Nathaniel Newlin1
M, (18 February 1665 - 17 April 1729)
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| Note | | William Penn had patented to Nicholas 500 acres of land situated in Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1703, this land was resurveyed to his son, Nathaniel.1 |
| Note | | Mary and Nathaniel were married at the home of Nathaniel's father, Nicholas Newlin, at Concord. The couple had declared their marriage intentions at the two previous sessions of Chichester Monthly Meeting. The Newlin family had settled at Concord in 1683, coming from a Friends Meeting in Queens County, Ireland. It should be understood that most of the Quakers from Ireland were English and not Irish in family background. Generally these families had not lived in Ireland for more than one or two generations.1 |
| Note | | The mill was in operation through several changes of owners and under various names until, as the Concord Flour Mill, it ground commercially for the last time in 1941. In 1957, after stints as a book shop and an antique store, it was purchased, along with the miller's house and the surrounding land, by E. Mortimer Newlin, eighth generation descendant of Nathaniel. The mill's great wooden cogs, gears and pinions were all in place but had rotted into disuse. Reconstruction of the grist mill was started and for thirty years the mill has served as intended.1 |
| Note | | In 1704, Nathaniel and Mary built a grist mill and a dam on their land which contained the headwaters of the west branch of Chester Creek in Concord Township. In 1739, Nathaniel built a stone house for the miller, beside the mill. The original house consisted of two rooms upstairs and two rooms downstairs with a fireplace in each, with a beehive oven outside the kitchen fireplace. In about 1810, a third story was added.1 |
| Burial* | | Concord, PA1 |
| Note* | | Nathaniel was the son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Paggott) Newlin. He came from Ireland with his father. He was a Quaker and served as a member of the Provincial Assembly for seven years. Later he was appointed to be a commissioner of property and a judge of the Concord County, Pennsylvania courts. In 1722 he became one of the trustees of the general loan office of the province, served as justice of the peace, assessor and president of the Court of Common Pleas. At one time Nathaniel owned 7000 acres of land which became Newlin Township. He married secondly, Mary Fincher in Apr 1729 and died the following month.1 |
| Birth* | 18 February 1665 | County Tyrone, Ireland1 |
| Marriage* | 17 April 1685 | Concord, PA, Principal=Mary Mendenhall1 |
| Death* | 17 April 1729 | Concord, PA1 |
Citations
- [S80] Dean Leornard, "Leonard GEDCOM," e-mail message from unknown author e-mail (unknown address) to unknown recipient, April 1999.