JONAS NEWTON5 (Obediah4, Thomas3, John2, Richard1), son of Obediah and Abigail (---) Newton of Shrewsbury, Mass., was born there, August 5, 1737, and died --- (perhaps the John Newton who died at Millbury, January 20, 1824).
He married at Shrewsbury, May 19, 1759, Abigail Parker, daughter Stephen, Jr., and Abigail (---) Parker of Roxbury and Shrewsbury, Mass., born in Shrewsbury, April 20, 1740, and died ---.
Jonas Newton, at marriage, was of Worcester. The birth of his children do not occur on the town records; but are recorded on records of the First Church of Worcester.