Ancestry of
John Lithgow

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Samuel Newton

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 296 
  • Father:
  • Roger Newton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Hooker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Oct 1646 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Fenn
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Mar 1668/1669 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Sarah Newton

  Abner Newton (Ahnentafel No:148 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some secondary sources claim that Samuel Newton died in Milford, Connecticut, in 1708. However the only death record found in the Milford vital records is for Samuel's son, also named Samuel, who died in 1708.

• Sources for Samuel Newton

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Milford, p. 112, Marriage record for Samuel Newton and Martha Fenn.
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1996, Vol. 13, p. 25.
  • ³ Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Company (1909), 8, 15, 28.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/07/2017).

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