Newberry
Genealogical Table for three generations
- from
Connecticut
to
Iowa
Copyright© Sue
Simonich 2005
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John Newberry ( i ) of
Connecticut and Duchess County, N.Y. b.
1710
Groton
,
New London
,
Connecticut
d. Franklin, Duchess Co. (now Putnam) N.Y. 1809
Married: Zerviah Burch Nov.
26, 1739 of
Stonington
,
New London
,
Conn.
John is purportedly the son of John or
James Newberry and Elizabeth
Stark.Zerviah
Burch and John Newbury were married in the town of
Westerly
,
Rhode Island
on
Nov. 26, 1739 by Elder John Maxon
Their children
were
Ð
1. Jonathan
b. Sept. 3, 1740 Groton,
New London, Conn. d. Sept. 23, 1798 Northumberland, Saratoga Co. N.Y.
married Elizabeth Knapp
January 12, 1766 b.
June 18, 1748 m. Margaret Smith daughter
of Deliverance
Smith
Children:
Hannah b. Sept. 27,
1766, b. Jonathan
July 17, 1768 d. June 10, 1789, Joshua
b. June 30, 1770,
Elizabeth b. Nov. 21, 1772,
Zurviah b. January 25, 1775, Anna b.
March 25, 1777,
John b. June 28, 1779, Sarah
b. Sept. 9, 1781, Nathaniel b.
Dec. 14, 1783, Joseph b. April
27, 1786, William b.
April 23, 1788, Esther Nov. 6,
1790.
Note: The forgoing information was obtained from the Jonathan
Newberry Bible, currently owned by
Sherman
, Boivin.
The names of
the children are similar to all the other Newberry children in the
Newberry family. The Newberry name was
variously spelled
in this document Newbery/Newbuery, Newberry.
The Newberry brothers were variously engaged in different pursuits
durin the Revolutionary War. The
Newberry family
participated in
obstructing the
Hudson River
via a huge chain stretched across the rivers course.
2. Joseph
b. 1741
(Records show him in the Rev. War.)
3. Edy
b.
1843 d. May 12, 1818 Frederickstown,
Putnam Co. N.Y. married Ruth Burt daughter
of Daniel
Burt and
Hannah Benedict
pioneer of Warwick, N.Y. d. April 16, 1818
Frederickstown, Putnam Co. N.Y. (Frederickstown
became
Franklin and then Patterson. The
county was originally Duchess Co., and became Putnam.
Children: Joel, Sally,
Mary, Alonzo, Bolivai (sic?), Esther and James.
Edy and Ruth were buried in
Patterson, but on Oct 25 1921 the bodies and headstones were moved to
Catskill
,
New York
where they
were placed beside their children, Joel and Sally Squire “Newbury”.
Hannah Benedict was the sister of Elder James Benedict father of
Jemima below.
The Benedicts, Burts and Newberry traveled together from
Conn.
Daniel Burt helped his brother-in-law erect the first Old School
Baptist church.
Edy Newberry and his brother Jonathan bought land in
Warwick
, and sold it to their brother John,
who raised his family on
the
land. Edy and Ruth went back
to Duchess Co., to raise their children.
Source:
Transcribed deeds showing all the above.
Goshen Court
House, Goshen
,
N.Y.
Morris
Pitcher,
Logan
, Utah.
History of Orange Co. Eager
– see http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/orange/history/
and http://home.twmi.rr.com/shope/tree/f284.htm
)
4. John
b. 1746
d. Jan. 4, 1818 in
Bellevale
,
N.Y married Jemima
benedict
June 31, 1770 daughter of James
Benedict
and Mary Blackman See
detail of children below.
5.
Elizabeth
b. Sept 13, 1749 married
Benjamin Lowe
Nov. 30, 1771 Danube,
Tryon
,
N.Y.
Vol. XVII pg. 28
(Tyron Co. is now Herkimer)
6.
Zurviah
b.
1751
7. Joshua
b. 1753
d. Feb. 1828, Patterson,
Putnam Co., N.Y. (formerly Frederickstown, Duchess Co.)
Children:
son, Joseph (Source:
intestate document)
8. Mercy
b. 1755
9. Zilphia
b. 1757
These dates come from the Jonathan
Newberry bible owned by Sherman Boivin. The Newberry data from
1710-1900 is taken from various
records. Family search records were proved against records from the
Orange County Genealogical Society written by Helen Roe Predmore.
Duchess Co. Genealogical Society. Not all info is verified through
first sources where it has come from the ancestral file The Predmore
files were the only sources available for John Newberry, but they are
considered fairly accurate.
John Newberry
born 1746 in N.Y.
The following information is from various
source, all of which are noted. The only family that has been
personally proven by my research
is that of John Newberry II and James Newberry his son.
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John
Newberry (II
)
of Orange County, N.Y. b.
1746 in Connecticut or Duchess
Co. N.Y. d. Bellevale, N.Y.
Jan. 4, 1818 son of
John Newberry and Zerviah
Burch Married:
Jemima Benedict
Sunday June 31, 1770 presumably
by her father, Elder
James Benedict at Warwick, N.Y. She was b.
