Richard Norcross, son of Jeremiah Norcross, was born in England, 1621. He was admitted a freeman May 26, 1653. For twenty years previous to 1681 he was the only school master in Watertown. He taught Latin as well as English and writing and continued as late as 1687. January 6, 1660-1, he was hired by the town for one year for thirty pounds and was allowed two shillings "a head keeping the dry herd." He married June 24, 1650, Mary Brooks, who was the mother of his seven children. She died February 24, 1671-2. He married (second), November 18, 1673, Susanna Shattuck, widow of William Chattuck. She died December 11, 1686; he died 1709.
