Newland Rial

Notes:

In the History of Saratoga County, NY by Nathaniel Bartlett Sulvester, Published in Richmond, IN in 1893, p. 633 the following:

Rial Newland, a highly respected and worthy citizen of the village of Stillwater, is a son of David and Mary (Billings) Newland, and was born in the town of Stillwater, Saratoga county, New York, January 7, 1823. He was reared on the farm, and received a good English education. he removed to the village of Stillater, where he has resided ever since. He was a proprietor of the Saratoga Hosery Mills in Stillwater.

On October 18, 1853, Mr. Newland married Ellen A. Nelson, and to this union were born two children: Cornelia M., wife of John Peck, who is foreman in his father's knit goods mill; and Nellie M., who married John Quackenbush, a prosperous farmer of Renesselaer country.

Rial Newland has always been a staunch Republican. He is a member of the Stillwater Baptist church, in which he has held official positions for over twenty years, being now deacon. He has always made himself active and useful to his fellow citizens, and has served his village as trustee and president for several terms.

In nationality, Mr. Newland is of Irish descent. His paternal grandfather, Rial Newland, was a resident of the town of Stillwater, and served as a wagoner in the Continental army, being present at the battles of Saratoga and Bemus Heights. He afterward owned a part of the battleground of Bemus Heights, and did a large lumber business in Essex county. He was a member of the Baptist church, and married and reared a family of eleven children: Rial, David (father), Elias, Harry, Volney, Sallie Wisney, Dorcas Smith, Matilda Hart, Harriet, Ephraim, and Elmira, wife of Dr. Chauncey Bull, who is now ninety years of age. David Newland was a man of good business ability, and followed lumbering for many years. He wa a Whig and Baptist and resided in the town of Stillwater until his death, which occurred in Feb. 1860, when in the seventy-first year of his age. He was twice married, first to Mary Billings, and after her death to Marilla Smith. Mary (Billings) Newland died in 1840. By his first marriage Mr. Newalnd had twelve children: James, Renette Smith, Elmira Burd, Elizabeth, Rial, Elias, Sandford, Harriet A. Sherman, Lydia M., Helen, Henry, and Dorcas. Of these children only Henry, who married Louisa Nelson; Harriet A. Sherman, and Rial, the subject of this sketch, are living.

Rial, son of David and Mary newland, was the proprietor of the Saratoga Hosiery Mills in Stillwater. He was in partnership with his brother, Henry Newland.

Rial married Neilson Ellen A. on 18 Oct 1853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]