Ridgefield
,
Conn.
July 25, 1749 to James
Benedict and
Mary Blackman. Jemima
died in.
Herrick
,
PA
, June 1, 1843. She sold her property in
Warwick
, and moved with her youngest
daughter and
familyAsenath and Daniel Durand.
Jemima’s father
James Benedict established the first Baptist parish west of the
Hudson River
in 1762. The Church was called
the
Old School Baptist
Church. All the children
listed below were born in
Warwick
,
N.Y.
There is one record that stated that Jemima was actually born in
Romulus
,
Seneca
,
N.Y.
This is a possibility, but the only written
record is in the
Benedict’s of
America
, and is not
verifiable via other sources. There
was a Benedict Bible at one time, that has
disappeared
over the centuries, and was known to
have been owned by Fannie Benedict, and later by
Edith Pusey Durand.
If someone should
read this and knows where the Bible is at this time, I would appreciate
hearing from you.
Their
children were Ð
1. Mary
(Polly) Newberry b.
Oct. 17, 1771 d. Sept. 11,
1857 m. John
Fitzgerald July
26, 1795 b.
Warwick
Oct. 28,
1774 d.
Boston
, Sept. 28, 1861
Children:
William Newberry, Pauline, David
Maruice, Sidney Smith, Albert, Joshua, James Benedict, Martha, John,
I.
Nelson.
2. Phoebe
Newberry
b. Feb. 20 1774 d. Nov. 30 1865 m. James
Smith James Smith was the son of Samuel Smith and
Mary Mapes of
Monroe, N.Y. The above Samuel Smith is thought to be the son of Claudius
Smith, and not the same as
the Samuel Smith shown on #11 below.
Children: Jemima m. Elbert
Howell 1798., Charles, Elizabeth, John, Katie, Maria, Malinda, and
Johanna.
This list has not been documented with other
sources. (source: Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
(Predmore
notes that Mary Mapes above may
have also been married to Ezea
Holbert in her entries to this family.)
3. Anna
Newberry
b. Feb. 3, 1776 d.
Nov. 30, 1865 Herrick, PA. m.
James Demorest circa 1833 b. April 22, 1791
d. August 7, 1835 Anna, was James Demorest’s 2nd wife
his 1st wife was
her sister Sophia. There were purportedly
eight children in each union.
Children:
(Anna’s) were: Harriett, Harvey, Edward E. Lois, Emma,
Pauline, Henry and David.
This list has not been documented with other sources. (source:
Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
4. Zilpha
Newberry b.
Jan. 8, 1778 d. Sept 20, 1853
Brownhelm
,
Ohio
. m. Thomas Sly ca 1803 b.
February 15, 1784
d. August 27, 1843 Thomas Sly was the son of Conrad
Sly and Anna
Ward Sly
*Children:
Daniel b. 1804, Elizabeth b
June 6, 1805, Ana b. 1807, Zilpha b. 1808, James Newberry Oct. 7,
1809,
Maria b. 1811, Catherine b. 1813, John
Dolson b. Sept 1, 1814, Jemima b.1815,
William B.
b. 1815, Julia b.1819.
(Source:
John Sly genealogy. *More complete record available.)
5. Martha
(Patty) Newberry b.
Nov. 24, 1779 d.
Oct. 22, 1853 Chester, Orange,
Co., N.Y. m. Jesse
Smith circa 1804
b. Oct. 17, 1782 d.
Oct. 12, 1842 Jesse Smith was the
son of Samuel
Smith and Mary
Mapes of Monroe,
N.Y. The
above Samuel Smith is thought to be the son of Claudius Smith, and not the
same as the Samuel Smith shown on #11 below.
Children:
Amzi Lewis,
Jesse, William F., Stephen, Ira
This list has not been documented with other sources. (source:
Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
6. Sarah
(Sally) Newberry
b. Sept. 12, 1781 m. Benjamin
Scofield migrated to Strongsville, Cuyahoga Co.
Ohio
.
*Children:
James, Sally Ann, Patty, Elizabeth, Hannah Marie, William Benedict,
Harriet, John Newberry,
Benjamin Burt, Jane, Julia, Lucinda, Mary.
(Source of children, by Cathy Marasco [email protected]
*More complete record available. )
7. Hannah
Newberry b.
Oct. 6, 1783 d. 1828 m. Joshua Bridgeford
(source: Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
8.
Elizabeth
(Betsey)
Newberry
b. May 24, 1785 d.
Nov. 14, 1817
m. Hezekiah Breffett (son of
Joshua and Mary
Mapes) lived in
Monroe
,
N.Y.
Children:
Samuel, Sarah Elizabeth
This list has not been documented with other sources.
(source: Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
9. Sophia
Newberry b.
April 7, 1787 d. 1823
m. James Demorest
(1st wife) circa
1809 (see above #3) b. April 22, 1791
d. Aug. 7, 1835
Children:
There were purportedly eight children in each union.
Sophia’s children were purportedly:
James Benedict,
John Dill, George W., Jemima Ann, Keturah,William K.
Elizabeth
. This list has not been documented with other sources.
