NEWHALL, AMOS, - probably son of Amos and Margaret (Southwick) Newhall, was born in Lynnfield, August 15, 1762; married by Rev. [ 364 ] John Treadwell, February 28, 1782, to Sarah Croel. He was living in
Lynnfield in 1790. His wife Sarah, probably a pensioner, aged
seyenty-four, was living in 1840.
In the muster-rolls is given the following: - "-- Newhall, mariner, brigantine 'Cutter,' privateer, commanded by Capt. Samuel Croel, aged 19 years; stature, 5 ft.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn. Also the following: Seaman brigantine 'Ann,' Amos Mansfield, Master. England Dec. 2, 1776; discharged Mar. 7, 1777, service 2 m. 18 days, on voyage Salem to Baltimore." From the fact that he married a Croel, the name of his captain and the age fitting well, it would seem that his earlier service might have been as a boy. NEWHALL, ANDREW, - son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Potter) Newhall, and fifth from Thomas, the emigrant, was born in Lynn, March 9, 1730, and married Susannah Brown, December 21, 1752. She is said to have died July 20, 1789. He probably lived on Boston Street, and died about 1795. His children were Isabel, Bethia, who married Abel Belknap, Revolutionary soldier, Andrew, Susanna, who married Theophilus Farrington, Revolutionary soldier, Joseph, Elizabeth, who married Isaac Orgin, Revolutionary soldier, Patty, Polly, and John Brown. Three daughters, therefore, married soldiers. A marker and stone were erected to his memory in the old Western Burial Ground, near the spot where Isaac Orgin is buried. Revolutionary record: Private in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19; service, two days; also private, Captain John Currier's company, Colonel James Frye's regiment; company return dated October, 1775; also private, Captain Joseph Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days, at Rhode Island, including three days' (60 miles) travel; roll dated Providence; also private, Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days; rolls dated camp at Winter Hill; also Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April 3 to July 3, 1778, three months, two days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also private, Captain Simeon Brown's company, [ 365 ] Colonel Nathaniel Wade's regiment; enlisted November 19, 1778; company discharged at East Greenwich, R.I.; regiment raised in Essex and York Counties; enlistment to expire January 1, 1779; reported sick and absent; also descriptive list of men raised for term of six months by Lynn, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; returned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780; age, fifty-one years; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Lynn; residence, Lynn; marched to camp July 13, 1780, under command Captain Thomas Pritchard; also private, Captain Jeremiah Putnam's company, Colonel Nathan Tyler's regiment; enlisted July 10, 1779; service to December 1, 1779, four months, twenty-one days, at Rhode Island; also pay-roll for December, 1779. The military service of Andrew Newhall, Sr., and Jr., is very hard to place. The above seems likely. NEWHALL, ANDREW, Jr., - probably son of Andrew, Sr., and Susanna (Brown) Newhall, was born in Lynn, April 13, 1758, and evidently died without issue. He was private in Captain Zadock Buffinton's
company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 14, 1777;
discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months,
seventeen days, in northern department; also given on list of men raised
in Essex County for term of nine months from the time of their arrival at
Fishkill; returned as mustered by Henry Rutger, Jr., deputy
muster-master; dated Fishkill, August 1, 1778; residence, Lynn; engaged
for town of Wenham; arrived at Fishkill, July 17, 1778. - Mass. Rolls.
NEWHALL, ASA, - fifth in line from Thomas, the emigrant, was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Bancroft) Newhall, born August 5, 1732. He was married November 21, 1769, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Sarah Tarbell, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Tarbell, of Lynnfield. She was baptized January 12, 1745. In 1764 Asa Newhall bought of Samuel
Devereux and his wife, Sarah, of Marblehead, the farm formerly Jedediah
Newhall's, lying on both sides of the road from Lynn to Lynnfield, a
little below its intersection with the Salem and Reading road,
containing about 100 acres, which had once belonged to Joseph Newhall,
father of Jedediah, and before him to Joseph Newhall, the grandfather of
the last pur-
[ 366 ] chaser. To this he added by other purchases, until he became the owner of a farm of 250 acres, besides numerous outlying lots. In August, 1807, he conveyed the farm to his only son, Asa Tarbell Newhall, at the same time giving him a bill of sale of the cattle and farm equipments, receiving from his son in return a bond for his possession of this estate during his natural life, and for his support and that of his wife, and for the payment of certain sums, within a year after his death, to parties named. He died May 1, 1814, aged eighty-one years. His children were Asa T., Sarah, and Mary. The old farm and buildings still remain in the hands of Asa T. Newhall, great-grandson of the soldier. A monument is erected to the memory of the latter, the first to a Revolutionary soldier in Lynn. He was a soldier of the French and Indian War as well as of the Revolution. The only record found on the rolls of Revolutionary service is the following: Private, copy of a list of men belonging to Lynn, now called Lynn, Lynnfield, and Saugus, who served at Concord battle and elsewhere (year not given). NEWHALL, BENJAMIN, - son of Nehemiah and Tabitha (Brown) Newhall, was born in 1764; married Keturah, daughter of Ezra and Keturah (Newhall) Hitchings, by Rev. Joseph Roby, January 12, 1792. They had no children. A Benjamin Newhall died February 16, 1825, according to the Lynn records. Benjamin Newhall appears on a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of six months, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; returned as received of Justin Ely, commissioner, by Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 13, 1780; age, sixteen years; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, light; marched to camp July 13, under command of Captain Thomas Pritchard; also company roll of six months' men so raised; marched June 27, 1780; discharged December 5, 1780; service, five months, twenty days; travel, 220 miles, included. NEWHALL, CALLEY, - son of Increase and Susannah (Souden) Newhall, was born February 4, 1752. His father, Increase, was an officer in the Revolution, and lived on Federal Street and kept the tavern at what was afterwards known as the Orcutt place. His brother William was probably the drummer who was in his father's company. He was married April 21, 1777, by Rev. Jonas Clark, of Lexington, to Anna Harrington, of Lex- [ 367 ] ington, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Dunster) Harrington,
baptized February 22, 1756. Their children were Mary, Increase, John,
Calley, Harrington, Albert, and Isaac, the first two of whom were born in
Lexington. Several places are given as his residence, among them a small
cottage where the old Witt house now stands in Market Square. This cottage
was torn down, and became a part of the old John Blakeley house on Federal
Street. He is also said to have lived at one time on Federal Street, and
also on Boston Street, opposite Dr. Jim Newhall's. He was a
cabinet-maker by trade, and was a very ingenious man and could work at
almost any trade, according to Jenks Sargent, who stated in one of his
sketches that Calley Newhall and a man named Perley once set up and
operated a windmill for the purpose of grinding grain. This was in
1816, and was on Sea Street at the foot of Pleasant. He also kept an
evening school on Boston Street, where he taught reading, writing, and
arithmetic. In front of his house was a large elm-tree, with a vane on it,
the iatter resting upon the mast and topmast of an old vessel. The
vane was made to represent a ship at sea, and was called the
"Independence." Mr. Benjamin Skinner remembers Calley Newhall as an
irascible old man, who disliked boys and never spoke to them. Those who
lived in his neighborhood feared him. He was smooth-faced, short, and bent
over. His grand-daughter, who was eight or nine years old when Washington
passed through Lynn, remembered well that event, and the fact that
Washington, recognizing her grandfather Calley in the crowd, stopped,
called him by name, and shook hands with him. This she thought very
remarkable, and told it many times to her grandson, James H. Emmerton, of
68 Neptune Street, who told it to the writer in 1902. While living at
Lexington, Calley Newhall made powder for the troops. His death occurred
in Lynn, August 2, 1833, and he was buried in the north-east corner of the
old Western Burial Ground, where his grave remained unmarked until 1904,
when a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R. were placed there. His wife
died February 21, 1831.
