Person:Joshua Newton (8)

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

JOSHUA NEWTON, JR.= (Joshua*, Zachariah\ John=, Richardi), son of Joshua and Mercy or Mary (Temple) Newton of Marlborough, and Southborough, Mass., was bom at Southborough, September 26, 1734. He died there and his will was filed May 19, 1774. He married at Southborough, March 11, 1761, Mary Bellows, daughter of John Bellows, Jr. [see White Family Quarterly, Vol. I, p. 74.]

Joshua Newton, Jr., was a soldier in the French and Indian War. His name appears on the roll of Capt. John Buck's Conipan.v, mustered March 2, 1757, fifty-five men. They were then at Northfield, Mass.

In Joseph Holt's journal of the march of Capt. Ebenezer Jones's Company in the expedition to Canada, under date of July 20, 1758, a contact was had with the enemy, when many officers and men were killed, whom he mentions by name, and the name of Joshua Newton of South Berwick, missing. South Berwick is in Maine. If this was Joshua, Jr.", he was not killed; for he appeared soon after to be married. He lived in Southborough, where his children were born.

In 1770 a return of tlie number of polls in liis household shows only one— himself. He was a farmer.

   THE WILL OF JOSHUA NEWTON

In the name of God, Amen. The Second Day of May A D 1774. I Joshua Newton of Southborough in the County of Worcester and province of the massachusetts Bay, yeoman, being very sick and weak in Body, but of perfect mind and memory, thanks to God; Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my Body, and knowing it is appointed for men once to die, Do make and ordain this my last will and Testament, that is to say, principally and first of all; I give and recommend my soul into the Hands of God who gave it, hoping thro' the merits of my Savior Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sins, and to inherit eternal life, and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the Discretion of my executor hereafter named, not doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me, in this life, I give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form ; That is to say. Imprimis. I will that all these debts & duties as I do owe in right or conscience to any person or persons whatsoever, shall be well and truly paid or caused to be paid in convenient time after my death, by my executor hereafter named. Item. I give and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Mary Newton all my estate real and personal, to her and her heirs forever, excluding any which she may have by another Husband, after my deatli, excepting the following legacies viz. To my well beloved son Nathan Newton thirty three pounds six shillings and eight pence, which I give to him and his heirs forever, to be paid to him at the age of twenty one years. Item. I give to my well beloved Daughter Ediathatha Newton six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to her and her Heirs forever, to be paid, at the age of twenty one years Item. I give to my well beloved daughter Mary Newton six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, to her and her heire forever, to be paid to her at the age of twenty one years. Item I give to my well beloved daughter Parazina Newton, six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to her and her Heirs forever to be paid at the age of twenty one years. And I do hereby constitute, make and ordain Mr. John Temple of Southborough my only and sole executor of this my last will and testament. And I do hereby utterly revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills, legacies, bequests and executors by me in any wise before this time willed bequeathed or named, ratifying and confirming this and none other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year above written. his Joshua X Newton mark (Seal)

1. ↑ Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903)
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   NEWTON, Joshua, s. Joshua and Marcy, [born] Sept. 26, 1734.