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DNA# 53451&119861 John Norton of Branford, CT Research Josiah Norton
DNA# 58272 John Norton of Branford, CT Research Stephen Norton
DNA# Sorenson Samuel NORTON 1793 Vermont (needs connection to CT) Pedigree
DNA# Oxford Ancestry - This is an established pedigree to the Sharpenhoe Nortons from Kent, England.

Sharpenhoe-Norton
Kit	Name	* H a p l o	3 9 3	3 9 0	1 9	3 9 1	3 8 5 a	3 8 5 b	4 2 6	3 8 8	4 3 9	3 8 9 | 1	3 9 2	3 8 9 | 2	4 5 8	4 5 9 a	4 5 9 b	4 5 5	4 5 4	4 4 7	4 3 7	4 4 8	4 4 9	4 6 4 a	4 6 4 b	4 6 4 c	4 6 4 d	4 6 4 e	4 6 0	G A T A H 4	Y C A I I a	Y C A I I b	4 5 6	6 0 7	5 7 6	5 7 0	C D Y a	C D Y b	4 4 2	4 3 8
	There appears to be a break in this pedigree. This line has a different DNA signature and links to the noble norton line bearing these arms
119861	John Norton of Branford, CT	-	13	24	14	10	9	15	12	12	11	13	13	29
58272	John Norton of Branford, CT	-	13	24	14	10	9	15	12	12	11	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	16	17	17
53451	John Norton of Branford, CT	-	13	24	14	10	9	15	12	12	11	13	13	29
Oxford Ancestry	Norton, Kent, England		13	24	14	10			12	12	11	13	13	29
Sorenson	Samuel NORTON 1793 Vermont		13	24	14	10	9	15	12	12	11	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	17
Sorenson	Samuel NORTON 1793 Vermont		13	24	14	10	9	15	12	12	11	13	13	29	17	9	10	11	11	25	15	19	29	15	15	17	17
	This line liks with DNA to the Nortons of Sharpenhoe. Connect through Thomas Norton and Grace Wells.
4884	Norton - Loudon, VA to Grant, KY	I2b	14	23	15	10	13	15	11	13	11	14	12	31
20648	Norton Prince Edward Island, Canada	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	31	16	8	10	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	12	14	15
96374	Norton Ct pedigree	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	32
77050	Norton Leistershire, England	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	32	17	8	9	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	12	14	15		11	9	19	21	14	14	18	18	35	41	12	10
141447	Norton Ct. pedigree	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	32	16	8	10	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	12	14	15		11	9	19	21	14	14	18	18	34	40	12	10
36605	Norton Loudon, VA to Grant, KY	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	15	11	13	11	14	12	32	17	8	10	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	12	14	15		11	9	19	21	14	14	18	18	36	40	12	10
90419	Norton Ct pedigree	I2b	14	23	15	10	15	16	11	13	11	14	12	31	16	8	10	11	11	25	14	20	27	11	12	14	15

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RICHARD NORTON - WILL [1567] 

note: This will has been transcribed by Kate Wingrove from the original at the National Archives in London. This is no mean feat if you have ever tried it. If you need transcribing of your docs, contact Kate at wingroves@mac.com

In the name of god amen - this twentie and fowreth day of Julie [in?] the [?ande?] fyve hundred three [score?] and fyve I Richard Norton of Sharpenhowe in the Countie of Bedfordshire yeoman make my last will and testament in forme following first I beseche allmightie god whiche hathe bought my soul with the blood of his onelie [did they leave the word ‘son’ out here?] to receive it to his mercie prepared for them that truste in hym   

