Joseph Norman (abt. 1700 - aft. 1746)

Born about 1700 in Berkeley, South Carolina

Ancestors

Died after 24 Jan 1746 after about age 46 in Berkeley, South Carolina

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Biography

Joseph Norman was a Carolina colonist.

Joseph Norman was a son of William Norman (1675-1727) and Mary Legare. He was born around 1700/10 in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina.^[1]

Around 1725, he married Mary Lewis, and they had three children:

1. George, b. aft. 1726 (under 21 when his father's will was written in 1747)^[2]
2. Margaret, b. aft. 1729 (under 18 when her father's will was written in 1747)^[2]
3. Rebekah, b. aft. 1731 (under 18 when her mother's will was written in 1749)^[3]

In 1740, Joseph was a resident of St. James Goose Creek Parish.^[4] He was on the Petit Jury List.^[5] He is also listed in the records of St. James Church as a contributor to their school fund.^[6][7]

Joseph acquired 800 acres at Stono in St. Paul's Parish, property he would leave to his son George.^[2] He also acquired two lots in Charles Towne (listed in his will).^[2]

Joseph died after 24 Jan 1746/7 (when his will was written), presumably in St. James Goose Creek Parish; his will was probated on 26 Mar 1747. ^[2] In his will, Joseph named his wife Mary and three children as heirs, with his sisters, Sarah Christie and Rebecca Singleton, to inherit if his minor children do not survive to adulthood. He also appointed "my loving Freind Zachariah Villeponteaux and Richard Singellton and my loving sister Rebecca Singellton Executors and Executrix of this my last Will and Testament..." That Zachariah Villepontoux^[8] was thus named in his will tells us something of Joseph's social status in the community. Villepontoux was a wealthy French Huguenot planter who was an original member of the Goose Creek River Club. He was owner of Mt. Parnassus Plantation.

Research Notes

Two Norman families lived near CharlesTown in the Province of South Carolina during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Unfortunately, many of the family names were the same. In 1710, another Joseph Norman was born; son of Moses Norman in the other family. The Joseph Norman in this profile belongs to the so-called "Goose Creek Normans," as opposed to the "Berkeley/Dorchester Normans." ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Norman Genealogy FamilySearch.com Of Whom I Came, From Whence I Came v5 The Weatherbee-Norman Volume, Zelma Wells Price p65-67
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Ancestry Record 9080 #68250 Will of Joseph Norman (transcript)
3. ↑ Mary's Will FamilySearch.com Of Whom I Came, From Whence I Came v5 The Weatherbee-Norman Volume, Zelma Wells Price p. 87 (115 on the viewer)
4. ↑ Ancestry Record 2234 #56148 Residence in St. James Goose Creek Parish
5. ↑ Ancestry Record 2234 #119750 Petit Jury List
6. ↑ Contributors to St. James Church school fund
7. ↑ Contributors to St. James Church School Fund Waring, Joseph I. St. James' Church, Goose Creek, S.C. : a sketch of the parish from 1706 to 1896; FamilySearch International, p. 13.
8. ↑ The Villepontoux Family of South Carolina: An Outline Genealogy and History of the First Five Generations, Heyward Peck. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan., 1949), p. 34.
9. ↑ Normans of Goose Creek The ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke & his wife Ann Elizabeth ... Parke, N. Grier (Nathan Grier), b: 1884 p101

See also:

• Ancestry Record 3572 #28942034 Will probated in Berkeley County
• "Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Cane WELLS-wise, RISH-wise and Otherwise" by Zelma (WELLS) PRICE & published in 1959 v5 p37 & 39