Susannah Nichols Newton

Brief Life History of Susannah Nichols

When Susannah Nichols Newton was born on 20 January 1819, in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Newton, was 22 and her mother, Mary Francis "Polly" Kimble, was 20. She married John Ballard Young on 11 July 1849, in Chatham Hill, Smyth, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Rich Valley District, Smyth, Virginia, United States in 1900. She died in 1905, in Smyth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Smyth, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Ballard Young
1810–1892
Susannah Nichols Newton
1819–1905
Marriage: 11 July 1849
Joseph Pleasant Young
1851–1929
John B Young
1854–1931
Mary Ann Howard Young
1857–1929
Ida Young
1858–
Joanna Leveni Young
1860–1939
Sarah C Young
1862–1932
Elizabeth Young
1862–1905

Sources (40)

  • Susan Young in household of Richard Thompson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Lusana, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Susan, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England and Scotland so named, from Old English nīwe ‘new’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or Middle English neue ‘new’ + toun ‘settlement, town’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English placename. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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