The records of the Pension Office give his military service as follows: May, 1775, eight months as corporal in Abner Cranston's company, Colonel Asa Whetcomb's regiment, and again for two months from January, 1776; also as private for six months in Captain George Minard's company, Colonel Benjamin Brown's regiment. He is borne [ 368 ] on the record as being in the battle of Bunker Hill. The date of his application was August 14, 1832. January 2, 1833, he made oath that in May, 1775, he enlisted for eight months in a volunteer company raised principally in Salem, by Benjamin West, of Salem, and was afterwards ensign, Abner Cranston being captain. He went from Salem to Cambridge, and was barracked in Stoughton Hall, one of the college buildings. Deacon Longley, the orderly corporal, dying, he was appointed to perform the duties of corporal in part in Colonel Asa Whetcomb's regiment. Continuing, he says: "Our regiment went down to Charlestown the night previous to the Battle of Bunker Hill to entrench. I was in Fort No. 2, in Cambridge, at that time, but hearing the regiment was in want of provisions, I set off the day of the battle and arrived there about half past two, P.M. The American line had then given way. The next day after, our regiment was ordered to Prospect Hill, where we remained the balance of the summer. We left Gen. Ward at Fort No. 2. In Jan. 1776, the eight months enlistment having expired, I enlisted again to go to Ticonderoga, but was discharged from that service by Capt. Cranston and remained a soldier at Prospect Hill till the British evacuated Boston, March 17, 1776. The discharge I had from Capt. Cranston, I have lost and have no documentary evidence of being a soldier. Aug. 3, 1777, I was drafted for six months service in a regiment raised in Middlesex County, Geo. Minard, of Concord, being Captain. I was then living in Lexington. The destination of our regiment was Saratoga to oppose Gen. Burgoyne. The Lexington company proceeded by themselves, and went through Northampton. I was taken sick and was left at Worthington and soon returned to Lexington. On the return of our company from Saratoga, I was ordered to make up the time of my draft at Cambridge and was located at Fort No. 2 under Capt. Daniel Harrington. Here I was discharged. No person is now living who served with me that I know. Born Feb. 4, 1752, and lived three years at Lexington." James Newhall says in a deposition: "My brother Calley was supplied by me with clothes and other necessaries from home and I visited him every fortnight. I entered the service in his absence to Saratoga and left home myself." Ezra Mudge and Elijah Downing certify and J. C. Stickney is attorney. Henry Hallowell adds his certificate. [ 369 ] Pensioned at the rate of $56 per year from March 4, 1831. $112 back pay. Certificate issued April 10, 1833. - United States Pension Records. NEWHALL, CALVIN, - private, son of Locker Newhall and brother of Landlord Jacob Newhall, was born in Saugus, December 8, 1745. He married Sarah Goldthwaite, September 28, 1772. She was a daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Newman) Goldthwaite, of Danvers, born about 1752. His children were Ebenezer, Shadrach, Amos, Samuel, and Lois. Calvin Newhall served in Captain David Parker's Saugus company, April 19, 1775. He enlisted as a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company, Colonel Israel Hutchinson's regiment, in 1776, and marched with it to New York, where he was in the battle of Long Island. On January 28, 1777, he enlisted in the army being raised to reinforce the Continental forces, and marched on the l2th of March, 1777, as a private in Captain Nehemiah Page's company, Colonel Ebenezer Francis's regiment. His enlistment was for three years, for which a bounty of £14 had been offered by the town of Lynn. He arrived at Bennington, and received a subsistence allowance until that time. On the advance of General Burgoyne his regiment fell in with the British, under General Fraser, at Hubbardton, where on the 5th of July he engaged in that bloody conflict. He was later in the battles preceding the capture of General Burgoyne, participating in all of the engagements. After the capture of General Burgoyne he went into winter quarters at Albany. He was at West Point in the spring of 1779, and was probably under the command of General Anthony Wayne when he took Stony Point on the 16th of July. At this time he was in Major Lithgow's company, Colonel Tupper's regiment. On the expiration of his enlistment he at once re-enlisted for three years as private in Captain Nehemiah Emerson's company, Colonel Benjamin Tupper's 10th Massachusetts regiment. He was at West Point when the treason of Arnold was discovered, and remained in the northern department until the spring of 1783, when he was honorably discharged by General Washington. He then walked home to Lynn, and there settled down after a service of six years for his country. On the 14th of April, 1818, he was pensioned at the rate of $8 per month. In 1819 his mind became affected, and Ellis Boynton, son of one of his old comrades, was appointed his guardian. He died August 24, 1823, at the age of seventy-eight. He is buried in the old burial-ground at Saugus [ 370 ] Centre, where a marble stone and marker of the S. A. R. were erected at his grave in 1903. NEWHALL, CHARLES, - son of Allen and Love (Breed) Newhall, was born in Lynn, February 5, 1752; married, first, December 12, 1776, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Mary Lewis, daughter of John and Abigail (Brooks) Lewis, born March 6, 1755, and, second, by Rev. John Treadwell, March 15, 1781, to Lois Newhall, daughter of Squire Jim and Lois (Burrill) Newhall, born July 4, 1757. Charles Newhall was a shoemaker, and lived on Boston