Essex-Mecklenburg County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Biographies.....Newton, Henry 1643 - 1712 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Julia Ryden juryden@gmail.com November 4, 2011, 11:41 pm Source: Written by Julia Ryden Author: Julia Ryden Based on documents as provided: Henry G. NEWTON Biography by Judy Ryden Henry Newton was born somewhere between 1640 to 1655 probably in England. At the time, England, was faced with a population problem. Without consciously deciding to solve the over population, a solution crept into the legal system. By the late 1500s, there were over 300 laws classed as felonies with the only punishment being hanging. A judge had little choice unless a clergyman came to the rescue with a writ stating that Òthis is a good person and should be treated mercifully.Ó Even then, punishments could be very harsh. Finally, a solution presented itself in the form of a place to send the excess population: the colony of Virginia, which by the late 1650s had expanded beyond being the Virginia Company. When asked for an official account of the population of Virginia, Governor Berkeley replied, in 1671, that there were about 48,000 inhabitants. Of these, 2,000 were Negro slaves, and 6,000 were indentured servants. Some estimated that about 1,500 men, women and children were arriving each year, very few of whom were African slaves. Most came as servants because of the headright system.1 Many of these people were ambitious to better their lot. They knew that after a seven-year time of servitude, they would be able to work for themselves and even, possibly, gain ownership of land. Henry was one of these. The earliest record is of his being claimed under the headright system by two different men, Richard Webly2 and Robert Moss.3 It is not clear who paid HenryÕs passage but the record shows that he came in 1664/65 to old Rappahannock County.4 This record also reveals that he came alone. If there had been a wife and children, the sponsor could have claimed more than one head count. As it is, there is some confusion as to how two different persons claimed Henry. Henry must have worked hard, or had support from other Newtons in the area who may have been related. In less than 12 years he had been declared a freeman and had enough money to buy land of his own. He become a planter or farmer. Even though land was plentiful, the fact that there was an ever present threat from indian attacks and other privations kept most settlers huddled in the tidewater areas until much later in that century.5 After becoming a freeman and purchasing land,6 Henry Newton married. The name of his wife and the date of the marriage is unknown but probably happened between 1675 after he had a way to support her and 1679 because Henry Junr was born about 1680.7 This woman has been variously named as Miss Crask, Miss Bruce, Miss Ffelgate and Miss Boothe. None of these has been proven.8, 9, 10, 11 Henry did well and was able to buy still more land in 1672, and in 1692.11 HenryÕs first wife died before 1699. The record shows that he married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) Stokes, widow of John Stokes in old Rappahannock County, Virginia By the 10th day of May 1701.12, 13 Elizabeth may have been a young widow. Some estimate her birth to have been around the year 1660, and she and Henry could have had a couple of children. This conclusion comes from a court order made after ElizabethÕs death as the children were appointed a guardian.14 In fact, the signs of pregnancy may have been the reason Henry deeds land to his son, Henry Junr from his previous marriage on the 11th day of August 1701.15 In the years between 1690 and up to HenryÕs death, there are several instances where he serves the community as a solid citizen. He witnesses documents, inventories estates and serves on a jury.16 Henry died between Oct. 1712 the date when his last will was written and Feb 1713 when it was probated by his widow, Elizabeth, in Essex County (old Rappahannock), Virginia.17 Elizabeth only survived another 3 or 4 years.18 She died leaving two young children, but they could not be too young as she had been in her later child bearing years when she married Henry (if she was born in 1660) and bore these two between 1701 and 1718.19 Proven Children of HENRY NEWTON and two wives are: ¥ Henry