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Of the first of the name on the Vineyard, Nicholas Norton, a full biographical sketch has been given in this history (Vol. II, pp. 85-90 Annals of E.), and nothing of material importance about him has been found since that was written except the statements which follow concerning his English ancestry. [*One fact is worthy of record as being recently discovered. He served in the Pequot War, 1635-7 as shown by a petition of himself and others. (Sup. Jud. Court Mss. No. 477).]
The opinion hazarded in the sketch of his life above referred to that Nicholas "emigrated from Somersetshire and probably came from the vicinity of Batcombe or Broadway in that county" has been established to the satisfaction of the author after a long search of all the known sources of records which might throw light on the case. His business dealings with Richard Standerwicke, a clothier, of the parish of Broadway, has proved to be the important clue in locating this prominent pioneer as a resident and probable native of the same parish. [*Standerwicke sold to Norton in 1639 "all the cattle whether Bowes, steers or calves, whatsoever I have with Mr. Hull in New England." (Plymouth Col. Rec.). The Standerwick family have been Lords of the Manor in Broadway for over four hundred years and possessed their memorial records for four centuries. I am indebted to the Rev. Mr. Standerwick for assistance in my search and notes from his family records on the Norton family.]
The Norton family was long settled in Somersetshire where the name was generally spelled Nourton and Nurton in the earlier records, and there are references to them as early as 1400 in wills and deeds. They are to be found in more than a dozen different parishes in that county before 1600, including the parish of Broadway. Wills, depositions, chancery suits, and other documents of the 16th century show that a Norton family, tanners, lived at White Lackington, an adjoining hamlet of Broadway, and the fact that Nicholas Norton of Edgartown was a tanner is quite significant. [*John Norton of White Lackington, a tanner, was a witness to the will of John Standerwick of Broadway in 1568, but the Manor Rolls of 1555 do not contain his name. William Norton wee churchwarden of Ilminster in 1543, a still earlier record of the family in that vicinity.] In those days occupations were continued in families from generation to generation.
The first known ancestor of Nicholas Norton was WILLIAM NORTON, tanner, of White Lackington about 1540 described as the eldest of the family, but his parentage is unknown. He had two younger brothers, JOHN, also a tanner who made his will in 1576, and ROBERT NORTON, who took up his residence in the cathedral city of Wells where he followed the occupation of innholder and was at the date of his death (1590) without issue. He left considerable property to his nephews.
WILLIAM NORTON of White Lackington was born abt. 1535 and was living in 1604 in Broadway. He had among other children two sons, namely:
I. NICHOLAS, b. 1562.
II. WILLIAM, executor of the will of his uncle, Robert of Wells.
Robert Norton of parish of S. Cuthbert, Wells, innholder, at his decease had four water mills, which he disposed of by will dated 1590, viz: two to his wife and two to his brother William.
In 37 Elizabeth (1594) Joan the widow, William and Nicholas began suit against William Norton the executor, and litigation was continued by John, the son of Nicholas. The latter had followed the prosecution of this suit for 22 years, according to the complaint of John, to the ruin of his estate and in the end "sickened & died with great greife & anguishe of mince leavinge behinde him a poor widdowe and 8 children (1616) whereof yor subject is the eldest, but not one pennye towards their reliefe & maintenance other than the hopes of the said decree, by means of whose death his wiffe & children have nott only lost a careful! pvider for them but also a possibilitie of an estate wch the said Nicholas had, after the said William the executor, worth at least 200 marks." [*Star Chamber Proceedings, (James I) 221/10, John Norton of Broadway, Chapman, plaintiff vat William Norton et als defendants. The compiler has much other material on this family, which is omitted for want of space. Doubtless the complete pedigree of this family could be worked out in England from the authors' notes.]
NICHOLAS NORTON, the father of the emigrant, removed from White Lackington with his father when a child, and died there at the age of 54 years (1616) as described in the chancery suit. That he was a man above the average is shown by the fact of his occupying the position of church warden of the parish (1599) but as the parish register does not exist prior to 1678 it is not possible at present to determine the names of but half of his eight children. The attested copies of parish registers then required by church law preserved the names of three of them and the chancery suit furnishes the name of his eldest son. Unfortunately, the Bishops Transcripts of Broadway Parish in the Diosceasan Registry at Wells for the years 1609-11 inclusive, the particular years in which we should undoubtedly find the baptism of our Nicholas whose birth fell, as we know, within those years are missing from the files. His known children are as follows:
I. JOHN, b. abt. 1590.
II. JOAN, bur. 1598.
III. JAMES (?) bur. 1678 at Broadway.
IV. JOSEPH, bapt. 3 Feb. 1607.
V. NICHOLAS, b. 1610 (the emigrant). He deposed in 1676 aged 66 years.
VI. ELIZABETH, bapt. 1612.
The occurrence of the names Joseph and Nicholas in the Broadway family which were also distinctive in the Vineyard family together with other collateral circumstances makes it practically certain that we have here the parentage and home of the first of this family to settle on Martha's Vineyard. Al1 other clues have been carefully followed out and give no such marked combination of the probabilities as does this, and the author is satisfied that it is the right solution.
