NEWTON

John Howe jbh@bordernet.com.au

Edward Thomas NEWTON

Trace back of the Newton family to:-

EDWARD THOMAS NEWTON (Snr)
May have been born at Chatham in the English county of Kent in 1809. An Edward Thomas Newton was baptised at Chatham on 27 September 1809 eldest son of James NEWTON and Elizabeth LEG. (The death certificate for E.T.N. Says that he was born in 1815 at London in England, parents not known).
It is thought that E.T.N. arrived in Van Demons Land (Tasmania) in 1832. No details of his early years have been discovered. There is a reference to a Mr. Newton, who claimed to have friends in high places, Lord Howick, and expected a government appointment, in a letter from Under secretary A.H. Hay, to Governor Arthur of Van Diemans Land, dated 27th July, 1833.
In October 1835, E.T. Newton and Peter Sinclair set up business as Custom House Agents and General Dealers, on the wharf at Launceston. The firm of Sinclair and Newton was declared insolvent in August 1837.
In March 1837 Edward was working for John Batman on his sheep station an the Deep Creek , about 15 or 20 miles from Maribrynong, on the Saltwater River. On 1st November 1837, he purchased at the 2nd land auction in Melbourne, Allotment 14 of Block 21, for 35 pounds. This block fronted Lonsdale Street and Little Bourke Street between Elizabeth and Swanston Streets. (In the 1960's, The Myer Emporium Ltd paid a smallsum to Newton's descendants to formalize a re-survey of a portion of this land, known as Lynch Alley) During the same month in 1837 he was superintending the shearers in a shearing shed owned by Mr. Joseph Solomon, a squatter at Cut-paw-paw.
E.T. Newton was included in the General Census of Port Phillip held on 12th September, 1838. By at least November this same year, he was acting as agent for John Batman. He seems to have been managing Batman's various business affairs, and after his death on 6th May 1839, he acted in the legal proceedings as trustee to Batman's will.
On 3rd November 1840 Edward Thomas Newton and ELIZABETH MARTIN were married at Mona Cottage New Town (now Fitzroy) by the Rev. Waterfield who was the first Congregational minister at Melbourne.
Edward is listed as a commission agent in the 1841 and 1842 postal directories, (at Darabin - creek). He had a house in Stephen Street, Gipps Ward according to the 1842 list of burgesses in Melbourne.( Stephen Street is now known as Exhibition Street)
By December 1843 Edward, his wife Eliza and young family were at Alberton in Gippsland, where he had a store and auction room. Eliza's brothers (Martin) had already established themselves in the Port Albert district after having lost thier land at Brighton. Edward then set up as an agent for Orr's Survey of Gippsland. On 22nd November 1847, the Rev. Edward Grifford Pryce baptised their four young children, on one a+ his visits to the district. In the list of electors for the District of Port Phillip in 1849 he is shown to be of Tarra Ville, Alberton District. He had a brewery in partnership with his brother-in-laws (the Martins) in 1850. He was Postmaster at Alberton in 1859. The Postal Directory of 1868 lists him as an agent at Alberton, and in 1880-1 as a vine grower. He operated his Ebon Ebon vineyard in his latter years producing both red and white wines. E.T. Newton held a seat on the Alberton Shire Council for many years and was President for four successive years from 1869 to 1873.
Edward Thomas Newton died on Friday night, 17th June, 1882 at his home Ebon Ebon at Alberton aged 67 years (according to his death certificate). He was buried an 20th June at Alberton. Eliza lived for another 21 years and died on 24th July, 1903 at Alberton and buried there on the 26th, she was 86 years of age. Their eleven children were:-

1) EDWARD THOMAS NEWTON was born on 27th January 1842 at Melbourne. He married on 20th November 1873 at Alberton to Annie Elizabeth McELGUNN (cl853-1918) Living at Fernside, Albert River, South Gippsland in 1882 at time of father's death. They had 12 children. (See separate story)

