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Martha (Lucas) Norton (1797 - abt. 1878)

Martha Norton formerly Lucas aka Lucus
Born in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 14 Oct 1819 in Livermore, Oxford, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Died about at about age 81 in Monson, Piscataquis, Maine, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Birth

Martha Lucas was born at Carver, Massachusetts, on 28 Feb 1797, the daughter of Isaac Lucas and Martha (Shaw) Lucas.[1]

Marriage

On 13 Oct 1819, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine (then in Massachusetts), certified that "an intention of marriage between Mr. Ira Norton and Miss Martha Lucus both of Livermore hath ben [sic] entered with me fourteen days prior to this date and ben [sic] published in the Town of Livermore as the Law directs."[2] The 1928 history of Livermore says that she was a resident of Turner, Maine (then in Massachusetts).[3] They married at Livermore on 14 Oct 1819.[4]

Death

The gravestone of Martha Norton at the Riverside Cemetery in Willimantic, Maine, is inscribed with the dates 28 Feb 1797 and 22 Apr 1878.[5] She probably died at Monson, Maine, where she was living with her son America in 1870.[6]

Sources

  1. FamilySearch transcription of the birth record of Martha Lucas], iin Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch > Martha Lucas, 1797
  2. Marriage intention of Ira Norton and Martha Lucus, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 341 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
  3. Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 179
  4. Marriage record of Ira Nortion and Martha Lucus, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 344 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
  5. Photo of gravestone of Ira Norton and "Martha his wife" (Find A Grave: Memorial #49932991)
  6. Martha Norton, 73, in the America Norton household, family #10, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > Maine > Piscataquis > Monson > image 2 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).




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Lucas-2804 and Lucas-2885 appear to represent the same person because: Same mother and dates. The father is already in a proposed merge which will be completed before this profile is merged
Lucas-2804 and Lucas-2885 are not ready to be merged because: need to merge the parents first...
posted by Kitty Linch
Lucas-2885 and Lucas-2804 appear to represent the same person because: Exact dates and same mother. Please check your sources for the conflicting data on father

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