Ezekiel Newton (1659 - 1734)

Born 19 Dec 1659 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 4 May 1734 at age 74 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

He was the son of Rev. Roger & Mary (Hooker) Newton, and was probably

unmarried.

Burial: Milford Cemetery, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Here lyes the body of

Mr Ezekiel Newton

aged about 74 years

Died May the 4th 1734.

An inventory of the estate of Mr. Ezekiel Newton, late of Milford, was taken 22 Oct 1734. by Samuel Gunn, Andrew Sanford and John Fowler. The inventory consisted of clothing, a bed, a few animals, a few tools, 2 books (one "ye felicity of man"). John Newton Esqr. swore to the inventory in court. There was no real estate. The probate documents mention no heirs or administrator.^[1] The inventory indicates an unmarried man living in the household of someone else.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. : Probate Packets, New Haven Lever Pub C-North American Stone Dressing Co, 1683-1880 Accessed at Ancestry ($)

• Pond, Nathan. Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Conn., Erected Prior to 1800 (New Haven, Connecticut, 1889) Page 43: footnote 287
• Find A Grave: Memorial #29848827