NEWTON Junr. b. bef. 1680 Essex County, Virginia (reached majority by 11 day Aug 1701 when Henry Senr signed over 100 acres of land; d. February 13, 1731/32, St. Anne's Parish, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. ¥ Thomas NEWTON b. bef 1690 but reached majority by 15 Oct. 1712 at the writing of his fatherÕs will which ordained that Thomas was to be given 195 acres. ¥ Daughter NEWTON who married somebody Falconer before 1712 and had son David Falconer ¥ Martha NEWTON named in will b. aft. 1694, Essex Co, Virginia; d. Bef. May 18, 1737, Essex County, Virginia. * * * * * NOTES: 1The Headright System: The early inhabitants of Jamestown were employees of the Virginia Company and were supposed to direct their labors toward the production of profits for the investors. It quickly became apparent that gold and silver did not exist in appreciable amounts in eastern North America, a fact that left the colony without a cash crop and the resultant threat of bankruptcy. The advent of the tobacco economy in the 1610s changed the course of VirginiaÕs development. Tobacco production required large tracts of land and many workers. The company held title to tremendous amounts of land, but had few workers at their disposal. In 1618, the headright system was introduced as a means to solve the labor shortage. It provided the following: ¥ Colonists already residing in Virginia were granted two headrights, meaning two tracts of 50 acres each, or a total of 100 acres of land. ¥ New settlers who paid their own passage to Virginia were granted one headright. Since every person who entered the colony received a headright, families were encouraged to migrate together. ¥ Wealthy individuals could accumulate headrights by paying for the passage of poor individuals. Most of the workers who entered Virginia under this arrangement came as indentured servants Ñ people who paid for their transportation by pledging to perform five to seven years of labor for the landowner. The ability to amass large plots of land by importing workers provided the basis for an emerging aristocracy in Virginia. Plantation owners were further enriched by receiving headrights for newly imported slaves. The implementation of the headright system was an important ingredient in VirginiaÕs success. Land ownership gave many people a reason to work hard, with the assurance that they were providing for their own futures, not that of the company. England was the usual source of immigration, but it was not the only source for which headrights were granted. 2 Name: Henry Newton 4 Date: 10 Mar 1664/5 Place patent for 480 acres of land on the north side of Rappahannock River, in Sittingburne Parish, Old Rappahannock, Virginia Primary Immigrant: Newton, Henry named as a headright for Richard Webly Source: vol 2 of ÒCavaliers & PioneersÓ transcriptions of patents 3 In a list of immigrants to Virginia Colony: Name: Henry Newton Date: 16 Oct 1672 Place: patent for 944 1/2 acres of land on the south side of Rappahannock River, in Sittingburne Parish, Old Rappahannock, Virginia Primary Immigrant: Newton, Henry named as a headright for Robert Moss Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 436 (Reel 6). [Note: Date and place where land was patented and record was created listing those transported/imported. Only the names of those to be transported were indexed.] Abstracted from Patent books 6 through 8, from the Land Office records located at the Virginia State Library. Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 2: 1666-1695. Indexed by Claudia B. Grundman. Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1977. 609p. Page: 120 transcribed as: Moss (Mosse), Robert. grantee. Land grant 10 October 1672. Summary Location: Old Rappahannock County (extinct). Description: 944 1/2 acres on the south side the river. Beginning &c in the head of a valley. Adjoining land of William Moseley. Source: Land Office Patents No. 6, 1666-1679 (pt.1 & 2 p.1-692), p. 436 (Reel 6). Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. 