Person:Elijah Newton (5)

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Capt. Elijah Newton
b.Abt 1768
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Name Capt. Elijah Newton
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1768
Marriage to Lavinia Pratt
Death? New York, United States

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

CAPT. ELIJAH NEWTON" (Solomon", Thomas*, Thomas^ John^ Richard'), son of Solomon and Mary (Taylor) Newton of Montague, Sunderland and Deerfield, Mass., was born probably about 1768 to 70; and died in New York State. He married in 1801 (int. Aug. 15, 1801, in Deerfield), Lavina Pratt, daughter of Stephen and Phebe (Merriman) Pratt* of Oxford and Charlton, Mass., born at Oxford, May 30, 1775 ; at date of marriage she was of Gill, Mass., and died probably in New York State.

Elijah Newton in 1791 was Captain of militia in Deerfield. His four children are recorded there; removed later to Middlefield, Otsego County, N. Y