William Wetherell was the son of the first settler of Norton, and was born about 1650 (?). He lived at the place where his father is supposed to have first "pitched" his habitation within the limits of Norton, near the outlet of Winneconnet Pond. From the first settler, through him, are descended the present William Wetherell, and William Wetherell, jun.; who are believed to be the seventh and eighth of this name in regular succession. He married, 1681, Elizabeth Newland; and had four, and probably more, children. He died about 1729.