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Descendants of Ebenezer Newton

Generation No. 2

2. CAPTAIN BENJAMIN² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)³ was born February 03, 1751/52 in York County, Pennsylvania³, and died February 20, 1835³. He married NANCY MCCALL³. She was born January 22, 1760 in Orange County, North Carolina³, and died 1845 in Cleveland County, North Carolina³.

Notes for CAPTAIN BENJAMIN NEWTON:
Benjamin Newton was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. A complete record of Benjamin is written in the "Newton-Downs History" by Rev. Downs of North Carolina.

Children of BENJAMIN NEWTON and NANCY MCCALL are:

	i.	JANE³ NEWTON³, b. January 17, 1777, Cleveland County, North Carolina³; m. ? QUEEN³.
	ii.	BETSY NEWTON³, b. November 27, 1778³; m. W. M. MCGLAMERY³.
	iii.	EBENEZER NEWTON⁴, b. November 22, 1780⁴; d. Aft. 1861⁴; m. ELIZABETH RUCKER⁴.
9.	iv.	PATSY NEWTON, b. September 04, 1783.
	v.	MARY NEWTON⁴, b. July 02, 1785⁴; d. Aft. 1852 ⁵.
	vi.	JOHN MCCALL NEWTON⁶, b. October 04, 1787⁶; m. JANE (ERWOOD?)⁶.
	vii.	MARGARET NEWTON⁶, b. October 19, 1789⁶; d. Aft. 1852⁶; m. ROBERT GOINS⁶.
	viii.	BENJAMIN NEWTON, JR.⁶, b. September 28, 1791⁶; d. Aft. 1846⁶; m. FANNY CROWDER⁶, January 07, 1817⁶.
	ix.	GEORGE NEWTON⁶, b. July 27, 1793⁶; d. Aft. 1861⁶; m. MARTHA RUCKER⁶, February 05, 1814⁶.
	x.	NANCY MCCALL NEWTON⁶, b. September 22, 1795⁶; d. Aft. 1851⁶; m. DANIEL GOINS⁶.
	xi.	CINTHY NEWTON⁶, b. Abt. 1797⁶; m. ? LEWIS⁶, 1852, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁶.
	xii.	CALVIN NEWTON⁶, b. September 04, 1801⁶; d. Iowa.

3. WILLIAM² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)⁷ was born Abt. 1755 in York County, Pennsylvania⁷, and died April 06, 1824 in Rutherford County, North Carolina⁷. He married MARGARET BUCHANAN⁷ August 17, 1778⁷. She died December 04, 1845⁷.

Notes for WILLIAM NEWTON:
William Newton was a Private in the Revolutionary War.

Children of WILLIAM NEWTON and MARGARET BUCHANAN are:

	i.		EBENEZER³ NEWTON⁸, b. September 28, 1779, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁸.
	ii.		MARTHEU NEWTON⁸, b. May 12, 1782, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁸.
	iii.		JOHN NEWTON⁸, b. December 26, 1785, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁸.
	iv.		WILLIAM NEWTON⁸, b. July 11, 1787, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁸.
	v.		CAPTAIN JAMES NEWTON⁹, b. July 22, 1792, Cleveland County, North Carolina⁹.

Notes for CAPTAIN JAMES NEWTON:
James Newton was a Captain in the War of 1812, 2nd Rutherford Regiment, 12th Company. He was in the Battles of Ransom's Mills, Kings Mountain and Cowpens. He was living at that time in Tyrone (now Lincoln) County, North Carolina. .

4. EBENEZER² NEWTON, JR. (EBENEZER¹)⁹ was born Abt. 1757 in York County, Pennsylvania⁹. He married RACHEL RUTHERFORD⁹ April 08, 1795 in Tyron County, North Carolina⁹.

Notes for EBENEZER NEWTON, JR.:
Ebenezer Newton, Jr. moved to Tennessee and nothing further is known of him.

Children of EBENEZER NEWTON and RACHEL RUTHERFORD are:

	i.		JOHN³ NEWTON.
	ii.		BETSY NEWTON.

5. MARTHEU² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)¹⁰ was born Abt. 1758 in York County, Pennsylvania¹⁰, and died January 13, 1830¹⁰. She married THOMAS BUCHANAN¹⁰ November 06, 1775¹⁰. He was born Abt. 1750¹⁰, and died June 09, 1807¹⁰.

Children of MARTHEU NEWTON and THOMAS BUCHANAN are:

	i.		WILLIAM³ BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. March 16, 1777¹⁰; d. September 18, 1803¹⁰.
	ii.		ELIZABETH BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. March 30, 1779.
	iii.		JANE BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. November 01, 1781.
	iv.		JAMES BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. April 15, 1784.
	v.		MARTHEU BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. February 15, 1786¹⁰; d. December 12, 1815¹⁰; m. ROBERT MCCALL¹⁰, February 19, 1807¹⁰.
	vi.		THOMAS BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. October 13, 1787.
	vii.		MARY BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. October 30, 1788.
	viii.		EBENEZER BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. November 10, 1792.
	ix.		JONAS BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. August 10, 1795¹⁰.
	x.		MARGARET BUCHANAN¹⁰, b. Abt. 1797¹⁰; m. WILLIAM RUTLEDGE¹⁰, December 05, 1813¹⁰.

