Jabez Norton (1777 - 1861)

Born 2 May 1777 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Daggett) Norton — married 29 Oct 1814 in Industry, Franklin, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1861 at age 83 in Lee, Penobscot, Maine, United States

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Biography

Jabez was born in 1777. He is the son of Jabez Norton and Phebe Luce. In about 1795 the family moved from Marth's Vineyard to take up the northern part of lot 21 of the Lowell Strip in New Vineyard. Eventually Jabez Jr took over care of the farm and purchased the homestead from his father. ^[1]

Jabez Jr was a captain of the militia in the war of 1812. He was first organized into a military company in 1799 as an ensign. (Journal of William Allen)^[2] also Capt. M. Robinson's Company, Lieut. Col. S. Thatcher's Regiment. From June 2 to June 25, and Sept. 4 to Sept. 8, 1814. Raised at Cushing. Service at Cushing.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Google Books Hatch, William Collins, "A History of the Town of Industry: Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest Settlement in 1787 Down to the Present Time, Embracing the Cessions of New Sharon, New Vineyard, Anson, and Stark." (1893). Maine Town Documents. 353., Volume 1 Pg 774-775
2. ↑ Allen, William, 1780-1873. History of Industry, Maine: From the First Settlement In 1791. 2nd ed., improved and enl., 1869. Skowhegan [Me.]: Smith & Emery, printers, 1869
3. ↑ Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14 by Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office; Baker, John Pg 284, 288, 294

• Death record via ledger photocopy provided by the Town of Lee, Maine which shows "Norton Jabes" was "born May 2nd 1777" with no location or parents shown. Ledger shows death of "Norton Jabez" and "Died April 5th 1861." Because the ledger is from Lee ME, then that is the purported death location. Only other person shown on ledger is purported wife Abigail Norton (not shown are her parents or maiden name) with her birth and death dates (no locations, but Lee ME assumed or purported for death location based on the source of the ledger). Previous birth date was "22 Aug 1777" which came from various genealogy or family history books, but this date "could" be a baptism date (no source).
• No. 592- http://history.vineyard.net/nortonj.htm
• FHL The American descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. 1 Pg 212 McCourt, Martha F. (Martha Josephine Fletcher), 1926-
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128911520/jabez-norton