18. BENJAMIN NORTON, (Nicholas,1), b. 1659; res. E., farmer. He m. HANNAH _____ of whose identity nothing is known nor the date of her birth or death. He d. between Nov. 1733 and Jan. of the following year. Adm. of his est. was granted at the last named date. They had the following named children:
61. BENJAMIN,3 b. (1686). Living 1734; perh. m. HANNAH DAGGETT (31), by whom he had a dau. Lydia.
62. NICHOLAS, b. (1687).
63. PHINEAS, b. (1689).
64. PRISCILLA, b. Jan. 1691; m. (1) JAMES MILLIKEN 25 Oct. 1718; (2) HENRY BUTLER (19) 30 Dec. 1747.
65. JACOB, b. (1693).
66. MATTHEW, b. 22 Apr. 1696.
67. ZACCHEUS, b. (1699); living 1734.
68. SARAH, b. (1701).
62. NICHOLAS NORTON, (Benjamin2, Nicholas1), b. (1687) [*He stated as an excuse for not serving on a jury in 1745: "I am almost sixty years of age." (Sup. Jud. Ct. Mss. 60772).]; res. E., farmer. He m. MARTHA DAGGETT (51) who was b. 1688. He was living in Oct. 1755 but date of death is not known nor that of his wife. They had the following named children:
910. TIMOTHY,4 b. 1710.
911. JABEZ, b. 16 Oct. 1714.
912. ABIGAIL, b. (1717).
913. HANNAH, b. 1720; m. ISAAC NORTON (416) 25 Nov. 1736.
914. THANKFUL, b. 1722; m. JAMES COTTLE (35).
915. JUDAH, b. 1724.
916. PRINCE, b. 1728.
917. AVIS, b. 1732; d. Oct. 1785, unm.
63. PHINEAS NORTON, (Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. (1689); res. E. , farmer. He m. PATIENCE CLEVELAND (33), who was v. 1713 and d. Oct. 1805. His will 4 Mch.1749 was pro. 4 Mch. 1752. He d. prob. late in 1751 and his wid. m. BAYES NORTON (411) as her second husband. They had the following named children:
920. SETH,4 b. 1736.
921. WILLIAM, b. (1738).
922. ELISHA, bapt. 10 Aug. 1740, res. E. ; rem. to Newport 1768. He m. SARAH SPOONER, dau. of Benjamin and Sarah (Hunt) Spooner, who was b. 5 Aug. 1765 and d. 1 Feb. 1868. He d. Oct. 1808.
923. MIRIAM, bapt. 26 Apr. 1741; m. THOMAS VINCENT (24) 12 Dec. 1765.
924. LOT, bapt. 10 July 1743.
925. BENJAMIN, bapt. 11 Aug. 1745; d. y.
926. NOAH, bapt. 8 May 1748.
927. (JANE), b. 1750; m. DAVID REYNOLDS 2 Apr. 1767.
65. JACOB NORTON, (Benjamin,2 Nicholas1) , b. (1693) of whom very little is known or can be said. It is supposed that he is the Jacob Norton bapt. as an adult in E. in Mch. 1726 and that he prob. res. in that town. The following named children are accredited to him:
930. SHUBAEL,4 bapt. 17 Apr. 1726.
931. EUNICE, bapt. 17 Apr. 1726; Perh. m. THOMAS MANCHESTER, abt. 1757.
66. MATTHEW NORTON, (Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 22 Apr. 1696; res. E., farmer. He m. MARY DAGGETT (36), who was b. 8 Aug. 1698 and d. 13 Dec. 1779. He was deacon of the church in E. for many years and d. 5 Dec. 1779. They had the following named children:
