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IV. JOHN MILES (s. John, John, Richard), b. probably at Wal- lingford, in 1687; m. Aug. 2, 1710, Sarah, b. Sept. 26, 1687, dau. John and Sarah (Glover) Ball; she d. Nov. 25, 1760; her husband d. seven days previous.
Children.
Samuel, b. Dec. 18, 1714; m. Nov. 29, 1736, Phebe Tuttle.
Sarah, b. May 9, 1717.
Daniel, called "second son," m. Dec. 12, Anne Daily; d. Dec. 12,
1756. His widow, Anne, was appointed "guardian to Sain- uel, Charles, Susanna, Molly, and Anne, all minor children." He had posthumous child, Daniel, who m. Dec. 4, 1771,(?) Ruth Baldwin.
Susanna, b. -; m. Isaac Tyler; d. previous to 1761.
Hannah, b. - , 1721; m. June 9, 1741, Adnah Beach; d. Dec. 6, 1775. Esther, b. Aug. 28. 1726; m. Aug. 17, 1743, Daniel Hitchcock. John, b. Oct. 4, 1723.
Mehitable, b. May 2, 1741.
IV. JOHN MILES (s. Daniel, John, Richard), b. May 2, 1708; m. Nov. 3, 1737, Martha, dau. Joseph and Martha (Bryan) Smith; she d. April 26, 1797, aged 85. He d. between Dec. 23, 1754, and March, 1755.
Children.
John.
Martha, b. April 26, 1740; m. Oct. 18, 1767, Charles, s. Peter and Mary Pond; d. May 29, 1797.
David, b. May 20, 1745; m. Siana, dau. Abijah and Anna Moore; d. Jan. 16, 1800.
Daniel. d. June 16, 1746, aged 3 years, 11 months, 10 days.
Daniel, b. Oct. , 1747; m. Mary, dau. Lewis and Mary Mallett; d. Sept. , 1808.
Jared, b. Sept. , 1750; d. on prison ship, N. Y. harbor, in Feb., 1780.
IV. DANIEL MILES (s. Daniel, John, Richard), b. - , 1709; m. Elizabeth
Children.
Sarah, b. July 15, 1751.
Tyler, b. April 27, 1755; d. Sept. , 1829.
V. SAMUEL MILES (s. John, John, John, Richard), b. Dec. 13, 1714; m. Phebe Tuttle Nov. 29, 1736; d. April 18, 1761, Wallingford; she d. at W. March 3, 1790.
Children, born Wallingford.
Amos, b. Sept. 6, 1737; m. .
Ruth, b. May 24, 1739; m. Stephen Hall of Wallingford.
Mabel, b. Oct. 1, 1741; m. Captain John McCleave of New Haven. Wartha, b. June 28, 1743; m. Captain Ebenezer Peck of New Haven. Daniel, h. March 15, 1747; m. Olive Hall, Wallingford.
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Joel, b. Nov. 18, 1749; d. aged 3 years.
Isaac, b. Aug. 19, 1752; m. Mary or Molly Beach.
Sumuel, b. Aug. 12, 1757; m. Sylvia Murray.
Caleb, b. , 1759; never married. He served an apprenticeship with his brother Isaac in Goshen. He served for three years in the War of the Revolution.
VI. DANIEL MILES (s. Daniel, John, John, John, Richard), b. -; m. Ruth, dau. Nathaniel Baldwin, Jr., Dec. 4, 1771; d. at Amsterdam, N. Y., aged 48.
Children, born Goshen.
Hannah, b. Nov. 1, 1772; m. (1) - Herrick; (2)-
William, b. May 23, 1775; m. -- -.
Erastus, b. July 11, 1779; m.
Nancy, b. Dec. 19, 1781; m. Barber. Ruth, h. Dec. 12, 1783.
Daniel Baldwin, b. Aug. 6, 1788; d. unmarried at E. Bloomfield, N. Y. Mary, b. -; m. Sherman Baldwin.
This Daniel Miles was residing in Goshen in 1769, and previous to 1778, at about which time he became a merchant, was working at his trade of carpenter and joiner. From Oct., 1778, to Oct., 1789, he was sent to the legislature fourteen times. (See merchants of G.)
VI. ISAAC MILES (s. Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. -; m. Mary or Molly, dau. of Deacon Edmund Beach. He came to Goshen young; served an apprenticeship with his cousin, Daniel, to the carpenter's trade. Removed to Windham, N. Y., and thence to Homer, N. Y.
Sylvester. Mabel. Manley.
Children.
Isaac. Edmund. Polly. Erastus.
VI. CHARLES MILES (s. Daniel, John, John, John, Richard), b.
-; m. Ruth, dau. of Deacon Stephen Thomson.
Children.
Daniel.
Thomson.
Charles. Susannah.
VI. SAMUEL MILES (s. Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. at Wallingford Aug. 12, 1757; m. Sylvia Murray of Guilford, Sept. , 1779; d. Goshen May 16, 1848; she d. Goshen May 19, 1825, aged 72 (gr. st.). He came to G. about May 1, 1782, and was a tanner and shoemaker. He resided about three-fourths of a mile west of the
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meeting-house, on the north side of the road, some thirty rods west of the stream flowing into Dog Pond. This house was built by him in the summer of 1800.
Children. All but the first born in Goshen.
Polly, b. Dec. 26, 1781; m. Jesse Ives; removed to Homer, N. Y. They had ten children, the first four b. in Goshen.
Samuel, b. Feb. 1, 1784; m.
Nancy, b. May 3, 1786; m. Zachariah Spencer, Cornwall.
Augustus, b. April 15, 1788; m. Roxa Norton.
William, b. Nov. 25, 1790; m. Harriet Collins.
Harriet, b. Oct. 31, 1793; m. Daniel Glover of Homer, N. Y.
George, b. Jan. 18, 1796; m. Charlotte Baldwin.
VII. AUGUSTUS MILES (s. Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. Goshen April 15, 1788; m. Roxa, dau. of Alexander Nor- ton, Sept. 12, 1811. He d. Nov. 18, 1864; she d. Feb. 23, 1875. He was a merchant doing business at W. Goshen.
Children, born Goshen.
William, b. April 5, 1813; m. Jane Louisa Andrews Sept. 6, 1837. He d. Oct. 8, 1847; she d. April 7, 1842.
Frederick, b. Dec. 19, 1815. Rhoda, b. Jan. 23, 1818.
Anner Lucretia, b. March 28, 1823; m. Ovid Plumb of Salisbury, Conn., July 18, 1852. Infant dau., b. Oct. , 1829; d. aged 2 weeks.
VII. WILLIAM MILES (s. Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. Nov. 25, 1790; m. Harriet, dau. of Philo Collins, May 19, 1821. He d. at G. Oct. 13, 1849; she d.
Children, born Goshen.
Philo Collins, b. March 21, 1822.
William, b. Oct. 5, 1823.
Eben Foot, b. Sept. 10, 1825.
Martha Jane, b. Dec. 22, 1826; d. Aug. 27, 1850.
Eveline, b. May 12, 1828; d. Nov. 17, 1828.
Milton, b. Oct. 2, 1829.
Henry, b. May 16, 1831. Eliza, b. June 23, 1833.
Charles Murray, b. March 8, 1835.
James, b. Aug. 12, 1836; d. at Oregon City, Ill., Nov. 20, 1854. Ruth Augusta, b. Oct. 14, 1838.
Samuel S., b. -; unmarried.
VII. GEORGE MILES (s. Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. Jan. 18, 1796; m. Charlotte Baldwin of Litchfield Sept. 20. 1825. He d. Dec. , 1878; she d. He resided in West
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Goshen, where he worked at his trade of tanner and shoemaker. In 1842 he removed, with his family and his father, to
Children, born Goshen.
George Murray, b. Jan. 7, 1827; d. Sept. 23, 1827.
Julia Ann, b. July 28, 1828; d. June 27, 1837. Elisa Jane, b. Sept. 19, 1830.
Infant son, b. and d. Jan. 20, 1833.
Susan Amelia, b. May 23, 1834; d. July 17, 1837. Franklin, b. July 23, 1837.
VIII. FREDERICK MILES (s. Augustus, Samuel, Samuel, - John, John, John, Richard), b. Dec. 19, 1815; m. (1) Sept. 14, 1842, Mary, dau. Newman Holley of Salisbury; (2) May 9, 1849, Emily Plumb. She was b. Jan. 22, 1828. He d. Nov. 20, 1896.
Children, born Goshen.
Jane Louisa, b. Oct. 13, 1844; m. June 1, 1871, Samuel C. Scoville. William A., b. June 3, 1850; m. March 13, 1873, Georgianna Werden. Frederick Plumb, b. June 3, 1854; m. Feb. 24, 1881, Clara Lucretia Gray.
IX. WILLIAM A. MILES (s. Frederick, Augustus, Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. June 3, 1850; m. March 13, 1873, Georgiauna Werden.
Children.
Helen W., b. July 22, 1874. Frederick, 2d, b. June 29, 1876. William A., b. Feb. 6, 1879; d. Sept. 6, 1895.
IX. FREDERICK PLUMB MILES (s. Frederick, Augustus, Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. June 3, 1854; m. Feb. 24, 1881, Clara L. Gray; d. Feb. , 1897.
Children.
Loraine, b. July 6, 1882; d. March 16, 1884. Richard, b. May 30, 1886. Emily, b. June 8, 1891.
VIII. PHILO COLLINS MILES (s. William, Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. March 21, 1802; m. Catherine E. Osborne of Hartford, Oct. 3, 1843; she d. -; he m. (2) Elizabeth Bunnell, -.
Children, by first wife.
Philo C., b. Jan. 24, 1845. Kate Little, b. June 8, 1850; m.
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By second wife.
George. Seth. Nelson.
Ida. Ward. Bunnel.
VIII. RHODA MILES (dau. Augustus, Samuel, Samuel, John, John, John, Richard), b. Jan. 23, 1818; m. Charles Henry, s. Henry and Mary (Hotchkiss) Oaks, May 10, 1850. She was bis third wife. She d. New Haven July 29, 1854. He d. New Haven Nov. 4, 1882. The Oaks family had been residents in New Haven for several generations, having removed there from Deerfield, Mass.
Children.
Anna Miles, b. New Haven Jan. 15, 1851; d. there Jan. 19, 1880; unm. Henry Augustus, b. New Haven May 24, 1852; d. at Southington July 3, 1884; unm.
Harriet Amelia, b. Morrisania, N. Y., May 27, 1854.
IX. HARRIET A. OAKS (dau. Rhoda, Augustus, Samuel, Sam- uel, John, John, John, Richard), b. E. Morrisania, N. Y., May 27, 1854; m. Henry Bradford, s. Joseph and Elizabeth Collier (Lewis) Sargent of New Haven Dec. 4, 1879. He was graduated from S. S. S., Yale, Class of '71.
Children, born New Haven.
Elizabeth Collier, b. Sept. 12, 1880. Rhoda Miles, b. Feb. 5, 1883. Ziegler, b. Dec. 10, 1881. Murray, b. Aug. 30, 1884. Bradford, b. Jan. 1, 1890.
NORTH.
I. JOHN NORTH, immigrant, came from England between
1640-50. The name of his wife is not known. He was an original settler in Farmington, Conn., and died there in 1692. The names of his children that follow was prepared by Mr. William S. Porter.
John, b. 1641; m. 1672 Susanna Francis of Wethersfield.
Samuel, b. 1643; m. 1666 Hannah, dau. of John Norton.
Mary, b. 1645; m. Searles of Northampton, Mass.
James, b. 1647; m. Sarah Smith.
Thomas, b. -; m. Hannah Newell.