(source: Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
10. John
Newberry
b. Sept. 23, 1789 d. Nov. 19, 1851 Brownhelm,
Lorain Co. Ohio m. Sally Fancher August
24, 1810
daughter of Sylvanus Fancher
and Sarah
Smith Fancher b. October 24, 1790; New London, Conn.
d. April 18, 1876
Brownhelm, Lorain Co., Ohio Seven children.
*Children: William, Rebecca, Sylvanus
Fancher, Harriet (or Laura), James, David, John
(Source of Newberry children, Durand Family Genealogy, Edith Pusey Durand
McColl)
*More complete information available on this family.
11. James
Newberry
b. May 29, 1791 d. July 10, 1880,
Grove
Township
,
Pottawattamie
,
IA.
Was said to have fought in
the War of 1812, m.
Mary Smith Aug
14, 1811 daughter of Samuel Smith
and Jane Stephens Smith
b. June 11, 1792
d. Nov. 20, 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. They
went to Pennsylvania ca 1819, Ohio 1826-27 , Missouri 1832,
Lee, Co. Iowa
1838, Nauvoo
Illinois 1839, S.W. Iowa 1845-46
*Children:
Jane, John Smith, Abraham Benjamin, James Washington,
Sally (Sarah) Ann, Hannah
Maria, Harriet, Electa
Louisa, Esther, Martha Patty.
*See family page and entry below for more complete information.
(Source:
James Newberry family journal and other in depth research.)
12. Joshua
Newberry b.
Nov. 2, 1792 d.
Kirkwood
,
N.Y.
Jan. 20, 1863 m. Elizabeth Stevens Feb. 6, 1816
b. Mar. 14, 1791
d. Kirkwood , Broome Co. N.Y. Feb.
4, 1869. Fought in the War of 1812 as per published record.
*Children: John, David
d. 1918, Elizabeth (grand daughter of Sylvanus Fancher and heir to
the Fancher estate.) Joseph,
Eleanor b. Aug. 6 1829.
(source: Predmore, Helen Roe – OCGS files,
Goshen
,
N.Y.
)
13. Asenath
Newberry b.
Feb. 9, 1794
Bellevale
,
N.Y.
d. June 13, 1877
Herrick
,
PA.
Married: Daniel Durand April 22, 1815
b. Nov. 7, 1793 Middletown
,
N.Y.
d. Jan.20, 1870
Herrick
,
PA.
First two children were born
Bellevale
,
N.Y.
– next three at
Minisink, N.Y., next two at
Camptown
,
PA.
and all the rest at Herrick, Bradford Co., PA.
*Children: Joshua Newberry
Durand, John, William David, Henry, George W., Hannah
Jane, Betsy, James B, Mary,
Silas Horton, Warren, Rosina, Infant daughter died at birth.
(Source of children for the Durand
family, Durand Family Genealogy, Edith Pusey
Durand McColl)
*More complete information available on this family.
All
the above newberry siblings were all born in
Warwick
,
N.Y.
The sources for the above are primarily from the
Orange County Genealogical Society, Helen Roe Predmore’s work.
Other sources were utilized when found and noted.
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James Newberry
b. May 29, 1791 Warwick, Orange Co.
N.Y. d. July 10 or 11, 1880 Wheelers Grove, Pottawattamie Co.,
Iowa
.
son of John Newberry
and Jemima Benedict.
Marriage history overview:
James was a polygamist after the death of his first wife Mary Smith.
He married Nancy Brown and apparently
divorced her or they went their separate ways.
It is possible James was married secretly to Nancy as early as 1838.
Nancy
went with her
brother Capt. James Brown to
Utah
in 1851.
James married two
other women. Elizabeth Haskins
and Sybil Pulsipher.
He lived exclusively with Elizabeth Haskins in Kanesville.
When
she died James moved to Mills Co. where he is found living with Sybil
Pulsipher. When Sybil died
in 1870, James was in his 80’s, but it was
rumored that he married one last time to a young Native American woman.
She is mentioned in a biography written by one of James’
sons. In August of 2004, Donna
Mae Powell discovered her name while researching in Pottawattamie County
Iowa when she found an old
deed where James sold a parcel of
land, and his current wife Amanda signed away her dower rights on
the piece of property.
Her surname
and family are still unknown.
Religion
overview: James was brought up as a
Baptist. His grandfather was a
pastor for the
Old
School
Baptist
Church
, in
Warwick
,
N.Y.
he was the first pastor west of the Hudson River
in 1762.
James became a Mormon in 1831. He
was baptized by Edson Fuller, in
Brownhelm
,
OH. He first a Priest in the church, and later
became
a High Priest and then a Seventy.
His first wife Mary died in 1842 and he remarried Nancy Brown in
1843. In 1845 before leaving Nauvoo he
married Elizabeth Haskins and took his endowments.
Between 1848 and 1851
he became disenchanted by the leadership of the church and refused to move
to
Utah. Something
happened to
change his mind after 1848, because James was known
to have resided at Winter Quarters with those who planned to go to
Utah. It was
there that
James married Sybil Pulsipher. He
was married by Brigham Young and the marriage was witnessed by Parley
Pratt. Nancy Brown
moved to
Utah
by 1851, leaving her husband behind.
