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LauraLou Member Spotlight July 2005 SNOWBIRD: I love the sun, not the snow! Registered: May 2004 Location: Michigan and Florida Posts: 10,927 send this user a Private Message	This is a re-do of another genealogy page with some information changed or added since the original was created. It reads: 24 Oct 1740-Newman Scarlett was born. He spent all of his traceable life in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. There are several family stories of Newman?s origin none substantiated. Some say he was a foundling wrapped in a scarlet shawl. Some say he was born to an unmarried mother in England where the sirnames Scarlett and Newman are not unusual. Still others say he was the son of a Boston sea captain. One persistent myth is that he was a child, the lone survivor of a shipwreck off the coast of Massachusetts and washed ashore wearing scarlet clothes. He gave his birth place as Essex, England. AGE 21-27 Oct 1761-Newman married Elizabeth (Betty) Peacock. Betty bore him 8 children, the youngest born in 1775. That baby and Betty died within days of each other. They had been married for 14 years. Betty was 32 years old. 16 June 1765-A negro by the name of Royal belonging to Newman Scarlett was baptized in the Congregational Church, Prominent families, even the Rev Spalding, had negros. Age 31-37 1771-1777-Newman was a farmer and Public School schoolmaster 3 months a year. School was probably held in a meeting house or private home. This was during the American Revolution AGE 35-12 Dec 1775-Newman, a widower with 7 living children, was elected as a delegate to Boston on January 2 to consider the US Constitution. He voted against it, but it passed by less than 20 votes. AGE 35-April 18, 1775-?Scarlett, Newman, Tewksbury. Sergeant, in a Tewksbury co. of militia commanded by Lieut. Thomas Clark, Col. Green's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days.? AGE 36-May 24 1776-Newman married Molly Merrill who was 29 year old maiden. Molly gave him 9 more children over the next 16 years. AGE 37-June 4, 1777-Newman entered the service again as a Lieutenant in Captain Edward Farmer?s Company, Colonel Jonathan Reed?s Regiment and marched to reinforce the Northern army. He was discharged November 8, 1777 after 41 days of service. AGE 38-59-1778-1799-Newman served as a Selectman and Town Clerk for Tewksbury. His signature is still on many old town records. AGE 59-Jun 4 1799-Newman died sitting behind his desk in the city offices. His widow, Molly, died of cholera in 1822 at the age of 75, outliving Newman by 23 years. Thirteen of his 17 children also outlived him. Newman was buried in Tewksbury.
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