This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NORTON, PAGE, BARKER, TYLER, LEETE, WHEADON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qi3.2ACIB/515.519.523 Message Board Post: Bethia Norton, b. c. in Guilford(?)*, CT, was the daughter of Thomas Norton (b. 10 Oct 1704 in Guilford, CT- d. 8 Sep. 1768 in Guilford, CT) and his wife Bethia Unk. who d. in Guilford on 28 Sep. 1776. [Vol. II, "Conn. Families", p -667; Guilford Vital Records, Vol.2, p. 8] *She and her siblings are not listed in the Guilford or Branford Vital records. I believe the children were born in North Branford, but I have not found proof! Does anyone have documentary evidence of when and where their children were born? A Bethia Norton m. Jonathan BARKER in Branford, New Haven Co., CT on 12 May 1788. [Branford Vital Records, Vol. 3, p. 385.] Another Bethia Norton m. Deacon Pelatiah Leete, III in Guilford, CT on 10 or 17 June 1767. [Guilford Vital Records, Vol. 2, pp. 168 and 246.] Deacon Pelatiah Leete, II d. Oct. 13, 1768 in his 88th year; i.e. b.c. 1680 [Guilford Vital Records Vol. 2, p. 145] Deacon Pelatiah Leete, III, d. May 28, 1786 in his 74th year, i.e. b. c. 1732. [Guilord Vital Records, Vol. 2, p. 188] It seems to me that the Bethia Norton who m. Deacon Pelatiah Leete, III in June 1767, when he was about 35, may not have been the daughter of Thomas Norton; and that his children may have been b. in nearby North Branford, not Guilford as some suppose. I know Bob Norton stated in April 2000: " ... Bethia's siblings were: Ashbell Jedidah Zeruiah (Zermah?) b. 1753 Elijah Benjamin Martha Thomas III b. abt 1732 All were born in Guilford, CT. She is my 3rd cousin, 7 times removed. " _____ The above Martha Norton is my 4th paternal great grandmother, who m. Ephraim Page of Branford and North Branford (in North Branford) and migrated with him and several other Norton cousins to Freehold Twp., Greene Co., NY before 1787. Benjamin was a Lt. from Branford during the Rev. War, after which he went to VT. Thomas III m. Mercy Tyler of Branford and died and was buried in Branford on 4 May 1798. Ashbell m. Submit Wheadon of Branford, and died and was buried in Branford on 12 Sep 1799 Elijah "Eli" went to Freehold Twp., Greene Co., NY with the other PAGEs, NORTONs, and BARKERs. Jedidah lived in Middletown, CT in 1771. GWP