Individual Details
Nicholas NORTON
(Abt 1610 - 1690)
V. NICHOLAS, b. 1610 (the emigrant). He deposed in 1676 aged 66 years.
NICHOLAS NORTON undoubtedly found his wife Elizabeth _____ in Weymouth, or an adjoining town after his arrival in New England, but no record of his marriage has been found and nothing to indicate her family name. They had eleven children, four sons and seven daughters; three of the former—Isaac, Joseph and Benjamin left issue and in the following genealogy their descendants will be divided for convenience sake into three "tribes" named for these three sons respectively according to seniority. By wife Elizabeth he had the following named children:
10. ISAAC,2 b. 3 May 1641.
11. JACOB, b. 1 Mch. 1643; res. Edgartown and Barnstable. It is not known that he ever married. He was living as late as 1691 (Deeds I. 252).
12. ELIZABETH, b. (1646); m. JAMES PEASE (50).
13. HANNAH, b. (1648); m. (1) AUGUSTINE WILLIAMS of Stonington, Conn. (2) bef. 1703 _____ BROWNE of Killingworth, same state.
14. JOSEPH, b. Mch. 1651.
15. SARAH, b. (1665); m. JOHN STANBRIDGE of Newport, R. I.
16. PRISCILLA, b. (1666); m. JOHN BUTLER (10).
17. RUTH, b. (1667); m. MOSES CLEVELAND (10).
18. BENJAMIN, b. 1659.
19. ESTHER, b. (1668) ; m. (1) SAMUEL HUXFORD (1) [Contact George Ballentine for more information on this Huxford family.]; (2) JONATHAN DUNHAM (41)
20. MARY, b. (1666); m. THOMAS WOOLLEN (10).
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I) Nicholas Norton was born in 1610, in England, and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts, among the pioneers. February 20, 1639, he bought of Richard Standerwick, of Broadway, Somersetshire, a clothier, all the cattle in the hands of Mr. Hull, in New England. He was a prominent citizen and held various town offices. He removed to Martha's Vineyard, and died there in 1690, aged eighty years. Children: Joseph; Nicholas; Isaac, born at Weymouth, May 3, 1641; Jacob, March 1, 1644
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Please note, the below Will was copied from file of Kenneth Frank Doig. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...=doigk&id=I28007
The last will and testament of me Nicolas Norton Being very weak in body but of perfect under standing and Souend memory After my death and desent Christian burial: I give and bequest m y worry good as foloeth:-
Iprimes: I give my Son Izak Norton on half Comminig as also fouer Small Shares of medow
Secondly I give my Son Benjamin Norton all my medow at Saniacantick as also my medow at Morth als neck beach from the Crick dug into the Great pond westward as also my now dwelling hone s and all my land aioyning to my Sayd houes after the deces of my wife Elizabeth Norton as al so my lots at quompasha with all my devided land Elsewhere: provided my Sayd Son Beniamin del iver up his now dweling houes to my now wife Elizabeth Norton with the land aioyning to the S ayd houes: to be at my Sayd wifes sole will and pleseuer to dispose of at or before her deses e, as also all that medow I have from a Creek to Izak Norton Medow
thirdly. I give Moses Cleveland the Remaynder of the Sayd medow to joyne with Weeks medow als o on halfe Commonidg with all prevleges belonging there untoo
fourthly I give my Son in law Thomas Wolling on halfe Commonidg with all prevelidges belongin g to it with a pese of medow from Izak Norton's medow to the Creeke abofe named.
fifthly I give my Son Joseph Norton a tract of land lying at Saniacantacket joyning to the mi ll Creke which I bought of Mr Sam.
Sixtly I give that whole Commonidg which was Arys to my aforeSayd Son Beniamin Norton
Seventhly I give to Elizabeth Norton my wife all my Catle Coues oxen Steeres & Sheepe also al l my hors kind & furder I give my Sayd wife Elizabeth Norton all my houeshold goods Beding pe wter bras Iron tin wood wood as Chests trunks tables Chayers and all other things not named , also all plowes Carts Chayns yoks and all other utensells with all lumber: furder I leve m y Sayd wife to give my dafter pese and my dafter wil (Wollong or Williams) and my dafter Stan bridg & my dafter Butler Something to Every one of them as much as shee sese cause: as also m y dafter huxford to her my wife knows my mind
Eithly, my medow at the neck Caueled the Manado I leve to my wife Elizabeth Norton
Ninthly I doe apoynt my Sayd wife Elizabeth Norton to be my Sole Execitor and to performe m y will as abof whritin.
