Newberry of Connecticut and Michigan

A Bridge to the Past

One of my oldest and dearest genealogy friends passed away last March. I learned of her passing when I called her in Michigan (I live in Massachusetts) to share some news. Her grand-daughter answered the phone and gave me the news. One of her favorite lines was the Newberry family, out of Connecticut and migrated to Michigan. We were 5th cousins, once removed and our shared line was Scrambling.

Because she had sent me her report on the Newberry family, I've decided to share it. I think she would be happy I did. Unfortunately, I don't have sources, but can tell you that she was a member of several genealogy clubs and had been doing genealogy way longer than my 23 years.

It is pretty interesting to think that two people can connect through a building and an occupation, not just through genealogy (we are 5th cousins, once removed). My 2nd great-grandfather, William Frederick Poole, was the first librarian at the Newberry Library and her 2nd great-uncle provided the funds to have the library built.  The above paragraph was written for my blog post, which may be read HERE.

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Generation No. 1

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1.	Thomas NEWBERRY. He married Anne FORD.
	Child of Thomas NEWBERRY and Anne FORD was: + 2   i. Joseph NEWBERRY was born 24 OCT 1684 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 30 AUG 1751 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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Generation No. 2

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2.	Joseph NEWBERRY (Thomas NEWBERRY1) was born 24 OCT 1684 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 30 AUG 1751 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Sarah LOOMIS 2 MAR 1708/9 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of Jonathan LOOMIS and Sarah GRAVES. She was born 13 SEP 1689 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 31 JUL 1771 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
	Children of Joseph NEWBERRY and Sarah LOOMIS were: 3   i. Joseph NEWBERRY was born 11 JAN 1709/10 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 28 JAN 1797 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Sybil STOUGHTON 6 JUL 1749 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. She was born in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 5 MAY 1794 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 4   ii. Thomas NEWBERRY was born 17 NOV 1714 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 24 MAY 1735 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 5   iii. Sarah NEWBERRY was born 14 AUG 1716 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. + 6   iv. Benjamin NEWBERRY was born 20 MAY 1721 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 23 JAN 1804 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

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Generation No. 3

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6.	Benjamin NEWBERRY (Joseph NEWBERRY2, Thomas NEWBERRY1) was born 20 MAY 1721 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 23 JAN 1804 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. He married Jerusha STOUGHTON 13 FEB 1745/6 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of William STOUGHTON and Elizabeth STRICKLAND. She was born 12 APR 1725 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 19 NOV 1780 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
	Child of Benjamin NEWBERRY and Jerusha STOUGHTON was: + 7   i. Amasa NEWBERRY was born 27 OCT 1752 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 25 JAN 1835 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York.

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Generation No. 4

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7.	Amasa NEWBERRY (Benjamin NEWBERRY3, Joseph NEWBERRY2, Thomas NEWBERRY1) was born 27 OCT 1752 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 25 JAN 1835 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. He married Ruth Loomis WARNER 16 MAR 1784 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, daughter of John WARNER and Margaret LOOMIS. She was born 11 OCT 1758 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 1 APR 1815 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York.
	Children of Amasa NEWBERRY and Ruth Loomis WARNER were: 8   i. Henry NEWBERRY was born 13 JUN 1784 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 25 JUL 1863 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. He married Thankful COOK 6 MAR 1823 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan (Prob.). 9   ii. Louisa NEWBERRY was born 22 MAR 1786 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 19 DEC 1872 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. She married Isaac EDGERTON 14 JAN 1819 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. + 10   iii. Elihu NEWBERRY was born 3 FEB 1788 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 13 MAR 1860 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 11   iv. Oliver Perry NEWBERRY was born 17 NOV 1789 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 30 JUL 1860 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. 12   v. Ruth NEWBERRY was born 27 SEP 1791 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 12 JUL 1858 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. She married Josiah HARTWELL ABT 1842. 13   vi. Fanny NEWBERRY was born 5 SEP 1793 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 3 JAN 1805 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut. 14   vii. Franklin NEWBERRY was born 7 NOV 1795 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 6 FEB 1831 in Michigan. 15   viii. John Warner NEWBERRY was born 23 APR 1799 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 18 SEP 1826 in Michigan. 16   ix. Amasa Stoughton NEWBERRY was born 15 JAN 1802 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 15 APR 1858 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. He married Cornelia Perry PANGBORN 15 JAN 1829 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York. 17   x. Walter Loomis NEWBERRY was born 18 SEP 1804 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 6 NOV 1868 in At Sea, returning from Paris. He married Julia Butler CLAPP 22 NOV 1842 in (Prob.) Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York.

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Generation No. 5

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10.	Elihu NEWBERRY (Amasa NEWBERRY4, Benjamin NEWBERRY3, Joseph NEWBERRY2, Thomas NEWBERRY1) was born 3 FEB 1788 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, and died 13 MAR 1860 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He was buried in Romeo Cemetery, Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He married Rhoda PHELPS 19 DEC 1815 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, daughter of George PHELPS and Anne Thresa FITCH. She was born 16 AUG 1793 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, and died 18 OCT 1877 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. She was buried in Romeo Cemetery, Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan.
	Children of Elihu NEWBERRY and Rhoda PHELPS were: 18   i. William NEWBERRY. 19   ii. Harriet NEWBERRY. 20   iii. Margaret L. NEWBERRY. 21   iv. John Stoughton NEWBERRY was born 18 NOV 1816 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, and died 2 JAN 1887 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. He married Helen Parmelee HANDY 6 OCT 1859 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio. + 22   v. George Phelps NEWBERRY was born 24 NOV 1817 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, and died 18 AUG 1884 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 23   vi. Mary Ann Theresa NEWBERRY was born 22 SEP 1819 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, and died 5 SEP 1897 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Michigan. She married John STARKWEATHER. 24   vii. Henry Lothrop NEWBERRY was born 12 AUG 1822.

