Mehetabel Newman

Mehetabel Newman (1822 – 8 January 1908) was a Methodist missionary, a letter-writer, a teacher and a homemaker in New Zealand.[1]

Newman was baptised on 22 December 1822 at Willoughby, Lincolnshire. In 1844, she emigrated to New Zealand.[2] She initially lived with her sister Jane and Jane's husband, the missionary George Buttle. Three other siblings were living in New Zealand, including her older brother Joseph Newman. Her sister Elizabeth was married to the missionary William Thomas Fairburn.[3]

She married John Warren in 1878.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fry, Ruth. "Mehetabel Newman". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Warren, Mehetabel, 1822?-1908". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Died". New Zealander. Vol. 3, no. 110. 19 June 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 December 2021.


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