Thanks to Linda we have gotten permission to post these articles I had concerning the New family from the Grant County Paper. From: GRANT COUNTY NEWS <grantnews@comtechusa.net> To: Linda Cowan Baker <ndnblu@texoma.net> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 2:18 PM Subject: Re: ?Comments > You have permission from the Grant County News to copy and reuse the > information concerning William H. New, that was printed in Footsteps of the Past. > > For any use other than your request I would reserve any further authorization until the author for the material was contacted. However,the Grant County News holds the copyrights to editorial content of information it prints. We do not hold these rights for any other reason than to protect > the rights of the authors. > > Good luck with your research. > > Ken Stone > > > Grant County News, Footsteps of the Past, June 19, 1997 New Family/Sipple Family - Author Beryl S. Litsey Jethro and Sarah Bowman New were raised and married in Kent Co, DE. Jethro New had served in the American Revolution under Captain Dolliver where he guarded and witnessed the hanging of the British spy, Major John Andre. Jethro and Sarah had moved to Guilford Co, NC where were born their daughter Elizabeth, who would marry William Harrod and their son, William H. William H. New who was born October 28, 1774 married Susannah Baker, daughter of Moses Baker, who would later reside in the area that would become Owen County. William H. and Susannah were residing in Pendleton County in 1813 where they had received land grants totaling 950 acres in the vicinity of Eagel and Ten Mile Creeks. this area would become part of Grant County. William H. sold 196 acres to his brother in law John W. Sipple and 93 acres including a grist mill to John Ford. William H. and Susannah had nine children (1) James B. born 1805 NC married Frances______; (2)Jethro born 1806 NC died 1818 (3) Greenberry born 1807 NC, married December 13, 1827 Mahala Baker; (4)John B,born 1808 married Nancy Lawrence (5)Elizabeth born 1810 Pendleton Co married December 22, 1824 to Henry Bowman Sipple (6) Belinda born 1814 Pendleton, married June 13, 1834 to Joseph Webster(7) William H.B. born 1818 Pendleton County, married February 5, 1846 Phoebe Webster (8)Moses born 1820 Grant County married March 20m 1846 to Juriah Webster and (9) Susannah born 1823 Grant Co. William H. New was killed near his home in 1825. The assailants are unknown but legend says he was killed by Indians. His widow, Susannah Baker New became the second wife of John Ford. John W. Sipple was born November 16, 1777 in Kent Co, DE, the son of Johnathan Sipple the Younger's grandson of Jonathon Sipple the Elder and great grandson of Garrett Sipple who emigrated to Virginia in 1660. John W. Sipple married May 26, 1801 Amelia Bowman, a daughter of William and Mary Deweese Bowman. She was born September 1, 1781 in Delaware and died March 9 1813 in Harrison County, Kentucky. The children of John W. and Amelia Bowman Sipple are: (1) Henry Bowman born September 6, 1802 Delaware married December 28, 1825 Elizabeth New in Owen County. (2)Mary born March 12, 1804 in Delaware, married March 19 1822 John Beverly in Grant County (3) Moses born December 23, 1806 in Delaware (4)Priscilla born November 17, 1807 in Delaware married February 16, 1831 William Jones in Grant County (5) John W. Jr, born September 10, 1810 in Maryland married March 28, 1833 Annie L. Williams in Grant County and (6)William Harrison born February 25, 1813 in Kentucky married July 2 1833 Nancy Ashcraft in Grant County. Following Amelia Bowman Sipple's death in 1813, John W. married May 12 1814 Amelia New, daughter of Jethro and Sarah Bowman New . Children of John W. and Amelia New Sipple all born in Kentucky are : (7)Sarah born March 5, 1815 married James M. Littell III (8) Nancy born December 10, 1816 married January 26, 1833 Joshua Faulkner (9)Allen W. born January 23, 1819 married April 14, 1845 Marietta Collins (10) James M. born September 23, 1825 married (a)Mary McQuire and (b)Mary Whittaker (11)Amanda Melvina born July 14, 1822married (a) October 29, 1840 Abraham New and (b) Willaim Edgar New, brothers and sons of Joacob New and (12) Amelia elizabeth born September 20, 1824 married February 4, 1847 James New. Following the death of Amelia New Sipple, John W. Sipple married a third time, June 25, 1826 Mary (folly) Layton Littell. One child was born to this union, Joanna, who married robert Marks of Grant County. John w. Sipple died June 15, 1863 in Tuscola, Douglas Co, Illinois and is buried there in Oak Ridge Cemetery. It is uncertain whether he was temporarily visiting there or was making his home there. My Note: I do not understand why John W. and Amelia News children begin with (7) unless it is a continuation from the paragraph above.