Stephen NORTON

Birth:
11 Aug 1757
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Death:
7 May 1834
South Thomaston, Knox, Massachusetts
Marriage:
11 Sep 1783
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Mother:
Mary COUCH
Sources:
Land Records of Lincoln County, Maine
Thorndike Cemetery Records, South Thomaston, Knox, Maine
Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pensions
Patron Archives
Lincoln County, Maine Land Records
Notes:
                   BIRTH: 11 Aug 1757 or 14 Aug 1759
Ruth PEABODY
Birth:
27 Feb 1764
Warren, Knox, Maine
Death:
27 Aug 1823
South Thomaston, Knox, Massachusetts
Sources:
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1848: Vol 2, Pg. 370
A Genealogy of the Peabody Family, Pg. 42
Children
Marriage
1
Elisabeth NORTON
Birth:
14 Feb 1786
Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
Death:
 
Marr:
 
2
Jonathan NORTON
Birth:
8 Mar 1790
Methuen, Maine
Death:
19 Apr 1857
Matinicus, Knox, Maine
Deborah ANDREWS 
Marr:
18 Jan 1816
Thomaston, Knox, Massachusetts 
3
Enoch NORTON
Birth:
Abt 1797
Maine
Death:
11 Apr 1862
Marion, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Elizabeth L. FOSTER 
Marr:
Abt 1825
Maine 
Notes:
                   NOTE:  Stephen and Ruth Norton are possibly his parents.
SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File - nil
              2. IGI
              3. Marion,Plymouth,Massachusetts, Death Records, pg 5, #8
                (FHL#2047769)
              4. 1860 Federal Census Marion,Plymouth,Massachuestts, pg 383
                (FHL#803519)
              5. 1850 Federal Census Machias Port,Washington,Maine, pg 69
                (FHL#443509)
SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File - nil
              2. IGI
              3. Marion,Plymouth,Massachusetts, Death Records, pg 5, #8
                (FHL#2047769)
              4. 1860 Federal Census Marion,Plymouth,Massachuestts, pg 383
                (FHL#803519)
              5. 1850 Federal Census Machias Port,Washington,Maine, pg 69
                (FHL#443509)

BIRTH: LTR 62- 1850 Maine census, lists his age as 50.

Stephen and Ruth Norton are possibly his parents. (See Universal Genealogy Reports dated 2 July and 21 Dec 2001.)
4
Joseph NORTON
Birth:
1801
of Maine
Death:
Mary  
Marr:
Abt 1828
of Maine 
FCID:14903:5971
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Stephen Norton - Ruth Peabody

Stephen Norton was born at Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts 11 Aug 1757. His parents were Jonathan Norton and Mary Couch.

He married Ruth Peabody 11 Sep 1783 at Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts . Ruth Peabody was born at Warren, Knox, Maine 27 Feb 1764 daughter of Stephen Peabody and Ruth Story or Storer .

They were the parents of 4 children:
Elisabeth Norton born 14 Feb 1786.
Jonathan Norton born 8 Mar 1790.
Enoch Norton born Abt 1797.
Joseph Norton born 1801.

Stephen Norton died 7 May 1834 at South Thomaston, Knox, Massachusetts .

Ruth Peabody died 27 Aug 1823 at South Thomaston, Knox, Massachusetts .