Born in St. Helena Parish, Province of South Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Norton
and Mary Ann (Chaplin) Norton
Sister of
John Norton, Sarah Norton, Jane Norton, Mary Ann (Norton) Scott, William Norton, Elizabeth (Norton) Graham and Dorothy Phoebe (Norton) Mosse
Wife of
James Pope
— married
9 Jan 1787 in South Carolina, United States
Mother of
James Pope
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Oct 2011
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Biography
Martha, daughter of Jonathan Norton and Mary Ann Chaplin, was born 20 April 1757 and baptized in St. Helena's Church, Province of South Carolina on 30 May 1757.[1]
She married first to ? Scott, a wealthy plantation owner, by whom she had no children. [2]
On 9 January 1787 she married James Pope, son of James and Susanna Pope.[3][4][5] They had children James,[6]Susanna,[7] and William.[8]
Research Note
Research on Scott family of St. Helena Island - https://www.jstor.org/stable/27566556 does not show her husband
Sources
- ↑ St. Helena’s Parish Register (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 23, no. 3 (1922): 142 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569588
- ↑ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5802c4d9414fb5e45ce4dc44/t/5cf29b37d00a9a0001c61a62/1559403323157/Pope+Family+15.pdf
- ↑ “St. Helena’s Parish Register (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 23, no. 4 (1922): 188 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569595
- ↑ St. Helena’s Parish Register (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 23, no. 3 (1922): 148 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569588
- ↑ "South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2XK-BF5 : 27 January 2020), Martha Scott in entry for James Pope, 1787.
- ↑ "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2JM-BK6 : 22 January 2020), Martha in entry for James Pope, 1788.
- ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXP-74JR : 3 October 2019), Martha in entry for Susanna Pope, 8 Aug 1790; citing Birth, Sussex, New Jersey, United States, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
- ↑ "South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2NY-ZP2 : 22 January 2020), Martha in entry for William Pope, 1794.
Acknowledgements
- WikiTree profile Norton-811 created through the import of Rankin-Ridgdill Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2011 by Elizabeth Rankin.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
David Bingham 
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Anne (Bidez) Schumann :
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