NC Gazetteer

New Begun Creek

Also known as: New Began Creek, New Biggin Creek, New Beggin Creek
A creek in Pasquotank County
… rises in S Pasquotank County and flows SE into Pasquotank River. Mentioned in records of the area as early as 1660. The name Newbiggin is a common place name in the N of England, but in this case it may represent an attempt to spell in English the Indian name. Appears as New Began Creek on the Collet map, 1770, and as New Beggin Creek on the Price map, 1808, and the MacRae map, 1833. See also Weeksville.