Sylvanus married Elizabeth Stacy October 20, 1785, at New Salem. This was about 2 1/2 years before Sylvanus left with his father-in-law, Col. Stacy, for the Ohio country in 1788.
Col. Stacy, his son John Stacy, son-in-law Sylvanus Newton and Rufus Stacy, arrived on the shore of Muskingum River on May 26, 1788. The new year, 1789, they all apparently returned to New Salem to bring back their families to what became Marietta, Ohio. They were a part of the first settlers of the Northwest Territory.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Children: Gideon, Walter, Abner, Matilda, Abraham, Sidney B., Ethel, Sarah Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth and Sylvanus Newton settled at Marietta, they lived at first in the Campus Martius blockhouse.
The Rainbow settlement, just up the Muskingum River from Marietta, was commenced April 1795 when a company of several families landed on the western shore. There they proceeded to make their homes on land, which had been allotted to them. From an old subscription paper drawn up for a church in the neighborhood in 1810, Sylvanus Newton was listed.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a farm a short distance above the present village of Stockport. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus; general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare. Newton served on the first grand jury of Morgan County, July 3, 1819, in a cabin located on Lot 19 in McConnelsville.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other Pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 66.
Col. Stacy, his son John Stacy, son-in-law Sylvanus Newton and Rufus Stacy, arrived on the shore of Muskingum River on May 26, 1788. The new year, 1789, they all apparently returned to New Salem to bring back their families to what became Marietta, Ohio. They were a part of the first settlers of the Northwest Territory.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Children: Gideon, Walter, Abner, Matilda, Abraham, Sidney B., Ethel, Sarah Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth and Sylvanus Newton settled at Marietta, they lived at first in the Campus Martius blockhouse.
The Rainbow settlement, just up the Muskingum River from Marietta, was commenced April 1795 when a company of several families landed on the western shore. There they proceeded to make their homes on land, which had been allotted to them. From an old subscription paper drawn up for a church in the neighborhood in 1810, Sylvanus Newton was listed.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a farm a short distance above the present village of Stockport. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus; general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare. Newton served on the first grand jury of Morgan County, July 3, 1819, in a cabin located on Lot 19 in McConnelsville.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other Pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 66.
Sylvanus married Elizabeth Stacy October 20, 1785, at New Salem. This was about 2 1/2 years before Sylvanus left with his father-in-law, Col. Stacy, for the Ohio country in 1788.
Col. Stacy, his son John Stacy, son-in-law Sylvanus Newton and Rufus Stacy, arrived on the shore of Muskingum River on May 26, 1788. The new year, 1789, they all apparently returned to New Salem to bring back their families to what became Marietta, Ohio. They were a part of the first settlers of the Northwest Territory.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Children: Gideon, Walter, Abner, Matilda, Abraham, Sidney B., Ethel, Sarah Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth and Sylvanus Newton settled at Marietta, they lived at first in the Campus Martius blockhouse.
The Rainbow settlement, just up the Muskingum River from Marietta, was commenced April 1795 when a company of several families landed on the western shore. There they proceeded to make their homes on land, which had been allotted to them. From an old subscription paper drawn up for a church in the neighborhood in 1810, Sylvanus Newton was listed.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a farm a short distance above the present village of Stockport. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus; general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare. Newton served on the first grand jury of Morgan County, July 3, 1819, in a cabin located on Lot 19 in McConnelsville.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other Pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 66.
Col. Stacy, his son John Stacy, son-in-law Sylvanus Newton and Rufus Stacy, arrived on the shore of Muskingum River on May 26, 1788. The new year, 1789, they all apparently returned to New Salem to bring back their families to what became Marietta, Ohio. They were a part of the first settlers of the Northwest Territory.
Sylvanus and Elizabeth had six children of record although dates of birth on all the children are presently unknown. Children: Gideon, Walter, Abner, Matilda, Abraham, Sidney B., Ethel, Sarah Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth and Sylvanus Newton settled at Marietta, they lived at first in the Campus Martius blockhouse.
The Rainbow settlement, just up the Muskingum River from Marietta, was commenced April 1795 when a company of several families landed on the western shore. There they proceeded to make their homes on land, which had been allotted to them. From an old subscription paper drawn up for a church in the neighborhood in 1810, Sylvanus Newton was listed.
In 1812 the Newtons moved from Marietta to a farm a short distance above the present village of Stockport. The Newberry farm was settled by Elizabeth and Sylvanus; general musters were sometimes held there. This farm was purchased from John I. Hare. Newton served on the first grand jury of Morgan County, July 3, 1819, in a cabin located on Lot 19 in McConnelsville.
According to a family history, the journey from Marietta to their farm was made by a yoke of oxen and one horse. All the family who could - walked. Gideon, then a small boy of 8, walked and led a hog. They lived the rest of their lives on the Newton farm just north of Stockport after clearing ground, planting corn and doing other Pioneer activities.
Sylvanus died in 1836 and was buried on the farm. He was buried out in one of the fields and for years there was a marker, but today the marker is gone.
Col. William Stacy; Revolutionary War Hero, Cordwainer, Minuteman, Prisoner of War, Pioneer - 1993 - by Leo L. Lemonds, DVD, Page 66.
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