David Norton was born in Appalachia, in North Carolina.
Joshua's father was Thomas Stevens/ Stephens b. 1650 Kent, England d. 1690 Henrico co., VA.
YDNA(male line) has proven David Norton b. 1771 descends from Joshua Stephens b. 1675 Goochland co., VA d. 1735 Henrico co., VA. He married Ann Washington (cousin to POTUS George Washington)
Notes
Death: Not in 1870 Census, wife is head of household and youngest child
Download from America Online, Feb 1995, submitted by James M. NORTON, Munroe
Falls, OH
The Sheltons by Clay HENSLEY and Zelois HENSLEY, 1988, privately printed,
p364, 2. David NORTON b. abt 1771 (VA), m. Sarah ? b. abt 1776 (VA),
children: p388, l. David NORTON b. abt 1825, m1. Clarissa GOSNELL b. 1825
(dau of Morris GOSNELL and Jane LINDSEY), children: (1) Morris NORTON... (2)
Sarah (Salley) NORTON... p389, (3) Lemon Singleton NORTON... (4) Christopher
Columbus NORTON... (5) William Ninevah NORTON... (6) Barton NORTON... (7)
Ardilla NORTON... (8) Harlan (Haggis) NORTON)...; m2. Susan WALLACE.
The Sheltons by Clay HENSLEY and Zelois HENSLEY, 1988, privately printed,
p364, 2. David NORTON b. abt 1771 (VA), m. Sarah ? b. abt 1776 (VA),
children: p388, l. David NORTON b. abt 1825, m1. Clarissa GOSNELL b. 1825
(dau of Morris GOSNELL and Jane LINDSEY), children: (1) Morris NORTON... (2)
Sarah (Salley) NORTON... p389, (3) Lemon Singleton NORTON... (4) Christopher
Columbus NORTON... (5) William Ninevah NORTON... (6) Barton NORTON... (7)
Ardilla NORTON... (8) Harlan (Haggis) NORTON)...; m2. Susan WALLACE.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BG-CKK : 21 December 2020), David Norton, Yancey, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Acknowledgements
Norton-3103 was created by Thomas George through the import of gosnell-04182015.ged on Apr 18, 2015.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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