Lynn City (part 1 of 2)

Lynn City

The following pages will give some account of this numerous family, descended, as will be shown, from two brothers who probably settled in the town of Lynn about A. D. 1630. Their names are to be found on the list of grantees of lots in a division of lands in 1638, as appears in the papers on file in the office of the Clerk of the Courts for Essex County, in the case of William Longley vs. the Town of Lynn, March Term, 1660-1.

In Gleanings feom English Records about New England Families, published in Essex Institute Historical Collections for the year 1880 (Parts I and II), may be found, by those interested in the matter, abstracts of various Newhall, Xewall and Newell wills examined in London, not one of which, however, seems to furnish any clew that will assist us in tracing the English origin l CD of this family. The earliest reference to the name in the Gleanings was to one Thomas Newhall, whose will, written in Latin in 1498 and proved 22 April, 1499, mentions, among others, Avife Emmota and a Thomas Newhall whom he appoints executors. He wishes his body to be buried in the chapel of TTitton and makes bequests to the Abbot and Convent of the Blessed Mary of Vale Royal, and for the repairs of the church at Budworth. All these places are in Cheshire. The earliest mention of the name in printed history is to be found in Bloomtield's History of Norfolk, wherein Ave learn that a certain manor Avas bestowed by one of the baronial proprietors upon one of his sons, Avho built a iicav hall, whence he obtained the name of Johannis de Nova Aula, alias John de Newehall. This indicates the probable origin of the surname, which may have thus arisen and become established, under similar circumstances, in various parts of England.

25 Sept., 1665. He lived until the 25th May, 1674. His last Will and Testament, signed 1st April, 1668, Avas received in Court 30l'-4mo-1674. Some of his bequests are as follows : -

"I bequeath my tAvelve acres of salt marsh to my son Thomas Newhall & my son John Newhall, the six acres that my son Tho : shall haue, is three acres in Rumney Marsh neere the Hand, and the rest is a pcell lying in the ToAvne marsh caled Gaines his neck & an other pcell lying in the Towne marsh adjoyning to my brother ffar- rington, And the six acres that my son John shall haue lyeth in the last deuission in Runnier marsh, but if my son John should have noe child before he dieth then the six Acres I giuc to my son John, to returne to my son Thomas & his heires foreuer but if my son John should have a child or children, then the said six acres to he at his owne dispose foreuer.

I bequeath to my son Richard Hauen his children twenty pounds to he equally deuided amongst them, namely betweene Joseph Hauen, Richard Hauen, Sarah Hauen, Xathaniell Hauen & Moses this not to be pd till they come to the age of twenty one yeares :

I bequeath to my son Thomas Brownes his children twenty pounds, equally to be deuided betweene them & the sixteene pounds which he hath alredy of mine in his hands is to be pt of this twenty pounds I giuc to his children.

I doe alsoe bequeath to my son Thomas Newhall his children thirty pounds, and that this is my true will & testament I haue sett to my hand this first of aprill, 1668 :*'

An old dwelling house with an old Barne & G acres of upland & 12 acres of meddow . . . 95-00-00 30 acres of land in the woods, som pt. meddow 30 - 00-00 a small pcell of land about an acre neere ye ) on1' shut mill betweene the mill wast & the >

The thirty acres specified in the foregoing inventory were doubtless the thirty acres allotted to him in the Division of 1638, concerning which his son Thomas made the following- deposition (now in the Massts Archives in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth) viz : -

"Thomas Newhall aged about fifty yeares testify eth & saith that there was granted and laid out unto my Unkle Anthony Newhall and my Father Thomas Newhall two Lotts of thirty acres apeice, according to y° Record of the Town of Lynne which were undivided, and I ever understood by Record & Comon account that Edward Burcham sometime an Inhabitant of Lynne had a Lott adjoyning to the said Lotts on the east, and further testifyeth y* the said Lotts are now lying in the Township of Redding." "10 Nov-1683."

tions grandchildren Richard Hood and Elizabeth Hood. To his dafftter Mary he bequeaths the third part of the entrest of his orchard for seuen years. He also gives her "that pcell of ground that lys one the other syde the brook at the north end of my hows lott uppon condittyon that her hussband doe build a dwelling hows oppon it." Then follow certain legacies to dafter Mary and son John. The remainder of his estate he divides between his two children, two parts to John and one part to Mary : son John to have "my hows and land that I now live in bounded from the brook att the north end upp to the land of Gorg fFrayll at the south end ;*' Mary to have "that lott lying betwixt the land of John hawthorne and John Ramsdell." Of the land lying by Jonathan Hudson's John to have four acres and Mary two acres. John to have twenty acres and Mary ten acres of the "ouplaid lying oup in the Country." Sundry other parcells of meadow and marsh lands are divided in the same proportions. He appoints Nathaniel Kertland, Matthew Farrington and John Fuller overseers. The inventory, taken 6-12m0-1656, shows that the homestead consisted of house and barn and tive acres of land and an on-hard : it mentions "fowr akers of opland by John Hawthorn's house.*' Richard and Mary Hood conveyed 7 July, 1682, to Matthew Farrington, jr., a dwelling house and all that parcell of land sometime in the possession of Anthony Newhall deceased, viz., four acres more or less, or twothirds of a six acre lot where the house stood, bounded Westerly with land of John Gillow, Easterly with land of John Hawthorne, Northerly with land of Robert Potter, Senr, Southerly with the country highway that lyeth in the mill street. This was undoubtedly the four-acre lot next Hathorne's that Mr. Newhall bequeathed to his daughter, and here probably her husband built a house

Anthony NewhalTs own homestead, which descended to his only son, John, can be shown very conclusively to have been on the cast side of Federal street, where Mr. Lewis has erroneously placed the other common ancestor of the family, Thomas Xewhall.

3 Susanna {Thomas1) married Richard Haven and died in Lynn 7"' Feb'y, 1682. Her age is shown in the following deposition (Essex Co. Court Papers, B. VI, L. 96) : - "The testimonye of Susanna Haven aged about thirtye seuen years sworne saith that the wife of Will. Longlye came to my housbands house (it Mas the weeke of boston county court last) : and I asked her what news at boston, she said John Ilathorne was east and the bulls were recouered from him and that the magi strats said they might charg him the said Hathorne with fellony but saves she, that which is worse then all this is ; that John Hathorne had put more into a writing then should be & that it was forsierye and that the magistrats did very much check him for it - & further saith not. Sworne in Court at Salem"' [1661]. But in a deposition made 5,h Nov., 1G78 she calls herself about fifty six, which would place the date of her birth at about 1622. She died in Lynn 7th Feb'y, 1(382. Her husband, who is said to have come from the West of England and to have been in Lynn as early as 1645, made his will 21 May, 1701, in presence of John Burrill, jr., Joseph Burrill & Sarah Ballord. It was proved 14 June, 1703. In it he mentions son John, son Nathaniell, grandson Joseph, son of son Richard Haven dee'd, son Closes, dau. Hannah Gooddell, son in law John

Tarbox, dau. Sarah Whitney, grandson "Westol Cogswell, grand dan. Hannah Parker, gr. dan. Hannah Gooddell, son Moses Haven's children, dan. Hannah's children. The homestead, which he left to his son Moses, excepl thai part of it where his daughter Hannah's house stood, lay North of Mill Street and next East of the lot which William Longley sold to Thomas Browne in liiii;1). It embraces all those house lots lying West of the extension of Federal Street and running from Mill Street back to the Rocks or to the road leading to Fresh Marsh. Moses Haven, in 1704, after his removal to Framingham, sold it to Joseph Hart ; and his sister, the widow Hannah Goodale, of Sudbury, together with her brother Moses, sold to Samuel Hart her dwelling house and land 4 Jan'y, 1705- 6. The Haven house, which Joseph Hart bought, he conveyed. 24 April, 172-S, to his son Samuel Hart and has ever since been known as the Sam Hart house until its recent demolition by the order of its last owner, the Hon. James E. Newhall.

[Xote. - It will be noticed that Hannah, Mary. Susanna and John, in the above li-t, were not mentioned by their gr. father Newhall iu his will 1674} In ngfa undoubtedly living then; and that Joseph, named I y tli - gr. f.. ie not mentioned In

4 Thomas (Thomas1) said to have been the first white child born in Lynn (1630), but according to his own depositions born about 1631-2, married Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Potter 29lh Dec., 1652. She was buried in Lynn 22d Feb'y, 1686-87.

In the March Term of 1663, he was tried before the Quarterly Court on an action of Battery for striking the wife of "Will"1 Longley, when the following deposition was taken : -

"The testimony of Elizabeth NeAvhall ye wife of John Senier and Mary Haven whoe say"1 y* Thomas Newhall Junier was desiercd for to howld a poole for to rone a line between Will Longley and John Newhall : ye sayd Thomas Newhall stode one ye land of John Newhalls : then came ye two dafters of ye sayd Longley ; namely Mary Longley & Anna Longley and threue stons at ye sayd Thomas Newhall ; afterward ye sayd Anna toke up a peace of a pulle & stroke ye sayd Newhall severall blows with it, & presently after ye wife of ye sayd Longley came with a broad axe in hir hand and cam to ye sayd Newhall and violently stroke at ye sayd Newhall with ye axe, but ye sayd Newhall sliped aside & soe yc axe mised him : o'wise wee cannot but thinke but y* hee had bine much wounded if not killed : then presently after ye wife of "Will Longley layd howld upone ye poole with hir two dafters to pull ye poole away from ye sayd Newhall : but ye sayd Newhall pulled ye poole from yin. All this time yc sayd Thomas Newhall did stand upon y° land of John Newhalls. Taken upon oath 28-lnio-'63." It is but fair to say that there was another side to the story, according to the testimony of Mary Longley, who deposed that she, with her mother and sister Anna, was "striuing to get a poole from Thomas Newhall Junior, that he was holding up as I concerned to runne a line, he hauing hold on one end we on the other and the said Newhall being on one side of our orchard fence and wee three <>n the other side of the said fence within our orchard ; wee had almost pulled the poole out of his hands but his brother John came and helped him and pulled it from us, and after the said Newhall had got the poole againe he strucke my mother seuerall blows with the poole so thai one of her hands was black and blue severall dayes after."

There may be found in the Court Files other interesting depositions concerning the death of his daughter Elizabeth, some of which are here given : -

" The testimony of the wife of Robert Potter1 and the wife of John Newhall: Testiiieth and saith we seinge the wife of Thomas Xewhall Juner in a graite fright for her Chilld we went to hellpe her looke for her Chilld and we founde it drounded in a pert of waiter a littell below the house of Thomas Xewhall Juner."

"We Robart Potter and John Xewhall : understands by Too Testimonies. That Thomas Newhalls chilld was drounded in a pett which pelt we heard George Kesar saye he digged: farther we doe Testifie that George Keser had a Tanfatt in that pett. I John Xewhall doe furder Testitie that George Keser did take up his fitt and left the pett open. Sworne in Court 29-9-65."

