They had the following children:
M i John YOUNG
Abi NEWHOOK [Parents] was born after 1767 in Fisherton Anger, Wilts. She married Samuel SIMMS.
Jonah NEWELL 1 died 2 before 1804. He married Hannah.
Hannah 1 died 2 in Jan and was buried 3 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She married Jonah NEWELL.
BURIAL:
1. Per the NL GenWeb's transcription (partial) for St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard in Trinity, NL:
"NEWELL Hannah - wife of Jonah - died Jan [illegible] - age [illegible]"
They had the following children:
M i Thomas NEWELL 1 was christened 2 on Jul 27 1758 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of baptisms for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, NL for 1753-1769:
"1758 - July 27 - A son of Jonah and Hannah Newal named Thomas publically Sept [24 or 27]th 1760"F ii Mary NEWELL 1 was christened 2 on Jun 16 1760 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of baptisms for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, NL for 1753-1769:
"1760 - June 16 - A daughter of Jonah and Hannah Newals named Mary publically Oct 7"F iii Catherine NEWELL M iv Jon NEWELL 1 was christened 2 on Oct 26 1764 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of baptisms for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, NL for 1753-1769:
"1764 - Oct 26 - Jonah Newald had by his spouse Hannah a son baptized Jon(cut off) publically Nov 20 1767"F v Grace NEWELL 1 was christened 2 on Jul 02 1771 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of baptisms for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, NL for 1753-1769:
"1771 - July 2 - A daughter to Jonah and Hannah Newal publy 29th oct 1779 priv Grace"F vi Catherine NEWELL 2 1 was born 2 calculated Sep 1773. She died 3 on Dec 05 1775 and was buried 4 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
BURIAL:
1. Per the NL GenWeb's transcription (partial) for St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard in Trinity, NL:
"NEWELL, Catherine - daughter of John [sic] & Hannah NEWELL - died 5 Dec 1775 - age 2 yr 3 mo"
JLB, appears to be error in either James' (Dec 1773) or Catherine's (Sept 1773) calculated birthdate based on headstone information.M vii James NEWELL 1, 2 was born 3 calculated 1773 and was christened 4 on Oct 29 1773 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 5 on Jun 03 1776 and was buried 6 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of baptisms for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, NL for 1753-1769:
"1773 - Oct 29 - A son to Jonah and Hannah Newal publy James"
BURIAL:
1. Per the NL GenWeb's transcription (partial) for St. Paul's Anglican Churchyard in Trinity, NL:
"NEWELL, James - son of John [sic] & Hannah NEWELL - died 3 Jun 1776 - age 2 yr 6 mo"
JLB, appears to be error in either James' (Dec 1773) or Catherine's (Sept 1773) calculated birthdate based on headstone information. As James was baptised in Oct 1773, he could not have been born in Dec of the same year.
Thomas GAYLOR 1 died 2 about 1847. He married 3, 4 Hannah Newell NEWHOOK on May 03 1826 in Bonavista, Newfoundland.
WILL:
Newfoundland Wills
Volume 1, Pages 534 and 535, probated in 1847.In re Thomas Gaylor deceased.
In the name of God Amen, I Thomas Gaylor of Poole Dorset but now of Bonavista Newfoundland being in sound mind and mimery do make and constitute this to be my last will and testament, in manner following that is to say, after my just debts funeral expenses and charges of proving this my last will and testament be in the first place lawfully paid and satisfied and after judgment thereof and of every part thereof, that is to say Principally I give and recommend my soul to God that gave it body I commend to the earth to be buried with decent Christian burial As touching my worldly estate I give and bequeath to my granddaughter Sarah Ann Gaylor all my property of every description excepting as herein under mentioned for her and her heirs use and benefit for ever but as my granddaughter at this time is only two years old I appoint Mr. Thomas Mifflin of Bonavista my executor and Guardian of the child which duty I trust he will perform but as long as her mother liveth to be subject to her As I have not heard from my son John Gaylor some years but should he be living and return to this country and in distress that whenever the property is sold I will that he receive one third of the amount. I give to Hannah half of my household furniture should she alter her condition or leave the premises I will that my daughter Hannah Gaylor
should remain on the premises as long as she wills it or untill she changes her condition but should my daughter Mary Ann and child comes her from Pond and chooses to remain at the house I hope and trust there will be no altercations between them but should please God to take my grandchild to himself before she attains the age of 20 years then my property to be sold given half the amount to Hannah and Mary Ann but should the sale not take place till after their decease then the whole to be divided between my sisters always remembering that as long as either of them bears the name Gaylor and choose to remain on the premises the whole is at their disposal taking care not to let the premises go to ruin and not to be disposed of till then. One of my sisters lives at Old Perlican, the
other at Poole, Dorset. I give and bequeath to Mr. Thomas Mifflen my writing desk and small chest of drawers which I promised to his beloved wife. Should my grandchild die before she comes of age the house furniture to be divided between the two widows but should Hannah survive Mary Ann she may have all the furniture As my property consist of the Room called Quintons Room extending from the eastern fence to the landwash the stage was on the spot occupied at present by William Walsh and taken possion of without any liberty from me Green Head Room is my property and now let to John Lander on a lease for 21 years as the lease will express if this Room is sold I wish John Lander to have preference. As I have not had a grave stone put up for my beloved wife I trust my executor will erect one for us both either in the church like my son Thomas' or at the head of the grave. Thos. Gaylor (LS) Signed sealed and declared by the testator Thomas Gaylor as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presant of each other has subscribed our names as witness thereto, Samuel Rowsell, Samuel Mifflen.