The mark of N Nicklis Norton
Witness
Richard Sarson Joseph Norton.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1610 | Broadway, Somerset, England |  |  | |
| Birth | 1610 | Broadway, Somerset, England | | ||
| Birth | 1610 | Keynsham, England | | ||
| Arrival | 1620 - 1650 | Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Arrival | 1620 - 1650 | Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Residence | By 1637 | Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Arrival | 1637 | Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Property | 20 Feb 1639 | bought all the cattle in the hands of Mr Joseph Hull in New England from Richard Standerwick of Broadway, Somerset - Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Marriage | By 1641 | Massachusetts Bay, British America - Elizabeth [wife of Benjamin Norton] [UNKNOWN] | | | |
| Marriage | 1641 | British America - Elizabeth [wife of Benjamin Norton] [UNKNOWN] | | ||
| Arrival | 1641 | Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Election | 1646 | constable and collector of rates (taxes) - Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Election | 26 Nov 1651 | rater (assessor) - Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | 1657 | allotted land - Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Removed | 1659 | Dukes, New York, British America | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1660 | received a 1 pound bounty for killing a wolf - Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1673 | joined the so-called "Dutch Rebellion" (for which he was later tried and convicted) | | ||
| Property | 9 Feb 1681/82 | was allotted land - Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Death | 1690 | Edgartown, Dukes, New York, British America | | | |
| Death | Abt 1690 | Dukes, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | Abt 1690 | Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States | | ||
| Will | 17 Apr 1690 | Edgartown, Dukes, New York, British America | | | |
| Occupation | a tanner, probably | | |||
| Arrival | 1635 | Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth [wife of Benjamin Norton] [UNKNOWN] (1612 - 1690) |
| Child | Benjamin NORTON (1659 - 1733) |
| Child | Isaac NORTON (1641 - 1723) |
| Child | Jacob NORTON (1643 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth NORTON (1646 - ) |
| Child | Hannah NORTON (1648 - ) |
| Child | Joseph NORTON (1651 - 1741) |
| Child | Benjamin NORTON (1659 - 1733) |
| Child | Sarah NORTON (1665 - ) |
| Child | Mary NORTON (1666 - ) |
| Child | Priscilla NORTON (1666 - ) |
| Child | Ruth NORTON (1667 - ) |
| Child | Hester NORTON (1668 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Deposed in 1676 that he was 66 years of age.Marriage
Torrey's Marriages lists the place of marriage as "Weymouth/Martha's Vineyard/Edgartown"Removed
elsewhere on the same page, the sketch says between 22 Sep 1652 and 28 Jan 1661Death
inferredWill
I found a source with this note attached:Please note, the below Will was copied from file of Kenneth Frank Doig. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o...=doigk&id=I28007
The last will and testament of me Nicolas Norton Being very weak in body but of perfect under standing and Souend memory After my death and desent Christian burial: I give and bequest m y worry good as foloeth:-
Iprimes: I give my Son Izak Norton on half Comminig as also fouer Small Shares of medow
Secondly I give my Son Benjamin Norton all my medow at Saniacantick as also my medow at Morth als neck beach from the Crick dug into the Great pond westward as also my now dwelling hone s and all my land aioyning to my Sayd houes after the deces of my wife Elizabeth Norton as al so my lots at quompasha with all my devided land Elsewhere: provided my Sayd Son Beniamin del iver up his now dweling houes to my now wife Elizabeth Norton with the land aioyning to the S ayd houes: to be at my Sayd wifes sole will and pleseuer to dispose of at or before her deses e, as also all that medow I have from a Creek to Izak Norton Medow
thirdly. I give Moses Cleveland the Remaynder of the Sayd medow to joyne with Weeks medow als o on halfe Commonidg with all prevleges belonging there untoo
fourthly I give my Son in law Thomas Wolling on halfe Commonidg with all prevelidges belongin g to it with a pese of medow from Izak Norton's medow to the Creeke abofe named.
fifthly I give my Son Joseph Norton a tract of land lying at Saniacantacket joyning to the mi ll Creke which I bought of Mr Sam.
