Abraham Newton, II

Sarah Graves (1) was born about 1715. She married Abraham Newton, son of Abraham Newton and Rachel Newton, on 5 Nov. 1735 in Southboro, MA. He was born 25 June 1715 in Marlborough, MA. He was descended from Richard Newton who immigrated to Sudbury, MA from Lincolnshire, England about 1639. 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.