I will my boddie to be buried according to the discretion of my executores     Item I give all my landes tenements and hereditaments in the parishe of Stretley to Richard my sonne and to the heyres male of his boddie lawfullie begotten and for wante of such yssue to William my sonne and to the heires male of his boddie lawfullie [lawfully is crossed through] begotten and for defalte of such yssue to Danyell my sonne and to the heires male of his boddie lawfullie [lawfully is crossed through] begotten and for wante of suche yssue to Thomas my sonne and the heires male of his boddy begotten and for want of such yssue the remynder to my right [heires?] for ever provided allwane? and I will that yf anye of mye saide sonnes or any of their yssue inheritable by this my will shall [alien?] or putt awaye any interest to hym or them [lymyted?] by my will withowt assente of my brother Edward Wingate and my cousen Thomas Norton or the survivor of them with such person to whom the first dying of my saide brother and cosen shall comitt the like? [?] in his place being not above the degree of a esquire that he or they so [?] shall have no benefitt of my will but shalbe accepted as ded withowt yssue before suche alienation and withowt any lymitacion appointed to them by my will   

I will also that all my leases within the saide parrishe of Stretley shall passe in the same manner as is limited concerning my free lande allso I wyll that so long as my wief shallbe so well pleased and remeyne my widdowe my said wyef and Richard my sonne shall [jointlie?] have and occupie all my landes and leases above saide to their [owne?] [uses?]    And if my son Richard dye or refuse then my son William shall succede in like use and occupying    And if my sonne William dye or refuse then my sonne Daniell shall succede in like [joynt?] use and occupation but if my wief doo marry or refuse to continue in such [joint?] occupation then I will that she shall have in recompence of her dower the rent of the thirde of all my landes whereof she ys indowable?  and [yerelie?] fortie shillings more to be assigned and reasonablie valued unto her by my brother Thomas Norton my frende Mr Allway and her brother Mr Edwarde Wingate to be paide to her in monney yerely by suche of my children as shall have my saide lande according to this my will so that the she doo imediatlie make sufficient release of her dower and also if she marrie or refuse such [joint?] occupation she shall have her portion of gooddes whiche ys given her by this my will severallie to be delivered her by reasonable devision to be made by my brother Thomas Norton Mr Allwey my brother Edward Wingate and Mr [Vicar?] of Stretley provided [allwares?]    And I will that all and everie of them that shall have or occupie my saide landes according to this my will shall paye owte of my gooddes to my sonne Thomas yearelie and after such promotion fortie shillinges during his lief and allso that all and everie of them that shall so have my saide landes shall bring upp all my children in honist and convenient? sorte and to write and rede at the leste      I give to Richard my sonne my cloase called Gooddyes at Camphill to him and to the heyres males of his boddie for wante of such yssue to William my sonne and the heires males of his boddie for want of such yssue to Daniell my sonne and the heyres male of his boddie for want of such yssue to Thomas my sonne and the heires males of his boddie for want of such yssue to my right heyres for ever provided [allwand?!] that the saide close called Gooddies shall remeyne in occupation withe such persons and such uses as is appointed for my lande in Stretley parrishe till such tyme as some one to whom the inheritance is above appointed shall atteyne the age of twentie and one yeres     

I give my howse and all my landes at Bartenton to Thmas and Daneil my sonnes and the longer lyver of them and after the deathe of the longer lyver of them to my right heires males provided allway     And my will is that he or they that shall have or occupie my landes in the parrishe of Stretley shall owte of my gooddes paye such paymentes and att suche tymes to the preferment of my children and otherwise as by my will is appointed viz whereas my will ys that my wief shall have the one half of my moveable gooddes excepte my leasses and other thinges by my testament bequeathed or to be bequethed so that she be contented during the joynt occupation of my landes joyntlie also to occupie her said gooddes and the other half I give to my sonne Richarde my will that first he by reasonable [praysement?] appoynted to my sonne William fortie poundes to be payde at his age of twentie fowre yeres and to my sonne Daniel fortie poundes to be payed at his age of twentie fower yeres or if my executors shall see good for his or their preferment then to be payde soner at their discretion and to my sonne Thomas fyve poundes to be paide at his first taking of degree of Bachelor of Arte at the least and also fyve poundes therteen shillings and fower pence at his next taking of any other degree in the [?]   And that the saide stockes of money shall be in their hands that shall have and occupie my landes in Stretley parishe so that they take order for the ymployment and payment thereof according to my will in such forte as my cosen Thomas Norton by bonds withe suertie? or for wante of suertie by charging of my lande shall devise    Allso if any of my saide sonnes William and Daniell do dye before their portions receaved or due to be payed I will such portions to be devided equallie to all my sonnes then surviving    

