TIMOTHY NEWTON5 (Gershom4, Samuel3, John2, Richard1), son of Gershom and Elizabeth (Angier) Newton of Marlborough, Mass., was born there May 4, 1723. The First United States Census. 1790, Timothy Newton was head of a family in Northborough, Mass., which consisted of himself and two females who was probably this Timothy—but may have been his son, Timothy6. There is no probate record of the estate of Timothy Newton5 in Massachusetts and I find no record of his death.
The town records of Marlborough state that he was a soldier in the French and Indian wars of 1748 and 1756, together with his brother Gershom, Jr.
He resided in Marlborough-Southborough, where his children were born. The record is quite clear as to the parents and birth dates of the four children the mother of each not at all uncertain.
Timothy Newton5 was probably married when he served his first term as a soldier—as long before as 1746; I do not find the record of this marriage. His wife was Hannah ---, and their son Timothy's birth is recorded in Southborough. There may have been other children, not recorded, between the dates of this and his second marriage—at least sixteen years.
Timothy Newton5 married (2) at Marlborough, Mass., March 22, 1760, Sarah Morse, who was the mother of three children born there. She was probably living in 1790 with him in Northborough, and was one of the "two females" recorded in the United States Census. I have not been able to trace her parentage. Why Lydia Morse (dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Newton) Morse) should be given as this wife and mother, in the Morse Genealogy, I do not know.
