James Newton (1683 - 1762)

Born 5 Jan 1683 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Joslin) Newton — married 5 Oct 1709 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Rachel (Greeley) Newton — married 8 Sep 1712 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1762 at age 79 in Southborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

James Newton was born 5 January 1683, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Moses Newton and Joannah Larkin.

He lived in Marlborough-Southborough, where his first wife, Mary Joslin, died less than a year after their marriage, following the birth of a premature daughter, Mary. (Some records state Mary died at birth and others have her living to adulthood.)

Rachel married James Newton 8 September 1712. She started her marriage with the care of a two year old child.

From 1714, they lived on lands of James' grandfather, Richard, passed down through deeds via his father Moses.

Rachel and James went on to have children of their own.

Andrew

Judith

James Newton 9 August 1718 - 27 May 1720/21.

Rachel

Jacob Newton 6 March 17122/23 m. Susannah Bates

Joseph Newton 15 July 1728 m. Experience Drury

James died 29 November 1762 without a will and his estate was probated in Southborough - No. 1763 43224 - in 1763.. Rachel died soon afterwards, around March or April of 1763.

Sources

• Leonard, Ermina Newton. Newton Genealogy Genealogical, Biographical, Historical: Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, with Genealogies of Families Descended from the Immigrants, Rev. Roger Newton of Milford, Connecticut, Thomas Newton of Fairfield, Connecticut, Matthew Newton of Stonington, Connecticut, Newtons of Virginia, Newtons Near Boston, Higginson Book Company, 1915, p. 179. Source of all information except death date.

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4, Lewis Publishing Company, New Hampshire, 1908, p. 1722. Includes info about Rachel and James, but primarily his father Moses.

• NEWTON Jr., Myron L.The Ancestry of Reuben Newton There is some contractiction about whether James or his father lived in Deerfield River Valley, but it appears Andrew lived all his life in Southborough.