Newhook, Charles
(1778-1839). Shipbuilder. Born Trinity?, son of Elizabeth
and Charles Newhook qv. Married (1) Catherine Newell; (2) Martha
Penny, father of Jonas Newhook qv. The eldest son of the first
Charles Newhook of Trinity, he may have been born in New Harbour qv,
church records giving his birthplace as ``Trinity Bay''. He succeeded
his father as master shipbuilder at Trinity for the Lester firm, which
by 1805 had come under the control of George Garland Sr. qv.
In 1806 Newhook moved to New Harbour, but returned to Trinity in 1832.
As master builder for the Garland firm, Newhook built and repaired
cutters and brigs that included the Bee, George Robinson,
Garland, Victoria and Dart. A piece of the notice
board of St. George's Church, built in 1815 overlooking the Newhook
dockyard, is remembered as having read, ``Charles Newhook, Architect''.
(The piece at some time broke off the board, which was preserved in
the museum of the Church of England Cathedral, St. John's). Newhook
was killed in St. John's in the spring of 1839 when he fell from the
mast of a wrecked vessel on which he had been working.
- Elizabeth J. Bennett (1973),
- Garry J. Cranford (1983),
- ET (June 17, 1965),
- NQ (Mar. 1959).
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