Dr. Asa Norton

1739 - Bef 1786  (< 47 years)

• Name	Asa Norton  [1, 2]
  Title	Dr.
  Born	27 Jan 1738/39	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 29 Nov 1786	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [5, 6]
  	The Asa Norton guardianship record establishes that Asa Norton Sr. died prior to 29 November 1786.
  Probate	29 Nov 1786	Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [6]
  Person ID	I2982	Hollier & Dufilho
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

  Father	John Norton,   b. Sep 1712, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 1789, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebeckah Sheldon,   b. 18 Apr 1714, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 13 May 1793, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	5 Dec 1732	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 7, 8]
  	Daughter of Jonathan Sheldon & Mary Southwell.
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Booth,   b. 9 Aug 1743, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Bef 16 Feb 1792, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age < 48 years)
  Married	Y  [9]
  	In the absence of a marriage record, we located a guardianship record that proves that Asa and Mabel Norton were husband and wife.15 The record documents that on 29 November 1786 in the Danbury Court of Probate, Asa Norton, son of deceased Asa Norton, chose his mother, Mabel Norton of Newtown, to be his guardian.
  Children	1. Sarah Norton,   b. 6 Nov 1761, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 24 Sep 1836, Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 74 years)  [natural] + 2. Philo Norton,   b. 24 May 1763, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 18 Jun 1811, Louisiana, USA  (Age 48 years)  [natural]   3. Nathaniel Norton,   b. 1765, Connecticut, USA  [natural] + 4. Asa Jesse Norton,   b. 18 Dec 1769, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 15 Apr 1815, Washington, St Landry, Louisiana, USA  (Age 45 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	29 May 2022
  Family ID	F1098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jan 1738/39 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Died - Bef 29 Nov 1786 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Probate - 29 Nov 1786 - Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Suffield Historical Society, (Location: http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org;), Family history of George Norton, http://www.suffieldhistoricalsociety.org/families/norton.htm, accessed 25 Aug 2012. Family history of George Norton ++++++++++++ FIRST GENERATION ++++++++++++ 1 George Norton bp. 28 Mar 1641, Salem, MA; d. 15 Nov 1696, Suffield, CT; son of George Norton & Mary Machias; m. (1) 7 Oct 1669, Ipswich, MA, Sarah Hart; dau. of Thomas Hart & Alice nln; b. ca. 1647; d. 23 Jun 1682, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Sarah Norton, b. 12 Jun 1670, Ipswich, MA. 2‑2 George Norton, b. 10 Nov 1672, Ipswich, MA; m. (1) Hannah Younglove; m. (2) Martha Ellsworth. 3 Thomas Norton, b. 10 Nov 1674, Ipswich, MA. 4 Nathaniel Norton, b. 30 Jun 1676, Ipswich, MA; d. 2 Feb 1676, Suffield, CT. 5 Alice Norton, b. ca. 1677, Ipswich, MA. 6 Samuel Norton, b. 22 Jan 1679, Suffield, CT; d. 2 Feb 1679, Suffield, CT. 7 Samuel Norton, b. 9 Apr 1681, Suffield, CT; d. 16 Jun 1682, Suffield, CT. 8 Jonathan Norton, b. 12 Jun 1682, Suffield, CT; d. 23 Jun 1683, Suffield, CT. m. (2) 14 Jun 1683, Mercy Barber; dau. of Thomas Barber & Jane Bancroft; bp. 12 Oct 1651, Windsor, CT; d. 31 Dec 1725, Suffield, CT. Children: 3‑9 Mary Norton, b. 18 Jan 1684/85, Suffield, CT; m. Jared Huxley. 