Sherbourne, Elizabeth

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Source: http://www.edebby.com/genealogy/newsom2.htm

Elizabeth Sherbourne is said to have lived in Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire. The lonely and beautiful ruins of the Castle still stand on a grassy knoll overlooking the River Wyre, one kilometer east of the hamlet of Garstang (picture below — click for larger view). A Newsome Family Legend tells of Elizabeth's marriage to Robert Newsom of Newsom Hall which was "not far" away. This union marks the uniting of two old and venerable Lancashire families - the Newshams and the Sherbournes. Both lines abound with individuals of accomplishment and repute, a pattern which continued into the subsequent emigration to the New World in the early 1600's (see notes for William Newsom, Jr.). Of the Sherbournes, Burke's Peerage says, "The family of Sherbourne was of great antiquity and distinction in the county of Lancaster, and possessed Stonyhurst from the time of the early Plantagenets. Under Edward I, Robert Sherburn was Seneschal of Wiswall and Blackburnshire, and in the marshall reign of the third Edward, Sir John Sherburn, attending his royal master in his French wars, served at the siege of Calais..."

There is strong circumstantial evidence, but no proof yet, to support the view that Elizabeth Sherbourne was a daughter (or possibly a niece) of Sir Richard Sherbourne of Stonyhurst and therefore sister to Richard Sherbourne the younger who was "Master Forester of Bowland, Steward of the Manor of Slaidburn, Captain of the Isle of Man and one of Her Majesty's (Elizabeth I) Deputy Lieutenants..." (Burke's Peerage). Key points are that Sir Richard essentially controlled much of the area around Greenhalgh Castle where Elizabeth lived, virtually all Sherbournes in the moderately populated vicinity must have been related, the birth and death dates of all of the individuals concerned are appropriate, and there are land records dating from 1586 which confirm, "Robert Newsom sold lands in Thornton and Wheatley to Sir Richard Shireburn..." (Lancashire Life Magazine, August 1974). Elizabeth Sherbourne's pedigree has tentatively been drawn to reflect this relationship.

Greenhalgh Castle was built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, and was one of the last - perhaps the last - Royalist strongholds in Lancashire resisting the radical Commonwealth/Parliamentary movement of Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War. The castle took its name from the local village of Greenhalgh which pre-dated its construction. It was never actually owned or controlled by any member of the Greenhalgh family, though there was strong alliance between John Greenhalgh (then Governor of the Isle of Man), much of his family, and the royal Stanleys against Cromwell. Interestingly, the Stanleys were Protestant - not Catholic like most of the opponents of Cromwell. Yet they steadfastly maintained their loyalty to Catholic King Charles I. One of John Greenhalgh's brothers administered the Last Rights to Lord Derby at his execution for treason by Cromwell. King Charles I himself was executed on January 30, 1649. Presumably, Lord Derby's death took place at about the same time.

Also in 1649, Greenhalgh Castle was razed on the personal order of the vindictive Cromwell. Local farmers were invited to dismantle the walls and utilize the fieldstones for buildings on their farms, an invitation many among them accepted. Only one of the original four towers remain.

Evidence of Newsome (Newsham) involvement in the political affairs of the time may be found in a list of "Lands and Estates of several other persons forfeited for Treason, to be sold... 20th Day of May, 1642." An Andrew and a Nicholas Newsham, both of Plumpton (modern Woodplumpton near Newsham), Lancashire, and almost certainly relatives of the Newshams of Newsham Hall, appear prominently on the list. Isle of Man Governor John Greenhalgh appears on the same list. So it is virtually certain that Newsome ancestors were strong Royalist Catholics, fought against Cromwell alongside the great Lancashire families of the day - the Greenhalghs, Stanleys Kighleys, Fleetwoods, Molyneuxs and Sherbournes - and forfeited lands as a consequence.

The source for the "traitors list" is "An Index of the Names of the Royalists Whose Estates were Confiscated During the Commonwealth" compiled by Mabel G. W. Peacock, London, Longmans, Green & Company, 39 Paternoster Row, Hertford, Printed by Stevin Austin & Sons, 1878.

Elizabeth married Newsome, Robert in 1578 in , Lancashire, England. Robert (son of Newsom, George and Colvile, Catharine) was born in 1553 in Newsome Hall, Lancashire, England; died in 1624 in Newsom Hall, Lancashire, England; was buried on 09 Feb 1624 in Bispham, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard Newsom was the last of the Newsoms to live in Newsham Hall. After at least seven generations in the family, the Hall was sold to a Thomas Wilson in about 1630. Richard died two years later.

