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cut, was descended from old Puritan
stock, his ancestry tracing back to early
Colonial days and including in both
maternal and paternal lines a number of
patriots who were active participants in
the war for independence. Mr. Newton
was born in Hartford, January 26, 1859,
a son of the late Duane E. and Clarissa
Barnes (Ludington) Newton, and died
there, November 15, 1917.
The progenitor of the Newton family
in America was Richard Newton, who
came from England, probably in the summer
or autumn of 1638, at which time he
must have been somewhere between
thirty-six and thirty-eight years of age.
He died in Marlborough, Massachusetts,
August 24, 1701, and according to the
record was almost a hundred years old.
He located first in Sudbury, Massachusetts,
with many of the citizens of which
he seemed to be already acquainted. In
1643, three divisions of meadow land
were made, and in 1642 another allotment
was made, in all of which Richard New-
ton shared. In May, 1645. ne took the
freeman's oath. We find his name signed
to what is known as the petition for Marl-
borough. He was one of the thirtv-eight
persons to whom the petition was granted,
receiving thirty acres as his allotment
upon the following terms: "four pence an
acre for each acre of their house-lotts to
the minister," and "nine pence an acre of
their house-lotts to town charges," and
subsequently "three pence per pound
upon cattle for the minister."
His son, Daniel Newton, was born
at Sudbury, December 21, 1655, and
died at Southborough, Massachusetts,
November 29, 1739. On December
30, 1679, he married Susanna, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Susanna (Shattuck)
Morse, who was born at Groton, January
11, 1662-63, and died May 30, 1729. Her
father was born April 30, 1637, and died
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in 1667. He was married in Watertown,
February 11, 1661, to Susanna, daughter
of William and Susanna Shattuck, of
that town, who was born in 1643. Joseph
Morse settled at Groton, but was driven
out by the Indians in 1675, when he
returned to Watertown. His father, Joseph
Morse Sr., was twenty-four years
old when he left England in April, 1634.
He came in the ship "Elizabeth" which
sailed from Ipswich, and was one of the
first proprietors of Watertown. He took
the freeman's oath, May 6, 1635. He
married Hester, daughter of John and
Eliza Pierce, of Watertown. He died
March 4, 1690-91. His father, John
Morse, came to New England with his
wife, Dorothy, a year or two after his son
Joseph. He settled in Ipswich and there
his will was probated September 29, 1646.
Daniel Newton was a small child when
his parents removed to Marlborough and
there he remained until his death.
His son, Samuel Newton, was born
August 10, 1695, and died in 1771. On
November 28, 1716, he married Mary,
a daughter of Simon and Mary Tozer,
who was born in Weston, August 16,
1693. She was the granddaughter of
Richard Tozer, who was married in Boston,
July 31, 1656, to Judith Smith. He
was a resident of Kittery, Maine, as early
as 1659, and was killed by the Indians in
October, 1675. His son, Simon, died December
30, 1718 in what is now the town
of Weston, Massachusetts. Samuel Newton
with his brother Nathaniel bought
from their father all the "lands I am now
possessed of," including his interest in a
grist mill and personal property.
His son, Lemuel Newton, was born in
Marlborough, March 17, 1718, and mar-
ried Abigail ; they settled in the
town of Southborough, where he enlisted
as a private in Captain Moses Harring-
ton's company. Colonel Nicholas Dike's