John Newton (1727 – August 22, 1811) was a surveyor, official and political figure in
Nova Scotia
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. He served as a member of the
2nd General Assembly of Nova Scotia for Annapolis Township and then represented Halifax County from 1770 to 1772 and Lunenburg County 1775–1785.
He was the son of Hibbert Newton and Hannah Adams, the daughter of
John Adams
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. Newton served as collector of impost and excise at
Halifax and as a
justice of the peace
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. He was married twice: first to Margaret, the daughter of
Benjamin Green (Margaret is buried in the
Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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History
The Old Buryi ...
), in 1759 and then to Catherine, the daughter of
Philip Augustus Knaut
Philip Augustus Knaut (1716 – December 28, 1781) was a German-born merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the 1st to 5th Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1758 to 1781, representing Lunenburg.
He was born in the ...
, in 1775. His seat in the assembly was declared vacant in 1772 due to non-attendance.
His brother
Henry
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also served in the assembly and married a daughter of Benjamin Green.
References
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1727 births
1811 deaths
Nova Scotia pre-Confederation MLAs
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