Ancestry of
John Lithgow

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Roger Newton

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of John Lithgow — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 74 
  • Father:
  • Abner Newton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Burwell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 May 1737 
  • Birth Location:
  • Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 15 May 1737 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Dec 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Hall
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Aug 1762 
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  • Child:

  Susanna Newton (Ahnentafel No:37 )

• Sources for Roger Newton

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Greenfield, Vol. 1, p. 89, Baptism record for daughter Susanna Newton.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Greenfield, Vol. 1, p. 276, Death record for Roger Newton.
  • ³ NEHGS Membership Applications, 1845-1900, Vol. 1859, p. 77, Application for William Pierce.
  • ⁴ The New Salem Sesqui-Centennial: Report of the Addresses and Proceedings of the Celebration of the . . ., Atho, Massachusetts: Transcript Book and Job Print (1904), 56.
  • ⁵ Hooker, Edward, The Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hooker, Hartford, Connecticut, 1586-1908, Rochester, New York: E. R. Andrews Printing Company (1909), 28.
  • ⁶ Leonard, Ermina Newton, Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical: Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton . . ., New Haven, Connecticut: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company (1915), 707, 709-710.

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