| Relationship to me: | Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Uncle | Gen -11 |
| Born | c.1536* (estimated) | |
| Died | 25th Jan 1576 will proved 3rd Feb 1576 (see note 1 below) | |
| Age | ~40 | |
| Father: | Robert Newman of Fifehead Magdalen | c.1516* - 1556 |
| Mother: | Christiana (or maybe Alice) | |
| Brothers: | Richard Newman of Charlton Musgrove - ancestor of Newman of Charlton Mackrell | c.1538* - 1573 |
| Henry Newman - ancestor of Newman of Salisbury | ||
| Thomas Newman of Fifehead Magdalen | c.1540* - 1574 | |
| Married: | Helen (see note 2 below) | |
| Children: | Geoffrey or Jeffery of Fifeild (see note 3 below) | d. 1581 |
| Elizabeth m. (1) John Joycliffe (see note 2 below) (2) William Carrant Esq. | ||
| Christian m. Richard Esmond Esq of Fifeild | ||
* I have estimated the birth dates for Robert and his predecessors based on their being at least 20 years old before they had children. Even with such a short generation time, it is difficult to fit them all in. It is therefore questionable how accurate the information is about the early Newmans that has been passed down to me.
Note 1: From Newman Name Soc Chronicle: "Robert NEWMAN ( ) -(25 JAN 1576) m. Ellen, alias Evered, of Fifehead Magdalen, will proved 03 FEB 1576 P.C.C."
Note 2: Di Clements quotes from Somerset Wills Fifth Series: " John Joliffe, mother in law Helen Newman late wife of Robert." This seems to confirm that Helen was wife of this Robert and not his mother as indicated by Proceedings of Somerset Archeological Society Vol XXXIX - Pages 156 and 157.
Note 3: From Newman Name Soc Chronicle: Galfrid (alias Jeffery) NEWMAN ( ) -(1581) m. Catherine WEBB ( ) - (1583), [Jeffery Newman] of Middle Temple, London, alias EVERARD, will proved 18 APR 1581, P.C.C. Darly, bequests included poor of Fifehead Magdalen & mother Elen (sic) Newman alias Evered.
Last updated: 2 Mar 2003