Street, near the foot of Cottage. In 1787 he bought the old estate at the corner of Wyman and Boston Streets, and occupied it until his death in 1817. This house was subsequently occupied by his son "Dr. Jim" and Martha Green, a cousin of Dr. Jim Newhall. Charles Newhall was a man of prominence in his day, being a member of the Court's Committee, a similar position to that of county commissioner of the present time. He was also one of the committee which decided against the relocation of Boston Street in 1815. It is said that he was a man of strong mind, good judgment, and strict integrity. His services were often called upon in appraising property. His death occurred October 11, 1817, from heart disease, at the age of sixty-five. He was buried in the Henchman tomb in the old Western Burial Ground .. He was a corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's West Lynn company and marched with his father and brother on the Lexington alarm. NEWHALL, DANIEL ALLEN BREED, - son of Allen and Love (Breed) Newhall, was baptized June 13, 1756. He was born, lived, and died on Boston Street. He was married January 1, 1789, by Rev. Mr. Parsons, to Sarah Mansfield, daughter of Colonel John Mansfield, born April 16, 1767. They had one child, a daughter. His farm embraced at least a portion of the land lying between Boston Street and Western Avenue and Park and Mall Streets. His house, still standing, he built in 1791. It has been remodelled, and is now (1903) No. 6 Barrett Street. Formerly it stood near the foot of Mall Street, facing Boston Street. Daniel Allen Breed Newhall was a farmer and shoemaker, and worshipped in the Old Tunnel Meeting-house. He was the grandfather of the former city marshal, Daniel Barrett. His sister [ 371 ] married Jesse Rhodes, a Revolutionary soldier, and lived nearly
opposite, at the foot of Cedar Street, in an old house torn down some
years ago. He died in the house which he had built, on the 20th of March,
1821, and was buried in the old Western Ground, on the main path, near the
entrance. A marker and stone now mark the spot. His widow, Sarah Newhall,
was pensioned at $30 per month from March 4, 1836. From her statement made
at the time of her application, the following has been gathered: namely,
that he was in the battles of Trenton, Stony Point, White Plains, and
Ticonderoga. He was in the army at West Point about three months, and was
with the troops under General Washington in their retreat through New
Jersey. She said that he had often spoken to her of his services and
sufferings in the army, mentioning dates, places, and circumstances of his
services, and the names of his officers. He assisted in rowing the
Hessians across the Delaware after their capture, and she had in her
possession at that time an old queen's arm, so called, which he told her
he "took from a Hessian that was killed. In the latter part of his life he
made application for a pension, but failed to obtain it because he
was not then destitute of property. Isaac Newhall also deposed that they
were often without shoes and clothes, that they were at the taking of the
Hessians at Trenton, and that Daniel Allen Breed Newhall was also in the
army at West Point at the time of Arnold's treason, and that he himself
had the fullest recollection of the account given by the latter of the
taking of Cornwallis; also that he said that the cartridges used at West
Point were made partly of sand, and that the contrivance was one of
Benedict Arnold's. He said that he crossed the river twice at Trenton, and
that he encountered great difficulty with the ice, but he spoke with great
exultation of the capture of the Hessians.
NEWHALL, DANIEL, Jr. - On the Massachusetts Rolls appears a Daniel Newhall, Jr., making it probable that there was another Daniel beside Daniel Allen Breed Newhall. The latter always signed his name in full. The only other Daniel in the Newhall Genealogy who would seem to be the one called Jr. was the son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall) Newhall, born November 15, 1741, and died October 4, 1811. He is buried in the old Western Burial Ground in a grave marked by a large black stone. He was twice married, first to Sarah Bacheller, May 8, 1766, and second to Patience Swift, of Dorchester, September [ 372 ] 18, 1799. His wife Sarah, who died January 13, 1798, aged sixty, is buried by his side, also in a marked grave. The probate records show Patience living at his death. The children were Joel, Hannah, and Sarah. The following is the Revolutionary record given: Corporal in Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; engaged August 18, 1777, at Cambridge; discharged at Cambridge November 30, 1777; service, three months, thirteen days, in northern department; also private in Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Wade's regiment; entered the service July 12, 1780; discharged October 10, 1780; three months, eleven days, including twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment detached from Essex County militia. NEWHALL, EBENEZER, - probably son of Joseph and Abigail (Hanson) Newhall, was born in 1745, and died September 15, 1819, aged seventy-four. He married, first, Hannah Larrabee, May 19, 1768, and, second, Martha --. The children by Hannah were Benjamin, Joanna, Mary, and Ebenezer; by Martha, were Lydia and Joseph. He is said to have lived for a time in an old house which stood at the corner of Franklin and Boston Streets. Martha, widow of Ebenezer, died June 26, 1827, at the age of seventy-nine. Appears as a corporal in Captain Rufus
Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19,
1775; service, two days; also pay-roll of Captain Ezra Bedlam's company,
Colonel Baldwin's regiment, for April, 1776, dated New York. This latter
service probable. - Mass. Rolls.