"The deposition of Thomas Morris agede therten or fortenn years testifyeth that when goodman Newels childe was drowned I askede his sonn Thomas wheal- the childe was drownede, & he saide in that holl that we rakede out the durtt & put watter in to keep alwifes to go n ashing & he went dowen & showed me the holl & 1 have sen durt pulled out of that holl : & I have senn John Newell : & Thomas Xewell & Joseph Newell put watter <£ fish into

Constable of Lynn to enquire of the death of a child of Tho : Newell Junyr Upon ye 13th of this prsent month meeting at ye dwelling house of ye aforesd Newell woe sawthere a dead child, which we were informed was drowned in a pitt of water which pitt or hole of water we were at, whore did appeere to us two woemen : ye wife of Robert Potter & ye wife of John Newall, yl did say to us, y* in yl pitt they found ye said child swimming or floating upon top of ye water & tooke up ye sd child, being dead when they found it, we alsoe asked ye mother of ye sd child how long shee mist the child, whoe said to us, it was betweene half an hower & an hower & y* ye sd child went from her well ye last y* she saw it living, & upon further inquirye we find noe other cause of ye death of ye said child, being about two yeares of age, but ye said pitt being neere two foot deepe of water & mudd, being neere to ye highway before ye doore of ye said Newall & the said pitt being six or seauen foot oner & being faring ground, neere to ye said pitt a child playing neere aboute there, any small slip or stumble of a child would ocasion his fale into ye aforesaid pitt : " Then follow the signatures of the jurors.

The Lynn Records inform us that Thomas Newhall, Sonr, was buried the first of April, 1(>S7. He probably left a Will ; for, on the 14th of April, 1687, an Inventory of Ensigne Thomas Newhall of Lynn, late deceased, appraised 8th of April, 1G87, by John Fuller, Son1'. Ralph King and John Burrill, was presented by John Newhall, "one of the Executors," and is recorded in Suffolk County : but no record of the Will appears and neither Will nor

Inventory has been found in the Files. The Record of the latter shows that he was possessed of property valued at nearly 700£. Of furniture he had, inter alia, a long table and two forms, a cupboard, cupboard cloth and cushion, a table-chair, a livery cupboard, with cupboard cloth and cushion and glass case, a table. six joined stools with a carpet and a joined chair and cushion. There were found five guns, for fowling and training, at four pounds, two swords at twenty shillings and books at twelve shillings. Of live stock he had a mare and a colt. two horses, thirty-eight sheep and fourteen lambs, four oxen (two at Josephs), six cows, besides numerous calves, yearlings, two-year olds, four-year olds, and swine. In the inventory of Real Estate we find "The Dwelling house and rnault house & mault mill and house over it with all appurtenances belonging to the mault house and other prviledges with the Conveniences to the well, as also a six acre Lott adjoyning to the Dwelling house, and an orchard appertaining and an old Barne with all priveledges 1 70£-00s-00d ; " 18 acres adj. the house of John Newhall; Blood's neck marsh (?i acres); 3 acres of marsh at Burch Islands; 3 acres at E. side of Great Island in Runmey Marsh : <U acres in Battle's lot : 2 acres in Ramsdelfs neck ; U acre in Townmarsh; 7 acres at Fox Hill: 30 acres in Reading; two ten-acre lot-: ."><> acres possessed by Nath1 Newhall in the country; and a six-acre lot, only some part taken off that fronts upon the highway.

The location of Ensign Xewhall's homestead has been very carefully ascertained. Mr. Lewis had placed it on the present borders of Lynnfield; but the probabilities seem altogether opposed to that theory. The depositions made in the case of the death of his daughter Elizabeth show that in 1665 he was living near Geo. Keser's Tan- nery, which would be likely to be near the centre of the town.- Moreover the land in the Northerly pari of the town he seems not to have bought until 30tb Nov., 1679, when K/.ckiel and Sarah Needham made a conveyance to him of threescore acres, bounded easterly with the dividing line between Salem and Lynn, westerly by the commons, northerly by "a certaine farme comonly caled Mr Humphries but now Major Rainsberry's farme," and southerly by the commons ; which land the said Needham purchased of Daniel King, Senior, of Lynn, deceased. No houses are mentioned and a proper inference would be that Ensign Newhall bought this land for a farm with which to portion off his sons, Joseph, who was then recently married and was afterwards certainly in possession of some of this very land, and Nathaniel, another son, who appears in possession of another portion. The eldest son Thomas, it is well known, removed to Maiden. This leaves John and Samuel (one or both) to inherit the paternal homestead. John's home, as will appear in a deed of gift to his son Jacob (1734), was next to the Great Bridge ; while Samuel, as will also later appear, died in 1718, possessed of a homestead consisting of a dwelling house, two barns, one malt house and about twelve acres, bounded easterly with the land formerly of John Newhall, Sen1', deceased, westerly with the land

2 And so on investigation we find that George Keaser bought, in 1649, of Samuel Bennett all the ground that Mr. Bennett had purchased of Joseph A.rmitage, - '- from before goodman Potter's door up i" goodman Novell's propriety mi both Miles of the Mill River." Here Mr. Keaser doubtless earned on the business of tanning until his removal to Salem, but the property remained in the possession of his heirs until after 1700. About the middle of this hist Century considerable of this land came by purchase into the possession of Benj. Gray and others of that well-known family. It all lay West of the well-known overshot mill which John Elderkin sold to Mr. Bennett in 1643, Bennett to Thomas Wheeler in it;."):;, Wheeler to John Ballard in 1666, and Ballard to Henry Rhodes in 1672. It was in one of the pit- left by Mr. Keaser, close up to the street in front of .Mr. New hall's house, that the little child Elizabeth Newhall was drowned.

of Benjamin Potter, northerly with the common and southerly with the Country Road or Highway. From the fact that a malt house is mentioned, we may conjecture that this last described place was the homestead of Ensign Thomas Xewhall, and from its bounding on the estate of his brother John, deceased, we may also infer that ii formed a part of the farm of the first Thomas Newhall.

The parentage of his wife Elizabeth is shown in a Deed of Nicholas Potter, of Salem, bricklayer, to lii- son Robert Potter of Lynn, in which he mentions his daughter, Robert's sister, Elizth Xewhall, wife of Corporal Thomas Xewhall, 26lh of May, 1675.

5 John (Thomas1) married 3d-12"10-( Feb'j> ) 1657, Elizabeth Laighton, as the Lynn Records have it, but the Salem Records give it Paton. She died i'i"1-*1""- (Oct.) 1677 (thirteen days after the birth and death of her only child). He again married, 17th duly, 1679, Sarah, daughter of Stephen Flanders of Salisbury, Mass., mentioned in her father's will, 4th Feb'y, L683-4. Their deaths are not recorded. The 4th of Feb'y, 1711-12, administration at large on the estate of his son Joseph Newhall was granted to him, he signing the bond as John

Newhall So., with Joseph Jacobs and Nathaniel Hathorne as sureties; and he presented the Inventory 7"' Feb'y, 1712. Among the charges was one "To Sarah Newhall for mourning 9£." In 1718, as already shown, he is referred to as deceased. Besides the child of his first wife, already spoken of, he had by wife Sarah : -

6 Mary (Thomas1) born in Lynn about 1(537, m. Thomas Browne of Lynn, who was born about 1628, according to his own deposition, taken 1 - 5mo - 1668 (Essex Co. Court Papers, B. XIII, L. 62), when he calls himself "aged ffourty years or thereabouts." He ""departed this life the 28: of August 1693," and his widow Mary was appointed administratrix 9th Oct., 1693, her sureties on the bond of administration being John Newhall, Senr, (her brother) and Ebenezer Browne (her son). On the same day was taken down in writing from the lips of the witnesses the nuncupative will of Thomas Browne, Sen1*, commencing as follows: - "Memorandum: - about two years since though in ye last sickness of Thomas Browne thereafter named he declared ye following sentences as his last will & testament who dyed about 6 weeks agoe." In this will, which is not on record, but remains on file in the office of the Register of Probate in Salem, he mentions his wife, his eldest son Thomas, sons Joseph, John, Daniel and Ebenezer, and daughter Norwood, and const i- tutes his "brother John Newhall" and Robert Potter, Senr, overseers. The witnesses to this will were Jeremiah and Mary Shepard, and John Newhall, Sen1". The widow rendered an account of administration 26th August, li!'.»."), when distribution was made among the children, viz. : - Thomas, Joseph, John, Eliezer, Ebenezer, Daniel and Mary ("Norwood alias Browne"). The age of Mary Browne is shown in a deposition made in the case already referred to on the preceding page, as follows :

"The deposition of Mary Browne aged about thirty one years whoe testilieth and saith, That her cousin John Haucks being at my brother John Newhal his house whoe was ye constable ; at a tyme when shee this deponant was there & did heare ye said John Hawckessay; yf Daniel! Hutchens said that hee would deliuer up all the cattle y1 ye constable had attached, and then this deponant opposed y' saying and asked him whether hee did not say y1 lice would deliuer up all his right y* hee had in them, linn John Hawckes said, yea hee did speake such words : & further saith not. Sworne in Court at Salem 1 : 5mo : 68. Attestes Hillyard Veren Clerics."

In Book VI, Leaf 96, Essex Co. Court Papers, the following deposition maybe found: - "The testimony of Mary Browne aged about fower & tewenty years of age sworne saith that spaking with the wife of William Longlye about John Hathorne shee tould me many things; but this amoungst other things, that sayes shee if he had nameing John Hathorne. attached a cow or -<-«- ; it had not bin much, but to attach all that they had, ii was more then he need to haue don : I sayd to her, I suppose he esteemes his name more then all your estate, shee sd againe to me, his name : is his name so good, or what is his name worth, has he redeemed his name spaking in a slite derideing wave (to my understanding) and spaking further to mee about that which Andrew .Man-

These depositions seem to show clearly enough that she was born about 1637, while her husband was about nine years older, and may have had sonic of his children born to him by a previous wife; but Mary was undoubtedly the mother of all his children from and after 1658, when her name, as his wife, first appears on the records. Her husband was a dish-turner and was said to be "of Grawton Middlesex" in June, 1663, when he bought of AY"1 Longley of Lynn his houselot (six acres) bounded E. with land of Richd Haven, W. with land of John Newhall, S. on Mill Street and N. on the common. It was doubtless over the fence separating this very lot from John Newhall's lot that r'ye two dafters" of goodman Longley "threue stons at ye sayd Thomas Newhall," a few months before, and then, with the help of their mother, "layd howld upone ye poole * * * * to pull ye poole away from ye sayd Newhall."

Of her children Thomas, John and Eliezer removed to Stonington, Conn1, as appears on Record of Deeds for Essex Co., B. 18, L. 181, in which deed the widow Mary Browne makes her last appearance on the Records, 21st April, 1701.

