Hannah (Downs) Newton (1724 - 1775)

Born 18 Aug 1724 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of James Newton III — married 14 Oct 1742 in Colchester, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Hannah Downs was born 18 Aug 1724 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut Colony.^[1]

She was the daughter of John Downs and Hannah.^[1]

Hannah married James Newton 14 Oct 1742 in Colchester, Connecticut Colony.^[2][3]

Children of Hannah and James include

• John (174?-)^[3]
• William (174?-)^[3]
• Israel (174?-)^[3]
• Elias (1756–1811)^[3]
• Lydia (1760–1822)^[3]
• Lois (1767-1834)^[3]

The following note was found among her daughter Lydia’s papers by Lydia’s great grandson and published in the Boston Transcript of 19 Feb 1913:

Norwich, July 20, 1819

"My great-grandfather came over from England with the first settlers. His name was Wiot. My grandfather’s name was Newton and was born in Narragansett.

My father his name was James Newton he was maried to hannah downs my mother. My father was 21 when maried. My mother was 18 both of old Colchester.

I was borne in that town 1760 and lived thare til the eage of 7 years. Then my father moved to Novescotha, whare we lived one year and a half. Then swopt farms with one darrow which had a lot of wild land in tolland thirty miles north of colchester and moved back to new inglon(England). We was forty days on our voige we sailed from -----the town we lived in and went to spensers ilond(island) and thare dropt ancor and had to ly thare eaght days for a fare wind then we sailed out into the ochen, the next land we made was cannebou whare we was detaned eleaven days then sailed to newburyport.”^[3]

Hannah died Dec 1775 (aged 50–51).^[4]

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Research Notes

The Wiot mentioned in the memoir above is likely Israel Wyatt (1668-1729) or his father.

Connected daughter Dorothy is unsourced.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WF-5LK : 7 January 2020), Hannah Downs, 1724.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS1-9CPW : 21 September 2019), Hannah Downs, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 007833261.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7} Leonard, Ermina. Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical (Bernard Ammidown Leonard, Wisconsin, 1915) Page 740.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #40038008, (accessed 19 November 2022), memorial page for Hannah Downs Newton (1724–Dec 1775), ; Maintained by Mary Ellen (Butler) DiCarlo (contributor 46926618) Burial Details Unknown.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LWCD-MSV