William Norton (abt. 1575 - 1621)

Born about 1575 in Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England

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Died 1621 at about age 46 in Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Birth date is a guess, based on other known dates.

William married about 1622 at England to Alice Browest.^[1]

William Norton was born about 1575 at Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England; son of William Norton and his 1st wife Margaret Hawes, daughter of William Hawes.

He married Alice Bownest or Bonus, the daughter of John and Mercy Bownest of Buckland, Hertfordshire. John Bownest will, dated June 15, 1615 mentions his wife Mercy (Marcey in the text), brother Thomas, son George, son Samuel, son-in-law William Norton, daughter Frances, not married; and unnamed grandchildren.

Children of William and Alice:

1. John was born at Bishop's Storford, Hertfordshire on May 5, 1606. He became a minister and migrated to New England in 1634, settling in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636. In 1655 he succeeded Rev. John Cotton as the minister of the First Church in Boston. His wife's name was Mary. They may have had a daughter but reports are conficting.
2. William settled at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He married Lucy, daughter of Emanuel and Lucy (Winthrop) Downing. Child: Rev. John Norton of Hingham; Bonus of Ipswich, Massachusetts and Hampton, New Hampshire; Elizabeth married John Wainwright and Isaac Addington; and probably William and Lucy who died before 1694 without children.
3. Richard. There are no further records of Richard.
4. Thomas married Katharine Glincard and had children Gabriel, Thomas, and Anne.
5. Martha.
6. Mary.

He passed away in 1621.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Lewis, Marlyn, Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins. Person Page - 5175.

• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) "George Norton of Salem, Massachusetts" by Herbert F. Seversmith. Vol. 16, p. 111.subscription site