7 Mary {Anthony2) married Richard Hood of I/nm. Her age has not been ascertained. Her husband is said to have come from Lynn Kesris, Co. of Norfolk, Eno-land.4 The following deposition relating to him is taken from Essex Co. Court Papers, B. Ill, L. 51. "The deposishion of Georg Kezer that saith that littell before Mr Geforde went away from the lorn worckes that I went to Richard hode diueres times to gett the saide Richarde hode to doe som saueing worcke for me & I couelld not srett hime to hellpe me by noe menes and I asked hime what ones the plancke was for and he sayd thay was to doe something about the forge worcke^ and furder that I saw Richard hod sometimes a sailing of slitt worcke and some times cello we hordes - and the place were Richard hode saued was in the pitt before [the] lorn Workes ware houese neare to the Smith Shope and furder I say not." Sworne in Court 27-4-56." -

Administration on the estate of Richard Hood, Sen1-, of Lynn, deceased intestate, was granted to his son Richard, 9 Dec, 1695 ; but he dying before administra-

3 Thomas Norwood was appointed administrator of the estate of Ebenezer Browne, late of Lynn deceased, and gave bond 7th Oct., 1700. At his request he was relieved of this administration, which was transferred to Daniel Browne of Lynn, a brother, who gave bond 28th May. 1701.

4 In B. I, P. 58, Registry of Deeds for Essex County, Mass., appears record of conveyance by John Hood of Lynn for 30£ to Win. Crofts of "three dwelling howses or tenements w"1 all thereto belonging in Halsted in the County of Essex in old England wth a covenant for further assurance. And the said Willm is to pay 40 a peice to the sisters of the said John according to his father's will the wch aieth in the bargain and sale by deed dated the loth day of December, 1652.

lion was finished; his brother John was appointed administrator 7 Sept., 1696, and rendered the account of his trust 14 Dec, 16!»6, when the estate was divided among- the widow and children, viz., "The children of the eldest son, he being dee'd," two shares, and John, Samuel, Nathaniel, Joseph, Benjamin, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Kuth, Rebeckah, Hannah and Anna Hood each one «, share.

8 John (Anthony*) born about 1634-5, married Elizabeth Normanton,5 31 Dec., 1656-7. During the life time of his cousin John he went by the name of John Newhall, jr., or, more commonly, John the son of Anthony Newhall. As early as 1696 he had attained to the military rank of ensign. In 1677 he bought of Samuel Frayle two and three-fourths acres "at the head of Newhall's Lane, a little way from ye Graves, bounded with the Towne Conion Southwardly, Mathew Farringtons cNothing is known of her parentage. She may have been a relative of Mr. Abraham Normanton who was keeping school in Lynn from 1695 to 1702. The following appears in the Town Records under date of 8 Jan'y, 1693-96: "The selectmen did agree with Mr Normenton to be scoolemaster for y« Town for y year ensewing and the Town to giue him line pounds for his Labour .V y« Town is to pay twenty line shillings towards (lie hire of Nathaniel] Newhalle house for one year to keep scoolc iu & y° sd Mr Normenton to hire ye sJ house."

Eastwardly ye Land of the said John Newhalls Xortherly and ye Lane Westerly." This gave him a frontage along the whole easterly side of Federal street from Lynn common to Boston street. Elizabeth, the wife of John Xewhall, junr, died 5th Oct., 1712, and his own death is recorded thus : - "John Xewhall the father of John Xewhall quartus," died 6th Jan'y, 1725-6. His estate does not appear in probate, but on the 27th of March, 1720, he made a deed of gift to his grandson John Xewhall, of Lynn, weaver, he "haveing lived long with me and done much for me in my age & weakness and in consideration that my sd Grandson pay to my Children & other Grandchildren the severall Legacies or Gifts as hereafter sett forth viz : To my son Nathaniel Xewhall Twelve pounds" &c. * * * "To Timothy Breed & Joseph Breed each of them Ten shillings to be paid within one year after my decease having given considerable to their mother in her life time. To Sarah Xorwood ten shillings to Elizabeth Trevitt who hath lived long with me live pounds to be paid within one month after my decease having oiven considerable to their mother in her life time, to my Two daughters namely Eebecca Collins & Mary Xewhall all my indoor moaveables to be equally devided betwixt them & that if my Grandson Henry Xewhall shall see cause to dwell in Lynn He to have sixty poles of Land sett out by said John Xewhall att ye Xotherly head end of my homestead to build an House on for his own improvement for an habitation provided he so build within three years after my decease " etc., etc. In consideration of the above he conveys to his grandson John all the rest of his estate, both real and personal. In this deed he is called John Xewhall, Scnr, carpenter. On the same day in which the above deed was recorded (10 Jan'y, 1725), there was entered for record another gives to his son a dwelling house, where he [the son] now lives, with the land it stands upon and half the barn near said house, also one-half of the upland "where I now live," also one-half of his four acre lot in the Millstreet Field, etc., etc.

The age of Ensign Newhall is given on his gravestone as 92 years, 6 Jan'y, 1726 ; and it is shown in a deposition on tile among the Mass. Archives, with that of his cousin Thomas already referred to, and dated 8 Oct., 1G83. He there calls himself "aged 47 yeares or thereabout" & "Testifieth and saith that about eighteene or nineteene yeares agoe the said Deponent sold to John Peirson Senr of Redding thirty acres of undivided Land Lyeing on a neck of land in sd Redding against Pooles Mill (wch Neck of Land is said to be called pritchetts playne) being ye one half part of y* threescore acres of undivided Land wch was given to his flather and Uncle. The wood and Timber thereon being cutt of and ye Land thereby Impoverished was the occasion of the sd Deponu selling sd Land."

The Lynn Records give us the dates of birth of only two of his children, John and Priscilla ; but fortunately the copy at Salem enables us to give all but one.

Nov., 1653, married Nov., 1674, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Hills) Greene of Maiden, born 1654. On the death of Mrs. Greene, administration on her estate was granted (4-lm0-1674-5) to Thomas Newhall "in behalfe of his wife and ye other children," and, on account of his delay in this business, a citation was issued 13 April, 1700, on the "petition of John Venton who md. one of the daughters of Trumpeter Green agst. Tho. Newhall who md. another and is administrator of Rebecca" &c. The maternal Grandfather of Mrs Newhall was Joseph Hills, Esq., of Maiden and afterward of Newbury, Representative, Speaker of the House, an active and energetic magistrate, a trusted elder of the Church and compiler of the laws of the Colony, in the performance of the duties of which latter office he lost the use of his eyes, as appears from a petition on file at the State House. One of his wives was probably a sister of Henry Dunster, the first President of Harvard College.

Mr. Newhall probably removed to Maiden6 on his marriage, for we find on Record in Middlesex Deeds (B. 8, L. 543), a deed of gift, 9th Nov., 1674, from Joseph Hills "father of Rebecca wife of Thomas Greene" to Thomas Newhall, Jr., of Lynn and his wife Rebecca. March 16, 1681, he, then of Maiden, bought, for 530£ of Joseph and Ann Hills of Newbury their farm in Maiden, of sixty acres, then leased to another and subject to said lease. This estate was bounded N. by Mount Prospect and W. by Capt. Wait's land. In 1691, in a deed to Sam1 Greene, he is called husbandman or weaver. He was a Lieutenant and a Selectman of Maiden in 1700,

6 "It is recorded, that to Thomas Newhall, was granted a part of the common near his own land, he binding himself, his heirs and executors, to And the town with a sufficient training place both for horse und toot." LFi'om " Bi-Centennial Book of Maiden," p. 47].

1701, 1702 and 1712. No probate or division of this estate has been found. lie died 3 July, 1728, in the 75th year of his age, says the inscription on the grave stone in the old Burying Ground at Maiden. On the same authority, Rebeckah, the wife of IA Thomas Newhall, died 25 May, 1726, in the 73d year of her age.

22 John (Thomas,* Thomas1) born in Lynn 14th February, 1655, married 18th June, 1677, Esther Bartram, probably daughter of William and Sarah Bartram, and born in Lynn 3d April, 1658. She died 28th Sept., 1728. He died 20 Jan'y,7 1738. He was a bricklayer or mason, and was generally known as John Newhall, Tertius ; but in 1718 (April 7th), he made a deposition, calling himself John Newhall, junr, and aged sixty-two. His uncle, John5, was then deceased and John8, the son of Anthony, was still alive as John Newhall, Sen1".

His estate does not appear in Probate ; but he seems to have conveyed his Real Estate to his only son Jacob in his lifetime (24th December, 1734) by a deed of gift recorded in B. 77, L. 1, of the liecords of Deeds for Essex Co. This deed describes various parcels, the first of which he calls "my homestead where I lately dwelt

'.Tune, according to the inscription on his grave-stone, as I learn from Mr. John T. Moulton of Lynn. The same authority in;ikc* the date of his wife's death the twentieth of Sept., instead of the twenty-eighth.

with the dwelling house & all the other buildings standing thereon and said Homestead contains about twenty acres," etc., bounded northerly and northwesterly on the country road, southwesterly and southerly on the Great Bridge River in part and partly on the marsh of Thomas Witt, southeasterly and easterly partly on the marsh of John Newhall and partly on Jenks' Creek and Mower's Brook, so called. The witnesses to this deed were Richard Johnson, Solomon Newhall and Samuel Johnson.

23 Joseph (Thomas,* Thomas1) born in Lynn 22d Sept., 1658, married (probably in 1678) Susanna, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar of Lynn, born 26 March, 1659. Thos Farrar, Senr, in his will of 22d June, 1693, proved 3 Apr., 1694, gives to his dau. Susanna Newhall "one cowe." Mr. NewhaH's name appears often upon the Town Records as holding some position of honor or trust. Nov. 4, 1696, "the town did grant liberty for Joseph Newhall to sett up a pewe in ye east end of ye meeting house Between ye east dowre & the stares : prouided itt does nott prejudice the going up ye stares into ye gallery : & maintains so much of the glas window as is against s1 pewe." The following item appears in the town treasurer's "ace. with Joseph Newhall" - "Dec. 1706 to his serueinga Representative at the generall court in the year 1705 untill his death 76 days at 3s p day - ll£-8M)d."

