| Note | | Massachusetts Pioneers Nicholas, ae. 40, Sarah, ae. 48, Joseph, ae. 13, with Wm. Lock, ae. 6,cert. from Step-hey parish, came in the Planter March 22, 1634. Res. atCharlestown; rem. to Woburn, 1640. Wife Sarah d. 24 (3) 1643. He m. July12, 1643, Elizabeth Isaac. Nicholas, died; admin. of his est. in Plym. Col. given by Mass. Gen.Court to John Wales of Boston; inv. filed at Plym. 13 (5) 1673.1 |
| Note* | | The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 341 - 382 THE NORTON FAMILY Broadway, situated in the Hundred of Bulstone, is so-called, because itconsists of one wide street leading from Ilminster two miles distant tothe Forest of Roche on the West. It has about fifty houses with about 300population and two religious edifices, one belonging to the Church ofEngland, dedicated to S. Aldhelm, where the parents of Nicholas Nortonworshipped, and a dissenting chapel of which latter named the presentminister is the Rev. John W. Standerwick, a direct descendant of theRichard Standerwick, who had the business dealings with Nicholas Norton.[*Edward Poole, who was a neighbor of Nicholas Norton in Weymouth, was anemigrant from Broadway also.] NICHOLAS NORTON undoubtedly found his wife Elizabeth _____ in Weymouth,or an adjoining town after his arrival in New England, but no record ofhis marriage has been found and nothing to indicate her family name. Theyhad eleven children, four sons and seven daughters; three of theformer—Isaac, Joseph and Benjamin left issue and in the followinggenealogy their descendants will be divided for convenience sake intothree 'tribes' named for these three sons respectively according toseniority. 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 knownthat he ever married. He was living as late as 1691 (Deeds I. 252). 12. ELIZABETH, b. (1646); m. JAMES PEASE. 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. 17. RUTH, b. (1667); m. MOSES CLEVELAND. 18. BENJAMIN, b. 1659. 19. ESTHER, b. (1668) ; m. (1) SAMUEL HUXFORD (1) [Contact GeorgeBallentine for more information on this Huxford family.]; (2) JONATHANDUNHAM 20. MARY, b. (1666); m. THOMAS WOOLLEN.1 |