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Anne Newton (Lawson)

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Birthplace: Princess Anne County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Death: before 1721
Princess Anne County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Thomas Lawson and Rose Moseley
Wife of Lemuel Newton
Sister of George W Lawson and Thomas Lawson

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Anne Newton

http://lawsondna.org/Media/virginiacounties/Princess_Anne.html

Princess Anne County, VA Minute Book 3, page 130, Court 3 January 1721/22 – Upon the motion of Lt. Col. Thomas Walke, guardian of Thomas Lawson surviving son of Mr. Thomas Lawson, Gentleman, deceased. It is ordered that Mrs. Margaret Newton, Administrator of Mr. Lemuel Newton, also deceased, who was former guardian for ye said orphan, pay and deliver unto ye said Walke one negro boy, called Robin, a girl called Jenney, a boy called Jack, a girl called Nancy, a boy called Sam and . There was a long list of items. Those of interest are: - 6 spoons marked AL, 6 spoons marked A 1695, half a large hoop ring marked TW 1693, half of gold shirt buttons, one third of a large seal ring marked with a heart… many of the same items as in the entry for 2 July 1718 but did not mention his brothers or mother.
Note: Thomas Walke was Justice of the County, 1715-1718; he married in 1689, Mary Lawson, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Lawson, of Norfolk County and left issue: Anthony Walke, Thomas Walke and Mary Walke.

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Anne Newton's Timeline

1694
1694
Princess Anne County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1721
1721
Age 27
Princess Anne County , Province of Virginia, Colonial America