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About Captain Francis Norton, Immigrant
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Please don't conflate Francis Norton of Charlestown with Francis Norton of Weathersfield and Milford
Francis Norton, Jr. Immigrant
His wife's parentage is UNKNOWN. She was not Mary Houghton. See her profile for details.
Francis married Mary Houghton, daughter of Nicholas Houghton and Elinor Newnam, in March 1627/28.
Francis and Mary immigrated on 26 June 1637 to the American Colonies, with Reverend Peter Prudden's group from Yorkshire, England. Rev. Prudden preached in Hertfordshire, England until 1637. That was when he was driven out by persecution. He and his group arrived in Boston and traveled to New Haven, Connecticut. Francis and Mary moved to New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut. In 1639, Francis was living in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was a sea captain. Sometime before 1658, Francis and family moved to Branford Connecticut. They later ended up in New Haven, Connecticut.
Francis died on 3 February 1666/67 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. The cause of death was drowning. He was about 61 years old. He left a will on 28 January 1666. He has also been reported as dying on 27 July 1667 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Child of Captain Francis Norton Junior and Mary Houghton:
- Mary Norton b. 1627, d. 24 Jan 1682/83
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ID: I186
Name: Francis Norton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sex: M
Birth: 1606 9 10 11
Death: 3 FEB 1667 in New Haven, New Haven Co., CT 12 13 14
Note: The Nortons have generally had black hair with dark complexions. They were of vigorous constitution, full of energy, great workers. FRANCIS NORTON, of Piscataqua, 1631, was an agent for Capt. John Mason there until 1641, when he removed to Charleston. He was a man of education and old-time culture; was admitted freeman, 1642; captain of militia; representative eleven years. An early writer said: "A man of a bold and cheerful spirit, being well disciplined and an able man." . Francis Norton was a sea captain, lived at Wethersfield in 1639, and went to New Haven, Branford and Milford, being drowned at Milford, February 3, 1667. In his will, dated January 28, 1666, and proved March 21, 1667, he gives his wife œ100, son Joseph Northrop two acres of land, son Jeremiah œ5, cousin John Norton, of Farmington, œ15, and appoints his cousin Jno. Norton, of Farmington, and Joseph Nash, of Hartford, his executors "a" 26 . Francis Norton was one of the five stewards of a large company sent out by Captain Jno. Mason to the province of New Hampshire, about 1630. He took the freeman's oath in 1642, and moved from Piscataqua about 1634 to Charlestown, Mass., where he died, July 27, 1667. His widow, Mary, married Deacon Wm. Stetson, August 20, 1670. Four daughters are mentioned in the settlement of his estate, but nothing said of his son Francis, ("a" 44,) who died a few months previous to his father, (February 3, 1667.) FRANCIS NORTON was an inhabitant of Charlestown, Mass., in 1637. He acted as Mrs. Mason's attorney and agent after 1638. He became a member of the church at Charlestown, 10 April 1642. His sympathies were with the government of Massachusetts, and he is charged with having connived with its encroachments for his own private ends. Mason's storehouse at Newichawannock was burned in 1645, and it may have been then that Norton drove away the hundred cattle to Boston and sold them for about twenty-five pounds apiece.
Change Date: 28 JUN 2005
Marriage 1 Mary Houghton b: ABT 1610 in England
Married: ABT 1625 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT 5
Children
Mary Norton b: 1627 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT
Francis Norton Jr b: abt 1625/1635
Sources:
Type: Book
Author: Ansel Judd Northrup
Periodical: The Northrup-Northrop Genealogy: A Record of the Known Descendants of Joseph Northrup, Who Came from England in 1637, and Was One of the Original Settlers of Milford, Conn. In 1639. With Lists of Northrups and Northrops in the Revolution.
Date: 1908
Publication: Grafton Press (NY)
Repository: C. Hackett
Text: Paperback, 473pp. Pub. Date: January 1989. Publisher: Higginson
Text: Book Company
Text:
Text: p 2
Type: CD ROM
Repository: CD Volumes
Detail: ped 6397
Title: World Family Tree (Family Tree Maker)
Publication: Broderbund
Type: CD ROM
Repository: CD Volumes
Detail: ped 4417
Title: World Family Tree (Family Tree Maker)
Publication: Broderbund
Author: Ronald Guyford Northrup
Type: Family Tree
File: timberdoodle
Title: Jamieson History
Detail: Updated: Aug 17, 2002
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=timberdoodle&id=I...
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: Entries: 1215
Type: Family Tree
Detail: Pedigree Resource File
File: 677268-0110100215600
URL: http://www.familysearch.org
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: from CD collections
Type: Family Tree
Title: 35716
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a35716&id=I1
Date: 5-11-2004
Text: Entries: 1491
Text: Updated: Aug 25, 2001
Type: Family Tree
Detail: Pedigree Resource File
File: 1374246-0707101232038
URL: http://www.familysearch.org
Date: 12-20-2002
File: TROUNCE
URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1619835...
Date: 5-21-2004
Text: from CD collections
Type: Family Tree
Detail: Pedigree Resource File
File: 810622-0316101155434
URL: http://www.familysearch.org
Date: 1-30-2004
Text: from CD collections
Type: Family Tree
File: timberdoodle
Title: Jamieson History
Detail: Updated: Aug 17, 2002
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=timberdoodle&id=I...
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: Entries: 1215
Text: 1590
Type: Family Tree
Detail: Pedigree Resource File
File: 677268-0110100215600
URL: http://www.familysearch.org
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: from CD collections
Text: 1606; Charlestown, Mass
Type: Family Tree
Title: 35716
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a35716&id=I1
Date: 5-11-2004
Text: Entries: 1491
Text: Updated: Aug 25, 2001
Text: 1606; England
Type: Family Tree
File: timberdoodle
Title: Jamieson History
Detail: Updated: Aug 17, 2002
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=timberdoodle&id=I...
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: Entries: 1215
Text: 27 Jul 1667
Type: Family Tree
Detail: Pedigree Resource File
File: 677268-0110100215600
URL: http://www.familysearch.org
Date: 10-03-2002
Text: from CD collections
Text: 3 Feb 1666/67; Milford, CT
Type: Family Tree
Title: 35716
URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a35716&id=I1
Date: 5-11-2004
Text: Entries: 1491
Text: Updated: Aug 25, 2001
Text: 3 FEB 1667; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
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Date of birth has also been erroneously reported to be 1590.
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Captain Francis Norton, Immigrant's Timeline
| 1606 |
1606
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Southwark, Surrey (now Greater London), England (United Kingdom)
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| 1627 |
1627
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Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut
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| 1667 |
February 3, 1667
Age 61
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Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut
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