10 Abigail Norton, b. 14 Dec 1686, Suffield, CT; d. 21 Oct 1705, Suffield, CT. 4‑11 Freegrace Norton, b. 1 Jan 1688, Suffield, CT; m. Sarah Martin. 5‑12 Joanna Norton, b. 17 Mar 1692/93, Suffield, CT; m. Abraham Adams. 13 Elizabeth Norton, b. 31 Aug 1695, Suffield, CT; d. 1 Aug 1697, Suffield, CT. 14 Elizabeth Norton, b. 19 Mar 1696/97, Suffield, CT; d. 1727, Suffield, CT. George married second widow Mercy Gillet, widow of John, by whom she had six children. Reference Documents: 12, 13, 71, 112 ++++++++++++ SECOND GENERATION ++++++++++++ 2 George Norton b. 10 Nov 1672, Ipswich, MA; d. 13 Feb 1741/42, Suffield, CT, ae. 70 yrs.; son of George Norton & Sarah Hart; m. (1) 11 Dec 1695, Suffield, CT, Hannah Younglove; dau. of John Younglove & Sarah Kinsman; b. ca. 1678, Hadley, MA; d. 23 Nov 1715, Suffield, CT. Children: 6‑1 George Norton, b. 6 Mar 1696/97, Suffield, CT; m. Agnes Austin. 2 Hannah Norton, b. 28 Nov 1701, Suffield, CT; d. 7 Dec 1701, Suffield, CT. 7‑3 Nathaniel Norton, b. 17 Feb 1702/03, Suffield, CT; m. Mary Bartlet. 4 Hannah Norton, b. 30 Jan 1706/07, Suffield, CT. 8‑5 Thomas Norton, b. 16 Nov 1708, Suffield, CT; m. Elizabeth Sikes. 9‑6 John Norton, bp. 21 Sep 1712, Suffield, CT; m. Rebecca Sheldon. m. (2) 14 May 1717, Suffield, CT, Martha Ellsworth; dau. of Josias Ellsworth & Martha Gaylord; b. 5 Oct 1680, Windsor, CT. George married widow Martha Loomis, wife of Samuel. Reference Documents: 12, 13, 71 3 Mary Norton b. 18 Jan 1684/85, Suffield, CT; dau. of George Norton & Mercy Barber; m. 5 May 1709, Suffield, CT, Jared Huxley; son of Thomas Huxley & Sarah Spencer; b. 21 Jan 1679, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Jared Huxley, b. 14 Jun 1710, Suffield, CT; m. Martha Trumble. 2 Mary Huxley, b. 12 May 1712, Suffield, CT; m. Aron Godard. 3 Sarah Huxley, b. 22 Jul 1714, Suffield, CT; d. 15 Aug 1714, Suffield, CT. 4 Sarah Huxley, b. 1 Jul 1716, Suffield, CT. 5 Mercy Huxley, b. 5 Feb 1718/19, Suffield, CT; d. 6 Feb 1718/19, Suffield, CT. 6 Mercy Huxley, b. 12 Sep 1720, Suffield, CT. Twins 7 Thomas Huxley, b. 12 Sep 1720, Suffield, CT; m. Lois Seymour. 8 Abigail Huxley, b. 2 Nov 1723, Suffield, CT. 9 Elizabeth Huxley, b. 1 Jun 1726, Suffield, CT. Reference Documents: 8, 12, 112 4 Freegrace Norton b. 1 Jan 1688, Suffield, CT; d. 20 Nov 1758, Suffield, CT; son of George Norton & Mercy Barber; m. 18 Jun 1713, Suffield, CT, Sarah Martin; dau. of Samuel Martin & Abigail Norton; b. 16 Oct 1689, Ipswich, MA; d. 26 Mar 1785, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Freegrace Norton, b. ca. 1714, Suffield, CT. 10‑2 Freegrace Norton, b. 31 Mar 1716/17, Suffield, CT; m. Margaret Towsley. 11‑3 Samuel Norton, b. 26 Oct 1718, Suffield, CT; m. Elizabeth Pomeroy. 12‑4 John Norton, b. 9 Jul 1720, Suffield, CT; m. Deborah Harmon. 13‑5 Martin Norton, b. 15 Mar 1722/23, Suffield, CT; m. Rhoda Harmon. 14‑6 Sarah Norton, b. 28 Aug 1724, Suffield, CT; m. Jarvis Peck. 7 Mercy Norton, b. 29 Mar 1726, Suffield, CT. 15‑8 Abigail Norton, b. 9 Mar 1727/28, Suffield, CT; m. Nehemiah Harmon. 16‑9 Elizabeth Norton, b. 14 May 1730, Suffield, CT; m. Moses Harmon. 