Richard Newby (abt. 1594 - aft. 1652)

Born about 1594 in Kendal, Westmorland, England

Descendants

Died after 1652 after about age 58 in Kendal, Westmorland, England

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Biography

Richard was a Friend (Quaker)

Richard Newby, father of early Quaker leader and preacher Anne Newby, is believed to be the Richard Nubie, son of Robart Nubie, baptized 1 May 1594 at Kendal, Westmorland, England.^[1][2] Another Richard Newbie is baptized Kendal, Westmorland on 27 Feb 1581/82^[3] but this would place him in his 40s by the time the children of Richard Newby are being born.

Richard's date of death or burial has not been identified and no will has yet been found. He is last recorded as alive in 1652 when he heard George Fox preach, along with his daughter Anne and son-in-law John Audland and was 'convinced.'^[4]

The surname is seen with a variety of spelling variations to include Newby, Newbie, Nuby, and Nubie.

Wife

The wife of Richard Newby is unknown and his daughter Anne never mentions her in her writings. A marriage between a Richard Newbie and Dorothie Hilton is recorded at "Cumbiria"^[5] and a Richard Newby marries a Jane Hodgson 5 Oct 1621 at "Cumbria."^[6] The geographic location of these two records being simply Cumbria is too vague to make any assessment although the second of these marriages more readily fits with the first of the probable children.

Probable Children

The following children appear to belong to the same family group and all are identified in the baptismal record as the children of Richard. The origin of the register from which the Family Search data comes is not given as other than Kendal, Westmorland. These are baptismal dates and not birth dates.

• Thomas - bp 25 Jul 1622^[7]
• Richard - bp 8 Feb 1623/24^[8]
• Jennett - bp 21 Aug 1624^[9]
• Elizabeth - bp 1 Apr 1627^[10]
• Anne - bp 28 Oct 1627^[11]
• Agnes - bp 24 Feb 1629/30^[12]
• Jane - bp 30 May 1631^[13]
• Robert - bp 26 Feb 1631/32^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7QF-6V7 : 24 March 2020), Richart Nubie, 1594. Father Robart.
2. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WYD3-D16Z : 16 January 2020), Richard Nubie, 1594, Father Robart. Note that Cumbria did not exist at this time as an administrative district but this record appears to be a duplicate of the one for Kendal, Westmorland but perhaps from a different source.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3NJ-QJ4 : 24 March 2020), Richard Newby, 1582. Father Henry Newby
4. ↑ John Tomkins, Piety promoted, in a collection of dying sayings of many of the people called Quakers : with a brief account of some of their labours in the Gospel, and sufferings for the same (ed. Evans, William, 1787-1867., Evans, Thomas, 1798-1868., Townsend, William P, Townsend, Anna Mary), Philadelphia, 1721,Vol I:318
5. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WBFT-592M : 16 January 2020), Richard Newby, 1618.
6. ↑ "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WY6H-JMMM : 16 January 2020), Richard Nubie, 1621.
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J7FS-Q5K : 19 March 2020), Thomas Nuby, 1622.
8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N52L-JPJ : 20 March 2020), Richard Newbie, 1624.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX9F-GM2 : 19 March 2020), Jennett Newby, 1624.
10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J92D-644 : 19 March 2020), Elizabeth Newbie, 1627.
11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBY5-DQ7 : 19 March 2020), Anne Newby, 1627.
12. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX9K-42V : 19 March 2020), Agnes Newby, 1629.
13. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBY5-8JL : 19 March 2020), Jane Newby, 1631.
14. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3NJ-WP8 : 20 March 2020), Robert Newby, 1632.