NEWHALL, ELISHA, - probably son of Matthew and Mary (Wright) Newhall, of Stoneham. Brother of Noah Newhall, he was born in Lynnfield, October 15, 1759; married Rebecca Garey, of Stoneham, at Reading, November 21, 1782, Rev. Caleb Prentice performing the ceremony. He removed to Bradford, Vt., the same year. He appears in the town records of Bradford, Vt., in 1782, and is buried in the old cemetery there, although the grave is not marked. He was a private in Captain Joseph Hiller's
company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination
May 5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days,
at Rhode Island, including three days' (60 miles) travel home; roll dated
camp at Providence; also private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company,
Colonel
[ 373 ] Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 19, 1777, and discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service in northern department. He was at the capture of General Burgoyne. NEWHALL, EZEKIEL, - son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Bates) Newhall, was born in South Lynnfield, February 1, 1743. His father's farm was between the turnpike and Humphrey's Pond. He was married June 30, 1772, by Rev. Benjamin Adams, to Love Mansfield, daughter of Deacon Daniel and Lydia (Newhall) Mansfield, born April 25, 1751. Ezekiel Newhall was a member of the company of Captain Nathaniel Bancroft, and marched with it on the alarm of April 19, 1775. At that time his wife was ill with consumption, and on the 24th of the following May she died, and was buried in the little burial-ground at South Lynnfield. On the 20th of February, 1777, he was married a second time by Rev. Mr. Adams, this time to Mrs. Martha Newhall, of Danvers. He appears to have been a yeoman and carpenter. In 1775 an order for eight shillings was granted him for repairs on the parsonage. His children by his second wife were Jeremiah, Martha, Roxanna, Daniel Brown, and Love. Mr. Newhall died December 12, 1821, and Martha, his wife, September 19, 1833. They are buried in the South Lynnfield Ground, and their graves are marked by slate stones. Ezekiel Newhall is one of the six Revolutionary soldiers who are known to be buried in the little cemetery, and his grave was marked by a bronze marker of the S. A. R. in 1904. NEWHALL, COLONEL EZRA, - who commanded one of the five companies which marched from Lynn on the alarm of the 19th of April, 1775, was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Sargent) Newhall, and was of the fifth generation from Thomas, the first settler. He was born in Malden, May 1, 1733, and married, first, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Potter) Fuller, April 10, 1755. She was born in Lynn, July 27, 1737, and died May 4, 1777, and was the mother of all but one of his eight children. He married, second, in Lynn on May 8, 1781, the widow Alice Gray, a daughter of Nathan and Mary Breed. She was born in Lynn in September, 1744, and died in Lowell, February 9, 1833. His own death occurred in Salem, April 5, 1798, and he was buried in the old Charter Street Burying Ground, commonly called in the olden days the "Burial Point." His [ 374 ] grave, just inside the gate, is marked by a black stone. His will on file in the probate records gives to his wife, Alice, his clock and all his plate, and mentions his children, Lydia, Mercy, Jo, Thomas, and Samuel. The military record of Colonel Ezra Newhall began in the old French War, when he commissioned, February 20, 1760, as ensign in Colonel Timothy Ruggles's regiment, in which his elder brother, Joseph, of Newbury, served as captain. At the breaking out of the Revolutionary War he commanded a company of minute-men who marched from Lynn on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and he is said to have been the bearer of a message to Colonel Pickering, giving information of the movement of the British forces towards Lexington. He was the senior captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Mansfield, stationed most of the time during the siege of Boston at Winter Hill, and he was present at the evacuation of the city. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of major, and on May 17, 1777, was commissioned as lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Massachusetts regiment of Continentals, commanded by General Rufus Putnam. He served in the campaign which resulted in the surrender of Burgoyne, was at Valley Forge, and took part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton. He was afterward stationed with the army under the command of General Heath, in and about West Point, until the end of the war. He then took up his abode in Salem, having before the war lived in Lynn, in the house of Dr. Jim Newhall. He was appointed by President Washington collector of internal revenue, - a position which he filled until his death. His name also appears with that of Ebenezer Stocker on the original autograph list of members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Both probably became members in June, 1783; when the Massachusetts Society held its first meeting on the 9th of the month at Newburg. Abundant evidence appears that Colonel Newhall was a brave and prudent officer in the war and a well-beloved citizen at home. NEWHALL, EZRA, - son of Solomon and Mary (Johnson) Newhall, was born in Lynn, January 5, 1729; married December 12, 1751, to Elizabeth Pecks. He served his country in the Revolutionary War, and is thought to have died in the service. The birth of his daughter Mary, only is found in the town records. His other children are supposed to have been Hannah, Timothy, Elizabeth, and Richard. Timothy [ 375 ] was a soldier of the Revolution. Ezra's name appears as private in Captain Joseph Williams's company, Colonel John Greaton's regiment; also on Continental Army pay accounts for service from February 9, 1777, to April 2, 1777; also private in Captain Ezra Bedlam's company, Colonel Loammi Baldwin's 26th regiment; abstract for advance pay for January, 1776; reported died in May, 1777, in campaign to the northward. Also list of men in Captain Lindsey's
company, who took the oath in Middlesex County, July 6, 1776; also list of
men dated Malden, August 3, 1775, of men belonging to Captain Eleazer
Lindsey's company, Colonel Samuel Gerrish's regiment, who received
advance pay; enlisted May 25, 1775; service, two months, eight days; order
for bounty coat dated Malden, December 22, 1775; also return of men
enlisted by Sergeant Nathaniel Hills to serve in the Continental Army in
Colonel Baldwin's regiment in ensuing campaign, dated Chelsea, December 8,
1775; also list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from the
1st Essex County regiment; term three years or during the war; reported
discharged in 1776; 280 miles' travel home. - Mass. Rolls.
NEWHALL, INCREASE, - son of John and Lydia (Scarlet) Newhall, was born in Lynn, March 31, 1725; married Susannah Soudan, of Marblehead. He was a tanner and innkeeper, and according to the Newhall Genealogy lived at the north end of the homestead of his lineal ancestors. He died June 23, 1815, in his ninety-third year, and his wife died January 8, 1816, aged ninety. Both are buried in the old Western Burial Ground. He had six children, Anthony, Increase, James, Susannah, Calley, and William, of whom Calley and William were in the Revolution. The tavern kept by Increase Newhall was
situated at the corner of Federal and the south side of Marion Street, and
was the meeting-place of the West Lynn company of minute-men, of which
Rufus Mansfield was captain. The old house is still standing, and is in a
good state of preservation. It was here that an alarm came, just prior to
the breaking out of the Revolution, to the effect that a company of
British had landed at King's Beach. The town was filled with excitement.
Family plate was thrown into wells, and sick people were removed.
[ 376 ] The company assembled in haste, and marched down to the beach only to
find that the alarm was a false one. Mr. Pratt speaks of this tavern also
as a place of inquest.