5 Beverley, Robert, History of Virginia: in four parts. pub. J. Randolph, Richmond, Virginia 1855 6Essex Co. VA Deed Book 17, Henry's son, Henry, sold some land purchased by his father in 1675. Assuming the elder Henry was of age when he bought the land. 71701-1704 Essex Co VA Order Book; Antient Press: (Page 86) TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whome these pr:sents shall come, I HENRY NEWTON SENR. send Greetings in or: Lord God everlasting. Know yee that I HENRY NEWTON SENR. of the County of Essex in ye Collony of Virgena Gentleman for the love good will & affection which I have & doe bare towards my loving Son, HENRY NEWTON JUNR. of the County and Colony aforesd., Planter, have given to the said HENRY NEWTON his heires or assignes the full contents of one hundred acres of land scituate & being in the County of Essex and on the South side of Rappahannock River begining at a marked tree on a branch side at the foote of a hill nears the CHURCH PATH, thence to the CHURCH PATH and along the same till it comes to GARRET EVEs line and thence along the said line to the MAINE ROADE, thence by a line of THO: DAVIS above the MAINE ROAD to the end thereof and from thence by ye said line of the said HENRY NEWTON SENR. land & then by a lyne of marked trees to the foote of the hill on the upper side of the cleared ground and finally along the foote of the hill to the first men coned marked tree including the Plantation or cleared ground, it being part of a Convaiance of 195 acres of land belonging to the said HENRY NEWTON SENR. To have and to hold the said land unto him the said HENRY NEWTON JUNR. his heires or assignes for ever with all the profitts & comodities thereunto belonging in as ample manner as in the Patent from henceforth as his & their owne proper land forever In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the llth day of August 1701 Sealed and delivered in the pr:sents of us JOHN STRANG, HENRY G NEWTON SENR. THO: RAMSEY The within named HENRY NEWTON att a Court held for Essex County ye 11th day of August 1701 acknowledged ye within Deed & ELIZA: his Wife relinquished her Right of Dower to the land within menconed and Its truely recorded. Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER Cl Cur === [Note: this son, Henry Junr., had to be at least 21 to own land, so was born 1680 or earlier, hence is the son of HenryÕs first wife but not necessarily the eldest son if one takes into account naming protocols of those years. 8 Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692 Page 6. (items a & b) a) 20 July, 1683; CRASK, EDMUND, 1 August, 1683. I will that all those debts that I Shall happen to Justly owe at ye time of my decease be paid & satisfied by my Executors hereafter named. I will that Elizabeth Moss and ffrances Moss be paid their equall shares of their deceased fathers estate According to the tennr. of the Inventory & appraisement of my estate by my Executor hereafter named. I give unto my well beloved wife Elizabeth one Negro woman Called flora and my mourning ring to her and her heirs forever I give unto my son John Crask one young negro boy called Michall & my sword and belt unto him and his heirs forever. I give to my Daughter Ellen Crask one young Negro girl called Jenny and her own Mothers Cabinett to her & her heirs forever. I give to my son John six hundred and fifty acres of land being part of the divident formerly belonging to Mr. Thomas Button deceased Called the Range which was lately granted to me by Escheat [after it had reverted to the colonial government] to him and his heirs forever. I give to my Daughter Ellen a Tract of Land Containing three hundred acres Lying near to the said Range land which I purchased of Robert and George Pley to her and her heirs forever. All ye rest of my psonall estate of what nature or kind soever it be I give to my well beloved wife Elizabeth to my son John and to my Daughter Ellen to be equally divided between them. Wife to be Executrix and son John Executor of this my last Will & Testament and I do desire my honoured friends Lt. Col. Wm Loyd & Mr Henry Awbrey to be assisting to them in advising them in the management of my Estate It I do give to each of them A Mourning Ring of fifteen sh. price for their pains & Care and Likewise I desire the Worthy Court of Rappea to be Aiding & assisting to my wife and Children for the procuring what Clerks fees shall be due to me in this County of Rapp" or Elsewhere And what the Sheriff shall be deficient in Collecting I humbly desire they will give a power to Thomas New to Collect the tob. that shall be found due to me and pay the debts And use all means possibly he can for the Recovery of them