FNU Orton

As to who the first [John Orton, b. 1647] wife was, I have no knowledge, but I infer that she was a Hawley, or a connection of the Hawley family from the fact that Lieutenant Joseph Hawley of Farmington, in an exchange of property with John Orton's son, Thomas, about 1710, includes in the "consideration" which he acknowledges, "the love, good-will, and affection which I bear to my friend and kinsman" (Thomas Orton). Orton, Edward. An Account of the Descendants of Thomas Orton of Windsor, Connecticut, 1641 (Principally in the Male Line) pg 23: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cohartford/files/misc/ortonpart1.html

"We do not know the name of his [John Orton, b. 1647] first wife, the date of his marriage, or the exact dates of the births of his two older children, Thomas and Margaret." Orton, Edward. An Account of the Descendants of Thomas Orton of Windsor, Connecticut, 1641 (Principally in the Male Line) pg 22: http://www.ctgenweb.org/county/cohartford/files/misc/ortonpart1.html