Person:John Newton (88)

According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915)

JOHN NEWTON (John-t, John'. John&, Richard'), son of John and Hannah (Parkhurst) Newton of Marlborough-Southborough, Mass., was born at Marlborough, October 5, 1722, and died at Southbridge, Mass., April 9, 1820, aged 98 years 6 months, burial and monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Southbridge. He married at Newton. Mass., December 14. 1752 (also recorded at Framingham, Mass.), Aliigail Eames.

He married (2) April 14. 1808, at Southboroug-h, Mrs. Sarah Johnson, who died there October —, 1811, aged about 65. C. R. Mr. Newtou continued to reside in Southborough until after the death of his second wife, when he went to live with his daughter, Mrs. Ames, in Southbridge, where he died. The name of this John Newton appears on the rolls of the men from Marlborough, soldiers in the French and Indian wars for the years 1758 and 1759— service in the reduction of Canada. As a soldier of the Revolution, the Revolutionary Rolls contain his name in the following service : John Newton—Private in Capt. Moses Harrington's Company. Col. Dike's regiment, muster for December 20, 1776. to Feb. 1777. credited to Soutliborough. enlisted December 20, 1776, and served till March 1. 1777. The first United States Census, 1790, finds John Newton head of a family in Southborough, which consists of himself and one female. His estate was administered at Southbridge, without a will, in 1820. The case in Probate Court. No. 43,240. The following is a copy from an old Bible, printed in 1730. The writing, I am told, "is so poor and so many blots and the spelling so bad," that it is difficult to read. The old fashioned way of forming the letters and the reckless spelling of the olden times always is difficult to read. The inscription is:

"This being a gift given to ,John Newtown from his honored father. John Newtown, to remember him by: And as it is the word of God. I with the same [spirit? (fadedt] from my heart, that the blessing of God may accompany the same to him and also to his posterity throughout this evil and troublesome world: and that he may be [agreed? (faded)] in trying for Imortal glory in the end: which is the hearty prayer and wishes of the giver. .John Newtown. Lieister. May. the first day. 1746" The giver is John Newton"* to his son John. The Bible is the treasured property of his descendant, Mr. Newton E. Putney of Southbridge

1. ↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
   138.

   Newton, John, s. John [tertius, CR] and Hannah, [born] Oct. 5, 1722.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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)
   77.

   After the death of his second wife, when he went to live with his daughter, Mrs. Ames, in Southbridge, where he died April 9, 1820, aged 98 years 6 months, burial and monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery.