Person:Phineas Newton (5)

Phineas lived in Worchester, Mass. The births of twelve of his children occur on the records of the First Church there; but not on the town records. The youngest, the thirteenth, was born at Spencer in 1770. It is said that he came to Croydon NH with his wife and children, before 1770 where he continued to reside. His three oldest sons were soldiers in the Revolution.

PHINEAS NEWTON", Jr. (Phineas- Obediah, Thomas John , Richard'), son of Phineas and Abigail ( ) Newton of Worcester and Spencer, Mass., was born in Worcester, Augiist 4. 1750, and died probably at Croydon, N. H. He married in Grafton, Mass., September 2, 1771, Mary Winchester, daughter Joshua and Mary (Whipple) Winchester of Grafton, where she was born June 6, 1751. She died, probably, at Croydon, N. H.

Phineas Newton of Spencer and Widow Rachel Commins, intention of marriage May 27, 1782, in Leicester, may be a second marriage of Phineas, Jr.

Phineas Newton, Jr., was a soldier of the Revolution. He served a long time and through many enlistments, beginning May 12, 1775, private in Capt. Joel Green's Company, Col. Ebenezer Learned's regiment, residence Spencer. The last date, March 18, 1780, mustered out. Spencer was a part of Leicester until 1775. At date of first marriage he was "of Sutton."

He was assessed by the selectmen of Leicester 8s. to build bridges. After the Revolution he probably moved to Croydon, N. H., where his father had gone about 1770, for the First United States Census, 1790, shows Phinehas Newton, Croydon, N. H., his family consisting of himself, four males under sixteen years, and five females.

The Newton Genealogy, p. 109, has the following: "Phineas Newton, grandson of Phineas Newton, married Sept. 24, 1805, Sabra Ball; resides at Newport, N. H."

1. ↑ Rice, Franklin P. Worcester Births, Marriages, and Deaths. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Worcester Society of Antiquity, 1894)
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   NEWTON, Phineas, s. of Phineas and Abigail, [born] Aug. 4, 1750.