Her brother was a leader of
the Danites both in the Midwest and when he arrived in
Utah.
Life between 1843 and
1848 found James as a man with plural wives.
Interestingly, Sybil Pulsipher left her first husband Roswell
Prindle while he was away from home, and told her step-sons that she was
heading to
California
. Perhaps she was motivated to
go there
by herself, but when she reached winter quarters she found and married
James Newbery, with whom she spent the remainder of her life.
Those people who
refused to move to
Utah
were dropped from Church rolls. It
is thought he joined Alpheus Cutler who was
excommunicated from the church in 1851.
Cutler lead a schismatic group of Mormons called the Cutlerites.
James later joined with the
RLDS Church
and was re-baptized by Charles Derry in Aug. 4, 1861.
He was ordained a high priest by Joseph Smith (son of the original
prophet) and W.W. Blair April 6, 1863.
By 1853, He put aside
polygamy when he moved to Wheelers Grove, Pottawattamie Co.,
Iowa
and he split with the LDS church faction
lead by Brigham Young
His family ties to the
general authorities are impressive. His
son Abraham Newberry married Eliza Ann Duty, who was a second cousin to
Joseph Smith. James’
marriages were impressive in their importance to leaders in the Church.
After the death of his first wife Mary Smith
Newberry, he married two ladies who were from families of the earliest
pioneers in Independence
,
Missouri
. The Haskins family and the
Pulsipher family were to give him Elizabeth Haskins and Sybil Pulsipher.
Sybil’s brother was a general authority in the Church under both
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
His
Marriages:
æ (I) Mary
Smith Aug. 24, 1811 Warwick, Orange Co., N.Y. b. June
11, 1792 died Nov. 20, 1842 in
Nauvoo
,
Illinois
of black canker and
is buried in the old
Mormon
Cemetery
there.Mary is the daughter of samuel
smith and Jane
Stephens Smith of
Warwick
,
N.Y.
Mary Smith was sealed
to James Newberry by proxy on Feb. 7, 1846. 6 p.m. solemnized by George A.
Smith, witnessed by J.W. Fleming and
Zebedee Coltrin
Their
children were
Ð
1. JANE
NEWBERRY b. Oct. 17,
1812
Warwick
,
N.Y.
d. Panama, Shelby Co., Iowa
Baptized 14 March 1831 by
Heman Basset
m. James
Jacob Crandall in Clay Co. MO. December 5, 1833, b.
1800 in New
Paltz
,
N.Y.
and died in
Iowa.
Children:
Benjamin J. William, Abraham, James, Patty, Roseanna,
Sally and Mary.
Saints’ Herald, Obituaries 1917, page 1199 (contributed by
Michael Marquardt)
Saints’ Herald Obituaries, 1892, p. 659 (contributed by Sabrina
Peart)
(Other Sources:
Hazel Murray, Sumner, WA. and Billy Crandall)
2. JOHN
SMITH NEWBERRY b. May 22, 1814,
Warwick
,
Orange
,
N.Y. d. Lee Co.
Iowa after 1860 m. Lucinda
(Elizabeth)
Williams Dec. 24, 1837 in Clay Co. Missouri. Lucinda
Williams was from Clinton Co. Mo. They
were married by Joseph
Holbrook. Lucinda died in
Blanchardville, Wisconsin probably in 1858.
John Smith Newberry’s
final resting place and death
date are not well documented It is
said that he died in Lee Co., but cannot be proved. There is no
grave known. for Lucinda
Later, in life Lucinda and John Smith Newberry went to
Illinois
and to Wisconsin
. Not much is known other than
John was
ordained a seventy in the Zarahemla Stake
during the April conference in 1853 in Argyle,
Wisconsin. In the conference of
October of 1853, he was sustained as a member of the Quorum of Seventies.
John Smith’s original Book of Mormon resides
in the RLDS Archives, in Independence
,
MO.
Children: unknown
_____, William, John Marshall, b. Feb. 14, 1844 m. Vesta Curtis; Edward T.
b. 1850 (also known as
Deadwood Ed – homesteaded in South Dakota married to Nellie ______;
Charles
After the death of John Smith Newberry, his young children were farmed out
to his brother Abraham, his sister Jane and his
father James A. Newberry
( Source: Janice
Newberry Robinson, Kahoka,
Mo. & Mary King )
3. ABRAHAM
B. NEWBERRY b. March 31, 1816 Warwick,
Orange
,
N.Y.
d. August 1898
Lee Co., Iowa m. January 1, 1842
to Eliza
Ann Duty b. Oct. 24,
1824 in Newberry, Orange Co. Vermont daughter of Israel
Duty and
Mehitable Sawyer.
Eliza Ann took
her endowments in the Nauvoo temple December 24, 1845 at the same time as
her father-in-law James Newberry
and his wife Elizabeth Haskins Newberry.
This is shown on the Nauvoo Temple Record.
