NEWPORT OF BARROW

Records from 1741, during the pregnancy of Elizabeth Jellicoe, a single woman, name Matthew Woodward of Dunham-on-the-Hill, blacksmith, as the father of the child. The men who joined him in the associated bond were Matthew Newport of Great Barrow, yeoman, and Robert Cook of Manley, blacksmith.[1] Margaret Woodward, widow, had married Robert Cook in 1719. It would therefore seem that Matthew Woodward was a son of John and Margaret (Newport) Woodward who were married in 1707 at Frodsham and that the bondsmen joining him in 1741 were his uncle and his stepfather.

The baptisms of Margaret and Matthew, children of William Newport, took place at Barrow in 1678 and 1692 respectively.

The chronology indicates that more than one William Newport was having children in the area. Mary, daughter of William Newport, baptised at Barrow on 21 April 1681, and Henry, son of William Newport, baptised at Holy Trinity, Chester, on 15 May 1681, less than a month later, are unlikely to be siblings. One William Newport of Barrow, husbandman, made a bond for marrying Eleanor Ridgate in 1668, and a William Newport of Barrow married Mary Manley at St Oswald, Chester, in 1676. There was also a marriage between William Newport and Elizabeth Sumner at St Mary, Chester, in 1682/83.

One William Newport was a son of Ann Newport of Barrow, widow, who made her will in 1695.

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NEWPORT

WILLIAM NEWPORT of Barrow, Cheshire.

Children of William Newport:

i MARGARET NEWPORT, bap 11 Jul 1678, Barrow,[2] bur 17 Mar 1757, Frodsham;[3] m(1) 14 Apr 1707, Frodsham, JOHN WOODWARD[4] (see here); m(2) 24 Jun 1719, St Oswald, Chester, ROBERT COOK.[5]

ii MATTHEW NEWPORT of Barrow, yeoman, bap 19 Jun 1692, Barrow,[6] bur 21 Jan 1771, Barrow;[7] m(1) 10 Jan 1724/25, Barrow, JANE WEBSTER;[8] m(2) 31 Oct 1748, Barrow, SARAH WHITBY.[9]

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[1] Cheshire quarter sessions, 1741 (Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Q/J/F/169/2, 220r, 220v, Q/J/F/169/3, 114).

[2] Barrow bishop’s transcripts. There was also a Margaret, daughter of John Newport, baptised at Barrow on 4 Dec 1687, but she was apparently buried shortly afterwards on 2 Jan 1687/88 as Margaret, “Daughter of Newport” (Barrow parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com).

[3] Frodsham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[4] Frodsham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[5] St Oswald, Chester, parish registers; marriage bond.

[6] Barrow bishop’s transcripts.

[7] Barrow parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[8] Barrow parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).

[9] Barrow parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).