Newhook, Charles

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(13) Charles Newhook (bachelor), 1817-95

Born at Trinity in 1817, son of William Newhook (Trinity). Died in 1895 at St. John's, where he is buried. He never married.

 

In Hutchinson's 1864 Directory, he is listed as a shipbuilder at Trinity.

 

Messrs. Archibald, and Gilbert G., Christian, of St. John's, men in their eighties, recall him as an old, small, bearded man at Trinity when they were boys there. They know he built a schooner called Lizzie, for their grandfather, George Christian. They say the last vessel he built at Trinity was the Hiawatha, which I myself have seen.

 

Of his skill, Mr. Archibald Christian relates two anecdotes. First, he shaped a new stem for a vessel under repairs; when brought to be fitted in place, not a shaving had to be pared off it. Secondly, when a shipwright who had built a vessel in Prince Edward Island got nervous about the launching of her, Charles Newhook was brought there from Trinity and did the job.

 

Mr. Gilbert G. Christian, when about seven, was launched in the new schooner Alberta, which Charles Newhook master-built in Slade's Cove, Trinity, for the local firm of Robert S. Bremmer.

 

In "The Enterprise," a Trinity newspaper, of 4 December 1909, Rev. Walter R. Smith, who spent a number of years of his youth at Trinity, writes as follows: "I saw the new Dart launched in February 1859. She was a handsome craft, and designed and built by that A1 shipbuilder, Mr. Charles Newhook, who died at St. John's only a few years ago ...... she was not a very fortunate ship ...... In the future, I may speak of the Isabel, Thomas, Trinity and Henry Thomas; all these brigs I saw launched. They were all designed and built by Mr. Charles Newhook."

 

A letter signed Rambler in "The Enterprise's" issue of 27 November 1909 speaks of "...... a little house in which Mr. Charles Newhook, shipwright, used to keep the models of the vessels Trinity,Henry Thomas and many others which he built."

 

In the 1934 obituary in section (5) above, Shortis says that the Newhooks built "...... also the famous Henry Thomas, in which Capt. John Houlahan brought in 11,000 seals one spring."

 

An anonymous article entitled "Harbour Grace History, The Old Ships, etc.," in the St. John's "Daily News" of about 19 May 1959, reads in part as follows:-

 

"The Henry Thomas, one of the best known ships of those years, was built by Charles Newhook at Stoneman's Dock at Trinity, and was launched on the 8th February 1858. She went to the seal fisheryin March that year under Capt. George Stoneman, and was also employed in foreign parts with Stoneman as master ...... Capt. Field was in charge of her on a voyage to Sydney, and on her way back she was wrecked at St. Pierre. The St. Pierre merchants bought her and had her repaired, and made her the clipper of the French banking fleet. It was said that she could go through ice where other ships would get jammed and that she could run 18 knots."

 

A newsitem in "The Courier," St. John's, of 17 January 1855, reads as follows:-

 

"On the 4th of January there was launched from the dockyard of Messrs. R. Slade & Co., Trinity, a fine new brigantine named Isobel, of the burthen of 151 tons, new measurement. She was built by Mr. Charles Newhook, is intended chiefly for the seal fishery, and by competant judge is pronounced a handsome vessel, and as strong as wood, iron and good workmanship can make her. The launch was witnessed by a crowd of spectators all wishing success to the good ship and to her long-established and highly respectable owners."

 

Mr. Andrew Horwood, of 140 Campbell Avenue, St. John's, tells me that on her first sealing voyage, the Isobel was dismasted in a gale, that she worked into Trinity under jury rig, was re-rigged as a brig and went out to the ice again the same spring.

 

No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that Charles Newhook (bachelor) master-built or repaired. He was the last Newhook master shipbuilder to practise that calling in Trinity,T. B.

 

 

 

(13) Charles Newhook (bachelor), 1817-95

Born at Trinity in 1817, son of William Newhook (Trinity). Died in 1895 at St. John's, where he is buried. He never married.

