Person:Ichabod Newton (2)

According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915), p. 96:[

ICHABOD NEWTON⁶ (Azariah⁵, John⁴, John³, John², Richard¹), son of Azariah and Sarah (Jones) Newton of Marlborough and Milford, Mass., was probably born in that part of Mendon that later became Milford; the date of birth we can approximate by the record of his baptism in the Congregational church there, by Rev. Amaziah Frost the first pastor, on April 5, 1747. He died at Milford, February 5, 1778.

He married at Milford, Rev. Amaziah Frost officiating, January 12, 1769, Rhoda Chapin, daughter of Josiah and Rachel (---) Chapin. She was born —, 1752, and died at Hopkinton, Mass., September 28. 1839, aged 87. She survived her husband and was appointed administratrix of his estate. About or before 1788, she married (2) Benjamin Singletary of Hopkinton, where they resided. He died there February or March 18, 1812, aged 66. Consumption. By him she had: Daniel, born May 1, 1789, died March 10, 1847; Palsey, a farmer in Hopkinton; Nanney, born March 15, 1792.

Mr. Newton was a farmer in Mendon and Milford. He seems to have lived all his life in those towns; his children were born there; the settlement of his estate was at Mendon. The following abstract of administration and copy of the report of the Commission from the Probate Court explain themselves.

It is not stated what illness caused the death of the father and three of his children within two weeks.

Mr. Newton was a soldier of the Revolution. Abstract of service:

Newton, Ichabod. Mendon. Corporal in Capt. Gershom Nelson's Company, marched n Alarm April 19, 1775, to Cambridge and Roxbury, service nine days. Also, Same company July 19. 1776. Also, Lieut. Setb Thayer's Company (3rd Worcester county regiment), in service one month under Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler, and marched to Providence on Alarm Dec. 8, 1776.

See link above for "ABSTRACT OF ADMINISTRATION AND LIST OF PAPERS". Summary: 21 Apr 1800: Whole estate given to Elisha Daniels in right of his wife, the only heir, he paying Rhoda Singletary wife of Ebenezer Singletary widow of Ichabod deceased annually during her natural life.

1. ↑ Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter, 1920)
   p. 132.

   NEWTON, Ichabod, s. of Azariah and Sarah, [born] Feb. 9, 1746-7.

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1917)
   p. 129.

   NEWTON, Ichabod, s. of Azariah and Sarah, bp. Apr. 5, 1747. CR

3. ↑ Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1917)
   p. 357.

   NEWTON, Ichabod, [died] Feb. 5, 1778, in his 31st y. GR3

4. ↑ Find A Grave: Vernon Grove Cemetery, MIlford, MA, in Find A Grave
   Ichabod Newton.

   In Memory of M^r
   Ichabod Newton who died
   Feb. y^e5^th 1778
   in y^e 31^st year of his age
   in the same grave lies his
   Daughter Chloe who died
   February y^e 5^th 1778
   in y^e 4[^th] year of her age
   Rachel his Daughte[r] who died
   January y^e 22^d 1778
   in y^e [10]^th year of her age
   & his son Abel who died
   [January y^e 22^d 1778
   in y^e 7^th year of his age.]
   [Note: discolored, lichen, hard to read. Bracketed text has been assumed base on information on memorial pages.]