Richard Norcross, son of Richard Norcross (2), was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, August 4, 1660. He was a school teacher and during several of the later years of his life lived in Weston, Massachusetts, where he probably died. He married, August 10, 1686, Rose Woodward, daughter of John and Abigail (Benjamin) Woodward. He married (second), August 6,, 1695, Hannah Sanders, who died May 14, 1743.