Broadway, situated in the Hundred of Bulstone, is so-called, because it consists of one wide street leading from Ilminster two miles distant to the Forest of Roche on the West. It has about fifty houses with about 300 population and two religious edifices, one belonging to the Church of England, dedicated to S. Aldhelm, where the parents of Nicholas Norton worshipped, and a dissenting chapel of which latter named the present minister is the Rev. John W. Standerwick, a direct descendant of the Richard Standerwick, who had the business dealings with Nicholas Norton. [*Edward Poole, who was a neighbor of Nicholas Norton in Weymouth, was an emigrant from Broadway also.]
NICHOLAS NORTON undoubtedly found his wife Elizabeth _____ in Weymouth, or an adjoining town after his arrival in New England, but no record of his marriage has been found and nothing to indicate her family name. They had eleven children, four sons and seven daughters; three of the former—Isaac, Joseph and Benjamin left issue and in the following genealogy their descendants will be divided for convenience sake into three "tribes" named for these three sons respectively according to seniority. By wife Elizabeth he had the following named children:
10. ISAAC,2 b. 3 May 1641.
11. JACOB, b. 1 Mch. 1643; res. Edgartown and Barnstable. It is not known that he ever married. He was living as late as 1691 (Deeds I. 252).
12. ELIZABETH, b. (1646); m. JAMES PEASE (50).
13. HANNAH, b. (1648); m. (1) AUGUSTINE WILLIAMS of Stonington, Conn. (2) bef. 1703 _____ BROWNE of Killingworth, same state.
14. JOSEPH, b. Mch. 1651.
15. SARAH, b. (1665); m. JOHN STANBRIDGE of Newport, R. I.
16. PRISCILLA, b. (1666); m. JOHN BUTLER (10).
17. RUTH, b. (1667); m. MOSES CLEVELAND (10).
18. BENJAMIN, b. 1659.
19. ESTHER, b. (1668) ; m. (1) SAMUEL HUXFORD (1) [Contact George Ballentine for more information on this Huxford family.]; (2) JONATHAN DUNHAM (41)
20. MARY, b. (1666); m. THOMAS WOOLLEN (10).
10. ISAAC NORTON, (Nicholas1), b. 3 May 1641; res. E., farmer; m. RUTH BAYES (10), abt. 1663, who was b. 2 July 1643. He d. abt. 1723 and his est. was adm. by his son Jacob. Inventory showed property to the value of £73-6-6, which was divided to the heirs 28 Mch 1723.
30. HANNAH,3 b. (1664) ; m. JOSHUA DAGGETT (13).
31. ABIGAIL, b. (1666); m. (Richard?) WEEKS (5).
32. JACOB, b. (1668).
33. BENJAMIN, b. (1671).
34. SAMUEL, b. 1674.
35. SARAH, b. 1676, m. EBENEZER HAWES of Yarmouth, Mass. 22 Feb. 1699-1700.
36. THOMAS, b. (1678).
37. ISAAC, b. 1680.
38. RUTH, b. (1681); m. ISRAEL DAGGETT (18) 31 Jan. 1701.
39. JOSEPH, b. (1682).
40. MERCY, b. (1687); m. JAMES CLAGHORN (40) 30 Nov. 1715.
32. JACOB NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1668; res. E., trader; rem. to Newport abt. 1703, where he afterwards lived and was engaged in mercantile and maritime pursuits; he owned vessels which were engaged in West Indian and coastwise trade. (Saybrook Conn. Records.) He m. (1) DINAH (or Dionis) COFFIN (21), who was b. 21 Sept. 1671 (the dau. of STEPHEN and MARY (Bunker) COFFIN), and (2) Mrs. HANNAH (Allen) BARKER of Pembroke, Mass. wid. of Isaac, 8 June 1727; He d. in Newport 27 Nov. 1743, and his will 16 Sept. 1742 was recorded 10 Jan. 1743-4 (Newport Town Council Records (1743-50) p. 12). He had the following named children and perhaps others:
By First Wife:
70. SHUBAEL,4 b. (1690).
71. JACOB, b. (1700).
72. DINAH, b. (1704); m. (1) PAINE MAYHEW (81) 1 Dec. 1724; (2) JETHRO ALLEN (60) 25 Mch. 1736.
73. MARY, b. (1708); m. SAMUEL NORTON (413) 22 Feb. 1728.
74. ELIZABETH, b. (1710); m. BENJAMIN TROTT 15 Jan. 1730.
By Second Wife:
75. ABIGAIL, b. (1728); m. PETER SIMON of Newport, R. I. 28 June 1794.
33. BENJAMIN NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1681; res. E., yeoman, but rem. to Newport, R. I. where he was admitted freeman 4 May 1708. He m. AVIS STANTON, dau. of John and Mary (Harndell) Stanton of Newport, b. abt. 1681-2, who survived him, dying 12 Aug. 1757. He d. abt. 1755 and inventory of his est. was returned 30 July 1755, but the wid. declined appointment as admx. His two sons-in-law were empowered to act in her stead. They had the following named children:
80. BENJAMIN,4 b. (1706) res. Newport; mariner; made freeman 2 May 1727, Captain of the privateer "Revenge," 1742. He m. MARY, dau. of John and Patience (Dobson) PIERCE of Swanzey, Mass. No issue known.
81. ELIZABETH, b. 13 Apr. 1707; m. EDWARD THURSTON 8 May 1723.
82. AVIS, b. (1709); m. PARDON TILLINGHAST of Newport.
34. SAMUEL NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1674; res. E., farmer and trader; rem. Newport, R. I. later to Jamestown, R. I. and Chilmark in which latter place he d. 16 Feb. 1760. He m. CONTENT COGGESHALL, dau. of John and Patience (Throckmorton) Coggeshall of Newport, R. I. who was b. 10 May 1676 and d. 1 Aug. 1739. His will 5 June 1753 was pro. 14 June 1760. [He is buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery.] They had the following named children:
90. JAMES,4 b. 1706.
91. MARY, b. (1708); m. (1) JONATHAN LOCKE (20) 1 Jan. 1730; (2) MATTHIAS KING 28 Oct. 1736.
92. JETHRO, b. (1710) ; d. 12 May 1743. "He had been long in a bad state of health, being consumptive; he was never married." (Homes Diary.)
93. EUNICE:, b. (1711 ) ; m. ELIJAH MAYHEW (72) 11 June 1729.
94. REBECCA, b. (1713) ; m. (1) THOMAS STURGIS 27 Feb. 1734-35; (2) _____ TOWNSEND of Newport.
95. CONTENT, b. (1714) ; m. JOHN THATCHER, Jr. 28 Nov. 1734.
96. ANNA, b. (1720); m. EPHRAIM GOULD (21).
97. LOIS, b. 1719; m. SAMUEL MAYHEW (142) 27 Dec. 1739.
36. THOMAS NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1676; res. E. (Eastville), farmer; m. HEPSIBAH SKIFFE (40), who was b. 1679 and d. 1 May 1769. The date of his death is not known but he was living in 1753. There are no records relating to the births of children to this family and the following are assigned to Thomas Norton from collateral evidences in deeds, court and probate records.
100. NATHAN, b. (1699).
101. SILAS, b. (1701); d. abt. 1738 unm. He was a weaver.
102. JEMIMAH, b. 1703; m. JOHN COUSINS (1725).
103. RUTH, b. (1708); m. ISAAC BENTON of Tolland, Conn. 16 Mch. 1730. Resided later in Kent, Conn.
104. MERCY, b.(1711); m. ZEBULON WADE of Scituate, Mass. 24 Oct. 1744.
37. ISAAC NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1680; res. E. (Farm Neck), husbandman; m. MILLICENT, dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Woodey) CHENEY of Roxbury, Mass. abt. 1718, who was b. 15 June 1693. They had the following named children:
110. HANNAH,4 b. 1719; m. SYLVANUS NORTON (431) 8 Nov. 1751.
111. MARY, b. 1 Nov. 1721; m. JOHN NORTON (402) 7 May 1752.
112. DINAH, b. 3 Sept. 1725; m. NOAH LOOK (28) 8 Jan. 1745.
113. ISAAC, b. 1726; bur. 11 Aug. 1797 aged 71.
114. STEPHEN, b. 1728; bur. 17 Oct. 1800 aged 73.
115. SHUBAEL, b. 9 Nov. 1733; m. HOPE NORTON (438) 5 June 1760.
116. HENRY, b. 1738; d. 30 Aug. 1764 aged 26 d. s. p.; m. (1) MARY DAVIS (30) 22 Dec. 1764. She m. (2) SAMUEL NORTON (501) 23 Nov. 1766.
39. JOSEPH NORTON, (Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1682; res. E., farmer. He was known legally as Joseph "Tertia" to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph (51) Jr., during the lifetime of the latter. He was juror 1723,1732 and 1733, but he has left few other public records of his three score and ten years and more on the Vineyard. He lived on Great Neck in the southern part of the town and on 31 Jan. 1753 deeded this homestead to his only son. The name of his wife is not known but from unconfirmed records she is stated to have been Sarah Swain of Nantucket. But one child of this marriage is known, although it may be presumed there were others, perhaps daughters. Under date of Jan. 5, 1728-9, Parson Homes of Chilmark notes in his diary: "The wife of Joseph Norton of Old Town died lately." This may be his wife or of his cousin Joseph.