Increase Newhall was a corporal in Captain Ezra Newhall's company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, thirteen days; also order for advance pay signed by him June 8, 1775, at Cambridge; also sergeant, same company and regiment; muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 2,1775; service, three months, six days; also sergeant-major, Colonel Mansfield's 19th regiment, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Israel Hutchinson; order for bounty coat dated Winter Hill, November 4,1775; also petition addressed to the Council by him, asking to be discharged from Craft's regiment, October 23, 1778, as he had an opportunity and inclination to serve his country in sea service; granted, same day; appears as second lieutenant in Captain Winthrop Grey's 5th company, Colonel Thomas Craft's artillery regiment; list of officers to be commissioned as returned by Colonel Crafts, dated Boston, September 27, 1776; ordered in Council; October 9, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; also adjutant, Colonel Thomas Craft's artillery regiment; service from May 8, 1777, to October 31, 1778; rolls dated Boston. - Mass. Rolls. The name of Increase Newhall also appears on the French and Indian War rolls with rank as ensign in the 1st regiment of militia of Essex County, January, 1766; also in Captain Samuel Johnson's 2d Lynn company, Colonel Benjamin Pickman's regiment. NEWHALL, JABEZ, - corporal, son of Jonathan and Abigail (Norwood) Newhall, was born in Lynn about 1750. His home was in East Saugus, where he was married by Rev. Joseph Roby, September 10, 1772, to Elizabeth Stone. His military service was confined to the Lexington alarm, when he marched with the Saugus company, under Captain David Parker. The only record which has been preserved of him is in a sketch written by Benjamin F. Newhall, in which he said, "From 1808 to 1816, the' Old Brady,' so called, was one of the fixtures of East Saugus. The 'Old Brady' was nothing more nor less than a large, flat-roofed shoemaker's shop, standing a little south and in the rear of the large house built by Mr. Oakman. This shop could accommodate about fifteen seats and was generally filled. Here were accommodated all ages, from the hoary-headed veteran of the Revolu- [ 377 ] tion, to the stripling boy just large enough to wax a thread. Here much transpired of good and bad, and the influence of the shop went out for many years. Jabez Newhall, commonly called 'Uncle Jabe,' was one of the veterans of the establishment, and for years was a ruling spirit. He was a man who had met with many sad reverses in life, and was, during this period, a widower. His only vice was the use of intoxicating liquor. Merry and cheerful at times to almost childish excess, he would amuse the inmates with long yarns and improbable stories. For many years he made constant declaration that he should die upon his shoemaker's seat, a statement which was almost literally fulfilled in the sequel, for one day, leaning forward in a sitting doze, he fell upon the floor and broke his neck. Thus ended 'Uncle Jabe,' and shortly the whole establishment was broken up." The date of the death of Jabez Newhall was May 25, 1816, and his burial was in the old cemetery at Saugus Centre. A marble stone and bronze marker were erected in 1903. NEWHALL, JACOB, - son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall) Newhall, and brother of Daniel, Micajah, James, and William, all soldiers, was born in South Lynnfield, September 16, 1758; married June 11, 1793, to Ede Marble, daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Hart) Marble (of Reading), born in Danvers, August 5, 1769. An extract from the Lynn Mirror, of November 19, 1825, has the following: "Died in Lynnfield, Nov. 7, 1825, Jacob Newhall, after a week's illness. He was a patriot of the Revolution, was at the capture of Gen. Burgoyne, and was during the war in many battles at sea." He is buried in a marked grave in the South Lynnfield cemetery, beside his father, Josiah. His wife is buried near him. His daughters were Ede, Betsy, and Lydia. He appears as a private in Captain Josiah Hiller's company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; pay-roll dated camp at Providence; arrived at destination June 11, 1777; service from June 11 to August 11, 1777, two months, six days, at Rhode Island, including travel home; also mariner, brigantine "Cutter," privateer, commanded by Captain Samuel Croel; descriptive list of officers and crew, sworn to August 15, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft., 8 in.; complexion, dark; residence, Lynn; also given on Marblehead rolls (an [ 378 ] error) as private in Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; engaged August 18, 1777, and discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, thirteen days, in northern department. - Mass. Rolls. NEWHALL, JACOB, - son of Locker, was born in Saugus, May 3, 1740. He was grandson of Jacob, born March 27, 1686, and great-grandson of Thomas, the first white child born in Lynn. Inasmuch as Jacob Newhall was one of the most famous men of the Third Parish, and since his name has come down prominently for one hundred and twenty-five years, it may be well to describe his home and surroundings. No allusion to the Revolution would be complete without a word in regard to the old tavern on the turnpike to Boston, in East Saugus. It was situated on the Boston road, across the present Lincoln Avenue, where Ballard Street diverges to the south. Mr. Benjamin F. Newhall, grandson of Jacob, in 1860 wrote the following sketch: "The house itself was a venerable mansion, a large, old-fashioned, gambrel-roofed house. It was taken down in 1835, to make room for improvements. In 1760 Zaccheus Norwood kept it as a public house, but died in 1768, leaving a widow and three small children. Mrs. Norwood continued the business, acting as innholder until the arrival in this country of Josiah Martin, who soon afterwards married her. Owing to his vices, however, he was soon obliged to give up the tavern and the farm, and the business passed into the hands of Jacob Newhall, familiarly known as 'Landlord Newhall.' He entered upon the discharge of his duties in 1773 and the inn began at once to assume its old reputation. Under his guidance it became the most noted and best patronized house in the regions round about. During the whole Revolution, the house of Landlord Newhall became more and more widely known throughout the country. Everyone was happy who could put himself under its venerable roof. Its fires were always found burning, its doors always open, night or day, its tables always spread, and its larder full. He early espoused the cause of the Americans in their protracted struggle for liberty. Previous to that he was always faithful to his duties as a British subject. The sign which swung upon its large, oaken arm in front of his tavern was ornamented with the seal of British authority, the lion and the unicorn. Very soon after the commencement of the war it gave way to one more appropriate, the rising sun, indicative [ 379 ] of a nation's birth, as well as its future glory. His espousal of the American cause was not a forced approval, but sprang up in a soul bursting with the fires of liberty. The depths of his patriotism were soon put to a test, and passed through an ordeal which proved their quality beyond a doubt. As the struggle for independence waxed warmer, the whole nation became poorer. This state of things caused some stout hearts to quail, and the love of wealth proved stronger than their patriotism. Not so with Jacob Newhall. His benevolence kept pace with the necessity of its exercise. Situated as he was upon the great travelled highway from Boston, eastward, it became a common occurrence for him to be called upon to supply food for the soldiers on their various marches. Not infrequently would he be notified lwo or three hours in advance to prepare food for a company, sometimes a regiment, which would pass at a given time. When these occasions happened, he would slaughter from one to three oxen, and have the beef boiled in large boilers expressly prepared for that purpose. In addition to the wants of those actually engaged in the service, the war threw upon the nation a large class of sick, wounded, and disabled soldiers who were abroad on furloughs or discharged for incompetency, and who were in the greatest extremes of poverty. Not infrequently, such persons quartered themselves upon Landlord Newhall for days and weeks, and no one was ever turned away empty. Another demand was made upon his generosity by the wives and children of such as were called upon to serve their country, while starvation was staring their families in the face. None of that class could starve while his granary could save. Women and children came regularly with their bags, which were filled with corn or meal. He generally raised from six to twelve hundred bushels per year, and often purchased as much more. He kept most of his provisions in a storehouse on the road to Saugus Centre. This course was rendered necessary from the fact that the British army was expected at any time to march over the road, and would be likely to help themselves. During the war many promises were made to him of abundant pay, but his harvest of promises was never reaped. He never allowed this to hinder his benevolence, however, and to the day of his death he was the friend of the poor and destitute." Jacob Newhall married August 21, 1768, Elizabeth Hodgkins, of Ipswich, and had children, Sarah, Lucy, Lydia, William, and Jacob. [ 380 ] His only service as a soldier was in response to the Lexington alarm,
but, though he was too busy to fight, he rendered his country good service
at home. The rendezvous of the Saugus minute-men was at his tavern, and
from it the little band started on the morning of April 19, 1775. His
brothers, Luther and Calvin, served in the war. It is interesting to note
that at the time of the Revolution there were but seven houses in that
part of the town now called East Saugus.