940. JANE,4 b. 25 July 1723; m. THOMAS VINCENT (24) 22 Nov. 1748.
941. MATTHEW, b. 18 Aug. 1725; d. bef. 1774, prob. unm.
942. ELIZABETH, b. 23 Mch. 1727; m. BENJAMIN COFFIN (37) 1 Sept. 1743.
943. HULDAH, b. 16 Apr. 1729.
944. DESIRE:, b. 10 July 1731; m. ROBERT ALLEN (75) 21 Dec. 1752.
945. BERIAH, b. 12 Jan. 1733-4.
946. JERUSHA, b. 8 July 1736; m. JOHN PEASE (321) 13 Jan. 1756.
947. LOIS, b. 20 Apr. 1739; m. WILLIAM PEASE (322) 28 Apr. 1757.
910. TIMOTHY NORTON, (Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1710; res. E., housewright. He m. LYDIA _____ and his will 18 July 1768 was pro. 29 Aug. 1768. His death occurred between these dates. They had the following named children:
950. SUSANNA,5 bapt. 15 Aug. 1742; m. BETHUEL LUCE (251) 18 Oct. 1765.
951. URIAH, bapt. 3 June 1748; m. DINAH NORTON (973) 20 Apr. 1786; rem. to Vinalhaven, Me. bef. 1790.
952. STEPHEN, bapt. 5 May 1751.
911. JABEZ NORTON, (Nicholas,3 Benjamln,2 Nicholas1), b. 16 Oct. 1714; res. E., cordwainer; rem. to Mattapoisett, Mass. abt. 1758. He m. (1) ELIZABETH ALLEN (56) 9 Feb. 1736, who was b. 24 Oct. 1716; (2) MARY _____. His will undated was pro. 6 Sept. 1785 (Plym. Prob. XXIX, 373). They had the following named children:
960. ICHABOD,5 b. 16 Nov. 1737; m. HANNAH POTTER 26 Feb. 1764.
961. ELIJAH, b. 16 Feb. 1739.
962. DINAH, b. 14 Aug. 1742; m. _____ MITCHELL.
963. AARON, b. 11 Sept. 1744.
964. MARTHA, b. 24 Dec. 1746; m. JOSEPH NORTON (473).
965. ELIZABETH, bapt. 16 Apr. 1749; m. LEMUEL PEASE (316).
966. MALATIAH, bapt. 26 May 1751.
967. MATTHEW, b. (1753).
968. MARY, bapt. 11 June 1758.
969. PRISCILLA, bapt. 28 May 1760; m. EBENEZER MEAD.
915. JUDAH NORTON, (Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1724; res. E., husbandman. He m. JERUSHA VINCENT (27) 31 Aug. 1749, who was b. 1730 and d. July 1772. He d. 3 Sept. 1813. They had the following named children:
970. NICHOLAS,5 b. 1749
971. DESIRE, b. (1752)
972. LOVE, b. 1755; d. 3 Dec. 1843, unm.
973. DINAH, b. 1759; m. URIAH NORTON (951) 20 Apr.1786.
974. THOMAS MARTIN, b. 29 Feb. 1764.
975. BARTLETT, b. 1772; m. PRUDENCE BUTLER (194).
916. PRINCE NORTON, (Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1728, res. E. He m. LOVE NORTON 11 Jan. 1753, who was b. 1725 and d. June 1791. He was classed as a Quaker in 1762. They had the following named children:
980. ABISHAI,5 b.(1754); m. MARY INGRAHAM.
981. HANNAH, b.1755.
982. ROBERT, b.1756.
983. LOVE, b.(1758).
984. DESIRE, b.(1760).
985. DORCAS, b.1762; d. 1 Jan. 1814, unm.
986. PRINCE (Thomas), b. (1763).
987. THANKFUL, b.(1765); m. SILAS PERRY 1785.
920. SETH NORTON, (Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1736; res. E., rem. to Addison, Me. 1770. He m. AMY NORTON (444) 7 Feb. 1760, who was b. 7 Jan. 1736-7. They had the following named children:
990. ELIHU,5 b. (_____); m. FANNY BEALS.
991. ABRAM, b. 1 July 1767; d. 21 Sept. 1844; m. EUNICE LOOK (105) 9 Apr. 1795
992. SETH, b. (_____).
993. ELISHA, b. (_____).
994. AMY, b. (_____).
995. HEPSIBAH, b. (_____).
996. BETSEY, b. (_____).
921. WILLIAM NORTON, (Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b.(1738); res. E., master mariner. He m. (1) MERCY OSBORN (25), who was b. 1741 and d. Nov. 1790; (2) HULDAH (Daggett) (440) NORTON (wid. of Job. (534) 18 Mch. 1799. She was b. 1759 and d. 9 Apr. 1815. He d. July 1807 and his will 26 Jan. 1807 was pro. 1 Aug. 1807. He had the following named children:
By First Wife:
1000. WILLIAM5, b. (1759).
1001. (Child), b. (_____); d. y.
