William Norman, Sr

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William Norman
Male
1658–1699

Brief Life History of William
When William Norman was born in 1658, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Richard Norman Jr, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Flint, was 23. He married Mary Boyd in 1680, in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1699, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 41.

Spouse

William Norman
Male
1658–1699

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Male

Rebecca Hale
Female
1657–1729

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Female

Marriage
about 1685
Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Children (1)

Elizabeth Norman
Female
1687–1753

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Female

Spouse

William Norman
Male
1658–1699

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Male

Mary Boyd
Female
1657–1729

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Female

Marriage
1680
Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Children (1)

William C Norman
Male
1681–1701

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Male

Parents

Richard Norman Jr
Male
1623–1683

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Male

Margaret Flint
Female
1635–Deceased

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Female

Siblings (9)

Richard Norman
Male
1655–1682

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Male

Rebecca Norman
Female
1655–1729

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Female

Joseph Norman
Male
1656–1691

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Male

Elizabeth Norman
Female
1658–1699

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Female

William Norman
Male
1658–1699

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Male

John S Norman
Male
1660–1709

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Male

Elizabeth Norman
Female
1662–1714

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Female

Benjamin Norman
Male
1670–1671

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Male

Jonathan Norman
Male
1671–1713

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Male

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William Norman (abt. 1654 - abt. 1699)

William Norman

Born about 1654 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Richard Norman and [mother unknown]

Brother of Rebecca (Norman) Diamond [half], Richard Norman [half], John Norman [half], Elizabeth (Norman) Hine [half], Joseph Norman [half], Benjamin Norman [half] and Jonathan Norman [half]

[spouse%28s%29 unknown]

Father of William Norman, Moses Norman and Elizabeth (Norman) Orne

Died about 1699 at about age 45 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Biography

U.S. Southern Colonies Project logo
William Norman was a Carolina colonist.
Birth and Early Years

William was a son of Richard Norman. He was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, around 1648/54. His mother may have been Margaret Flint (1635-1705).[1][2] When still a child, he was apprenticed to William Beale of Marblehead. He ran away in 1665, but was caught at Ipswich, placed in the jail and sentenced to be whipped ten stripes. Beale assigned his interest in Norman to Capt. Thomas Savage,[3] with the approval of the court, at the same session.[2]

Marriage and Family

Around 1669, he married Rebecca (last name unknown), and they had at least three children:[1]

William (1670-1702)
Moses (1672-1702)
Elizabeth (1680-), m. Joshua Orne 23 Nov 1704[2]
Settlement in Colonial Carolina

On 10 Apr 1684, a warrant was issued to William Norman for 320 acres, in Carolina "for ye Arriveall of himselfe, wife, son William two servants & the Rights of one negro assigned him by Mathew English wch is Recorded in the secretaryes office in some Convenient place not yet Laid out or marked to Be Laid out for any other pson or use observeing the Lords instructions beareing Date the 21th septem 1683. And a Certifycate fully specifeying the scituation & bounds thereof you are to Returne to us wth all Convenient speed & for yor soe Doeing this shall be your Warrt Dated the Tenth Day of aprill 1684."[4][5][6]

The Normans settled on that 320 acres, located on the Ashley River, in Berkeley County, developing a plantation that was called Burton (later called Fair Spring).[7][8] For some reason, the grant for this property was not finalized until 8 Sep 1697, by William's son, William, Jr.[9] The property, in Berkeley County, is described as lying at the head of Ashley River, adjoining the property of the Lady Axtell.[10]

Dorchester Congregational Church

William Norman played a key role in the formation of a small colony, or "church," organized in Dorchester, Massachusetts, for the purpose of settling in South Carolina. His name is listed as one of eight men who, together with their pastor Mr. Joseph Lord, on 22 Oct 1695, formed a "most solem Covenant to sett up the ordinances of Jesus Christ ther if the lord caryed them safely thither..." [11] On 5 Dec 1695, the "colony" set sail from Boston aboard the Brigantine Friendship and landed at Carolina on 20 Dec, a voyage of about 14 days. The group of men explored several different possibilities for location of their settlement. One of these was the property adjacent to William Norman, where his neighbor, the Lady Axtell, "kindly received them." After deciding upon the Ashley River location, they met at Mr. (William) Norman's house, where Mr. Lord preached his first sermon.[12]

Death and Burial

William may have traveled north to Massachusetts on other occasions during and after settlement of the Dorchester colony. Certainly his son, William, Jr., did, as he married[13] there and died[14] there, although his residence was in Berkeley County. Most likely, William Sr. died before 1699, when Samuel Walton of Wenham deeded land to his widow, Rebecca.[2] The locations of his death and grave are unknown, although thought to be in Massachusetts.

Research Notes

Further research is needed to validate the marriage date of William and Rebecca, as the cited source claims 1680[1], but their children were born before that time.
Contemporaries of William Norman and his family in the colonial Carolinas were another Norman family with similar names. This family, whose patriarch was also named William Norman came to the Carolina coast from Yorkshire, England. They too settled in Berkeley County, but in the part of that large county known as Goose Creek, by the Cooper River. They apparently had no connection to the Dorchester/Ashley River Normans.[15]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Norman Roots
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Browse Norman, of Salem and Marblehead Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis. Vol. III. Neal-Wright.
↑ This is likely the Capt. Thomas Savage to whom William was apprenticed in 1665. Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
↑ South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Microfilm ST0353. Warrants for land, 1672-1711. Series S213009, Page 296.
↑ Warrant for 320 Acres. Salley, Alexander Samuel “A. S.”, editor. Warrants for Lands in South Carolina, 1672-1711. Reprint. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1973.
↑ Warrants for lands in South Carolina 1672-1711, p. 153.
↑ "The Ashley River: Its Seats and Settlements", Smith, Henry A.M. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 20, 1919. p. 168
↑ https://south-carolina-plantations.com/dorchester/burton.html Burton Plantation]
↑ Abstract to grant for 320 acres; Search on Norman, William
↑ Land Grant - Property Description; South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Colonial Land Grants (Copy Series). Microfilm ST0080. Series S213019, Volume 38, Page 337, Item 1.
↑ Narratives of Early Carolina Records of the First Church at Dorchester, New England (1891), p. 13.
↑ Exploring Carolina Smith, Henry A.M., The Town of Dorchester, in South Carolina: A Sketch of Its History. The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Apr., 1905), pp. 62-95 (34 pages); Published by: South Carolina Historical Society
↑ Ancestry Record 2495 #42832055 William Norman, Jr. Marriage
↑ William Norman, Jr. Profile
↑ Normans of Goose Creek The ancestry of Rev. Nathan Grier Parke & his wife Ann Elizabeth ... Parke, N. Grier (Nathan Grier), b. 1884., p. 101
See also:

The South Carolina Historical Magazine Vol. VI, p. 63.
Dorchester History on Carolana.com SCHM, Vol. VI, p. 63.
History of the settlement of Dorchester in Carolina
Acknowledgements

Thank you to Allen Minix for creating WikiTree profile Norman-1022 through the import of wikitree upload norman-2.ged on Jan 22, 2013.