William (Norcott) Norcot (1690 - 1752)

Born 6 May 1690 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Mayo) Norcutt — married 17 Mar 1719 (to 14 Jan 1720) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Priscilla (Paine) Norcutt — married 4 Aug 1726 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Sep 1752 at age 62 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

William was born at Marshfield, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony on 06 May 1690, the son of William and Experience Norcott.^[1]

William, then of Eastham, married first to Ruth Mayo on 05 March 1718/19 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[2] Ruth and William had a son, William Norcott born 28 December 1719. Three weeks later Ruth died at Eastham on 14 January 1719/20.^[1]

William married, secondly, to Priscilla Paine, daughter of and Hannah (Higgins) Paine. She was a descendant of Mayflower passengers Thomas Rogers and Stephen Hopkins. They published intentions at Harwich and Eastham on 16 July 1726. Priscilla and William later moved from Eastham to Middletown^[1] where William died in September 1752.^{[1] [3]} Priscilla died one day later. William Norcott of Middletown, William's son by his first marriage, was appointed guardian on 04 November 1753 to Syvanus, Nicholas, Abner and Priscill Norcott, the minor children of William Norcott, deceased.^[1]

William and Ruth Norcott had one son:^[1]

1. William Norcott, b. 28 Dec 1719.

William and Priscilla Norcott had their first 6 children in Eastham, and the remainder recorded in Middletown:^[1]

1. Ruth Norcott, b. 15 Jun 1728
2. Josiah Norcott, b. 25 Jan 1730/1; d. young.
3. Hannah Norcott, b. 20 Jun 1733
4. Experience Norcott, b. 01 Sep 1735; d. young
5. Abner Norcott, b. 25 Mar 1738
6. Priscilla Norcott, b. 14 Jan 1739/40
7. Nicholas Norcott, b. 26 Aug 1741
8. Silvanus Norcott, b. 14 Oct 1743

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Reeves, Ann and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) pp. 142-3. Link on AmericanAncestors.org by $ubscription.
2. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "Eastham & Orleans, Mass., Vital Records" Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 15:75.

   "William Norket and Ruth Mayo were married by mr Samuel ozburn on the fifth day of march annodomini : 1718/9"

3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/57903081/william-norcott : accessed 24 May 2021), memorial page for William Norcott III (6 May 1690–15 Sep 1752), Find A Grave: Memorial #57903081; Maintained by Linda (contributor 46913026) Unknown.

See also:

• Paine Family Records. Volume 2, Edited by H. D. Paine, M.D,. New York, 1883. Pages 58,59.
• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-B4H : accessed 24 May 2021), entry for William Norkott, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.