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About Col. George Newton, Jr.
George Newton II (son of George Newton I and Frances Mason) was born 1678, and died 1762.He married Apphia Wilson on 1706.
More About George Newton II and Apphia Wilson:
Marriage: 1706
Children of George Newton II and Apphia Wilson are:
- +Thomas Newton, b. 14 Mar 1713, Norfolk, VA, d. 13 Dec 1794, Norfolk, VA.
https://thelibrary.org/lochist/periodicals/wrv/V6/N2/W77f.htm
George Newton was born in 1643 in England. He was the first Newton that we have record of in America. He died in Virginia in 1694. He married Frances Mason, daughter of Lemeul and Anne Searvell Mason.
Their son, George Newton, Jr. was born in 1678 in Virginia. He died in 1762. In 1706, he married Alpha Wilson, daughter of James and Elizabeth Wilson. William Newton, the son of George Newton, Jr. and Alpha Newton, was born in Virginia in 1726. He married Mary Holloway. This William Newton also had a son William Newton, Jr. who was born in 1750 and died in February, 1817.
Notes for George Newton II:
"Norfolk [in the 1730's] was described "as a healthy and pleasant place commodious for trade and navigation."It is interesting to note that the Charter called for a Mayor, a Recorder, and eight Aldermen who had the power to select 16 common Councilmen. The first Mayor was Samuel Boush and the first Recorder was Sir John Randolph, the other "City Fathers" were George Newton and his son Thomas, Samuel Boush, Jr., John Hutchings, Robert Tucker, John Taylor, Samuel Smith, John Ivy and Alexander Campbell.The Borough, thus started, lived on for 109 years, forty of them under the British flag during the reigns of Kings George the Second and Third.
Norfolk's most treasured possession is the silver mace, the Royal gift presented formally to the Borough at a Council meeting on April 1st, 1754 by Governor Dinwiddie, Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's Dominions in Virginia. The Mace of solid silver is 43 inches long. It bears on its crown the Royal Arms of Great Britain in the reign of George the Second, also the usual mottoes between the Lion and the Unicorn. Below the Crown appear in separate panels the emblems, the Rose of England and the Thistle of Scotland growing on one stem in the first; the Fleur de Lys and the Harp of Ireland occupy two other panels, and the combined quarterings of Great Britain the fourth. The staff is elaborately carved with scrolls and leaves. We are justly proud of possessing the only Royal Mace handed down to a Borough from Colonial times."
-- from "Histories, Recollections and Anecdotes of Old Norfolk" by Emma Blow Freeman Cook, a book sponsored by Great Bridge Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Col. George Newton, Jr.'s Timeline
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1678
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Norfolk, VA, British North America
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1680
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Norfolk, VA, United States
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1707
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February 29, 1712
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March 14, 1713
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Independent Cities, Norfolk, Virginia
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June 22, 1715
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April 9, 1718
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April 19, 1718
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1721
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