I will that the joyned cupbord and table in my parlor shall remeyne at? heyre rooms? with my howse    I will that my wief have the occupation of all my plate during her lief so that she be bounde to my cosen Thomas Norton to leave at her departure one of my silver saltsellers at her choice to my sonne that shall have my howse    And at her deathe all the rest of my plate to such of her children as she shall appoynte att any tyme during her lief     I will that there be paid to my brother Edward fyve poundes in payment of all legacies to hym due my my mother and my brother Robertes will to be paide at his goying from my howse to my brother William to be bestowed uppon hym att my said brother William’s discretion and so much as shall not be bestowed  uppon hym in his lief tyme I will to be given to the reperation of the Church     Item I give to William Corbie two shepe to be delyvered to his brother Jerom to his use     I give to Jerom Crby a bullock of two yeres olde to be delyvered when he hathe [fined?] my wief and my sonne that shall have my howse two yeres from Michelmas next uppon reasonable [mayd?]   I give to the reparation of Streteley Church twentie shillings which the [tenant?] owethe me    And I gorgive them three busshells of sede barley    

Item twentie shillinges to the amending of the high way betwene Thomas Deacons gate and the grange gate     I give Susan Winche a bullock     Item two [quarters?] of wheate to be bestowed among the poore in Streatley parrishe within two yeres after my dethe by the discretion of my executores and Mr Wattes Vicar there and other three [quarters?] for the which the poor shall gather [stores?] after a rate according to the discretion of my executors   

Item to Johanne my daughter fower ewes and to my daughter hill fower ewes     I forgive Robert Nightingale all that he do oweth me and I do give hym allso tenne shillinges if any doubtefulnes of constuction shall arise uppon my wordes of my will     I will the same to be [expounded?] by my overseers which knowe my myde and their [exposition?] to be taken for my verrie meaning     Item I give my cosen John Norton a bullock   

I appoint executors thereof Mr John Allway my brother Thomas Norton and Mr Henry Watts Vicar of Streatley    And I give to the said Mr Vicar thertene shillinges and fower pence     I give William Dey two shepe and to Agnes Day two shepe     I give to everie of my daughter Wynches children an ewe and a lambe to Richard my daughter Hill’s sonne a bullock and an ewe and a lambe and to John Herson an ewe and a lambe to my sonne william Winche fyve quarters of malt and to my sonne Edward Hill tenne quarters of malt provided allwand that where I have appointed that after my dettes funerall and legacies deducted all the rest of my gooddes be equallie devided between my [wief?] and my sonne Richard my menying and will is that if there remeyne toward such devision [above?] two hundred poundes in all that residewe above two hundred poundes shalbe devided among all my [sonnes?]     I give to either of my executors for their peyne twentie shillinges and do furder will that they shall have and be allowed acording to their owne discretions for all suche expenses [hereby?] lymyted or any other thing for or concerning me or myne provided allwayes    And my will is that all my legacies till suche tyme as they be dew to be paid shall remeyne in the hande and to the use of suche my sonne as shall have the occupying of my lande in Stretley parishe so that he first give suche assuerances for the trewe paymet thereof as my cosen Thomas Norton shall devise    

I will allso that my wief and everie of my children to whom my lands hereditaments or legacies shalbe lymyted by my wief shall enter into suche bondes and formes of covenants at suche tyme in suche sorte and to suche persones as my cosen Thomas Norton shall devise and requyre for such performance of all things conteyned in my will uppon peyne to forfeit all thinges to them lymyted by my will as if no mention hath ben made of them in my will. 

