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There's a tree that has him b. c1830 Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Also suggests this marriage:
Marriages Q2 1852
Newton John
Read James
Tanner Martha
Windle Mary Ann
Melksham
5a, 212
And this arrival:
Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
John Newton
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Place of Origin: Trowbridge
Ship Name: Parsee
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 17 Jan 1853
[Image has occ = Carpenter. Spouse = Mary Ann 21. Both Wesleyan]
Geoff
There's a tree that has him b. c1830 Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Also suggests this marriage:
Marriages Q2 1852
Newton John
Read James
Tanner Martha
Windle Mary Ann
Melksham
5a, 212
And this arrival:
Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912
John Newton
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1830
Place of Origin: Trowbridge
Ship Name: Parsee
Port of Arrival: Brisbane
Arrival Date: 17 Jan 1853
[Image has occ = Carpenter. Spouse = Mary Ann 21. Both Wesleyan]
Geoff