In Hutchinson's 1864 Directory, he is listed as a shipbuilder at Trinity.

Messrs. Archibald, and Gilbert G., Christian, of St. John's, men in their eighties, recall him as an old, small, bearded man at Trinity when they were boys there. They know he built a schooner calledLizzie, for their grandfather, George Christian. They say the last vessel he built at Trinity was the Hiawatha, which I myself have seen.

Of his skill, Mr. Archibald Christian relates two anecdotes. First, he shaped a new stem for a vessel under repairs; when brought to be fitted in place, not a shaving had to be pared off it. Secondly, when a shipwright who had built a vessel in Prince Edward Island got nervous about the launching of her, Charles Newhook was brought there from Trinity and did the job.

Mr. Gilbert G. Christian, when about seven, was launched in the new schooner Alberta, which Charles Newhook master-built in Slade's Cove, Trinity, for the local firm of Robert S. Bremmer.

In "The Enterprise," a Trinity newspaper, of 4 December 1909, Rev. Walter R. Smith, who spent a number of years of his youth at Trinity, writes as follows: "I saw the new Dart launched in February 1859. She was a handsome craft, and designed and built by that A1 shipbuilder, Mr. Charles Newhook, who died at St. John's only a few years ago ...... she was not a very fortunate ship ...... In the future, I may speak of the Isabel, Thomas, Trinity and Henry Thomas; all these brigs I saw launched. They were all designed and built by Mr. Charles Newhook."

A letter signed Rambler in "The Enterprise's" issue of 27 November 1909 speaks of "...... a little house in which Mr. Charles Newhook, shipwright, used to keep the models of the vessels Trinity, Henry Thomas and many others which he built."

In the 1934 obituary in section (5) above, Shortis says that the Newhooks built "...... also the famous Henry Thomas, in which Capt. John Houlahan brought in 11,000 seals one spring."

An anonymous article entitled "Harbour Grace History, The Old Ships, etc.," in the St. John's "Daily News" of about 19 May 1959, reads in part as follows:-

"The Henry Thomas, one of the best known ships of those years, was built by Charles Newhook at Stoneman's Dock at Trinity, and was launched on the 8th February 1858. She went to the seal fishery in March that year under Capt. George Stoneman, and was also employed in foreign parts with Stoneman as master ...... Capt. Field was in charge of her on a voyage to Sydney, and on her way back she was wrecked at St. Pierre. The St. Pierre merchants bought her and had her repaired, and made her the clipper of the French banking fleet. It was said that she could go through ice where other ships would get jammed and that she could run 18 knots."

A newsitem in "The Courier," St. John's, of 17 January 1855, reads as follows:-

"On the 4th of January there was launched from the dockyard of Messrs. R. Slade & Co., Trinity, a fine new brigantine named Isobel, of the burthen of 151 tons, new measurement. She was built by Mr. Charles Newhook, is intended chiefly for the seal fishery, and by competant judge is pronounced a handsome vessel, and as strong as wood, iron and good workmanship can make her. The launch was witnessed by a crowd of spectators all wishing success to the good ship and to her long-established and highly respectable owners."

Mr. Andrew Horwood, of 140 Campbell Avenue, St. John's, tells me that on her first sealing voyage, the Isobel was dismasted in a gale, that she worked into Trinity under jury rig, was re-rigged as a brig and went out to the ice again the same spring.

No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that Charles Newhook (bachelor) master-built or repaired. He was the last Newhook master shipbuilder to practise that calling in Trinity, T. B.
BIRT: RIN MH:IF2415
BAPM: RIN MH:IF2416
DEAT: RIN MH:IF2417

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ID: I62278

Name: William NEWHOOK 1

Sex: M

Birth: 1823 in Trinity, NFLD, Canada 1 1

Death: 1902 in St John's, NFLD, Canada 1 1 1

 

Father: William NEWHOOK b: 4 Dec 1782 in St Pauls, Trinity, NFLD, Canada

Mother: Mary MCGRATH

 

Marriage 1 Mary Ann JEANS

Married: 1850

 

Sources:

Title: Research Officer,Newfoundland Archives, St. John's

Author: N. C. CREWE

Publication: Tran scribed by Charles Strong.

