William Newman

William Newman, son of Robert Newman of Corsham, Wiltshire, owner of Pickwick estate in Jamaica, brother of Charles and Richard Newman (both q.v.).

1. "Died at Corsham, aged 85, Mr Robert Newman, father of the late Mr Richard Newman, who died on his passage from Jamaica, and also of Messrs. Charles and Wm. Newman, now planters in that island." Marriage of Robert Newman and Ann Hulbert, 21/10/1760 in Corsham, England. Christenings of children of Robert Newman and Ann in Corsham: Richard (1765), Robert (1770), Ann (1773), James (1776), William (1779), Charles (1781), Mary (1783) and Maria (1786).

2. Pickwick was owned by William Newman (1812, 1823, 1828, 1829, 1832) and by Charles and William Newman (1816, 1818, 1820).

3. 2 children of William Newman and Jane Dyer, Maria (born 1813) and Ann (born 1814) were christened along with 4 reputed children of Richard Newman on 29/11/1814 at St Elizabeth, Jamaica.

T71/860 Manchester claim no. 184 (Pickwick).

1. Salisbury & Winchester Journal, 12/03/1827, quoted at http://www.newman-family-tree.net/Newman-Name-Society-Chronicle-Oct-2006.pdf [accessed 15/06/2012]. www.familysearch.org batch nos. M15343-2, I03619-8.

2. Jamaica Almanac (1812-1832).

3. www.familysearch.org Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880.