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Samuel Newton

Male Aft 1742 - Abt 1783  (~ 40 years)


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  • Name Samuel Newton  [1, 2
    Birth Aft 1742  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1783 
    Notes 
    • According to the Graves Family Association website, he m. Sarah Lee. He was a Baptist preacher, serving as pastor of Wells' Chapel Baptist Church which was organized in 1756 (among the first missionary Baptist churches in Duplin Co., NC). He served in this capacity until his death about 1783 during the Rev. War. Until 1835, the church was called Bull Tail Meeting House, probably because of nearby Bull Tail Creek.
    Person ID I22045  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2021 

    Father Abraham Newton,   b. 25 Jun 1715   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Sarah Graves,   b. Abt 1715   d. Abt Dec 1773 (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Marriage Y  [2
    • Four of their sons (Isaac, Jacob, George, and Samuel) moved to NC in the 1750's and settled Newton Cross Roads in New Hanover Co., NC. In 1769, Abraham served on the jury for a murder trial in Deplin Co., NC. Abraham was living with or near his four sons in 1779 in Duplin Co., NC, where all five signed a petition for the formation of Sampson Co. from Duplin Co. It is thought that Sarah was in NC also. There is an obituary for a Mrs. Sarah Newton in the Cape Fear Mercury, 29 Dec. 1773. It is assumed that this was Sarah Graves Newton and that she died sometime in Dec. 1773. All four of the sons in NC were in the Revolutionary War.

      http://www.gravesfa.org/gen538.htm
    Family ID F4642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S116] Graves Family Association "Captain Thomas Graves: 1608 Settler of Jamestown, Virginia and His Descendants (ca. 1580-2012), (http://www.gravesfa.org/).

    2. [S177] Lipsey, Mike "Lipsey Family History and Genealogy"; https://www.msu.edu/~lipsey/lipsey.html.