When James Boney New was born on 14 February 1814, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, his father, William New Jr., was 27 and his mother, Mary Wells, was 26. He married Mary Azora Newton on 4 January 1841, in Sumter, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Sumter, Sumter, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Goliad Land District, Texas, United States in 1860. He died on 10 July 1890, in Bee, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mineral Cemetery, Mineral, Bee, Texas, United States.
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English: nickname for a newcomer to an area (though someone new to a position or occupation is also possible), from Middle English newe ‘new’ (Old English nīwe).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a yew tree, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten ewe ‘at the yew’ (Old English æt thæm ēowe).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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