Biographical Sketch of the Nicholas NEWLIN; Chester & Delaware Counties, PA

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from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881)
 
Newlin, Nicholas, a gentleman in easy circumstances, with his wife and children, 
emigrated from Mountmellick, in the county of Tyrone, Ireland, in 1683, and 
settled in Concord, (now) Delaware County.
    It is claimed by some of his descendants that he was an English gentleman of 
ancient family, and that he was descended from the De Newlandes, who were manor 
lords under the early Norman kings of England.  Be this as it may, he was a 
member of the Society of Friends, and brought with him to this country a 
certificate of membership, in which the meeting expresses dissatisfaction with 
his intended removal, and intimates that he was fearful of suffering there for 
the testimony of Jesus, or that he coveted worldly liberty.  Whether the 
intimation therein conveyed as to the cause of his removal was correct or not, 
his conduct here showed him to be a man firm in the performance of what he 
believed to be his duty under all circumstances.
     In 1685 he was appointed to a seat in the Provincial council, and was for a 
time one of the justices of the courts of Chester county.  Her had a large 
estate in Concord and Birmingham, and built a mill at the former place in very 
early times.  Friends' meetings were held at his house as early as 1687 and 
after his death were continued for a number of years at his widow's.  He died at 
concord in May, 1699, and was there buried.  Elizabeth Newlin, his widow, died 
in 1717.  Their children were Nathaniel, John,- who died unmarried,- Elizabeth 
and Rachel.
    Rachel  Newlin, in 1685, married Ephraim Jackson, of Edgmont.  They had 9 
children - John, Joseph, who died young, Joseph, Nathaniel, Josiah, Samuel, 
Ephraim, Mary and Rachel.
    Elizabeth Newlin, in 1683, married Thomas Burton, of Rasenaug, Queens co, 
Ireland.  They had children - Mary, Elizabeth, Rebecca and Martha.  She married 
a second husband, William Pagett.  Her father devised to her 250 acres of land 
in Birmingham.
    Rachel Newlin, in 1685, married Ephraim Jackson of Edgmont.  They had 9 
children - John, Joseph, who died young, Joseph, Nathaniel, Josiah, Samuel, 
Ephraim, Mary and Rachel.
     Nathaniel Newlin, son of Nicholas, was born ca a1660, and emigrated from 
Ireland with his father in 1683, and 4-17-1685 married Mary Mendanhall, who came 
from Wiltshire, England.  They had the following children - Jemima, Elizabeth, 
Nicholas, Nathaniel, John.