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Generation No. 6

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22.	George Phelps NEWBERRY (Elihu NEWBERRY5, Amasa NEWBERRY4, Benjamin NEWBERRY3, Joseph NEWBERRY2, Thomas NEWBERRY1) was born 24 NOV 1817 in Sangerfield, Oneida Co., New York, and died 18 AUG 1884 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He was buried in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He married Rebecca Ann Gordon SCRAMBLING 20 MAR 1861 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, daughter of John Norton SCRAMBLING and Hannah GORDON. She was born 7 OCT 1840 in Macomb, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 8 MAY 1922 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. She was buried 12 MAY 1922 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He married Active C. BOYNTON in New York. She was born in of Oswego Co., New York.
	Children of George Phelps NEWBERRY and Rebecca Ann Gordon SCRAMBLING were: 25   i. John Starkweather NEWBERRY was born 1 JUN 1862 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He married Adele Adesta COYKENDALL24 MAR 1886 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. She was born 11 MAR 1863 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. + 26   ii. George Elihu NEWBERRY was born 15 OCT 1863 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 22 FEB 1932. 27   iii. Minnie Phelps NEWBERRY was born 15 OCT 1865 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 10 MAY 1930 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. She married Robert Lincoln PARKIN 3 MAY 1887 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan. He was born 27 MAY 1860 in New York, and died 27 AUG 1912 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 28   iv. Lothrop NEWBERRY was born 1867 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 1867 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 29   v. Henry L. NEWBERRY was born 1868 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 1870 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 30   vi. James Herbert NEWBERRY was born 1871 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 1871 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. 31   vii. Alfred Mills NEWBERRY was born 1 SEP 1872 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 23 DEC 1953 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan. He married Eva Lucinda CRAWFORD 13 JUN 1894 in Pontiac, Oakland Co., Michigan. + 32   viii. Fannie Edgerton NEWBERRY was born 25 AUG 1876 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 17 JUL 1930 in Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan. 33   ix. Helen H. NEWBERRY was born 1879 in Michigan. 34   x. Margaret Ann NEWBERRY was born 21 AUG 1881 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan, and died 2 FEB 1902 in Romeo, Macomb Co., Michigan.

A Library, A Librarian and Two Cousins

"We have consulted no librarians, not even our own. Librarians are not practical men and have bees in their bonnets," said William W. Greenough, former president of the trustees of the Boston Public Library. I believe many of us will disagree with that statement.

The Reading Room in 1894, the year my
2nd great-grandfather died.
At least he saw it completed.

A good nine years ago, I connected with a distant cousin (she in Michigan, I in Massachusetts), discussing our Schrambling / Scramlin ancestry. Last week, in another conversation, we realized we had a connection to the Newberry Library in Chicago. One provided the funds for the new library and one was the first librarian. It is pretty interesting to think that two people can connect through a building and an occupation, not just through genealogy (we are 5th cousins, once removed). My 2nd great-grandfather, William Frederick Poole, was the first librarian at the Newberry Library and her 2nd great-uncle provided the funds to have the library built. 


From Wikipedia, "The Newberry's first librarian, William Frederick Poole, was a primary force behind the library's non-circulating research and rare book collections, as well as conceptualizing the facility to house them. The present building, designed by Poole^[1] and architect Henry Ives Cobb (1859–1931), opened in 1893.


Recently, cousin Joyce Luscomb provided me with some information on her side, "The Newberry Library was founded in 1887 by a bequest of Chicago land developer and city leader Walter Loomis Newberry (1804-1868). Newberry was an early Chicago resident, arriving in the city in 1833 from Detroit. He quickly became involved in a variety of business ventures and made his fortune in railroads, real estate, and banking. The young city also counted on Newberry's involvement in other ways: he helped found Chicago's Young Men's Library Association in 1841, served on the city boards of health and education and was president of the Chicago Historical Society from 1860 until his death.


Newberry's will provided for the establishment of a free public library on the north side of Chicago— but only if his surviving daughters died without issue. (At the time of Newberry's death, Chicago did not have a public library. The Chicago Public Library was founded six years after Newberry died, in 1874.) The daughters, Mary Louisa Newberry and Julia Rose Newberry, both died within 10 years of their father. Newberry's wife, Julia Clapp Newberry, died in 1885. Newberry's wishes for a library were finally honored two years later when half of his estate ($2.1 million) went towards the founding of the Newberry Library. By this time, the Chicago Public Library was thriving. The Library's first trustees, therefore, decided to devote Newberry's bequest to the establishment of a "library for scholars and people desiring to make careful researches." Over the next few years, the Library's collecting scope was further refined, and the Newberry became dedicated to the humanities."