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given will show. The grandfather <strong>of</strong> Mr.<br />
Newton, Ezekiel Newton, married Caro-<br />
line Northrop, a sister <strong>of</strong> Lord Northrop.<br />
Franklin Newton was born December<br />
19, 1838, died January 27, 1894. He had<br />
a public school education, and followed<br />
the occupation <strong>of</strong> farming at Washing-<br />
ton, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, all his life, except dur-<br />
ing the period in which he served in the<br />
Civil War. He married Matilda Morgan,<br />
a descendant <strong>of</strong> a well-known New Eng-<br />
land family, always noted for its skill in<br />
financial matters which culminated in the<br />
person <strong>of</strong> the late J. Pierpont Morgan.<br />
Charles Hollister Newton was born<br />
May 3, 1877, at Washington, <strong>Connecticut</strong>,<br />
and there passed the years <strong>of</strong> his childhood<br />
and youth. He gained his education<br />
in the excellent schools <strong>of</strong> that town<br />
and proved himself an unusually good<br />
student. He left the parental ro<strong>of</strong> upon<br />
completing his studies and went to Tor-<br />
rington where he secured a position with<br />
a large manufacturing concern <strong>of</strong> that<br />
city, in the employ <strong>of</strong> which he received<br />
a rapid promotion. Later he was sent to<br />
Newark, New Jersey, to represent his<br />
firm, and there remained a considerable<br />
period. He then received an <strong>of</strong>fer <strong>of</strong> the<br />
secretaryship <strong>of</strong> the Osborne-Stephenson<br />
Manufacturing Company <strong>of</strong> Plainville,<br />
and returned to that town to take up his<br />
new duties. He still holds this important<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice at the present time. Mr. Newton is<br />
very prominent in the general life <strong>of</strong><br />
Plainville and belongs to many important<br />
organizations and orders there. He is a<br />
prominent Mason, being a member <strong>of</strong><br />
Seneca Lodge, No. 55, Free and Accepted<br />
Masons, as well as <strong>of</strong> the higher divisions<br />
<strong>of</strong> the order. Fie attends the Congrega-<br />
tional church <strong>of</strong> Plainville and is prominent<br />
in the work <strong>of</strong> the congregation. He<br />
is a member <strong>of</strong> the American Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Mechanical Engineers.<br />
On September 15, 1894, Mr. Newton<br />
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
was united in marriage with Sara L. Wadhams,<br />
born October 16, 1876. To Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Newton one child has been<br />
born, Roger Hooker Newton, June 17,<br />
1909. He began his schooling at the age<br />
<strong>of</strong> four and gives token <strong>of</strong> possessing<br />
unusual mental powers, already showing<br />
a marked originality in his ideas and the<br />
ability to reason in the manner <strong>of</strong> an<br />
adult.<br />
TOLLES, Charles Levi,<br />
Business Man.<br />
Henry Tolles, the immigrant ances-<br />
tor, who was born in England, and set-<br />
tled in Wethersfield, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, as<br />
early as 1669, removing later to Saybrook<br />
in that colony. He was twice married.<br />
By his first wife, he had a son, Henry,<br />
mentioned below.<br />
(II) Henry (2) Tolles, son <strong>of</strong> Henry<br />
(1) Tolles, was in New Haven, April 15,<br />
1693. He married Rebecca Thomas,<br />
daughter <strong>of</strong> Daniel and Rebecca Thomas,<br />
<strong>of</strong> New Haven. Children : Henry, mentioned<br />
below; Rachel, born 1696; Sam-<br />
uel, 1698; Daniel, 1700; Ebenezer, 1703;<br />
Dorothy, 1705; Experience, 1708.<br />
(III) Henry (3) Tolles, son <strong>of</strong> Henry<br />
(2) Tolles, was born in 1694, in New<br />
Haven, and died there in 1772. He mar-<br />
ried Deborah Clark, February 15, 1727.<br />
She died in New Haven, in 1788. Children,<br />
born in New Haven : Elnathan,<br />
born December 15, 1729, died in infancy;<br />
Dorothy, September 17, 1731 ; Francis,<br />
December 30, 1733; Henry, mentioned<br />
below; Mabel, August 21, 1738; Elnathan,<br />
January 9, 1741 ; Dorothy, September 3,<br />
1743; Rachel, December 1, 1745; Deborah,<br />
July 27, 1 75 1 ; Philemon, May 8,<br />
19<br />
1753-<br />
(IV) Henry (4) Tolles, son <strong>of</strong> Henry<br />
(3) Tolles, was born at New Haven, August<br />
8, 1736. He married Hannah Clark,