Individual Details

Thomas Newton

(1720 - 1772)

Thomas Newton, Signed: March 27, 1772; Proved: Sept 15, 1772 ~~Item I give and bequeath to my son Arnold Newton, one shilling sterling & no more of my Real or personal Estate, Item I give and bequeath to my son Henry Thomas Newton one shilling sterling and no more of my Real or personal Estate. Item I give and bequeath to my son William Newton, all my Land called Andrews wood Also Newtons property to him and his heirs for ever. ~~Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Newton, one negro girl named, Henrietta and one shilling sterling & no more of my Real or personal Estate. Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna Poole, one negro Girl named, Monica, and one, Shilling sterling, and nomore of my Real or personal Estate. I tem I give and bequeath to my son Ignatius Newton, one negro boy named George and one, Shilling Sterling & nomore of my Real or personal Estate ~~I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Susanna Newton, during her natural life, three negros Viz~~ Priss, Hammer, & Balander, with their increase, & after my wifes decease my son William Newton to have an Equal part with my 3 youngest Children, among my three youngest Children, Equally, Viz~~Elizabeth Newton, Clement Newton and Mary Newton, my will and meaning is that my wife keep with her my three youngest Children till they are able to shift for themselves. I Constitute nominate and appoint & ordain my beloved wife Susanna Newton, and my son William Newton Joynt Executors of this my Last will and Testament, in Witness whereof I have hereunto, set my hand and affixed, my seal this 27th day of March Anno Domino 1772. Thomas Newton (((seal))) Sign d, Seal d, & declared to be the Last will & Testament Of Thomas Newton Senr in the presence of us Michael Wellman Eliza X Wellman Jarrad Wellman Those words underlined before the signing & sealing those presents Viz(My son William Newton to have an Equal part with my 3 youngest Children) Saint Marys County to wit, On the fifteenth day of September seventeen hundred & seventy two, came, Michael Wallmen, Elizabeth Wellman, & Jarred Wellman the three subscribing witnesses to the above Last will and Testament, of Thomas Newton deceased and severally made a Oath that they did see, thomas, Newton the Testator therein named sign and seal this will, and heard him publish and declare the same, to be his Last will & Testament, and that at the time of his sodoing, he was to the best of their and Each of their understanding of sound and disposing mind & memory & understanding, and that they respectively subscribed their names, as witnesses to the Said will, in the presence and at the request of the Said Testator, and in the presence of Each other. Sworn before J A Thomas Dy comis er~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************************************************************************** Transcribed by Judith A. Burger February 1, 2001 from a photocopy of the original court document Libra: T. I. A. Page: 639-640, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of Wills, St. Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good, the writing fair though distorted and very small.

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Notes:
NJL note: the wording of his will and the abstract of his wife's makes me suspect that Susanna was the mother of the "3 youngest" and the others were from a different wife.

NEWTON, Thomas, Sr., St. Mary's Co., joyner. 27 Mar, 1772; 15 Sep, 1772
Children: Arnold, Henry Thomas, William, Ignatius, Sarah Newton, Susannah Poole, Elizabeth, Clement, Mary.
Tracts: 'Andrews Wood', 'Newtons Property'.
Exs. wife Susannah and son William.
Wit: Michael Wellman, Elizabeth Wellman, Jarred Wellman. 38. 845

Thomas Newton 114.36 SM £181.10.6 Sep 15 1772 Jan 11 1773
Appraisers: Samuel Abell, Sr,, Robert Wimsatt, Jr.
Creditors: Henrietta Howden.
Next of kin: Elender Howard, Joseph New.
Executors: Susannah Newton, William Newton,

Thomas Newton 72.155 A SM £181.16.6 £5.2.11 Apr 1 1775
Payments to: William Taylor, Edward Abell, Jr., John Abell Younger (or John Abell, younger), Walter Dulany, Esq., John Allen Thomas.
Executors: Susannah & William Newton.

Thomas Newton 73.251 A SM £39.7.9 Oct 20 1775
Payments to: John Glasford & Co., William Newton (accountant).
Executors: Susanna & William Newton.