Certified Correct,
D. M. Browning
Registrar
Hannah Newell NEWHOOK [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4 before Nov 14 1804 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 5, 6 on Nov 14 1804 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She died 7, 8 on May 03 1826. Hannah married 9, 10 Thomas GAYLOR on May 03 1826 in Bonavista, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay Parish Records of Baptisms for 1801-1805:
" 1804 - Nov'r 14 - A Dau'r to CHA'S & CATH'E NEWHOOK of this Harb'r, Priv'y Named HANNAH ???. "
MARRIAGE:
1. Charles G. Strong reports: Witnesses to their marriage were Samson Mifflin and Hannah Newhook.
2. Per the NGB's transcription of St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay Records of Marriage for 1821-1836:
"This is to certify that THOMAS GAYLOR? of Bonavista, bach. and HANNAH NEWHOOK, of New Harbor, spinster, were married in this church this ??? day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six, by me, George Cooke. This marriage was solemnized between us Thomas Gaylor? and Hannah Newhook in the presence of ??? Mifflin ? and Hannah ? Newhook."
JLB, I'm not aware of any other Hannah Newhook living at that time, perhaps the Hannah ? Newhook is known by another name or the witness may be referring to Hannah Newell - maternal grandmother of the bride.
They had the following children:
M i John GAYLOR M ii Thomas GAYLOR F iii Hannah GAYLOR F iv Mary Ann GAYLOR
Captain Thomas Wise LANDER [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 5 in 1784. He died 6 in 1817. Thomas married 7 Sarah May TAVERNER on Nov 01 1808 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
MARRIAGE:
1. Thomas R. Cole reported, "Thomas Wise 1784-1817 Master Mariner "Two Brothers" m. 1808 Trinity Newfoundland Sarah Way Taverner. She later married in Trinity to William David Cross".
2. Per the NGB's transcription of St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay, NL Marriage Records for 1808-1819:
1808 - Nov. 1 - Married THOS. W?? SANDER? of the shipe Two B??, of Poole?, and SARAH MAY?*, Dau'r of the late Andigro? Taverner? and ??? Catherine (now Ash?)."
*Possibly Mary - Transcriber
Sarah May TAVERNER [Parents] 1, 2 married 3 Captain Thomas Wise LANDER on Nov 01 1808 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Other marriages:CROSS, William Davis
MARRIAGE:
1. Per the NGB's transcription for St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay, NL Marriage Records for 1821-1836:
" This is to certify that WILLIAM DAVIS ??? *, bachelor, of this parish, and SARAH LANDER widow, (of Thos. W. Lander, Vide. Nov 1. 1808)** of this parish, were married in this church with content of friends, this Christmas? day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, by me, William Bullock, Epis. Miss.
This marriage was solemnized between us William Davis ??? and Sarah Lander in the presence of Alexander ??? , S. ?. ? est, and Mary ? est.
*A three-letter word immediately follows 'DAVIS', and appears to be an abbreviation.
**This note was scribbled in the space following the word, 'widow'. It appears to refer to the wedding date of Sarah and Thomas Lander.
They had the following children:
F i Sarah LANDER F ii Susannah Arabella LANDER 1 was born 2 on Apr 16 1815 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 3 on Apr 16 1815 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of Baptisms at St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay, NL for 1814-1820:
"1815 - April 16th - A Dautr to CAPT TH? WI?E & SARAH LANDER of Pooles. Priv'y named SUSANNAH ARABELLA, born this day."
George S. FIELD 1 married 2 Elizabeth Newell NEWHOOK on Mar 27 1831 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
Elizabeth Newell NEWHOOK [Parents] 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 on Apr 05 1808 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 6 on Aug 18 1808 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She married 7 George S. FIELD on Mar 27 1831 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay Parish Records of Baptisms for 1808-1809:
"1808 - Aug 18th - A Dau to CHRISN & CATHN NEWHOOK of this Harbr in this district, pub'y, named ELIZABETH, Born 5th April 1808."