This death8 was probably on the night of 29-30 Jan'y, 1705-6, while he was on the road from Boston to Lynn, during a great snow-storm. Administration on his estate uas granted, 10 July, 1706, to his sons Thomas and Joseph, his widow Susanna renouncing adm., and on the 17th of the same month a distribution of a part of the property was made among the widow and children, viz., Thomas, Joseph, Elisha, Ephraim, Daniel, Ebenezer, Benjamin, Samuel, Jemima, Susanna and Sarah. His widow, Mrs. Susanna Newliall, was married to Benjamin Simonds of Woburn, their intention of marriage being published 26Ul Sept., 1713. In B. XLVII, L. 279, oi* Records of Deeds for Essex Co., is recorded the conveyance to Joseph Newhall by his brothers Thomas, Elisha, Ephraim, Daniel, Ebenezer and Samuel, sons of Joseph Newliall, late of Lynn, deceased, of their shares* in the dower of their mother, Susanna Simons, lately Newhall, in the place or homestead where their father had dwelt and where their brother Joseph then dwelt, 6th May, 1723. This was endorsed with the assent of Benj. Xewhall, Joseph and Susanna Breed, and Thomas and Sarah Burrage, other children of the said Joseph Newhall, deceased. And on the 2d Feb'y, 1733, Susannah Sjmionds of Lynn, widow, in presence of Richard Hooel and Benj. Newhall, conveyed to her son Samuel Newhall, by deed of gift, all her right in the real estate which had been in the possession of her brother Thomas Farrar, late of Lynn, deceased, and was given unto him, the sd Thos. Farrar, by her hond father Mr Thos. Farrar, formerly of Ljmn, deceased.

lying in the northerly part of Lynn on the Salem (now Peabody) line, it being, without doubt, his moiety of the threescore acres bought by his father in 1679 of Ezekiel and Sarah Needham, his brother Nathaniel Newhall possessing the other half. In addition he had the Pond farm, so called, of one hundred and seventy acres lying northwesterly from his homestead and on the southerly side of Humphrey's pond, in the present town of Lynnfield. » This was a portion of Col. John Humphrey's grant, afterwards owned by Richard Hancock and purchased by Joseph Newhall.

name is not given in the records. Mr. Newhall led, so far as records show, an uneventful life as a farmer in the northerly part of Lynn near his brother Joseph, leaving, besides his homestead, a parcell of land also "bought of the Pond farme,"9 and some "housinge and land and saltmarsh at Linn." He died 23 Dec, 1695 ; and yet there

9 By the ace. of adm. brought into court 11 July, 1701, by Mrs. Elizabeth Ingersoll, widow and adm'x of Nathaniel Newhall, it appears that this portion of the Pond farm had only been bargained for, not bought.

was put on record, in 1719, a deed of conveyance to Bart hoi i new Gedney, Esq., of Salem, from the brothers Joseph and Nathaniel Newhall "joynt tenants on a certain farm" in Lynn bounded "East Northerly with ye line that parts Salem and Lynn being ye bounds of Clarke's farme so called and extending Northwestward and Southwestward until it comes to ye bounds of Humphryes farm so called." This deed was dated 8 Jan'y, 1696-1 ', and was acknowledged the next day, at Salem, by Joseph Newhall who said that he saw his brother Nathaniel sign. The only way to account for this discrepancy, except by the charge of fraud, is to ascribe it to a mistake on the part of the scrivener of the deed or of the clerk who copied it into the record*

Letter of administration was granted 20th July, 1(196, to his widow Elizabeth Newhall, then of Topsfield, whose sureties were Samuel Simonds of Topsfield and Edward Norice of Salem. This seems to throw light on her family connection, making it seem probable that she was daughter of Samuel Symonds of Salem, who m. Elizth Andrews, of Topsfield, 14 April, 1662, and had by her a daughter, Elizabeth, born in Salem 12 Aug., 1663. The Sam1 Symonds, who was her surety, was perhaps her father^ while Edward Norice, it is known, was connected with the Symonds family of Salem. She afterwards married John Ingersoll, their intention of marriage being published 8 Jan'y, 1696-7, - the very day that her former husband was said to have signed the deed referred to above. The Real Estate, less widow's dower, was settled on the eldest son Nathaniel, he giving bonds 23 Dec, 1706, to pay to the other children, Samuel, Jonathan and Elizabeth their portions. One of his sureties was his step-father John Ingersoll of Lynn. After the death of the widow the oldest surviving sou, Samuel Newhall, joyner, was appointed administrator de bonis non on his fathers estate, 13 May, 1739 (Elisha Newhall and Ebenr Bancroft sureties), and the dower property was assigned to him 4 June, 1739, he paying to the representatives of his brother Nathaniel, deceased, to his brother Jonathan (of Lynn) and to his brother Isaac Stone of Lexington, in right of Elizabeth, his wife, their respective portions.

29 Samuel (Tho??iasi, Thomas1) born in Lynn 19 Jan'y, 1672 (or in November as the Salem Eecords say), married Abigail Lindsey. No record of their marriage has been found, but their intention of marriage was published 31 Dec. , 1695. She was the daughter of Eleazer and Sarah (Alely) Lindsey and was born in Lynn 10 Nov., 1677. Eleazer Lindsey, Senr, of Lynn, house-carpenter, in a deed to his eldest son Eleazer, 24 March, 1715-6, mentions, anions? other children, his dausrhters Abisrail Newhall and Mary Holten.

Samuel Newhall was a joiner and lived on his father's homestead. Administration on his estate was granted 2 Jan'y, 1718, to his widow Abigail, whose sureties were James Houlton and Sam1 King. A division of the personal estate was made 6 April, 1719, among the widow and children, viz., Samuel, Elizabeth, Solomon, Hepzibah, Jerusha, Lydia, Joseph and Hulda. At the same time the real estate was set oft* to Samuel he giving bonds to pay his brothers and sisters their shares. In order to protect his sureties on these bonds he mortgaged to them (viz,, Samuel Stone, of Salem, bricklayer, and Joseph

Jacobs, of Lynn, yeoman) this homestead, the boundaries of which have already been described in the account given of his grandfather Thomas4 Newhall.

30 Rebecca {Thomas f Thomas1) born in Lynn 17 July, 1675, married 22 May, 1697, Ebenezer, son of Hannaniah and Elizth (Brown) Parker of Heading, who had by her the following children : -

31 Hannah {John,5 Thomas1) born in Lynn 6 March, 1679-80, married 12 Jan'y, 1710-11, John, son of John and Lydia (Hudson) Farrington, born 22-9'"°-1680. Mr. Farrington was a farmer as appears by his deed of 2 May, 1751, to his son Jeremiah, conveying about forty acres of land, with house, barn and other buildings, bounded east on land of John and Joseph Fuller and Robert Mansfield, south on John Newhall's land, west on laud of the Newmans and Capt. Jacob Newhall and others, and north on common lots. Mr. Farrington's father, John, was probably a son of Matthew, and grandson of Edmund Farrington, the successive owners of the well known tidemill in Lynn.

Of their children, Joseph was a mariner, and probably died without issue, his brother Jeremiah taking out administration on his estate 8 April, 1749.

has not been found ; but the intention of marriage between John Newhall and Elizth Townsend, both of Lynn, was published 31 Dec, 1732. His first wife was born 19 July, 1701, and was a daughter of Thos. Baker of Lynn, whose will of 14 Nov., 1733, proved 11 Nov., 1734, names daughter Abigail Newhall deceased, and her two daughters Mary and Abigail, both under eighteen years of age.

From 1714 to about 1717, inclusive, there were six men in Lynn bearing the name of John Xewhall, of whom this one was the fifth in seniority; but in 1725. three of these Johns having died, he became John Newhall, junr. May 23d, 1726, John Newhall, junr, of Lynn, mariner, with wife Abigail, conveys to John Wells (his brother-in-law) a lot of salt marsh at the far end of Rumney Marsh, formerly possessed by his hond father John Newhall, Sen1-, deceased, butting north on Bennett's

Creek and south on College River: witnesses Klizth Townsend and Ebenezer Townsend, jr. June <sth, 1747, he conveys to Ebenezer Tarbox :i pari of a lot laid out to John Newhall, Sen1'; and his (2(1) wife Elizabeth releases dower.

In 1771, he still calls himself mariner. His last will and testament, signed 11 May, 17t!7, was proved 3 Nov., 1778. He appoints his " only surviving son John Newhall eordwainer sole executor," and mentions his wife Elizabeth, his daughters Mary Lewis and Abigail Newhall, to whom he had already given portions, his "beloved Friend Mr8. Katharine Newhall of sd Lynn spinster the Intended Spouse of my late Deceased son Stephen Newhall," and a daughter Ebenezer, who is to have a portion of the house to live in if she " should survive her mother and be destitute of a habitation." His son John was to have the Real Estate, subject to the interests of his mother and sister Elizabeth.

has not been ascertained. In Book XII, Leaf 129, Essex County Deeds, is entered an interesting deed, beginning as follows : - "To all Christian people to whome this present Deed of Gift shall come Nathaniel Handford10 of Lynn in ye County of Essex and Sarah his wife doe send Greeting, &c. * * Know ye that wee ye said Nathaniel Handford and Sarah his wife being well stricken in yeares and thereby waxen weake and not fitt to continue alone and dwell by ourselves as wee haue done for a long space nor able to doe one for another as wee should in duty & loue would still bind us and should did not our natural strength faile us which we belieue ye Lord our good God and Sauiour in Jesus Christ will accept in and through him and not impute sin unto us but ye consideracon of ye premises and duty bindeth us to take ye most effectuall course that wee can for our more easy and comfortable lining while our time is appointed which wee willingly wait on God for : And Seeing it hath pleased god to raise up our beloued kinsman Nathaniel Newhall of ye same Towne and County aforesaid a ship-carpenter who had his name Nathaniel giucn to him in his Infancy for our sakes by his parents now Serjeant John Newhall Secundo and his now wife and our neer kinswoman and this said Nathaniel Newhall hailing; shewed us kindness already and hath taken as wee Trust a good wife and hath obtayned a good and comfortable house to entertaine us and a convenient roome for us to line in our old age together where wee shall not be troubled with too much company and our said cousins are very willing to haue us to leaue our solatary place and condition and to remoue our seines into our Cousin Nathaniel Newhall aforesaid his house where he and his wife now dwelleth" &c. * * * " Wherefore for and in consideration of ye premises and being willing to free our seines of ye Troubles and cares of ye world and ye better to prepare our seines for our great and solemn change wee doe therefore accept of ye kind loue of our cousin Nathaniel Newhall and Rest his now wife" &c, &c. Then follows the conveyance to them of all his real estate except a portion given to his "cousin John Ballard." Signed ol March 1687.

Mr. Newhall removed to Boston between 1690 and 1692, where lie bought a house at the North end in the street leading to the Burial Place. Fcb'y 4, 1705-6, he, then of Boston, conveyed to his "brother John Newhall quartus of Lynn" ten acres near to Scrubed Pond so-called, not far from the Read Spring." His wife Rest releases dower. The Will of Nath1 Newhall, made 22 Sept., 1730, was proved in Boston 24 Jan'y, 1731. In it he calls himself aged and infirm. To his son James he leaves 60£, to his son John, whom he makes sole executor, all the rest, on condition that he should pay twenty shillings a piece to his grandchildren Eleazer and Nath1 Newhall and Nath1 and Sam1 Woodward.

