"Letter of administration [for Nathaniel Newhall] was granted July 20, 1696 to his widow Elizabeth Newhall, then of Topsfield, whose sureties were Samuel Simonds of Topsfield and Edward Norice of Salem. This seems to throw light on her family connection, making it seems probable that she was daughter of Samuel Symonds of Salem, who m. Eliz'th Andrews, of Topsfield, 14 April, 1662, and had by her a daughter, Elizabeth, born in Salem 12 Aug., 1663."