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8 July1709, BENJAMIN NEWTON DEPOSITION: He stated his age as, 40, and that John Newton, the elder, his father, lived at a place called Anlaby, near Hull (hence Benjamin was born abt. 1669, making Elizabeth Laycocke his mother & she the 3rd wife of John ........ stated that his father, John Newton, emigrated to the colonies after the death of his last [English] wife.) Further that he [deponent] knew Thomas Newton who lived in Hull who always owned and acknowledged the said John Newton the elder this deponent’s father to be his lawful and eldest [son] and this deponent lastly saith that he came from the said Thomas Newton’s his grandfather when he came to Virginia.
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Abt 1669 - Yes, date unknown