The Norton's

Thomas Norton was believed to be amongst the first settlers of Guilford although not listed in one of the three remaining copies of "Guilford The Story of an Old Town" which I own presented here directly from the text Edited and Published by L. L. Johnson.

And so forth. The earliest mention of a Norton (or Baldwin) in this publication being on the Library Board of 1884 as follows:

Below is the Genealogy or the Norton's as I know it to date, additional information that can be supplied and confirmed by readers of this page is appreciated:

Thomas Norton   
 b. 1582  Sharpenhow, England;
married  Wells 1625 (date/place)
d. 1648 - Guilford, CT;
Spouse Grace? (Wells?)
Children:

Thomas Norton  
b 1626  Ockley, Surrey, England;
married  May 8, 1671 (date/place)                            
d. 1712 - Guilford, CT; married                           
Spouse:  Elizabeth Mason (b. Aug 1654, d. Jan. 31, 1699 - d. 1712 - Guilford, CT)
Children:

John Norton   
b. Oct 8, 1686; 
married  (date/place)
d. Dec. 1768 Durham, CT
Spouse: Elizabeth ????
Children:

John Norton II  
b.  Feb 16, 1715 Durham, CT;  d.   ?????
married 1742 (date/place)
d.   ?????
Spouse; Mary Griswold of Wethersfield, CT. (b. June 23, 1723- d. ?)
Children: 1. Aaron (b.1751 d.1813) Spouse  Eunice Kelsey (b1755-d.1797)
                   Children: 1. son Eber Norton, (b1786-d.1865), Spouse Eliphel Wells, (b.1791-d.1877)
                                      Children: 1. Minerva Norton married Garry Brass
                                                        Children: 1. Orson Norton Brass
                                                                           Children: 1. Charles Norton Brass

Amos Norton   
b. Nov 1764;    d. Dec. 4 1822, lived in East Guilford;
married (date/place)
d. Dec. 4 1822, lived in East Guilford;
Spouse: Sylvia Field b. March 21, 1779   d. March 12, 1812
Children:

Calvin Norton   
b. June 11, 1805  No. Madison, CT;
married  Sept. 23 1830;
d. August 13, 1890, Guilford, CT
Spouse: Charlotte B. Morse (b. Feb 5, 1806   d. Feb 3,1883)
Children:

Calvin Henry Norton   
b. April 1, 1840 Guilford, CT (my table maker)
Married  Sept 10, 1862 
d. Feb. 11, 1913,
Spouse  Ellen S. Smith of Ireland (b. Apr. 24,1840, d. Oct 29, 1901)
Children:


George Bennett Norton    
b. May 15, 1863 Guilford, CT;
married May 21, 1884
d. Feb 11, 1933, Guilford CT
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Cook  (b. 1865; d. April 28, 1901)
Children:

George Franklin Norton
 
   Dated April 10, 1938

b. Oct 20 1885  Guilford, CT; 
married:
d. Apr 10, 1938, Guilford, CT
Spouse: Susan Mallory Baldwin  (No. Branford) (b. Jan 23, 1886; d. May 14, 1959)
Children:  1. George
                  2. Ernest Calvin (b. Jan 6, 1915 - d. Jan. 20, 1985; Buried Portland, CT)
                  3. Dorothy
                  4. Stanley

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