MARRIAGE:
1. Per the NGB's transcription of St. Paul's Anglican Parish, Trinity, Trinity Bay, NL, Marriages for 1821-1836:
"This is to certify that GEORGE S. FIELD?, bachelor, of the parish of Poole, County of Dorset, and ELIZABETH NEWHOOK, spinster, of this parish, were married in this church, this twenty-seventh? day of ??? in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, by me, William Bullock, Epis. Miss.
This marriage was solemnized between us Geo. S. Field? and Elizabeth Newhook in the presence of ??? Newhook and ??? ???."
JLB, based on marriages before and after this one in the register's transcription, the date would be 27 March 1831.
They had the following children:
F i Elizabeth Isabella FIELD
Robert Penny NEWHOOK [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1821 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 4 in Jul 1823 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 5 about Oct 1877 and was buried 6 in Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Robert married Mrs..
Other marriages:THORNE, Elizabeth
MARRIAGE:
1. NFGenWeb Parish Records - Conception Bay North ~ Harbour Grace District - Harbour Grace - Anglican Marriage Records, 1854 - 1869 includes the following:
"MARRIAGE DATE: 11 Jul 1859
GROOM'S GIVEN: Robert
GROOM'S SURNAME: Newhook
GROOM'S INFO: bachelor of Harbour Grace
BRIDE'S GIVEN: Elizabeth
BRIDE'S SURNAME: Thorn
BRIDE'S INFO: spinster of New Harbour
WITNESSES: Samuel Blackler, John Knight"BIOGRAPHY:
1. Per N.C. Crewe:
"Robert Penny Newhook, 1821 - Born at New Harbour in 1821, eldest child of the second marriage of Charles Newhook (second). He was twice married, his second wife being Elizabeth Thorne of New Harbour, and there were children by both marriages.
During his adult life he is known to have lived in New Harbour, Trinity, Carbonear, New Perlican, Harbour Grace and, perhaps, Bay Roberts. Harbour Grace is the place of his lengthiest abode; he was established there in 1864, and it was very likely his permanent home thereafter. He also worked at shipbuilding in Connecticut, U. S. A., and in Retchibucto, New Brunswick. His grandson, Mr. John Peddle of Harbour Grace, says that he used to travel around working his trade, and that he spent at least one year in White Bay.
In his 1934 obituary of Postmaster John Newhook quoted in section (5) above, H. F. Shortis states that Trinity Bay had been famous for shipbuilding for over 200 years (an exaggeration in period, I feel), and that none of the places in that bay ever came up to New Harbour when extra good foreign-going vessels were required. He mentions the barque Queen, as beating all competitors on foreign voyages.
I have a framed painting of this barque, obviously based on some older picture of her. There is a printed card inside the glass, reading as follows: "Barque Queen, 240 Tons. Built at New Harbour, Trinity Bay, 1856, Robert Newhook, Master Builder." She was built for the Harbour Grace firm of Punton and Munn. Shortis also says the the Queen is mentioned in an old record as having made two trips from Harbour Grace to Brazil in twenty days (each trip). He further says that the Queen's first voyage was to Liverpool, England, and that there were several passengers, including Postmaster John's brother (who, I find, was Thomas Lander Newhook).
An anonymous article entitled "The Old Ships," in the St. John's "Daily News" of 31 January 1959, states that the Queen made a trip in 1858 from Liverpool, England, to Harbour Grace in ten days.
Robert Penny Newhook built at Harbour Grace the brig Maggie. "The Newfoundlander," a St. John's newspaper, in its issue of 21 January 1867, reprints the following newsitem from the Harbour Grace "Standard:-"'The launch of a new and very handsomely modelled brig took place yesterday from the building yard of W. J. S. Donnelly, Esq ...... amid the cheers of the assembled multitude and the music of the band of the Benevolent Society ...... she was named the Maggie by the lady of the owner Mr. Donnelly. The Maggie is a beautifully modelled and substantially built brig, coppered and copper fastened, and is intended for the foreign trade. Her builder, Mr. Robert Newhook, is favourably known to the trade, as a builder of some of the finest and fastest vessels sailing from the Island, and we feel certain that this ship is equal if not superior to any hitherto built by him ....'
The builder's working model of the Maggie is now on display in the Newfoundland Museum. She was lost with all hands in the Mediterranean in 1868.
Rev. Arthur Pittman, a native of New Perlican, Trinity Bay, wrote an article on that place in "The Newfoundland Quarterly" of December 1935 when about 75 years old; it has this sentence: "I can remember the firm of Bemister & Co. having two brigantines docked and repaired by Robert Newhook at New Perlican."