PROBATUM [latin words follow - can’t read them!] mentions Edward Wingate and Thomas Norton executors

53451

Children of JOHN NORTON and DOROTHY/DORATHA are:
i. ELIZABETH9 NORTON, b. 1645.
ii. HANNAH NORTON, b. 1647.
iii. DOROTHY NORTON, b. 01 Mar 1649, Branford; m. UNKNOWN DICKINSON.
iv. JOHN NORTON, b. 24 May 1650, Branford; d. 15 Jan 1657, Branford.
Children of JOHN NORTON and ELIZABETH are:
v. FELIX?9 NORTON, b. 14 Oct 1657; d. 15 Jan 1658, Branford, Connecticut.
vi. JOHN NORTON, b. 14 Oct 1657, Branford; d. 25 Apr 1725, Farmington, Connecticut.
Children of JOHN NORTON and ELIZABETH CLARK are:
vii. SAMUEL9 NORTON, b. 13 May 1659, Farmington; d. 21 Aug 1659, Farmington.
viii. THOMAS NORTON, b. 1660, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 02 May 1729.

Children of JOHN NORTON and RUTH MOORE/MORE are:
i. RUTH10 NORTON, b. Abt. 1675, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 19 Jul 1710, Hartford.
ii. ELIZABETH NORTON, b. Abt. 1678; d. 14 Aug 1724.
iii. ISAAC NORTON, b. 1680, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 10 Jan 1763.
iv. JOHN/JONATHAN NORTON, b. Abt. 1684, Farmington; d. 1750, Farmington.
v. MARY NORTON, b. Abt. 1686, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 24 May 1763.
vi. SARAH NORTON, b. 01 Apr 1689, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 05 Dec 1775.
vii. HANNAH NORTON, b. 1692, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 30 Jun 1753.
viii. DORCAS NORTON, b. Abt. 1694, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 1751; m. JOSEPH BIRD; b. 15 Aug 1695
ix. THOMAS NORTON, b. Abt. 1697, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 1760.
x. EBENEZER NORTON, b. Abt. 1700, Farmington, Connecticut; d. 21 Mar 1750.

Children of ISAAC NORTON and ELIZABETH GALPIN are:
i. ELIZABETH11 NORTON, b. 20 Jun 1708; m. JONATHAN EDWARDS.
ii. CHARLES NORTON, b. 1710, Farmington; d. died young.
iii. RUTH NORTON, b. 06 Jan 1711, Farmington, Connecticut; m. WILLIAM BURNHAM, 18 Feb 1728.
iv. ABIGAIL NORTON, b. 25 Mar 1716; m. LUKE HITCHCOCK.
v. TABITHA NORTON, b. 20 Dec 1718; d. 1770.
vi. ACHSAH NORTON, b. 10 Jun 1721, Farmington.
vii. JOSIAH NORTON, b. 1726, Farmington; d. 24 Nov 1726.
viii. ELNATHAN NORTON, b. 24 Sep 1729.
ix. ISAAC NORTON, b. 01 Sep 1713.

Children of ACHSAH NORTON and JEDEDIAH NORTON are:
Notes for JEDEDIAH NORTON: --born 1710 or 1712?
--of Farmington; moved to Kensington, Connecticut;


i. REBECCA12 NORTON, m. A WRIGHT.
ii. LYDIA NORTON, d. 1812; m. JOSIAH THOMPSON.
iii. JOSIAH NORTON, b. Abt. 1748. --of Castleton, Vermont
1790 census Josiah Norton Castleton, Rutland, VT 1/4/4/0
1800 census Josiah Norton Fair Haven, Rutland, VT 1/1/2/-/1 >1755
1810 census Josiah Norton Addison, Addison, VT 1/2/0/1/0 (26-44 1766-1784)
1810 census Abel Norton Addison, Addison, VT 3/0/0/2/0
1810 census Benjamin Norton Addison, Addison, VT 1/0/0/1/0
1810 census Bela Norton Addison, Addison, VT 2/1/0/1/0
1820 census Josiah Norton Addison, Addison, VT

1840 census Josiah Norton 70-80 1760-1770 Addison, Vermont -/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/1
1840 census Zenas Norton 70-80 1760-1770 Addison, Vermont 1/1/3/0/0/0/1/0/1

