On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 06:01:23 -0600, VLin386949@aol.com wrote: >A Norton compiler whose records are in the Old York Historical >Society Library York, Maine has a lot of information on my Josiah. >He seems to think that the Indians burned York, Me. about 1690 and >all records. He thinks that I am a descendant of Henry Norton who is >buried in Manchester Ma. >according to his son George. George's records are in Manchester Ma.. >He married Mary Foxwell of York Maine. >Henry, George, Joseph and Meiam, Josiah ? >If I have something wrong please let me know so that I can correct >my records. Henry Norton returned to England in 1657 and died in Kent, Hodmersham, England 14 Aug 1659. It's highly improbable that they shipped his remains back to Maine for burial. I'd be very interested in any primary source from George that says otherwise. His daughter Elizabeth married Sylvester Stover and the Stover family seems to have kept better records than most of the Nortons of this period. Are "Henry, George,Joseph and Meiam, Josiah" all children of George's or is this your line from them? It's unclear from the way you wrote it. I have a fair amount of data on Henry going back several generations. He was a first cousin of Thomas Norton of Guilford and a grandson of Thomas Norton, M.P., the infamous "Rackmaster General of London".