Ebenezer Norton (1715 - 1785)

Born 30 Dec 1715 in Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Baldwin) Norton — married 1740 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1785 at age 69 in Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer Norton served with 17th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Norton, of Goshen Conn.; married Elizabeth Baldwin in 1740; born in Durham, Conn., on Dec 30, 1715, son of Samuel Norton, of Guilford, Conn, and settled in Goshen in 1739.^[1]

Ebenezer Norton, was a very prominent man, in Goshen; holding various positions, such as Ensign, Captain, Colonel, Moderator of town meetings, Deacon of the church, and was sent to the Legislature. 26 times.^[1]

Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A084748 Service: CONNECTICUT Rank(s): LIEUTENANT COLONEL, PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 12-30-1715 DURHAM HARTFORD CO CONNECTICUT Death: 3-15-1785 GOSHEN LITCHFIELD CO CONNECTICUT Service Source: JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, P 438; HOADLY, PUB RECS OF THE COLONY OF CT, 1772-1776, VOL 15, PP 3, 92, 135 Service Description: COL WOLCOTT, MEMBER OF LEGISLATURE

He died March 15, 1785; and his widow, died April 16, 1811.^[1]

Children of Ebenezer Norton and Elizabeth Baldwin

1. Miles, b. March 30, 1741
2. Aaron, b. March 19, 1743
3. Elizabeth, b. Dec 19, 1746; m. June 14, 1763, John Dowd
4. Ebenezer, b. Aug 12, 1748
5. Rachael, B. June 26, 1752; m. March 5, 1772, Amasa Cook
6. Marann, b. March 13, 1755; m. Nov 24, 1774, Jonathan Buell
7. Olive, b. Jan 31, 1758; m. Nov 13 1777, Timothy Buell
8. Nathaniel, b. Dec 21, 1760; m. Patty Beebe
9. Birdsey, b. June 30, 1763

Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrae.com/memorial/112474273/ebenezer-norton:accessed 5 Sep 2023), memorial page for Ebenezer Norton (30 Dec 1715-15 Mar 1785), Find A Grave: Memorial # 112474273, citing East Street Cemetery, Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Find A Grave.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Pgs 423 & 424 Baldwin genealogy from 1500-1881

• Fowler, William. History of Durham, Connecticut (Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1866) Page 254
• Baldwin, Charles Candee. The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881 (The Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881)
• No. 721, pg 231 - Hollister Family of America compiled by Lafayette Wallace Case, MD 1886 - https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=5eNUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA1
• Ancestry Family Trees (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8200838&pid=-865439097
• https://www.geni.com/people/Lt-Col-Ebenezer-Norton/6000000008539892243

• Ancestry.com. Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Johnston, Henry P., ed.. The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783. Vol. I-III. Hartford, CT, USA: 1889. Accessed 5 Sep 2023. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7426/images/7426-Volume2-0025.
• Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts. Probate Records, 1743-1917; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Litchfield District); Probate Place: Litchfield, Connecticut. Ancestry Record 9049 #304832.