In 1789 Landlord Newhall had the honor of entertaining President Washington, who stopped with his escort on his way through the county. The great Washington was extremely affable and polite in his intercourse with the leading citizens who met him there, for among them were many who had served under him during the war. Landlord Newhall provided the best his house could afford, and, after resting there, Washington made his way to Lynn and then to Salem. Jacob Newhall relinquished the care of the tavern about the opening of the new century. His generosity during the war had somewhat impaired his finances. He died in Saugus, June 18, 1816. His wife, Elizabeth, died January 8, 1799. They are buried together in the old burying-ground at Saugus Centre, and their graves are suitably marked with slate stones. Upon his stone is the inscription: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord: for they rest from their labors and their works do follow them." A marker of the S. A. R.. was placed at his grave in 1903. Mr. Newhall's descendants are among the most respectcd people of Lynn and Saugus to-day. NEWHALL, JACOB, - son of Jonathan and Abigail (Norwood) Newhall, was born in that part of Lynn called East Saugus, February 22, 1745. His grandfather was Jacob Newhall, the first of the name to settle in Saugus, and he was great-grandson of Thomas Newhall. Jacob Newhall, the subject of this sketch, lived in the family homestead which during the Revolutionary times stood on the main street of East Saugus, on the spot now occupied by the house of the late Fales Newhall. He married Sarah Berry, probably sister of Mary Berry, who married his brother, Jonathan. Like his fathers, he was a farmer. The story of his connection with the Concord fight has come down with great distinctness to his descendants now living. Rev. William R. Newhall, D.D., formerly principal of Wilbraham Academy, who has had the story direct from his ancestors, says: "My great-great-grandfather was a member [ 381 ] of Capt. David Parker's company of minute-men. He was one of the first to receive the news that the British were out, living as he was, near the old Boston road. The messenger reached East Saugus before daylight, and he helped to rally the neighbors who belonged to the company. All set off as soon as possible, going up the Boston road through Malden. The company did not go to Lexington, but awaited the return of the British somewhere on the road below that place. Having dispersed themselves behind the walls and trees, they industriously fired upon the king's troops, following tbem along the road. At one time, with several of his neighbors, Jacob was in a little ravine, behind some boulders. They had annoyed the regulars so much that the latter were ordered to clear them out with the bayonet. The British thereupon made a sudden charge into the gully. Jacob was the last to leave, and, after firing a parting shot, turned and addressed some very disrespectful language to the redcoats, and then made good his escape. He continued to follow the British down to Charlestown Neck, when he dropped out of the fight and made his way home." Tradition has brought down the story that he still further engaged in the war which followed, but the muster-rolls on file are indefinite, from the fact that they do not in all cases indicate the residence of the soldiers. He may have been the Jacob who served as private in Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment, in the company of Captain James Prentiss. If so, his service was at Fort Edward and the north. This Jacob was discharged at Saratoga, and allowed 240 miles' travel home, the warrant being dated February 3, 1777. The mileage was that allowed many Lynn men. He had probably several children, one being Jacob Newhall, born 1770, died June 3, 1857, commonly known as "Black Jake." The son of the latter was Fales Newhall, long known in East Saugus, and his grandson was Rev. Fales Henry Newhall, well known as a clergyman of the Methodist denomination. The death of the Revolutionary soldier occurred in 1806, and he is undoubtedly buried in the old ground at Saugus Centre. NEWHALL, JAMES, - private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two days. - Mass. Rolls. There would seem to be no doubt that the above was "Squire Jim," so called, who was son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowle) Newhall, [ 382 ] born in Lynn, July 11, 1731, and died in Lynn, May 16, 1801. He is the only James in the Newhall Genealogy who would be of the right age to serve, although a James, Jr., is also borne on the rolls in the same company. "Squire Jim" was commissioned a justice of the peace September 20, 1781, and because of this and the fact that there were six other James Newhalls in town he received the title by which he was familiarly known for many years. He married Lois, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Mansfield) Burrill, September 17, 1756. She was born in Lynn, May 9, 1737, and died July 17, 1815. Their home was in the old house on Boston Street, north of Hudson Square, which was moved back in 1895, and their children were Lois, Lydia, Elizabeth, James, Martha, Benjamin, Joel, Mary, James, and Benjamin. Judge James R.. Newhall, the Lynn historian, was a grandson. The probate records show that he died possessed of a dwelling, barn, and shop, with a little garden; also Farrington's field, so called, consisting of thirteen acres. NEWHALL, JAMES, - son of Josiah and Hannah Newhall, and brother of William, Joel, Micajah, and Jacob, was born in South Lynnfield, May 26, 1760; married Martha Newhall, May 12, 1788. The probate records show that the above James died in 1812, his will being probated July 20 of that year. In it are mentioned his wife, Martha, and house, barn, and other buildings, an estate valued at $2,400. Concerning his Revolutionary record, he appears on a descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; returned as received of Justin Ely by John Glover, Brigadier-General, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, twenty; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, ruddy; residence, Lynn; arrived at Springfield July 10, and marched to camp July 11, 1780; under command of Captain George Webb; marched June 27, 1780; discharged December 6, 1780, five months, twenty-one days, 280 miles' travel included. Mass. Rolls. NEWHALL, JAMES, - son of Increase and Susannah (Soudan) Newhall, was born in Marblehead; baptized August 9, 1761; married Mrs. Mary Hart, December 20, 1801. She died February 18, 1855. James died in Lynn, April 17, 1843, aged eighty-two years. It is probable that he was a member of Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company [ 383 ] which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two days. No other James appears in the Newhall Genealogy likely to have been the James, Jr., of this record. He was also matross in Captain Winthrop Gray's company, Colonel Thomas Craft's artillery regiment; service from time of enlistment to August 1, 1777, two months; also list of men belonging to state regiments of artillery entitled to an additional bounty of £15, as returned by Colonel T. Crafts, at Boston, January 12, 1777; also Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, three months, two days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill. On August 14, 1832, he made application for
a pension, being at that time seventy-one years of age, and made affidavit
to the above service. He also mentioned the fact that he was at Rhode
Island, under General Sullivan, and that after the battle and the retreat
of the Americans he returned to Boston and was stationed at Castle
William, now Fort Independence, where he stayed until the regiment
was disbanded. He mentions also that he voluntarily enlisted with the
consent of his father, and that at Castle William he received a discharge
signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Revere, which he gave to his
father, but which was lost. He was pensioned at $100 a year from March 4,
1831. Calley, his brother, produced him as a witness in his own pension
claim, and said that James entered the service in Calley's absence, but
that previously James had been in camp at Cambridge.
