• General Notes

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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3104, Date of Import: Dec 9, 1998]
  
  !ref:hist of Ancient Windsor; Hist. of Hadley, MA
  "Thomas Newberry, on of the earliest settlers and largest landed proprietors of
  Dorchester, MA rec'd from the Gen. Court a grant of 100 acres in Neponset, Mar
  1634, and many grants from the Dorchester proprietary.
  Will dated 12 Dec 1635; gave wife 200 pounds, and constituted her sole
  executrix and the rest of his estate to his children.  The inv. included land
  in England.
    NEWBERRY family from co.Devon, Eng; Tradition says that 2 brothers of Thomas
  the Emigrant, who remained in Eng. had been members of Cromwell's famous
  Thousand Dragoons, in 1641/2;  Hon. J.Hammond Trumbull of Hartford, found some
  old letters of the family pasted in the cover of an old book in which mention
  was made of an "Uncle, or Capt. Newberry, living in Norchard, now Narchard
  Bishop, 15 miles from Exeter, in Devon." A great deal of weaving is said to
  have been carried on at this place, and it is said that John of Newberry
  discovered the art.  The weaver's flag used in the Trades' processions in the
  west of England on festive occasions, bore for its emblem the picture of John
  of Newberry weaving on a loom.  The Wool-combers' flag had as its emblem the
  picture of Bishop Blaise, in cononicals, with a wool-combe in his left hand and
  the Bible in his right.
    According to tradition also, its related that in an early day, one William of
  Newberry was the chronicler of his District, and that he was a wise and learned
  man, and that at the date of the adopting of surnames, he was granted
  the distinguished honor of taking his name as the town's, and he
  thereupon became William Newberry, and thus est. a family and from it
  has descended the Eng. and Am. family of that name.
  ARMS: AN ARM PROPER, VESTER AZURE, CUFFED OR.holding a truncheon gules,
  tipped,of the third.
    THOMAS NEWBERRY laid out a large farm in Squantum, and built a house there.
  He resided on "The Rock" in 1634, where he became freeman and selectman; 1635
  appointed to oversee works at the Castle; was early engaged in the Conn.
  enterprise; sold his Dorchester propery and prepared to rem. to Windsor, but
  his death, either in Dec 1635 or Jan 1636, prevented this.  His widow Jane and
  children rem. to Windsor prior 1639/40.  Rev. Warham & Mr. William Gaylor were
  made overseers of his will.  The record of Particular Court, CT 5 Mar 1639,
  says: "This present day, there was returned into the Court, by Mr. Gaylord, one
  of the overseers, a copy of the estate of the children of Thomas Newberry,
  Dec'd, dated 10 Feb 1639, subscribed by Mr. Ludlow, Mr.Phelps, Mr Huit, Mr
  Hill, George Hull and William Hosford."
     More than 30 yrs. after his deth, 6 Feb.1669, his heirs, represented his
  sons-in-law, Mr. Henry Wolcott, Jr and Mr. Daniel Clark, and by his son, Capt.
  Benjamin Newberry presented to the Court "The ancient grant of land to their
  father, which would have fallen to him in Windsor in meadow lyn (in proportion
  to) the estate of his which was brought up (from Eng., for the amounts which
  they had severally expended in this venture of settlement in a new country)
  which, by account of 700 lbs, and his person would have come to 76 acres, and
  he had bur 40 acres of meadow, and it was granted him in Dorchester (before
  they left D.) that what was his part in meadow above 40 acres, he should have
  it made up to him in a farm in outland."  In accordance with a previous vote of
  the town  made in 1662, that Capt. Benj. Newberry and his relations should have
  his father's ancient rights, the court ordered that the petitioners shoul have
  200 acres in west lands in Windsor.
    The children of Mr. Thomas Bewberry, being well descended, possessed of ample
  means, and becoming counted by marriage with some of the first families of
  Windsor, naturally assumed an honorably prominent position in the Conn.Colony.
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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998]
  
  Thomas Newberry (1594-1636) came from Yarcom County, Devon, England to Dorchester, Mass in 1630, was a freeman in 1634, a representative to the General Court in 1635, and by his will left large property.
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  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #3991, Date of Import: Oct 25, 1998]
  
  Thomas Newberry (1594-1636) came from Yarcom County, Devon, England to Dorchester, Mass in 1630, was a freeman in 1634, a representative to the General Court in 1635, and by his will left large property.

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