Thomas Newton, Signed: March 27, 1772; Proved: Sept 15, 1772
Item I give and bequeath to my son Arnold Newton, one shilling sterling & no more of my Real or personal Estate,
Item I give and bequeath to my son Henry Thomas Newton one shilling sterling and no more of my Real or personal Estate.
Item I give and bequeath to my son William Newton, all my Land called "Andrews wood" Also "Newtons property" to him and his heirs for ever.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah Newton, one negro girl named, Henrietta and one shilling sterling & no more of my Real or personal Estate.
Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Susanna Poole, one negro Girl named, Monica, and one shilling sterling, and no more of my Real or personal Estate.
Item I give and bequeath to my son Ignatius Newton, one negro boy named George and one shilling sterling & no more of my Real or personal Estate
I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Susanna Newton, during her natural life, three negros Viz; Priss, Hammer, & Balander, with their increase, & after my wifes decease [crossed out: my son William Newton to have an Equal part with my 3 youngest Children], among my three youngest Children, Equally, Viz; Elizabeth Newton, Clement Newton and Mary Newton,
my will and meaning is that my wife keep with her my three youngest Children till they are able to shift for themselves.
I Constitute nominate and appoint & ordain my beloved wife Susanna Newton, and my son William Newton Joynt Executors of this my Last will and Testament,
in Witness whereof I have hereunto, set my hand and affixed, my seal this 27th day of March Anno Domino 1772.
Thomas Newton (((seal)))
Sign d, Seal d, & declared to be the Last will & Testament Of Thomas Newton Senr in the presence of us
Michael Wellman; Eliza X Wellman; Jarrad Wellman
Those words interlined before the signing & sealing those presents Viz: My son William Newton to have an Equal part with my 3 youngest Children.
Saint Marys County to wit,
On the fifteenth day of September seventeen hundred & seventy two, came, Michael Wallmen, Elizabeth Wellman, & Jarred Wellman the three subscribing witnesses to the above Last will and Testament of Thomas Newton deceased and severally made a Oath that they did see Thomas Newton the Testator therein named sign and seal this will, and heard him publish and declare the same to be his Last will & Testament, and that at the time of his sodoing, he was to the best of their and Each of their understanding of sound and disposing mind & memory & understanding, and that they respectively subscribed their names, as witnesses to the Said will, in the presence and at the request of the Said Testator, and in the presence of Each other.
Sworn before J A Thomas Dy comis er
Transcribed by Judith A. Burger February 1, 2001 from a photocopy of the original court document Libra: T. I. A. Page: 639-640, obtained from Norma I. Dawson, Register of Wills, St Mary's County, Maryland. The photocopy was good, the writing fair though distorted and very small.

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:32:44 -0400
From: "Linda Reno" lindareno@comcast.net>
To: mdstmary@rootsweb.com>
Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] Clement Newton
Descendants of Thomas Newton
Generation No. 1
1. THOMAS1 NEWTON was born Bef. 1726, and died 1772 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married SUSANNA HOWARD Bef. 1746 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of WILLIAM HOWARD and SARAH SMITH. She was born Bef. 1731 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1791 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
Children of THOMAS NEWTON and SUSANNA HOWARD are:
8. vii. SUSANNA NEWTON, b. Bef. 1745, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
2. i. MARY2 NEWTON, b. Bef. 1746, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1795, St. Mary's Co., MD.
3. ii. ARNOLD NEWTON, b. Bef. 1752, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1799.
4. iii. WILLIAM NEWTON, b. Bef. 1752, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aug 1795, St. Mary's Co., MD.
5. iv. THOMAS NEWTON, JR., b. Bef. 1755, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bet. 1790 - 1800, St. Mary's Co., MD.
6. v. CLEMENT NEWTON, b. Bef. 1756, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1799, St. Mary's Co., MD.
7. vi. ELIZABETH NEWTON, b. Bet. 1756 - 1759, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1787.
9. viii. IGNATIUS NEWTON, b. Bef. 1758, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1812, Washington Co., KY.
ix. SARAH NEWTON, b. Bef. 1758, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1772.
x. HENRY NEWTON, b. Bef. 1772, St. Mary's Co., MD.