NEWHALL, JEDEDIAH, - private, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hodgman) Newhall, was born in Lynnfield in 1752. He was one of eight children, and his father, who died November 6, 1756, divided his estate among them. He was married by Rev. Mr. Treadwell, November 17, 1774, to Michal Downing, born August 31, 1755. After his marriage he removed to Lynn, and up to the time of his death his home was in the quaint, gambrel-roofed house still standing on Boston Street, between North Federal and Kirtland, where his large family of eleven children was born and reared. He was a member of Captain Farrington's company, and responded to the morning alarm of April 19, 1775. The gun which he carried was a poor affair, and during the day he took from the side of a dead British soldier a long "king's arm," which he used effectively in the running fight. This weapon he brought home and it remained in the family for many years. Jedediah Newhall, eccentric, [ 384 ] industrious, and energetic, familiarly known as "Uncle Jed," was a well-known figure in the streets of Lynn for nearly half a century. He was one of those of whom quaint anecdotes are still preserved, and when, during his latter days, he was seen holding before him a long staff, grasped with both hands, by means of which he sprang with a lively movement over the ground, he may well indeed have been a quaint figure. He worked early and late in the little shop near his house, making lasts and wooden heels with which he supplied many small manufacturers, and with the aid of his family of boys he also carried on the little farm which embraced about five acres of land, lying between North Federal and Kirtland Streets, and extending back to the present Walnut Street. With it all he made a comfortable living. He is said to have been a man of great personal courage who would not have hesitated to attack the evil one himself, had he appeared in visible form. Among the many anecdotes preserved of him is one in which it is asserted that, in the days when people sometimes extracted their own teeth, Uncle Jed one day placed a strong cord around a large double tooth and attached the end of the cord to a beam. Mounting a saw-horse, he sprang to the ground, extracting the tooth and nearly breaking his neck at the same time. At another time, having occasion to remove a plank which ran from beam to beam in his barn, he knelt on the plank and began to pull it toward him. He and the plank fell together, with the result to himself of a broken leg. His wife died April 9, 1821, and he three
years after, on the 4th of December, 1824. Both are buried in the old
Western Burial Ground, where a gravestone and bronze marker of the S. A.
R. were erected to his memory in 1904.
NEWHALL, JOEL, - was probably son of Josiah and Hannah Newhall, and brother of Daniel, William, Micajah, Jacob, and James, all soldiers. He was born in Lynnfield, February 19, 1753; married Lucy, daughter of Colonel John Mansfield, December 24, 1778. She was born August 27, 1759. The old Joel and Isaac Newhall house stood at the foot of Mall Street, facing Boston Street, and was later removed to the northwest corner of North Federal and Walnut Streets. Joel Newhall died August 27, 1804, and administration was granted on his estate January 14, 1805. His [ 385 ] wife Lucy is mentioned, and Jesse Rhodes, James Gardner, and Frederick Breed, all neighbors, were appointed appraisers. The house, barn, and four acres of land were rated at $3,000, together with a store near the house at $300. He was probably buried in an old tomb in the old Western Burial Ground, and removed to Pine Grove Cemetery. His widow, Lucy, probably died February 18, 1845, aged eighty-five. Children, Joel, Isaac, Samuel, Cheever, Lucy, George, Edward, and John. Joel Newhall was a corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775. NEWHALL, JOHN, - undoubtedly son of John and Lydia (Scarlet) Newhall, and fifth from Anthony, was born in Lynn, May 12, 1721; married April 10, 1746, Sarah, daughter of Edmund and Hepzibah (Breed) Lewis, born October 25, 1726. He was a shipwright, and lived on Waterhill, his land bordering on Federal Street. His children were Hebeath, Nathaniel, Lydia, Hepzibah, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Hannah. His son Nathaniel was called "Potter Nat," and Lydia married Thomas Bowler. Administration was granted on his estate January 15, 1810, and Potter Nat was mentioned as administrator. There is no doubt that he was buried in the old Western Burial Ground. The only record of Revolutionary service is that in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, two days. NEWHALL, JONATHAN, - son of Solomon and Lois (Howard) Newhall, was born July 4, 1760; married August 16, 1789, to Hannah Peabody, daughter of Stephen and Ruth (Storer) Peabody, born August 24, 1766. She died January 6, 1836. He is said to have moved to Maine. The Revolutionary record is as follows: Appears as private in a list of six months' men raised by the town of Lynn to reinforce the Continental Army, agreeable to a resolve of June 5, 1780; age, twenty years; height, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, ruddy; returned to Brigadier-General John Glover, July 10, 1780; marched to camp under command of Captain Webb. - Mass. Rolls. NEWHALL, JONATHAN, Jr. - There were two Jonathan Newhalls who may have been called Jonathan, Jr. Both were the sons of a Jonathan. One was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Johnson) Newhall, born about 1754; married, first, June 15, 1779, Susanna Upton; and, second, March 24, 1795, Pheebe Lindsey, and died in South Lynnfield, November 9, [ 386 ] 1799, aged forty-five. The other was the son of Jonathan and Abigail Norwood, born in Lynn about 1752; married Mary Berry, January 2, 1776; and was brother of Jabez Newhall. The Revolutionary record given is the following: Private, Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute-men which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, seventeen days; also same company, Colonel John Mansfield's regiment; order for advance pay signed June 8, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; service, three months, two days; also order for bounty coat, November 4, 1775; also private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's regiment; enlisted August 16, 1777; discharged November 30, 1777, at Cambridge; service, three months, fifteen days; at capture of Burgoyne; also Captain Miles Greenwood's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; enlisted November 11, 1777; service to April 3, 1778, four months, twenty-three days; also from April 2 to July 12, 1778; service, three months, twelve days. A Jonathan appears in Captain Ebenezer Winship's company, Colonel Nixon's regiment; company return dated September 20, 1775; also with the usual service in Captain Hiller's company in the Rhode Island expedition. NEWHALL, JOSEPH, - son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hodgman) Newhall, of Concord, was born September 23, 1743, and was brother of Nathaniel, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Jedediah. He