1002. AGNES, b. (_____); m. ELIJAH NORTON (479a) 16 Oct. 1791.
1003. (Child), b. (_____) ; d. y.
1004. CHARLOTTE, b. (_____); m. HENRY BUTLER (162) 23 Sept. 1792.
1005. BETSEY, b. (_____) ; m. WILLIAM NORTON of Tiverton 1 Mch. 1794.
1006. OLIVER, b. 24 Feb. 1776; m. HARRIET HOLLEY (61) 17 Jan. 1805.
1007. LUCY, b. (_____); m. RICHARD FISHER (70).
1008. GEORGE, b. (_____) ; m. VELINA BUTLER (327) 1 Dec. 1807.By Second Wife:
1009. CHARLES, b. 1793; d. 3 Apr. 1818.
1010. AGNES, b. 1798; d. 18 Apr. 1815.
924. LOT NORTON, (Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1743; res. E. He m. (1) LYDIA DUNHAM (222) 17 Dec. 1767, who was b. 7 Aug. 1750 and d. 10 July 1771; (2) DEBORAH HILLMAN (170) 4 Dec. 1777, who was b. 1756 and d. 23 Oct. 1828. He had the following named children:
By First Wife:
1019. LOT, b. 1771; m. MARY RAWSON 9 Oct. 1803.
By Second Wife:
1020. SUSANNA, b. 12 Jan. 1779; m. DANIEL COLT 4 Apr. 1803.
1021. DEBORAH, b. 12 Oct. 1780; m. THOMAS DUNHAM (231) 1 June 1800.
1022. (Twin children), b. 20 Jan. 1782; d. y.
1023. THOMAS, b. Nov. 1784; m. LOUISA ADAMS (61) 26 Oct. 1806.
1024. RICHARD, b. 20 Jan. 1786; m. RACHEL C. PEASE (1060) 28 Deo. 1823; d. 2 Apr. 1826.
1025. LYDIA, b. 4 Jan. 1788; m. PETER NORTON (229) 22 Oct. 1809.
1026. VELINA, b. 25 Apr. 1790; m. MARSHALL LUCE (990) 6 Dec. 1812.
1027. BELINDA, b. 27 Apr. 1792; m. OLIVER CROSBY (52) 4 Mch. 1819.
1028. CLEMENT, b. 10 Aug. 1794; m. MARTHA PEASE (1053) 4 Nov. 1815; d. 24 Aug. 1846.
1029. PRUDENCE, b. 29 Sept. 1799; m. NATHAN JERNEGAN (34) 28 Nov. 1816.
926. NOAH NORTON, (Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), bapt. 8 May 1748; res. T.; rem. to Penobscot, Hancock Co., Me. 1790. He m. JERUSHA DUNHAM (224) 4 Sept. 1773, who was b. abt. 1755. He served in the Sea Coast Defence (Capt. Benjamin Smith's Company) in 1775-6 as Private and Corporal and received a pension for these services. He d. 31 May 1841 at Montville, Me. They had the following named children:
1030. LYDIA,5 b. 1775.
1031. PATIENCE, b. 1776.
1032. JANE, b. 1778; m. BENJAMIN LARRABEE 25 June 1801.
1033. SETH, b. 1780.
1034. PHINEAS, bapt. 9 June 1782; m. ABIGAIL ORCUTT.
1035. LEMUEL, bapt. 3 July 1785. [Joan N. Mullen <jmullen@ix.netcom.com> reports that Lemuel Norton became a noted preacher and wrote a book. The Library of Congress reportedly has a copy.]
1036. MOODY, b. (1788).
1037. NOAH, b. (1791).
1038. THOMAS, b. (_____).
1039. DAVID, b. 21 July 1797.
945. BERIAH NORTON, (Matthew,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 12 Jan. 1733-4; res. E., farmer. He m. ANN FRANCES COSENS (12) 15 Dec. 1757, who was b. 1738 and d. 31 Dec. 1820. He was one of the most distinguished men on the Vineyard in his time and as Colonel of the Militia of the Island came into prominence during the Revolutionary War, especially at the time of the raid of Maj. Gen. Grey. The story of his efforts to secure reimbursement from England for the losses of the Vineyard people may be read in Vol. I, pp. 384-403 of this history. He held various town, county, state and federal offices in the course of his long life, but notwithstanding these exceptional opportunities for acquiring a competency, he was in somewhat straitened circumstances during his latter years. He d. 4 Dec. 1820. The following named children were born to him:
1040. HULDAH, b. 21 Oct. 1758; m. ENOCH COFFIN (87) 2 Mch. 1780.
1041. BARNE COSENS, b. 30 Apr. 1761; d. 9 May 1784, unm.
1042. MATTHEW, b. 9 Mch 1763; d. 26 Feb. 1807, unm.
1043. ZORAIDA, b. 30 Apr. 1765; m. TIMOTHY COFFIN (43) 21 Aug. 1788.
1044. SARAH, b. 25 Sept. 1767; m. ELIHU MARCHANT (93) 20 Jan. 1796.
1045. OLIVE, b. 15 Dec. 1769; m. THOMAS MAYHEW (361) 3 Sept. 1795.
1046. FREDERIC, b. 9 Sept. 1771; d. 1793 at sea.
1047. MARY, b. 15 Oct. 1774; d. 23 Sept. 1781.
1048. ANN FRANCES, b. 9 Jan. 1777; d. 19 Dec. 1823, unm.
952. STEPHEN NORTON, (Timothy,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholasl), bapt. 5 May 1751; res. E., tailor. He was called "Junior" to distinguish him from Stephen Norton (450). He rem. to Farmington, Me. abt. 1790. He m. (1) LYDIA SMITH (112) 4 Mch. 1787, who was b. 1761; (2) DAMARIS PEASE (383) 16 Nov. 1807, who was b. 3 Oct. 1761. [It is stated that he served in the Revolutionary War at Ticonderoga. A Stephen Norton was a soldier in camp at Ticonderoga Nov. 1776 in Capt. Daniel Whiting's Company.] He had the following named children by first wife:
1050. BETSEY,6 bapt. 30 Aug. 1789.
1051. SUSAN, bapt. 4 July 1790.
1052. LYDIA, b. 18 July 1792.
1053. HANNAH, b. 14 Nov. 1793; m. FLAVEL BARTLETT.
1054. STEPHEN, b. 15 Mch. 1797.
1055. JOHN STEPHEN, b. 12 July 1799.
961. ELIJAH NORTON, (Jabez,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 16 Feb. 1739; res. E., rem. to Dartmouth, Mass. 1768 and later to New Braintree, Mass. in 1770. He m. (1) FREELOVE BURROUGHS, int. 8 Dec. 1768 and (2) HANNAH WEST (165) 24 Nov. 1776. He d. 6 Nov. 1815 at New Braintree. He had issue as follows:
By First Wife:
1059. BURROUGHS, b. (1769).
By Second Wife:
1060. ZADOC, b. 8 Feb. 1778.
1061. NABBY, b. 9 May 1780; m. ROSWELL CONVERSE (int. 11 Mch 1804).
1062. ELIJAH, b. 9 May 1782.
1063. ABIATHER, b. 13 Oct. 1784; d. 14 Jan. 1787.
1064. HANNAH, b. 10 Dec. 1786.
1065. MELINTHA, b. 24 Sept. 1788 ; d. 19 Dec. 1791.
1066. ALLEN, b. 2 Sept. 1790; m. MEHITABLE SEWALL (int. 2 Oet. 1812).
1067. FLETCHER, b.7 Aug. 1792; d. 2 Oct. 1792.
1068. FLETCHER, b.18 July 1794.
1069. JARVIS, b.12 Sept. 1796; d. 5 Mch. 1847.
963. AARON NORTON, (Jabez,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 11 Sept. 1744; res. T., blacksmith; rem. to Rochester, Mass. abt. 1790, where he served as Town clerk and Selectman. He rem. abt. 1795 to Hartford, Washington Co., N. Y. He m. (1) ABIGAIL NORTON (478) 27 Dec. 1770; (2) RHODA _____. He had issue as follows:
1070. JEREMIAH,6 b. 1771.
1071. ISAAC, b.1773.
1072. MELATIAH, b.1776.
1073. JABEZ, b.1777.
1074. AARON, b. 1779.
1075. RHODA, b.1781.
1076. MATTHEW, b. 1784.
1077. BETTY, b. 1785.By Second Wife:
1078. ADONIRAM, bapt. June 1786.
970. NICHOLAS NORTON, (Judah,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1749; res. E.; m. LOVE STEWART (98) 8 Apr. 1779. He d. Feb. 1808. They had the following named children:
1080. (Child),6 b 1780; d. 1782.