W. A. Munn's article in "The Newfoundland Quarterly" of Autumn 1937 erroneously gives Charles Newhook as the Queen's builder, page 24.
In a list of vessels built in Newfoundland, appended to the Journal of the House of Assembly (or of the Legislative Council) about 1865, there is named a schooner built at Bay Roberts with Robert P. Newhook as the builder.
Besides the Queen and the Maggie, Mr. Peddle recollects that his grandfather built a vessel at Carbonear, presumably for the Rorke firm there. He died suddenly about 1885 while walking to Harbour Grace from Bay Roberts, where he was building or repairing a vessel. He is buried in Harbour Grace.
In my Slade monograph, published in the St. John's "Evening Telegram" in 1963 (August 29th, page 20), there is listed a Servant's Agreement, made at Trinity in 1841, whereby Robert P(enny) Newhook agrees to serve the Slade firm as dockman, i.e. shipwright; he was then about twenty years old.
No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that Robert Penny Newhook master-built or repaired."2. From the book by Garry Cranford & Ray Hillier, "Potheads and Drumhoops: A Folk History of New Harbour" (Page 66):
"Robert Penney Newhook, son of Charles Newhook II, was born at New Harbour in 1821, but built vessels at many other places around Newfoundland. His crowning glory was the 245-ton barque QUEEN, built at New Harbour in 1856 and reputed to have been one of the fastest fish carriers to slap her keel in Newfoundland waters. She could reach Pernambuco in Brazil only twenty days after leaving Conception Bay, in an era when a fast trip took up to 30 days! She was eventually sold at Gibraltor as unseaworthy."
3. From the Newfoundland Quarterly, Oct. 1961, Vol. 60 (3), p. 19, a letter to the editor by N.C. Crewe:
"Sir -- In his article on Harbour Grace in the Quarterly issue for Autumn 1937, Page 24, the late W.A. Munn gives the name of the builder of the barque "Queen" as Charles Newhook.
"This is an error. The master builder for this vessel was Robert Penny Newhook. He was the eldest child of Charles Newhook (the second) and his second wife, nee Martha Penny, of Carbonear. He was born at his parents' home, New Harbour, T.B., and baptised there in July 1823, when two years old.
"There is a reproduction of a painting of this vessel on page 28 of Chafe's "Sealing Book," showing the artist's original inscription which reads as follows: Barque Queen, 240 ton, Built New Harbour, Trinity Bay, 18,.... Robert P. Newhook, Master Builder." I have often seen the original painting and its inscription in Mr. Munn's offices in the Board of Trade Building, St. John's. The late Captain John P. Horwood similarly states, in his article on page 270 of volume one of The Book of Newfoundland, that Robert Newhook was her master builder, and gives 1855 as the date of her launching.
"About 1860, one of the Legislative Council's Journals prints a list of vessels built on which Government bounty was paid. Included is a vessel at Bay Roberts with Robert P. Newhook as the master builder. This man was one of the third successive generations of sons-by-fathers trained shipbuilders in the Newhook family of Trinity Bay and Green Bay, which is the greatest family of shipbuilders in the history of Newfoundland.
N.C. Crewe.
St. John's,
14 September 1961."DEATH:
1. Per the NLGenWeb's transcription of the Harbor Grace Standard & Conception Bay Advertiser for 1877:
PUB. DATE: 04 Nov 1877
SECTION: News"A case of sudden death occurred in this community one day last week. Mr. Robert NEWHOOK, a well-known ship carpenter, whilst proceeding from Port de Grave to Bay Roberts suddenly fell down and expired. Heart disease, aggravated by over-exertion, is assigned as the cause of death."
Robert Penny NEWHOOK [Parents] 1 was born 2, 3 about 1821 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 4 in Jul 1823 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 5 about Oct 1877 and was buried 6 in Harbour Grace, Conception Bay, Newfoundland. Robert married 7 Elizabeth THORNE on Jul 11 1859.
Other marriages:, Mrs.
MARRIAGE:
1. NFGenWeb Parish Records - Conception Bay North ~ Harbour Grace District - Harbour Grace - Anglican Marriage Records, 1854 - 1869 includes the following:
"MARRIAGE DATE: 11 Jul 1859
GROOM'S GIVEN: Robert
GROOM'S SURNAME: Newhook
GROOM'S INFO: bachelor of Harbour Grace
BRIDE'S GIVEN: Elizabeth
BRIDE'S SURNAME: Thorn
BRIDE'S INFO: spinster of New Harbour
WITNESSES: Samuel Blackler, John Knight"BIOGRAPHY:
1. Per N.C. Crewe:
"Robert Penny Newhook, 1821 - Born at New Harbour in 1821, eldest child of the second marriage of Charles Newhook (second). He was twice married, his second wife being Elizabeth Thorne of New Harbour, and there were children by both marriages.
