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Jacob Newhall relinquished the care of the tavern about the opening of the new century. Ilis generosity during the war had somewhat im- paired 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 re- spected 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. Hle 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 distinct- ness 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
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of Capt. David Parker's company of minute-men. Ile 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 indus- triously fired upon the king's troops, following them 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 redeoats, and then made good his escape. lle 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. Ile 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 Jaeoh was discharged at Saratoga, and allowed 240 miles' travel home, the warrant being dated February 3, 1777. The mileage was that al- lowed 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,
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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 fa- miliarly 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 Spring- field 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
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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. Ile was also matross in Captain Win- throp 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 ad- ditional 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. Ile 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 In- dependence, where he stayed until the regiment was disbanded. Ile 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 (Ilodgman) Newhall, was born in Lynnfield in 1752. Ile 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 re- moved 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. Ile was a member of Captain Farrington's com- pany, 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.
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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 qnaint 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 fig- ure. He worked early and late in the little shop near his house, mak- ing lasts and wooden heels with which he supplied many small manu- facturers, 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. Ile was born in Lynnfield, February 19, 1753; married Lucy, daughter of Colonel John Mansfield, December 24, Joel Newhall 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
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wife Lucy is mentioned, and Jesse Rhodes, James Gardner, and Freder- ick 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. Chil- dren. Joel, Isaac, Samuel, Cheever, Lucy, George, Edward, and John. Joel Newhall was a corporal in Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn company which marcbed 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. Ilis 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. Phobe Lindsey, and died in South Lynnfield. November 9.
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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 Novem- ber 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, JOSEPII,-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 regi- ment 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
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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 Tread- well, to Joanna, daughter of Captain William Farrington, and had twelve children. lle 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, Micajah Newhall and owned the land bounded by Shep- ard, 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. Ilis wife, Joanna, died January 27, 1826.
Ilis 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 Ililler's company, with name given on the Marblehead roll, but, undoubtedly, belonging to Lynn. lle 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. Ile 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 aların of April 19, 1775; also private, Captain Ad- dison Richardson's company, Colonel Jacob Gerrish's regiment; entered service October 18, 1779; discharged November 22, 1779;
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service, one month, six days, at Claverack, including 220 miles' travel home; regiment recruited from militia of Suffolk and Essex Counties to reinforce army under Washington.
NEWHALL, NATHAN,-probably son of Jacob and Abigail (Locker) Newhall, was born in Sangus, November 23, 1730; married February 17, 1756, to Mary Farrington, daughter of John and Abigail (Fuller) Farrington, born May 28, 1732. Ile served with the Saugus company at the Lexing- ton 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 New- hall 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."
Hle was a private in Captain Ezra Newhall's company of minute- men 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, Colo- nel 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
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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 Conti- mental 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 land- lord of the Lynnfield Ilotel, 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. Ile 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 execu- tion, with many particulars in connection with it."
NEWHALL, ONESIMUS,-son of Ebenezer and Mrs. Mary (Newhall-Cheever) Newhall, and great-great-grandson of the first Thomas Newhall, was born in South Lynnfield, October 12, 1756, and baptized in the Second Parish Church, October 17. Hle was eighteen years old at the time of the Lexington alarm, but probably did not go with Captain Bancroft's company, having received the alarm too late. Ile enlisted May 4. 1775, in the company of Captain Ezra Newhall, Colonel John Mans- field's 19th regiment, and signed an order for advance pay at Cam- bridge, June 8, 1775, his company at that time being in camp at Winter Ilill. During the latter part of the battle of Bunker Hill, his regiment was ordered up to reinforce General Putnam and General Prescott, but halted at Cobble Hill, for reasons given elsewhere, and consequently did not participate, although it was under fire from the Glasgow frigate
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lying in the harbor. He served through the siege of Boston, spending the winter and spring in camp. On November + he received an order for a bounty coat for having enlisted for eight months. About June, 1776, he enlisted as a private in Captain James Prentiss's company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's regiment, and marched by way of Skenes- borough to Ticonderoga, where he served until January 1, 1777, when he was discharged with pay for 240 miles' travel to his home in Lynn- field. June 11, 1777, he enlisted in Captain Joseph Hiller's com- pany, Colonel Jonathan Titcomb's regiment, and marched with a considerable company of Lynn men to Providence to reinforce the army under General Joseph Spencer. He was in the battle which followed, and was discharged at Pawtuxet. After the Rhode Island campaign he again enlisted as a private in Captain Cleveland's com- pany, Colonel Hughes's regiment, for eight months, and served under General Rufus Putnam on the North River. He was discharged at Fishkill, and walked home for the second time. In 1779, having tired of the land service and being allured by the profits accruing from privateering, he shipped as a mariner in the frigate "Warren," under command of Commodore Saltonstall. In July the famous Penobscot expedition was undertaken, in which the "Warren" joined. While waiting, inactive, at the mouth of the Penobscot, Sir George Collyer appeared with five English vessels and captured the entire American fleet. Mr. Newhall was obliged to jump overboard and swim ashore to escape. He soon engaged again on a privateer in the capacity of a gunner, and, while in the act of levelling his piece, was wounded by a grapeshot which entered his mouth, passed out under his ear, and struck his shoulder. The enemy's ship was taken. Al- though his wounds were severe, he recovered, and again entered a priva- teer, was captured, and taken to Newfoundland. Soon exchanged, how- ever, he continued in the naval service until the close of the war.
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