2) ELIZA NEWTON was born on 4th May 1843 at Melbourne married George William CONNOR (1842-1873) on 13th July 1870 at Alberton. She died in 1913. They had 3 children George Stanley Newton C. (1871-1951); William Edward Ernest C. (1872-1960); and Georgina Alice Connor (1873-1904)

3) WILLIAM ROBERT NEWTON was born on 22nd October 1844 at Alberton, married Eliza Jane NICHOLSON. Living at Glenview Orange, Monaro, N.S.W. in 1882. William leased 4030 acres near Wonboyn Lake (now the Nadgee Nature Reserve) on the south coast of NSW. He died in Sydney in 1936. They had 8 children, Marie Ida Cherrie N. b. c18721 Adela N. b. c1874; Violet N. b. c1876; Lydia Pearl Victoria N. b. c1878; John Nicholson N. (1881-1958); Beatrice N. b. c1883; Daisy Ada N. b. c1885; and Kitty Newton (cl887-1898)

4) ALFRED JOHN NEWTON was born on 12th November 1846 at Alberton, and living there in 1882 when his father died. He married Mary Elizabeth HUTCHERSON on 22 Jan 1885 at Mansfield, VIC, they had 1 son, Harold Edward Shields NEWTON born 7 March 1886 at Cooma, NSW. Alfred died at East Melbourne, VIC on 04 Oct 1887.

5) EMMA SARAH NEWTON was born c1848 at Alberton, died 18th June 1911.

6) HENRY BLOTT NEWTON was born c1850 at Alberton, married Elizabeth Emma LUCAS (1857-1940). Living at Sale in 1882. He died 27th February 1929 at The Cottage, Alberton. Their 4 children were Elsie Emiline N. (1877-1966)p Coral N.; Bertha Una N. (1881-1949); and Grace N. b. c1884.

7) MARY MARTIN NEWTON was born c1852 dead by 1862.

8) FREDERICK JACOB NEWTON was born in 1855 at Alberton, died on 10th September 1855.

9) ALICE NEWTON was born in 1857 at Alberton, died on 28th June 1911.

10) ARTHUR EDGAR NEWTON was born in 1859 at Alberton and was living at Tumburrumbah, N.S.W. in 1882. He married Kathleen Julia ROBINSON in 1892 in the Young Registration District of NSW. They had 2 children- Kathleen Thelma NEWTON born in 1893 and Edric Hastings NEWTON in 1897 in the Forbes Registration District of NSW. Arthur died in 1916 in the Bombala Registration District of NSW.

11) WALTER ERNEST NEWTON was born on 22nd January 1862 at Alberton. He still lived there in 1882 he later moved to the Nadgee area near Wonboyn Lake on the south coast of NSW. He died at Eden in 1939.

EDWARD THOMAS NEWTON (Jnr)

NEWTON - EDWARD THOMAS (Junior) was was born at Melbourne on 27th January 1842, the oldest child of EDWARD THOMAS NEWTON (Senior) and his wife ELIZABETH (ELIZA) nee MARTIN. In 1843 the family moved to Gippsland where his father set up business with a store and auction rooms at Alberton. Edward was baptised at Alberton on 22nd November 1847, by the Reverend Edward Gifford Pryce, while he was visiting the district, as were his sister Eliza and brothers William Robert and Alfred John.
Edward was listed in the Postal Directory for 1868 am a farmer at Alberton. On 20th November 1873 at his parents house he was married to ANNIE ELIZABETH McEGUNN, daughter of JOHN McELGUNN (a police officer) and ELIZA JANE nee BOYLE. Edward is shown on the marriage certificate (Reg No.3946) that his usual residence was at Jack River, and that he was a farmer. The Postal Directory for 1880-81 lists him as still a farmer at Jack River. The Shire of Alberton rate book shows that in 1882 he paid rates on 106 acres with a two roomed house at Devon Alberton West), this is confirmed by a solicitor's letter that he lived at

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