At some point, Abraham stood aloof from the Church for reasons
unknown, Eliza Ann joined the RLDS in String Prairie.
Children:
Rosaline (Rosa) b. Nov. 2, 1844;
Orson O. b. Feb. 14, 1845, Charles W. b. May 20, 1850.
Saints’
Herald Obituaries, 1898, p. 564
History of Eliza Ann Duty
Newberry. Eliza Ann was
related to Joseph Smith as a second cousin through Moses Duty her
grandfather via his sister Mary Duty. Mary
Duty married Asael Smith who was the father of Joseph Smith Sr., who was
the
father of Joseph Smith Jr. – the
founder and prophet of the
Mormon Church.
Israel Duty didn’t follow Brigham
Young, but rather followed James Strang to
Wisconsin, as did Martin Harris, the man
who funded the first printing of the
Book of Mormon. Ditto William Marks, William McClellin Ira Patten
(Bro. David Patten), Otis Shumway, and some of Joseph
Smith’s remaining family, brother, mother and wife and children, Samuel
Williams, and Whitmers.
Abraham and Eliza Duty Newberry were divorced. She joined the RLDS
in 1861, and while living in String Prairie, Lee Co. IA.
[Now Argyle]
(Source:
Marlene Barnes,
Ft. Madison
,
IA.
Source information on Joseph
Smith relationship originally from D. Michael
Quinn, and follow up research by Sue Simonich )
4. JAMES
WASHINGTON NEWBERRY b. December 9, 1819
Warwick
,
N.Y.
m Edith
A. Benedict Sept. 19, 1847 b. Sept.
1830
d. October 9, 1911 daughter of
Ezra and Edith A. Parish Benedict. Edith
Benedicts family were related to James A.
Newberry's mother Jemima Benedict. They were from Canada.
These Benedict people were second cousins.
Children:
Washington
b. 1848;
West b. Feb. 29 1856; Ella (Luella Dale) b.
April 15, 1862; Alta M. b.
October 3, 1866;
Fred Devere b. March 30, 1870;
Charles D. b.
March 30, 1870 (twins);
Smith Benedict b.
October 27, 1851, Moline
b. unknown. (Marlene Barnes'
info)
Saints’ Herald Obituaries, 1911 p. 1103
Saints’ Herald Obituaries, 1895, p.
192
5.
SALLY ANN (SARAH) NEWBERRY b. June 19, 1821
Hanover
,
Luzerne
,
PA. d. January, 24 1907 baptized
June 30, 1832
m. Calvin
Pendleton who was born August
25, 1811 in Hope, Knox Co.
Maine. d. April 21, 1873. They
lived in
Parowan
,
Utah
. He was a gunsmith. He was the son of Job
Pendleton and Betsy
Crane.
Calvin Crane Pendton was a polygamist
(1) Sally
Ann Seavey died
leaving one daughter
Children:
Sarah A.
(2) Pheobe
Bowley 1847 Winter Quarters
(3) Sally
Ann Newberry bore him nine children.
Children:
Daniel C. Pendleton, b. abt. 1847, Phoebe Pendleton , b. abt. 1848,
Calvin David Pendleton b. abt.
1850,
Sarah E. Pendleton, b. abt. 1851, Jane Pendleton,
b. abt. 1854, Freeman W. Pendleton, b. abt. 1855
William Pendleton, b. abt. 1857, Luvina Pendleton (Twin), abt.
1859, Luvone Pendleton, (Twin), abt. 1859
In Utah Pendleton
became a polygamist and had two other wives
(4) Sarah Melinda Alexander m. 1856
(5)
Mary Jane Coombs m. 1861
( Source: Online
information posted by Jesse Bulkley on Ancestry.com )
6. Hannah
Maria Newberry
b. March 13, 1823 Strongsville,
Cuyahoga, Ohio, d. Nov. 6, 1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah
m. George Morris
Aug. 23, 1843, in Nauvoo Illinois, officiated by Newel
Nurse. Their endowments were
taken on
January 30th 1846. Sealed February
of 1846. Family went to
Utah
in 1848. Hannah was baptized September 30, 1840
George Morris was from
Durkenfield
,
England
. He had twelve children with Hannah
see family page. George married
Jane Higginbotham before he left
England
, but she died there along with
their infant daughter. Hannah was his second
wife. George was a polygamist.
(3) Maria
Allen who was a young woman who crossed the plains with a
handcart company. She was very ill when
she arrived in
Salt
Lake. She died the day of their marriage.
(4) harriet
newberry George was also married/sealed to Harriet Newberry,
Hannah's sister
(see next #7 below ). This marriage was performed after Harriet's
death as a posthumous
marriage. She had asked to marry George before he and Hannah left
Iowa
, but she was discouraged by other
family members and married Seth Palmer shortly after Hannah and George
went to Utah. She died in 1849.
(5) Annie
Matthews bore him many children, six of them died before
adulthood. George's marriage to Annie Matthews
occurred when Hannah was pregnant with her 12th child,
Ephraim. George went to live with
Annie exclusively for eleven
years until the U.S. Government
intervened in polygamy. He was forced into bachelorhood after that.
