I am interested in your Sarah Norton. It may* be coincidence, but my Norton line began in CT, lived in NY about 1800-1830, and then went to Geauga County OH. Eventually, one of the sons came to MN. I am tracing Lauren Norton, born about 1797, son of David and Dinah [Wilton or Welton] Norton. [David Norton, the father, can be traced back several generations to the original Norton immigrants, Thomas and Grace Wells Norton, who came to Guilford CT in 1639.] Lauren's parents lived in German, Chenango County NY prior to moving to Spafford, Onondaga County NY. They had come to NY from CT. Lauren, and several of his siblings went to Spafford, Geauga County Ohio by 1840. His uncle Moses, and some of Moses' family ended up in PA and IA. Eventually, Lauren Norton, a widower, married again and went to Palatine, Cook County IL [1860]--but he is buried next to his first wife Prudence [Towne] Norton in Spafford OH. I believe --but am still trying to prove* beyond a lot of circumstantial evidence--that Lauren was the father of Harvey Stillman Norton, born about 1828 in Spafford, Onondaga County NY. Harvey moved to Geauga County OH with "his family" while young. In about 1848, he visited NY for 2 years, went back to Ohio, and then moved to Minnesota. Later, he took his new bride back to IL to visit his family there. In tracing Harvey's migration route, it appears* that he was in Wisconsin in 1850. If you see any connections, please let me know. I hope we can stay in touch. I am attempting to trace all Nortons who lived in NY and Geauga County OH. Darlene C. Joyce, CGRS ======================================= CGRS, Certified Genealogical Records Specialist is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after periodic competency evaluations. website: www.findmyfamilyplease.com email: dcjoyce@findmyfamilyplease.com Minnesota Cemetery Project Team: darlenecjoyce@hotmail.com ----Original Message Follows---- From: NORTON-D-request@rootsweb.com Reply-To: NORTON-L@rootsweb.com To: NORTON-D@rootsweb.com Subject: NORTON-D Digest V03 #137 Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:02:11 -0600 << message2.txt >> << message4.txt >> << message6.txt >> << message8.txt >> _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup