January 2020
After various DNA companies began offering autosomal testing it became terribly complicated to try and follow the test results. I didn't feel equipped to continue trying to match results or give people advice about their tests - so I closed my study. Each company had their own protocol for reporting results, which made it completely overwhelming to read and compare tests when people used different companies.
If you require information about DNA testing, lease touch bases with Mitchel at FTDNA.
FTDNA is where most of the results currently reside for all lines and locations for the Newberry family throughout the world. Here is the current list.
The FTDNA categories in which the Newberry/Newburgh family can be found are as follows.
Anglo-Saxon Y-DNA
British Nobles Barons Gentry
Cumberland Gap- myDNA
Cumberland Gap - YDNA
Devon
England GB Grouops EIJ
HannibalMo/QuincyIL
North Carolina Early
R1b-S14328 Genealogy
Romany DNA
Souther Illinois
In order to have a good test pool, there must be a lot of participants. It is hard work to do comparisons between different companies. I recommend FTDNA if you are considering doing a DNA test; and share your results with all these sub categories for the best information.
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August 2019
SCOTTISH ANCESTORS! Recently, a colleague reported to me that his research and DNA have revealed there are probable Newbury ancestors who hailed from Scotland. Several of my contacts have done multiple DNA tests with different companies to test the veracity of the results. One such company “Living DNA” based in the UK tries to determine participants ancestral origins by region rather than matching individual tests to other tester. They base their results on an Oxford study which searched the UK for test subjects whose parents and grandparents had lived in the same area. His results confirmed FTDNA's results, showing that his original YDNA was I-L1237 (the L1237 is an SNP - single nucleotide polymorphism). The results mapped his highest origin probabilities as South Central, East Anglia, and Aberdeenshire. These areas roughly correspond with the SNP map of L1237 on FTDNA.
There is a little town on the coast of Aberdeenshire called Newburgh. “Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established.”
May 26, 2015
Recently, a Newberry participant in our DNA study has shared information about an interesting medical condition that has been revealed in DNA tests. It is specific to I1’s (I-M253’s) haplotypes, whose relatives, might have experienced it, but may have never bothered to find out what what caused it. This client’s father and sister developed it. The condition is called Dupuytren's contracture, and is also known as Morbus Dupuytren, or Dupuytren's disease. The slang terms for this known condition are "Viking disease" or "Celtic hand.”
Those who have this condition may be connected to the early Vikings who settled in England in the time of King Alfred, who made the a Viking Chieftain Guthrum a spiritual son to his own family. Alfred was himself the spiritual son of the Catholic pope at the time, and appears to have taken the Viking chief in the same spirit of humanity that the Pope accepted him.
Are there other individuals from the Newberry family who have knowledge of this condition within their family? If you would like to share your experience with this condition, please contact the administrator.
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January 2015
DNA STUDY FOR THE MEDIEVAL NEWBURGH/WESTBURY FAMILY
The baronial NEWBURGH/BEAUMONT family was a powerful force in early medieval England. Descended from the earls of Warwick through a colorful cadet line, the family had a well-developed power base in the West Country. During the War of the Roses, the majority were avowed Lancastrians affiliated with the Beauforts.
From the early 14th through the late 15th centuries, THREE successive gentry lords, all known as JOHN NEWBURGH, held sway over East Lulworth in Dorset. The last customary heir was John Newburgh Esq., (1402-1485) who, at the time of his death, had no less than five living descendants monikered after him. The first, his son John Newburgh Jr., (from his first marriage) held reliable claim as his father’s heir in the 1449 Feet of Fines. Later documents suggest he lost his primogeniture due to his Yorkist sympathies. Damning evidence was scribed in Edward IV’s 1461 attainders. A long list of Dorset gentry were named and attainted, but at the end of this document the king extended a blanket pardon for young John Newburgh. Additionally, he was awarded land formerly held by James Earl of Wiltshire, and secured the return of his great grandfather’s (Nicholas Poyntz) land at Sutton-Poyntz. Due to his unapologetic support of Edward IV, his elderly Lancastrian father rescinded his inheritance.
Thus, WILLIAM NEWBURGH John Jr.'s step-brother became the Esquire’s favored heir. William Newburgh was Alice Carent Westbury Newburgh's only living son. William died in 1471. Alice's deceased first husband, John Westbury, made Alice his sole heir - with minor exceptions. She then married John Newburgh in 1448/1449 with whom her dower portion was shared. Her 1482 inquisition post mortem reveals a concise Westbury history and alludes to protecting her healthy dower.
Customarily, feudal primogeniture has been regarded as static law to inheriting family estates - though historians have demonstrated some interesting exceptions. William’s offspring inherited the lion’s share of Newburgh’s estates – principally, the family seat at E. Lulworth, which was moved via charter in September 1471 after William's death in May of the same year. The charters stipulated the estate was to go to William's eldest son John Sen. John Sen. died a few months after his grandfather in 1485. The estate then descended to his next brother Roger.
The 21st century science of DNA may eventually offer complete validation of this family split. A small surname study has already uncovered two separate haplotypes associated with the 17th century Newberry/Newburgh surname. While it is anyone’s guess how and where these lines may have originated, the current goal of the Newburgh DNA Project is to gather YDNA from participants who are descended from the Newburgh family of Dorset/Somerset. Qualified participants will have verifiable genealogy through one of four individuals:
1. John Newburgh Jr., son of Edith Attemore (first wife)
2. Thomas Newburgh, son of Edith Attemore
3. Robert Newburgh, son of Edith Attemore
4. William (Westbury) Newburgh, son of Alice Carent Westbury Newburgh (second wife)
The Newburgh study also welcomes participants who can prove medieval Westbury lineage.
For more information about the Newburgh/Newberry DNA studies, or Newburgh research, please contact me at www.WorldWideNewburghProject.com
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New England DNA Research
Back in 2009, I began a DNA surname project aimed at determining if two New England immigrants to Massachusetts, with a similar surname, were related. The subjects were THOMAS NEWBERRY who emigrated from England in 1634, who settled in Dorchester, MA. The second was, RICHARD NEWBURY who arrived in Massachusetts at an unknown time and was declared a freeman in 1643. He settled in Wessagusset, aka Weymouth MA, but died in Malden, MA in 1685. A solid date for Richard’s arrival is unknown, but the land on which he settled at was surveyed by Thomas Newberry in 1634. This knowledge left us with the possibility that the two men were probably related in some way.
Families who immigrated at this time were generally gentry, or cadet lines of the same. Some traveled with their indentured servants. Many of these families were related for generations and financially backed by a group called, The Dorchester Adventurers. Rev. Walter Newburgh of Symondsbury, Dorset, was one of those who helped plan and finance The Adventurer's journey. With this information, the working assumption was that there would probably be near identical markers for those folks whose surname was similar, and who arrived in 17th century Massachusetts at relatively the same time. However initially, this was not the case for Thomas and Richard. But in 2014 exciting and surprising news pushed us back to square one to study more DNA research.
In 2011, I finally located a descendant from Thomas’ side of the family – or so I thought. While one test does not unequivocally prove anything when testing DNA, we found the results of the first tester showed no relationship to the two subjects who tested for Richard Newbury in 2003 and 2009. At that time, with a very small sample taken, I posted the results and announced that no relationship was found – at least until other testers could be found, and establish a better pool.
Fast forward to 2014, when another participant stepped up and took the test for Thomas Newberry, the results were the same, with no relationship to the Richard Newbury line. However, THE TWO TESTERS WERE related and exciting new data was obtained.
The gentleman who took the second test is extremely interested in the DNA process and took his investigation much further than it had been taken before. He went to ysearch.org and began looking at the information available there. Inputting his results he found that even though his own surname was Newberry, his test indicated that he was NOT descended from Thomas Newberry, but from the WOLCOTT family. He contacted the Wolcott DNA project administrators who have been extremely interested in this development. So far, they have found a male child who was born a Wolcott, but was raised with the Newberry surname.
While this development has put the project with Thomas and Richard back to square one (as previously mentioned), I am incredibly delighted that two families have learned the truth about their pedigree and can now work toward documenting it properly. As it stands now, it is almost certain that the two Newberry lines from Josiah Wolcott Newberry through his son, Chandler Newberry, are descended from a Wolcott ancestor, rather than a descendant of Thomas Newberry. The complete genealogical story has not yet been completely unraveled, but the parties involved are working to figure it out. Meanwhile, we are on the hunt for a male subject who is related to Thomas Newberry. All participants are welcome.
Congratulations!
Now, will the real Thomas Newberry descendants PLEASE STAND UP?
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MORE NEWS:
Michael Leclerc at Movaco has written an article of interest regarding understanding DNA and proper interpretation. Check it out http://blog.mocavo.com/2014/06/happens-dna-lies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140614+newsletter&utm_content=blog_posts
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Surname DNA web site - a call for research
http://www.surnamedna.com/
After various DNA companies began offering autosomal testing it became terribly complicated to try and follow the test results. I didn't feel equipped to continue trying to match results or give people advice about their tests - so I closed my study. Each company had their own protocol for reporting results, which made it completely overwhelming to read and compare tests when people used different companies.