1081. JERUSHA, b. (1783); m. LEMUEL CLARK 6 Nov. 1803.
1082. EDMUND, b. 1785; d. 1813 at sea.
1083. ELIJAH, b. 1789; d. 11 Dec. 1858.
1084. BENJAMIN BARTLETT, b. Sept. 1792; m. (1) OLIVE NORRIS (160); (2) MARGARET TILTON (363)
1085. DANIEL, b. 25 Sept. 1796; m. HANNAH EARL.
1086. ZADOC [*Name changed to Francis Adlington by Act of Legislature.] b. 16 Dec. 1797; m. ABBY GREEN.
974. THOMAS MARTIN NORTON, (Judah,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholasl), b. 29 Feb. 1764; res. E. He m. SUSANNA CLEVELAND (90) 20 Feb. 1794, who was b. 29 Sept. 1767, and d. 14 July 1849. He d. 5 Feb. 1849. They had issue as follows:
1090. SHUBAEL CLAGHORN, b. 27 May 1794; m. POLLY DAVIS NORTON 22 Sept 1816.
1091. THOMAS MARTIN, b. 10 Sept. 1796; m. ELIZA NORTON 6 May 1824.
1092. ARIEL, b. 19 Feb. 1799; m. CORDELIA VINCENT (192) 26 Aug. 1827.
1093. SUSAN, b. 13 Feb. 1802; m. (1) JONATHAN FISHER (119) 13 Feb. 1821; (2) PETER MARTIN COFFIN (203) 8 Sept. 1839.
1094. EDWARD, b. 22 Feb. 1805; m. (1) LUCY CLEVELAND (175) 20 Sept. 1829; (2) MARY WILLIAMS.
1095. NICHOLAS, b. 12 Sept. 1805; m. MARY M. JERNEGAN 21 Oct. 1832.
982. ROBERT NORTON, (Prince,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. 1756; res. E. He m. LOVE PEASE (258), who was bapt. 5 Sept. 1762. He d. June 1783 and his wid. m. for her second husband NOAH NORTON (540). The following named children were born to Robert and Love:
1100. NABBY,6 b. 5 Oct. 1777; m. HARLOW CROSBY (50) 17 Nov. 1816.
1101. MATTHEW, b. 28 July 1780; m. BETSEY W. CROSBY.
1102. ROBERT, b. (1783); d. in South Carolina.
1000. WILLIAM NORTON, (William,4 Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1759; res. E. He m. HANNAH DAGGETT (162) 26 Dec. 1782, Who was b. 1762 and d. 27 Nov. 1838. He d. 7 July 1807.
1110. FREEMAN,6 b. 9 Oct. 1783; m. MARY HOLMES (50) int. 3 Sept. 1808.
1111. AARON, b. 30 Dec. 1785; d. 18 Mch. 1830.
1112. REBECCA DAGGETT, bapt. 15 June 1788.
1113. MERCY, bapt. 17 Oct. 1790.
1114. HEBRON, b. Aug. 1792; d. y.
1115. SARAH, b. 1795; d. y.
[The following information was provided by
Joan N. Mullen <jmullen@ix.netcom.com>:]
[1039. DAVID NORTON, (Noah,4 Phineas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas1),
b.21 Jul 1797 Brooksville, Hancock Co., ME; d. 2 Mar 1876, age 79 yrs 6
mos at Montville, Waldo Co., ME; married 11 June 1817 in Sedgwich Co., ME
to Mary Elizabeth GRAY (GREY) (daughter of Samuel GRAY and Mercy WATSON)
who was b. 4 Mar 1797 at Sedgwich, Hancock Co., ME; and d. 10 Jul 1860 at
Montville, ME. They both are buried at White's Corner Cemetery near Montville,
ME. David NORTON was a Justice of the Peace, and performed the marriage
of his son Joseph Gray NORTON and Jane CRAM. He was in charge of the Hancock
County Poor Farm. Children:
3001. MOODY,6 b. Nov 1817; d. 9 Dec 1889 Montville ME; married Mary _____?
3002. SOPHRONIA, b. Nov 1819; d. 9 Nov 1853 Montville ME; married (1) Benjamin Sweet; (2) John Bagley.
3003. DAVID JR., b. 9 Apr 1822, he moved to Boston; married Lydia Norton (1st cousin, daughter of Lemuel)
3004. JOSEPH GREY, b. 21 Apr 1824 Castine, ME; d. 4 Dec 1912 Moran, Allen Co., KS; married 22 Mar 1846 to Jane CRAM (daughter of Joseph CRAM & Betsy COFFIN) [Contact Joan N. Mullen for more information on this family.]