And for what Tob he shall so Collect and pay he to Receive his full Sallery for the same he paying to my sd. Executor the Remainder in ye County of Rappac. Wit. Henry NEWTON, Tho: NEW, THOMAS HERBERT. ========= b) Wills of Rappahannock County, Virginia, 1656-1692 (Note: As found on ancestry.com Ò1685, CRASKE, EDMUND Married Elizabeth, relict (widow) of Thomas Moss --record in Book: O 1, Page: 197 Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia page 68Ó) CONFUSING but perhaps the date was miss-copied. CRASK, ELIZABETH, 18 November, 1683 ;proved 3 January, 1683/4. probated & recorded 23 January, 1683/4. To ffrances Moss daughter to my former husband Thomas Moss one negro woman flora and the first and second child that the Negro woman shall bear I bequeath unto Elizabeth Moss daughter to my former husband Thomas Moss. I will that ffrances Moss have the third child that the said Negro woman shall bear. I will that the two children that the said Negro woman shall happen to bear to the use of Elizabeth Moss be and remain with the mother until they shall be one years old and that then they be taken away by the said Elizabeth Moss. I give to Elizabeth one hoop gold ring And I give unto ffrances Moss my hoop gold ring that I wear on my hand. I give unto Elizabeth Moss and ffrances Moss all my Cloaths and apparel that I leave to be equally divided between them. I give to my God daughter Elizabeth Moss daughter to William Moss one silver box and one gold ring with a stone in it. I give unto George Murrill one two year old heifer. I give unto my sister Rebecca Moss one seirg gown. I give to Ellinor daughter of Richard Stoakes one two yeare old heifer. I give my chest of drawers to the above said (Frances Moss. I give the said Elizabeth Moss daughter of Thomas Moss one feather bed boulster red rug and silver and one small silver bodkin. I give unto Elizabeth Moss one silver spoon and one silver bodkin. To Robert Parker son of Thomas Parker one two year old heifer and if Robert die then the said heifer to go to any of the other sons of Thomas Parker as he shall think fit. And of my estate that remains when my legacis are satisfied I will that my debts be fully paid and satisfied. Executor Thomas Herbert of the Parish of Sittingborn and Executrix Elizabeth Moss daughter of my former husband Thomas. I will that when my debts and legacies are fully paid and satisfied that what of my estate doth remain to be equally divided between my executor and executrix and ffrances Moss. I will that my executor and executrix doe call Thomas New to accompt for all the concerns of my husbands Captain Edmund Crask or of mine that are [sic] hath been or shall be in the hands of the said Thomas New or in his management. I will that out of my hoggs there be paid to ffrances Moss six sows one boar and three barrows. I give unto my brother Robert Moss one boar barrow of two years and a half old and another barrow of that age and one purple rug. I give to Rebecca Stoakes wife of Richard Stoakes my Pallmata hat and one whole snit of linen throughout shift and all. To Elizabeth Newton wife of Henry Newton two pewter dishes two plates and one dutch iron pott. I give to my God child Anne daughter of Alexander Robbins one silver whistle with bells and tassel. I give unto ffrances Moss my feather bed with Red Curtains and vallence Red Rugg and boulster two pillows and one paire of sheets. I give unto Elizabeth Moss one blanket and two pillows. I will that all my table linen be equally divided between the two sisters Elizabeth and ffrances Moss. I give unto Thomas Herbert my great chest. I give unto John Crask a mourning ring that was his fathers and one pair of silver buckles. I give unto Ellen Crash two pairs of shoes and one pair of slipps. I give my little table in my room to Rebecca Stoakes above mentioned and one pewter dish and two sawscers and one spitt. I give unto Thomas Herbert one heifer big with calfe of three years old called Mayden. I give unto Martha the daughter of Abraham Stapp one heifer of two years old. I give unto Dr Greine that was with me in my sickness two hundred pounds of Tobo. I give unto Thomas Parker Sr. two Dowlis shirts. I will that Thomas Herbert have to his own use my negro woman (flora to serve him one year and that he also have my servant boy to make one crop to his own particular use and service and