Sarah, b. 1653; m. Matthew Woodruff.
Nathaniel, b. 1656.
Lydia, b. 1658.
Joseph, b. 1659; m. Martha, dau. Thomas Porter; d. in 1731, without children, and his widow m. John Porter.
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II. THOMAS NORTH (s. John), b. -; m. Haunah Newell. He was an original settler in Nod, the northeast part of Avon. He d. in 1712.
Children, probably born Farmington.
John, m. 1707 Jane Stebbins; no children.
Thomas, b. 1673; m. Dec. 1, 1698, Martha Rice of Wallingford.
Hannah, m. 1706 Samuel Seymour of Kensington.
Nathaniel, m. 1708 Mary Holcomb of Simsbury.
Joseph, b. 1692.
Rebecca, b. 1693; m. 1713, Joseph Phelps of Simsbury.
Lydia, b. 1696; m. 1714 to Samuel Humphrey.
Sarah, d. unm.
Ebenezer, m. 1730 Sybil Curtiss.
III. NATHANIEL NORTH (s. Thomas, John), b. at Avon, the northeast part, about 1688; m. 1708 Mary Holcomb of Simsbury; d. in 1777, aged 89; was a church member.
Children, born (probably) at Avon.
Nathaniel, b. 1709; m. -- -; d. at Wethersfield, 1754.
John, b. March 13, 1711.
Margaret, b. Jan. 2, 1714.
Supposed to have been other children.
III. JOSEPH NORTH (s. Thomas, John), b. at Farmington in 1692; m. Martha Smith (widow), then of Farmington. Removed from Farmington (Avon) to Goshen in the spring of 1744; d. Goshen Nov. 26, 1781, in his 89th year; she d. at G. Aug. 24, 1798, in her 94th year; both buried in the East Street cemetery. He made his first purchase in G. of Samuel Towner, May 8, 1744, 60 acres. This was the home lot of the family, on the west side of East Street, about 35 rods south of where the Hartford turnpike comes in from the east. His first house was of logs, some ten rods farther west than the house that was owned and occupied by Eben Norton.
Children, born Farmington.
Joseph, b. 1736.
Elisha, b. 1738; unm .; d. in the army of sickness in the French and Indian War.
Martha, b. 1740; m. Aug. 6, 1761, Jeremiah Howe of Canaan.
Rebecca, b. April 24, 1743; m. Sept. 16, 1762, Elisha Yale of Canaan. Ezekiel, b. Goshen Aug. 22, 1747; m. March 4, 1773, Abigail Goodwin.
IV. JOHN NORTH (s. Nathaniel, Thomas, John), b. March 13, 1711; m. 1739 Esther, dau. Nathaniel Stanley; removed to Waterbury in 1743; came to Goshen in the summer of 1745. He engaged in trade. On July 26, 1763, he sold his home farm to Mehitabel Webb of Wethersfield for 466 pounds. His transactions in buying and
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selling land previous to this time had been considerable, and, prob- ably, speculative. He owned property at the West side and built a small house there, where he lived many years with his children. This place was on the east side of the road about 12 rods south of the house long occupied by Philo Collins.
Children.
Esther, b. Farmington 1739; m. Isaac Humphrey.
Sarah, b. Goshen Sept. 30, 1745; m. David Smith. John, b. Jan. 4, 1748; d. unm.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1750.
Seth, b. Jan. 18, 1752; m .- Woolcott.
Stephen, b. April 26, 1754; m. Charity Richards.
Abijah, b. 1741.
Abigail, b. 1743; lived at Ticonderoga.
Gad, b. 1756; d. at New Britain Sept. 9, 1807. Simeon.
IV. Doctor JOSEPH NORTH (s. Joseph, Thomas, John), b. at Farmington 1736; came to Goshen with his father in 1744; m. Lucy Cowles of Farmington; d. at Goshen Aug. 7, 1806; she d. at Cornwall Jan., 1829, aged 82 years. The residence of Doctor North was on the south side of the road, on the top of the hill, about one mile south- east of the church.