(George Morris' several journals )
(Sources: George Morris
Journal,
LDS
Church
, Newberry Journal,
Community of Christ,
Independence
,
MO.
, Women of Faith and Fortitude, Family research. etc.)
7.
HARRIET NEWBERRY b.
Nov 24, 1825 Brownhelm,
Lorain, Ohio, d. July 27, 1849 in Montrose, Iowa m. Seth
Palmer
March 8, 1847 b. Feb. 22, 1824 in Medina Co. Ohio - son of Ambrose
Palmer an Lettice
Hawkins. Harriet
was Seth's
second wife by whom he had two children, names unknown. They were married
by Johnston Meek who was a Justice of the
Peace.
Seth’s
other spouses were:
(1) Daphne
Roberts who died in 1844.
(3) Sylvia
Goldsmith in Harrison Co., IA.
Children:
Edmund A., and
Valens A. Landowner in Little Sioux Township, Harrison Co.
IA.
Sylvia is buried at Little Sioux,
Ia., Seth Palmer is buried at
Greenwood
,
South Dakota
in an unmarked grave.
Seth settled in Little Sioux,
IA with about three hundred acres, more or less,until 1900. He sold his
land and moved to
Charles Mix Co., S. Dakota. with his sons,
Edmond
and Valens. I think the reason they moved was for the homesteading
factor.
Edmond
and Seth remained in Charles Mix and both died there and are buried at
(Seth)
Greenwood
and
Edmond
is buried at Wagner. Valens
moved to Cooper, S. Dakota. and
ended up at Sturgis. He also had land in the Sturgis area.
He is buried at Sturgis, along with his wife, Eva, and several of
his children.
Ambrose Palmer was an important figure in the
LDS
Church
in
Kirtland
, Ohio. He was a
member of the council of High
Priests & Elders of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in 1835.
At his death, Lettice married Samuel Bent, who also was
a member of the council of High Priests.
(from 1891 History
of Harrison
County
Iowa
and Ancestry.com, Lee County Genealogical Society. Family info from
Linda Felton, Casper, Wyoming)
8.
LECTY (ELECTA) LOUISA
NEWBERRY b.
April 4, 1827 Brownhelm, Lorain Co.,
Ohio
d. Feb. 13, 1888,
San Francisco
,
CA. married
(1) Robert A. Lee,
m. March 7, 1845 Lee Co.
Iowa
, by Samuel B. Ayers, Justice
of the Peace. Robert later married
Rebecca A. Needham December 27, 1849, officiated by John Evans.
Children:
Martha A. Lee possibly one other Sarah A. born in
Utah
(2) George John Wixon b.
August 14, 1810, son of Barnabus
and
Lydia Wixon. Wixon
married Electa Newberry
while crossing the
plains to
Utah
with Smoot Company in 1847. She
was his third wife. They settled in
Placer Co.
as hotel owners in Township
#9, Auburn-Folsom Road
,
California
. Owners of Franklin House also called Miner’s
Hotel.
Children: Martha
A. Wixon (Lee), Sarah A. Wixon (I suspect this may be a
child of Lee as well), Mary F. Wixon, Almon Wixon,
Helen Jane Wixon, John Wixon (he is buried on the old Franklin House
property), William H.Wixon
(3) Horace Mansur m.
January 2, 1872, d. Oct 19, 1900. Mansur was Electa Newberry's widower
neighbor. When Electa
married Horace Mansur, they blended their families.
History of George John Wixon: George
John Wixon was previously married to
(1) Mehitable
Chase who
was born June 10 1815 and was married to Wixon in
Harwich, Barnstable Co., MA on
August 11, 1832.
A child was
born to them in 1832.
(2) sarah kelley b. June 20
1806 m. Dec. 26,
1833 in Harwich, Barnstable Co. He left Sarah to follow
the Mormons.
(3) Electa
Louisa Newberry m.
Wixon in 1847 on the plains.
John
Wixon left
California
, returned to
Mass. around 1860 and died there May
1863 of diabetes at the home of Sarah
after his divorce from Electa Newberry.He was a sea captain and is buried in Dennis, Barnstable Co.,
Mass. Wixon
was descended from Native American ancestors from Cape Cod. His
modern descendants are presently distinguished
members of the Wampanoag tribe, which was associated with the great
chief Massasoit. The Chases of
Massachusetts
are also known to be from Native American ancestors. Wixon missed his home
so much, when he was in California, that
he went back to Massachusetts and removed and old building to bring
west. He stripped it down from the foundation
piece by piece and loaded it on a ship, then sailed it around Cape Horn to
San Francisco and freighted it in from the
coast to serve as a hotel in Placer Co. during the gold rush days.
(Info gathered from original family record, Marlene Barnes, Cheryl Wixon
Gocken, Darell and Dana Mansur, and the
Placer Co. Archives, Lee County,
Iowa Genealogical Society.)
9.
ESTHER NEWBERRY b.
June 7, 1829 Brownhelm, Lorain, Ohio d. March 29, 1891, Coloma, El
Dorado Co., California
m. Edward O. Beebe 29
June 1849 b.
