Jonas Newell Newhook

1823 - 1901  (78 years)

• Name	Jonas Newell Newhook  [1]
  Birth	20 Jan 1823	New Harbour, Nl   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jun 1901  [1]
  Person ID	I255	Field-Taylor
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2004

  
  

  Father	Charles Newhook,   c. 12 Dec 1778   d. 13 May 1839 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Mother	Martha Penny,   b. 1796   d. 1840 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1821
  	This is to certify that CHARLES NEWHOOK of New Harbour, Trinity Bay Newfoundland, and MARTHA PENNY of Carbonear, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, were married in my house with consent of friends on this 4th day of May, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, by me, J. Kingley Garland?, Magistrate. This marriage was solemnized between us, Charles Newhook and Martha Penny in the presence of: Elizabeth Ash, ???? Grant, and Thomas ????
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachael R. Knight,   b. 4 Aug 1832   d. 23 Oct 1914 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	"About 1852-55, Rachael Knight, daughter of a boarding house operator at St. John's, Nfld., married Jonas Newhook. They moved to Jackson's Cove soon after and were the first Newhooks there. With them there moved from St. John's and settled in Jackson's Cove, three of her brothers, Jessie, Henry and Temple Knight. They were supposedly the first Knights north." Wrote Rudy Knight, Halifax, N. S. November 28, 1997.
  Children	1. Charles William Newhook   d. Between 1913 and 1916   2. John Robert(s) Wallace Knight Newhook,   b. Abt 1860   d. 1935 (Age 75 years)   3. Jesse Knight Newhook,   b. 1864   d. Abt 1965 (Age 101 years)   4. Lorenzo P. Newhook,   b. Sep 1865   d. 1 Dec 1926 (Age 61 years)   5. Jonas John Newhook,   b. 9 Jun 1867   d. 20 Jul 1931 (Age 64 years)   6. George Newhook   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Catherine Maud Newhook,   b. 9 Sep 1875   d. Nov 1949 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2004

  
  

• Notes

  Found at: http://home.earthlink.net/~lkstrong/s00724.htm The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Jonas Newhook, Shipwright. Born New Harbour T.B., son of Martha (Penny) and Charles Newhook qv. Married Rachel Knight. From a long line of renowned shipbuilders, Newhook as a young man settled in Jackson's Cove, Green Bay, where he continued the family tradition." There may be some confusion here. John Robert(s) Wallace Knight NEWHOOK and Charles William NEWHOOK don't seem to fit here. Notice Charles' birth date compared to those of the parents. From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcav/knightree.htm (1823-1901). Shipwright. Born New Harbour T.B., son of Martha (Penny) and Charles Newhook qv. Married Rachel Knight. From a long line of renowned shipbuilders, Newhook as a young man settled in Jackson's Cove, Green Bay, where he continued the family tradition. His barque Fleetwing, a 249-ton vessel, was described in the Telegraph of St. John's: ``...coppered high to the bends, of a very superior build, all juniper frame, topsides, rails and covering boards of Baltimore white oak, keelson of white oak and Demerara greenheart with greenheart treenails. This vessel will bear the strictest examination and is, without exception, the fastest vessel in the trade.'' In his sailing autobiography, When Ships Were Ships, Captain William Morris Barnes termed the barque ``the fastest thing ever sailed salt water''. It apparently made numerous trips from Harbour Grace to Pernambuco in record time. Newhook also built the Tasso, another vessel of legendary speed. J.R. Smallwood (1937), ET (June 17, 1965), Newfoundland Historical Society (Newhooks; New Harbour).

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Dennis Cross family records.