Is your George Newton the one mentioned earlier as brother to John the Mariner? I would be interested in information about him, if he is. Thanks, Beth Sloan ----- Original Message ----- From: Grace Newton <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 6:18 PM Subject: Re: Long Shot > Which Virginia Newtons, Linda? There's a passel of us. My husband's bunch > started with George Newton in Norfolk County, Va, then went to Culpeper Va, > Tazewell, Va, Daviess Co, Ky, Monroe Co, IN, Wright Co, MO and then further > West. Another batch of 4 brothers went into NC, then spread out from there. > There's a group still in Stafford Co Va that had a Henry Newton as the > original immigrant, I think and many of that line spread out also. They're > the Newton Line that's been researching their Native American ties to > qualify as tribal members. Wayne Newton is from that line. > > Then main trouble with all this is the Newton's seemed unnaturally fond of a > limited number of male names, George, William, Henry, Thomas, James, Charles > appear over and over. > > If any of this sound like what your looking for, contact me. I have quite a > bit of Red's line in a data base finally, > > Grace > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Higgins" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 7:42 PM > Subject: Re: Long Shot > > > > > > > > > > > Some bits from the Newton Quarterly (v. I, n. 1, p. 21): > > > > > > Sir Isaac's great-grandfather, John Newton, came from Westby in > Lincolnshire > > > and was related to the Newtons of Yorkshire, where the Virginia Newtons > > > originated. > > > > Thanks for this interesting information. My earliest Newton was a Thomas > b. 1670 > > m. Catherine. Their son Thomas had a will in MD. I had been looking at > the Virginia John as a possible father of Thomas. Does > > anyone have any information on the > > genealogy of the VA Newtons? > > > > > > >