Thomas
NORTON (son of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born about 1753 in Goochland County, VA. He died about 1781 in Charleston, South Carolina.Children of Christopher & Mary (Emmerson) Norton
Thomas
NORTON (son of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born about 1753 in Goochland County, VA. He died about 1781 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Thomas married Elizabeth HAWK in about 1770 in Virginia.
Thomas & Elizabeth had the following children.
Elizabeth NORTON was born about 1774 in Rockingham County, VA.
Sarah NORTON was born in May 1778 in Rockingham County, VA. She died in Pendleton, WV.
Isabella NORTON was born about 1781. It has been reported that she married William GRAHAM on 13 Feb 1802 in England.
Sarah
NORTON (daughter of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born about 1757 in Goochland County, VA. She died before 1830.
Sarah married William FARNEY on 19 Nov 1775 in Orange, VA.
William & Sarah had the following children.
John FARNEY was born about 1781 in Rockingham County, VA.
Sarah also married Adam BAKER on 5 Mar 1792 in Bourbon County, KY.
John
NORTON, Sr. (son of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born about 1758 in Fluvanna County,
VA. He died on 14 Mar 1814 in Bourbon County, KY. He served in the
Revolutionary War and was at the battle of Yorktown.
John married Sarah SPENCER about 1784 in Albemarle County, VA. Sarah was born about 1756 in Albemarle County, VA. She died about 1827 in Bourbon County, KY. They were married by Benj. Burger, Baptist minister.
John and Sarah had the following children.
Mary "Polly" NORTON was born about 1782 in Bourbon County, KY. She married John STUART on 17 May 1804 in Bourbon County, KY.
Patsy NORTON was born about 1784 in Bourbon County, KY.
Spencer NORTON was born about 1787 in Bourbon County, KY.
James NORTON was born about 1789 in Bourbon County, KY.
Nancy NORTON was born on 15 May 1791 in Bourbon County, KY and died on 1 May 1822 in Rush County, IN. She married Elias B. POSTON on 2 Apr 1807 in Bourbon County, KY. He was born on 18 Sep 1786 in Bourbon County, KY and died on 10 Oct 1867 in Rush County, IN.
Margaret E. "Peggy" NORTON was born on 25 Oct 1793 in Bourbon County, KY. She died on 30 Apr 1875 in Sangamon County, IL. Margaret married John DARNEILLE on 20 Feb 1814 in Bourbon County, KY. John was born on 8 Jun 1791. He died on 10 Mar 1854 in Sangamon County, IL.
Sarah NORTON was born about 1790 in Bourbon County, KY.
Betsy NORTON was born about 1794 in Bourbon County, KY.
Catherine "Caty" NORTON was born about 1799 in Bourbon County, KY. Some pedigree charts have her birth date as 1787, 1795, 1799, 1801, & 1805, but all have her birth place in Bourbon County, KY. Caty married Michael ROBERTSON on 7 Sep 1826 in Mercer County, KY. The marriage record at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V653-5HP indicates her maiden name is "Morton", but the actual image shows that her maiden name was written in an old fashion cursive writing and the "M" is actually an "N" or "Norton".
John
NORTON, Jr. was born about 1800 in Bourbon County, KY. He died
about 1847 in Mexico. If he died in 1847 in Mexico, then he was
probably served in the Mexican-American War. He is buried in Paris,
Bourbon County, KY. He married Cassandra Nicholas on 19 Aug 1822 in Bourbon
County, KY. She was born about 1800 in Bourbon County, KY.
James
NORTON (son of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born on 6 Jun 1761 in Fluvanna County, VA.
He died on 21 Oct 1857 in Clark County, KY. He was buried on
Hiram Norton's Farm in Nicholas County, KY. James owned
land in Kentucky and knew Daniel Boone.
He may have fought in these Revolutionary War battles: 18 Oct 1781 at battle of Yorktown & 19 Aug 1782 at "Battle of Blue Licks" in KY.
James married Jean BYBEE on 24 Oct 1788 in Louisa, VA. Jean was born about 1764 in Fluvanna County, VA.
James & Jean had the following children.
Melinda NORTON was born about 1796 in Greenup County, KY and died before 1880 in Clark County, KY. She married Jonathan BABER on 14 Feb 1815 in Clark County, KY. Jonathan was born about 1792 in Clark County, KY and died after 1880 in Clark County, KY.
Sally NORTON was born about 1797 in Kentucky.
James E. NORTON was born about 1799 in Kentucky and died about 1873. He married Elizabeth WEST on 28 Apr 1823 in Greenup County, KY. She was born about 1802 in Greenup County, KY and died about 1850 in Indiana.
Pleasant NORTON was born on 16 Oct 1801 in Carter County, KY.
(first name unknown) NORTON. He was born about 1807 in Kentucky.
Jane NORTON was born about 1810 in Kentucky.
David
NORTON, Sr. (son of Christopher
NORTON & Mary EMMERSON) was born in Mar 1763 in Fluvanna County,
VA. He died in 1814 in Pendleton County, KY. David was a "planter."
He served in the Revolutionary War at age 17 on 18 May 1780 for 1 year and 6 months as a substitute for another man that lived in Amherst County, VA. He was on the tax rolls of Washington, VA in 1782. He was single and owned 5 horses and 4 cows. He probably used the horses to take people from Virginia to Kentucky through the Cumberland gap (the gap's trail was too narrow for wagons during this period).
David married Sophia Malissa FANCHER, daughter of David FANCHER and Hanna QUACKENBUSH about 1783 in Washington, VA. Sophia was born about 1764 in Virginia. She died in 1823 in Grant, KY.
David & Sophia had the following children.
Samuel NORTON was born about 1785 in Sevier County, TN. He died about 1819 in Bourbon County, KY. He is probably a twin with John N. Norton (born same year). Samuel married Nancy JONES about 1808 in Bourbon County, KY. She was born about 1790 and died after 1850 in Nicholas County, KY.
Mary NORTON was born about 1788 in Sevier County, TN.
Sophia NORTON was born about 1790 in Sevier County, TN.
Sally NORTON was born about 1793 in Ohio. She died about 1820. She lived in Grant, KY. Sally married Jacob ASHCRAFT about 1817 in Pendleton County, KY.
Rachel NORTON was born about 1795 in Henry County, KY.
(first name unknown) NORTON was born about 1799 in Ohio. She died after 1810.
(first name unknown) NORTON was born about 1801 in Ohio. She died after 1810.
James NORTON was born on 8 Oct 1808 in Pendleton County, KY. He died after 1810.
