Stephen Newill

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Husband Stephen Newill ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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1 F Mary Newill ^{1 2 4}

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         Spouse: Barney McCall (      -      ) 2 4

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2 M James Newill ^{1 2 4}

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3 M Joshua Newill ^{1 2 4}

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4 M John Newill ^{1 2 4}

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5 M Robert Newill ^{1 2 4}

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           Born:  - Maryland
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           Died:  - ? Mt. Pleasant Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Spouse: Mary George (      -      ) 1 2 4

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6 M Thomas Newill ^{1 2 4}

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7 M Richard Newill ^{1 2 4}

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Newill

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He emigrated to America from Ireland sometime during the latter half of the eighteenth century, settling in the state of New Jersey. Records are not available by which the historian could state herein the exact date upon which Stephen Newill emigrated, or to what occupations he set his hand during his residence in New Jersey. Presumably he farmed, but whether he possessed landed estate or labored for others is not known. It is on record, however, that in 1773 Stephen Newill entered Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and purchased land in Mount Pleasant township, living thereon for the remainder of his life. Evidently he was well advanced in years when he first entered Westmoreland County, for State records show that without exception his six sons served the nation during the Revolutionary War.

One characteristic was strongly evident in Stephen Newill, namely, his staunch adherence to the Presbyterian church, his allegiance to which, together with his pronouncedly English patronymic, carries the inference that the Newills were not originally Irish in ancestry; it seems more feasible to suppose that they were of English lineage, perhaps natives of one of the northern border counties, and had been compelled to seek refuge in Ireland because of the religious persecution meted out to Dissenters of Scotland and England during the early decades of the eighteenth century.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 130.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 33.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 110.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 111.