Children, born Goshen.
Elisha, b. Jan., 1771; m. Hannah Beach.
Joseph, b. May 14, 1773; m. Abigail Loomis.
Ethel, d. in Kentucky, aged 23, a physician. Reuben, b. May, 1776; m. (1) Lucy Towsley; (2) Amanda Austin. Esther, b. 1778; d. Aug. 25, 1831.
Lucy, b. Dec. 28, 1779; m. Samuel D. Street.
Martha, b. Sept., 1782; m. Norman Wadhams.
Mary, b. April, 1784; m. Isaac Newlin.
Daniel, b. June 1, 1787; m. Lucy Norton.
IV. EZEKIEL NORTH (s. Joseph, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 22, 1747; m. March 4, 1773, Abigail, dau. of Stephen Goodwin; d. at G. Sept. 14, 1832; she d. April 11, 1814. They were buried in the Center Cemetery. He was a farmer and lived in the place which had been occupied by his father. His wife was a member of the church before the settlement of Mr. Hooker, in 1791.
Children, born Goshen.
Olire, b. Nov. 30, 1773; d. Dec. 2, 1773; buried East St. cemetery. Ezekiel, b. Feb. 20, 1775; d., unm., at Junius, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1806. Olive, h. Feb. 27. 1777; m. Jesse Beach. (See Beach Gen.)
Mabel, b. Jau. 28, 1779; d., unm., March 8, 1814; was a member of church; buried East St. cemetery.
Israel, b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. Charlotte Doud.
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Abigail, b. Jau. 7, 1783.
Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1783; d. uum., April 7, 1824; buried East St. cemetery. Jonathan, b. April 4, 1787.
Nancy, b. May 1, 1790; d., unm., Sept. 1, 1822; buried Center cemetery. Darius, b. Jan. 2, 1793; m. Olivia M. Wood.
V. JOHN NORTH (s. John, Nathaniel, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 4, 1748. He was among the 1,100 meu dispatched by Gen. Washing- tou, from Cambridge, by the northern route, under Col. Benedict Arnold, to Quebec. It is not known what company he was in. He lived through the expedition and returned.
V. SETH NORTH (s. John, Nathaniel, Thomas, John), b. at Goshen Jau. 18, 1752; m. - Woolcott; she d. in G. Dec. 27, 1822. He lived many years at the house in the north part of the town, near the great limestone rock, built by Samuel Oviatt, and removed with his son, Theodore, to Elmira, N. Y.
Children, born Goshen.
Betsey, b. Dec. 22, 1774; m. Samuel Billings; no children. Theodore, b. March 2, 1780.
V. ISRAEL NORTH (s. Ezekiel, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. Oct. 2, 1802, Charlotte, dau. John Doud. They were both members of the church. They first resided in a house built by him on the south side of Pond Hill; removed to East Bloom- field, N. Y., in 1821. The first six children were born in G., the others in E. Bloomfield. He d. there Nov. 30, 1843.
Children.
Edwin A., b. July 19, 1803. Goodwin, b. June 4, 1805.
Nelson, b. Sept. 12, 1811; m. Aug. 22, 1836, Emily C. Benedict of Litchfield.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1816; d. at E. Bloomfield Aug. 9, 1827.
Darius Robinson, b. Aug. 14, 1818; m. Sept. 4, 1839, Orra Chatfield, Canandaigua, N. Y.
John, b. Feb. 2, 1821; m. Henrietta Claflin. Nancy Jane, b. May 11, 1824; d. Aug. 6, 1827. Elizabeth Jane, b. Aug. 10, 1829.
V. JONATHAN NORTH (s. Ezekiel, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. April 4, 1787; m. Nov. 2, 1814, Rachel Bissell, b. Sept. 18, 1792, of Litchfield. Both members of the church. They removed from their farm (the same which had been occupied by their father), to Lexington, N. Y., May, 1836.
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Children.
