This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Qi3.2ACIB/1722.3.1 Message Board Post: The following are my great-great-great-grandfather, John Norton and his son, my great-great-grandfather, Henry Norton. John is as far back as I have been able to get so far. I don't know where they came from to Pennsylvania. Hopefully, you or one of the other correspondents, will be able to shed some light on this Norton branch. Thank you Fred Norton NAME: JOHN NORTON BORN: NOVEMBER 1, 1749 BIRTHPLACE: HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DIED: JULY 6, 1822 PLACE OF DEATH: HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA FATHER: MOTHER (MAIDEN NAME): WIFE: SUSANNAH BARBARA HINCKLE MARRIAGE DATE: ABOUT 1775 PLACE OF MARRIAGE: HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CHILDREN: NANCY NORTON, b. MAY 2, 1776, HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE NORTON, b. OCTOBER 29, 1777 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MARY NORTON, b. JUNE 23, 1779 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WILLIAM NORTON, b. SEPTEMBER 2, 1781 JOHN NORTON, b. JUNE 26, 1783 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SUSANNAH NORTON, MAY 16, 1785 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SARAH NORTON, b. AUGUST 4, 1787 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA MARTHA NORTON, b. SEPTEMBER 24, 1789 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ELIZABETH NORTON, b. DECEMBER 17, 1791 JOSHUA NORTON, b. SEPTEMBER 1, 1795 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JACOB NORTON, b. SEPTEMBER 17, 1793 * HENRY NORTON, b. FEBRUARY 1, 1797 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JULIA NORTON, b. JANUARY 9, 1799 HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Updated April 25, 2003 REMARKS: See 1790 census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Image 2. See 1800 census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Image 3 See 1810 census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Image 3 See 1820 census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Image 8 ============================================ NAME HENRY NORTON BORN FEBRUARY 1, 1797 BIRTHPLACE HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DIED JANUARY 18, 1849 PLACE OF DEATH JACKSON, MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE FATHER JOHN NORTON MOTHER (MAIDEN NAME) SUSANNAH BARBARA HINCKLE WIFE MOURNING WHEELER MARRIAGE DATE SEPTEMBER 6, 1821 PLACE OF MARRIAGE LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY CHILDREN GEORGIA ANN NORTON. b. 1823 JOHN WILLIAM NORTON, b. OCTOBER 15, 1826 JACKSON, MADISON CO. TENNESSEE JAMES H. NORTON 1830 * GEORGE JOSHUA NORTON 1834 FRANCES M. NORTON 1836 MARTHA S. NORTON 1838 THOMAS M. NORTON 1842 Updated April 25, 2003 REMARKS: Some data from “Brian’s Many Ancestors” in Ancestry.com Henry Norton is listed in records of Zion Lutheran Church in Harrisburg as being born 1 February 1797 and baptized 23 June 1797 by Reverend Henrich Moller. Henry and Julianna Moeller were witnesses to the baptism.