During his adult life he is known to have lived in New Harbour, Trinity, Carbonear, New Perlican, Harbour Grace and, perhaps, Bay Roberts. Harbour Grace is the place of his lengthiest abode; he was established there in 1864, and it was very likely his permanent home thereafter. He also worked at shipbuilding in Connecticut, U. S. A., and in Retchibucto, New Brunswick. His grandson, Mr. John Peddle of Harbour Grace, says that he used to travel around working his trade, and that he spent at least one year in White Bay.
In his 1934 obituary of Postmaster John Newhook quoted in section (5) above, H. F. Shortis states that Trinity Bay had been famous for shipbuilding for over 200 years (an exaggeration in period, I feel), and that none of the places in that bay ever came up to New Harbour when extra good foreign-going vessels were required. He mentions the barque Queen, as beating all competitors on foreign voyages.
I have a framed painting of this barque, obviously based on some older picture of her. There is a printed card inside the glass, reading as follows: "Barque Queen, 240 Tons. Built at New Harbour, Trinity Bay, 1856, Robert Newhook, Master Builder." She was built for the Harbour Grace firm of Punton and Munn. Shortis also says the the Queen is mentioned in an old record as having made two trips from Harbour Grace to Brazil in twenty days (each trip). He further says that the Queen's first voyage was to Liverpool, England, and that there were several passengers, including Postmaster John's brother (who, I find, was Thomas Lander Newhook).
An anonymous article entitled "The Old Ships," in the St. John's "Daily News" of 31 January 1959, states that the Queen made a trip in 1858 from Liverpool, England, to Harbour Grace in ten days.
Robert Penny Newhook built at Harbour Grace the brig Maggie. "The Newfoundlander," a St. John's newspaper, in its issue of 21 January 1867, reprints the following newsitem from the Harbour Grace "Standard:-"'The launch of a new and very handsomely modelled brig took place yesterday from the building yard of W. J. S. Donnelly, Esq ...... amid the cheers of the assembled multitude and the music of the band of the Benevolent Society ...... she was named the Maggie by the lady of the owner Mr. Donnelly. The Maggie is a beautifully modelled and substantially built brig, coppered and copper fastened, and is intended for the foreign trade. Her builder, Mr. Robert Newhook, is favourably known to the trade, as a builder of some of the finest and fastest vessels sailing from the Island, and we feel certain that this ship is equal if not superior to any hitherto built by him ....'
The builder's working model of the Maggie is now on display in the Newfoundland Museum. She was lost with all hands in the Mediterranean in 1868.
Rev. Arthur Pittman, a native of New Perlican, Trinity Bay, wrote an article on that place in "The Newfoundland Quarterly" of December 1935 when about 75 years old; it has this sentence: "I can remember the firm of Bemister & Co. having two brigantines docked and repaired by Robert Newhook at New Perlican."
W. A. Munn's article in "The Newfoundland Quarterly" of Autumn 1937 erroneously gives Charles Newhook as the Queen's builder, page 24.
In a list of vessels built in Newfoundland, appended to the Journal of the House of Assembly (or of the Legislative Council) about 1865, there is named a schooner built at Bay Roberts with Robert P. Newhook as the builder.
Besides the Queen and the Maggie, Mr. Peddle recollects that his grandfather built a vessel at Carbonear, presumably for the Rorke firm there. He died suddenly about 1885 while walking to Harbour Grace from Bay Roberts, where he was building or repairing a vessel. He is buried in Harbour Grace.
In my Slade monograph, published in the St. John's "Evening Telegram" in 1963 (August 29th, page 20), there is listed a Servant's Agreement, made at Trinity in 1841, whereby Robert P(enny) Newhook agrees to serve the Slade firm as dockman, i.e. shipwright; he was then about twenty years old.
No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that Robert Penny Newhook master-built or repaired."2. From the book by Garry Cranford & Ray Hillier, "Potheads and Drumhoops: A Folk History of New Harbour" (Page 66):
"Robert Penney Newhook, son of Charles Newhook II, was born at New Harbour in 1821, but built vessels at many other places around Newfoundland. His crowning glory was the 245-ton barque QUEEN, built at New Harbour in 1856 and reputed to have been one of the fastest fish carriers to slap her keel in Newfoundland waters. She could reach Pernambuco in Brazil only twenty days after leaving Conception Bay, in an era when a fast trip took up to 30 days! She was eventually sold at Gibraltor as unseaworthy."
3. From the Newfoundland Quarterly, Oct. 1961, Vol. 60 (3), p. 19, a letter to the editor by N.C. Crewe:
"Sir -- In his article on Harbour Grace in the Quarterly issue for Autumn 1937, Page 24, the late W.A. Munn gives the name of the builder of the barque "Queen" as Charles Newhook.