what time the said servant boy hath longer to serve I will he lend it to Elizabeth Moss. I will that what remains of my pewter I give between the two sisters Elizabeth and ffrances Moss. I will that I be interred with my husbands and that my burying place be inclosed with a decent pale. I give to my brother Wm Moss one silver seal Wit. HENRY TANDY, THOMAS PARSER, HENRY (X) NEWTON. [NOTE: Elizabeth Somebody married Thomas Moss who already had children:, Francis and Elizabeth Moss or these girls were daughters born to this marriage. Thomas Moss died and Elizabeth (now) Moss married Edmund Crask and they either had a John and Ellen or Mrs. Moss is their step mother and then they had a daughter which she named Elizabeth (in spite of raising another child named Elizabeth (Moss) and this daughter of Crask married Henry Newton before 1683. I'm not sure this really works for me. AND Ellen Crask appears to be the child of some former wife of Edmund because in his will, he says "...and her own Mothers cabinett to her & her heirs forever." Does this wording "own Mother' not imply that Ellen's mother is other than the present wife, Elizabeth?] 9 [was Elizabeth originally Elizabeth Bruce, married John Stokes/Stoakes and then Henry Newton?] Will Abstracts From RÕCords of Richmond County, Virginia: June 7, 1699 Ð Mrs. Elizabeth Newton, Administratrix of Dr. William Bruce. The bounds of land of Mr. John Grymes, 1,000 acres near Rappahannock Cr. patented by Mr. Charles Grymes, his father, on November 22, 1661 10 Will of ÒCapt. Robert ffelgate, of Virginia, Gent., now here resident in sick & week estateÓ &c. Revokes a former will made before his departure out of Virginia. His exx to pay his debts, especially to pay to his brother William ffelgate, of the city of London, skinner, 60 pds. of lawful money of England: Thomas Newton, my grandchild, [was Thomas sent to school in Holland?] now resident in Holland all my plantacons in Virginia to hold the same after he becomes 21 forever; in the meantime my exx to receive the rents & enjoy the lands &c. during her natural life, afterwards sd property to his gr. son Thomas Bruton [possibly Burton?]. But should his wife depart this life, the sd. Thomas not attaining the age of one and twenty yeares, to have and enjoy the sd. premises aforementioned nor leave any Issue of his body lawfully begotten to injoy the same their plantation &c. to go to the children of William ffelgate, my brother. To my servant, Mary Hayes, three-score acres & 500 lbs. tob. of the country growth & so much corne to keep hir one whole year together with 4 head of cattle & I doe remitt unto hir the tearm of years She hath to serve me and to be att her own disposure &c: Wife to keep premises in repair & commit no devastation; residue of my personal estate to go to my wife Sibella, whom I make sole Exx. Dated the last day of Sept. 1640. Witnesses: Edward Ball, Robt Hay,; Richd Barber. Scr., London Copied out & exam. ( ) Nicho: Merriwether Cl.; recordd: 25¡ 7 ber, 1655. (Source: Virginia Will Records; Notes from the Records of York County [Virginia] p 511 11 Old Rappahannock Co Deed Book 8 - 1688-1692; pg 91-92 HUMPHREY BOOTH and PHEBE his Wife of County of Rappa Virginia of one part and HENRY NEWTON of sd County of other part Witnesseth ye sd HUMPHREY BOOTH and PHEBE his Wife for valuable consideracon in hand already received have sold unto HENRY NEWTON his heirs all his right whatsoever he have unto a certaine parcel! of land conteyning One hundred acres of land included within the bounds hereafter mentioned (That is to say) begining upon a Gravely Run at a certain ROAD called by ye name of the CHURCH ROAD in Sittinburne Parish on ye South side ye River in ye County of Rappa. just where JERRED EVERS line crosses over the sd ROAD and so up along ye sd line till you meet with THOMAS DAVIS tree and then up along the uppermost line of sd HUMPHREY BOOTH to the land of RICHARD STOKES and down line of sd STOKES crossing ye said MAIN ROAD to his lower corner tree and from thence alonge the line of the sd lower till you meet with the sd CHURCH ROAD and so long the sd ROAD to the sd Gravelly Hill where you first began To have and to hold the land and every part there unto the sd HENRY NEWTON his heirs In Witness whereof the sd parties have sett their hands and fixed their seales Signed sealed in the presents of us