Richard Norcross (bef. 1621 - bef. 1709)

Born before 11 Dec 1621 in All Hallows, City of London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Brooks) Norcross — married 24 Jun 1650 (to 1672) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Susanna (Unknown) Norcross — married 18 Nov 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died before Oct 1709 at about age 87 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Biography

Richard Norcross immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Richard Norcross was baptized at All Hallows, Bread Street in London on 16 Dec 1621.^[1] He was the son of Jeremiah and Adrean/Audrie (____) (Smith) Norcross. He arrived in New England before 27 Nov 1639 with his parents and settled at Watertown, Massachusetts.^[2]

Richard was the first schoolmaster in Watertown.^[2]

He married first at Watertown, Massachusetts, on 24 Jun 1650 to Mary Brooks (b.c. 1630-1632, d. 24 Feb 1671/2), daughter of Henry Brooks. They had the following children, all born in Watertown:^{[2] [3]}

1. Mary, b. 27 Aug 1652, d. 19 Oct 1661;
2. Jeremiah, b. 3 Mar 1655, d. 30 Nov 1717;
3. Sary, b. 28 Dec 1657, d.c. Mar 1700/01, m. Joseph Child;
4. Richard Jr., b. 4 Aug 1660, d. aft. Oct 1943, m1. Rose Woodward, m2. Hannah Sanderson;
5. Mary, b. 10 Jul 1663, d. aft. 19 Mar 1714/5, m. John Stearns;
6. Nathaniel, b. 18 Dec 1665, d. 1 Dec 1717, m1. Mehitabel Hagar, m2. Susanna Shattuck;
7. Samuel, b. 4 May 1671, d. aft. 26 Apr 1708.

Richard married second at Watertown on 18 Nov 1673 to Susanna, widow of William Shattuck. She died 11 Dec 1686 at Watertown.^[2]

Richard died between 13 May 1709 and Oct 1709 at Watertown.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5GR-HZS : 19 September 2020), Jevemie Norcrosse in entry for Richard Norcrosse, 1621.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Early New England Families. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist), 6 pages. See Richard Norcross.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)

See also:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. "John Smith of Watertown, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist. Vol. 61 (1985), Pg. 27. AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)
• Abbott, Lemuel Abijah,. Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass. of his joint descendants with George Abbott, Sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., with brief notes of many others of the name, original settlers in the United States. Boston: Abbott, 1906.
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 681

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kimball G. Everingham, Pam Carter, Kitty Smith, and J. C. Adamson for contributions to this profile.