Generation No. 2
2. MARY2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1746 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Aft. 1795 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She married (1) JOHN BOOTH Bef. 1762 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He was born Bef. 1741 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1791 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She married (2) MARK NORRIS Bet. 1791 - 1792 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He was born 1740 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1795 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
Children of MARY NEWTON and JOHN BOOTH are:
i. ELIZABETH3 BOOTH, b. 1762, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1841, St. Mary's Co., MD; m. JOHN NORRIS, 1784, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1762, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1814, St. Mary's Co., MD.
ii. JANE BOOTH, b. 1763, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1791, St. Mary's Co., MD.
iii. RODOLPHUS BOOTH, b. 1765, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1801; m. MONICA PRICE, 17 Jan 1801, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. Bef. 1786, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1801.
iv. JOHN BAPTIST BOOTH, b. 1768, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 15 Nov 1844, Baltimore, MD.
v. ANN BOOTH, b. 10 Feb 1770, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1810, St. Mary's Co., MD; m. (1) EDMUND BARTON NORRIS, Bef. 1786, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1750, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 12 Aug 1794, St. Mary's Co., MD; m. (2) JAMES NORRIS, Bet. 1794 - 1796, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1754, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bet. 1821 - 1829, St. Mary's Co., MD.
vi. BOOTH, b. Bef. 1771.
vii. MATTHIAS BOOTH, b. 1772, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1801; m. (1) ROSE ANNA NORRIS, Bet. 1793 - 1797, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1774, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 13 Mar 1801, St. Mary's Co., MD; m. (2) ELEANOR WATTS, 28 Oct 1801, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. Bef. 1786; d. Aft. 1801.
viii. JOSEPH BOOTH, b. Bef. 1772, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1795.
ix. IGNATIUS BOOTH, b. Bet. 1775 - 1781, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1795.
x. WILLIAM BOOTH, b. Bet. 1778 - 1784, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1798.

3. ARNOLD2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1752 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Aft. 1799. He married ELIZABETH Bef. 1773. She was born Bef. 1758, and died Aft. 1793.
Child of ARNOLD NEWTON and ELIZABETH is:
i. TERESA3 NEWTON, b. 1793, MD; d. Aft. 1860, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., VA; m. BENJAMIN MAHONEY, Bef. 1811; b. Bef. 1791; d. Bet. 1830 - 1840, Old Point Comfort, VA.

4. WILLIAM2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1752 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Aug 1795 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married ELIZABETH Bef. 1785 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was born Bef. 1770 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1821 in Green Co., KY.
Children of WILLIAM NEWTON and ELIZABETH are:
i. ELIAS CHRISTOPHER3 NEWTON, b. 1785, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1859, Taylor Co., KY.
ii. WILLIAM LEWIS NEWTON, b. 1790, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1845, Green Co., KY; m. MARY WOOLEY, 27 May 1813, Green Co., KY; b. 1798, Green Co., KY.
iii. IGNATIUS NEWTON, b. Bef. 1791, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. 1841, Green Co., KY; m. NANCY GREENWELL, 28 Dec 1811, Green Co., KY; b. Bef. 1796, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1811, Green Co., KY.

5. THOMAS2 NEWTON, JR. (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1755 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bet. 1790 - 1800 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married SARAH Bef. 1786 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was born Bef. 1755, and died Aft. 1802 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
Children of THOMAS NEWTON and SARAH are:
i. SUSANNA3 NEWTON, b. Bet. 1785 - 1789, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1810; m. JOHN DORSEY, 16 Feb 1805, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. Bef. 1785, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1810.
ii. IGNATIUS NEWTON, b. 26 Mar 1786, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1802.
iii. MARY NEWTON, b. Bef. 1788, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1823; m. WILLIAM DORSEY, 12 Jul 1803, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. Bef. 1783, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1823, St. Mary's Co., MD.
iv. RICHARD NEWTON, b. 1788, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1790, St. Mary's Co., MD.

6. CLEMENT2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1756 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1799 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married JEMIMA THOMAS Bet. 1776 - 1778 in St. Mary's Co., MD, daughter of JAMES THOMAS and ELIZABETH. She was born 1761 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1792.
Children of CLEMENT NEWTON and JEMIMA THOMAS are:
i. IGNATIUS3 NEWTON, b. Bet. 1773 - 1777, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1798.
ii. WILFRED NEWTON, b. Bef. 1783, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1803, KY; m. SARAH NEWTON, 21 Oct 1803, Washington Co., KY; b. Bef. 1788, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1803, KY.
iii. BENNET NEWTON, b. Bef. 1792, St. Mary's Co., MD.
iv. BERNARD NEWTON, b. Bef. 1792, St. Mary's Co., MD.

