, and probably lived in
London, at St. John's Gate, Clerkenwell. Henry VIII appointed him
commissioner of the peace for both Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and
Thomas may have served with Henry abroad in 1513. We know Thomas
traveled to Germany and Venice on his way to Rhodes with Sir John
Sheffied. They brought letters from Henry VIII to Venice, and were
received as his ambassadors by Troian Bollani, who made a brief report
the Venetian Senate in September 1513. By November Thomas had arrived
in Rhodes and was asked by Fabricus de Careto, master of the order, to
remain a few years. In 1516 Thomas captured some Turkish transports.
Some of his reports home survive. He was back in England to attend to
Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was drowned off the coast of
Spain in 1522, on his way back to Rhodes, according to the 1894 D.N.B.
volume.

Much research has been done in the past century, and I wonder if these
seafaring Newports may be connected with Christopher?

5. Returning to the Boynton Newports, the following is quoted from the Victoria County History of East Riding, Yorkshire:

The Boynton family thus had a substantial interest in both the Aumale and the Tattershall fees. It also acquired land in the Canterbury fee, amounting to 14 bovates in 1352, when Roger Boynton died possessed of it. The Boyntons' estate subsequently descended to Roger's great-grandson Robert Boynton, and thence to Robert's sister Elizabeth and her husband Thomas Newport. In 1428 Thomas still had 14 bovates of the Canterbury fee and 8 of the Tattershall fee. Later in the 15th century the Newports apparently acquired the Meynell's demesne land in the Canterbury fee and so became lords of the manor.

The Meynells appear to have retained much of Boynton manor in demesne. In the early 14th century Nicholas de Meynell held 6 carucates in demesne and in 1316 he was returned as the sole lord of Boynton. By 1428 the estate had apparently passed to Thomas, Lord Swynford, who then held 5 carucates, and later in the 15th century it seems to have been acquired by the Newport family. In 1549 Thomas Newport sold the manor to William Strickland.

[Note: Since Thomas Newport sold the manor in 1549, it could have been to move down to Suffolk which would have been closer to London. He might be the progenitor of the Suffolk Newports--John, Anthony, Austin etc.]

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Submitted by Doug Griffith:

There appear to be two major Newport families in England. The more illustrious (and better documented) is the Newport family of High Ercall, Shropshire. From 1402 they were successively Sheriffs of Shropshire and later advanced to the dignity of Baron (later Viscount) Newport and eventually became the Earls of Bradford.

The other was the Newport family of Boynton, Yorkshire, which were associated with Yorkshire from at least the late 1300's to 1549 when one Thomas Newport sold the manor at Boynton to a William Strickland. The Newport arms found in St. Andrews Church in Boynton are also found on the island of Rhodes impaled with arms charged with a gourd-like object, leading to the conclusion that the Yorkshire Newports were ancestors to the two Sir Thomas Newports (died 1502 and 1522) associated with that island. This suggests that the Newports of Yorkshire became a seafaring family, and were likely the family of Capt Christopher Newport of the Virginia expeditions and Master Thomas Newport of the Centaur affair.

The two families may be linked somewhere in the murky past, but no connection has yet been found. It is likely that each had several cadet branches (Sir Robert Newport of Yorkshire is depicted with 8 sons behind him, for example). The names Thomas, John and Richard are common to both. The Newports found in Suffolk, Worcestershire, London and elsewhere might be linked to either family, or neither.

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This is a possible (but not likely) ancestral connection from our immigrant Thomas Newport to Capt. Christopher Newport by way of Christopher’s daughter Jane. The assumption here is that Jane Newport had an illegitimate son with a man named Driver (Dryver) and this son was named John and used the surname Newport and was the John Newport alias Driver who shows up in records at St. Dunston’s Parish Church of Stepney, Middlesex, England.

Both the Capt. Christopher Newport and his son Christopher mentioned Jane in their wills and referred to her as being disobedient with many misdemeanors and “wonted courses”.