THO: NEW, FRANCES NEW HUMPHREY BOOTH SAMUEL his mark GRIFFIN, JERRED EVERS PHEBE BOOTH Recognitr in Cur Comt Rappa 2 die April 1690 KNOW ALL MEN by these presents that I PHEBE BOOTH, Wife of HUMPHREY BOOTH of Rappa County in Virginia have made JOHN ALMOND my true and lawful! Attorney for me to acknowledge before Justices of the Peace sitting in Court for the County of Rappa one Deed of bargaine and Sale bearing date with these presents between sd HUMPHREY BOOTH and myself, PHEBE, of ye one part and HENRY NEWTON of the other pt, and also to relinquish all my right of dower to the sd land giving my sd Attorney full power and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall do In Witness I have hereunto set my hand & seale the 11th day of Janry. 1689 Signed Sealed and Delivered in ye presents of JERRED EVERS, GEORGE LOYDE PHEBE BOOTH GEORGE MURRELL 12 Index to Marriages of Old Rappahannock and Essex Co. VA, 1655-1900 by Eva Eubank Wilkerson lists a marriage in 1701 of Henry Newton to Elizabeth, relict (widow) of John Stokes, Deeds and Wills Book 10, pg. 88. 1699-1702 Essex Co VA Order Book; Antient Press: (Page 43) 13 At a Court held for Essex County ye 10th day of May 1701 - Upon the Peticon of RICHD. STOAKES its ordered that HEN. NEWTON SENR. & ELIZ: his Wife, late Widow of JNO: STOAKES deced, present to ye next Curt upon oath a true & perfect Inventory of the sd deceds Estate 14 On p. 249, Essex Co. Court 16th of December 1718 : Ordered yt. Cornelius Sale, Thomas Davis & John Mills or any two of them set appart ye Estate of ye Orphans of Henry Newton deced from ye Estate of Eliza Newton, deced, & deliver ye same to James Booth, guardian of sd Orphans, & also return their proceedings thereto to ye next Court. [translation of above] Ordered: you three, Cornelius Sale, Thomas Davis & John Mills or any two of the three, to set apart the Estate of the orphans of Henry Newton, deceased, from the Estate of Eliza Newton, deceased, & you will deliver the same to James Booth, guardian of said Orphans, & also return the proceedings of your inventory to the next Court meeting. 12 Henry ( ) Nuton made an inventory of Rebeca Moss, deced on 10th day of May 1700 in Essex county [Virginia].Ó (Source: Essex County Deeds & Wills 1699-1700, Abstracts, p. 40) 15 1701-1704 Essex Co VA Order Book; Antient Press: (Page 86) TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whome these pr:sents shall come, I HENRY NEWTON SENR. send Greetings in or: Lord God everlasting. Know yee that I HENRY NEWTON SENR. of the County of Essex in ye Collony of Virgena Gentleman for the love good will & affection which I have & doe bare towards my loving Son, HENRY NEWTON JUNR. of the County and Colony aforesd., Planter, have given to the said HENRY NEWTON his heires or assignes the full contents of one hundred acres of land scituate & being in the County of Essex and on the South side of Rappahannock River begining at a marked tree on a branch side at the foote of a hill nears the CHURCH PATH, thence to the CHURCH PATH and along the same till it comes to GARRET EVEs line and thence along the said line to the MAINE ROADE, thence by a line of THO: DAVIS above the MAINE ROAD to the end thereof and from thence by ye said line of the said HENRY NEWTON SENR. land & then by a lyne of marked trees to the foote of the hill on the upper side of the cleared ground and finally along the foote of the hill to the first men coned marked tree including the Plantation or cleared ground, it being part of a Convaiance of 195 acres of land belonging to the said HENRY NEWTON SENR. To have and to hold the said land unto him the said HENRY NEWTON JUNR. his heires or assignes for ever with all the profitts & comodities thereunto belonging in as ample manner as in the Patent from henceforth as his & their owne proper land forever In Witness hereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale the llth day of August 1701 Sealed and delivered in the pr:sents of us JOHN STRANG, HENRY G NEWTON SENR. THO: RAMSEY The within named HENRY NEWTON att a Court held for Essex County ye 11th day of August 1701 acknowledged ye within Deed & ELIZA: his Wife relinquished her Right of Dower to the land within menconed and Its truely recorded. Test FRANCIS MERIWETHER Cl Cur === [Note: this son, Henry Junr., had to be at least 21 to own land, so was born 1680 or earlier, hence is the son of HenryÕs first wife but not necessarily the eldest son if one takes into account naming protocols of those years. see appendix 1] 16 Henry ( ) Nuton made an inventory of Rebeca Moss, deced on 10th day of May 1700 in Essex county [Virginia].