"John, the second son of Thomas of Farmington, was born, brought up, and married in Farmington, but lived for some time in Tyringham and can be designated, John of Tyringham. … From the loins of John (1717) a much larger number of descendants has sprung than from any other Orton of the fourth generation. … His family has kept well to the northward, being principally found in Vermont, northern New York, Canada, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington, Some of the branches of this stock are among the most distinguished of our entire family. In his old age, probably about 1790, John removed from Tyringham to Shaftsbury, Vermont. At a later date he removed to Fairfield, Franklin County, Vermont, where he died April 3,1795, at the home of his son, Gideon. A granddaughter, who lived until a few years ago, remembered him at this time as 'bowed over, like a man reaping grain with a sickle.' There are two of his seven sons of whom I have no record. It is possible that they settled in Canada, and there may be large families there of the John Orton stock, …"
