George Norton Sr. (abt. 1610 - abt. 1659)

Born about 1610 in England

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Fowler — married 1635 in Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about Nov 1659 at about age 49 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

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George Norton Sr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 2, p. 1336) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

[Note: Origin Unknown: Parents ; Unknown; Spouse LNAB= Unknown; not Mary Machias. GM Vol 1-3: p. 1336-9]

[Note: Speculation of his ancestry and Norton Family, son of John of Luton : SEE TAG: Vol. 15: continuation in several issues of Vol 15 and again in Vol. 16: p 101-114 - which eliminates some of the George Norton's noted as having been the one at Salem]

Biography

George was born about 1610, based on his marriage. Origin unknown.^[1]

He may have been the George Norton, son of John Norton, baptized 1 July 1610 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.^[2]

His wife was named Mary (___). Her surname is not known. They were married by 1635, and Mary was admitted to the church at Salem on September 4, 1637. ^[1] George Norton came from London in April, 1629 in the fleet with Rev. Francis Higginson. He was sent by the company in England as a carpenter, and to receive a kind reception from the authorities of the plantation. ^{[3] [4]}

• 1634: May 14: He was made freeman. ^{[5] [1]}
• 1634: Employed to build the Salem Church for £ 100. ^[3]
• 1636: Was of Salem, with wife Mary. ^[3]
• 1638: March: 1639: June: 1640: June. Served on the Essex Jury. ^[1]
• 1640: May 13: The General Court granted George Norton and others Jeffery's Creek, (now Manchester). ^{[6] [1]}
• c1641: Removed to Gloucester. ^[4]
• 1642: Appointed by the General Court with others to manage the plantation. ^[6]
• 1642: November 2: Deputy to the Salem marshall. ^[1]
• 1642:43:44 First representative at Gloucester in 1642, continued in succeeding years. ^[5]
• 1644: George Norton, Sargent of Gloucester, ordered by the General Court to exercise the military company in military drills. ^[6]
• 1644: Removed to Salem. ^[4]
• 1645: Dismissed from Salem Church, admitted to Wenham Church.^{[4] [1]}
• 1645: He built a house at Manchester. ^[6]
• 1656: Leased farmland in Salem from Emanuel and Lucy (Winthrop) Downing, called by him " Groton," in remembrance of his wife's ancestral home. ^[3]
• 1657: November 24: Served on the Essex Grand Jury, representing Salem. ^[1]
• 1659: June 28: Served on the Essex trial jury. ^[1]

He died in 1659, between June when he was granted a tavern license and November when his inventory was made.^{[1] [5]} and his widow Mary was appointed executrix of his estate.

Petition of Freegrace Norton and John Norton children of George for division of the estate. Mentions their mother Mary Norton and the following children: Freegrace aged twenty four years, John aged twenty two, Nathaniel aged twenty, George aged eighteen, Mary aged sixteen, Mehittabell aged fourteen, Sarah aged twelve, Hannah aged ten, Abigaill aged eight, Ellizabeth aged five years. ^[1]

Inventory of the estate of George Norton taken 22: 7: 1659 by John Porter and Jacob Barney. (p. 191-2)^[7]

His widow Mary married Philip Fowler, soon thereafter as his second wife. ^{[3] [8]} Some of his work was been preserved by the Essex Institute, and was placed in the rear of the Old First Church Salem. ^[3]

Children

1. Freegrace born 1635; died Oct. 19, 1675, killed in King Philip's War at Hatfield: ^[4]married Lydia Spencer, daughter of Capt. Roger Spencer, ^[9] Aug. 3, (1658-1662). ^[1]
2. John baptized Oct., 1637 ; married Mary Sharp April 3, 1660. ^{[1] [10] [4]}
3. Nathaniel baptized May, 1639 at Salem ^{[10] [4]}; married Mary Mills, daughter of Richard by c1665. ^[1]
4. George baptized March 28, 1641 at Salem ^[10]; married first, on October 7, 1669, Sarah Hart ^[8] who died at Suffield, Connecticut in 1682. He married second widow Mercy (Barber) Gillett of Windsor. ^{[1] [4]} He died in 1716. ^[6]
5. Marie/Mary born February 28, 1643 at Gloucester; ^[11] died Nov. 29, 1689; married Lieut. Thomas Hart at Ipswich Oct. 14, 1664. ^{[8] [1] [12]}
6. Mehitable born in 1645; ^[4] married Samuel Adams of Ipswich on December 20, 1664. ^{[8] [1] [13]}
7. Sarah born September 14, 1647 ^[4] baptized at Wenham on February 15, 1647; died May 2, 1727, age 81; married Samuel Hart at Ipswich in February, 1678. ^{[8] [1]}
8. Hannah born c1649. ^{[4] [1]}
9. Abigail born in 1651; married Samuel Martin, ^[4] at Andover on March 30, 1676. ^{[1] [14] [15]}
10. Elizabeth baptized August 7, 1653. ^[16] She is likely the Elizabeth Norton who married Josiah Bridges on November 13, 1676 at Ipswich and died there on June 24, 1677. ^{[17] [18]}