68 Sarah (John8 Anthony2) born in Lynn 22d Aug., 16(32, married Timothy Breed of Lynn 3(1 March, 1679-80. She "was Buryed" 27 Nov., 1688, and Mr. Breed married a second wife, Sarah, by whom he had issue. By his wife Sarah (Newhall) he had : -

17 July, 1718. Up to this year he had always been known as John Xewhall qnartus ; but in this will (his father's cousin John being then deceased) he calls himself "John Xewhall the Third sonn to John Xewhall Senr yet Liueing." He mentions wife Rebecca and a "Legesy of about Twenty pounds giuen by dr Hond father Henery Collings yet in reuertion." He leaves all his real estate to his "Elclist Sonn John Xewhall, hoo hath liued long with mee and don much for mee," and ten pounds apiece to sons Henry, Eleazer, Xathaniel and David Xewhall and to daughter Sarah. His house, which he received by deed from his father in 1705, is still standing at the corner of Federal Street and Marion Street in Lynn. The descent of the title to it will be given in the notice of his grandson, John Xewhall, shipwright.

70 Elizabeth (John9, Anthony"1), the date of whose birth has not been found, but whose children were mentioned in their grandfather Xewhall's deed of gift to his grandson (see page 19), married Henry Trevitt (or Trevett) 14 June, 1688, and died in Lynn 23 Oct., 1694.

71 Rebecca (John*, Anthony-), born f> Dec, 1070; married Eleazer Collins of Lynn (published 16 Dec, 1699), administration on whose estate was granted to his widow Rebecca 5 July, 1725, and a settlement among his heirs was made 26 Sept., 1733. They had the following children : -

He removed very early to Leicester, where in 1724 he was chosen to represent the town in General Court. In Jan., 1727-8, he bought a thirty-acre lot on Strawberry Hill. In June, 1728, he, then called Lieutenant, bought a tract of one hundred acres at the south end of the Settlers'part of Leicester, near Judge Menzies. In Nov., 1728, he bought of James Wilson a messuage, etc., containing nearly one hundred and fifty acres, about two miles and a half southwest of the meeting-house in Leicester, and near land of Capt. Samuel Green ; and in April, 1730, he bought of the same a messuage and tract of nearly one hundred and twenty acres, near land of Thomas Richardson, Capt. Green, Kenny, Jonas Clark and William Green.

These seem to have constituted his principal purchases of real estate in Leicester. In July, 1732, he sold to John Converse, blacksmith, fifty acres of land at Newhall's Hill. Two da}^s afterward he conveyed to his son Jonathan Newhall of Leicester the lot bought of James Wilson (see above), reserving saw-mill and stream and lumber pit to same and the right to saw during his lifetime. In Jan., 1769, Thomas Newhall of Worcester, gentleman, conveys to Jonathan Newhall of Leicester, gentleman, land in Leicester on the road to Sturbridge and near land of Thomas Newhall, jr.

The date of Lieut. Newhall's death has not been ascertained. What was left of his real estate seems to have been divided, in pursuance to an order of court of 6 April, 1776, into four equal pails, viz. : to Isaac Moore, Dorothy Newhall, the children of Mary Earle, and the children of Abigail Earle.

78 Daniel (Thomas21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born probably in Maiden, 1685, married 8 January, 1706-7, Sarah, daughter of John Fosdick of Charlestown, born 11 June, 1687. He was an innholder and died in Maiden 3 Feb., 1760, aged 75 (gravestone). His will of 5 Aug., 1758, proved 12 Feb., 1760, mentions Avife Sarah, sons Daniel and John, daughter Sarah Burditt and son-in-law Thomas Burditt, grandson Samuel Burditt and three grandsons, Nathan, Edward and Bernard Newhall, minor children of his son Nathan, deceased. His widow and executrix, Sarah Newhall, had as sureties on her bond of 11 Feb., 1760, John Newhall of Spencer and Daniel Newhall of Leicester, gentlemen. She died 12 Dec, 1763, and in her will, wherein she styles herself of Maiden, innholder, signed 1 Dec, 1761, and proved 19 Dec, 1763, sho appoints her son Daniel Newhall of Leicester executor, and leaves to him and to her grandsons Samuel Burditt and Nathan Newhall, in equal thirds, all her property except legacies of gold necklace or beads to her daughter Sarah Burditt, and silver shoe buckles to her son John Newhall. Witnesses Samuel Buffum, Benj. Newhall, jr., and Isaiah Newhall. Her executor's sureties were John Newhall of Spencer and Samuel Burditt of Maiden, gentlemen.

79 Lydia {Thomas21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 17 April, 1687 ; married 17 Oct., 1706, Samuel, son of Major Nathaniel Wade, of Medford, born 31 Dec, 1683. Mr. Wade was an innholder, in whose tavern, "at the sign of the Fountain in Mistick," on Monday, the 27 Dec, 1714, arose a brawl between Capt. Edward Sprague and Thomas Newhall, jr., of Maiden, resulting in the Captain being sadly bruised about the head, thrown to the floor, and barely escaping from being pitched out of the window. As usual, both parties seem to have been at fault.

Mr. Wade attained to the military rank of Captain and died 9 Dec, 1738. Administration was granted to his widow, Mrs. Lydia Wade, 8 Jan., 1738-9.

80 Samuel (Thomas11, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 26 April, 1689; married, 3 Dec., 1713, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Green) Sergeant, born in Maiden 30 Oct., 1695. Her maternal grandfather, John Green, "of the Hill" (son of James Green, of "Mistick Side") in his will of 11 April, 1709, witnessed among others by Samuel Newhall, mentions, among other children, his daughter Mary Sergeant. Joseph (son of John and Deborah (Hillier) ) Sergeant, born in Barnstable 18 Apr., 1663, died in Charlestown or Maiden 27 Nov., 1717. In his will, made six days before his death, he mentions his daughter Sarah Newhall, and the account of his widoAv and executrix, Mary Green, was presented 28 July, 1719, in her behalf by Samuel Newhall, "who married a daughter of the sd dec'd."

Lieut. Samuel Newhall died 17 April, 1733, aged 43 yrs., 11 mos., 21 d., according to the inscription in the Maiden burying-ground. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow, Sarah Newhall, and to Daniel Newhall, victualler, 23 Apr., 1733; sureties, Capt. Sam'l Green of Maiden and Ensign William Munroe of Lexinirton. The inventory, of 11 July, 1733, shows the personal estate to have been 42 6£ 2s 0d, and the real estate 2575£; total, 3001£ 2s 0d; among the debts are enumerated bonds to Hannah Lamson and Lydia Wade. The widow presented her account of administration 9 August, 1735, containing, among other charges, one "For her lying in of a Posthumous child11 - 10£ 00s 0d." The dower was set off 4 June, 1736, and the remaining two-thirds settled on Samuel, the eldest son, he to pay his brothers and sisters their proportions. The reversion of the dower was settled, 16 March, 1740, on Samuel and Lucretia, the children of the eldest son Samuel, then deceased. The widow Sarah Newhall died 17 Nov., 1740, and administration on her estate was granted 19 Jan., 1740-1, to her son Joseph Newhall, victualler, whose sureties were Sam'l Green, gentleman, of Maiden, and Joseph Bobbins, husbandman, of Cambridge. The children of Lieut. Sam'l and Sarah Newhall were put under guardianship 29 July, 1734, as follows, viz. : Samuel Green of Maiden was appointed guardian of Ezra, in his 2d year, Aaron in 4th year, Jonathan in 7th year, Thomas in 11th year and Mary in 14th year; Thomas Burditt of Maiden appointed guardian of Sarah in 15th year ; Nathan Sergeant of Boston guardian of Joseph in 18th year, and Daniel Newhall guardian of Samuel in 19th year.

The widow, while acting as administratrix, seems to have sold the homestead, or a portion of it, 1 Dec, 1736, to Thomas Burditt. It is described as house, etc., with twenty-seven acres of land, bounded north and east on land of Samuel Newhall, south on road (to Lynn?) and west on land of John Wilson, and as near the Captain's Mount.

83 Elizabeth (John22, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 12 May, 1678; married, 3 July, 1705, Richard, son of Samuel and Mary Johnson, born in Lynn 8 Nov., 1674. She died 8 March, 1749-50. Their daughter Mary married, as will be seen, Solomon Newhall. Deacon Richard Johnson, in his will of 8 March, 1753, proved 7 Oct., 1754, mentions son Samuel, granddaughters Hulda and Elizabeth Newhall, daughter-in-law Anna Johnson (widow of a son), grandsons Richard, Ezra and Timothy Newhall and Benjamin Johnson.

86 Sarah (John22, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 23 Jan., 1683 ; married 17 April, 1712, John Fuller12 of Lynn, and "departed this life December ye 24th 1734." Mr. Fuller married Hepzibah Hathorne 31 Jan., 1739-40. The record of the following named children born to him by his first wife is found in the Town Book.

87 Jacob (John22, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 27 Mar., 1686, married first Abigail Locker of Salem (intention of marriage published 30 Nov., 1707) , who died 18 March, 1712-13. He married secondly (2 Feb., 1713-

14) Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Chadwell, horn in Lynn 4 Aug., 1689. Nov. 19, 1711, John and Elizabeth Becket and Jacob and Abigail Newhall, all of

Salem, which Elizabeth and Abigail are called daughters of Mrs. Lydia Locker, wife of Mr. George Locker of Salem, and granddaughters of Tamazen Buti'um, widow, late of Salem, deceased, convey to Edward Cox of Salem a parcel of land at Castle Hill in Salem. He must have soon removed to Lynn, where he afterwards lived. March 19, 1717-18, Jacob Newhall of Lynn, "natural! father" to his three children that he had by Abigail, daughter of Mr. George Locker, late of Salem, deceased, viz. : Locker, George and Abigail, is appointed their guardian. Dec. 31, 1731, George Newhall of Boston, blacksmith, conveys to his father, Jacob Newhall of Ljmn, cordwainer, all the estate that came to him from his grandfather Locker. March 2, 1733-4, Abigail Newhall, spinster, conveyed her interest in this estate to her father, in presence of Jonathan and Moses Newhall. Mr. Newhall's second wife was a granddaughter of Richard and Hannah Smith of Ipswich, who mention their daughter Hannah Chadwell in their wills, proved in 1714 and 1722 respectively; and Jacob and Hannah Newhall of Lynn give a quittance, 29 Dec, 1722, to Daniel Smith and Robert Lord, executors of the will of their grandmother Smith. Thomas Chadwell of Lynn conveys by deed of gift, 7 Jan., 1740-41, to his grandson Moses Newhall certain real estate in Lynn, Jacob Newhall, jr., being one of the witnesses. Mr. Newhall was a cordwainer or shoemaker by occupation, and attained to the military rank of Captain. He died 19 May, 1759, aged 72 years (gravestone). His will, wherein he is styled gentleman, signed 7 May, 1759, and proved 28 May, 1759, mentions wife Hannah, son Locker and his children, son George and his children, sons Jona- than, Moses, Nehemiah and Nathan, and daughters Abigail Newhall, Mary Stowers and Esther Brock, the child of son James, deceased, the four sons of son Jonathan and the three sons of son Moses. Ebenezer Burrill, jr., is appointed executor and the witnesses are Moses Hudson, John Hawkes and Nathaniel Henchman, jr.

