Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Massachusetts: Biographical-Genealogical The Newton family, so ably represented in the present generation by James Hale Newton, who for the long period of thirty two years served as president of the Home National Bank, he being one of the prin cipal organizers in 1884, is of English origin, the pioneer ancestor arriving in America many centuries ago, and from then to the present time (1916) his de scendants have been residents of the vari ous States of the Union, contributing their full share to the progress and de velopment of the communities wherein they resided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.