>Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:07:19 -0400 >From: Bud Scott <[email protected]> > >Dear List, > >I was searching the internet looking for leads for my Newton/Taylor brick >wall. In a database I found a William S. Taylor that married a Mary Newton >in Stafford County VA. The database only gave dates of 1851 - 1900. Buddy, What database was this in? Can you provide the specifics? Maybe someone on the list has access to this particular database and could send you the file! Brian Brian J. Newton |Researching the following Surnames: 2303 Hwy 20 | NY,PA: Beer, Foust, Green, Newton, Decatur, Ala. 35601-7515 | Passmore, Schmidt, Sherman, Yoder email:[email protected] or home page: home.hiwaay.net/~bjnewton List manager, NEWTON, FAUST, & STARR Mailing lists at RootsWeb.

Hi Brian, I'm sending this to all on the Newton list since there may be others researching this branch of the Newton family. I live in Stafford Co, Va. There are many Newton's in Stafford, especially in the White Oak area. They've been here since Colonial times. A Newton researcher, Danny (D.P.) Newton, started a Civil War museum in White Oak. He wanted to preserve the records he and his father, Patrick Newton, had collected over the years. Danny also did a ton of research on the Native Americans in this branch of the family. Many of the White Oak Newton's worked for years to establish their right to belong to certain Native American tribes. It was tough, since older family members were close mouthed over that group of ancestors. For one, they were concerned with Virginia's stringent Jim Crow laws, which as late as the 1960's, would have affected anyone with Native American blood. I'll enclose a hyperlink to an article in Fredericksburg Free Lance Star Newspaper about Danny's museum. If you search at the newspaper site for Newton, you turn up several obits. Unfortunately, they don't carry as much information as they use to. This isn't my husband's direct line but I've got a hunch the families are related. Red's line is from George Newton of Lower Norfolk Co. The family tale is George was one of four brothers (why is it so often four brothers?) who immigrated from England in the late 1600's. The same legend is told by the White Oakers but, if I remember correctly, their branch descends from Henry Newton. Brian, I KNOW I've seen websites on this family, but I'm having problems locating them right now. I poke around a bit more and if I find them, I'll post the links for everyone. Here's the link to Danny's story in the Free Lance Star. <http://fredericksburg.com/news/columns/evans/le121099.html> The White Oak branch of the Newton clan has many ties to the Sullivan and Jett families. It's said in this area, if you're a Newton, Sullivan or Jett you're related to half the county. That doesn't hold true now because of the huge influx of new people over the past 20 years, but there's still a large group of them in Stafford. The Newton's were mainly farmers, trappers, hunters and watermen, usually all four at the same time. That part of Stafford is bordered on one side by the Potomac River and on the other by the Rappahannock. Both rivers lead to the Chesapeake Bay. The waters are full of oysters, blue crab and fish of all kinds. It's rich farmland between the rivers and the woods are full of wildlife. It was pretty easy to feed your family but sometimes hard to scratch up cash money. One Newton patriarch, who wouldn't appreciate me posting his name because his wife would not care to have this family laundry flying in the breeze, said the Newton's raised the cash they needed to pay taxes, buy the kids shoes and school books, etc, by "jackleg carpentry, shade tree mechanics and running 'shine". There's a cross road in the White Oak area named Wildcat Corner where the old timers say the "Newton College" used to exist. I've never gotten much more than a grin when I ask about it, but it's hinted that's where the smoother white lightning ever sipped was created. I'm still looking for a solid conformation on that tale. More later, Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian J. Newton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:40 PM Subject: Re: NEWTON-D Digest V00 #57 > >Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:07:19 -0400 > >From: Bud Scott <[email protected]> > > > >Dear List, > > > >I was searching the internet looking for leads for my > Newton/Taylor brick > >wall. In a database I found a William S. Taylor that married a > Mary Newton > >in Stafford County VA. The database only gave dates of 1851 - 1900. > > Buddy, What database was this in? Can you provide the specifics? > Maybe someone on the list has access to this particular database > and could send you the file! > > Brian > > > Brian J. Newton |Researching the following Surnames: > 2303 Hwy 20 | NY,PA: Beer, Foust, Green, Newton, > Decatur, Ala. 35601-7515 | Passmore, Schmidt, Sherman, Yoder > email:[email protected] or home page: home.hiwaay.net/~bjnewton > List manager, NEWTON, FAUST, & STARR Mailing lists at RootsWeb. >