Person:Abner Newton (6)

m. 17 Aug 1698
  1. Martha Newton1699 - 1722
  2. Thomas Newton, Jr.1700 -
  3. Obediah Newton1701/02 - 1753
  4. Phebe Newton1704 -
  5. Abner Newton1708 - 1750
  6. Persis Newton1713 - 1746
  7. David Newton1714 -
m. 29 Mar 1731
  1. Sarah Newton1732 - 1798
  2. Alpheus Newton1734 - 1818
  3. Abner Newton1737 -
  4. Sylvanus Newton1741/42 - 1746
Facts and Events
Name Abner Newton
Gender Male
Birth[1] 21 Mar 1708 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 29 Mar 1731 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Vashti Eager
Death[2] 30 Jul 1750 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
    136.

    NEWTON, Abner, s. Thomas and Record, [born] March 21, 1708.

  2. Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: F.P. Rice, 1903)
    p. 248.

    NEWTON, Abner, [died] July 30, 1750.

  3.   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)
    p. 76.

    ABNER NEWTON4 (Thomas3, John2, Richard1), son of Thomas and Record (Ward) Newton of Marlborough, Mass., was born there March 21, 1708, and died there July 30, 1750.

    He married in Westborough, Mass., March 29, 1731, C. R., Vashti Eager, daughter of James and Tabitha (How) Eager of Marlborough, where she was born January 14, 1713. She married (2) in Hopkinton, Mass., April 10, 1753, Benjamin Wood.

    Abner Newton lived in Westborough, Mass. His children were born there. He seems to have taken an active part in the affairs of the town; is so mentioned as early as February 5, 1729. He was the town treasurer for the years 1739, 1746, 1747. In 1748 he was one of the building committee to build a new church. On February 6, 1753, the town voted to sell no "pew-spots" to non-residents; "Widdo Vashti Newton" had "inhind seat on right hand, next to woman's door," showing she lived there at that date. She married (2) the following April.

    The estate of Abner Newton was settled in Westborough, in 1750. without a will. Case No. 43,025 in Probate Court.