Judith (Norton) Carleton (1703 - 1778)

Born 3 Mar 1703 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of David Foster — married 17 Sep 1748 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Nehemiah Carleton — married 8 Jul 1760 in Bradford, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts

Died 22 Nov 1778 at age 75 in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Judith Norton was born 3 March 1703, in Salisbury, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joseph Norton Jr (1665-) and Elizabeth Brown (1678-1730).^[1]

Judith married widower David Foster (1694-1759) on 4 October 1748, in Salisbury, Massachusetts.^[2][3] David died in 1759, and the widow Judith next married widower Nehemiah Carleton (1695-1767) on 8 July 1760, in Bradford, Massachusetts.

Judith, widow of Nehemiah, died 22 Nov 1778, in her 73d year.^[4] She is buried in the Ancient Burying Ground in Bradford, Massachusetts.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ84-56P : 15 January 2020), Judeth Norton, 1703.
2. ↑ Forster, Edward Jacob, 1846-1896; Genealogy of the Fo(r)ster family; descendants of Reginald Foster, who settled in Ipswich, Essex County, Mass. A.D. 1638; Pub: 1876, Boston, D. Clapp; Page 12 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofforst00fors/page/12/mode/1up
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHYG-1ZY : 24 January 2020), Judith Norton in entry for David Forster, 1748.
4. ↑ Vital records of Bradford, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Published by the Topsfield historical society, 1907. HathiTrust Digital Library: Deaths, Page 302 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t7vm4h01w?urlappend=%3Bseq=308
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 March 2021), memorial page for Judith Norton Carlton (3 Mar 1704–22 Nov 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #147336331, citing Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jenny Dené-Hotchkiss (contributor 47344781)

See also: Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, 1842-1911; Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andoer, Mass.;; Pub: 1906, T.R. Marvin & Son, Boston, MA; Page 51 https://archive.org/details/descendantsofgeo01abbo/page/50/mode/2up

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