120. SOLOMON,4 b. 9 Aug. 1715.
70. SHUBAEL NORTON, (Jacob,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1690; res. E., master-mariner; rem. to Newport and later Bristol, R. I. He m. Mrs. SARAH (Davis) KEENE, dau. of Simon Davis of Bristol 4 July 1723, who was b. 15 June 1689 and d. 23 Aug. 1744. He was lost at sea 1737.
130. PETER,5 b. 12 Jan. 1724-5; res. Newport, mariner; m. HANNAH NORTON 7 Oct. 1746 and d. abt. 1752 without issue. His will 6 June 1752. His wid. m. (2) JOSHUA BICKNELL 10 Sept. 1763.
131. SHUBAEL, b. 2 Feb. 1726-7.
132. SARAH, b. 24 Aug. 1731; d. Aug. 1747.
71. JACOB NORTON, (Jacob,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. (1700); res. Nomans Land, farmer and fisherman; m. BETHIAH MAYHEW (85) 3 Feb. 1731-2, who was b. 31 Mch. 1712. He d. 4 Jan. 1750 and his est. was adm. by his wid., who m. (2) ISAAC CHASE (43).
140. SHUBAEL,5 b. 21 Aug. 1733.
141. CONSTANT, b. 10 Dec. 1737; d. 1756.
142. JACOB, b. 14 Mch. 1740.
143. PETER, b. 6 Sept. 1740; d. 10 Oct. 1759.
144. LUCY, b. 7 Apr. 1745; m. (1) GEORGE CHASE (132) 16 Feb. 1769; (2) JOSIAH LUCE (162) 18 Apr.1782.
145. FRANCIS, b. 6 June 1747.
146. MAYHEW, b. 18 Nov. 1749.
147. PHEBE, b. (_____).
90. JAMES NORTON, (Samuel,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1706; res. C., mariner; rem. Newport, R. I. and later to Milford, Conn. (1761), but ret. to C., where he d. 5 Aug. 1780. His wil1 9 Nov. 1768 was pro. 23 Aug. 1780. He m. REBECCA _____, who was b. 1718 and d. 8 Apr. 1805. Only two children are known, viz:
160. SAMUEL,5 b. 1743.
161. JAMES, b. 20 Sept. 1753; d. 6 Apr. 1811 prob. unm.
100. NATHAN NORTON, (Thomas,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1700; res. E., husbandman. Little information about him is obtainable and the name of his wife is unknown. [*A great grandson, Benjamin Hammett Norton stated that her name was Sarah Vinson, hut the author has not been able to verify it. From the names of the children many of them new in the Norton family (Gideon, Ansel, Theoda), it is probable that his wife was not an Island woman.) They had the following named children:
170. GIDEON,5 b. (1728); bapt. 1743.
171. SARAH, b. (1730); m. PRINCE DAGGETT (411) bef. 1753.
172. HEPSIBAH, b. (1732).
173. EUNICE, b. (1734); m. JOHN CUNNINGHAM (11) 6 Jan. 1748-9.
174. ANSEL, b. 1736-7.
175. SILAS, b. 1740; m. BATHSHEBA MERRY (33) 6 Dec. 1764.
176. RUTH, bapt. 11 Mch. 1744.
177. DINAH, bapt. 6 July 1746.
178. THEODA, bapt. 27 Nov. 1748.
115. SHUBAEL NORTON, (Isaac,3-2 Nicholas1), b. 9 Nov. 1733; res. E. (Farm Neck), husbandman; m. HOPE NORTON (438) 5 June 1760, who was b. 1734 and d. 1805. They had the following named children:
180. DINAH,5 b. 1761; d. 15 Sept. 1816 unm.
181. BAYES, b. 26 July 1762.
182. HENRY CHENEY, b. (1765).
183. SARAH, b. 29 May 1767; m. BARTLETT CLAGHORN (190) 11 Oct. 1792.
184. POLLY, b. 1769; m. DARIUS NORTON (480) 18 Dec. 1788.
185. ISAAC, b. 1771; m. DEBORAH NORTON (698) 28 Nov. 1791 ; d. 12 Apr. 1843.
186. HANNAH, b. 2 Aug. 1774; m. SILAS LUCE (662) 11 Dec. 1806.
120. SOLOMON NORTON, (Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 9 Aug. 1715; res. E., farmer. He was sergeant of Militia in 1757. He rem. to Hebron, Conn. abt. 1771, and d. there 28 Feb. 1812 in his 97th year. He m. DEBORAH SMITH (19) abt. 1742, who was b. 13 Sept. 1722. The descendants of this family are to be found in Conn. and New York State. They had the following named children:
190. JONATHAN,5 b. 16 Feb. 1743; m. RACHEL PHELPS; d. 20 Feb. 1840.
191. CATHERINE, b. 20 Oct. 1744; m. JOHN WASS (46).
192. ELIZABETH, b. 24 Sept. 1746; m. JOHN STEWART (93).
193. LOVE, b. 22 July 1750; m. PETER RIPLEY (25) 1781.
194. DAVID, b. 8 Feb. 1753.
195. JETHRO, b. 1 Jan. 1756.
196. ELIJAH, b. 9 Apr. 1759.
197. SOLOMON, b. 15 Dec. 1763.
198. EDWARD, b. 15 Dec. 1763.
199. DEBORAH, b. 3 Aug. 1768; d. unm.
140. SHUBAEL NORTON, (Jacob,4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 21 Aug. 1733, res. C., farmer; m. PHEBE BRADFORD, dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Gray) Bradford of Plympton, Mass. who was b. 30 Mch. 1735. He d. 15 Feb. 1760. They had the following named children:
200. FREEMAN,6 b. 21 Aug. 1751; m. MARTHA CHIPMAN of Barnstable 19 Apr. 1774. He in the Revolution as sailor on the frigate "Warren." He rem. to Williamsburg, Mass. and later to Onondaga Co., N. Y. where he was living in 1833.
201. SARAH, b. 27 May 1756.
202. BETHIAH, b. 20 Nov. 1758.
142. JACOB NORTON, (Jacob,4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 5 Mch. 1739; res. C., yeoman and sea-faring man m. RUTH BASSETT (81), who was b. 17 June 1738 and d. 12 June 1809. He was drowned prob. at sea 12 Apr. 1793. His will 6 Feb. 1792 was pro. 11 May 1793. Inventory of his est. amt. to £362-2-8. They had the following named children:
210. SHUBAEL,6 b. 7 Dec. 1763.
211. JANE, b. July 1765; m. SAMUEL NICKERSON.
212. LUCY, b. 31 Aug. 1767; m. NICHOLAS BUTLER (148) 5 Nov. 1789.
213. CONSTANT, b. (1769).
145. FRANCIS NORTON, (Jacob,4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 6 June 1747; res. W. T., master mariner; m. JEDIDAH LUCE (523) 24 Oct. 1765, who was b. 1745 and d. 10 Dec. 1834. He d. 19 May 1828 and his will 20 Feb. 1822 was pro. 21 July 1828. They had the following named children:
220. LUCY,6 b. April 1766; d. y.
221. (Child), b. June 1768; d. y.
222. SARAH, b. June 1769, d. y.
223. LUCY, bapt. 27 Oct. 1771 ; m. SALATHIEL ALLEN (321) 24 Sept. 1789.
224. FRANCIS, b. 1774; d. 10 Feb. 1793.
225. PRESBURY, b. 11 July 1776; m. BETSEY DAVIS 24 Oct. 1799. [Did he marry (2nd) MARY COTTLE? He died 7 Feb. 1861 in Tisbury.]
226. CYNTHIA, b. 20 Sept. 1778; m. MAYHEW A. LUCE (743) 27 June 1802.
227. VALENTINE, b. (1780); m. POLLY DAVIS (71). [Could he have been the Valentine Norton who was lost at sea and buried at Crossways Cemetery?]
228. MARY, b. 2 Jan. 1783; m. ABIJAH ATHEARN (134) 11 Oct. 1818.
229. PETER, b. 2 Jan. 1783; m. LYDIA NORTON (1025) 22 Oct. 1809.
230. JANE (West?), b. (1785); m. EPHRAIM NORTON (725) 6 June 1813.
146. MAYHEW NORTON, (Jacob,4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 18 Nov. 1749; res. W. T., pilot; m. (1) MARIA NORTON (495) 26 Mch. 1772; (2) HANNAH LUCE (293) 6 July 1797. He d. 26 May 1829. He had the following named children:
By First Wife:
240. MARGARET, b. 1 Dec. 1773; m. PEREZ BASSETT (240) 28 June 1795.
[240½. Deacon PRESSBURY NORTON, b. 22 Oct. 1776; m. (1st) Mary _____; m. (2nd) Eliza _____.]
241. DEBORAH, b. 22 Oct. 1779; m. JESSE SLAYTON 23 Aug. 1812. [She died 21 July 1854.]
242. JACOB, b. 8 Apr. 1781.
243. CHARLOTTE, b. 2 Mch. 1784; m. JOSEPH DEXTER (40) 2 Jan. 1806. [She died 25 Aug. 1864 in Tisbury .]
244. (Infant), b. 23 July 1786; d. y.
245. PRUDENCE, b. 30 Dec. 1787; m. STEPHEN CLIFFORD (80) 31 Jan. 1813.
246. MARIA, b. 13 Apr. 1790; unm. [She died 15 Mar. 1868 in Tisbury.]
247. MAYHEW, b. Feb. 1793; d. y.
248. (Infant), b. 4 Aug. 1794; d. y.