"This is an error. The master builder for this vessel was Robert Penny Newhook. He was the eldest child of Charles Newhook (the second) and his second wife, nee Martha Penny, of Carbonear. He was born at his parents' home, New Harbour, T.B., and baptised there in July 1823, when two years old.
"There is a reproduction of a painting of this vessel on page 28 of Chafe's "Sealing Book," showing the artist's original inscription which reads as follows: Barque Queen, 240 ton, Built New Harbour, Trinity Bay, 18,.... Robert P. Newhook, Master Builder." I have often seen the original painting and its inscription in Mr. Munn's offices in the Board of Trade Building, St. John's. The late Captain John P. Horwood similarly states, in his article on page 270 of volume one of The Book of Newfoundland, that Robert Newhook was her master builder, and gives 1855 as the date of her launching.
"About 1860, one of the Legislative Council's Journals prints a list of vessels built on which Government bounty was paid. Included is a vessel at Bay Roberts with Robert P. Newhook as the master builder. This man was one of the third successive generations of sons-by-fathers trained shipbuilders in the Newhook family of Trinity Bay and Green Bay, which is the greatest family of shipbuilders in the history of Newfoundland.
N.C. Crewe.
St. John's,
14 September 1961."DEATH:
1. Per the NLGenWeb's transcription of the Harbor Grace Standard & Conception Bay Advertiser for 1877:
PUB. DATE: 04 Nov 1877
SECTION: News"A case of sudden death occurred in this community one day last week. Mr. Robert NEWHOOK, a well-known ship carpenter, whilst proceeding from Port de Grave to Bay Roberts suddenly fell down and expired. Heart disease, aggravated by over-exertion, is assigned as the cause of death."
Elizabeth THORNE 1 married 2 Robert Penny NEWHOOK on Jul 11 1859.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Ann NEWHOOK 1, 2 was born 3, 4 about 1849. She died 5, 6 on May 31 1867 from Scarlet Fever.
DEATH:
1. Per the Harbour Grace Standard & CB Advertiser for 1867:
"June 5, 1867 - (Death) - Of scarlatina on the 28th ult., William Brown, aged 3 years, 31st ult., Mary Anne, aged 18 years, and on the 1st instant, Charles John, aged 14 years, children of Mr. Robert P. NEWHOOK."
Scarlatina - an acute, contagious disease of childhood, caused by a strain of streptococcus, and giving rise to chills, sore throat, vomiting, rapid pulse, rash, and fever. Commonly called Scarlet Fever due to the bright red color of the skin rash.M ii Charles John NEWHOOK 1, 2 was born 3, 4 about 1853. He died 5, 6 on Jun 01 1867 from Scarlet Fever.
DEATH:
1. Per the Harbour Grace Standard & CB Advertiser for 1867:
"June 5, 1867 - (Death) - Of scarlatina on the 28th ult., William Brown, aged 3 years, 31st ult., Mary Anne, aged 18 years, and on the 1st instant, Charles John, aged 14 years, children of Mr. Robert P. NEWHOOK."
Scarlatina - an acute, contagious disease of childhood, caused by a strain of streptococcus, and giving rise to chills, sore throat, vomiting, rapid pulse, rash, and fever. Commonly called Scarlet Fever due to the bright red color of the skin rash.M iii William Brown NEWHOOK 1, 2 was born 3, 4 about 1864. He died 5, 6 on May 28 1867 from Scarlet Fever.
DEATH:
1. Per the Harbour Grace Standard & CB Advertiser for 1867:
"June 5, 1867 - (Death) - Of scarlatina on the 28th ult., William Brown, aged 3 years, 31st ult., Mary Anne, aged 18 years, and on the 1st instant, Charles John, aged 14 years, children of Mr. Robert P. NEWHOOK."
Scarlatina - an acute, contagious disease of childhood, caused by a strain of streptococcus, and giving rise to chills, sore throat, vomiting, rapid pulse, rash, and fever. Commonly called Scarlet Fever due to the bright red color of the skin rash.
Jonas Newell NEWHOOK [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 6, 7, 8 on Jan 20 1823 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 9, 10, 11 on Jun 14 1901 in Jackson's Cove, Newfoundland and was buried 12 in Jackson's Cove, Newfoundland. Jonas married Rachel R. KNIGHT.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Per N.C. Crewe:
"Jonas N. Newhook, 1823-1901 - Born at New Harbour in 1823, second child of the second marriage of Charles Newhook (second). He married Rachel Knight of St. John's. Early in adult life, he settled in Jackson's Cove, Green Bay, where he was a master shipbuilder, and where he died in 1901 and is buried. His grandson, Mr. Chesley Ralph Newhook of that place only recalls the name of one of the vessels he built, the Fleetwing.
