This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NORTON, MARTIN Classification: Bible Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qi3.2ACIB/1650 Message Board Post: NORTON Bible Records This paper is labelled "Norton's Memoranda of Children's ages" on the outside. Prior to official birth and marriage certificates, people used to use Bible records or handwritten transcripts as proof of these events. This paper is folded wallet-size, and was probably carried for that purpose. Location of the original Bible is unknown, but there are some indications that these Norton families resided in TN and Lawrence County, AL. The present tense of the wording ("List of Names and ages of Edward Norton's Children") and the handwriting conventions leads me to date this piece in the mid-1840s. There are two sets of handwritings, the earlier dates may have been written much earlier. This piece is currently in the possession of Tracy St. Claire of 114 Hilltop Lane, Sleepy Hollow, IL 60118. aaf@ais.net Scans of these pages can be found at: www.biblerecords.com SURNAMES: NORTON MARTIN TRANSCRIPT BEGINS HERE____________________ [Page One -- Outside of Folded Pages] Norton's Memoranda of Children's ages 1882 1797 85 1847 1828 0029 [above are calculations of ages at death, one assumes] [Page Two -- First Handwritten Page] A List of Names and ages of Edward Norton's Children Peter Norton was born the 13th day of July 1796 Jacob L. Norton was born the 7th day of Nov. 1797 Elender [??] Norton was born the 15th day of Oct 1799 Martha Norton was born the 15th day of Dec. 1801 Jane Norton was born the 2nd day of June 1803 Edward Norton was born the 5th day of April 1805 Mary Norton was born the 24th day of Jan. 1807 Margaret Norton was born the 18th day of Dec. 1809 Mifser [??] Norton was born the 21st day of Dec. 1810 John H. Norton was born the 23rd day of May 1813 Jackson N.H. [??] Norton was born 30th day of June 1815 Sarah Ann Norton was born 1st day of Feb. 1817 Edward Norton the Father of the above children was Buried the 11th day of January 1817 A List of the ages of the children of Jacob Norton and Elizabeth Norton his wife Mary Emiline Norton was born on the 28th day of November 1822 Matilda Jane Norton was born on the 30th day of May 1824 James Edward Norton was born on the 7th day of July 1826 Margaret Ann Norton was born on the 26th day of November 1828 John Jackson Norton was born on the 26th day of May 1831 [Page Two -- Second Handwritten Page] Continued William Marion Norton was born on the 10th day of February 1833 Narcifsa Elizabeth Norton was born on the 8th day of March 1835 Sarah Katherine and Martha Caroline Nortons were born on the 23rd day of August Anno Domini 1837 Martin Franklin Norton was born on the 27th day of November 1839 Jacob L. Norton was married to Elizabeth Martin, daughter of James Martin, on the 6th day of March 1821 Elizabeth Norton, wife of Jacob L. Norton, departed this life September the 13th Anno Domini 1842 -----------END TRANSCRIPT------------------