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John Y. NEWTON 1732 – 1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 Aug 1732

Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 20 Nov 1790

Death Location: Waynesboro, Jefferson, Georgia, USA

Father: Abraham NEWTON

Mother: Sarah GRAVES

Spouse(s): Keziah DORSETT

Children(s): John Newton, Jemima Newton, Phillip Newton, James Newton, Moses NEWTON, Phoebe Newton, Mary Newton

According to available records, John Y. NEWTON Sr. was born in 1732 in Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Abraham NEWTON and Sarah GRAVES. Following those early years, John Y. NEWTON Sr. married Keziah DORSETT, and their family grew to include John Newton, Jemima Newton, Phillip Dorset Newton, James Newton, Moses NEWTON, Phoebe Newton and Mary Newton. In the later years of life, John Y. NEWTON Sr. died in 1790 in Waynesboro, Jefferson, Georgia, USA.

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Parents

Abraham NEWTON
1715 – 1742
Birth Location: Marlborough, MA
AN
Sarah GRAVES
1710 – 1773
Birth Location: Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Keziah DORSETT
1735 – 1791
Birth Location: Orange, North Carolina, USA
KD

Children(s)

John Newton
1755 – 1780
Birth Location: –
JN
Jemima Newton
1757 –
Birth Location: –
JN
Phillip Newton
1760 – 1851
Birth Location: Duplin, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
PN
James Newton
1763 – 1845
Birth Location: –
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Moses NEWTON
1766 – 1826
Birth Location: Colleton District, South Carolina, USA
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Phoebe Newton
1771 –
Birth Location: –
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Mary Newton
1773 –
Birth Location: –
MN

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 07 Aug 1732
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 20 Nov 1790
    Record Source: Rev John Newton

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: SC, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 20 Nov 1790
    Event Place: Waynesboro, Jefferson, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Davis-Newton Cemetery
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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