91 Thomas {Joseph,23 Thomas* Thomas1), born in L}Tnn 6 Jan., 1(380; married, 1st, Mary Newhall 9 Dec, 1707, and 2d, Elizabeth Bancroft of Lynn 12 Dec, 1717. His first wife was probably his cousin, and a daughter of John and Esther Newhall. The parentage of his second wife is indicated in a deed of John Bancroft, sen., of Lynn, to his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Newhall of Lynn, 12 Jan., 1733-4. Mr. Newhall was a farmer, and, in a deed of 1731, was called cloathier. He lived on the north side of the Heading Road so called, or the road that runs now from Salem through Peabody and Lynnfield to Wakefield, his estate running back to Humphrey's Pond. The western half of his house was afterwards occupied by his son and grand- son, Jonathan, while the eastern half, after the widow's death, was for a time in possession of Mr. James E. Pease. Mr. Newhall died 30 Nov., 1738. In his will of the same day, proved 5 Feb., 1738-9, he appoints his wife Elizabeth sole executrix, and mentions his eldest son Jeremiah, his daughter Esther and five sons, viz. : Jonathan (then a minor), Thomas, John, Amos and Asa. The witnesses were Elisha Newhall, John Bancroft and Ebenezer Newhall. His real estate (exclusive of the dower) was divided 10 June, 1745, into five parts and settled as follows : No. 1 on Jonathan (Jeremiah, the eldest son, having received his portion in his father's lifetime) ; No. 2 on John, the fourth son ; No. 3 on Thomas, the third son ; No. 4 on Amos, the fifth son, and No. 5 on Asa, the sixth son.

92 Joseph (Joseph23, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 6 Feb., 1683-4 ; married Elizabeth Potter 26 Nov., 1713. He received from his brothers and sisters, the other children of Ensign Joseph Newhall deceased, by their deed of 6 May, 1723 (B. 47, L. 279 Essex Deeds), a quitclaim of their shares in the dower of their mother

Susanna Simonds, described as the place or "homestead where Joseph dwells." Here he seems to have dwelt until his death, 27 April, 1742. Administration was granted to his sons Joseph and Jedidiah 13 Sept., 1742, their uncles Daniel and Ebenezer being their sureties on the bond of administration. In the division of the real estate all but the widow's dower was allotted to the second son, Jedidiah, he to pay his brothers and sisters then alive, viz. : Joseph, Andrew, Bethia, Martha, Elizabeth and Mary for their proportions. The widow died 11 Dec, 1743, in fifty-second year (gravestone) ; and her dower land was also settled, 7 May, 1744, on Jedidiah, he giving bonds, with Ebenezer Newhall of Lynn and Joseph Newhall of Salem as sureties, to pay his brothers and sisters.

93 Elisha (Joseph23, Thomas*, Thomas1) , born in Lynn 20 Nov., 1686; married Jane, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Farington) Breed of Lynn 27 Feb., 1710-11. He was a farmer, living near the Salem and Beading Road, and attained to the military rank of captain. In 1717 he united with the other heirs of Joseph Newhall in a quitclaim to their brothers Thomas and Joseph of all right and interest in the estate of their father except their mother's dower. The next spring he bought of Thomas and Joseph (16 May, 1718) ninety acres in two divisions, one northwest of Humphrey's Pond and the other (on a portion of which the said Elisha's house was standing) southeast of the Pond. In 1761 he gave all his real estate to his son Matthew. Capt. Newhall died in Lynnfield 19 March, 1773, after a few days' illness, in the eighty-eighth year of his age; and his widow died three days afterwards, at the same age. "They lived very happily together" (says the church record) "as man and Avife almost sixty-five if not almost sixty-six years, then died, but three days difference between yr deaths. Thus were they lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death the}' were not divided."

95 Daniel (Joseph23, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 5 Feb., 1690-1 ; married Mary, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth (Ballard) Breed (published 20 Nov., 1713).

His will, of 3 Nov., 1752, proved 27 Nov., 1752, mentions his wife Mary, son Jacob (executor), son Josiah, daughters Elizabeth and Jemima (unmarried), sons Allen, Daniel, Nathaniel and Joseph and married daughters Mary Mansfield and Rebecca Jenks. Jacob received most of the real estate, including the homestead and an acre of sedge bank in Chelsea.

fourth year ; in a notice of her death, published in the " Essex Gazette," she is said to have left eleven children, sixty-six grandchildren, thirty-two great grand-children - in all one hundred and nine.

96 Ebenezer (Joseph23, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 3 June, 1693, married Elizabeth Breed, born 6 Oct., 1695, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Farington) Breed of Lynn, their intention of marriage being published 8 Nov., 1718. Ebenezer Newhall of Lynn, weaver, and wife Elizabeth, convey to Thomas Newhall (his brother) land near Humphrey's Farm in 1723. Again, in 1729, he is called a cloathier. Ensign Ebenezer Newhall was probably an invalid all the latter years of his life and died (according to the Lynnfield Church Record) 22 June, 1766, aged seventy-three years. His estate does not appear in probate, but in 1754 he seems to be conveying most or all of his real estate by deed to his two sons, Ebenezer and Nehemiah.

97 Susanna (Joseph23, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 19 Dec, 1695; married 16 July, 1717, Joseph, eldest son of Joseph and Sarah (Farrington) Breed, born 30 June, 1691. She and her husband unite with other children of Ensign Joseph Newhall 17 Feb., 1735, in conveying real estate that had belonged to their father.

98 Benjamin (Josejyh,23 Thomas*, Thomas1) , born in Lynn 5 April, 1698; married 1 Jan., 1721, Elizabeth, the daughter of Capt. James and Mary (Richardson) Fowle of Woburn, born in Woburn 9 Aug., 1699. In a division of a portion of Capt. Fowle's estate, 12 April, 1749, Mrs. Newhall appears as one of the heirs. One of her sisters was Mrs. Mary Simonds, grandmother of the celebrated Count Rumford. Benjamin Newhall, Esq., was a cordwainer or shoemaker and is said by Lewis to have been (about 1750) one of the three men in Lynn engaged in this occupation whose business was so large that they employed journeymen. He was a representative 1748-50 and 1752-56, and a captain in the French and Indian war. He bought of James Rowland, a minor of eighteen, son of Win. Rowland, deceased, and grandson of Eleazer Lindscy, a house and three acres of land and other parcells of land formerly belonging to Mr. Lindsey, James Houlton giving bond, 13 May, 1721, that young Rowland should give a sufficient deed when of age. The homestead is described as in an angle bounded southeast on Lynn Town Common, northwest on land formerly Mr. Bayley's and northeast on land of Ebenezer Burrill, which he afterwards (in 1723) bought of Mr. Burrill. A part of this latter purchase he sold in 1724 to Robert Potter, when it is described as near the dwelling houses of the said Xewhall and Potter. In 1729 he conveys to his brother Daniel all his interest in Humphrey's Farm, so called, which his father, Ensign Joseph Newhall, had bought of Mr. Hancock, his wife Elizabeth giving her consent. Mrs. Elizabeth Xewhall died in Lynn 28 Jan., 1760. Benj. Xewhall, Esq., died 5 June, 1763; and administration was granted to his son Benjamin 14 July, 1763. The son not living to complete administration, the second son, James Xewhall, was appointed, 7 Oct., 1777, administrator tie bonis non. Feb. 15, 1779, the heirs petitioned the General Court to allow a transfer of a portion of his real estate to the estate of his son Benjamin, deceased, who had advanced a sum out of his own property in payment of certain debts of the estate. In this paper they speak of the son Benjamin as having left children and of the death of another son leaving children in their nonage. This petition is signed by James Xewhall, Louis (Lois?) Xewhall, Aaron Xewhall, Mary Xewhall, Theophilus Breed, Mary Breed, Eleazer Richardson, Catherine Richardson, Theophilus Burrill, jr., Martha Burrill, Henry Burchsted, Elizabeth Burchsted, Thomas Stocker, Susanna Stocker. The homestead, said to consist of a dwelling house and three acres of land near the old meeting house and other parcells, were set off to estate of the son.

99 Samuel (Joseph-3, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 9 March, 1700-1; married 8 Dec, 1724, Kezia, daughter of Samuel Breed of Lynn, who, in his will of 8 July, 1745, proved 7 April, 1755, mentions his daughter Kezia Newhall. Samuel Newhall was in his youth adopted by his uncle, Thomas Farrar, who in his will of 5 June, 1730, proved 11 Jan., 1733, bequeathed the bulk of his estate to him and Richard Hood, another kinsman. Nov. 9, 1739, Samuel Newhall, with the consent of his wife, conveys to Joseph Swett of Marblehead a parcell of real estate received from Thomas Farrar. His will of 28 July, 1768, proved 1 Oct., 1770, mentions his three sons, Pharaoh, Abijah and Daniel, daughters Anna Estes, Elizabeth Newhall, Sarah Newhall, Lydia Johnson, Abigail Purinton, Rebecca Chase and Ruth Newhall (the latter unmarried) also brother Elisha Newhall. His death is entered in the Quaker Records as in October, 1770. The same record the death of his wife Kezia as 9 October, 1749 ; but the town records give the year as 1748.

101 Nathaniel (Natfianiel*, Thomas*, Thomas1) , born in Lynn 9 Feb., 1684-5 ; married Phebe Towne 25 July, 1723. In 1708 he conveyed to Edward Brown of Reading some land formerly his father's, John Ingersoll, his step-father, and Elizabeth Ingersoll, his mother, giving up her thirds in it. He died 28 Mar., 1723-4, and his widow Phebe was appointed administratrix 6 July, 1724, her sureties being Joseph Newhall and Isaac Larrabee. Her account of administration was handed in 17 May, 1725, when it appears that one of the charges was for "lying in after ye death of her husband 6£ 16s 00a." Among the papers on file and not recorded is the following : - "Aprell the 15, 1725, I have Ben over to Lexington and have descorst Elizabeth Newhall and she tells me that ther is Twent}' six pounds due to her of her porshon out of her Brother Nathaniells Nuhall's estate late desest of Lyn and she tells me that the intrast of it is due to her for seuen years past which is a Bout ten pounds eighteen shilings." Also a receipt of Elizabeth Newhall, "now of Lexington," "formerly of Lyn . . . spinster daft or of Nathaniell Newhall late of Lyn etc. . . . have this day received of Phebe Newhall widdow and Rellict of Nathanell Newhall jr." etc., 7 June, 1726.

