O.T. - Happy Newton Day!The year was 1624.
The day was December 25.
At 2:00 A.M., Sir Isaac Newton was born.
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The place was Woolsthorpe Manor in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, a small hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire, England.
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Isaac’s father, also named Isaac, died three months before he was born.
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Forgive me, but by the way,
My great . . . great-grandfather Richard Z. Newton was Isaac’s father’s older brother.
In 1638, Richard arrived to be one of the original founders of Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
The pilgrims had arrived in 1620.
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Unfortunately, Richard, who lived to be 100, for some reason, never mentions in his letters where he came from, or anything about his life before he came to Massachusetts.
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Therefore, sadly, it will always remain a speculation as to whether Sir Isaac Newton is RJ’s cousin.
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His son, named Isaac, was born in 1650 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
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Happy Newton Day!
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RJ