Transcription of Notebook, NEWLIN family, Crawford County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Cynthia Phillips Transcription of a small brown covered notebook in possession of Cynthia Phillips, great-greatgranddaughter of Enoch Newlin and Frances Hill (Newlin) (Guyer). Contents are primarily a copy of an 1813 Memorandum to Eli Newlin from his mother, Sarah Holaday Newlin and copied for Enoch and Frances Newlin by Martha Hill Newlin. Spelling is as written. Whereabouts of the original Sarah Newlin document is unknown. Page 1: March 31, 1872 Mahala Newlin daughter of Ely and Polly Newlin was born the 23rd of July 1814 Jonathan Newlin was born the 19th December 1815 Sally Newlin was born the 11th of August 1818 Enoch Newlin was born the 17th day of December 1820 Thomas Newlin was born the 27th of April 1823 Frederick Newlin was born the 20th of March 1826 Page 2: John Kelly Newlin was born the 5th day of June 1829 Polly Newlin was born the 23rd day of April 1831 Elizabeth Newlin was born the 31st of January 1833 This book is for Eli Newlin for to let thee know the ages of thy parents and all thy brothers and sisters and the counties where they were born Jacob and Thomas was born in Orange County Page 3: James Mary John Eli Sarah was born in Chatham Nathaniel William and Jonathan was born in Randolph County These few lines in love I send to thee The place where we first took our breath Thy parents from old Ireland came Thy father from old England did the same 1813 a memorandum of ages John and Mary Newlin Henry and Mary Holaday These being our parents and all deceased Page 4: John Newlin the son of John and Mary Newlin was born the 6th day of December 1751 Sarah Newlin the daughter of Henry and Mary Holaday was born the 19th of March 1758 Jacob Newlin the son of John and Sarah Newlin was born the 10th day of November 1777 Thomas Newlin was born the 13th day of August 1779 James Newlin was born the 4th day of December 1781 Mary Newlin was born the 17th day of March 1786 Page 5: John Newlin was born the 17th of March 1788 Eli Newlin was born the 19th day of May 1790 Sarah Newlin was born the 29th day of June 1792 Nathaniel Newlin was born the 6th day of the 8th month 1794 William Newlin was born the 4th day of March 1799 Jonathan Newlin was born the 5th of June 1802 I the Father of these children was born in the State of Pennsylvania and in Chester County and I their mother Sarah Newlin was born Page 6: In the State of North Carolina in Orange County and I sent this to thee my son for to keep it that thee may know the ages of us all in time to come when there will be no one to inform thee - And my advice is to thee my son of thyself to take care, and be sure thee never does hire nor list in war For Eli Newlin Page 7: It is to you my children dear My council I do give Desiring you whilst here A sober life to live For that doth all become That will follow the lamb To their everlasting home Into the holy land Follow not after earthly joys For they will soon decay But to the Lord send up your cries For to direct your way Seek first I say the living way And always him adore Then you may escape his rod And praise him evermore Page 8: Be of a meek and lowly mind That you the earth inherit may For that was promised all mankind That will his command obey You should always live in peace That you may love one another And if your riches do increase Still be kind to each other Serve your Creator in your youth For that he does require And always observe the truth For that is my desire If you will these commands obey From sin you will be clear And with the blessed you shall stay Where sinners won't appear Page 9: You should obey your parents dear Their council never sligh Then you will obtain their blessing here Then God in you will take delight Their commandments you ought to obey More than all things here below - For to your lives they have been a stay And we were all commanded to do so I was young as well as you And raised with my parents dear And here afirms this to be true From disobedience I am clear I never did my Father disobey Nor slight the council of my mother dear On this account I am not afraid to die Or before my God to appear Page 10: Of anything more I do not boast By nature we are prone to sin But still in God I trust I shall be made pure and clean Dear children for me as well as you My fervent prayer is That we all blest may be Witheverlasting peace And be found worthy of God's love And partakers of his care That we may rest in heaven above And shine in glory there This will a happy rest If we do this obtain To be forever blest And with our God to rein Page 11: That we may all take this adivce I pray to God above And forsake all earthly joys And follow the God of love Our parting then would joyful be In hopes to meet again Where from all danger we'll be free From sorrow grief and pain Its for these dear sons of mine I do my God implore That he will give them strength divine And make them feel his power I have said all to you I can In the sight of God to be clear And leave you to his holy land For to protect you here Page 12: These lines is from your mother dear For you to look upon That you may see my love and care When from me you are gone Sarah Newlin Coppied by Martha Newlin for Enoch and Francis Newlin, to look upon When far away For Enoch and Francis Newlin Note: toward the end of the booklet in which the above is copied is the following recipe written in a different handwriting: Receipt for Bilious Colic and for all Bilious Diseases 1 lb Catalpa Bark 1/2 " Bayberry " 1/4 " Yellow Poplar Bark (the root) 1/4 c Ginger 1 oz. Cloves 1/2 lb Indian Arrow or Wahoo Bark (the root) All the above to dried pulverized and put in three gallons of water and boiled down one half. Then strain and add one quart of French Brandy or good [underlined twice] whiskey, and two pounds of Orlean sugar. Dose small wine glass full three times a day for three months. The foregoing Recipte is from the Recipe Book of Jesse Barlow Senior Crawford Co. Illinois, and is considered a sure remedy for Bilious Colic And other Bilious Diseases. Feb. 3rd 1880 D. W. Haught ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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