Thomas Norton b.15 Sep 1609 Sharpenhoe, Streatley, Bedfordshire, England
----- Thomas Norton b.6 Aug 1637 Guilford, New Haven, CT
---------- Samuel Norton b.6 Nov 1681 Saybrook, Middlesex, CT
--------------- Ebenezer Norton b.30 Dec 1715 Durham, Middlesex, CT
-------------------- Aaron Norton b.19 Mar 1743 Goshen, Litchfield, CT & Martha Foote
-------------------------E.F. (Ebenezer F. Norton?) age 77 b. Nov.1774 CT A. (Abigail Kibbe?) Norton age 87 b. abt. 1763 CT
-------------------------(Living with Charles 1850 Buffalo, NY census)
------------------------------Charles Norton (age 25 in 1830) m. Julia Ann Maltby also age 25
------------------------------Lucinda b.1831 d. 7-19-1911 Oakland, CA m. Wm. Henry Moore
------------------------------Henry b.1833 died? SF m. Ida Fletcher
-----------------------------------Fletcher born 1877 SF. Fletcher became a movie actor in 1900's.
------------------------------Julia L. b. 1839 - d. SF m. Benjamin Hartshorne
------------------------------Edward b.4-26-1835 d. bef. 1900 SF m. Sarah Catherine Saxe
-----------------------------------Edward Saxe Norton b. 3-14-1876 d. 9-10-1947 (fought in Spanish Amer. War)
----------------------------------- Charles Franklin Norton b. 10-16-1878 d. 11-4-1951
----------------------------------- Janet S. Norton b. 10-3-1880 m. Ralph Kent born aft. 1880:
----------------------------------- Murray Norton b. 6-29-1883 d. July 1968
----------------------------------- Francis Tracy Norton b. 11-0-1885 d. 3-14-1963 m. Estelle Vath

DNA Test #90419
Jon Norman Norton -jonnorton@aol.com

Thomas Norton b. 15 Sep 1609 Sharpenhoe, Bedforshire, England
----- John Norton b. ABT 1640 Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut w.Hannah Stone
----------John Norton b. 29 May 1668 Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut
---------------Joseph Norton b. 10 Oct 1704 Guilford,New Haven,Connecticut
--------------------DAVID NORTON b. 21 Oct 1730 New Haven,Guilford,Connecticutt
-------------------------Ozias Norton b. 10 FEB 1753 W. Wolcott, New Haven, Connecticut
------------------------------David Norton b. 9 May 1773, Wolcott, Ct or Litchfield, Ct m. Dinah Welton
-----------------------------------Harvey Norton b.April 26, 1805 Sherburne county, New York,

JOHN NORTON b.1651 Died 1716 aged 65
REV JOHN NORTON MA of Hingham Massachusetts who took his second degree in 1716 was born about 1651

He was nephew of the Reverend John Norton of Ipswich and of Boston and son of William Norton of Ipswich whose wife was Lucy daughter of Emanuel Downing the graduate thus being nephew of Sir George Downing HU 1642 and grandson of Governor John sister
Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts By John Langdon Sibley, Clifford Kenyon Shipton, Conrad Edick Wright, Edward William Hanson

It was an extraordinary group of settlers who came to Ipswich - men of substance and education, who were among the key founders of the Puritan Commonwealth: Thomas Dudley, Deputy Governor; Magistrates Simon Bradstreet, Richard Saltonstall, and Samuel Symonds; and Ministers Nathaniel Ward, John Norton, William Hubbard, and Nathaniel Rogers.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
By Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters, Henry F. Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society

"As has been mentioned a copy of the foregoing was made in 1802 bv Samuel Norton who brought down his line of descent to that date and subsequently continued it to 1821 in substance as follows:

JOHN NORTON son of William and Alice Browest and grandson of William came to New England and d.s.p.

