Person:James Newton (51)

James Newton, the great-grandfather of Reuben Newton, was born on January 15, 1683, in Marlborough, Massachusetts to Moses and Joannah (Larkin) Newton. He spent his entire life in the Marlborough-Southborough area.

On October 5, 1700, James married Mary Joslin, daughter of Nathan, Jr. and Hester (Morse) Joslin of Marlborough. She was born on April 14, 1685, and died on May 27, 1710. James’ first child, Mary, was born of this union on March 13, 1710. The child died about a month before her mother.

James next married Rachel Greeley on September 8, 1712, in Marlborough. She was born on May 19, 1688, to Andrew, Jr. and Sarah (Brown) Greeley of Salisbury, Massachusetts. Six children were born to Rachel and James: Andrew, Judith, James, Rachel, Jacob, and Joseph.

Little is known about James Newton but property deeds show that he lived on some of the original land settled by his grandfather. James Newton died intestate at Southborough on November 29, 1762.

GEORGE NEWTON (1840 - BET 1900 & 1910) By Myron L. Newton, Jr

1. ↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
   p. 138.

   NEWTON, James, s. Moses and Sarah, [born] Jan. 15, 1683.
   [Note: naming the mother as Sarah appears to be confusion with the son's wife. Online is only an index, where two of Moses and Johannah's children, James and Ebenezer, are listed as belonging to Moses and Sarah. The index cites Book 1, p. 20, which isn't online. So we can't see what the original says. However, Ebenezers is listed with parents Moses and Johannah in the published records, and Johannah is listed as the mother for several other children born after James, so we have to suspect this is an error by the transcribers. Further note: assumed to be 1683/84 based on spacing of sibling births.]

2. ↑ Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1903)
   p. 175.

   NEWTON, James, [died] Nov. 29, 1762.

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. 40, 179.

   James Newton, s/o Moses Newton and Johanna Larkin, b. Marlborough 15 Jan 1683 [note: gives erroneous date 5 Jan 1683 on p. 40], d. Southborough 29 Nov 1762, m. (1) Marlborough 5 Oct 1700 Mary Joslin, m. (2) Marlborough 8 Sep 1712 Rachel Greeley.

4.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
   Case 43224: Newton, James Southborough 1763.

   4 Apr 1763: Petition of Rachel Newton that she is not willing to administer estate of her Late Husband James Newton Late of Southborough, requesting son Joseph Newton.
   4 Apr 1763: Petition of heirs of James Newton Late of Southborough yeoman fearing that our Brother Joseph Newton in a secret way has endeavored to be appointed administrator, which we would have objected to if known, and ask for his removal if true. Signed by Andrew Newton and Jonathan Stone.
   4 Apr 1763: Bond of Joseph Newton yeoman of Southborough as administrator of James Newton Late of Southborough yeoman Dec'd Intestate.