Bonus Norton

Biography

Bonus Norton b.abt1657 d April 30 1718 m. Mary Goodhue. He was the son of Rev. William Norton and his wife Lucy Downing.

BONUS NORTON 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 daughter of Joseph and Sarah Whipple Goodhue, survived him, and adm on his estate June 4 1718 in Rockingham County.

Their children 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.

Notes for Bonus Norton: Bonus Norton was in Ipswich before 1690. After marrying Mary Goodhue, he moved to Hingham, MA, and then to Hampton, NH. He operated a teavern in Hampton from 1695 to 1700.

Many sources note that he brought with him from England choice quality apple trees.

Children of Bonus Norton and Mary Goodhue are:

• i. John Norton, married Rebecca Wilson 11 Jul 1717 in Kittery, York County, Maine (Source: Kittery, Maine Vital Records.); born 16 Feb 1695/96.
• ii. Mary Norton, married Daniel Moody 19 May 1708.
• iii. Sarah Norton, married Thomas Waite 26 Nov 1713.
• iv. Joseph Norton, born 17 Nov 1695.
• v. Samuel Norton, born 12 Sep 1699.
• 195 vi. Elizabeth Norton, born 31 Mar 1703 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died 25 Mar 1759 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; married (1) Thomas Jenness 17 Oct 1723 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; married (2) Benjamin Swett 20 Jul 1732 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
• vii. Lucy Norton, born 10 Sep 1706 in Hampton, Rockingham County, Massachusetts; married John Jenness.
• viii. Anne Norton, born 20 Mar 1706/07; married Jonathan Towle 12 Dec 1728; born 05 Apr 1703 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; died 23 Apr 1791 in Epsom, New Hampshire.

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Bonus Norton was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA on 1657 to William Norton and Lucy Downing. Bonus married Mary Goodhue and had 6 children. He passed away on 30 Apr 1719 in Epsom, New Hampshire, USA.

Parents

William Norton 1621-1694

Lucy Downing 1633-1697

Spouse(s)

Mary Goodhue 1663-1704

Children

William Norton 1690-Unknown

Joseph Norton 1699-1748

Samuel Norton 1699-Unknown

Elizabeth Norton 1703-1759

Lucy Norton 1706-Unknown

Anna Norton 1708-1741

References

1. The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) "George Norton of Salem, Massachusetts" by Herbert F. Seversmith. Vol. 16, p. 111. < AmericanAncestors >
2. Great Migration 1634-1635, M-P. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007. featured name. < AmericanAncestors.Org >
3. A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #3 Martin - Masson By James Savage.
4. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Norton-1672 Cites
   1. Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1862) Vol. 4, Page 189: Note 27. < Archive.Org >
   2. Thornton, Wingate. Inscriptions from Grave-Stones in Seabrook, N.H., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1873) Vol. 27, Page 60. < Archive.Org > "Here lyes ye Body | of Mr. Bonus Morten. Died Apriel I 30 1718 Aged | 61 years." [Son of Wm. Norton, of Ipswich, and of Lucy Downing-Wintbrop Norton. His wife was Mary, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Goodhue) Whipple, of Ipswich, See Register, vol. xiii. 229.]
   3. Goodhue, Jonathan. History and Genealogy of the Goodhue Family in England and America to the Year 1890 (E. R. Andrews, Rochester, NY, 1891) Page 13-4 < Archive.Org >
5. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Bonus_Norton_%281%29 cites
   1. Lincoln, George; Thomas T. Bouve; Edward T. Bouve; John D. Long; Walter L. Bouve; Francis H. Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; Charles W. S Seymour; and Town of Hingham. History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts . (Hingham, Massachusetts: The Town, 1893) 3:93. “Children of William Norton and Lucy Downing: 3) Bonus, b. 1657, d. Hampton 30 Apr 1718, gravestone says aet 61 years.”
   2. "Norton", in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862) 3:290. “Norton, Bonus, Ipswich, s. of William, had w. Mary Goodhue, d. of Joseph, m. bef. 1690, who outliv. him, and ch. John; Mary; Sarah; William b. 9 May 1691; Joseph, 17 Nov 1695; Samuel, 12 Sept. 1699; Eliz.; Lucy; and Ann; but the order is unkn. for the most. He rem. to Hingham in his mid. life, went last to Hampton, there d. 30 Apr. 1718, aged 61, as the gr.st. tells”
6. “Welcome to the town of Seabrook, New Hampshire.” < link > The community was settled in 1638 and named for the many brooks meandering to the Atlantic Ocean through its extensive salt marshes. Its early inhabitants were primarily engaged in the farming and fishing industries. Many of our current residents can trace their ancestry to the first Quaker settlers who moved here and established what is still a community with a special small-town atmosphere.