Elijah (Newlin) Newland (1750 - 1823)

Born 22 Jul 1750 in Chester, Pennsylvania

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Died 28 Feb 1823 at age 72 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Elijah was born in 1750. Elijah Newlin ... He passed away in 1823. ^[1]

Research Notes

!HISTORY: book in the FHL inSLC,UT; "The Newland(Newlon) Family" by Robert e. Newland and Leon L. Newland; US/CAN 929.273 A1 #214; page 9-14 " An interesting, if inaccurate, statement of his ancestry was dictated in 1889 by Dr. Elijah Newland of New Albany, Ind. Dr. Newland's father was Benjamin, of Little river, N. Car., who is believed to be a son of William and Hannah Newland. Dr. Newland's statement follows: My great-grandfather came from Tipperary County, Ireland, with William Renn in 1682. Settled in Philadelphia. My grandfather, John Newland, was married to Hannah Ellison. Settled in York co., Pennsylvania on Youghaney River where my father, Ben Newland, was born. My father had one sister, Deborah. She married a man named Simon Moon. Also four brothers. Their names were Elijah, William, John and James. My father's name was Benjamen. My Uncle John lived in Virginia, my Unsle James and Elijah in Pennsylvania and my Uncle William in western Pennsylvania. My grandfather died when my father was quite young. At the age of 16 he stood draft and entered the sevice in 1779 and served to the close of the war. He was one of the guard that guarded the men of Lord Corwallis at Hagerstown in Maryland. He was born March 6, 1763. All of my ancestors were Quakers and they turned him out of the church or disowned him on that account, as they did not believe in war. On his discharge he did not return home to stay. He settled in Maryland and learned the trade of miller with a man named Gilliland near the Pennsylvania line where he became acquainted with Catherine Tate, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Colwell) Tate, to whom he afterwards was married by the Rev. John Brown, pastor of the Old Providence and Shortridge Church, Augusta county, virginia, on the 17th day of March, 1787. Benjamin Newland and wife first settled on the Cowpasture river in Virginia. Afterwards they moved to North Carolina near Beard's Forge, then they moved to Cataba River, thenc e to Little River where I was born. My father and mother raised twelve children to man and womanhood. They are named as follows: Samuel, born June 14, 1788 John, born Jan 2, 1790 William, born Jan. 22, 1792 Robert Elizabeth, born Dec 14, 1787 David Hugh, born Oct 4, 1802 Mary, born June 1, 1804 Elijah, born June 20, 1807 James Harvey, born June 2, 1808 Washington Joseph, born Nov 19, 1815" It is believed by the writers that Dr. Newland was in error as to several items in his statement, especially as to the names of grandfather and grandmother. He probably was wrong also in his first statement. As much as is known of the life of Benjamin Newland, son of William and Hannah Newland, is contained in the statement by his son, Dr. Elijah Newland. Benjamin and his wife both died in Burke (now Caldwell) County, N. Car., and are buried in well-marked graves in the old family cemetery a few miles from Lenoir. Probably all of his descendants use the spelling "Newland." In signing his bond of marriage to Catherine Tate, the name was written "Benj. Newlan." No official record of Revolutionary War service of William Newland or any of his sons has been found satisfactory to the writers, though some do not agree with this statement. Many attempts have been made to prove Dr. Elijah Newland's statement that his father, Benjamin, saw service, but with negative results. !Marriage place given in Ancestral File - ver 4.19 as "Brownstown, , Pennsylvania

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Dana Andalora, Friday, March 7, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania; Author: Ancestry.com. "Illustrated."|||Vols. 2-3: Genealogical memoirs, compiled under the editorial supervision of John W. Jordan.|||Includes index. Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data - Boucher, John N.. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906. Original data: Boucher, John N.. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. See pages 188-189.
• 1800 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Repository Information Name Ancestry.com
• 1810 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Repository Information Name Ancestry.com
• 1820 United States Federal Census Author Ancestry.com Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Repository Information Name Ancestry.com
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author Yates Publishing Publisher Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Repository Information Name Ancestry.com
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA Repository Information Name Ancestry.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69189301
• "The Newland(Newlon) Family" by Robert e. Newland and Leon L. Newland; US/CAN 929.273 A1 #214; page 9-14 "