was married, first, by Rev. Eliakim Willis, July 15, 1767, to Dorcas Barrett, of Malden; second, to Hannah Nourse, daughter of George Nourse, of Lynnfield. He was in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; served from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778, three months, two days; roll dated camp at Winter Hill; also list of men raised in Essex County for service for nine months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill, agreeable to a resolve of April 20, 1778; residence, Lynn; arrived at Fishkill, July 17, 1778. - Mass. Rolls. NEWHALL, JOSEPH, Jr. - No record has been found of a second Joseph in the Newhall Genealogy, although two are borne on the same muster-roll, one as Joseph and the other as Joseph, Jr. According to the Massachusetts rolls, Joseph, Jr., was a private in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment of guards; service from April 2, 1778, to July 12, 1778, three months, twelve days; also Captain Huse's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's [ 387 ] regiment of guards; enlisted July 13, 1778; discharged December 14. 1778; service, five months, three days, at Cambridge. - Mass. Rolls. NEWHALL, MICAJAH, - son of Josiah and Hannah (Newhall) Newhall, was born October 18, 1756; married June 10, 1779, by Rev. John Treadwell, to Joanna, daughter of Captain William Farrington, and had twelve children. He lived near the corner of South Common and Vine Streets, in an old house still standing, but moved to the rear. He was a farmer as well as shoemaker, and owned the land bounded by Shepard, Vine, Summer, and South Common Streets, also a portion of what is now Harwood and Hanover Streets.
He was a man about 5 ft. 8 in. in height, and weighed one hundred and
eighty pounds. He belonged to the Methodist denomination, and was one of
the prominent men of his day. He was drafted and served three times in the
Revolutionary army; died December 12, 1830, aged seventy-four, and was
buried in the old Western Burial Ground. His wife, Joanna, died January
27, 1826.
His name is given in a list of men who served from Lynn "at Concord Battle and elsewhere." He also served in the Rhode Island expedition of the summer of 1777, in Captain Hiller's company, with name given on the Marblehead roll, but, undoubtedly, belonging to Lynn. He did guard duty in Captain Simeon Brown's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment, at Winter Hill, from April 2, 1778, to July 25 of the same year, and served at West Point from July 12, 1780, to October 10, 1780, in Colonel Wade's regiment which was detached from the Essex County militia. NEWHALL, NATHAN, - Little is known of this man except what is gathered from his will on file in the probate records. Administration was granted on his estate March 30, 1802. He was a housewright and lived near the Common, according to land mentioned in his will. John Collins, is mentioned as his son-in-law, and a daughter, Rebecca, and son James. The following record probably belongs to him: - Private, Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; also private, Captain Addison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; entered service October 18, 1779; discharged November 22, 1779; [ 388 ] service, one month, six days, at Claverack, including 220 miles'
travel home; regiment recruited from militia of Suffolk arid Essex
Counties to reinforce army under Washington.
NEWHALL, NATHAN, - probably son of Jacob and Abigail (Locker) Newhall, was born in Saugus, November 23, 1730; married February 17, 1756, to Mary Farrington, daughter of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington, born May 28, 1732. He served with the Saugus company at the Lexington alarm, but no further record appears. It is supposed that his only son was Nathan, who served in Captain Rufus Mansfield's Lexington company. The date of death and place of burial of this Nathan Newhall are unknown. NEWHALL, NATHANIEL, - son of John and Sarah (Lewis) Newhall, was born November 21, 1753, and died June 25, 1819, without issue. He had inherited from his father the homestead on Waterhill, and at his death it fell to his sisters. He is styled in a deed made in 1816, "Potter, alias cooper, alias wheelwright," but he was commonly called "Potter Nat." He was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's
company of minutemen which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775;
service, twenty-one days; also Captain King's company; enlisted July 14,
1775; service, six months, two days; company stationed at Salem and Lynn
for the defence of the seacoast; also Captain Stephen Wilkins's company,
Colonel Wigglesworth's regiment; pay abstract for travel allowance
from Albany home sworn to January 15, 1777; 210 miles' travel allowed
said Newhall. - Mass. Rolls.
Buried in the old Western Burial Ground. NEWHALL, NEHEMIAH, - probably son of Nehemiah and Tabitha (Brown) Newhall, was born in Lynnfield, July 17, 1756; died without issue. Matross in Captain Edward Craft's company,
Colonel Richard Gridley's artillery regiment; muster-roll made up to
August 1, 1775; dated Cambridge; enlisted May 20, 1775; service, ten
weeks, three days; also company roll dated French lines, October 12, 1775;
also order for bounty coat, November 6, 1775; also Captain Joseph Hiller's
company, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination May
5, 1777; discharged July 5, 1777; service two months at Rhode Island; roll
dated at Providence. - Mass. Rolls.
NEWHALL, NOAH, - son of Matthew and Mary (Wright) Newhall, was born September 2, 1761; married Dolly Lawrence, August 11, 1785. He [ 389 ] was one of a family of eleven children, but seems to have had no brothers in the war. The military service given in the Massachusetts rolls is as follows: Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; returned as recorded by Justin Ely, commissioner, of Brigadier-General John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, nineteen; stature, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, light; arrived at Springfield, July 10, 1780, and marched to camp next day under command of Captain George Webb; discharged December 8, 1780; service, five months, twenty-three days; travel, 220 miles, included. This company saw the execution of Andre. Mr. Wellman, in his History of Lynnfield, has the following: "Another soldier whose name I do not find in history and who was a soldier of the Revolution, was Noah Newhall. He is said to have been the first landlord of the Lynnfield Hotel, and afterwards kept a public house at Reading for a few years and then removed to Vermont, where he died. Among the numerous and exciting incidents of his army life was his witnessing the execution of Major John Andre, the British spy. He was one of the number detailed for duty on that memorable occasion. These facts were given to the writer by one of the daughters, more than fifty years ago. She had heard her father relate the story of the execution, with many particulars in connection with it." [ 390 ]
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