If you require information about DNA testing, lease touch bases with Mitchel at FTDNA.
FTDNA is where most of the results currently reside for all lines and locations for the Newberry family throughout the world. Here is the current list.
The FTDNA categories in which the Newberry/Newburgh family can be found are as follows.
Anglo-Saxon Y-DNA
British Nobles Barons Gentry
Cumberland Gap- myDNA
Cumberland Gap - YDNA
Devon
England GB Grouops EIJ
HannibalMo/QuincyIL
North Carolina Early
R1b-S14328 Genealogy
Romany DNA
Souther Illinois
In order to have a good test pool, there must be a lot of participants. It is hard work to do comparisons between different companies. I recommend FTDNA if you are considering doing a DNA test; and share your results with all these sub categories for the best information.
***************************
August 2019
SCOTTISH ANCESTORS! Recently, a colleague reported to me that his research and DNA have revealed there are probable Newbury ancestors who hailed from Scotland. Several of my contacts have done multiple DNA tests with different companies to test the veracity of the results. One such company “Living DNA” based in the UK tries to determine participants ancestral origins by region rather than matching individual tests to other tester. They base their results on an Oxford study which searched the UK for test subjects whose parents and grandparents had lived in the same area. His results confirmed FTDNA's results, showing that his original YDNA was I-L1237 (the L1237 is an SNP - single nucleotide polymorphism). The results mapped his highest origin probabilities as South Central, East Anglia, and Aberdeenshire. These areas roughly correspond with the SNP map of L1237 on FTDNA.
There is a little town on the coast of Aberdeenshire called Newburgh. “Newburgh is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The village dates to 1261 AD, when Lord Sinclair wanted to establish a chapel in the area. Originally built as a school, somewhat later the chapel of Holy Rood was established.”
May 26, 2015
Recently, a Newberry participant in our DNA study has shared information about an interesting medical condition that has been revealed in DNA tests. It is specific to I1’s (I-M253’s) haplotypes, whose relatives, might have experienced it, but may have never bothered to find out what what caused it. This client’s father and sister developed it. The condition is called Dupuytren's contracture, and is also known as Morbus Dupuytren, or Dupuytren's disease. The slang terms for this known condition are "Viking disease" or "Celtic hand.”
Those who have this condition may be connected to the early Vikings who settled in England in the time of King Alfred, who made the a Viking Chieftain Guthrum a spiritual son to his own family. Alfred was himself the spiritual son of the Catholic pope at the time, and appears to have taken the Viking chief in the same spirit of humanity that the Pope accepted him.
Are there other individuals from the Newberry family who have knowledge of this condition within their family? If you would like to share your experience with this condition, please contact the administrator.
**********************************
January 2015
DNA STUDY FOR THE MEDIEVAL NEWBURGH/WESTBURY FAMILY
The baronial NEWBURGH/BEAUMONT family was a powerful force in early medieval England. Descended from the earls of Warwick through a colorful cadet line, the family had a well-developed power base in the West Country. During the War of the Roses, the majority were avowed Lancastrians affiliated with the Beauforts.
From the early 14th through the late 15th centuries, THREE successive gentry lords, all known as JOHN NEWBURGH, held sway over East Lulworth in Dorset. The last customary heir was John Newburgh Esq., (1402-1485) who, at the time of his death, had no less than five living descendants monikered after him. The first, his son John Newburgh Jr., (from his first marriage) held reliable claim as his father’s heir in the 1449 Feet of Fines. Later documents suggest he lost his primogeniture due to his Yorkist sympathies. Damning evidence was scribed in Edward IV’s 1461 attainders. A long list of Dorset gentry were named and attainted, but at the end of this document the king extended a blanket pardon for young John Newburgh. Additionally, he was awarded land formerly held by James Earl of Wiltshire, and secured the return of his great grandfather’s (Nicholas Poyntz) land at Sutton-Poyntz. Due to his unapologetic support of Edward IV, his elderly Lancastrian father rescinded his inheritance.
Thus, WILLIAM NEWBURGH John Jr.'s step-brother became the Esquire’s favored heir. William Newburgh was Alice Carent Westbury Newburgh's only living son. William died in 1471. Alice's deceased first husband, John Westbury, made Alice his sole heir - with minor exceptions. She then married John Newburgh in 1448/1449 with whom her dower portion was shared. Her 1482 inquisition post mortem reveals a concise Westbury history and alludes to protecting her healthy dower.
