Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Newton Jr.
and Hannah (Morse) Newton
Sister of
John Newton III, Hannah Newton, Hannah (Newton) Amsden, Experience (Newton) Smith, Ruth (Newton) Eames, Grace (Newton) Ward, Deliverance Newton, Phineas Newton, Eunice Newton, Patience Newton, Stephan Hezekiah Newton and Amos Newton
Wife of
Abraham Newton
— married
20 Oct 1709 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Mass
Wife of
Noah Graves
— married
8 Apr 1754 in Sunderland, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Newton, Abraham Newton, Jedediah Newton, Margaret (Newton) Smith, Sybilla (Newton) Mann, Tamsen Newton, Joseph Newton, Peter Newton and Experience Newton
Died [date unknown]
in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2011
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Biography
Rachel was born on May 17, 1694.[1]
Evidence is that Rachel Newton married first, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, 20 August 1709, Abraham Newton [2],[3], with whom she had several children. Abraham died about 1742.
Rachel married second, 8 April 1754 at Sunderland, Massachusetts, Noah Graves (1695-1773), as his second wife [4].
Notes
Death date or location for Rachel (Newton/Newton) Graves are not yet evident.
Sources
- ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts 1908)(Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 140
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-JW15 : Wed Oct 25 17:42:21 UTC 2023), Entry for Abraham Newton and Rachel Newton, 20 Aug 1709.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-DDG5 : Thu Oct 26 02:07:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Abraham Newton and Rachel Newton, 20 Oct 1709.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCST-DQK : 28 December 2022), Rachel Newton in entry for Noah Graves, 1754.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.78%
Lally (Brim) Dunlap
:
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~0.39%
Jeanette (Brown) Wimpee :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A513884 [compare], Ancestry member geenet611
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