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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Civil Service
Birth: abt 1715 / Westmoreland / VA Death: aft 08 Oct 1788 / Stafford / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
Paid 1782, 1783 land tax in Stafford Co, VA
Additional References:
VA County Court Records, Stafford Co, VA Land Tax Books, 1782-1792, pg 7, 16
McGhan J. (2007). Genealogies of Virginia Families: From Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine (Volume I). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company
Spouse: (1) Margaret Monroe; (2) Elizabeth Kenyon Children: John; Elizabeth; Margaret; Isaac;
Find-a-Grave states that he is probably burried on the grounds of Little Falls Plantation, Stafford County
Little Falls Plantation is about two and a half miles from Fredericksburg on the King's Highway, bordered on the south by the land of Joseph Ball, Esq. (George Washington's grandfather) (McGhan, p. 669)
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Timothy Edward Peterman
William Newton, Jr. was born about 1715/20 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, the son of William and Elizabeth (Berryman) Newton, and grandson of John and Mary (_____) Newton and Benjamin and Sarah (_____) Berryman.
During the Revolutionary War, he paid the 1782 land tax in Stafford Co., Virginia.
He is reported to have married Margaret Monroe. Prior to 1752, he married a second time to Elizabeth Kenyon (died after 1766), daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Waddington) Kenyon. Abraham identified his daughter as Elizabeth Kenyon in his 1750 Will, an indication that she married William Newton between then and 1752.
William stated in his 1784 Will that he was giving his estate to his eight children, but then made bequests to nine children: John, Isaac, Thomas, Benjamin, Elizabeth, William Jr., Abraham, Margaret (born about 1757 and died before 1815), and Sarah. Any children born between 1740 and 1750 must be children of Margaret Monroe. Any children born 1752 and later must be children of Elizabeth Kenyon.
William wrote his Will on June 16, 1784, added a codicil to his Will on Oct. 8, 1788. The Will was proved on Dec. 14, 1789 in Stafford Co., Virginia.
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