Person:Alexander Newton (6)

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

ALEXANDER JAY NEWTON^ (Alexander', Jason^ Jason", Gershom*, Samuel, Jolm-, Richard'), son of Alexander and Lucilda (Lindley) Newton of Clarendon, Vt., was bom February 8, 1836, and was living in 1911. He married at Clarendon, Vt, October 7, 1858, Eliza Maria Benson, daughter of Marmaduke and Laura (Spring) Benson of Clarendon, Vt. She was born December 2, 1840, and was living in 1911. [Marmaduke Benson, born 1801, died at Clarendon, Vt., September 24, 1853. Laura Spring, born at Clarendon, Vt., December 30, 1803, died there January 26, 1878.] Mr. Newton resided in Wallingford, Vt. I regret the meagemess of this record, when it might be complete.