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Born:  Hertfordshire, England no definitive evidence of parentage
	Supposed baptism of Thomas Newell.  Oral history says he was from Hertfordshire, not Bedfordshire.	Supposed baptism of father of Thomas Newell.  Worthem is 140 miles from Luton, Bedfordshire, England.
Married: Abt. 1642 Rebecca Olmstead
Died: 13 Sep 1690 Farmington, Hartford, CT		"Thomas Nuell ye aged Departed This life the thirtenth of September in ye yere one thousand six hundred eighty nine."

WIFE

Rebecca Olmstead

CHILDREN

1. Rebecca Newell
    b. Jan 1642/3

2. Mary Newell
    b. Mar 1644/5

3. John Newell
     b. Jan 1646/7

4. Thomas Newell
    b. 20 Mar 1649/50

5. Esther Newell
     b. Jul 1652

6. Sarah Newell
     b. 18 Feb 1654
    
7. Martha Newell
     b. 14 Apr 1658

8. Hannah Newell
    m. Thomas North
   
9. Samuel Newell
    b. 05 Dec 1660

10. Joseph Newell
    b. 20 Apr 1664

Thomas Newell was the first of the name to settle in Farmington, whither he came from Hartford, in its early settlement — it is said from Hertfordshire, England. At what time he came to this country is unknown. He married Rebeckah Olmstead, a niece of John and Richard, and sister of the first James of Hartford (see Savage), with whom she came over to Boston September 16th, 1632, six years after the settlement of Connecticut by the English. Thomas Newell appears in Farmington among the original settlers not long after 1640. In the church records he is enrolled a member February 7th, 1653, and his wife July 12th, 1763. In 1669 his name appears on the list of freemen; in 1672 on the list of the eighty-four proprietors. In 1673 he was one of the preliminary committee who went to view Mattatuck (now Waterbury), as a place for a new settlement. (See History of Waterbury). The same year he was one of the petitioners for liberty of planting ye same. Subsequently he signed the articles, taking the place of Samuel Gridley, but declined joining the new settlement. The early records of Farmington having been destroyed by fire, it has been impossible to trace the relationship of brother to Abraham, who settled in Roxbury, Mass., in 1634, which many claim. He died September 13th, 1689, leaving an estate of £700. His widow died February 24th, 1698. She was remembered in the legacies of Doctor John Olmstead's widow, who was left wealthy, bequeathing £50 to the poor. His house was just at the north part of the village, fronting the Main street, showing much taste in the selection of a building spot. Tradition says an Indian fort was located back of it.

Thomas Newell died in 1689 without a will. An inventory of his estate was taken 7 Nov 1689 and the distribution made on 8 Nov 1689.