CHARLES NEWHOOK

While family lore suggested that Charles was of French, possibly Huegenot origin ("The Newhooks of Norman's Cove"), recent research by Katherine Lopez reveals that he was born in Tarrant Gunville, Dorset, England, in 1752. He was baptised January 9, 1754, and died in 1799.

He emmigrated from Poole, England, to Trinity, Newfoundland in 1775, to become master ship-builder for the firm of Benjamin Lester, which later came to be called Lester & Garland. We don't know how long Charles was in Poole, or if he married Elizabeth there, in Newfoundland, or elsewhere.

Birth dates of Charles' children are taken from Bridget Power's "The Newhooks of Norman's Cove" (1987), originally transcribed from The Anglican parish records at Trinity, Trinity Bay.