10 Johanna Norton, b. 20 Oct 1731, Suffield, CT. 11 Robert Norton, b. 2 Nov 1733, Suffield, CT. Reference Documents: 12, 113 5 Joanna Norton b. 17 Mar 1692/93, Suffield, CT; d. 3 Sep 1726, Suffield, CT; dau. of George Norton & Mercy Barber; m. 7 Apr 1713, Suffield, CT, Abraham Adams; son of Jacob Adams & Anna Allen; b. 10 Nov 1687, Suffield, CT; d. 12 Feb 1769, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Abraham Adams, b. 19 Feb 1715, Suffield, CT. 2 Joseph Adams, b. 24 Jan 1717/18, Suffield, CT. 3 Joanna Adams, b. 23 Aug 1720, Suffield, CT; m. Joel Hathaway. 4 Freegrace Adams, b. Nov 1723, Suffield, CT; m. Anna Kent. 5 Silence Adams, b. 22 Aug 1726, Suffield, CT. Twins 6 Mournful Adams, b. 22 Aug 1726, Suffield, CT. Reference Documents: 13, 126 ++++++++++++ THIRD GENERATION ++++++++++++ 6 George Norton b. 6 Mar 1696/97, Suffield, CT; d. 1768, Suffield, CT; son of George Norton & Hannah Younglove; m. 4 Jan 1721/22, Suffield, CT, Agnes Austin; dau. of John Austin & Agnes King; b. 21 Jan 1701, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Agnes Norton, b. 28 Nov 1722, Suffield, CT. 2 George Norton, b. 13 Sep 1724, Suffield, CT. 3 Zebulou Norton, b. 7 May 1727, Suffield, CT. 4 Isacher Norton, b. 16 Nov 1729, Suffield, CT. 17‑5 Shadrack Norton, b. 31 Aug 1732, Suffield, CT; m. Mercy Smith. Martha Bradley & George Norton Jr. m. int. 28 Nov 1718, Martha of Haverhill. Reference Documents: 8, 12, 18 7 Nathaniel Norton b. 17 Feb 1702/03, Suffield, CT; d. 6 Jul 1776, Suffield, CT; son of George Norton & Hannah Younglove; m. 28 Jul 1729, Suffield, CT, Mary Bartlet; d. 9 Jan 1747, Suffield, CT. Children: 18‑1 Alice Norton, b. 18 Nov 1729, Suffield, CT; m. Noah Pomeroy. 19‑2 Nathaniel Norton, b. 26 Apr 1732, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Mary Stratton; m. (2) widow Lucy Munsell. 3 Abel Norton, b. 30 Aug 1734, Suffield, CT. 4 Mary Norton, b. 22 Feb 1736/37, Suffield, CT. 5 Jonathan Norton, b. 15 Aug 1739, Suffield, CT. 6 Thankful Norton, b. 14 Jul 1742, Suffield, CT. 7 George Norton, b. 10 May 1747, Suffield, CT. Mary Bartlett m. int 11 Jul 1729 Nathaniel Norton in Suffield. Reference Documents: 8, 12 8 Thomas Norton b. 16 Nov 1708, Suffield, CT; d. 1756, Suffield, CT; son of George Norton & Hannah Younglove; m. 28 Apr 1737, Suffield, CT, Elizabeth Sikes; dau. of Victory Sikes & Mary King; b. 23 Mar 1712, Suffield, CT; d. 23 Jan 1794, Suffield, CT. Children: 20‑1 Hannah Norton, b. 18 Jun 1739, Suffield, CT; m. Roger Barton. 21‑2 Elizabeth Norton, b. 6 Apr 1744, Suffield, CT. 22‑3 Thomas Norton, b. 17 Sep 1745, Suffield, CT; m. Submit Towsley. 23‑4 Simeon Norton, b. 19 Jun 1748, Suffield, CT; m. Mary Adams. Widow Elizabeth married Thomas Palmer. Reference Documents: 9, 10, 12, 29, 110 9 John Norton bp. 21 Sep 1712, Suffield, CT; d. 30 Apr 1789, Suffield, CT, ae. 77 yrs.; son of George Norton & Hannah Younglove; m. 5 Dec 1732, Suffield, CT, Rebecca Sheldon; dau. of Jonathan Sheldon & Mary Southwell; b. 18 Apr 1714, Northampton, MA; d. 12 May 1793, Suffield, CT, ae. 79 yrs. Children: 24‑1 Rebecca Norton, b. 10 Feb 1732/33, Suffield, CT; m. Joseph Fuller. 25‑2 John Norton, b. 19 Nov 1734, Suffield, CT; m. (1) Mabel Austin; m. (2) Elizabeth Harmon. 26‑3 Huldah Norton, b. 4 Oct 1736, Suffield, CT; m. Moses Rowe. 4 Asa Norton, b. 27 Jan 1739, Suffield, CT. 27‑5 Elijah Norton, b. 1 Nov 1741, Suffield, CT; m. Elizabeth Stiles. 