George Newman, planter, the progenitor of the Newman family of the Western Shore of Maryland, stated in court during October 1654 that he was "twenty years of age or thereabouts." By 1651 he had indentured himself to William Battin and was domiciled in the Province of Maryland.
The residence of Captain Battin was at first on the Patuxent in what is now St. Mary's County, but after 1656 he and George Newman settled at Pickawaxon — the oldest settlement in Charles County on the Wicomico River.
On January 9, 1655/6, George Newman purchased from Mary Smith, widow, the dwelling-plantation on which she was then residing, it being 100 acres of land granted to her deceased husband Captain John Smith by Richard Preston. It was about this time that he married Lydia Ashcomb, the step-daughter of his benefactor Captain William Battin.
On April 30, 1689, Robert Yates and Rebecca his wife, who were executors of the last will of James Tyre, who was executor of Peter Carr, rendered an account upon the estate of the said Carr and showed a legacy paid to "Edward Smoot who intermarried with Lydia Newman."