His brother WILLIAM NORTON of Ipswich had a son JOHN minister at Hingham who m Mary Mason and had Elizabeth who m Col John Quincy and a son Capt JOHN NORTON This latter named John m Elizabeth dau of Col John Thaxter and had JOHN William and Samuel JOHN m Anne dau of Jeremiah Belknap of Boston and had issue SAMUEL and Sarah Of these Samuel m Jane dau of Joseph Andrews and had issue John Jane wife of Thomas Wigglesworth Samuel and ANDREWS ANDREWS NORTON Professor of Sacred Literature at Harvard College m Catharine 4th dau of Samuel Eliot of Boston

I will add that the children of Prof Andrews and Catharine Eliot Norton are Louisa Catharine Jane Charles Eliot and Grace

Rev JOHN NORTON son of William and Alice was b according to Mather's Magnalia at Starford Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire May 6 1606 He came to New England in 1634 settled at Ipswich in 1636 and in 1655 succeeded Rev John Cotton as min of the First Church Boston where he d April 5 1663 He m Mary who survived him

Rev WILLIAM NORTON brother of the preceding m Lucy probably dnu of Emanuel and Lucy Winthrop Downing Besides his son Rev John of Hingham he had a son Bonus1 a dau Elizabeth who m 1st Col John Wainwright and 2d Hon Isaac Addington and perhaps other children who d young He d April 30 1694 a 68 His widow d Feb 5 1697 8

BONUS NORTON brotherof the preceding was b about 1657 took the oath of fidelity 1678 was of Ipswich 1691 but Sept 29 1712 is named as a resident of Hingham where his brother John was then minister in the will of Mrs Anne Downing Bradstreet He afterwards removed to Hampton NH where he d April 30 1718 aged 61 years as appears by his gravestone in that part of Hampton now Seabrook His wife Mary a dau of Joseph and Sarah Whipple Goodhue survived him and adm on his estate June 4 1718 in Rockingham County Their ch were William b May 9 1691 Joseph b Nov 17 1695 Sam Be b Sept 12 1699 Elizabeth who m 1st Mr Jenness 2d Ben jamin Swett Lucy and Anne

Hiram Norton b. Oct. 3, 1828 Prince Edward Peninsula, Can

Hirams father was also born in Canada abt 1800. It would appear his ancestors were Loyalists during the Revolution who sheltered at PEI. Chances are they came from CT about 1777. Theres no more than 2 generations before Hirams father. It was the practice on PEI to shelter Loyalists, especially noble born.

-----ggrandfather b.1740. 1777 leave CT
----------gfather b. 1770 CT
---------------father b. 1800 canada
--------------------Hiram b. 1828 canada

Hiram NORTON, proprietor of the Lockport Carriage Factory, Lockport; born in Prince Edward Peninsula, Can., Oct. 3, 1828; his schoolboy days closed at the age of 11 years, and from that date until be arrived at the age of 18 years, he was completely disabled by rheumatism from engaging in any active pursuits; after recovering his health, he was three years on the farm, and, at the age of 21, went to his trade at Demorestville; in October, 1860, he came to Lockport and opened up his carriage factory. He was married in January 1865, to Catharine BANNER, a native of England; has four children - Mary, Benjamin F., Charles B. and John. Mr. NORTON uses nothing but the beat of material, employs none but the beat of workmen, and fully warrants every vehicle sent forth from his establishment.

Biographies Extracted from
History of Will County, Illinois
Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co. 1878

Hiram Norton b. Prince Edward Peninsula, Can., Oct. 3, 1828
Emigrated to US 1860

Chances are this family were loyalists during the Revolution and escaped to Prince Edward Island. The island was populated at this time by nobility from England.

Hiram NORTON, proprietor of the Lockport Carriage Factory, Lockport; born in Prince Edward Peninsula, Can., Oct. 3, 1828; his schoolboy days closed at the age of 11 years, and from that date until be arrived at the age of 18 years, he was completely disabled by rheumatism from engaging in any active pursuits; after recovering his health, he was three years on the farm, and, at the age of 21, went to his trade at Demorestville; in October, 1860, he came to Lockport and opened up his carriage factory. He was married in January 1865, to Catharine BANNER, a native of England; has four children - Mary, Benjamin F., Charles B. and John. Mr. NORTON uses nothing but the beat of material, employs none but the beat of workmen, and fully warrants every vehicle sent forth from his establishment.