Family/Spouse: Fleetwood, Barbara. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Singleton, Lucille about 1605 in Newsom Hall, Lancashire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• OCCU: Tailor
• WILL: 1634; Proved

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Thomas Newsom, born 1586 in Newsom Hall, Lancashire, England; died 1634. He married Anne Hedges; born in Chalberry, Oxford, England.

Notes for Thomas Newsom:

Thomas Newsom was a London tailor. His 1634 will is "proved."

Family/Spouse: Hedges, Ann. Ann was born in in Chalberry, Oxford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married Thomas Sharples 1610 in Lancashire, England; born in Lancashire, England.

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Married Henry Lundhop; born in Lancashire, England

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Married James Draper; born in Cockerhouse, Lancashire, England.

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Temple work for children done with Penelope Ramsey as mother to all.

William came to Virginia in 1635, is forefather of the Newsom in Virginia who later came to Wilkes County, Georgia. William was accompanied by his two brothers, Robert and Richard.
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VA 8/21/1635 on "George"
Signed boat's register as William Neesum
Farmer

Source:http://members.aol.com/PeggyLoos/Newsom1.htm

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Source: http://www.edebby.com/genealogy/newsom2.htm

William Newsom, Jr., planter, of James City, later Surry Co., Virginia, was the son of William Newsom, Sr. of Newsom Hall, Lancashire, England. He is likely the "William Neesum" who came to Virginia aboard the "George" in 1635 (cf. Hotten's Emigrants p. 125) and (Passenger Lists, Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London, England WC2A 1LR).

In 1636 he was granted 550 acres of land in the "County of James City toward Sunken Marsh for the transportation of 11 persons to Virginia" (Virginia Land Grants, Virginia Land Office, Grant Book 1, p. 338). This patent on the land was renewed Aug 26, 1643. Included among the "11 persons" William transported were three of his possibly four wives, Penelope Ramsey (the first), Sarah Fisher (the second) and Elizabeth Wilson (his third and then current wife). He probably married yet a fourth time to Gertrude ? (see main entry).

The records of William Newsom, Jr. are scant in the preserved documents of Surry County, Virginia. On September 6, 1653, a Henry Banister deeded to a William Batt land which had been left him by the last will of William Sheppard (we see here a relationship between the Newsoms and the Sheppards as soon as five years after the arrival of the Newsoms in 1635 - William's son William III married Anne Sheppard in 1669), and which was bought by William Newsom, Jr. in 1640 (Surry County, Virginia, D & W 1645-72, p. 30).

On January 22, 1658, William Batt sold this land and mentioned that it had been patented by William Newsom, Jr. in 1636 and was commonly called Rich Neck (ib., p. 127). This was only a part of the original patent, for William Newsom, Jr. still possessed the "Plantation in Rich Neck," which he left to his eldest son, William III (Surry County, Virginia, D & W, 1686-93, p. 226).

The last record of William Newsome, Jr. in Surry County appears November 1, 1657, when there is recorded a promissory note to John Flower from "William Newsome of Lower Chippoakes in James, Virginia, planter" (Surry County, Virginia, D & W 1645-72, p.111).

It is possible that William Newsom, Jr. had children other than William III and Alice. This is almost certain if he is identical with a William Newsom who was granted land in Lancaster County, Virginia after 1649 (Grant Book 2, p. 202, 203; Grant Book 5, p. 465; Grant Book 6, p. 264). A son of this William Newsom who was granted land in Lancaster County was probably Robert Newsom, whose will was dated December 20, 1693, and probated in Lancaster County July 10, 1695, and who left his property to his sons, William and Robert, and his daughter, Elizabeth. The son, William, died in Lancaster County in 1700 and left his land to his sons, William and Robert. His will is dated April 26, 1700, and probated October 10, 1700.

Another possible son of William Newsom, Jr. was Thomas Newsom (Nesham) who was granted land in James City County in 1696 (Grant Book 9, p. 51).

The generic source for much of the foregoing material is the work of B.C. Holtzclaw, Ph.D., University of Richmond, Virginia, the famous Newsom researcher of the first half of the twentieth century.

More About William Newsom, Jr.:

Emigration: August 21, 1635, on the "George" - signed ship's register as "William Neesum, farmer"

Family/Spouse: Ramsay, Penelope. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fisher, Sarah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wilson, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1645 in Surry, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Gertrude after 1636. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1. Some of these children could be of the 3rd family
2. Temple work was done with Penelope Ramsey as mother
3. William's will probated 5 September 1691.
4. Sources of information: Book by Nell H. Newsome and Mary T. Newsome "Joseph Thomas Newsome and Susan Reynolds and related Families" pp. 4-5,9, 25-27.
5. Family sheet sent to archives.


