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From: Ros Fletcher <>
Subject: Re: [IoW] ADAMS querie
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:05:39 +1100
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Hello Deb,

I'm afraid I can't be of much help regarding the Newnhams - they were
rather numerous I believe. All I can tell you is that in my family
John Perress married Elizabeth Newnham in Newport as far as I know (I
have no date for the marriage.) They had 4 children that I know of -
John(1801), Sarah(1806), Catherine Newnham (1808) & Martha(1811). This
is an interesting family because I have a letter written by Martha to
her sister Catherine from Hyderabad in 1840, where she appears to have
been involved in some sort of missionary expedition with her sister &
brother-in-law. It is probably of no interest to you but I am very
keen to know anything about any missionary society which might have
been active in India in the 1840s.

I don't know how much you know about the Island but I remember there
was a road in Binstead called Newham Rd which I always presumed led to
a Newham Farm once upon a time if not now, but we always pronounced it
"Ninem"!

I hope this may be of some help.

Best regards ............ Ros.


On 19/03/2005, at 7:35 PM, debchambers wrote:

> Hi Ros
>
> Sorry, I can't help on your Adams but I am researching the Newnham
> family of
> IOW and wonder if you could tell me a bit more about Henry Newnham.
>
> Deb Chambers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ros Fletcher [mailto:]
> Sent: 19 March 2005 01:42
> To:
> Subject: [IoW] ADAMS querie
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am trying to find more about the ADAMS family who moved from Portsea
> to Newport around 1802/3. I have John & Martha (Barney) married
> Portsea 1799, and their children Mary?, John (b1801 Portsea), Barney
> (b.1804 Newport), James (b. 1805 Npt), Jane (b.1807 Npt) & Richard
> (1809-1828 Npt). My family is descended from John the younger who
> married Catherine Newnham PERRESS and had a number of children
> including Henry Newnham ADAMS who moved to Ryde and became a Grocer in
> Monkton St (which is still operated by the family) and High St.
>
> I have a fairly complete history of Henry Newnham's family & most of
> his siblings but I would like to know more about Barney & James if
> anyone has any info?
>
> Also I have had a querie regarding a William ADAMS who was married in
> Chillerton, I think, to Jane SALTER and had several children including
> Charles who also moved to Ryde and was in Upton Rd in 1881. William
> apparently became a Methodist minister and moved to the US & Canada.
>
> If anyone can help I should be most grateful.
>
> Regards .............. Ros Fletcher.
>
>

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