Harvey, b. Jan. 26, 1816; m. Minerva Goslee.
Lucius, b. Feb. 15, 1817; m. Sept. 1, 1839, Roxa, dau. Elisha Bailey. David, b. April 4, 1819.
Frederick, b. Aug. 15, 1821.
Julia Eliza Maria, b. March 17, 1823.
Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1826; d. July 18, 1832.
S. Emeline, b. Feb. 8, 1832.
Mary Ann, b. June 20, 1837.
V. DARIUS NORTH (s. Ezekiel, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 2, 1793; m. July 9, 1828, Olivia M. Wood, b. at Somers, Conn., June 28, 1805. He d. at Louisville, Ky., Dec. 30, 1843. He was a mer- chant and broker.
Children.
Romeo Ezekiel, b. at Assumption, La., March 31, 1830.
Angelo Wood, b. at Watertown, Conn., Dec. 21, 1831; d. July 2, 1853. Marino, b. Nov. 9, 1836, at Mt. Vernon, Ind .; d. at Louisville Dec. 6, 1853.
Juliet, d. one month old.
Juliet, b. Dec. 24, 1839; d. Aug., 1840.
Adrian Darius, b. at Louisville Sept. 20, 1842.
V. JOSEPH NORTH (s. Joseph, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. May 14, 1773; m. Abigail Loomis; d. at Torringford (Torrington), 1849; buried Cornwall.
Children.
Ethel. John H. Burritt.
Mary ..
Joseph, b. 1809. Loomis.
VI. JOSEPH NORTH (s. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. 1809; m. Mary Elizabeth Miner; d. 1877.
Children.
Mary E., b. Oct. 1, 1842; m. Oct. 22, 1867, L. N. Whiting. Joseph Howard, b. 1846.
Frances E., b. Feb. 22, 1848; d. June 23, 1866.
Frederick S., b. March 16, 1850; d. Oct. 16, 1862.
George R., b. Dec. 29, 1852; m. June 12, 1892, Anna B. Bolton. William R., b. Feb. 8, 1856; m. Oct. 12, 1887, Sarah F. White. Anna B., b. Sept. 12, 1857; d. in infancy.
Minnie M., b. Nov. 30, 1860; m. Oct. 22, 1879, E. E. Allyn. Ella, b. May 15, 1863.
VII. JOSEPH HOWARD NORTH (s. Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas, John), b. 1846; m. Mary C. Hurd.
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Children.
Joseph, b. Dec. 4, 1872.
Carrie, b. June 28, 1874.
Harry, b. Oct. 20, 1879.
VI. THEODORE NORTH (s. Seth, Johu, Nathaniel, Thomas, Johu), b. March 2, 1780; m. Clarinda, dau. David Thompson, b. at Goshen March 22, 1792. Removed to Elmira, N. Y., 1823; he d. at E. April 21, 1842; she d. April 19, 1843. He was graduated from Williams College, studied law, and practised in Goshen for several years. He built the house on Middle Street, afterwards occupied by Harvey Baldwin. He was highly esteemed in Gosheu and else- where as a lawyer and as a man. He was a representative to the couvention that formed the State Constitution, in 1818.
Children.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1, 1815; m. Amasa N. Badger.
William, b. Nov., 1816; m. July 20, 1843, Juliett Thompson.
Infant, d.
Mary, b. March 16, 1820; m. Sept. 4. 1845, George Olmstead of New Haven. Child: Anua Mary, b. at New Haven Feb. 4, 1854. Woolcott, b. Aug. --; d. at Elmira.
Theodore, b. Nov. 4, 1825; m. Nov. 6, 1850, Sue A. Bradley, who d. May 9, 1852; m. (2) her sister. He d. at Elmira Sept. 23, 1859. He was a lawyer and judge. No children.
Henry, b. Sept. 7, 1827; d. in Wisconsin Aug. 13, 1846. David Johnson.
James Dunn.
NORTON.
The names, dates of birth, arrival in this country, and death of the Norton immigrants, as recorded by Lewis M. Norton:
Thomas, of Guilford, .