Source: http://www.edebby.com/genealogy/newsom3.htm
William Newsom III was the first Newsom to be born in the New World. As has been seen, he married into the line of the Spencers, among the first settlers of Jamestown, when he married Anne Sheppard-Hart, widow of Thomas Hart, Sr., and daughter of Elizabeth Spencer. While still a young man, several large grants of land were made to him in partnership with a Robert Ruffin and an Arthur Allen. These transactions are recorded in Virginia Land Grants, Grant Book 6, p. 650-654.

In 1687, William was listed as a cavalryman in the Surry County Militia (Crozier, "Virginia Colonial Militia," p. 101).

Late 17th century Jamestown, the Colonial home of the Newsoms, was the scene of a controversial and well known civil uprising commonly called "Bacon's Rebellion." The following excerpt from Encarta Encyclopedia recapitulates the affair:

"Bacon's Rebellion, uprising in 1676 of Virginia farmers against the colonial authorities headed by Sir William Berkeley, governor of Virginia. The rebellion began when a group of former indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon, a young plantation owner, accused Governor Berkeley of failing to protect them from raids by Native Americans. Under Bacon's authority, the men formed an army to punish the raiding tribes. Berkeley denounced the men as rebels and accused them of attacking and killing not just hostile Native Americans, but members of friendly tribes.

After defeating the Native Americans, Bacon and his men occupied Jamestown, the capital of the colony. The farmers, who were now demanding governmental reforms in addition to protection from hostile Native Americans, forced the governor to flee. Bacon then led another expedition against the Native Americans, defeating them at the Battle of Bloody Run. While Bacon was engaged in this effort, Berkeley began to raise a force to fight him. Marching against Jamestown a second time, Bacon captured the city and burned it in September 1676. In the following month, Bacon died suddenly and his rebellion immediately collapsed. The governor took revenge upon Bacon's followers, executing some and confiscating the property of others." Microsoft® Encarta® 98 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

In the frenetic sale of arms following the trouble, it is noted in Surry County Court records that William Newsom "bought a sword." It is particularly interesting to note the part Roger Rawlings (William's brother-in-law) played in the fracas, according to the records. It seems that Roger had a "boate that is bigg enough to carry all that is to goe" which was pressed into service by the insurrectionists. Roger Rawlings went along, but when they got to Jamestown and found out that the Baconians had taken the Governor's goods, he decided that things were out of hand. He wryly observed that "they have brought us to keep their stolen goods" and he "wished himselfe at home." After the Rebellion was crushed and Governor Berkeley once more held the reins, Rawlings obtained judgment against the usurpers for "pressing his boate several times during the late Rebellion."

The surviving records from the criminal trials which began in Surry County Court, May 1677, also show that William served as a "juryman" on one of the juries which convicted the defendants. He served yet again in a subsequent rebellion trial which commenced in September of the same year. One interesting case on which he sat concerned a John Solway's suit of a Richard Atkins for "abusing his horse, breaking open his house, plundering, and drinking his wine during the Rebellion." The jury convicted and fined Atkins.

From the above records, it appears that William Newsom III was one of the wealthiest and most influential men in the County.

Upon his death, William left a will dated June 10, 1691, and probated September 5, 1691, which is recorded in the Surry County Will Book, Chapter 4, p. 226. His wife Anne and sons William and John are listed as executors. He bequeathed his Rich Neck plantation to son William, and another plantation in Surry County - at which he then resided - to son John. He bequeathed some property called "Hopewell" to sons Robert and Thomas along with "a Negro each." He also bequeathed "a Negro each" to daughters Anne and Elizabeth. The fact that Thomas apparently owned slaves is especially interesting in light of the fact that one of his sons, Moses, married and had children with a woman of African-American descent (see notes for Moses Newsom).

As we have seen, Surry was once considered part of the old Jamestown settlement. Like nearby Isle of Wight County, it was one of the original eight shires of Virginia. Southampton, the home of many Newsoms in later generations, was formed from Isle of Wight County in 1749. There is a small town called "Newsoms" which still exists in Southampton.

William married Sheppard, Anne in 1669 in , Surrey, Virginia. Anne (daughter of Sheppard, Mayor Robert and Spencer, Elizabeth) was born about 1630 in , Surry, Virginia; died on 20 Mar 1710/1711 in Jamestown, Surry, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Park/2693/roger16341694.html

"Southside Virginia Families Volume II" John Bennett Boddie Page 153



HART OF SURRY

"Thomas Hart was listed among the Tithables of Surry, June 10, 1668, but he was dead one year later by June 10, 1669, when the "Widow Hart" only was listed. Mrs. Hart married secondly, William Newson, between June 10, 1669 and Jan. 4, 1669/70, when as the wife of William Newson, she deeded land to their sister Alice Rawlings."

Family/Spouse: Rawlings, Roger. Roger was born in 1634 in , , England; died in 1695 in , Surry, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]