John NORTON

Family/Spouse: Ruth MOORE. Ruth was born on 5 Jan 1657. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Isaac NORTON was born in 1680 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in 1763.
2. John NORTON was born in 1684 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in 1750.

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While still a youth he emigrated fromLondon to Connecticut and settled in the town of Branford, probably at its founding, for his name appears several times on the first page of the town records, dated July 7, 1646.

He seems to have looked around among the colonies for an advantageous place in which to settle, and the records show that he owned lands in Branford, and that in 1659 he purchased land in Hartford, from Jasper Gunn. But in that same year he moved to Farmington, which is a few miles westward from Hartford, though he did not sell his land in the latter place until 1664. He joined the church at Farmington in October 1661, and resided there until his death, which occurred November 5, 1709. he was one of the eighty-four proprietors in the first division of lands in Farmington.

John married Dorothy ?. Dorothy died on 24 Jan 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]