1582
1639
1648
Francis, of Branford,
1606
1631
1666
Rev. John, of Boston, .
1606
1635
1663
William, of Ipswich,
1610
1635
1694
John, of Branford,
1622
1646
1709
Thomas, of Saybrook, .
1626
1639
1712
John, of Guilford,
1628
1639
1683
George, of Ipswich,
1641
....
1696
Mary, dau. Francis,
1629
1631
Francis, of Charlestown,
1584
1631
1667
George, of Salem,
1629
1659
I. THOMAS NORTON of Guilford, immigrant, was the ances- tor of the Nortons in Goshen. He emigrated, with his wife and children, from Ockley, in Surrey, near Guilford, England, to Boston in 1639, and thence sailed to New Haven, with twenty-four com- panions. Their minister, Rev. Henry Whitefield, had been pastor
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of the church at Ockley, of which Thomas Norton was warden. Previous to their arrival at Guilford, June 1, 1639, the twenty-five colonists had signed a covenant which united them as a body politic. They chose, as their first governor, William Leete, who was after- ward governor of the United Colonies of Connecticut. His wife was Grace Wells, whom he had married in 1625.
Children.
Thomas, of Saybrook, above. John, of Guilford, above.
Grace, m. April 2, 1651, William Seward.
Mary, m. 1658, Samuel Rockwell of Windsor.
II. THOMAS NORTON of Saybrook (s. Thomas), b. England about 1626; came to Guilford with his father's family in 1639; re- moved to Saybrook before Nov. 22, 1661; m. May 8, 1671, Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Mason of Saybrook. She d. at Saybrook Jan. 31, 1699. He d. at Durham after Nov. 25, 1712.
Children, born Saybrook.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1674; d. April 2, 1676.
Thomas, b. June 1, 1677; m. Dec. 11, 1701, Rebecca Neil; d. Aug. 26, 1726.
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 26, 1679.
Joseph, b. Nov. 6, 1681; m. Deborah Crittenden of Guilford; d. at Durham, 1756. .
Samuel (twin of Joseph), m. March 13, 1713, Widow Dinah (Birdsey) Beach.
Abigail, and Ebenezer (twins), b. Oct. 26, 1683.
John, b. Oct. 3, 1686; m. -; d. Durham Dec., 1768.
III. SAMUEL NORTON (s. Thomas, Thomas), b. at Saybrook Nov. 6, 1681; removed to Durham, 1704; m. March 13, 1713, Dinah (Birdsey) Beach, the widow of Benjamin Beach; b. at Stratford in 1688; d. at Durham Sept. 17, 1765. He d. at Durham July 13, 1767. The first purchase in Goshen by a member of the Norton family was made by this Samuel N., of one proprietor's right, bought Nov. 20, 1738, of David Hall of Wallingford.
Children, born Durham.
Samuel, b. March 20, 1714; d. March 21, 1716.
Ebeneser, b. Dec. 30, 1715; m. Elizabeth Baldwin.
Samuel, b. March 6, 1718; m. Molly Lucas.
Noah, b. Jan. 24, 1720; m. Experience Stroug, res. Durham. He d. 1807; she d. 1811.
Dinah, b. Nov 1723; m. John Curtiss.
David, b. Feb. , 1726; m. Anner Bronson.
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EARLY GOSHEN FAMILIES.
IV. EBENEZER NORTON (s. Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. at Durham Dec. 30, 1715; came to Goshen in the summer of 1739; m. , 1740. Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Baldwin; d. at Goshen March 15, 1785. She d. April 16, 1811. Both buried in the East Street cemetery.
Children, born Goshen.
Miles, b. March 30, 1741; m. Esther Norton.
Aaron. b. March 19, 1743: m. Martha Foot. Elisabeth, b. Dec. 19. 1746; m. John Doud. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 12. 1748; m. Experience Lewis. Rachel, b. June 26, 1752; m. Amasa Cook. Marana, b. March 13, 1755: m. Jonathan Buell. Olirc, b. Jan. 31, 1758; m. Timothy Buell. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 21, 1760; m. Patty Beebe. Birdsey, b. June 30, 1763; m. Hannah Starr.