6. REV. JOHN² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)¹¹ was born February 20, 1759 in York County, Pennsylvania¹¹, and died June 17, 1797 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia¹¹. He married CATHERINE LOWRANCE¹¹ November 06, 1783¹¹, daughter of JOHANNES LOWRANCE and MARY PERKINS. She was born August 28, 1756¹¹, and died October 12, 1846 in Athens, Georgia¹¹.

Notes for REV. JOHN NEWTON:
The following was extracted from "Historical Southern Families, Volume XXI" by Mrs. John Bennett Boddie; Page 13.

John Newton was a graduate of Queen's College (later Davidson College) in Charlotte, North Carolina and was a Chaplin during the Revolutionary War. He was a founder of the first Presbyterian churches in Georgia.

He moved with his wife to Wilkes County Georgia (now Oglethorpe) and settled in the spring of 1786 near the present town of Lexington, preaching and organizing churches. On October 18, 1788 he was ordained and installed as pastor of New Hope and Beth-Salem churches in Georgia, and was was one of five ministers who, with three elders, met at Liberty (later Woodstock Church in Oglethorpe County) and formed the first Presbytery in Georgia, naming it Hopewell, in March 1797, the year in which he died.

Notes for CATHERINE LOWRANCE:
D.A.R. #504760

Children of JOHN NEWTON and CATHERINE LOWRANCE are:

	i.	FIDELIA³ NEWTON¹², b. July 25, 1786¹²; m. DR. JOHN S. FALL¹².
	ii.	JOSIAH NEWTON¹³, b. October 12, 1787¹³; m. (1) PENINAH STRONG¹³; m. (2) CHARLOTTE SISSON¹³.
10.	iii.	ELIZABETH NEWTON, b. January 26, 1789.
11.	iv.	EBENEZER NEWTON, b. June 20, 1790, Wilkes County, Georgia; d. August 27, 1859, Troup County, Georgia.
12.	v.	CYNTHIA NEWTON, b. October 31, 1791, Rowan County, Georgia; d. November 02, 1887, Troup County, Georgia.
	vi.	MALINDA NEWTON¹⁴, b. November 25, 1794.
13.	vii.	ELIZUR NEWTON, b. February 10, 1796; d. March 28, 1882.

7. REV. THOMAS² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)¹⁵ was born 1764 in York County, Pennsylvania¹⁵, and died October 26, 1846 in Asheville, St. Claire, Alabama¹⁵. He married ANNE MARTIN¹⁵ 1790¹⁵, daughter of SAMUEL MARTIN and MARGARET MCCURDY. She was born 1766 in North Carolina¹⁵, and died August 1832¹⁵.

Notes for REV. THOMAS NEWTON:
Thomas Newton came with his parents to North Carolina, where he was educated. In 1798 he went to Lexington, Georgia, and was ordained March 16, 1799 by the Hopewell Presbytery at Hebron, and served that church until his removal to St. Claire County, Alabama, in 1820.

Child of THOMAS NEWTON and ANNE MARTIN is:

14.

JOHN³ NEWTON, b. Abt. 1791; d. 1841.

8. REV. GEORGE² NEWTON (EBENEZER¹)^16,^17,¹⁷ was born 1765 in Shrewsbury twp., York County, Pennsylvania ^18,¹⁹, and died December 04, 1840 in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee ^20,²¹. He married (1) ANN ?. She died 1831²¹. He married (2) HELEN ?. She died 1859²¹. He married (3) MARY MCCALL²¹ March 19, 1794 in Lincoln County, North Carolina²¹. She died Aft. 1803.

Notes for REV. GEORGE NEWTON:
George Newton was a noted preacher and was prominent in the Presbyterian church. From 1797 to 1814 he taught a classical school at Union Hill, founded before 1793, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, where many leaders of the day were educated. The name was changed in 1805 to Newton Academy.

In 1814 George Patton was invited by the Rev. James Patton to come to Bedford County, Tennessee, to take charge of an academy, and of the Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church at Shelbyville, Tennessee. He remained there until the year before his death in 1840. He was buried in the churchyard in Shelbyville, Tennessee.

More About REV. GEORGE NEWTON:
Ordination: October 10, 1798

Children of GEORGE NEWTON and MARY MCCALL are:

15.	i.		JANE MCCALL³ NEWTON, b. December 07, 1796, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina; d. October 09, 1855, Bedford County, Tennessee.
	ii.		JOHN NEWTON²², b. 1798, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina²²; d. May 31, 1830, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee²².

Notes for JOHN NEWTON:
Killed in a Tornado. At the time of his death, he was the Publisher of a Newspaper called "Western Intelligence".

iii.

JAMES EBENEZER NEWTON²², b. July 12, 1800, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina²²; d. December 20, 1856, Panola County, Texas ²³; m. SENAH ERWIN²³, May 23, 1822, Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee²³; b. October 01, 1801, Rowan County, North Carolina²³; d. January 13, 1882, Beckville, Panola, Texas²³.

Notes for JAMES EBENEZER NEWTON:
James Ebenezer Newton was a farmer in Marshall County, Tennessee, until 1846, when he moved his family to Shelby County, Texas.

	iv.		ELIZABETH NEWTON²³, b. January 1803, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina²³; d. September 11, 1853²³; m. JAMES BELL²³, May 17, 1821, Bedford County, Tennessee; b. December 01, 1797, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina²³; d. September 15, 1882, Lebanon, Kentucky²³.
16.	v.		REV. DR. ALEXANDER LORENZO NEWTON, b. December 15, 1803, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina; d. November 28, 1859, Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi.

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