By Second Wife:
249. MAYHEW, b. 1798; d. 19 June 1819.
250. SHUBAEL, b. 11 May 1799; d. 28 Feb. 1842; m. MARY N. HILLMAN (402) of C. 21 Feb. 1828.
251. ADELINE, b. 14 June 1801 ; m. WALTER HILLMAN (401) 23 Mch. 1820.
252. CONSTANT, b. 19 Jan. 1803; m. HARRIET WEEKS 15 Jan. 1829.
253. (Infant) . b. Dec. 1804 ; d. y.
254. MARY D., b. 1806; m. DANIEL LUCE, Jr. 15 Mch. 1843.
255. CAROLINE, b. 1808; d. 1830.
256. THOMAS L., b. 19 Feb. 1810. [Thomas died on 12/27/1885 in Tisbury, aged 75. He married Sarah "Sally" Athearn on 18 Jul 1836. Thomas was born Feb 1810. Thomas and Sarah had the following children: Laura Ann, Thomas, Eliza, Benjamin A., and Mayhew.Contact Horace Waters <hwaters@mediaone.net> for more information about this family.]
257. (Infant), b. 1812; d. y.
258. HANNAH, b. 10 May 1813; m. JAMES R. TILTON.
259. MAYHEW, b. 1819, d. 14 June 1865, m. 27 June 1852, ELIZABETH ATHEARN who was b. 1829 and d. Feb. 1899. Their eldest son, Edwin C., b. 22 April 1853, settled in California.
160. SAMUEL NORTON, (James,4 Samuel,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1743; res. C., farmer; m. ELIZABETH MAYHEW (252), who was b. 13 Jan. 1749 and d. 6 Sept. 1791. He d. 7 May 1804 and his will 24 May 1802 was pro. 17 June 1804. They had the following named children:
260. WILLIAM, b. 20 Oct. 1770.
261. REBECCA, b. 8 Feb. 1774; d. unm.
262. BETSEY, b. 10 Sept. 1776; d. 20 Sept. 1818, unm.
263. SAMUEL, b. 5 Sept. 1783; m. EUNICE LOOK (185) 11 July 1811.
170. GIDEON NORTON, (Nathan,4 Thomas,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1728; res. E., master mariner. He rem. to Honduras, Central America, sometime after 1752, where he engaged in the marketing and exportation of mahogany from the virgin forests of that country. It is the family tradition that he never returned to the Vineyard and died while engaged in that industry in Honduras.[*He is recorded as a witness to the will of Ephraim Trapp in April 1755, another Vineyard man, who was also engaged in the mahogany trade and made his will at that date while in Honduras. Gideon Norton was a witness to a deed at E. in 1747 (Deeds VII. 432).] He m. DINAH NORTON (454), who was b. 20 July 1729 and who long survived her husband. She m. (2) Capt. GEORGE HILLMAN (90). Gideon Norton left but one known child:
270. THOMAS,6 b. abt. 1750.
174. ANSEL NORTON, (Nathan,4 Thomas,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1736; res. E., yeoman; rem. to Sandy River Plantation, Me. abt. 1790. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War 1759-1762. He m. Mrs. DEBORAH (Vinson) MARCHANT (47) , wid. of John, 19 Nov. 1761, who was b. 23 Jan. 1736 and d. May 1829. He d. 1810. They had the following named children:
280. SARAH, b. (1762); m. AARON PEASE (420) 24 Sept. 1786.
281. ANSEL, b. (1764).
282. RUTH, b. 1766; m. JASON LUCE (494) 12 Apr. 1795.
283. DEBORAH, b. (1768).
284. LYDIA, b. 1770.
285. ANNA, b. (1772).
286. NATHAN, b. 1774; master mariner; res. Philadelphia.
287. LEVI, b. 1776.
288. JOHN MARCHANT, b. 1778.
289. DEBORAH, b. 1780.
290. JEDIDAH, b. 1782.
181. BAYES NORTON, (Shubael,4 Isaac,3-2 Nicholas1), b. 26 July 1762; res. E. (Farm Neck); husbandman; m. RHODA NORTON (478) 9 Dec. 1784, who was b. 1755 and d. Oct. 1838. He d. 15 Nov. 1818 and his will 5 June 1818 was pro. 22 Mch. 1819. They had the following named children:
295. RHODA, b. (1786); m. ELIJAH NORTON (593) 14 May 1812. [Is she the Rhoda Norton who is buried at Crossways Cemetery?]
