Newland, William (I) 1577/83-c.1670

Birth 1577/83 in Glasgow, Scotland
Death c.1670 in Massachusetts Colony

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Margaret Stewart
ID: (I1568)
Gender: Female
Husband: William Kneeland 1583-
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Wife
Mary Margaret Stewart
Birth 1575 in Glasgow, Scotland
Death 1633 in Massachusetts Colony
Married c.1609 in Scotland(?)

Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

THE ORIGINAL BOSTONIANS.

John Kneeland (father)

Children of John and Mary (Dunbar) Kneeland (mother).

32. (i.) JOHN 12th, b. about 1575.

33. (ii.) Edward 12th, b. about 1580.

34. (iii.) William 12th b. about 1583 ; came to America about
1635, with his brother, Philip.

Little is known of him except through tradition. He
was probably named after his uncle, William Cleland.

35. (iv.) Philip 12th b. about 1590.

It is recorded that he came to America with his
brother, William, some years after the two elder brothers
arrived — probably about 1635. Two years later (1637) he
was living at Lynn, Mass. (see " Genealogical History of
N. E.," by Savage, p. 171). Nothing is known of his
descendants, but it is probable that he and his brother
were the ancestors of the Newlands of this country.
William Newland was living in Lynn, some years later,
and he may have been William Kneeland, brother or son
of Philip.

(32.) JOHN KNEELAND.

Eldest son of Capt. John Kneeland and grandson of
Major William Kneland, of Lanarkshire, Scotland. According
to tradition, he was born at Glasgow, which is quite probable,
as his father was a mariner and abandoned the old
inland homestead. He and his brother, Edward Neland,
arrived in Massachusetts Bay about 1630, on board one of his
father's vessels freighted with provisions for the Pilgrims. He
brought his wife and aged mother. She sickened during the
voyage and died soon after reaching America. Tradition says
that before she embarked she exacted a promise that she
should not be buried at sea. She went into a trance and was
supposed to be dead, but, true to their promise, the sons
brought the body with them. After reaching land she revived
and lived for several years after. The brothers disposed of
their cargo at good advantage, and John settled near the
future town of Boston, and Edward at Ipswich, Mass. 


Children
Mary Newland
1609 – 1674
William Newland (II)
1610/03 – 1695
 John Newland
1611 –

SEVEN CENTURIES IN THE KNEELAND FAMILY
by STILIMAN FOSTER KNEELAND
NEW YORK 1897
See John Kneeland and William Newland on p.48
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