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Elizabeth (Newman) Norton (abt. 1765)

Elizabeth Norton formerly Newman
Born about in Connecticutmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 11 Sep 1796 in Vermontmap
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown] in Vermontmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Elizabeth Newman Norton

The following is not confirmed as same person, however was born in Strafford and is 9 years younger than Zerah. Betty Newman [1]

Birth: 04 Mar 1772, Strafford, Vt Father's Name: William Newman Mother's Name: Hepsibath

in the 1790 census for Strafford, only William and Ebenezer Newman, listed adjacent, females not shown. They are listed on same page as the Nortons.

After his first wife died, Zerah remarried in 11 Sep 1796 to Elizabeth Newman Strafford, Vermont [2]

The following burial is possibly documented incorrectly. The spouse shown is Zerah's father Elihu, married to Dinah Snow

Kibling Cemetery Strafford, Orange County, Vermont - Find A Grave Index [3]

[Strafford Historical Society records note "Dinah Norton (no birth date given), child of Zerah Norton and either Ruth (Chamberlin), who died 6-6-1796, or his 2nd wife, Betty (Newman) whom he married 9-11-1796. Dinah was the granddaughter of Elihu and Dinah (Snow) Norton. She married Ichabod Rich in Strafford 12-31-1823". (no source was provided) (based on birth, her mother is Betty Newman)]


Research Notes

Name: Betty Newman

Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 04 Mar 1772
Event Place: Vermont, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: William Newman
Mother's Name: Hepsibath
Digital Folder Number: 004667379
Record Number: 2888
GS Film Number: 0027639
Digital Folder Number: 004667379
Image Number: 02884
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I11307-7

Sources

  1. "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFKQ-L3T : 14 April 2020), Hepsibath in entry for Betty Newman, 1772.
  2. "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK7-WV8 : 14 April 2020), Zerah Norton and Elizabeth Newman, 1796.
  3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146171025/elizabeth-norton-


The Norton-Lathrop-tolles American Ancestry, Complied by James E. Norton, 1916; Pages 17 & 18.





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Zerah and Elizabeth are often mentioned as parents of Ruth Norton, b. about 1802/1803 in Strafford. I have found no sources to confirm that, but in the 1810 census Zerah's household is shown to have two daughters under age 10, so I believe it is possible/likely that Ruth is one of them.
posted by Gil Varney Jr.

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