== Biography ==
JOSEPH NORTON JR. was born in 1676 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, the child of JOSEPH NORTON SR. and MARY BAYES. He married SARAH SWAIN in 1695 in Massachusetts. They had at least one child during their marriage. He died on May 7, 1734, in his hometown, at the age of 58, and was buried there.
JOSEPH NORTON, (Joseph,2 Nicholas1), b. abt. 1676; res. E. (on the "Sarson lot"), yeoman, called "Junior" to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph; had two wives, the first one unknown in name or residence, who was the mother of his children; m. (2) Mrs. MARY (Green) PEASE, wid. of Matthew, after 1718. Nothing further is known of either of his marriages or the dates of death of his wives. He d. 1734 and his two sons Bayes and Enoch adm. the estate, being appointed May 7th that year.
Marriage 1 SARAH SWAIN, b: 13 Jul 1670, in 1695, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA
Married 2: MARY GREEN PEASE, widow of Matthew Pease, after 1718.
== Children ==
BAYES, b. 1695.
HOPE, b. (1698); m. ZEPHANIAH LUCE (30) 19 Apr. 1714.
ENOCH, b. 1700.
SAMUEL, b. (1703).
JOSEPH, b. (1705); he adm. the est. of his step-brother, Green Pete, in 1739. Called "Junior".
JABEZ, b. (1707); d. 1745; adm. of est. granted to Isaac Norton "Junior," (416) 9 May 1745.
ISAAC, b. 1709.
== Sources ==
Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 357 - 374
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Repository: Name: Ancestry.com Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Page: Source number: 441.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RBF
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