Bonus NORTON b. 1657 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 30 Apr 1718 Hampton, , New Hampshire,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

1657 - 1718 (61 years)

Name	Bonus NORTON [1, 2]
Birth	1657	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Male
_UID	B5839C24CF0F43B2AF130E8EB59EA83E62E5
Public Record	1678	, , Massachusetts, [4]
took the Oath of Fidelity
Residence	1691	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [4]
Residence	29 Sep 1712	Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [4]
Removed	Aft 1712	Hampton, , New Hampshire, [2]
Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Death	30 Apr 1718	Hampton, , New Hampshire, [2, 3]
Burial	Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire, [3]
	Bonus Norton Headstone
Person ID	I1576	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	29 Sep 2023

Father	William NORTON, b. Between 1608 and 1610, Bishops Stortford, , Hertfordshire, England d. 30 Apr 1694, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 86 years)
Mother	Lucy DOWNING, b. Abt 1623 d. 5 Feb 1697/98, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, (Age ~ 75 years)
Marriage	Abt 1649	, , Massachusetts,
Family ID	F859	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary GOODHUE, b. Abt 1664, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. Aft 4 Jun 1718 (Age ~ 54 years)

Marriage Abt 1681 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, [2, 5]

Children

+	1. John NORTON, b. 1682, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, d. 1762, Kittery, York, Maine, (Age 80 years)
	2. Mary NORTON, b. 1685 d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Sarah NORTON, b. 1688 d. Yes, date unknown
	4. William NORTON, b. 9 May 1691 d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Joseph NORTON, b. 17 Nov 1695 d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Samuel NORTON, b. 12 Sep 1699 d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Elizabeth NORTON, b. 1703 d. Yes, date unknown
	8. Lucy NORTON, b. 1706 d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Ann NORTON, b. 1708 d. Yes, date unknown

Family ID F977 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Dec 2021

Headstones
Norton, Bonus 1718 Headstone
Inscription: Here Lyes ye Body/ of Mr. Bonus Norten/ Died April 30, 1718/ Aged 61

Event Map

	Birth - 1657 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,
	Public Record - took the Oath of Fidelity - 1678 - , , Massachusetts,
	Marriage - Abt 1681 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,
	Residence - 1691 - Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts,
	Residence - 29 Sep 1712 - Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
	Removed - Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts - Aft 1712 - Hampton, , New Hampshire,
	Death - 30 Apr 1718 - Hampton, , New Hampshire,
	Burial - - Seabrook, Rockingham, New Hampshire,

= Link to Google Earth

Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I1576&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Bonus NORTON."

Sources

[S1682] "The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, c1937-." Database with images., (American Ancestors. https://www.americanancestors.org : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009-.), (https://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 4 Feb 2013); William Norton; Vol. 16 [1939], pp. 101-111.
[S2623] Dean G. and Lillier E. (Norton) Horn, Norton Collection; Nortons of Cape Neck," MS, 1962, p.2, II 2. Bonus Norton (1657-1718).
[S1075] "Find a Grave Memorials." Database and images., (Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com : 2019.), (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 Dec 2017); Bonus Norton (1657-1718) Memorial #71431876; citing Elmwood Cemetery, Seabrook, New Hampshire.
[S1685] "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2001-2018)), accessed 24 Feb 2016), William Henry Whitmore, "The Norton Family"; Vol. 13, July 1859, p. 229.
[S1015] "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 16 Feb 2013), NORTON, Bonus (-1718, ae 61) & Mary [GOODHUE] (1664-); citing New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 Vols., (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), 2:1101.