The widow was appointed guardian of her daughter Phebe, a child of about two and a half years of age, 23 May, 1727, Isaac Larraby of Lynn and Joseph Towne of Topsfield being her sureties. Jan. 10, 1736-7, she

102 Samuel (Nathaniel* , Thomas\ Thomas1), horn in Lynn 7 Sept., 1G8G, was a joiner and seems to have lived in the north part of the town of Lynn, near the Salem and Reading road and perhaps next to the Wehnan Farm. No name of wife appears on any deed of his until 1745, when the name of Mary occurs. If this be the one who died in 1758 he may have married only late in life; at any rate two of the three children whom he left were under a^e in 17G3. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow Mary Newhall 16 Oct., 1758. His real estate, consisting of about one hundred acres, was divided 14 July, 1763, one-third being set off to his widow and the remainder to his three children, Elizabeth, Dolly and Mary. The last two were under the guardianship of Matthew Newhall. No record of his marriage or of the births of his children has been found. In the book of intentions of marriage appear the following entries, viz. :

Mr. Bott seems to have acquired possession of the farm and conveyed it to Ebenezer Lawrence. The widow died before 12 Dec, 1779, when Stephen Cooke of Salem, saddler, and his wife Elizabeth conveyed to their brother Bott their undivided third interest in the dower land ; while Joseph Glover, saddler, and Jonathan Glover, housewright, both of Salem, conveyed their interest in their

106 Samuel (Samuel29, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 26 Oct., 1696; married 2-4 July, 1718, Kalherine, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Treadwell) Stone of Salem. He was sometimes called malster, sometimes husbandman, and sometimes fisherman: e. g., Samuel Newhall of Lynn malster and wife Catarina in 1726 conveyed (in presence of Abigail Treadwell as witness) some land which he had bought in 1723 as Samuel Newhall Jim1', husbandman. Widow Mary Stone and Sam1 Stone, widow Mary Wilson and Sarah, Hannah, Mercy and Esther Stone, spinsters, convey, 5 Nov., 1731, to Thomas Symonds of Salem and his wife Elizth and Sam1 Newhall of Lynn maulster and his wife Katherine seven-elevenths of a parcel of land in Horse Pasture (now Kernwood) Salem ; and on the same day Messrs. Symonds and Newhall and their wives convey to the others two-elevenths of a lot in the North Fields "which was the estate of our brother Rob* Stone dec'd, given him by our father Samuel Stone in and by his last will." Samuel Newhall and Avife Katherine convey to Timothy Howard, 29 May, 1754, sundry lots, among which one "laid out to Samuel Newhall dec'd." The same conveyed, 8 Oct., 1756, to his son Solomon Newhall all his real estate, referring in this deed to the conveyance made to Timothy Howard or Haward. This included, without doubt, the homestead of his father and grandfather, and perhaps a part of his great-grandfather's estate.

This estate had been subject to a lawsuit, as appears in the record of the July term of the Court of Common Pleas held at Salem in 1749, by which we learn that Solomon

Newhall of Lynn, cordwainer, Joseph Newhall of Lynn, joiner, Allen Breed of Lynn, coaster, and wife Ilukla, Ephraim Stocker of Lynn, cordwainer, and wife Lydia,

Timothy Howard of Lynn, joiner, and wife Jerusha, Jacob Alley of Lynn, yeoman, Solomon Alley of Lynn, fisherman, Eleazer Alley of Lynn, shipwright, and Benjamin

Alley of Boston, shipwright, John Alley, laborer, Abner Alley, laborer, Hannah Alley, spinster, and Elizabeth Alley, spinster, all of Lynn, the said John, Abner, Hannah and Elizabeth being infants within the age of twentyone years and prosecuting by Benjamin Alley of Lynn, fisherman, their next friend, and Joseph Alley of Lynn, cordwainer, Win. Alley of Boston, shipwright, John Alley, laborer, and Sarah, Mary and Anna Alley, spinsters, all of Lynn, the said Joseph, etc., being infants and prosecuting by Solomon Newhall, their next friend, bring suit against Samuel Newhall, yeoman, in a plea of ejectment, wherein they demand of said defendant seven-ninths of about twelve acres in Lynn, bounded south on Mill Brook, west on Benj. Potter, north on the Bock (so called), east on John NewhalFs land, the country road going through the same, with a double house and barn standing on said land, etc., etc. The plea goes on to recite that Samuel Newhall, father of the defendant, was seized in fee, taking the profits thereof to the value of twenty pounds a year, and afterwards, viz. : about the year 1719, the said Samuel died, so seized and intestate, leaving the defendant, his eldest son, and seven other children, viz. : Solomon and Joseph, Jerusha, Hulda, Lydia, Elizabeth and Hepzibah, to whom by law the premises descended, viz. : to the defendant two-ninths and to each of the other children one-ninth, and afterwards, viz., about 1740, the said Elizabeth died, so seized and intestate, leaving issue Jacob, Solomon, Eleazer, Benjamin, John, Abner, Hannah and

Elizabeth Alley, her children and heirs, to whom her ninth descended, and afterwards, viz., about the year 1743, the said Hepzibah died, so seized and intestate, leaving issue Joseph, William, John, Sarah, Mary and Anna Alley, her children and heirs, to whom her ninth descended.

Administration on his estate was granted, 3 May, 1760, to Allen Breed, a principal creditor, the widow Kathcrine and the son, Solomon Newhall, jr., having neglected to take administration as by paper of 19 June, 175b, on file. Account of administration was presented 27 Sept., 1762, and balance allowed to the widow, his only son Solomon and to Isaac Wilson in right of his wife Abigail, a dausrhter.

107 Elizabeth Thomas4, Thomas1), married Benjamin, son of Hugh and Rebecca Alley, who was born in Lynn 24 Feb., 1694-5. Their intention of marriage was published 26 Sept., 1717. The date of her death has not been found, nor of his marriage with his second wife, Hannah. Mr. Alley was a fisherman and made his will 19 May, 1756, proved 21 June, 1756, naming wife Hannah, sons Eleazer and Benjamin, daughter Elizabeth, a daughter Hannah (deceased), son Solomon, (to whom he bequeathed real estate held in partnership with Timothy Howard), son-in-law John Ingalls, whose wife was deceased, sons John, Aimer and Jacob. The children born to him by his first wife, according to the Town Record, were :

108 Solomon (Samuel-9, Thomas*, Thomas1) married 1st Mary Johnson'85 (intention published 16 Jan., 172()-7), died in childbed 28 Sept., 1743, in the thirty-sixth year of her age. He married 2d Mary (Legree) I31y or Blyth of Salem, 1 Nov., 1744.

His first wife was a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth83 (Newhall) Johnson of Lynn. Mr. Johnson, in a dred of 17 Feb., 1731-2, conveyed to his son-in-law Solomon Newhall and daughter Mary Newhall a lot of land where his son Newhall's house stood on the road to Blackmarsh. His second wife was probably the widow of Benj. Blythe or Ely, whose intention of marriage with Alary Legree of Lynn was published in Lynn 25 Nov., 1733. He acquitted his brother Samuel Newhall, fisherman, of all claims against him for a share in his father's estate, 14 Dec, 1734.

No probate of his estate appears in the Index of the Probate Records for Essex County. His wife Alary signs as his widow 2G August, 1788. He himself last appears on the records (of Deeds) 19 Feb., 1783.

Ill Lydia Thomas4', Thomas1), the date of whose birth has not been learned, married 13 Oct., 1734 Ephraim, son of Thomas and Sarah (Berry) Stocker, a cordwainer, who was born 4 Apr., 1713, and lived and died in Lynn, his widow, Lydia, being appointed administratrix on his estate 6 Sept., 1773. By a deed of conveyance made by him 27 Dee., 1769, of some land in Rumney Marsh, to Thomas Stocker, we learn that he was a son of Thomas Stocker, lately deceased. His wife Lydia released her right of dower in the premises.

112 Joseph. (Samuel20, Thomas*, TJiowasy) was a joiner, as appears by his deed of 23 Mar., 1743-4, by which he conveyed to his brother Samuel his share in the estate ot his father, Samuel Newhall. After that his name does not appear in the records. His intention of marriage with Abigail Hanson Mas published 20 Sept., 1741 ; but the date of marriage has not been learned. His wife was a daughter of Thomas and Hannah Hanson of Dover, X. H. ; and perhaps the record of his family is to lie looked for there.14 We only infer that he was the father of:

113 Hulda (Samuel29, Thomas*, Thomas1), the date of whose birth has not been ascertained, was married 2 June, 1728, to Allen Breed of Lynn, b. 1G March, 17(MJ-7, youngest son of Joseph and Sarah (Farrington) Breed.

He is styled house-carpenter in his deed of 1 March, 17;50-1, by which he conveys to his brother Matthew Breed, coaster, one-quarter part of the homestead of their father, Joseph Breed, deceased, very near the meeting house, his wife, Hulda, relinquishing her right of dower.

123 Mar/ (J Jar7, John*, Thomas1), born in Lynn 2 Jan., 1723; was married, in 17451"' (says her grandson, Mr. Alonzo Lewis, the historian of Lynn), to Nathan, son of Isaac and Hannah (Ilallett) Lewis, born in Lynn, 6 Dec, 1721.

His son Zachariah, the father of the historian, bought of his cousin John Newhall, jr., 25 June, 1798, a houselot bounding south on the Boston road, north and west on land of William Newhall and east on land of the grantor. On this lot he built the house in which he brought up his young family, including the future historian of Lynn, who was thus living, in his youth, very near the site of the homestead, and probably on the very land, of the first Thomas Newhall, although he himself places that homestead on the east side of Federal street, where Thomas Newhall did not own a rod of ground.

16 The record in the City Registrar's Office at Boston Fays that Nathan Lewis and Alary Newhall wen married by the ttcv. Samuel Mather, 12 Sept* 1747.

133 Nathaniel (Nathaniel67, John8, Anthony-), born in Lynn, 11 June, 1690, taken in his infancy to Boston by his father, was a shipwright in Boston and died there 25 April, 1717, aged twenty-seven years. He was married, 1 Jan., 1713, by the Eev. Ebenezer Pembcrton, to Anne Darby, who, after his death (viz., 11 Dec., 1718), married Sylvanus Vickers (who by will in 1721 gave everything to his wife Anne), and, again a widow, married Daniel King of Boston, a shipwright, who, in 1728, with his "wife Anne late Anne Vickers, widow, as she is administratrix of her former husband Nathaniel Newell late of Boston dec'd," makes conveyance of real estate. Mr. Newhall probably lived near his cousin Henry Newhall in Charter street, on land bought of James How of Boston, 2 March, 1713-14. His widow gave bond of administration on his estate 27 May, 1717, one of her sureties being Eleazer Dorby, mariner. The inventory, made 25 May, 1717, was presented 26 Aug., 1717. The house and land were appraised at 170£; the whole estate at 250£ 18s. In her tirst administration account she credits herself with a sum paid to Mr. Nathaniel Newhall to discharge a bond given to Mr. Eleazer Darby. In another account presented 12 Feb., 1727 (by Anne Vickers), she charges the estite "for the maintenance, clothing and schooling of the Deceased's eldest son Eleazer from the 25th of April 1717 to October 25, 1725, the time he was bound as an apprentice, being 8 years and a half at 10£ p annum he being no more than two years and 8 ( ?) 4* months at his rather s decease;" also for "son Nathaniel who was one year old when his ffather dyed." The two boys were put under the guardianship of their grandfather Eleazer Dorby, wharfinger, 24 Sept., 1728.

