NEWBY
Statue at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
The family of William Newby b. 1743 Perquimans Co., North Carolina "came to Indiana from North Carolina early in the nineteenth century. The early settlements of the ancestral branch of the family in North Carolina were in the counties bordering upon Albemarle Sound, such as Perquimans, Paspitank and Chowan. They were members of the Society of Friends, and certain Friends of the name in those counties are known to have been the owners of large tracts of land and many slaves, whom they treated with kindness and leniency. But when the Society of Friends or Quakers arrived at the conclusion that slavery was sinful and the holding of slaves an offense against the law of God, and late in the eighteenth century the yearly meetings determined that all Friends must liberate their slaves, they obeyed the behest and in carrying it out impoverished themselves, so that the family became widely scattered over the State. Early in the following century many families of the Newby relationship, which was and is a large one, sought the new country north of the Ohio River, and taking up the new lands in Ohio and Indiana, became sturdy pioneers of the two sister States."
...excerpt from the Biographical Sketch of Leonidas Perry Newby - Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana 1822-1906 - Vol. 2, pg. 1193.
Direct Descendants of RALPH NEWBY,*
1 RALPH NEWBY,* b: 14 Mar 1611/12 in Easiington - either Durham or Northumberland, England d: 18 Mar 1681/82 in Stephens Green, near Dublin, Ireland
+DOROTHY HINCHLEY b: Abt. 1611 in England d: 14 Oct 1711 in Stephens Green, Dublin, Ireland
2 WILLIAM NEWBY,* b: Abt. 1630 in England d: Aft. 1704 in North Carolina
+ISABEL TURNER b: Abt. 1630 in England d: Bet. 1687 - 1701 in Nansemond County, Virginia
3 GABRIEL NEWBY,* b: Abt. 1665 in England d: 25 Feb 1735/36 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina
+MARY TOMS,* b: 07 Apr 1670 in North Carolina d: 26 Jan 1737/38 in North Carolina
4 SAMUEL NEWBY b: Abt. 1708 in Perquimans, North Carolina d: Abt. 1776 in Perquimans, North Carolina
+ELIZABETH SANDERS b: Abt. 1720 in Virginia d: Abt. 1795 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina
5 WILLIAM NEWBY,* b: 30 Dec 1743 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina d: 30 May 1831 in Spiceland Twp., Henry County, Indiana Burial: Old Friend's Cemetery, Spiceland, Henry Co., Indiana
+ELIZABETH RATLIFF b: Abt. 1746 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina d: 23 Aug 1803 in Back Creek MM, Randolph County, North Carolina
6 JOSHUA NEWBY,* b: 15 Mar 1767 in Randolph County, North Carolina d: Abt. 1848 in Henry County, Indiana
+RACHEL NIXON b: 04 Dec 1773 in Perquimans Co., North Carolina d: 26 Aug 1823 in Henry Co., Indiana
7 JACOB N. NEWBY,* b: 1817 in Randolph Co., North Carolina d: 1877 in Henry Co., Indiana Burial: Old Knightstown Cemetery (#26), Henry Co., Indiana
+LEVINA LEONARD,* b: 1823 in Indiana d: 06 Sep 1889 in Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana Burial: 08 Sep 1889 Old Knightstown Cemetery (#27), Henry Co., Indiana
8 JOHN ALBY NEWBY,* b: Mar 1842 in Indiana d: 27 Feb 1923 in Indiana Burial: Glen Cove Cemetery, Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana
+MARY LOUISA GRUNDEN,* b: 13 Sep 1846 in Centerville, Wayne Co., Indiana d: 03 Feb 1893 in Indiana Burial: 05 Feb 1893 Reinterred to Glen Cove Cemetery, Sec. 3 - Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana
9 CHARLES LEE NEWBY,* b: 22 Oct 1868 in Henry Co., Indiana d: 07 May 1937 in Lowell, Lake Co., Indiana Burial: Glen Cove Cemetery - Lot 65 Section 2, Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana
+IDA MAY TROWBRIDGE,* b: 05 Nov 1873 in Rush Co., Indiana d: 24 Oct 1939 in Henry Co., Indiana Burial: 26 Oct 1939 Glen Cove Cemetery - Lot 65 Section 2, Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana
10 MARY FERN NEWBY,* b: 05 Jul 1893 in Knightstown, Henry Co., Indiana d: 21 Jul 1972 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
+LAWRENCE EVERETT RUNYAN,* b: 17 Mar 1893 in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio d: 23 Nov 1978 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Florida
11 JANET EILENE RUNYAN,* b: 08 Jun 1924 in New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana d: 30 Mar 2010 in Temple Terrace, Hillsborough Co., Florida