296. ABIGAIL, b. (1788).
297. OLIVE, b. 30 Dec. 1790; m. JEREMIAH CROWELL (81) 7 Sept. 1817. [She died 1 Jan. 1864.]
298. SHUBAEL, b. 13 May 1792; m. SOPHRONIA SMITH 22 Jan. 1818.
182. HENRY CHENEY NORTON, (Shubael,4 Isaac,3-2 Nicholas1), b. 1765; res. E. (Farm Neck), husbandman; m. REBECCA LUCE (660) 17 Sept. 1798. He d. 1818-19 and his will 5 June 1818 was pro. 22 Mch. 1819. They had the following named children:
300. REBECCA, b. 20 Mch. 1800; m. ELIJAH NORTON.
301. CONSTANT, b. 18 Nov. 1801.
302. CHARLOTTE, b. 19 Aug. 1804; m. WARREN W. NYE.
303. HOPE, b. _____; m. ALEXANDER P. WEEDS.
304. FANNY, b. _____.
305. LYDIA, b. _____; m. WILLIAM A. WARDWELL 24 Dec. 1848.
194. DAVID NORTON, (Solmon,4 Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 8 Feb. 1753; res. E.; rem. with his parents to Hebron, Conn. 1771, where he d. 6 Oct. 1839. He m. DEBORAH PHELPS, Feb. 1785, who was b. Mch. 1765. They had the following named children:
310. MARY, b. 27 Mch. 1786; m. SAMUEL SKINNER.
311. BETSEY, b. 13 Apr. 1788; m. (1) JON SWEETLAND; (2) BENJAMIN COOLEY.
312. DAVID, b. 3 Aug. 1790.
313. NANCY, b. 5 Nov. 1792; m. ZENAS CHAPPEL.
314. SAMUEL SMITH, b. 2 Apr. 1795.
315. SUSAN, b. 27 Oct. 1797; m. MOSES K. BURNHAM.
316. SOLOMON, b. 27 May 1800.
317. ICHABOD TRUMBULL, b. 20 Mch. 1802.
318, HANNAH LOISA, b. 3 Nov. 1804.
319. ALMIRA, b. 25 Feb. 1807; m. DAVID T. BROWN.
195. JETHRO NORTON, (Solomon,4 Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 1 Jan. 1756; res. E., rem. with his parents to Hebron, Conn. 1771, where he d. 21 Dec. 1841. He m. (1) SYBIL SUMNER 1 Dec. 1785, dau. of Reuben and Elizabeth (Mack) Sumner. She was b. 15 June 1766 and d. 14 Nov. 1811. He m. (2) Mrs. EUNICE (Clapp) STEELE 13 Nov. 1813 but had no issue by her.
320. WILLIAM, b. 29 Sept. 1786; d. 6 July 1862.
321. LYDIA, b. 25 June 1790; m. JONATHAN PAGE 20 Jan. 1830.
196. ELIJAH NORTON, (Solomon,4 Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholasl), b. 9 April 1759; res. E., rem. with his parents to Hebron, Conn. 1771, and while there served as a soldier in the Revolution 1776-8 and 1781; later he rem. to Cambridge, N. Y. where he d. 10 Dec. 1841. He m. REBECCA MOORES 13 Oct. 1785, who was b. 23 Jan. 1766 and d. 18 Sept. 1849.
325. ELIZABETH, b. 14 Aug. 1786; m. WILLIAM WELLS.
326. DEBORAH, b. 12 Aug. 1788; m. HENRY BASSETT (222) 30 Nov. 1804.
327. EUNICE, b. 18 May 1780; m. (1) BENJAMIN HANKS; (2) LATHAM STRATTON.
328. ROBERT, b. 26 Sept. 1792; m. SUSAN HILL.
329. ANNA, b. 23 June 1794; m. DAVID AKIN.
330. REUBEN, b. 20 Sept. 1796; m. ELIZABETH PERINE.
331. ALEXANDER, b. 11 Feb. 1799; m. (1) MABEL CULVER.; (2) MARTHA COTTRELL.
332. SUSAN, b. 22 Oct. 1800; m. SAMUEL HAWLEY.
333. REBECCA, b. 23 May 1803; m. ALEXANDER MOSHER.
334. LYDIA, b. 8 Jan. 1805; m. AARON BIGELOW.
335. DELIA, b. 27 June 1806; m. LYSANDER WHELDON.
197. SOLOMON NORTON, (Solomon,4 Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 15 Dec. 1763; res. E., rem. with his parents to Hebron, Conn. 1771 and later rem. to Cambridge, N. Y. where he d. 1835. He m. HANNAH CULVER 1785.
338. MARY.
339. CATHERINE.
340. EDWARD.
341. SOLOMON.
342. ABIGAIL.
343. ELIJAH, b. 15 Dec. 1799.
344. ALVAH.
345. MELINDA.
346. ALMIRA.
347. SOPHRONIA.
348. JULIA ANN.
349. JAMES EDWARD
198. EDWARD NORTON, (Solomon,4 Joseph,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 15 Dec. 1763; res. E., rem. with his parents to Hebron, Conn. 1771 and later rem. to Glenville, N. Y. where he d. 1837. He m. Mrs. MARGARET NELSON.
