Benjamin Newton ²

  General Notes:

Had a brother, John
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Virginia Historical Genealogies, by John Bennett Boddie, pages 48-75
On November 25, 1690, John Newton gave his son Benjamin 400 acres
in Stafford adjoining his brother John Newton. Benjamin Newton and Mary,
his wife, October 29, 1699, deeded to William King 150 acres of the above
400 acres. (Book Z-6) His wife, Mary, who signed the deed was a
daughter of John Grigsby who made his will in Stafford County, March 17,
1728/29, same probated November 11, 1730. (Will Book M, age 17) John
Grigsby willed his daughter "Mary Ameese" four Negroes. She had married
John Ameese or Meese. November 11, 1730, by giving her four Negroes,
Jenny, Will, Jonay, and Bess. Three of the Negroes are mentioned in her
will dated April 20, 1747. She gave "Jenny" to grandson, William Travis;
"will" to grandson, William Rogers, and "Bess" to grandson, Grigsby Rogers.

Benjamin married Mary Ann Grigsby, daughter of John Grigsby and Sarah Jane Rosser, about 1695-1700 in Stafford County, Virginia. (Mary Ann Grigsby was born in 1675-1680 in Stafford County, Virginia and died on 23 Apr 1747 in Stafford County, Virginia.)