Person:Gershom Newton (6)

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

GERSHOM NEWTON-* (Samuels John-, liU-liard' ), son of Samuel and Rebecca ( Newton) Newton, of Marlborough and Concord, Mass., was born at Marlborough, December 17, 1690. Gershom Newton died at Southborough, January 22, 1753, the only Newton of the name who did die in that town. Gershom Newton- was brought up) by his grandfathcr. .John Newton-, and was appointed sole executor and residuary legatee of the latter's estate [see will of John Newton-, proved 1723], As John Newton makes no other disposition of his homestead, it probably then was, had been, and continued to be the home of his grandson Gershom. Later, this part of Marlborough was set off and became the town of Southborough. He left no will. He had probably disposed of his real estate in his lifetime, only a small personal was disposed of by the Court after his death.

He married—where, does not appear; but the marriage is recorded in the first Church of Marlborough as having occurred , 1714, to Elizabeth Angier, who was probably related to, or connected with Rev. Samuel Angler of Cambridge and Watertown. I have not traced her lineage. She had eight children, all born in Marlborough. I have no record of her death. In 1721 Gershom Newton and wife are mentioned in the records of Framingham as being there. Gershom Newton married (2) in Southborongh, March ", 1744. "Mery Newton." Mercy Newton as given in the court record, as also in the record of the births of her children, who were born in Southborough. Which Mary or Mercy Newton, maiden or widow, is unknown to me. She was probably much younger than Gershom at date of marriage. She was the mother of three children. Three sons of Gershom Newton were soldiers in the French and Indian Wars: Gershom, Jr., in 1748 and 1748; Timothy in 1748 and 1756; & Jason in 1757.

I do not feel sure that I am right about this family. Yet everything points the way I have recorded it. There must have been three Gershoms born; for one died in 1753. and two were living in 1700. The one living in Lancsborough. 1790, was probably his grandson.

1. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915. (FamilySearch Record Search).