CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
The NEWHOUSE FAMILY
Kenneth Thomas Paine
Jones’ grandmother Erma Jean Newhouse descended from Johannes Anton Neuhaus a
German Emigrant to Philadelphia in the mid 18th Century. His progeny followed
the route of the Bauman- Bowmans by anglicizing their name to Newhouse exited
Pennsylvania down the Great Wagon Road to Washington County on the eastern side
of the Blue Ridge Mountain. In the 19th Century the Newman’s left Washington
County, Virginia and made their way across the Ohio River to pioneer Fayette
County, Indiana and eventually in the late 19th Century to Butler County,
Kansas. Louis Oak Newhouse. Erma Jean Newhouse Jones father was born in Butler
County in 1890.
JOHANNES ANTON NEUHAUS
Johannes Neuhaus
("Newhouse" later became the "Americanized" surname) was
born in Germany, thought to be the son of Michael Neuhaus and Christiana
Teichmann from Auerswalde, Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.
On 15 Sept 1748, a
Johannes Neuhaus arrived into the port of Philadephia aboard the ship "Two
Brothers", which could have been Johannes Sr and/or his son Johannes Jr.
Only a few days later, on 26 Sept 1748, a naturalization record of Anthony
Newhouse was recorded in Philadelphia, which indicated Anthony lived in
Philadelphia County on 18 Sept 1748, and could have been Johannes
"Anton" Neuhaus or his son Anthony. Given the timing of the ship
arrival, seems more likely to correspond to Johannes Anton Neuhaus, who had
just arrived and gave oath of allegiance upon arrival.
The Last Will &
Testament of "John Newhouse" from Providence Township, [now in
Montgomery County, dated 15 April 1754, was proved in Philadelphia County court
on 31 August 1756. The Will recorded that John had three wives, and listed his
son Antony (Anthony) by his first wife Agnes, son John [Michael] and daughter
Magdalene by his second wife Magdalen, and daughters Euphronica and Eva and
stepson Vallentine (Wangert) by his third wife Anna Mary, the executrix of
John's Will.
A "Michael
Newhouse" lived in Chestnut Ward of Philadelphia in 1754, the same year
that Johannes wrote his will, and possibly was the same "John" or
Johannes [Michael] Jr named in the Will.
The week before John's
Will was proved, a burial record of "Anthon Neuhaus", age 96 (born
c1660), was recorded at the Augustus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Trappe on
24 Aug 1756. This would indicate that he was born in 1660. Family history suggests
that Johannes was born on 26 Apr 1684 so this man may have been his father
In June 1760, stepson
Valentine Wangert was confirmed at a church in New Providence, Pennsylvania ,
recorded as son of “late Herman and widow Neuhaus, age 21 years".
ANTHONY NEWHOUSE
Johannes' son Anthony
Newhouse was born circa 1710 in Germany and arrived by 1737 and settled in
Philadelphia County. Anthony Newhouse was listed as the eldest son in his
father's Will written in Providence Twp of Philadelphia County (now Montgomery
Co) on 15 Apr 1754.
Anthony was recorded
in the business ledgers of Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia from 1737 - 1747,
as that he had built a Paper Mill at Trout Run Creek near Whitemarsh in 1746,
which he sold to Jacob Hagie in 1752. The mill generated paper sold to Benjamin
Franklin to make colonial pounds currency, from which they both made a handsome
fortune.
Anthony married Mary
whose maiden name is unknown near Philadelphia by 1743, when their eldest son
Jacob was baptized at the Abington Presbyterian Church in June 1744.
Mary Newhouse died in
1763 and left a Will in Plymouth, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Her will
listed daughters Susannah wife of Adam Walker and Sarah Newhouse. The sons were
Jacob, David, Jonathan and Isaac Newhouse.
There are several
listings in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Philadelphia) from 1749 - 1754, including
the sale of properties in Germantown and Whitemarsh, including references that
he did not want to pay his wife's debts. The last reported property transaction
for Anthony was in August 1762, and died before November 1763 when his wife
Mary wrote her Will, listed as widowed.
I Mary Newhouse of
Plymouth in the County of Philadelphia Widow being weak in body but of sound
memory and understanding do this fifth of November One Thousand Seven Hundred
& Sixty Three make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner
following that is to say
• First it is my will
that all my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid.
• Item, I give to my
daughters Susannah and Sarah one English Shilling a piece
• Item, I give unto my
son Jacob my large Bible
• Item, all the rest
of me effects, goods, and chattels whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my four
sons namely Jacob, David, Jonathan, and Isaac to be divided equally among them
share and share alike which is be paid until each of them as they shall
severally arrive to the age of twenty-one years And if any of them should die
before they attain to the same age that then their share or shares is to be
equally divided among my sons that survives.
• Lastly I nominate
and appoint Edward Ambler of Montgomery Township and County aforesaid to be the
executor of this my Last Will in trust to perform the same and to manage my
said effects to the best advantage of my children. Signed sealed and delivered
by the said Mary Newhouse as and for her last will and Testament in the
presence of us John Wolf John Anson.
There is no burial
record for Anthony, and could be buried Abington Presbyterian Church where his
eldest son was baptized.
Anthony and Mary's children:
1. Jacob 1744-bef
1820, m. Margaret unknown
2. David (Anthony?)
c1745-c1780, m. unknown
3. Susannah c1746-, m.
Adam Walker
4. Jonathan
c1747-c1799, m. Ann Simon
5. Sarah c1748
6. Isaac c1749-bef
1830, m. Catherine Van Pelt
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