In his salty autobiography "When Ships were Ships," sea-captain William Morris Barnes, born in St. John's in 1850, tells on page 9 of the building of this vessel for his family firm of supplying merchants and shipowners, and of her first foreign voyage. He writes, "...... this beautiful bark, the Fleetwing ...... she was the fastest thing ever sailed salt water. She was built down in a place called Green Bay, built by a man called Newhook; he was a smart carpenter ......" Of her first voyage, Barnes writes, "She started out for Brazil and she made a very quick run down, thirty-two days to Pernambuco from St. John's ...... the captain said that he saw nothing on the whole trip that he didn't come up with and pass, and nothing ever came up and passed him."
In his article "Storms and Ships," page 270 of volume one of Smallwood's "Book of Newfoundland," captain John P. Horwood writes, "The barque Fleetwing, 249 tons, was built at Green Bay by Jonas Newhook and launched in 1856 ...... she is said to have made three different passages from Harbour Grace to Pernambuco in twenty-one days each passage. An average passage would be about thirty days."
Messrs J. B. Barnes & Co., Captain Barnes' family firm, advertised five vessels for sale by auction in "The Telegraph" of St. John's on 22 September 1858. The advertisement thus describes this vessel: "The well-known Barque Fleetwing, 248 tons, coppered high to the bends, of very supierior build, all juniper frame, topsides, rails and covering boards of Baltimore white oak, keelson of white oak and Demerara greenheart, with greenheart treenails. This vessel will bear the strictest examination, and is, without exception, the fastest vessel in the Trade."
She came to be owned by Punton and Munn, and a newsitem in "The Star" of Harbour Grace, 10 December 1872, reads as follows: "Messrs. Punton and Munn's barque the Fleetwing arrived here yesterday from New York. This fine vessel, now under command of Captain James Pike, made the passage in six days and four hours; the quickest run we believe on record made by any sailing vessel from thence to this port. Captain Pike has of late made some very fast voyages ...."
In the 1934 obituary quoted in section (5) above, Shortis states that the Newhooks also built the Tasso for the firm Stabb, Row and Holmwood, St. John's, the great rival of Kearney's barque Rothesay (meaning that Michael Kearney was the master-builder of that vessel).
In his book "Sea Stories from Newfoundland," Michael F. Harrington devotes most of a chapter to a neck-and-neck race between the Rothesay and the Tasso from Demerara, British Guiana, to Cape Spear, Newfoundland. Both barques left Damerara the same day. On the fourteenth day out, August 27th, the Tasso sighted Cape Race and soon afterwards saw another ship nearby, which proved to be the Rothesay and which won the race to Cape Spear by a very few minutes. The author states that the Tasso was then about three years old, being "the crowning achievement of the lifework of Jonas Newhook, of New Harbour." This is, of course, Jonas N. Newhook, and he evidently built the Tasso in his native place before moving north to Jackson's Cove.
Captain Barnes also writes that there was only one bark that "ever did anything with the Fleetwing," and that was the Tasso. He goes on to say that the captain of the Tasso said that the Fleetwing was the only thing that could ever beat the Tasso.
To sum up, the credit for producing these two masterpieces of shipbuilding art, the Fleetwing and the Tasso, belongs to Jonas N. Newhook of Jackson's Cove.
No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that Jonas N. Newhook master-built or repaired."2. From Garry Cranford's & Ray Hillier's book, "Potheads and Drumhoops: A Folk History of New Harbour" (Pages 66-67):
"Jonas Newhook (1823-1901) built a number of vessels, not many in number, but superior in quality. His barque TASSO was rivalled only by Michael Kearney's ROTHESAY. In a neck-to-neck race from Demerara, New Guinea, to Cape Spear, Newfoundland, after fourteen days out to sea, they arrived only minutes apart! He also built the 246-ton barque FLEETWING at Green Bay in 1856. In 1885 he built the less-ambitious schooner QUEEN, 48 tons, for Charles W. Ross of Harbour Grace."
NOTES:
1. The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador has the following entry for Jonas Newhook, at http://enl.cuff.com/entry/63/6328.htm:
"(1823-1901). Shipwright. Born New Harbour T.B., son of Martha (Penny) and Charles Newhook qv. Married Rachel Knight. From a long line of renowned shipbuilders, Newhook as a young man settled in Jackson's Cove, Green Bay, where he continued the family tradition. His barque Fleetwing, a 249-ton vessel, was described in the Telegraph of St. John's: ``...coppered high to the bends, of a very superior build, all juniper frame, topsides, rails and covering boards of Baltimore white oak, keelson of white oak and Demerara greenheart with greenheart treenails. This vessel will bear the strictest examination and is, without exception, the fastest vessel in the trade.'' In his sailing autobiography, When Ships Were Ships, Captain William Morris Barnes termed the barque ``the fastest thing ever sailed salt water''. It apparently made numerous trips from Harbour Grace to Pernambuco in record time. Newhook also built the Tasso, another vessel of legendary speed."
