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egiment, and fought in the Revolution.
His service covered from December, 1776,
to March 1, 1777. He died in Southbor-
ough, September 27, 1793.
His son, Winslow Newton, was born
April 9, 1756, and on September 3, 1777,
married Anna Bemis, of Watertown. The
evidence indicates that she was a daugh-
ter of Elisha and Lucy (Ellton) Bemis,
and great-grandmother of John Bemis, of
Watertown, who was born in August,
1659, and died in 1732. Winslow Newton
served in the Revolution as a member
of Captain Elijah Bellow's regiment
which marched on the Lexington alarm.
Later he was a member of Captain
Manassah Sawyer's company, Colonel
Nicholas Dike's regiment, and served
from September 1, 1776, to December 1,
1776. He also served in the same company
with his father and for the same
period and he subsequently marched to
Tiverton, Rhode Island, in Colonel Dean's
regiment of militia, serving eleven days
from March 7, 1781.
His son, Ivah Newton, was born Au-
gust 19, 1784, in Southborough, but later
lived at Philipston, Massachusetts, and
finally located in Hinsdale, New Hampshire,
where all of his children were born
and where he died September 12, 1840.
He married Sarah, a daughter of Daniel
and Sarah Rugg, who was born in Framingham,
April 10, 1785, and died at Fitchburg,
March 24, 1882. Her father was
born in Framingham, April 19, 1751, a
son of Jonathan Rugg, and served in the
Massachusetts militia in the Revolution.
Norman Bemis Newton, son of Ivah
Newton, was born at Hinsdale, New
Hampshire. He married Mary, a daugh-
ter of Alexander, of Winchester.
He engaged with his brothers in the man-
ufacture of oyster kegs and eventually
removed to Fair Haven, Connecticut.
Their son, Duane Epaphroditus New-
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ton, the father of Charles E. Newton, was
born September 6, 1833, and died March
3, 1906, at Winchester, New Hampshire.
He received his education in the public
schools of his native town, and while yet
a boy entered the employ of Pliny Jewell,
the founder of the Jewell Belting Com-
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pany. When the business was moved to
Flartford, he went with it and remained
identified with the concern until his
death. Through his intelligently directed
industry, careful study of the business
and unswerving loyalty, he rose from one
position of responsibility to another until
at one time he was superintendent of the
factory. As he advanced in years, how-
ever, he was relieved gradually of his
more onerous duties by the company who
had never failed to appreciate his faithful,
conscientious service. Mr. Newton
was a member of St. John's Lodge, No.
4, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
and Washington Commandery, Knights
Templar. For a number of years he
belonged to the well-known Hartford mil-
itary body, the Governor's Foot Guards.
Mr. Newton married Clarissa Barnes, a
daughter of Jesse and Julia Ann (Story)
Ludington. She was a granddaughter of
Amos and Huldah (Chidsey) Ludington,
and a great-granddaughter of Levi Chid-
sey, a corporal of Connecticut troops in
the Revolution. The following children
were born of this union : Charles Ed-
Lillian L., born
ward, of further mention ;
April 11, 1861, married Wilbur M. Stone,
of East Orange, New Jersey; Arthur
Duane, born April 8, 1863, married Ger-
trude A. Hyde, a daughter of Salisbury
Hyde; Mary A., born June 11, 1865, mar-
ried Charles H. Huntting; Edith L.,
born December 4, 1869, married Charles
P. Marshall, of Newton, Massachusetts
and Carrie M., deceased.
Charles Edward Newton was born
January 26, 1859, in the city of Hartford,
;