First Generation

1. Thomas NEWPORT1,2 was christened on 12 May 1689 in St. Dunstan's, Parish Church of Stepney, Middlesex, England (Greater London).3 He died after 1757 in Sussex Co., Delaware. The often used date of 1698 for his arrival in the colonies is probably in error. There is no record of his arrive from London.

Second Generation

2. John? NEWPORT was christened on 4 May 1637 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. John? NEWPORT and Mary OLDREEVE? were married on 20 May 1670 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

3. Mary OLDREEVE? was born in 16 in England. John? NEWPORT and Mary OLDREEVE? had the following children:

i. Anthony NEWPORT was christened on 20 Apr 1671 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He died on 26 Sep 1671 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

ii. Mary NEWPORT was born in 1671 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. She was christened on 10 Nov 1672 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. She died in 1672/73 in Stepney, Middlesex, Engand.

iii. Mary NEWPORT was christened on 27 Dec 1674 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

iv. Susanna NEWPORT was christened on 8 Apr 1677 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. She died on 13 Sep 1678 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, London.

v. Jane NEWPORT was christened on 6 Jul 1679 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. She died on 27 Apr 1680 in England.

vi. John NEWPORT was christened on 26 Mar 1684 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He died on 25 Oct 1685 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

1 vii. Thomas NEWPORT.

Third Generation

4. John? NEWPORT? (DRIVER Dryver)/ was born about 1608/9 in England. John? NEWPORT? (DRIVER Dryver)/ and Joane? WINNALL? were married on 21 Jan 1629 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

5. Joane? WINNALL? was christened on 31 Aug 1610 in St. Dunstan's, Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. John? NEWPORT? (DRIVER Dryver)/ and Joane? WINNALL? had the following children:

i. Robert NEWPORT was christened on 17 Dec 1630 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

ii. Joane NEWPORT was christened on 10 Sep 1632 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

iii. Elizabeth NEWPORT was christened on 1 Oct 1634 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

2 iv. John? NEWPORT.

v. William NEWPORT Driver/ was christened on 3 Apr 1640 in St Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He died on 19 Jan 1641 in Stepney (London)., Middlesex, England.

vi. Thomas NEWPORT was christened on 24 Aug 1642 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

vii. Alice NEWPORT? (DRIVER Dryver)/ was christened on 13 Apr 1645 in St Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London)., Middlesex, England. She died on 15 Feb 1646 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

Fourth Generation

8. Driver DRYVER / was born in 15?? in England.

9. Jane NEWPORT was christened on 21 Jul 1594 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. Driver DRYVER / and Jane NEWPORT (not married) had the following child:

4 i. John? NEWPORT? (DRIVER Dryver)/.

10. Thomas WINNALL was born in 15?? in England. Thomas WINNALL had the following children:

5 i. Joane? WINNALL?.

Fifth Generation

18. Christopher NEWPORT was born about 1560/61 in Harwich?, Essex?, England. He died on 15 Aug 1617 in Bantam, Java, Indonesia(now). He was buried in Aug 1617 in At Sea. Christopher NEWPORT and Ellen ADE were married on 29 Jan 1590 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

19. Ellen ADE was born in 15 in England. She died before 1595 in England. Christopher NEWPORT and Ellen ADE had the following children:

i. Baby boy NEWPORT was born on 16 Dec 1590 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He died on 16 Dec 1590 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He was christened on 16 Dec 1590 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

ii. Christopher NEWPORT was christened on 28 May 1592 in St. Dunstan's Ch., Stepney (London), Middlesex, England. He died 16Nov1616>Oct 1618 in Stepney (London), Middlesex, England.

9 iii. Jane NEWPORT.

Sources

1. Russell Bond, Richland, Iowa 52585, Russell Bond. Descendant of Jesse Newport.

2. Ellwood Roberts, Biographical Annals of Montgomery Co., PA. David Newport biographic information.

3. Church of England - Parish Church of Stepney - Church Records, Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney.

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