This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NORTON, WOODWARD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qi3.2ACIB/1780 Message Board Post: Seeking ancestors of William W. NORTON b. 1790-1800 in Connecticut. Possibly lived in New York early. By 1823 was paying taxes in Bracken Co., KY. In 1826 married Elizabeth WOODWARD. By 1833 moved to Oldham Co., Ky then to Jefferson Co., KY around 1838. Disappeared from Jefferson Co. in 1848. Elizabeth listed as widow in Bracken Co. in 1850 census. Can't find William in 1850 census. However, he turns up in Bracken Co. tax records in 1853 living away from family and is recorded as still living in land records up to 1856. Next land record in 1866 states he is deceased. Don't know where or when. I can't connect him to any other Nortons in the area and there are lots of them. My hunch is a close relative or his father was named Silas. His third son (my GGrandfather) was named Silas Woodward Norton. His first two sons were named William and Joel (after Elizabeth's father). I can't find a Silas that closely related in the Woodward family. I have tried many avenues to find William's parents. Now I'm back to square one, who was Silas named after? Family legend has the family related to the Nortons of Bennington, Vermont. But that family doesn't seem to have a stray William. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Barbara