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Sergeant Freegrace Norton
- H. Sergeant Freegrace NortonAbt 1635 - 1675
- W. Lydia SpencerEst 1638 -
m. Est 1660
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 George Norton, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
2:1337.
"Freegrace (Norton), b. about 1635; …" According to the inventory of his father's estates, as of 22 September 1659, he was aged 24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 3 Freegrace Norton, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
513.
"3 Freegrace (Norton), Saco, miller, s. of George of Salem, m. Lydia Spencer ± 1660. Certainly in Saco by 1661, he mov. to Ipswich by 1667 when he had permission to build a ho. … Gr.j. 1662, 1663; j. 1662, 1663, 1664. Serving as sergt. under Capt. Appleton, he was mortally wounded in battle at Hadley 19 Oct. 1675. No kn. ch."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Freegrace Norton, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
3:290.
"Freegrace, Saco, eldest s. of George of Salem, serv. on the gr. jury 1662, but soon aft. rem. to Ipswich, was a serj. in Philip's war, of capt. Appleton's comp. k. by the Ind. 19 Oct. 1675, at Hatfield, then 40 yrs. old; had m. a d. of Roger Spencer, the capt. of S. perhaps had ch. but nothing is kn."
- ↑ Estate of Freegrace Norton, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
3:52-53.
"Estate of Freegrace Norton.
Administration upon the estate of Freegrace Norton, who was slain in the war, was granted Mar. 28, 1676, to Mr. Francis Wainwright, and there being not a sufficient amount to satisfy the debts, court ordered that the debts be paid according to proportion. If any were not satisfied with their proportion, they were given liberty to take their course, if they could find any other estate not inventoried.
Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page279.
Inventory of the estate of Freegrace Norton, taken Mar. 28, 1676: …
Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 25, leaves 122, 123.
Francis Wainwright renounces his administratorship of the estate of Freegrace Norton granted in March last.
John Wainwright was appointed Sept. 26, 1676, administrator of the estate of Freegrace Norton. He was to allow the widow her thirds of the land and to pay no debt except to his satisfaction due and legally proved; also to pay as far as the estate could be sold for.
Ipswich Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, page 283."
- George Norton, in Norton, Walter Whittlesey. Some Descendants of John Norton of Branford, 1622-1709: With Notes and Dates of Other Emigrant Nortons. (Lakeville, Conn.: The Journal Press, 1909)
53.
Freegrace [son of George & Mary], b. 1635, d. 1675, Oct. 19.
- George Norton, in Perley, Sidney. The History of Salem, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: Sidney Perley, 1924-1928)
1:282.
Freegrace, [son of George], born about 1635; lived in Saco and Ipswich; married __ Spencer; and was killed by the Indians at Hatfield, Oct. 19, 1675.
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