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 NEWHALL. NEWTON. 437 Annie Louise, and Robert Oxley Newhall. In 1873 lie was married to Mrs. M. A. Field Anderson, of Quincy, by whom he had three children : Charles Sanderson, Harvey Field, and Eliza Beaumont New- hall. His second wife was the daughter of Harvey and Elizabeth Field. NEWHALL, James Robinson, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Hart) Newhall, was born in Lynn, Essex county, December 25, 1809. All his genealogical lines run back to early Lynn settlers. Both his grand- mothers were grand-daughters of Hon. F^benezer Burrill, so conspicuous in colonial times as a representative and crown coun- selor. His father was Benjamin Newhall, who was born in 1774 and who died in 1857- At the age of eleven he left the paternal roof, with his worldly possessions in a handkerchief bundle, to make his way in the wide world, his mother having died a year or two before, and his father having a large family for which to provide. Up to 1824 he worked daily, and also attended various public schools, but in that year entered the " Salem Gazette " office to learn the printing trade. After serving in the " Gazette " office for a few years he felt desirous of gaining a better knowledge of book-printing than could be done in Salem at that time, and so procured a situation at Boston. Before attaining his majority he was installed foreman of one of the principal book offices there. He then drifted to New York and found em- ployment in the " Conference " office there, where he gained the reputation of being the fastest type-setter in the establishment. This was in 1829. At the age of twenty- two he returned to his native place and became engaged in the office of the " Mir- ror," the first printing establishment in Lynn, afterwards purchasing the office and commencing the publication of another pa- per. Here he remained a few years, once or twice taking a lecture tour. He then went to New York and engaged in the edi- torial department of a daily journal and in writing for one or two weeklies. Walt Whitman, the poet, was engaged on the same paper. In 1854, meeting a friend, a member of the Essex bar, he was kindly invited to take a student's seat in the office. The invitation was accepted and the study of law commenced. By May, 1857, he had completed a regular legal course, was admitted to the bar in Boston, and forthwith commenced to practice in Lynn. He was soon after commissioned a justice of the peace and notary public, which offices he still holds. On the 24th of August, 1866, he was commissioned judge of the Lynn police court, and likewise ap- pointed a trial justice of juvenile offenders. The judgeship he resigned August 24, 1879. He has served as chairman of the school board and president of the common coun- cil. In the autumn of 1887, at the age of seventy-three years, he took a tour of several months abroad. In 1836 he pub- lished the "Essex Memorials." In 1862 " Lin, or Jewels of the Third Plantation." In 1865 "The History of Lynn " was pub- lished ; in 1883 an additional volume of the same, and in 1S56, by desire of the city council, he prepared the "Centennial Memorial of Lynn." He was married October, 1837, to Dor- cas B., the only daughter of Captain Wil- liam Brown, of Salem, by whom he had one son, who died at the age of ten, the mother having died soon after his birth. In 1853 Mr. Newhall again married, the second wife being Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, daugh- ter of Hon. Josiah Newhall, of Lynn. NEWTON, DEXTER, the youngest son of Stephen and Sally (Fay) Newton of DEXTER NEWTON Southborough, Worcester county, was born in that town January 13, 1823. He received his early education in the common and high schools of his native