3005. NOAH (F.?), b. 1 Apr 1832; d. 21 Apr 1910; married to Mercy Gray EASTMAN.
3006. GEORGE W., b. 1835(?); d. 1876 or 96 in Des Moines, IA; had a daughter Estelle.
3007. MARY ELIZABETH, b. 29 May 1837 Montville, ME; d. May 1907 Montville, ME; married (1) Mr. Rollins; (2) Philip P. Hastie.
3008. BENJAMIN F., b. 21 Oct 1842 Montville, ME; d. 17 Oct 1874 Montville, ME.
3009. MARGARET W., b. 16 Jan 1827; lived in Des Moines IA; married Mr. Campbell. Was a suffragette.
[The following information was provided with the help of Jim Callaghan <JimC@ahsl.co.nz>:]
[1090. SHUBAEL CLAGHORN NORTON (Thomas Martin,5 Judah,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas,1), b. 27 May 1794 and bapt. 8 July 1798 in Edgartown; m. POLLY DAVIS NORTON 22 Sept 1816 in Edgartown. She was born 24 Mar 1794 in Edgartown. He appears in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Edgartown, farmer, with his wife Polly D. Norton. He also appears in the 1870 Edgartown census with his wife, a 40-year-old Mary C. Norton, and a child named Mabel B. Norton, aged 2. They are listed in all three censuses near Shubael's brother Nicholas Norton. Shubael died in Edgartown in August 1871, aged 77. Polly died in November 1874 in Edgartown, aged 77. Children:
3021. JEREMIAH CROWELL, b. 6 June 1819.
3022. JANE WEST, b. 4 Apr 1821 in Edgartown (twin.) She m. Chilmark mariner JOSEPH THAXTER on 16 Mar 1845 in Edgartown, and they appear in the home of her parents in Edgartown in 1850. They had a child Jane M. Thaxter, b. 17 Jan 1849. She is also likely the Jane W. Thaxter, aged 47, who appears in the 1870 Edgartown census with children Annie W., 16, and Etta C., 9.
3023. HENRY D., b. 4 Apr 1821 (twin). He m. MARY A. BEETLE in Edgartown on 6 Jan 1848. He is called a "mariner" in his 1848 marriage record, and again in 1850, when he appears with his wife and daughter in the Edgartown home of Mary's parents. Their daughter Eusebia W. Norton was born on 7 Oct 1848 in Edgartown.
?3024. ABIGAIL S. (?), b. 29 Feb 1824 in Edgartown. The 17 Oct 1845 marriage record of Abigail S.Vincent, d. Shubael and Mary Norton, and Nathaniel M. Jernegan, mariner, appears in the Edgartown vital records. She appears in the 1850 Edgartown census, aged 26, with her husband and son Holmes M. Jernegan, born 3 Aug 1846 in Edgartown. She also appears in the 1870 Edgartown census, aged 45, with a Margaret S. Norton, 47 (her sister-in-law?)
3025. SHUBAEL CLAGHORN JR., born 31 Jan 1825 in Edgartown. (Jim writes: "I found a listing for Shubael Claghorn Norton Jnr as an ensign aboard the "Hunchback" during the Civil War, is there any way of accessing records regarding him?") Shubael appears as a 25-year-old farmer living with his parents in the 1850 Edgartown census. He appears in the 1860 Edgartown census, aged 35, master mariner, with his wife MERCY C. (_____) Norton, aged 30. (Jim states that he m. (1) MARY RANDELL who was b. 1831 and d. 30 Mar 1874 and he m. (2) MABEL _____ on 30 May 1887.)
