THE NEWLAND (NEWLUN) FAMILY

There may be members of this family who will declare that there is no relation between the various families who may use either of the spellings indicated, but their opinions probably have no foundation in fact. Actually, there are at least a dozen variations in the spelling of most names and most of them are known to have been used by related branches of the family, or to have been used in Court Records or censuses.

Census takers would often guess the age and name spelling, without asking, of people they recorded. Many people during the early censuses may not have known how to read or write or know their exact birthdate.
Ages recorded have been seen with variances up to 5-20 years!

In some cases, four different spellings have pertained to the same person. The variations already observed are: Newlan, Newlen, Newlin, Newlon, Newlun, Newlyn, Newland, Newlands, Nuland, Newlund, and Newling. The variations Nowlan, Nowland, and Nowlin have also been found in Court Records.

There are many lines or branches of the family whose common relationship has never been established, and they may therefore be unrelated in this country. Lines that are rather well identified and quite numerous are those of George Newland and William Newland who were immigrants to colonial Massachusetts in 1643.

The primary purpose of this publication is to record, insofar as possible, the genealogy and history of the descendants of William and Catherine (Mellowes) Newlan who were married in 1627, in Boston, Lincolnshire in England and immigrated to Sandwich, Barnstable County in Massachusetts.

Besides the Newlands who immigrated to Massachusetts in the 1620s and the Nicholas Newlin who immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683, we find early records of the following persons of the name:
Richard Newland was an immigrant to Virginia in 1653 with the Warrick Company.
Another William Newland in Sandwich, was jailed in 1657 for supporting the Quakers by allowing Quaker gatherings in his home.
Will Newland witnessed a will in Carrituck County, North Carolina, in 1710.
James Newland entered land in Carrituck County, North Carolina, in 1721.
Thomas Newland brought a Certificate of Removal from the Monthly
Meeting at M't.troth, Ireland, dated June 28, 1726. Joined Philadelphia Montly Meeting October 3, 1726.
Daniel Newlin (Newlon) had a deed recorded in 1765 at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia.
John Newland of Wythe County, Virginia said descendants to have come from Germany and settled there in 1750.
Many Newlins also set sail as immigrants to Australia from England in the early 1800s.