Newells of Bonavista & Trinity, Newfoundland

Some of the earliest records of the Newell family in Newfoundland are from Trinity and Bonavista, Newfoundland which are approx 100 km north of  ‘The Dock’ (see map below).

Newells first started settling in this area in the late 17th century, a century before Philip Newell settled in “The Dock”. A census conducted in 1675  http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1675/1675berry.shtml   enumerated two Thomas Newells: one at English Harbour [Trinity Bay] was married with a son and a daughter, nine men servants, two boats, a stage and a trainvat [for processing oil]; the other at Bonavista with five men, one boat and a stage was not married (see Francis  I. W. Jones, Summer 1999 issue of the Newfoundland Ancestor). 

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/1678-nfld-fishing-masters.shtml

1678 Thomas Newell not listed instead there appears a Thomas Newman, clearly written and without a family. Thomas Newell is listed in English Harbour with a wife, one son and one daughter.

Bonavista Story’s List, 1681 (CO 1/47 f. 113 – 122)

Letter from Wm Coch of Bonavista to Col. Norris 7 Sep. 1698.

I think it my duty to acquaint your Honour that to the north side of this bay are many extraordinary harbours and better fishing; one William Wyng has fished there some years (it being 14 leagues NWN from this place) who has still increased the inhabitants of this place very considerably, and this year one Nowill(Newell) has been that way who has more fish for his two boats than they have for shallops, so that next summer severall of the inhabitants of this harbour design to remove thither and their masters of ships that have fished there this year intend to be likewise, for it is certain the fewer boats are kept in a place the better the fishing.

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/bonavista-1497-1700-bon.shtml

The following information is from a paper by Prof. Gordon Hancock (2009)

In Bonavista Bay the interval survivals from twenty-two
listed in 1675-77 to twenty-three in 1708 included six surnames
(Brent, Gantlett, Knight, Newell, Shambler, and lilley). According to
the súmame evidence, inter bay movements account for only a small
proportion of these changes, such as the Tavemer family moving
from Bay de Verde, Conception Bay, to Trinity Bay in the 1677-1708
interval, and the migration of Thomas Newell from Trinity Harbour
and George Talbot from English Harbour, each to Bonavista 1675-77;
but only Newell was recorded at Bonavista (Green Island) in 1708.

This type of evidence makes this area a prime candidate for the origin of the Newells of “The Dock”; however, none of the researchers who have researched this area have identified a link.  My father (John Robert Andrews Newell) did suggest that there might be a connection with the Newells of Trinity; however, this might have been through a later marriage.

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/1678-shipsr-bon.shtml

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/bonavista-1497-1700-bon.shtml

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Articles/fr_atk.shtml

http://noelhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/perlican.pdf

Here are some links to the Newells of Trinity, Nfld.

https://www.math.mun.ca/~dapike/family_history/ehr_hist.html

http://crantonfamily.com/media/tmp/newfoundland_book.pdf

see also: Francis I. W. Jones, “The Newell Family,” Newfoundland Ancestor, XV, (Summer 1999), 61-65. (see following fr more info: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NFLD-LAB/2000-04/0954787788).

Later Newells Summerville, Bonavista Bay

McAlpine’s 1894-97 Directory, Bonavista District, INDIAN ARM

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Vstats/pre-1891-registration-brooklyn-ce-bap-1879-1891-bon.shtml

Bonavista Bay Region Salvage Parish Anglican Marriage Records 1842 – 1878

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cannf/bbcen_salvageanglicanmar1842-1878.htm

RE Above See:

Will of Joseph Brown  from Newfoundland will books volume 6 page 111 probate year 1894

Last Will and Testament of Joseph Brown of Indian Arm Bonavista Bay, Planter deceased.

I Joseph Brown of Indian Arm Bonavista Bay, being in the full possession of my faculties do hereby make this my last will and Testament. I hereby declare that any will or testament made by me previous to this date is now null and void. I will to my daughter Elizabeth wife of Abraham Newell Eight hundred dollars ($800.00) I will to my daughter Mary, wife of William Newell eight hundred dollars ($800.00) I will to the parish priest of Kings Cove in trust for the Roman Catholic Church of Kings Cove Parish forty dollars ($40.00) I will the house in which I now reside to my wife Jane during her life and to my grandson Joseph son of William Newell after her death. I will the ground on which my dwelling house is built to my wife Jane during her life and to my grandson Joseph son of William Newell after her death. I will to my wife Jane all the remainder of my estate including money, household effects, property of every description, ground used by my wife as a potato garden and all other ground except that on which my dwelling house is built. I appoint D. A. Ryan Esq of Kings Cove to be the executor of my will. This will is made by me Joseph Brown at Indian Arm, Bonavista Bay on this the (7^th ) Seventh day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred & ninety four. (Sgd) Joseph his x mark Brown Indian Arm. April 7^th 1894. Witnesses (sgd) William Mullowney. (Sgd) Thomas Sullivan

Newfoundland’s 1935 Provincial Census SUMMERVILLE

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http://ngb.chebucto.org/C1935/35-summerville-bon.shtml