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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 Charles Newhall was a shoemaker, and lived on Boston Street, near the foot of Cottage. In 1787 he bought the old estate åt 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 mem- ber 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 integ- rity. His services were often called upon in appraising property. Ilis 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 com- pany and marched with his father and brother on the Lexington alarm. NEWHALL, DANIEL ALLEN BREED,-son of Allen and Love (Breed) New- hall, was baptized June 13, 1756. He was born, lived, and died on Boston Street. He was married January 1, 1789, by Rev. Mr. Par- sons, 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 shoe- maker, and worshipped in the Old Tunnel Meeting-house. He was the grandfather of the former city marshal, Daniel Barrett. His sister
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married Jesse Rhodes, a Revolutionary soldier, and lived nearly oppo- site, at the foot of Cedar Street, in an old house torn down some years ago. Ile 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 appli- cation 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. IIe is buried in the old Western Burial Ground in a grave marked by a large black stone. Ile was twice married, first to Sarah Bacheller, May 8, 1766, and second to Patience Swift, of Dorchester, September
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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 regi- ment; engaged August 18, 1777, at Cambridge; discharged at Cam- bridge 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, includ- ing twelve days' (240 miles) travel home; regiment detached from Essex County militia.
NEWHALL, EBENEZER,-probably son of Joseph and Abigail (Hanson) New- hall, 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 com - pany 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 prob- able .- 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 Jona- than Titcomb's regiment; arrived at destination May 5, 1777; dis- charged July 5, 1777; service, two months, six days, at Rhode Island, including three days' (60 miles) travel home; roll dated camp at Prov- idence; also private, Captain Zadock Buffinton's company, Colonel
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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 23, 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 follow- ing 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 Dan- vers. He appears to have been a yeoman and carpenter. In 1775 an order for eight shillings was granted him for repairs on the parson- age. 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 Egrasawhack (Potter) Fuller, April 10, 1735. 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 daugh- ter of Nathan and Mary Breed. She was born in Lynn in September. 1744, and died in Lowell, February 9, 1833. Ilis 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
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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 was 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 Revolution- ary 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 lieu- tenant-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. Ilis name also appears with that of Ebenezer Stocker on the original auto- graph list of members of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati. Both probably became members in June, 1783, when the Massachu- setts Society held its first meeting on the 9th of the month at New- burg. 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 Eliza- beth 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
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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 com- pany. 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 Ist 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. Ile was a tanner and innkeeper, and according to the Newhall Gene- alogy lived at the north end of the Increase Newhall homestead of his lineal ancestors. Ile 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. Ile 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 break- ing 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.
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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 com- pany which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, thirteen days; also order for advance pay signed by him June 8, 1775, at Cam- bridge; 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 Cap- tain 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 Octo- ber 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 ac- commodate about fifteen seats and was generally filled. Here were accommodated all ages, from the hoary-headed veteran of the Revolu-
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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. Ile 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 in- toxicating 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 Jack, Newhall Abigail (Hart) Marble (of Reading), born in Danvers, August 5, 1769. An extract from the Lynn Mirror, of No- vember 19, 1825, has the following: "Died in Lynnfield, Nov. 7. 1825, Jacob Newhall, after a week's illness. Ile 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. Ilis wife is buried near him. His daughters were Ede, Betsy, and Lydia.
Ile 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 Samnel Croel; descriptive list of officers and crew, sworn to Angnst 15, 1780; age, twenty-two years; stature, 5 ft., 8 in .; com- plexion, dark; residence, Lynn; also given on Marblehead rolls (au
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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 New- hall 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 al- lusion 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, grand- son 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 busi- ness, 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 'Land- lord N .whall.' 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. Every one 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
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of a nation's birth, as well as its future glory. Ilis 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. Ilis 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 two or three hours in advance to prepare food for a company, some- times a regiment, which would pass at a given time. When these occa- sions 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. Ile 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. Ile 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.
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His only service as a soldier was in response to the Lexington alarmı, 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 inter- course with the leading citizens who met him there, for among them were many who had served under him during the war. Landlord New- hall provided the best his house could afford, and, after resting there, Washington made his way to Lynn and then to Salem.
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