28‑6 Rachel Norton, b. 11 May 1744, Suffield, CT; m. John Hale. 29‑7 Sarah Norton, b. 5 Sep 1746, Suffield, CT; m. Pelatiah Dewey. 8 Apphia Norton, b. 26 Apr 1749, Suffield, CT. 30‑9 Daniel Norton, b. 13 Sep 1751, Suffield, CT; m. Lucy King. 31‑10 Seth Norton, b. 12 Jun 1754, Suffield, CT; m. Sarah Gilley. Reference Documents: 12, 163 10 Freegrace Norton b. 31 Mar 1716/17, Suffield, CT; son of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 23 Nov 1738, Suffield, CT, Margaret Towsley; dau. of Matthew Towsley & Mary Smith; b. 13 May 1717, Suffield, CT. Children: 32‑1 Margaret Norton, b. 9 Oct 1740, Suffield, CT; m. David Nelson. 2 Ruth Norton, b. 18 Jan 1742/43, Suffield, CT. 33‑3 Anna Norton, b. 31 Oct 1744, Suffield, CT; m. Daniel Noble Jr. 34‑4 Freegrace Norton, b. 5 Dec 1746, Suffield, CT; m. Mary Hale. 5 Robert Norton, b. 15 Feb 1748/49, Suffield, CT. 6 Eldad Norton, b. 30 Jun 1751, Suffield, CT. 7 Mercy Norton, b. 30 Sep 1753, Suffield, CT. Problem: On 21 Oct 1738 Freegrace Norton & Margaret Towsley publish intention to be married. On 23 Nov 1738 Margaret Trumble & Freegrace Norton are married. Are they the same person? Is it Towsley or Trumble? Margaret Towsley birth is a closer match to Freegrace Norton so I have assigned the children to Freegrace & Margaret Towsley. Reference Documents: 12 11 Samuel Norton b. 26 Oct 1718, Suffield, CT; d. 6 Jul 1757, New Marlboro, MA; son of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 15 Sep 1743, Suffield, CT, Elizabeth Pomeroy; dau. of Medad Pomeroy & Hannah Trumble; b. 20 Feb 1720, Suffield, CT. Children: 1 Elizabeth Norton, b. 20 Aug 1744, Suffield, CT. 2 Eunice Norton, b. 20 Jul 1746, Suffield, CT. 3 Samuel Norton, b. 3 Jul 1748, Suffield, CT. Reference Documents: 12 12 John Norton b. 9 Jul 1720, Suffield, CT; d. 12 Dec 1792, Suffield, CT, ae. 72 yrs., 5 mos., 3 days; son of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 4 Jun 1747, Suffield, CT, Deborah Harmon; dau. of Samuel Harmon & Deborah Winchell; b. 17 Aug 1724, Suffield, CT; d. Suffield, CT. John Norton & Deborah Harmon m. int. Jan 1746/47. They both died of small pox, they had no children. Reference Documents: 8, 113 13 Martin Norton b. 15 Mar 1722/23, Suffield, CT; son of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 26 Nov 1747, Suffield, CT, Rhoda Harmon; dau. of Samuel Harmon & Deborah Winchell; b. 11 Mar 1728/29, Suffield, CT; d. 20 Apr 1793, ae. 64 yrs., 1 mos., 9 days. Reference Documents: 113 14 Sarah Norton b. 28 Aug 1724, Suffield, CT; dau. of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 7 Jan 1747/48, Suffield, CT, Jarvis Peck. Jarvis Peck of New Marlborough. Reference Documents: 8 15 Abigail Norton b. 9 Mar 1727/28, Suffield, CT; d. 24 Jul 1782, Rupert, Vt, ae. 54 yrs.; dau. of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 31 Aug 1749, Suffield, CT, Nehemiah Harmon; son of Nathaniel Harmon & Esther Austin; b. 17 Apr 1728, Suffield, CT; d. 1806, Poultney, Vt, ae. 78 yrs. Children: 1 Nehemiah Harmon, b. 13 Jun 1750, Suffield, CT. They had eleven children only the first was born in Suffield, CT. Reference Documents: 8, 12, 113 16 Elizabeth Norton b. 14 May 1730, Suffield, CT; d. 4 Mar 1808, New Marlborough, MA; dau. of Freegrace Norton & Sarah Martin; m. 1751, Suffield, CT, Moses Harmon; son of Joseph Harmon & Elizabeth Granger; b. 21 Jan 1721/22, Suffield, CT; d. 