1818 - 1893 Author of "How wondrous is the grace" Newton, William. Member of the 1884 Hymnal Committee of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
--Leonard Ellinwood, DNAH Archives
Rev. William Newton, D. D., pastor of the Reformed Episcopal Church of West Chester (Pennsylvania), was a poet of much ability, and the author of a number of books upon religious and scientific subjects.
The Poets and Poetry of Chester County, Pennsylvania by George Johnston (J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1890)
William Newton