Ó (Source: Essex County Deeds & Wills 1699-1700, Abstracts, p. 40) AND === From Essex County records, 1703-1706 29E: no.12; on ancestry.com Inv of est[ate] of Eliz Jones decd. Totals L 4, 10, 1 Signed Rich Stokes John x Mills Henry x Newton Presented by Richd Covington admr and sworn before Ro Brooke 11th Jan 1704/5. 17 Sources: Title Essex County VA Will Text: will of Henry Newton of St. Annes Parish, Essex co, VA, dated 15, October 1712. Probated: 12 Feb 1713/1714. To son Thomas Newton, 195 acres, the line beginning at a School house, running along the Church road and upon the Top of the brink of the hills at my son Henrys. He [Thomas] failing in heirs this land to "my Grandson the son of Henry Newton x x and if the said Henry Newton [the third] shall die without heirs to the Grandson David Falconer. To wife Elizabeth, plantation, 150 acres "whereon I now live as long as she keeps a widow." If she marries, to son Henry Newton, he failing in heirs to David Falconer. To son Henry Newton, 2 cows. To dau. Martha Newton, 3 ewes. Bal. of est. to wife Eliza Newton, to son Thomas Newton and dau. Martha Newton to be equally divided. Wife exor. Signed Henry Newton his mark. Wit: Rich'd Wilton, Andrew Micall [McCall? Michael?] his mark. From VA Colonial Abstracts, Essex Co, Wills and Deeds 1711-1714: p 202 Bond. £. Sterling 12 Feb., 1713/14 Elizabeth Newton, Extrix, Henry Newton, deceased. Signed, Elizabeth Newton (X) , John Strong, Thomas Davis (X) Rec. Feb 12, 1713/14 ---p 216 Estate of Henry Newton, deceased, inventory. p 218 Will of Henry Newton of St. Anns Parish, Essex County, VA dated 15 October, 1712. Probated 12, February 1713/14 [see above] Inventory of the Estate of Henry Newton, deceased. 2 doz Spoons, 1 Sute of Mens cloths, 1 Sute do [ditto] 1 gunn, 4 pales and q piggin, 2 pewter bottles and 1 pint pott, 1 old Bible and 2 old books. Total valuation £ 105. 14. 07 Presented by Eliza Newton , Extrx., 11 March 1713/14 and is Recorded.Ó (Signed:) Nathaniel ffogg, John ( ) Miller, Cornelius Sale, Eliza ( ) Newton, 8-E, p. 216. (Source: Fleet, Beverly, Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 8, Essex Co., VA, Wills & Deeds 1711-1714, Baltimore Gen. Pub. Co., 1961, p. 76) 18 Order Book, 1716 -1723, Part II, p 245, Essex County Court 20 Nov. 1718:.. take care of estate of Elizabeth Newton deceased There exists a Will: 1718, Essex Co, Virginia by ELIZABETH (widow of JOHN STOKES) but the text is not included here. On p. 249, Essex Co. Court 16th of December 1718: Ordered yt. Cornelius Sale, Thomas Davis & John Mills or any two of them set appart ye Estate of ye Orphans of Henry Newton deced from ye Estate of Eliza Newton, deced, & deliver ye same to James Booth*, guardian of sd Orphans, & also return their proceedings thereto to ye next Court. Ordered that Richard Stokes and John Stokes take care of ye Estate of Eliza. Newton, deced & also of ye sd Eliza Newtons two young Children til they sd Richard Stokes nd John return an Invry and Appraisement of the Decedents Estate. 19 Ordered that Richard Stokes and John Stokes take care of ye Estate of Eliza. Newton, deced & also of ye sd Eliza Newtons two young Children til they sd Richard Stokes nd John return an Invry and Appraisement of the Decedents Estate. [Does this mean that these Mr. Stokes were set to look after the affairs of Elizabeth Newton's children by her first marriage to John Stoakes? These could hardly be very young children since she married in 1701 after John died, and any of the Stokes children would be over 12 when Henry died and over 17 when Elizabeth died.] *James Booth was the son of Humphrey Booth and Pheobe. It is still remembered in the family that James embezzeled the Newton childrenÕs fortune. Additional Comments: Please send any docuents regarding this Henry NEWTON to be added to this biography. This is posted in both Essex where Henry lived out his life and in Mecklenburg County where his descendants lived for the next 200 years. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/essex/bios/newton218gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 30.8 Kb