Customarily, feudal primogeniture has been regarded as static law to inheriting family estates - though historians have demonstrated some interesting exceptions. William’s offspring inherited the lion’s share of Newburgh’s estates – principally, the family seat at E. Lulworth, which was moved via charter in September 1471 after William's death in May of the same year. The charters stipulated the estate was to go to William's eldest son John Sen. John Sen. died a few months after his grandfather in 1485. The estate then descended to his next brother Roger.
The 21st century science of DNA may eventually offer complete validation of this family split. A small surname study has already uncovered two separate haplotypes associated with the 17th century Newberry/Newburgh surname. While it is anyone’s guess how and where these lines may have originated, the current goal of the Newburgh DNA Project is to gather YDNA from participants who are descended from the Newburgh family of Dorset/Somerset. Qualified participants will have verifiable genealogy through one of four individuals:
1. John Newburgh Jr., son of Edith Attemore (first wife)
2. Thomas Newburgh, son of Edith Attemore
3. Robert Newburgh, son of Edith Attemore
4. William (Westbury) Newburgh, son of Alice Carent Westbury Newburgh (second wife)
The Newburgh study also welcomes participants who can prove medieval Westbury lineage.
For more information about the Newburgh/Newberry DNA studies, or Newburgh research, please contact me at www.WorldWideNewburghProject.com
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New England DNA Research
Back in 2009, I began a DNA surname project aimed at determining if two New England immigrants to Massachusetts, with a similar surname, were related. The subjects were THOMAS NEWBERRY who emigrated from England in 1634, who settled in Dorchester, MA. The second was, RICHARD NEWBURY who arrived in Massachusetts at an unknown time and was declared a freeman in 1643. He settled in Wessagusset, aka Weymouth MA, but died in Malden, MA in 1685. A solid date for Richard’s arrival is unknown, but the land on which he settled at was surveyed by Thomas Newberry in 1634. This knowledge left us with the possibility that the two men were probably related in some way.
Families who immigrated at this time were generally gentry, or cadet lines of the same. Some traveled with their indentured servants. Many of these families were related for generations and financially backed by a group called, The Dorchester Adventurers. Rev. Walter Newburgh of Symondsbury, Dorset, was one of those who helped plan and finance The Adventurer's journey. With this information, the working assumption was that there would probably be near identical markers for those folks whose surname was similar, and who arrived in 17th century Massachusetts at relatively the same time. However initially, this was not the case for Thomas and Richard. But in 2014 exciting and surprising news pushed us back to square one to study more DNA research.
In 2011, I finally located a descendant from Thomas’ side of the family – or so I thought. While one test does not unequivocally prove anything when testing DNA, we found the results of the first tester showed no relationship to the two subjects who tested for Richard Newbury in 2003 and 2009. At that time, with a very small sample taken, I posted the results and announced that no relationship was found – at least until other testers could be found, and establish a better pool.
Fast forward to 2014, when another participant stepped up and took the test for Thomas Newberry, the results were the same, with no relationship to the Richard Newbury line. However, THE TWO TESTERS WERE related and exciting new data was obtained.
The gentleman who took the second test is extremely interested in the DNA process and took his investigation much further than it had been taken before. He went to ysearch.org and began looking at the information available there. Inputting his results he found that even though his own surname was Newberry, his test indicated that he was NOT descended from Thomas Newberry, but from the WOLCOTT family. He contacted the Wolcott DNA project administrators who have been extremely interested in this development. So far, they have found a male child who was born a Wolcott, but was raised with the Newberry surname.
While this development has put the project with Thomas and Richard back to square one (as previously mentioned), I am incredibly delighted that two families have learned the truth about their pedigree and can now work toward documenting it properly. As it stands now, it is almost certain that the two Newberry lines from Josiah Wolcott Newberry through his son, Chandler Newberry, are descended from a Wolcott ancestor, rather than a descendant of Thomas Newberry. The complete genealogical story has not yet been completely unraveled, but the parties involved are working to figure it out. Meanwhile, we are on the hunt for a male subject who is related to Thomas Newberry. All participants are welcome.
Congratulations!
Now, will the real Thomas Newberry descendants PLEASE STAND UP?
************************************************************************************************
MORE NEWS:
Michael Leclerc at Movaco has written an article of interest regarding understanding DNA and proper interpretation. Check it out http://blog.mocavo.com/2014/06/happens-dna-lies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140614+newsletter&utm_content=blog_posts
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Surname DNA web site - a call for research
http://www.surnamedna.com/
