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tail druggists in that city. Through his
own industry, foresight and sound business
methods he has won a prominent
place among the retail merchants of his
native city, and has also become promi-
nent in Masonic and military circles.
The Newton family is one of the oldest
in New England. The immigrant ancestor
of Mr. Newton, Richard Newton,
came from England, probably in the summer
or fall of 1638, and was one of the
early settlers of Sudbury. His name ap-
pears on the list of original proprietors of
Sudbury in 1640. He became a freeman
in May, 1645, an d was one of the thirteen
who signed the petition for Marlborough.
The petition was granted, and in the allotment
of land, Richard Newton received
thirty acres. He finally became possessed
of nearly one hundred and thirty acres
there. In 1664 he was one of eight who
petitioned for permission to establish a
church and call a minister. He married
Anne or Hannah, as she is called in his
will, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth
Loker, of County Essex, England. She
died at Marlborough, December 5, 1697,
and he died August 24, 1701.
Their son, Moses Newton, was born at
Sudbury, October 20, 1645, an d was a
worker in iron. He received his portion
of his father's estate before the latter
died. On March 20, 1676, while the peo-
ple were at church, they were attacked
by Indians, and Moses Newton received a
ball in his elbow, from the effects of which
he never fully recovered. In the Indian
wars and troubles of the period, 1700 to
1713, Moses Newton, Sr., his son, Moses,
and John Newton, with their families,
were assigned to Isaac Howe's garrison,
No. 6, near what is now the Newton Rail-
road Station. On October 27, 1668, he
married at Marlborough, Joanna, daugh-
ter of Edward and Joanna Larkin, of
Charlestown, Massachusetts. She died in
1723, and he died in 1736.
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Their son, Moses Newton, Jr., was born
February 28, 1669, and married, December
11, 1695, Sarah, daughter of Isaac and
Frances (Woods) How, born January 28,
1675, and died December 4, 1733. She
was the granddaughter of John How, who
was a resident of Watertown in 1639. He
was one of the Sudbury citizens who
signed the petition for Marlborough in
1657. He was admitted freeman in 1687,
and conducted the first public house in
Marlborough. In 1717 he became one of
the original proprietors of Shrewsbury.
Their son, Elisha Newton, was born in
October, 1701, and married at Shrews-
bury, Massachusetts, Sarah, daughter of
Isaac and Mary (Wait) Tomlin, of Brookfield.
She was born at Marlborough,
April 15, 1708; was admitted to the
church at Shrewsbury in 1734, and died
about 1798.
Their son, Solomon Newton, was born
January 28, 1740-41, and died there May
28, 1822. On May 18, 1762, he married
Hannah, daughter of Daniel and Sarah
(Ball) Hastings, born in Shrewsbury,
April 14, 1742, and died there November
9, 1 781. She was descended from Thomas
and Susannah Hastings, who left Ips-
wich, England, in the ship "Elizabeth,"
April 10, 1634, and settled in Watertown,
Massachusetts.
Daniel Newton, son of Solomon New-
ton, was born, one of twins, April 13,
1776, and died at Shrewsbury, March 6,
1827. On January 31, 1803, he married
Lucy, daughter of Daniel and Hannah
(Harrington) Maynard, born June 2,
1782, and died October 2, 1818. She was
descended from. John Maynard, who was
in Sudbury in 1638, and was one of the
petitioners for Marlborough. Soon after
his marriage, Daniel Newton moved to
Heath, Massachusetts, where he owned
and operated a saw mill until the death
of his wife, when he returned to Shrews-
bury.