Isaac
Norton was my 6th gt-grandfather. His birth to Joseph and Deborah
(Cruttenden) Norton on 17 Aug 1712 was recorded in the Barbour
Collection for Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut. The town of
Durham was formed in 1708. His marriage to Mary Rockwall, of Windsor,
on 12 Nov 1735 was also recorded in Durham.
From
his will written in 1782, we can see that Isaac and Mary had at least
9 children, 4 sons (Silvanus, Isaac Jr, Aaron, Joel) and 5 daughters
(Abigail Peck, Mary Curtis, Lydia How, Anna Scott, Deborah Blakely).
I was glad to see that my 5th gt-grandmother, Lydia (Norton) Howe
received a bequest of 15 pounds from her father's will.
When
he wrote his will in 1782, Isaac stated that he was of Farmington,
County of Hartford, State of Connecticut. On the 1790 census, Isaac
was listed in the town of Bristol, which was formed from Farmington
in 1785 and was on the west side. There were just 2 people in his
household, he and a female, probably his wife Mary. Adjoining entries
show his son Isaac with 7 people in his household and his son Joel
with 8 in his household.
The
Hale listing of headstone inscriptions for Bridge St. Cemetery, in
the town of Bristol, showed that Isaac died 4 Jan 1793 and Mary died
23 Nov 1791. The Find A Grave entry for Isaac gives the death year as
1797, however I believe that is a misreading of a very old
gravestone. The Hale listing was done in 1934, so the gravestone
might have been easier to read then.
I
am planning that tomorrow and the next day I will do a transcription
of Isaac's will.
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