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(11) William Newhook (Trinity), 1782

Born at "Trinity Bay," assumedly Trinity, in 1782, second child of Ch arles Newhook (first). He married Mary McGrath of Trinity in 1808. Fordistinction, I affix the word Trinity to his name, as he was the only son of Charles Newhook (first) to spend almost his entire adult life in that place. His first child was bo rn at New Harbour in 1809, where he therefore must have lived for a short time.

 

I have a Servant's Agreement, made at Trinity in 1819, whereby William Newhook (Trinity) agrees to serve Robert Slade, merchant there, for one year in the capacity of master shipwright, for the wages of fifty pounds for the whole period, plus an agreed list of provisions each month.

 

In Bayly's "list of Ships surveyed," quoted in section (4) above, there is liste d the brig Black Prince, 132 tons, built in Trinity in 1841 with the name of Wm. Newhook as builder.

 

In Accession no. 253, at the Newfoundland Archives, there is a manuscript "List of Mr. Robert Slade's Servants at Trinity , Fall 1811." In it, William Newhook is listed as master shipwright from October 1811to May 1812, at the wages of 110 shillings per month.

 

No names or particulars are known to me of other vessels that William Newhook (Trin ity) master-built or repaired.

William married Megrath, Mary on 31 Oct 1808. Mary (daughter of Megrath, Philip and Cath) was born on 10 Dec 1792 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRT: RIN MH:IF5894
DEAT: RIN MH:IF4709
BAPM: RIN MH:IF32443

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MARR: RIN MH:FF161

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The Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Charles Newhook, "Newhook came to Newfoundland from Europe around 1777 to work for the mercantile firm of Benjamin Lester. An 1808 note in the register at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Trini ty indicates that the name Newhook is from the French Huguenot name Nuik, and it is generally agreed that the first Charles Newhook was of French extraction." Several Newhook researchers no longer believe the validity of a Huguenot connection.

N. C. Crewe: Charles Newhook died at Trinity relatively young. The epitaph on his headstone, in St. Paul's churchyard there, reads as follows: "In memory of Charles Newhook, who departed this life the 18th November 1799, aged 47 years. Also of hi s daughter, Sarah Newhook, who departed this life the 7th November 1798, aged 2 years and 9 months."

Early records at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, lists his surname as Newick. They also list his middle initial as "W".

There is a record (St. Paul's, Trinity) for a child (illegible name) baptized on April 17, 1785. The parents were "Cha(s)" and "Eliz(h)".

Charles married Wilcox, Elizabeth on 17 Jan 1804 in Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Elizabeth was born in 1755 in Tarrant Gunville, Dorset, England; died about 1806 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Edwin Aposhian reported that her maiden name may have been Wilson.

Michael Cooper reported her maiden name as Wilcox. Also, "Elizabeth is listed in the 1800-01 census of Trinity Bay in the town of Trinity as the head of the household. She is listed as single, 0 men, 4 children (3 boys and 1 girl)." Also, that she probably died at Trinity, Trinity Bay.

From Marriage Data - Bonivista Area

"Oct(r) 31(st) Married William Son of the late Charles & Elizabeth Newhook (now Wilson) & Mary Dau(r) of the late Philip & Cath(e) Mcgrath, both of this harbour".

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MARR: RIN MH:FF1722

Philip married Cath. Cath and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BAPM: RIN MH:IF2441
DEAT: RIN MH:IF4725

George married Sansom, Sarah on 30 Nov 1735. Sarah was born about 1708; died about Oct 1773. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRT: RIN MH:IF3173
DEAT: RIN MH:IF3174

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MARR: RIN MH:FF126