John Newton (1727 – August 22, 1811) was a surveyor, official and political figure in Nova Scotia.
Newton served as collector of impost and excise at Halifax and as a justice of the peace.
He was married twice: first to Margaret, the daughter of Benjamin Green (Margaret is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia)), in 1759 and then to Catherine, the daughter of Philip Augustus Knaut, in 1775.
His brother Henry also served in the assembly and married a daughter of Benjamin Green.
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