7. ELIZABETH2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bet. 1756 - 1759 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1787. She married JOSHUA LEONARD GREENWELL 31 Jan 1774 in St. Fr. Xav. RCC, Compton, St. Mary's Co., MD, son of JOHN GREENWELL and ELEANOR GOUGH?. He was born 1756 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1833 in Nelson Co., KY.
Child of ELIZABETH NEWTON and JOSHUA GREENWELL is:
i. MARY3 GREENWELL, b. Bef. 1787, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1791.

8. SUSANNA2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1745 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Aft. 1800. She married RICHARD POOLE Bef. 1772 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He was born Bef. 1747, and died Bef. 29 Aug 1800 in St. Mary's Co., MD.
Children of SUSANNA NEWTON and RICHARD POOLE are:
i. IGNATIUS3 POOLE, b. Bef. 1780, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1806, St. Mary's Co., MD.
ii. SUSANNA POOLE, b. Bef. 1787, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1807.
iii. ALOYSIUS POOLE, b. 1792, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1800, St. Mary's Co., MD.
iv. ANNA POOLE, b. 1792, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Bef. 1800, St. Mary's Co., MD.
v. THOMAS POOLE, b. Bef. 1794, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
vi. RICHARD POOLE, JR., b. Bef. 1795, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
vii. ELIZABETH POOLE, b. Bef. 1796, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
viii. PETER POOLE, b. Bef. 1797, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
ix. SARAH POOLE, b. Bef. 1798, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.
x. LEWIS POOLE, b. Bef. 1800, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1800.

9. IGNATIUS2 NEWTON (THOMAS1) was born Bef. 1758 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1812 in Washington Co., KY. He married (1) ELIZABETH S. BROWN Bef. 1778 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was born Bef. 1763 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died Bef. 1793 in St. Mary's Co., MD. He married (2) SUSANNA Bef. 1789 in St. Mary's Co., MD. She was born Bef. 1774 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died 1823 in Marion Co., KY.
Children of IGNATIUS NEWTON and ELIZABETH BROWN are:
i. SUSANNA "SUSAN"3 NEWTON, b. 1778, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1799; m. RICHARD FENWICK, 30 Jan 1799, St. Mary's Co., MD; b. 1777, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1816, Washington Co., KY.
ii. SARAH NEWTON, b. Bef. 1788, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1803, KY; m. WILFRED NEWTON, 21 Oct 1803, Washington Co., KY; b. Bef. 1783, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1803, KY.
iii. IGNATIUS NEWTON, JR., b. Bef. 1793.
Children of IGNATIUS NEWTON and SUSANNA are:
iv. JAMES3 NEWTON, b. 1789, KY; d. 02 Oct 1873, Marion Co., KY; m. MARY SPALDING, 10 Feb 1810, Washington Co., KY; b. Bet. 1784 - 1795, St. Mary's Co., MD; d. Aft. 1797.
v. ELIZABETH "BETSY" NEWTON, b. Bef. 1800; d. Aft. 1815, KY; m. WILLIAM HAGER, 18 Jul 1815, Washington Co., KY; b. Bef. 1795; d. Aft. 1815, KY.

Events

Birth1720St. Mary's, Maryland
Marriage1742St. Mary's, Maryland - Susannah Howard
Death1772St Mary's County, Md

Families

SpouseSusannah Howard (1721 - 1791)
ChildThomas Newton ( - )
ChildArnold Newton (1743 - 1815)
ChildHenry Thomas Newton (1745 - 1790)
ChildWilliam Newton (1747 - 1795)
ChildIgnatius Newton (1749 - 1812)
ChildSarah Newton (1751 - )
ChildSusannah Newton (1753 - 1800)
ChildElizabeth Newton (1756 - 1788)
ChildClement Newton (1757 - 1799)
ChildMary Newton (1754 - )
FatherThomas Newton (1695 - 1741)
MotherKatherine ( - )
SiblingClement Newton (1718 - 1760)

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