3026. MARY DAVIS, b. 14 May 1829 in Edgartown. She married Edgartown mariner PHILIP C. SMITH JR. in Edgartown on 1 Dec 1847, and they appear in the home of her parents in Edgartown in 1850. They had a daughter Sarah C. Smith, born in Syracuse, NY on 4 Sep 1848. (Was she the 40-year-old Mary C. Norton living with her father Shubael in the 1870 Edgartown census? Was two-year-old Mabel B. Norton her daughter?) (Jim states that she also m. (2) SAMUEL A. BRIGGS on 30 June 1887.)
3027. DEBORAH A., b. 25 Feb 1833 in Edgartown. (Living with parents in Edgartown in 1850.) She m. Jeruel West on 1 Jan 1852 in Edgartown. For more information on this family, see #606 in Descendants of William West of Tisbury.
3028. CORDELIA V., b. 1 Sep 1834 in Edgartown. (Living with parents in Edgartown in 1850.) Jim states she
married HENRY ADLINGTON.
(?3020. THOMAS HOWES, b. 20 Oct. 1816 in Edgartown - was he a son of Shubael and Polly? If this is correct she would have been eight months pregnant at her marriage! Thomas m. Eliza W. Beetle in Edgartown on 19 June 1842, and appears with her parents in the 1850 Edgartown census.)
[3021. JEREMIAH CROWELL NORTON (Shubael,6 Thomas Martin,5 Judah,4 Nicholas,3 Benjamin,2 Nicholas,1), b. 6 June 1819. He was the captain of a whaling ship that came to New Zealand mid 1800's. He sailed on the ship Cadmus, which left Fairhaven in 1841 and was lost in the Cadmus Islands 3 Aug 1842. He appears in the 1850 Edgartown census as a mariner living with his wife's family. He m. (1) Margaret Vincent on 6 Oct 1845 in Edgartown, who was born 2 Dec 1821 in Edgartown, the daughter of Edgartown butcher Matthew Vincent. He m. (2) Anna Clara Simons on 5 July 1862 in Auckland NZ, who was b. 1842 in Essex, England. Jeremiah died at Parua Bay, Northland on the 31st August 1897. (Jim writes, "What I really want to know is what happened to Jeremiahs 1st wife Margaret Vincent. I have found a death entry for Margaret Norton which may have been his first wife (it's the only Margaret Norton I can find.) [Her death is reported in the 26 Jan 1872 issue of the Vineyard Gazette.] On the marriage certificate for him here he says he was a widower, is there a way of checking out if 1) it is her 2) were they divorced or 3) if Jeremiah just forgot he was married?") (In the 1870 Edgartown census, a Margaret S. Norton, aged 47, appears with Abbie H. Norton, aged 16, in the home of Nathaniel and Abigail Jernegan.
By first wife:
3030. ABBY, b. 14 Oct 1853 in Edgartown. She m.GEORGE NOLAN 1 Jan 1874 in Edgartown. (Jim writes, "I would like to find out if she died 29 July 1930, [whether she] had children, and if there are any descendants still in Martha's Vineyard, if there is a photo of her and if the family knew what happened to Jeremiah, (because I don't think the family here knew about her). ... It would be great to be able to perhaps reconnect the two branches of the family one day.") I could not find her in the 1860 census of Edgartown, but she is likely the Abbie H. Norton, aged 16, living with Margaret Norton in the home of Nathaniel and Abigail Jernegan.
By second wife:
3040. LOUISE EMMALINE, born 1863, married George Carey 1882.
3041. CORDELIA JANE, born 13 Aug 1864, married Henry James Hansen 20 Apr 1878 in Kawakawa, Northland. She d. 17 Apr 1946.
3042. ANNE ELEANOR, born 1867, married (1)Thomas Callaghan 17 June 1884, Auckland and had 7 children, (2) James Henry McMasters (an American) and had two children. She died 2 Mar 1945 at Whangarei.
3043. THOMAS HENRY, born 1869, married (1) Ethel Anne Timperly (2) Mabel Laura Buckle. He died in 1952 in Whangarei.
3044. WILLIAM HENRY, born 1871. "Still looking for this branch."
3045. CATHERINE MARY, born 19 Apr 1872; "I think this child died early."
3046. EDWARD HUGH, born 24th May 1874 married (1) _____; married (2) Daisy Thomas.
Contact Jim Callaghan <JimC@ahsl.co.nz> for more information about the descendants of Shubael and Jeremiah C. Norton.
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