Sixtly I give that whole Commonidg which was Arys to my aforeSayd Son Beniamin Norton
Seventhly I give to Elizabeth Norton my wife all my Catle Coues oxen Steeres & Sheepe also al l my hors kind & furder I give my Sayd wife Elizabeth Norton all my houeshold goods Beding pe wter bras Iron tin wood wood as Chests trunks tables Chayers and all other things not named , also all plowes Carts Chayns yoks and all other utensells with all lumber: furder I leve m y Sayd wife to give my dafter pese and my dafter wil (Wollong or Williams) and my dafter Stan bridg & my dafter Butler Something to Every one of them as much as shee sese cause: as also m y dafter huxford to her my wife knows my mind
Eithly, my medow at the neck Caueled the Manado I leve to my wife Elizabeth Norton
Ninthly I doe apoynt my Sayd wife Elizabeth Norton to be my Sole Execitor and to performe m y will as abof whritin.
The mark of N Nicklis Norton
Witness
Richard Sarson Joseph Norton
Endnotes
1. Channing Harris Cox;George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 volumes (Weymouth, MA: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol 4, p 445; searchable index to online page images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21610 : accessed 15 April 2017). citing Bank's History of Martha's Vineyard, 2:85.
2. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: accessed 21 May 2015), vol 2, p 1102, "NORTON, Nicholas (1610-1690?) & Elizabeth ____; by 1641; Weymouth/Martha's Vineyard/Edgartown; citing Reg. 46:187; Wickham-Billard 76; Benton (1906) 62-3; Martha's Vineyard 342; Cleveland 23; Norton (#1) 8, 9; Norton (#2) 6, 49.
3. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
6. "U. S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database index, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7486/: accessed 17 April 2017), source publication code 275, Banks, p 138; other records in the database provide more specific dates of 1635, 1637, and 1641 .
7. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1620-1650; Page Number: 138.
8. Channing Harris Cox;George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 volumes (Weymouth, MA: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol 4, p 445; searchable index to online page images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21610 : accessed 15 April 2017).
9. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1637; Page Number: 206.
10. Channing Harris Cox;George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 volumes (Weymouth, MA: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol 4, p 445; searchable index to online page images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21610 : accessed 15 April 2017). citing Plymouth County Records.
11. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: accessed 21 May 2015), vol 2, p 1102, "NORTON, Nicholas (1610-1690?) & Elizabeth ____; by 1641; Weymouth/Martha's Vineyard/Edgartown; citing Reg. 46:187; Wickham-Billard 76; Benton (1906) 62-3; Martha's Vineyard 342; Cleveland 23; Norton (#1) 8, 9; Norton (#2) 6, 49.
12. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
13. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1641; Page Number: 208.
14. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
15. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
16. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
17. Channing Harris Cox;George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 volumes (Weymouth, MA: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol 4, p 445; searchable index to online page images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21610 : accessed 15 April 2017). citing Mayflower Descendant, 17:241.
18. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
19. Dorothy Cottle Poole, A New Vineyard (Edgartown, MA: Dukes County Historical Society, 1976), p. 144.
20. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
21. "New England Marriages to 1700 [Torrey]," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: accessed 21 May 2015), vol 2, p 1102, "NORTON, Nicholas (1610-1690?) & Elizabeth ____; by 1641; Weymouth/Martha's Vineyard/Edgartown; citing Reg. 46:187; Wickham-Billard 76; Benton (1906) 62-3; Martha's Vineyard 342; Cleveland 23; Norton (#1) 8, 9; Norton (#2) 6, 49.
22. Walter Whittlesey Norton, Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: with Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons, etc. (Lakeville, CT: The Journal Press, 1909), p. 49-52, genealogical sketch of Nicholas Norton; digital page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/stream/somedescendantsof00nort : accessed 16 April 2017).
23. Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
25. Channing Harris Cox;George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 4 volumes (Weymouth, MA: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923), vol 4, p 445; searchable index to online page images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=21610 : accessed 15 April 2017).
26. Dorothy Cottle Poole, A New Vineyard (Edgartown, MA: Dukes County Historical Society, 1976), p. 144.
27. Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010), Place: Weymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 51.