142 John (John20, Jo/uts, AnUiony-) , born in Lynn 22 Dec, 1692, was the youngest of the six John Newhalls who were of age and living in Lynn between 1713 and 1717. He married, 7 Jan., 1719-20, Lydia Scadlet or Scarlet of Maiden. He received (as has been seen), by deed of gift, his grandfather's homestead, in 1720, having received his father's homestead by will in 1718. By occupation he was a weaver, as shown in deed of 13 Dec, 1739, when as John Newhall, jr., he conveyed a lot laid out to his grandfather and father, his wife Lydia releasing her dower. In 1748 he sold to Ephraim Hall a lot in the town common laid out to John Newhall, jr., and his son John. In 1778 he sold to his son, Increase, the southern end of his house, with live and a half acres adjoining.

The will of John Newhall, jr., of Lynn, yeoman, executed 23 Feb., 1760, was presented for probate 3 Nov., 1778. He mentions his wife Lydia, daughters Hannah Newhall and Lydia Devereux and sons John and Increase, whom he appointed executors. To John he gives the northerly end of the house and some land next to it, and to Increase the easterly end and some land near it ; the rest of his real estate to be divided equally between them, the widow to have a life estate in a portion of the house. The two sons made a mutual deed of division of barn and field near it Jan. 4, 1783.

143 Henry (John69, John8, Anthony*), born in Lynn, 7 June, 1695, was probably brought up by his uncle Nathaniel in Boston, where he married, 22 Nov., 1722, Susanna Swift of Dorchester. In 1744 Henry Newhall of Boston, shipwright, bought of Obadiah Swift of Dorchester, blacksmith, twenty-seven acres of land in Dorchester, which his widow, Susanna Newhall of Boston, sold in 1755. His residence was probably in Charter street and Henchman's lane ; and in 1745 he sold one-half of a house in Cross street (perhaps in right of his wife).

His will, made 30 March, 1753, and proved 27 April, 1753, mentions his grandson William Blake, son of his only daughter Susanna, wife of Duncan Ingraham, mariner. His wife Susanna is named executrix. The witnesses are John Steel, John Newhall and Thomas Leadbetter.

144 Eleazer (John69, John8, Anthony2) , born in Lynn 20 April, 1698, seems to have removed to Boston, where he was married by the Rev. John \Vebb to Mary Grice, 15 Mar., 1721. He and his brother Henry were probably brought up by their uncle Nathaniel and learned their trade with him, for they are both called shipwrights. In 1743 Eleazer Newhall of Boston, shipwright, made a con- veyance of land in Middle street, near land of Grice and Chamberlain. He conveyed to his son Henry Newhall of Boston, shipwright, 25 Dee., 1760, the north part of house and land in Middle street, which he had bought of the widow Priscilla Grice, retaining the other half in his own possession until 1767, when he sold it.

148 David John*, Anthony"2), born in Lynn 29 Aug., 1710, like his brothers Henry and Eleazer removed to Boston in his youth, and like them followed the calling of his uncle Nathaniel, the shipwright. He married 1st Mary, daughter of Dr. Henry Burchsted (intention published in Lynn 14 May, 1738), and 2d Elizabeth Merchant of Boston, in April, 1715. In 1746, Henry Burchsted of Boston, physician, and wife Anna, mortgaged some real estate to David Newhall of Boston, shipwright, which mortgage was released (on the margin) the next year. Dr. Burchsted was appointed, 17 August, 1752, guardian of his grandchildren David and Mary, minors under fourteen years of age, children of his daughter Mary Newhall, late of Boston, deceased.

Mr. Newhall may have removed from Boston, for David Newhall of Haverhill was appointed, 10 Jan., 1757, guardian to his two children David and Mary (upwards of fourteen) ; but, in 1762, these children, viz. : David Newhall of Boston, mariner, and Mary Newhall of Boston, singlewoman, children and heirs of Alary Newhall, deceased, convey a lot in Marblehead assigned to Sarah Burchsted in the division of the estate of her lather, Capt. Benjamin James, deceased.

155 Mary Thomas21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 5 Nov., 1701, was married to Robert, son of Ralph Earle, of Leicester, Mass. Mr. Earle is said to have lived at what is called the Mulberry Grove Place. Of their children, George, Timothy and Esek moved to Vermont, and Marmaduke to the town of Paxton. George was a captain in the Revolution.

LC7 Abigail ( Thomas76, Thomas'21, Thomas*, Thomas'), born in Maiden 7 Oct., 1707, was married to Benjamin Earle, brother of the preceding. Their children were :

158 Lydia {Thomas'*, Thomas'21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 18 Mar., 1700-10, was married to John, son of William Brown, of Leicester. Capt. Brown was a prominent citizen of Leicester, commanded a company in the Louisbourg Expedition and represented the town in General Court for several years. He died in 1791, aged eighty-eight years. They had the following children :

159 Jonathan (Thomas7", Thomas21, Thos.\ Thos}), born in Maiden 4 March, 1711-12; died in Leicester 8 June, 1787. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Josiah Converse, of Brookfield, as appears by deed of said Converse, 19 Dec, 1768, conveying to him some land in Leicester. And, in March, 1773, Jonathan Newhall, gentleman, and wife Hannah, of Leicester, conveyed to James Converse of Brookfield her share in the estate of her late father Josiah Converse, Esq., late of Brookfield, deceased. In 1785, Capt. Jonathan Newhall appears on record as one of the trustees of the Baptist church in Leicester. His will, of 3 July, 1787, proved 7 Aug., 1787, mentions wife Hannah, sons Thomas, Jonathan and Hiram, daughters Hannah Harding, Dorothy Washburn and Esther Green, and grandsons Joshua and Jonathan (sons of Hiram) and Thomas F. (son of Jonathan).

163 Daniel Thomas21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 12 Dec, 1707 ; married, 26 Dec., 1728, Tabitha, daughter of Deacon Phineas Upham, and soon removed to Leicester, where he had bought (17 Feb., 1730-31) some laud of Richard Moore in the northeast part of the town, bounded east on the Worcester line (Wor. Co. Deeds, B. 4, L. 636). The dates of death of Mr. Newhall and his wife have not yet been ascertained. Of the following named children the first, Tabitha, was born in Maiden, the rest in Leicester.

165 John Thomas'21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 12 May, 1714; married, 17 Sept., 1741, Dorothy162 Newhall, who was born in Maiden 14 Feb., 1717-18. He removed to Leicester, where, in 1743, David Allen of Leicester "by reason of bodily indisposition uncapable to manage my husbandry affairs and considering the integrity and faithfulness of my brother in law John Newhall of Leicester" conveyed to the said John the half of his real estate (Wor. Co. Deeds, B. 15,

L. 567). Mr. Newhall was a captain in Col. John Chandler's regiment, and with his company marched from Spencer District, in August, 1757, to Sheffield, for the relief of Fort William Heniy, a distance of ninety-four miles. In 1744 he bought of Isaac Stone of Lexington one hundred and forty-live acres in the western part of Leicester near Dr. Clark's heirs and the county gore. In 1766 he, then of Maiden, mortgaged this farm to Samuel Winthrop of Boston, Esq., his wife Dorothy releasing her right of dower. This land was then within the bounds of Spencer. In 17G7, being still of Maiden, he conveyed to his son Allen Newhall, of Spencer, lands in Spencer and Charlton. But in 1770 he is of Spencer, where he is found conveying lands to his son Allen and making a new mortgage to Mr. Winthrop, with wife Dorothy in release of her dower and David Newhall signing as a witness.

The date of Capt. Newhall's death has not been learned. His wife Dolly must have died before 8 May, 1792, when Daniel Lynds, jr., of Gilford, Vt., and his wife Sarah, in her right, conveyed to Allen Newhall of Spencer all right and share in about forty-three and a half acres set oft* to their late mother, Dolly Newhall, out of the real estate of Lt. Thomas Newhall. In 1796 Reuben Newhall of Spencer (wife Sarah releasing dower), Barnabas and Betty Aldrich of Northbridge and Jonathan and Phebe Winslow of Charlton conveyed to John Southgate of Leicester land in Leicester on the road to Sturbridge, "being all that part or share of the estate of Lt. Thomas Newhall left by will to Dorotha Newhall, daughter of said Thomas, or her heirs."

166 Nathan Thomas21, Thomas\ Thomas1), born in Maiden 26 Oct., 1719 ; married Tabitha Waite of Maiden 26 Oct., 1743. He died in Maiden 18 Jan., 1757, aged thirty-seven years. His widow Tabitha was appointed administratrix on his estate, 14 Feb., 1757, her sureties on the bond being Edward Wait, yeoman, and Samuel Burditt, gentleman, all of Maiden. The homestead consisted of house and barn and twenty-two acres on the north side of the country road leading to Lynn, bounded east on land of Samuel Wait and Thomas Hill, and west on land of Daniel Newhall ; also twenty-six and a half acres bounding east on the above, of which Mr. Daniel Xewhall and his wile had the improvement during their lives.

The widow, Tabitha Xewhall, died of dysentery 6 Nov., 1798, aged seventy-eight years. By her will, made 24 Jan., 1798, and proved 5 Dec, 1798, she bestowed on daughter Anna Newhall (widow of Edward) and her children, viz. : Barnard, Edward, William, Tabitha and Nathan Xewhall, twenty-six acres of woodland bounded south on Edward Wade's land, east on land of Samuel Waite, north on the town road and west on land of heirs of Samuel Merritt. This devise was settled on Barnard Xewhall 13 Dec, 1806 (his mother having died), he agreeing to pa}* his brothers and sister for their shares.

176 Samuel (Samuel80, Thomas21, Thomas*, Thomas1), born in Maiden 2 Mar., 1715; married, 18 Mar., 1736-7, Martha Upham of Maiden. He died in the twenty-sixth year of his age (says the gravestone), 17 Nov., 1740 (on the same night as his mother), and administration on his estate was granted, 22 Dec., 1740, to his widow Martha, whose sureties were James and Nathaniel Upham of Maiden. The widow married Samuel171 Wade of Medford, 2 Dee., 1741. In the final settlement of the real estate, 27 Sept., 1757, Mrs. Wade received her dower, and the remainder seems to have been settled on "Lucretia, wife of John Barker, late Lucretia Newhall."