Hi David, I don't know if this is a connection for you or not... doesn't give his home county...sorry. From "The History of Virginia's Navy of The Revolution" by : Robert Armistead Stewart In May, 1776, the Virginia Convention ordained the appointment of a Board of Naval Commissioners to superintend and direct the navy that was coming into being. The Commissioners Thomas WHITING (styled First Commissioner), John HUTCHINGS, Champion TRAVIS, Thomas NEWTON Jr., and George WEBB held their first meeting in Williamsburg on July 8, 1776, and this board (with some changes in its personel) continued, until its abolition by legislation in May, 1780, to control the affairs of the Navy. Paulette Williams From: DFN34@aol.com Reply-To: VANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com To: VANORTHU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VANORTHU-L] NEWTON'S Pre 1800 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:14:11 EST Hi Listers, Can anyone tell me whether there were Newton's in Northumberland County before 1800. I'm in search of parents, siblings or other relatives of Giles Newton who appears in Caroline County as early as 1755. I plan to visit Virginia soon and would appreciate any advance information to help organize my search. Since Caroline County is a "burned records" county, I can only hope to find a link in some earlier or surrounding area. Please help if you can. David F. Newton Historian, SC Newton Reunion Association 1673 Northwind Dr. SW Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 Paulette Williams I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, soft and still,"Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will ?" GenerationsB4@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.