Norton. 93 



iii. Bonus, 1657, was a resident of Hing. in middle life, but soon removed, and 

 afts. d. at Hampton, 30 Apr. 1718, aet., as his gravestone says, 61 yrs. 

 (Savage.) 

 iv. William 1660, j both it . thought d . before their fa . 

 v. Lucy, 1663, \ ° 



Note. — It is not improbable that the parents of William, viz. : William and Ann Norton, 

 came to America with their two sons on account of a disaster to the fa.'s est. (Savage, vol. iii. 

 p. 292); and if so, he may have been the William Norton whose death is recorded in Hobart's 

 Diary, June, 1639, and she the wid. Norton who m. in Hing. June 11, 1649, John Tucker, 

 Sen 1 ;" But of this I am not certain. 



In the note-book of Thomas Lech ford, Esq., a lawyer of Boston, 1638-1641, it is shown that 

 a complaint was made by Anne Norton of Hing., wid. of William Norton, her late husband, 

 deceased, against Samuel Ward of Hing., concerning a piece of meadow land which had been 

 mortgaged to the s<? Ward. ("Trans, of the Am. Antiq. Soc." vol. vii. p. 433.) 



2. John 2 (William '), the second minister of Hing. was b. at Ips- 

 wich, Mass., ab. 1651. He grad. at Har. Coll. 1671, and was ordained 

 colleague pastor with Rev. Peter Hobart in Hing. 27 Nov. 1678. He 

 succeeded Mr. Hobart, who d. 20 Jan. 1678-79, and continued in the 

 ministry here until his decease, a period of nearly thirty-eight yrs. 

 Mr. "Norton m. at Boston, Nov. 29, 1678, Mary Mason, dau. of Arthur 

 and Joanna (Parkey) Mason. She d. at Braintree, at the residence of 

 her s. in law, John Quincy, June, 1740. He d. 3 Oct. 1716, set. 66th 

 yr. Resided on North St., where now stands the dwelling owned and 

 occupied by heirs of the late Col. Charles Lane. Letters of adminis- 

 tration were granted to wid. Mary Norton, Jan. 10, 1716-17, to admin- 

 ister upon the est. of her late husband, John Norton, who d. in Hing. 

 intestate. 



Ch.,— 



i. A son, b. at Boston, Aug. 27, 1679, d. in 8 dys. 



3. ii. John, Dec. 13, 1680. 



iii. Mary, Oct. 27, 1693, d. 15 Dec. foil. 



iv. Elizabeth, March 15, 1695-96. m. (pub. Sept. 3, 1715) Col. John Quincy 

 of Braintree. 



3. John 3 (John 2 William *), b. Dec. 13, 1680. m. Jan. 12. 1715-16, 

 Elizabeth Thaxter, dau. of Col. Samuel and Hannah (Gridley) Thaxter. 

 She was b. in Hing. Sept. 18, 1692, and surviving him, in. secondly, 

 Oct. 31, 1723, Hon. Benjamin Lincoln, wid r . Capt. John Norton d. 

 5 Aug. 1721, set. 41st yr. Town-clerk, 1717 to 1721 inc. ; teacher of 

 grammar school 1714, and selectman 1719, 1720, and 1721. Resided 

 on North St., near Magoon's Bridge. In his will of 13 Jau. 1720 

 (1720-21), gives to w. Elizabeth the improvement of house and land 

 iu Hing., while she remains a wid. ; to s. John all his houses and lands 

 in the towns of Hing. and Scit., except what is otherwise disposed of; 

 to s. William land, etc., in Boston and Ipswich ; but advises the use 

 of a portion of this property to pay the expenses of bringing up his 

 two sons, and recommends that they have a college education. Wit- 

 nesses, Eben r Gay, Jonathan Pierpont, Jerusha Gay. Hing. rec's show 

 that another s. was b. after this will was made. 



Ch., — 



4. i. John, Feb. 24, 1716-17. 



ii. William, b. in Hing. Nov. 20, 1718 ; removed to Wey. His dau. 



Elizabeth, m. Oct. 4, 1764, Capt. Levi Lincoln of Hing. (II. 479). 

 iii. Samuel (posthumous), b. in Hing. Oct. 22, 1721 ; removed to Ab'n, ab. 

 1749. m. first, Jan. 31, 1749-50, Mary, dau. of James Nash. She 

 d. 1759. He m. secondly, at Wey. May 29, 1760, Mar)', dau. of Jacob 

 and Esther (Whitmarsh) Porter. Ch. : Mary, 1752; Sarah, 1754; 

 Elizabeth, 1759 ; Benjamin, and Samuel, 1761 ; Jacob, 1762, d. soon ; 

 Jacob, 1764, Har. Coll. 1786 ; Bela, Hannah, Noah, and Mercy. 