350. DEBORAH.
351. JOHN.
352. SOLOMON.
353. NANCY.
354. EDWARD SMITH.
355. DAVID.
356. MARGARET.
210. SHUBAEL NORTON, (Jacob,5-4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b.
7 Dec. 1763; res. C., rem. to Allensville, Ohio, where he d. 30 Mch. 1818.
He m. LOVE ADAMS (53) 1790, who was b.
6 May 1764 and d. 29 Sept. 1821. They had the following named children:
[Paula J. Malone Lemons <prlemons@wvc.net>
writes: "The death date of Love Adams in Banks' book is not correct.
On the tombstone it is 1831 and not 1821. Love Adams Norton is buried in
Allensville, Indiana. We do not know why it has been listed as 1821.(?????)
And whether Shubeal is is really buried in Allensville, Ohio we do not know
for sure thinking this very strange as well. He b. Allensville, Ohio and
she b. Allensville, Indiana. (?)."]
Children: [Additional comments in brackets provided by Paula
J. Malone Lemons <prlemons@wvc.net>]:
360. JACOB, b. 20 Nov. 1791. [d. abt. 1811.]
361. HARRIET, b. 1 June 1795; unm. [d. 22 Nov. 1817 in Ohio.]
362. LOVE, b. 10 Aug. 1796; m. JOSEPH NOBLE. ["I am the line of Love Adams Norton (dtr) who married Joseph Noble. Love was born 10 Aug. 1796; married Joseph Noble on: 21 Dec. 1818 in Switzerland County Indiana; Joseph's second marriage - first wife deceased. Joseph and Love had ten children. Love died 8 June 1856 in Allensville, Indiana and is buried in Rising Sun, Indiana beside her husband Joseph Noble who died on 24 Feb. 1836. They are buried in the Old Union Cemetery in town of Rising Sun, In. Section 24 Plot #5 and I believe 4, I will double check that."]
363. FRANCES, b. 11 Mch. 1798; d. s. p. [d. 09 Oct. 1862 in Columbus City, Louisa County Iowa; m. Margaret Hughes.]
364. OLIVER ADAMS, b. 25 Oct. 1799; d. s. p. [d. 18 Oct. 1866 in Allensville, Indiana.]
365. LUCY, b. 6 Oct. 1801; m. EVERSON LIVINGS. [d. 18 Oct. 1887 in Sedalia, Mo.]
married Everson Livings b.abt. 1801. Children: Louisa Livings; +George L. Shepard; Francis Livings b. 14 Dec. 1837.]
366. RUTH, b. 25 Sept. 1803; m. (1) SAMUEL LONGNECKER; (2) DANIEL EARL. [d. 29, April 1840 (?) we think as Ruth Earl]
213. CONSTANT NORTON, (Jacob,5-4-3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1769; res. C. and later T. (1790). It is not known when he died, but he is not listed in the census of 1800. He m. AMY COTTLE (211) 11 Sept. 1788. Children:
370. JEMIMA, b.1791; d.y.
371. CONSTANT, b. 1793; d. y.
372. HARRIET, b. 1794; d. y.
373. HANNAH, b. (—) ; m. ANDREW GREEN.
374. CONSTANT, b. (— ); m. MARY GARDINER.
375. AMY, b. (—).
376. ABNER P., b. (— ); m. JANE PERRY.
260. WILLIAM NORTON, (Samuel,5 James,4 Samuel,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. 20 Oct. 1770; res. C., mariner; m. POLLY BASSETT (134) 10 Nov.1791, who was b. 28 June 1773. He d. 28 Feb. 1802. Children:
380. POLLY BASSETT, b. 29 Dec. 1792; m. JOSIAH TILTON (351).
381. JAMES WILLIAM, b. 18 Dec. 1794; d. y.
382. ELIZABETH, b. 26 Nov. 1796.
383. (Child), b. 1798; d. y.
384. CLEMENT BASSETT, b. 1800; d. y.
270. THOMAS NORTON, (Gideon,5 Nathan,4 Thomas,3 Isaac,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1750; res. E., master mariner; rem. Boston abt. 1780, where he m. (1) Mrs. PRISCILLA (Webber) MAYHEW 12 Dec. 1782, who d. s. p. and m. (2) LYDIA, dau. of Benjamin HAMMETT 2 June 1805. It is not known when he d. but his wife was living in 1807. Besides four daus. he left one son:
390. BENJAMIN HAMMETT, b. 1801; res. Boston, Hingham and Hartford, Conn. journalist. He was for many years (1849-69) U. S. Consul at Pictou, N. S. where he d. 4 Nov. 1869. He m. AUGUSTA WARE and had two sons: Charles Benjamin Hammett,8 b. 1825 (Editor of Literary Gazette) and Frank Henry, b. 1836 (Editor on New York Herald)
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