T. MILES NORTON (s. Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. Goshen March 30, 1741: m. (1) Dec. 14, 1758, Esther, dau. of Joseph Norton; (2) Sept. 18, 1766, Sybil Andrews; (3) April 3, 1777, Anne Agard. He d. Goshen Sept. 17, 1795, buried in East St. ceme- tery. His widow, Anne Norton, emigrated to Western New York in 1810, and d. at Nunda, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1830. By his different wives he had 18 children, fifteen of whom were living and at the funeral of their father. They all removed to the West.
V. AARON NORTON (s. Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. Goshen March 19, 1743: m. March 15, 1769, Martha, dau. of Ebe- nezer Foot of Cornwall; d. E. Bloomfield, N. Y., Nov. 30, 1828. She d. there the same year. They removed to E. Bloomfield in 1796. They had twelve children, and all but one married, and in 1835 75 grandchildren had been born in the different families.
V. ELIZABETH NORTON (dau. Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. Dec. 19, 1746; m. June 4, 1763, John Doud; d. E. Bloom- field, N. Y., Jan. , 1814. He d. same place Sept. , 1824.
They had 12 children, four of whom died in infancy, the others. with a single exception, married and were settled in the West.
V. EBENEZER NORTON (s. Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. at Goshen Aug. 12, 1748; m. (1) May 4, 1769, Experience, dau. of Nehemiah Lewis. She d. at G. Oct. 30, 1781; and he m. (2) June 5, 1782, Charity, dau. of Deacon Joseph Mills of Norfolk, b. May 16, 1759. He dl. at G. Sept. 24, 1705. His widow m. (2) June 13. 1816, Deacon Timothy Buell of F. Bloomfield, N. Y., and d. at Mos- cow, N. Y., July 17, 1843.
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HISTORY OF GOSHEN.
Children, born Goshen.
Lucy, b. Feb. 25, 1770; m. William Stanley.
Sybil, b. Aug. 14, 1771; m. David Thomson. (T. Gen.) Abraham, b. June 1, 1773; m. Rhoda Thomson.
Theodore, b. Feb. 17, 1775; m. Mary Judd.
Lewis Mills, b. Dec. 22, 1783; m. Laura Foot. Charry Maria, b. May 31, 1790; m. Jerediah Horsford. Eben Augustus, b. Jan. 16, 1792; d. June 27, 1793. Elisa Lorain, b. April 17, 1795; d. Sept. 15, 1807.
VI. LUCY NORTON (dau. Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Samuel, Tho- mas, Thomas), b. Goshen Feb. 25, 1770; m. May 3, 1792, William Stanley; d. Oct. 23, 1836.
Children, born Goshen.
George, b. Jan. 28, 1793; m. Clara Bradford.
Sally, b. Nov. 5, 1795; m. Rev. David L. Parmele.
VI. ABRAHAM NORTON (s. Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. G. June 1, 1773; m. Nov. 27, 1794, Rhoda Thom- son; d. Goshen Oct. 12, 1854; she d. Sept. 20, 1856.
Children, born Goshen.
Clarinda, b. March 11, 1797; d. unm. Jan. 19, 1856.
Horatio A., b. Feb. 13, 1799; m. Lois Humphrey.
Eben, b. June 25, 1805; m. Clarissa Griswold. James T., b. Feb. 3, 1811; m. Adaline Wilson. Abraham, b. Sept. 29, 1813; d. March 20, 1818.
William, b. May 15, 1816; m. March 14, 1839, Sarah, dau. of Hiram Griswold; d.
VI. THEODORE NORTON (s. Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, Thomas), b. Goshen Feb. 17, 1775; m. Jan. 22, 1.97, Mary, dau. of Jesse Judd; d. Easton, Pa., winter of 1859-60.
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