Son of Lee Arthur Newell (namesake of Lee Volney Newell and Arthur Patrick, his step-grandfather) and Marian Alice Dickow Newell; brother to Linda Louise Newell Swank and Mollie Ellen Newell. Grandson of Bower Earl Newell, great grandson of Homer A Newell, 2nd great grandson of Lee Volney Newell, 3rd great grandson of John Harvey Newell, 4th great grandson of John Newell, 5th great grandson of John Newell, 6th great grandson of Isaac Newell III, 7th great grandson of Isaac Newell II, 8th great grandson of Isaac Newell, 9th great grandson of Abraham Newell who arrived in North America in 1634 aboard the good ship Francis and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, having sailed from Ipswich, England.

Son of Lee Arthur Newell (namesake of Lee Volney Newell and Arthur Patrick, his step-grandfather) and Marian Alice Dickow Newell; brother to Linda Louise Newell Swank and Mollie Ellen Newell. Grandson of Bower Earl Newell, great grandson of Homer A Newell, 2nd great grandson of Lee Volney Newell, 3rd great grandson of John Harvey Newell, 4th great grandson of John Newell, 5th great grandson of John Newell, 6th great grandson of Isaac Newell III, 7th great grandson of Isaac Newell II, 8th great grandson of Isaac Newell, 9th great grandson of Abraham Newell who arrived in North America in 1634 aboard the good ship Francis and settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, having sailed from Ipswich, England.