George (Norton), York, shipwright, ± 32 in 1672, m. Mary Foxwell(5). O. A. 17 Mar. 1679-80. Selectman 1686, outdoor lic. 1686, gr.j. 1687, 1689. … A constant litigant, details of his suits may be found in P. & C. Rec. On the criminal side, he was in ct. for vain swearing, abs. from meet. and selling without a lic., and in 1689-90 was carried to prison by his fa.'s successor for some unkn. offense. He owned the brigantine -Beginning-, 50 tons burden, in 1691. By 1695 he was liv. in Boston, when some of his w.'s Foxwell and Rogers relations visited them, but in 1696 he was 'late of Boston now of Manchester,' where he had had a gr. in 1695. Selectman there, 1698. One Mary Curtis(7), who had liv. in the Norton fam. for 16 yrs., dep. in 1725, ag. 36, that she heard her mo. say that she saw Mary Norton pay money for Sue Black. If born a Curtis, she may have been a niece of Mrs. Norton and dau. of Joseph Curtis(6). If a mar. woman, she may have been a serv. of the Nortons who m. an Essex co. Curtis. The York authorities again got their hands on him in 1696 for leaving the harbor on Sunday. He d. 1 May 1717, ag. 77, his gr.stone giving the names of his parents. His will, prob. 27 May 1717, leaves his Manch. homestead to s. Shadrach after his mo.'s death, 1/2 of his York prop. to all or any of his sons Michael, Azarias and Joseph who shall return from the sea, and money to daus. Mary West, Elizabeth Woodbridge, who had lands at York already, and gr.dau. Mary (Joseph); w. Mary exec. Ch: Michael, of age in 1700 when he gave a depos. with Mary N. in his fa.'s suit ag. the Manch. tax-collector, d. s.p. Azarias, d. s.p. Mary, m. 1st in Bev. 13 Jan. 1701-2 Samuel West, m. 2d after 1725 Samuel Martin. Her death is rec. as the wid. of Samuel Martin, ag. 80, in 1762, but she was bur. beside her 1st husb. as Mary, w. of Samuel West, d. 28 Apr. 1762, ag. 79.' 8 West ch. b. in Bev. Elizabeth, m. 24 Feb. 1706, John Woodbridge of Newbury and York, liv. in 1749. Shadrach, with his fa. at York in 1696, m. Elizabeth Woodbury 25 Dec. 1709, sued his sis. Mary Martin in 1731, d. bef. 1749 leaving one dau. Joseph, by w. Miriam had a dau. Mary, b. 1710, d. bef. 1749, the dau. surviv.
