Robert Newman 
Robert was born in 1599 in London, England.1 Robert's father was John Newman and his mother was Elizabeth Martin. He had three brothers named William, John and Thomas. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 71 in 1670.General Notes
Possibly the first of the name in America was Robert Newman who came from England to Elizabeth City County, Virginia, in the ship "Furtherance " in 1618, aged 19 years. He was living in Elizabeth City in 1624. On 11 May 1635 he obtained a patent for 450 acres of land, which he afterwards assigned to Richard Bennett. Robert Newman undoubterdly married and left, with other children, two sons, William and Robert. William made his home in York County and had a son named John. John married Ruth Taberer, daughter of Thomas Taberer of the Isle of Wight County, and their children were Thomas and Isabella." SOURCE: Gleanings of Virginia History by William Fletcher Boogher.
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