Some Births/Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths

Salem Births/Baptisms

Norton, George, s. Georg, bp. 28: 1m: 1641. CR1 (p. 133)

Norton, John, s. George, bp. 2: 8m: 1637. CR1 (p. 113)

Norton, Nathaniell, s. George, bp. 19: 3m: 1639. CR1 (p. 113)

Elizabeth, d. –––––, bp. 7: 6m: 1653. CR1 (p. 113)

 ?? John, s. –––––, bp. 14: 7m: 1651. CR1 (p. 113)

Salem Marriages

Norton, John, and Mary Sharp, Apr. 3, 1660. CTR (p. 129) ^[10]

Gloucester Births

Norton, Marie, d. Georg and Marie, Feb. 28, 1643. (p. 489) ^[11]

Ipswich Marriages

Norton, George, and Sarah Hart, Oct. 7, 1669. CTR. (p. 320)

Norton, Mehittabell, and Samuell Addms, Dec. 20, 1664. CTR (p. 320)

Norton, Mary, and Philip Fowler, Feb. 27, 1659. CTR (p. 320)

Norton, Mary, and Thomas Hart, Oct. 14, 1664. CTR (p. 320)

Norton, Sarah, and Samuel Hart, Feb. ––, 1678. CTR (p. 321)

Ipswich Deaths

Hart, Mary, w. Lt. Thomas, Nov. 28, 1689, in her 47th y. GR1 (p. 579)

Hart, Sarah, wid. Samuel, May 2, 1727, a. 81 y. (p. 579) ^[8]

Andover Marriages

Norton, Abigall and Samuell Martin, Mar. 30, 1676. (p. 251) ^[15]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Feb 3, 2012

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633. Volumes I-III, 3 vols. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995 p. 1336-9. AmericanAncestors (subscription)
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J799-K9J : 4 February 2023), Geo. Norton, 1610.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Stickney, Matthew. The Fowler family: A Genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of Philip and Mary Fowler, of Ipswich, Mass. Ten Generations: 1590-1882, Salem Press, Salem, Massachusetts, 1883 p. 5-6: 11
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11} Norton, Walter W. Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: With Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, Journal Press, Lakeville, Connecticut, 1909 p. 6: 52-5
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Farmer, John. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England: To which are Added Various Genealogical and Biographical Notes, Collected from Ancient Records, Manuscripts, and Printed Works, Carter, Andrews & Company, Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1829 p. 207
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Hurd, Duane Hamilton. History of Essex County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 2, J. W. Lewis & Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1888
7. ↑ Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Massachusetts. County Court (Essex Co.), George Francis Dow Essex Institute, 1912
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II, Marriages and Deaths, The Essex Institute, Salem, MA 1910
9. ↑ Folsom, George. History of Saco and Biddeford: With Notices of Other Early Settlements, and of Proprietary Governments, in Maine, Including the Provinces of New Somersetshire and Lygonia, A. C. Putnam, Saco, Maine,1830 p. 182
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, 1918
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Vital Records of Gloucester, MA to the End of the year 1849, Vol. I Births, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1917
12. ↑ Sterns, Ezra et al. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2, Lewis Publishing Company, New York, 1908 p. 973
13. ↑ Descendants of Matthew Adams, 1881 p. 2
14. ↑ Farnham, Russell C. The New England Descendants of the Immigrant Ralph Farnum of Rochester, Kent County, England, and Ipswich, Massachusetts, Vol. I, Peter Randall Publishing, 1999
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Vital Records of Andover Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Marriages and Deaths, Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA, 1912
16. ↑ Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II Births, The Essex Institute, Salem, 1918
17. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1910
18. ↑ Anderson, Robert C., George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume I, A-B. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 p. 392 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)

See also:

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