William NORTON b. Between 1608 and 1610 Bishops Stortford, , Hertfordshire, England d. 30 Apr 1694 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1610 - 1694 (~ 86 years)

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Name	William NORTON [1, 2]
Birth	Between 1608 and 1610	Bishops Stortford, , Hertfordshire, England
Gender	Male
_UID	6537FAB93A0C4D04A97515EED7F41FFBEC0C
Alt Birth	1626	, , , England
Occupation	1648	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [1]
Merchant
Immigration	Bef 4 Sep 1648	, , Massachusetts, [1, 2]
not on "Hopewell" in 1635, nor earlier in 1632, but
See research notes.
Probate	28 Apr 1694
Will proved 15 May 1694
Will mentions his son John who "has already had his protion in learning and bringing up at college [Harvard]." He left Bonus as sole executor, to have the whole estate, dwelling house ect., except legacies to maintain testators beloved wife Luce (Lucy) Norton. [I attributed this information to Horn, "Nortons of Cape Neck", cannot find it in my copy, need to check manuscript in York Library, Norton Collection.]
Death	30 Apr 1694	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [1, 2, 3]
Person ID	I3588	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	26 Sep 2023

Father	William NORTON, b. Abt 1584, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
Mother	Alice BROWST (BOWNEST), b. Abt 1588, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID	F810	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Lucy DOWNING, b. Abt 1623 d. 5 Feb 1697/98, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 75 years)

Marriage Abt 1649 , , Massachusetts, [1, 2, 4]

Children

	1. Rev. John NORTON, b. Abt 1650, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 3 Oct 1716, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 66 years)
	2. Elizabeth NORTON, b. Abt 1652, Ipswich, , Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	3. William NORTON, b. Abt 1655, Ipswich, , Massachusetts, d. Bef 1694 (Age ~ 38 years)
+	4. Bonus NORTON, b. 1657, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 30 Apr 1718, Hampton, , New Hampshire, (Age 61 years)
	5. Lucy NORTON, b. 1662, Ipswich, , Massachusetts, d. Bef 1694 (Age 31 years)

Family ID F859 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 26 Sep 2023

Event Map

	Birth - Between 1608 and 1610 - Bishops Stortford, , Hertfordshire, England
	Alt Birth - 1626 - , , , England
	Occupation - Merchant - 1648 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,
	Immigration - not on "Hopewell" in 1635, nor earlier in 1632, but - Bef 4 Sep 1648 - , , Massachusetts,
	Marriage - Abt 1649 - , , Massachusetts,
	Death - 30 Apr 1694 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3588&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "William NORTON."

Sources

[S1041] "Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, M-P," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2010)), accessed 11 Jun 2021), William Norton sketch; citing Robert Charles Anderson et al., The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, 7 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1999-2011), 5: 280-282.
[S2623] Dean G. and Lillier E. (Norton) Horn, Norton Collection; Nortons of Cape Neck," MS, 1962, p.1, I. William Norton (1610-1694).
[S1183] Albert B. Norton, Descendants and ancestors of Charles Norton of Guilford, Connecticut., (Washington, DC: W. H. Moore, 1856.)
[S2339] Joseph James Muskett, Suffolk manorial families, being the county visitations and other pedigrees, . Hathi Trust Digital Library. Digital images. 3 vols. (privately printed Exeter, W. Pollard, 1900-1941), (https://catalog.hathitrust.org: 2010), 1: 99. accessed 9 Aug 2019.