31 Dec 1812, New Marlborough, MA. Children: 1 Moses Harmon, b. 22 Mar 1752, New Marlborough, MA. 2 Elizabeth Harmon, b. 17 Feb 1754, New Marlborough, MA. 3 Dan Harmon, b. 11 May 1756, New Marlborough, MA. 4 Triphena Harmon, b. 11 Jul 1758, New Marlborough, MA; d. 24 Jun 1773, New Marlborough, MA. 5 John Harmon, b. 28 Aug 1760, New Marlborough, MA. 6 Orpha Harmon, b. 30 Aug 1762, New Marlborough, MA. 7 Joseph Harmon, b. 22 Nov 1764, New Marlborough, MA. 8 Ruth Harmon, b. 17 Dec 1766, New Marlborough, MA. 9 Ahimaaz Harmon, b. 15 Mar 1769, New Marlborough, MA. 10 Mark Harmon, b. 14 Mar 1772, New Marlborough, MA. Moses Harmon & Elizabeth Norton had ten children born at New Marlborough, MA. Reference Documents: 12, 113 [S496] "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F745-NTL : accessed 17 Nov 2012), Asa Norton, 27 Jan 1739; citing reference , FHL microfilm unknown. name: Asa Norton gender: Male baptism/christening date: baptism/christening place: birth date: 27 Jan 1739 birthplace: SUFFIELD TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT death date: name note: race: father's name: John Norton father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Rebeckah mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: 7450352 system origin: Connecticut-ODM source film number: unknown reference number: [S496] "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F745-NTL : accessed 17 Nov 2012), Asa Norton, 27 Jan 1739; citing reference , FHL microfilm unknown. (Reliability: 2). name: Asa Norton gender: Male baptism/christening date: baptism/christening place: birth date: 27 Jan 1739 birthplace: SUFFIELD TWP,HARTFORD,CONNETICUT death date: name note: race: father's name: John Norton father's birthplace: father's age: mother's name: Rebeckah mother's birthplace: mother's age: indexing project (batch) number: 7450352 system origin: Connecticut-ODM source film number: unknown reference number: [S553] Connecticut, Suffield, Hartford County, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, pg. 105, record of births and marriages of the John Norton and Rebakah Sheldon family, Family History Library microfilm 1317067, Vol. 1. (best available copy). [S408] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Database online. Record for Asa Norton. Name: Asa Norton Death Place: Suffield, Connecticut Gender: Male Father: John Norton Mother: Rebecca FHL Film Number: 3365 Source Information: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. [S551] Connecticut, Fairfield, Danbury District Probate Court, Probate Records 1744-1916, pg. 376, Asa Norton guardianship record that identifies Asa and Mabel Norton as his parents, Family History Library microfilm 4025 (Reliability: 4). [S333] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Record for John Norton. Source number: 305.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RH1. [S553] Connecticut, Suffield, Hartford County, Records of births, marriages, and deaths, pg. 105, record of births and marriages of the John Norton and Rebakah Sheldon family, Family History Library microfilm 1317067, Vol. 1. (best available copy) (Reliability: 3). [S551] Connecticut, Fairfield, Danbury District Probate Court, Probate Records 1744-1916, pg. 376, Asa Norton guardianship record that identifies Asa and Mabel Norton as his parents, Family History Library microfilm 4025 (Reliability: 3).