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References
- ↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
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NEWTON, [Isa]ac and ____ Belknap, ____, 1716. C.R.1.
- ↑ Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. Boston Marriages, 1700-1751. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Municipal Printing Office, 1898)
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Isaac Newton & Sarah Belknap [by] Hon. Pen Townsend Esq. J.P. Mar. 20, 1715/16.
- Leonard, Ermina Elizabeth (Newton). Newton Genealogy: Genealogical, biographical, historical, being a record of the descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with genealogies of families descended from the immigrants Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut, Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut, Newtons of Virginia, Newtons near Boston. (De Pere, Wisconsin: B. A. Leonard, 1915)
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Isaac Newton m. Boston 20 Mar 1716 Sarah Belknap, d/o Ebenezer Belnap and Hannah Ayer of Haverhill.
[There are Boston Belknap families, no children were named Ebenezer or Hannah, and no evidence, such as the will of her father, is given to support this identification of Sarah's parents. However it is family legend that "Seth Newton's mother died at the age of 106 and his grandmother at the age of 112." Well, the grandmother, Hannah (Ayer) Belknap, did live to the remarkable age of 106 (not 112) and this suggests this is correct. There is no independent confirmation of his mother's age at death as her death date does not appear to be known.]
- It seems to be popular on Internet websites to suggest that the Margaret Newton who married Benjamin Sibley was the daughter of this couple. Of course, these have all the problems typical of Internet genealogy: one says she is born 1736 in Willington, one says 1729 in Southborough, one says 1729 in Willington. All the bases are covered! Even one published work, Source:Sibley, James Scarborough. Sibley Family in America, 1629-1972 appears to say so, too, though since it is not available on-line, and in few libraries, it is difficult to tell if it provides any evidence, or is merely a "hard-copy website".
It is nearly inconceivable that a father would write a will in 1751, before the marriage of Margaret Newton in 1757, and not provide for what would be an unmarried daughter. That is what would be required. Further, Benjamin Sibley's family left Worcester county for Connecticut by 1732 at the latest, so he was at most 5 years of age when he left Massachusetts. So the question of how he would meet a girl in Southborough presents itself. It seems much more probable that Margaret Newton comes from Connecticut, or even New York City.
But there seems to be few, if any, records of any other Margaret Newton. Certainly the Willington records in the Barbour collection show no sign of any Newton family. So for now, a second Margaret is shown to represent the wife of Benjamin Sibley until some definite evidence for either side comes forward. Situational analysis suggests she probably belongs to a different family.
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