Mar. 4, 1827, Ohio. d. Oct.
18, 1869 Lamoni
,
Iowa
- son of Calvin Beebe.
Esther and Edward were successful fruit farmers in El Dorado Co.
He was also a wagon maker.
He died while on a trip back to
Iowa
to settle the estate of his father. Little more is known about the
family.
Children:
James b.
Iowa
, Julia b.
Iowa
, Mary b.
Utah
, Emma b. California, Sarah, Eda, Flora, Edward, Philip.
July 28, 2006, it has been determined that the Beebe family was likely of
Native American descent. Don Kelly has
shared with me the stories that his grandmothers and great grandmothers
shared with him about the Indians. They
passed down many share stories of legend and myth. As of today the
hunt is on to figure out what tribe they belonged
to. It is notable that their history is similar to the Newberry
history, and that they were some of the first to join the
LDS Church and embark upon the mission to Missouri in 1832. Don has a
website for the stories that his grandmothers
related to him as a child. The native people always pass their
history down orally, and continue to do so to this day.
see https://sites.rootsweb.com/~iadesmoi/Personal/Indians/storyindex.htm
Don wrote the following to me:
"I had about 60 years of going over her
stories and cross checking for similar references quite removed from
Iowa.
For one thing the Indians seem to have known what went on far to the
east.....Indian attacks, British forts in the
Ohio Valley, how white people came in, what their abodes were like (not
teepes for sure), and how those Indians
could be associated with the five tribe Iroquois alliance, and how those
Indians of the great lakes could be related
to the Cherokees of TN, VA and GA.
The Indian lore I found quite compelling.
I am happy I had the desire so young to
write down what my grandmas
told to me. Ggrandma Williamson
born about 1858 personally knew soldiers who fought at the Little
Bighorn.
History tended to suggest they were all killed in the fight, but
evidently untrue.
I am pleased you enjoyed grandma's stories.....as I did.
I think you will like my grandma's
Indian stories. Ggrandma Beebe was the first to tell me these stories.
Grandma Beebe Pruitt told the same stories with slight twists.
Don has a website dedicated to the Beebe family at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~donkelly/BEEBE/index.htm
(Sources: Census,
and Sheri Zingmark, Don Kelly )
10. MARTHA (PATTY) NEWBERRY b.
August 20, 1832 Brownhelm,
Lorain
,
Ohio
d. Sept. 23, 1917 in Parowan, Iron Co.,
Utah m. John Smith
Hyatt Jan. 2 1854 in Parowan, Utah b. August 12, 1832 Hudson,
Columbia, N.Y. Pattie lived as
neighbors with her sister Sally Ann in Parowan.
In 1874, she lived in Panaca, Lincoln Co.,
Nevada
but moved back to
Parowan (From old
letters.) 10 children.
Note: Birth information
Newberry children, comes directly from the family journal written by James
Newberry.
Microfilm copy is in the Community of Christ
Archives,
Independence
,
Mo.
This journal is thought to be a copy of
the original written by James A. Newberry, as information doesn't
completely compare with what earlier researchers
have written.
-End details of children for James Newberry and Mary Smith
Newberry
Ü
Continuation
of Wives of James Newberry
b. May 29, 1791
æ (II)
Nancy Brown b.
May 29, 1792 Lick Creek, Rowan Co., South Carolina d. Dec.24. 1770
Ogden
,
Utah.
Nancy
is the daughter of James Brown
and Mary "Polly"
Williams. James divorced or separated from Nancy
about 1853.
Married: October 3, 1843, in Nauvoo
. A civil marriage is
recorded.
No children known Nancy
took her Endowments
Jan. 30, 1846, it appears that at that time she was using her maiden name.
She
went to
Ogden
, Utah
with her brother Capt. James Brown in 1851 and remarried late in life to William Critchlow.
It is thought that a division in their religious beliefs may have caused
their split. James didn’t
approve of Brigham Young as leader
of the faith.
æ (III)
Elizabeth Haskins b.
March 9th 1815 Loch, Cayuga Co.
New York
d. February 28, 1855, Kanesville, Pottawattamie Co., IA.
Elizabeth
is the daughter of Lincoln
Haskins and Experience
"Peddy" Paine.
Married: November
17, 1845 in Montrose, Lee Co.,
Iowa
, (family journal) civil
ceremony. Dec. 22, 1845 Nauvoo Temple Endowments,
Feb. 7, 1846 sealing.
The sealing was solemnized by George Smith, and witnessed by J. W.
Fleming and Zebedee Coltrin at
6 p.m
Their
children were Ð
SECRATUS
Stepson - parents unknown, born
March 1845 see complete info at the end.*
1. ALMARONI (Alma
Moroni) born December 25th 1846 Des Moines Township, Lee
Co.
Iowa.
