HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
JOSEPH NORTON ESQr.
AGED 89 YEARS &
10 MONTHS DIED JANry:
ye 30th 1741.
Joseph Norton was an Edgartown gentleman and "one of the leading citizens of the Vineyard and its first representative to the General Court of Mass. in 1692." He was the son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Norton, and the husband of Mary Bayes and Ann Trapp. For more information about Joseph Norton, see The Joseph Norton Family of Martha's Vineyard.