1870 Census Lockport, Will, Illinois
1880 Census father, mother born in Canada Wagonmaker

1798 - Census Prince Edward Island - No Nortons
1800 - father of Hiram born in Canada

Edmund Fanning, also a Loyalist exiled by the Revolution, took over as the second governor, serving until about 1806. His tenure was more successful than Walter Patterson's.
During the 19th century, the colony of Prince Edward Island began to attract "adventurous Victorian families looking for elegance on the sea. Prince Edward Island became a fashionable retreat in the nineteenth century for British nobility".

1828 - family in Canada, Hiram born. Prince Edward Peninsula, Can., Oct. 3, 1828 Lots 1-18

1841 Census PEI John Norton lot 53 James Norton lot 52

1864 - Hiram (age 44) and Catherine (age 29) married. Where?

1867 - Earliest known time in Lockport, IL

Hiram NORTON. He lived in Lockport, Will Co., from about 1838 until his death in 1875. He had the following children: Lemuel Dickinson, Samuel Warner, Harriet, Charles Almond, John Lyman, and Mary by his second wife, Rhoda Kingsley Warner. He had three sons by his third wife Elizabeth Safier: James, Edward and George. John Lyman NORTON spent his entire life in Lockport. I do not know what happened to any of the others.
Kay Norton Smalley
knsmalley@hotmail.com

Biographies
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Extracted from
History of Will County, Illinois
Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co.
1878

Thanks to Dori Leekley and Margie Glenn for their contributions to this project.
Hiram NORTON, proprietor of the Lockport Carriage Factory, Lockport; born in Prince Edward Peninsula, Can., Oct. 3, 1828; his schoolboy days closed at the age of 11 years, and from that date until be arrived at the age of 18 years, he was completely disabled by rheumatism from engaging in any active pursuits; after recovering his health, he was three years on the farm, and, at the age of 21, went to his trade at Demorestville; in October, 1860, he came to Lockport and opened up his carriage factory. He was married in January 1865, to Catharine BANNER, a native of England; has four children - Mary, Benjamin F., Charles B. and John. Mr. NORTON uses nothing but the beat of material, employs none but the beat of workmen, and fully warrants every vehicle sent forth from his establishment.

People researching the Norton family:
Name Email Lot or Community
Dave Hunter dhunter@islandregister.com Wales/Brudenell PEI.
Daphne Schober daphnes@telus.net Lot 53

From Kay Smalley
He is Hiram (1828)'s great grandson. Hiram (1828) was born in Demorestville which is in Prince Edward COUNTY, in Ontario. I made the same mistake you did when I started out, thinking Prince Edward Peninsula must be Prince Edward Island, but it is not. It is a Peninsula which sticks out into Lake Ontario and it is part of Prince Edward COUNTY in Ontario. Prince Edward County was also settled in large part by Loyalists.

There were two Hiram Nortons in Lockport, IL.

One of them came from Prince Edward Co. in about 1860.

The other was born in Skaneateles NY in 1799. Hiram (1799) arrived in Lockport in 1838 from Grenville County, Ontario, Canada (where he had served as an MP). He founded Norton and Co in Lockport which was in the grain business. He is the one who died in 1875. He was my great-great-granfather. His line is in test #11197.

There are no Norton matches to #11197 in the Family Tree database, and the DNA record indicates that #11197 is not related to #20648. Number 20648's family also believes that the two Norton families in Lockport were not related.

Richard Norton, Sharpenhow----Margery Wingar
----- William Norton, Sharpenhow--1st wife, Margaret Hawers, Shelton; 2nd Demis Cheemsley, Sharpenhow
---------- Richard Norton, b. Sharpenhow, d. London---1st wife Lettice Norton (father Luke Norton), 2nd Ellen Rowley
--------------- John Norton Sr., b London, d Farmington CT----------1st wife Dorothy, 2nd Elizabeth, 3rd Elizabeth
-------------------- John Norton Jr., Branford CT
------------------------- James Norton Sr. Bristol CT
------------------------------James Norton Jr. CT
-----------------------------------Stephen Norton NY (BROTHER OF JOSIAH)
----------------------------------------Theodore (Thoda) Norton NY and IL
---------------------------------------------George T Norton OH
--------------------------------------------------Paul Ullyses Norton, IL and Neb