The surname ‘Newell’ originates from England. It is a variant of the name ‘Newall’, derived from the topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘new hall’. It is also an occupational name for someone who worked in one, or habitation name for someone who lived near a place named with these elements. Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that the surname ‘Newell’ and or it’s variant’s, date as far back as the thirteenth century were a ‘Thomas atte Nywehalle’, from Somerset, England, is recorded. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but data extracted from Historical archive’s confirm that one of the first forefathers to bring this name to America was a certain ‘William Newell’, from Stapleford, Nottingham, England, who emigrated to America in1846, he married his wife ‘Elizabeth Fallows’, in 1826 at St Mary’s parish, Nottingham, and died in 1856, leaving issue one son, ‘William James Newell’, who emigrated to America in 1852. Today, ‘Newell’ is the ‘Eight hundr…
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