2. JOSEPH HYRUM born at Trading Point,
Pottawattamie Co.,
Iowa
February 14, 1848
3. HEBER born at the Precinct of Kanesville,
Pottawattamie County Iowa. August
26th 1849,
m. M.A. Winegar on July 4th 1871 by Levi GraybillBaptised in the
RLDS
Church
in June 19 1866
by his father James Newberry
4. MARY ELIZABETH born in
Kanesville Precinct, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa December
2, 1850 d. December 7th
aged five days
5. JOLANA E. born June the 5th 1852
Kanesville, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa
, m. Henry Winegar August 3, 1871 by D. Hougas,
minister of Gospel.
6. DANIEL died in infancy, probably when
his mother died.
æ (IV)
Sybil Pulsipher
b. March 29, 1793 Rockingham,
Windham
, Vermont
d. January 6, 1870, Indian Creek, Mills Co., IA.
Daughter of John Pulsipher
and Elizabeth Dutton Pulsipher.
Sybil was married
(1)
Roswell Prindle m.
17 Mar 1845 in Sagamon Co., Illinois He was previously
married to Lydia Judd who died in
who died in 1844 in Lee Co. Iowa. They had four sons.
Prindle died in 1859. Prindle was James Newberry's neighbor
in the Far West days prior to 1838 in Caldwell Co. Mo. before he married
Sybil. Prindle was also close to the
Pulsipher and Roundy families in Sapfford, Onondaga Co., N.Y. They
were Free Will Baptists.
(2)
James Newberry m.
April 22, 1848 in Winter
Quarters Nebraska. Officiated by: Pres. Brigham Young in Recorder's
Office in Winter Quarters. Witness: Orson Pratt, Wilford
Woodruff.
It is assumed Sybil was married even before her marriage to Newberry or
Prindle, but we haven’t so far discovered to whom this
might have been. She was in her 50's when she married James
Newberry. They did not live in the same house, but were always in
the same neighborhood. After the death of Elizabeth Haskins, Sybil
Pulsipher moved in and took up the duties of raising Elizabeth’s
children.
She lived with him until she died January 6, 1870.
Sybil was sister of Zerah
Pulsipher a prominent Mormon leader who was member
of First Council of Seventy 1838-62 under
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. James
was also member of the Council of Seventies. Zerah
Pulsipher and his family were also
pioneers in Independence
, Jackson Co. Missouri when Joseph Smith declared it to be the new "
Zion" or
Center Place.
http://www.johnpratt.com/gen/7/6.z_pulsipher.html.
Also
Elizabeth Haskins’ family were part of the first contingent of Saints to
go to
Independence
in 1833.
Saints’
Herald Obituaries, February 1871, p. 96
æ (V)
Amanda
unknown woman said to be a Native American girl of
16. She moved to Harrison Co.
sometime before or after the
death of James in 1880.
She signed away her dower rights to a piece of land owned by James in
Grove Township, Pottawattamie Co.
Iowa
when part of it was sold (43 acres) September 16, 1873.
-End
listing of known wives for
James Newberry
James
Newberry’s Step son by unknown parents
* Secratus Newberry (Williams) was
James' stepson or adopted son. b. March 24th 1845. Desmoine
Township, Lee Co.,
Iowa.
d. August 15, 1882 in Pottawattamie Co. Secratus lived with James and Elizabeth
and later Sybil. He married Esther
(Stiddam)
( Bratton,
Denton
) Williams on Nov.
3rd 1878 and they were married by Levi Graybill.
Children:
Anna and David.
Secratus died sometime before 1900. There may have been more
children. It is unknown who Secratus’ parents were for certain.
However Elizabeth Haskins may have been his mother
with another man, who is unknown. Secratus changed his name to Williams
in later life so we assume he knew who his real father was.
Other Sources:
Nauvoo temple Endowment Register 1845-46
Far West Record by Donald Cannon p. 278
RLDS Name Authority Card Catalog:
Illinois
,
Nauvoo
City
Tax Lists 1842-43
LDS
Missouri
Petitions of the 1830’s, Johnson,
Clark
;
Nauvoo Social History Project, Smith, James;
Temple
Index
bureau
Half Breed Tract Federal Census 1840;
1839 Zarahemla, Pointapool Branch, Iowa SEB pg 492;
Minutes and Records of Members in Lee county, Iowa Bk B5 Oct. 1839,
Film 007794
Published
Sources:
(info extracted from Family
Journal, miscellaneous
biographical records, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Records
http://www.xmission.com/~research/family/familypage.htm
,
Nauvoo
Temple
record, Film 183374, #: 5340, p. 752.
Pulsipher marriage - courtesy Larue Olson. Pioneer Women of Faith and
Fortitude for Nancy Brown marriage )
(Sealing
of couples in Nauvoo , Ill ; Nauvoo Temple ; Film 183374; 22 Apr
1848.Officiated: Pres B. Young in Recorders
Office in Winter Quarters.Witness: Orson Pratt, Wilford Woodruff #
5340 Pulsipher marriage )
(info extracted from Family
Journal, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Records
http://www.xmission.com/~research/family/familypage.htm ,
Nauvoo Temple record, miscellaneous biographical records, Film
183374, #: 5340, p. 752. Pulsipher marriage - courtesy Larue Olson.
Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude for Nancy Brown marriage )
Mccoll Document - unpublished source in files of author - given to me by
Wilma Newberry
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