Marriages

1. 8 Jul 1669  at: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut to John Gillette. 5 children
2. 14 June 1683 at: Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut to George Norton; his 2nd wife.

Notes

Mercy Barber was born 12 Oct 1651 Windsor, Hartford, CT. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber & Jane (Joan) Coggins. After her parents' death when she was nine years old, Mercy was placed by the court in the home of Walter Fyler until age 18, unless she married sooner. (She did). Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, CT. pg. 2.

In the Probate records in Hampshire Book 3 pages 36 37 is found the settlement of the estate of this Capt. George Norton dated March 31 1698. Mercy was his widow. burial should be changed to Old Centre Cemetery.

Source

"Gillette families (Gillet-Gillett-Gillette): Including some of the descendants of the immigrants Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, brothers from ... of Jonathan the immigrant, 1800-1955" by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, p. 19)

Links

• http://www.nortonfamily.net/ma-salem-george.htm
• http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheeti100002170.aspx

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GEDCOM Note

http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p757.htm#i37847 citing Henry R. Stiles, A.M., M.D., History of Ancient Windsor, 2 Vols. Donald S. Barber, M.D., The Connecticut Barbers: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Conn.

Mother: Jane (Bancroft) Barber

Husbands: ~ John (married 8 Jul 1669, Windsor, CT) ~ George (married 20 Jun 1683, Windsor, CT)

Other Children: ~ Abigail (b. 1686) ~ Johannah "Norton" Adams (b. 1693; m. Abraham on 7 Apr 1713, Suffield)

(sources: "Documentary history of Suffield: in the colony and province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, 1660-1749"; by Hezekiah Spencer Sheldon, page 37; Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, Marriages; Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England ...," Volume 1, 1983, page 43; "Gillette families (Gillet-Gillett-Gillette): including some of the descendants of the immigrants Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, brothers from ... of Jonathan the immigrant, 1800-1955" by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, p. 19; Suffield Historical Society, http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families/norton.htm)