Sources:
J.R. Smallwood (1937),
ET (June 17, 1965),
Newfoundland Historical Society (Newhooks; New Harbour).
2. There is some confusion here. John Robert(s) Wallace Knight NEWHOOK and Charles William NEWHOOK don't seem to fit here. Notice Charles' birth date compared to those of the parents.HEADSTONE DATA:
1. From Charles G. Strong's website:
"In Memory of
Jonas N. Newhook
Died June 14, 1901
Aged 78 YearsA fading of hopes and ambitions to
A faltering in life's quest
But a little nearer every day
To a sweet and peaceful rest
A little farther from toil and care
A less [?] way to roam
drawing near to a peaceful voyage
and a happy welcome home"
Rachel R. KNIGHT 1, 2 was born 3, 4 on Aug 04 1832. She died 5, 6 on Oct 23 1914 and was buried 7 in Jackson's Cove. Rachel married Jonas Newell NEWHOOK.
NOTES:
1. From Charles G. Strong's website: "About 1852-55, Rachael Knight, daughter of a boarding house operator at St. John's, Nfld., married Jonas Newhook. They moved to Jackson's Cove soon after and were the first Newhooks there. With them there moved from St. John's and settled in Jackson's Cove, three of her brothers, Jessie, Henry and Temple Knight. They were supposedly the first Knights north." Wrote Rudy Knight, Halifax, N. S. November 28, 1997.
They had the following children:
M i Charles William NEWHOOK M ii John Robert Wallace Knight NEWHOOK M iii Jesse Knight NEWHOOK M iv Lorenzo P. NEWHOOK M v Jonas John NEWHOOK M vi George NEWHOOK F vii Mary Catherine Maud NEWHOOK M viii Aubrey John NEWHOOK
Arthur MOORE [Parents] 1, 2 was born 3, 4, 5 on Nov 18 1881 in Dildo, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and was christened 6 on Jun 28 1882 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. He died 7 in 1967 and was buried 8 in All Saints (Anglican) Cemetery, Dildo, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Arthur married Mary Kate HIGDON.
CHRISTENING:
1. Per New Harbour Church of England Baptisms in PANL Vol. 62, Page 69, Entry # 9:
Birth Date: Nov 18 1882
Birth Place: Dildo
Parents: Moore, Martin and Mary Ann
Child: Arthur
Sex: M
Baptised By: Arthur C. Waghorne
Baptism Date: June 28 1882
Religion: CofE
Father's Occupation: not stated
Remarks: Public. N.B. Dates of Birth and Baptism.CENSUS:
1. Per the 1921 Census of Dildo:
SURNAME; Given Name; Sex; Position; Status; Birth Year; Birth Month; Age; Birth Place
MOORE; Arthur; M; head; married; 1886; Nov; 35; Dildo
MOORE; Mary; F; wife; married; 1881; June; 30; New Hr.
MOORE; Muriel; F; dau; single; 1916; Sep; 5; Dildo
MOORE; Vera; F; dau; single; 1917; Aug; 4; Dildo
MOORE; Horwood; M; son; single; 1919; Apr; 2; Dildo2. Per the 1935 Census of Dildo:
Entry # 97
MOORE; Arthur; Head; m; m; 53; coe
MOORE; Mary K.; Wife; f; m; 43; coe
MOORE; Muriel M.; Dau; f; s; 19; coe
MOORE; Vera Lillian; Dau; f; s; 17; coe
MOORE; Howard A.; Son; m; s; 16; coe
MOORE; Rex Gilbert; Son; m; s; 12; coe3. Per the 1945 Census of Dildo:
Entry # 8
Moore; Arthur; -- ; m; m; 62
Moore; Mary K.; wife; f; m; 54
Moore; Howard A.; son; m; s; 26
Moore; Rex; son; m; s; 22
Hillier; Alice; Domestic; f; s; 20BURIAL:
1. Per transcription of headstone at All Saints Anglican Cemetery in Dildo, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland:
MOORE
1881 Arthur Moore 1967
His Wife
1891 May Moore 1975
Mary Kate HIGDON "Molly" 1, 2, 3 was born 4, 5 in Jun 1891 in New Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She died 6 in 1975 and was buried 7 in All Saint's Anglican Cemetery, Dildo, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Molly married Arthur MOORE.
They had the following children:
F i Muriel M. MOORE F ii Vera Lillian MOORE 1 was born 2 in Aug 1917 in Dildo, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. She died 3 before 1999. M iii Howard A. MOORE M iv Rex Gilbert MOORE