Obadiah Newton (bef. 1750)

Born before 21 Oct 1750 in Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitable (Whitney) Newton — married 23 Feb 1775 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Obediah, the son of Abigail & Phineas, was aptized in Worcester, Massachusetts, on 20 October 1750.

Baptism

Birth: Unknown

Date: 21 OCT 1750

Place: Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Note

According to E. Leonard, in The Newton Genealogy (de Pere, Wisc., 1915)

OBEDIAH NEWTON" (Phineas, Obediah Thomas^ John^, Richard'),

son of Phineas and Abigail ( ) Newton of Worcester, Spencer, Mass.,

and Croydon, N. H., was born in Worcester October 21, 1751.

He married in Grafton, Mass., February 23, 1775, Mehitabel Whitney, daughter

of Joshua and Mehitabel (Wilson) Whitney of Spencer, Mass., where she was

bom July 17, 1756.

She married (2) Williams, who died, and she married (3)

Hanks, and removed to Ohio.

Obediah Newton lived in Spencer, Mass. his children were bom or baptized

there. He lived for a time in Leicester and Stockbridge, Mass. He was a soldier

of the Revolution, serving many enlistments. The service roll states that,

his residence was Spencer ; enlisted for that town ; term three years ; mustered

May 10, 1777 ; also private Capt. John Holden's Company, Col. Thomas Nixon's

6th) regiment; other service?a long list, the last date being April 1, 1780.

Sources

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-2FQ : 4 December 2014), Obediah Newton, 21 Oct 1750; citing WORCESTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 864,093, 864,090.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Newton-1718 created through the import of Family Nov 2011.GED on Sep 6, 2011 by Jim Tarbet.
• Thank you to Barbara Corley for creating WikiTree profile Newton-3812 through the import of export-BloodTree.ged on May 12, 2013.