Person:Tom Newton (1)

Tom Newton was born in 1852 at Little Hale in Lincolnshire, son of Elizabeth Newton, formerly Broughton, and her husband John Newton, a farm bailiff. Tom appears in the 1861 census living with his parents and two brothers at nearby Heckington.

By 1871 he was working as a farm servant at Great Hale.

On 15th April 1878, aged 26, he married Ann Walton at Great Hale. She was eleven years his senior, being 37 when they married. They do not appear to have had any children.

Both the 1881 and 1891 censuses find Tom and Ann living at Quarrington on the edge of the town of Sleaford. Tom made his living as a threshing machine proprietor. In 1881, Ann's nephew Benjamin was living with them, and in 1891, Ann's niece Annie Walton was living with them.

Ann died in 1893, aged 53.

Three years later, Tom married again. His second wife was Annie Batty, who was seventeen years his junior. When they married, once of the witnesses was Annie Walton, niece of Tom's first wife, who had been living with them in 1891.

Tom and Annie Batty went on to have two children together. They appear in the 1901 and 1911 censuses still living in the Quarrington area.

Annie appears to have died in 1920, aged 51. Tom survived her by three years and died on 26th February 1923, aged 71.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Tom NEWTON, March Quarter 1852, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 407, mother's maiden name Broughton

   There was also a Thomas Newton whose birth was registered in the Sleaford district the previous year, who also appears to have been the son of a John and Elizabeth Newton from Little Hale. However, the Tom Newton who married Ann Walton consistently used the name Tom for himself rather than Thomas (signing Tom on both his marriage records), and indicated that his father was a farmer, which fits with the family of John Newton and Elizabeth Broughton, who were living at Heckington in the 1861 census with John described as a farm bailiff. The other family (John Newton and Elizabeth Woulds) were still at Little Hale in 1861 and that John was an agricultural labourer. The Thomas born in 1851 appears to have later moved to Hull.

2. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2345; Folio 73; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Boston Road, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   J. Broughton Newton, head, unmarried, male, 25 [1835/6], Carpenter Empl[oyin]g 2 Men, b. Little Hale, Lincolnshire
   John Newton, visitor, married, male, 52 [1808/9], Farm Bailiff, b. Osbournby, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Newton, visitor, married, female, 49 [1811/12], b. Navenby, Lincolnshire
   William Newton, brother, unmarried, male, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. Little Hale, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Newton, brother, unmarried, male, 9 [1851/2], b. [blank]
   Susan Jarvis, servant, unmarried, female, 38 [1822/3], Serv[an]t, b. Boston, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3352; Folio 117; Page 25, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Charles Batty, head, married, male, 44 [1826/7], Farm Bailiff, b. Hacconby, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ann Batty, wife, married, female, 42 [1828/9], b. Rippingale, Lincolnshire
   Charles W[illia]m Batty, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Scholar, b. Hockwold, Norfolk
   John T. Batty, son, unmarried, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Walter Barrand, servant, unmarried, male, 21 [1849/50], Farm Serv[ant], b. Walcott, Lincolnshire
   Thomas Newton, servant, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Farm Serv[ant], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Wilkinson, servant, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Farm Serv[ant], b. Dorrington, Lincolnshire
   William Barnett, servant, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Farm Serv[ant], b. Ewerby, Lincolnshire
   Jane Bacon, servant, unmarried, female, 25 [1845/6], General Serv[ant] Domestic, b. Kyme, Lincolnshire

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3223; Folio 74; Page 2, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Sleaford, Lincolnshire (Civil Parish: "Old Quarrington" / Town: Sleaford / Urban Sanitary District: Sleaford)
   Thomas Newton, head, married, male, 30 [1850/1], Machinist, b. Little Hale, Lincolnshire
   Anne Newton, wife, married, female, 35 [1845/6], Machinist's Wife, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Benjamin Walton, nephew, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 2578; Folio 6; Page 3, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Quarrington, New Sleaford, Lincolnshire (Town: Quarrington / Urban Sanitary District: New Sleaford / Civil Parish: Quarrington)
   Thomas Newton, head, married, male, 40 [1850/1], Machinist, neither employer nor employed, b. Little Hale, Lincolnshire
   Annie Newton, wife, married, female, 46 [1844/5], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Annie E. Walton, niece, single, female, 16 [1874/5], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

6. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3049; Folio 29; Page 20, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Old Quarrington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
   Tom Newton, head, married, male, 49 [1851/2], Threshing Machine owner, own account, working at home, b. Little Hale, Lincolnshire
   Annie Newton, wife, married, female, 32 [1868/9], b. New Quarrington, Lincolnshire
   Fred Newton, son, male, 3 [1897/8], b. Old Quarrington, Lincolnshire
   Hilda M. Newton, daughter, female, 9mo [1900], b. Old Quarrington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah J. Arnold, servant, single, female, 15 [1885/6], General Servant (domestic), b. New Sleaford, Lincolnshire

7. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), (formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 19629; Schedule 11, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Old Quarrington, Sleaford, Lincolnshire
   5 rooms occupied
   Tom Newton, head, male, 59 [1851/2], married, Threshing Machine Proprietor - Farming Industry, Employer, b. Little Hale Fen, Lincolnshire
   Annie Newton, wife, female, 42 [1868/9], married 15 years, 2 children born alive to marriage, 2 children still living, b. New Quarrington, Lincolnshire
   Fred Newton, son, male, 13 [1897/8], School, b. Old Quarrington, Lincolnshire
   Hilda May Newton, daughter, female, 10 [1900/1], School, b. Old Quarrington, Lincolnshire

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Tom NEWTON, March Quarter 1923, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 7a, page 514, aged 71 [1851/2]

9. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1923
   NEWTON Tom of 11 Victoria-avenue Quarrington Lincolnshire died 26 February 1923 Probate London 30 June to Fred Newton threshing machine proprietor David Smith agricultural implement merchant and George Wallhead engineer.
   Effects £5114 0s. 2d.