History and Genealogy of the Norcross Family

The History and Genealogy of the Norcross Family

January 1st 1882 by Joel Warren Norcross of Lynn, Massachusetts

Transcribed, Edited and Revised by Philip Norcross Gross, 2003 and 2005 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Editors Preface - 2005

This document contains a substantial amount of editing and reorganization of Joel Warren Norcross’s original material in his Volumes 1 and 2. This was done to clean up and “modernize” the spelling and grammar to current standards, to add useful information, correct details found to be erroneous, and to provide a more readable format and text. Since the scope of the material is immense, this process will be ongoing.

We recognize a copyright for Joel Warren Norcross dating to 1882, the year in which he deposited his manuscript with the New England Historic Genealogical Society for safekeeping. We see occasional added entries which were most likely done by Joel prior to his death in 1900. There are also markings on the original, and notes stuck inside the pages since his death. These have been noted but not necessarily considered as part of the manuscript in this transcription. The Society has taken further precautions to prevent disfigurement of the original. I have been able to work from quality scanned images provided to me at my own cost by the Society.

Since this work constitutes a substantial and on-going reworking of the original manuscript, I have placed my own copyright dated 2003 and again in 2005 on these and subsequent versions I create. Please ask for permission to further the process based on my work. It will not be unduly withheld.

The Norcross Family Tree has been extended back in time to as early as 1550 and, of course, continues to grow going forward. In addition it is considered that people descended from a Norcross but without that surname (such as myself) are also part of this tree. People who have been legally adopted into this broader family will also be included.

Some abbreviations have been used as:

b. for date of birth (or baptism) m. for date of marriage (or publication, or banns) d. for date of death (or burial) r. for place of residence o. occupation e. education

The term “details follow” is used extensively to replace Joel’s original pages references. It means that there is a section somewhere in the pages following that insertion for this person, their marriage and children.

Lastly, I would ask anyone who has information to add to the Norcross Family Tree to contact me at [email protected]. In addition to this manuscript, I have a fast-growing database of the Family Tree which I would be glad to share with others. I am, naturally, focussed on my line of descent from Thomas, the Haberdasher of London through his son Jeremiah and grandson Richard, the Schoolmaster of Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. However my interest extends beyond that line to the greater Norcross Cousinage (to coin a title) spread across this paltry globe called Earth. We are all “Family”.

Prefaces of 1882, edited for the 2005 Edition

The original Volume One consisted of six parts.

Part One contains a record of the descendents of Jeremiah Norcross who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1638.

Part Two contains a record of the descendents of William Norcross who settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1699.

Part Three contains a record of the English families of Norcross’s.

Part Four is the adopted Norcross record. The information in this Part has been moved into the appropriate location in Part One and Part Four thereby eliminated.

Part Five was a recapitulation of all the Norcross families descended from Jeremiah of New England and William of Pennsylvania with the names of their wives the date of their birth and where the Norcross families now reside [in 1882]. This Part has not been included in this 2005 Edition.

Part Six was the original Appendix that contained additional record received since the original manuscript was completed in 1882. These have been incorporated into the 2005 Edition and this Part, as such, will not be found here.

In the original Appendix was found the Norcross Genealogical Charts and Facsimiles of Norcross autographs and Norcross Twins. These are not included in the 2005 Edition.

Volume Two contains a complete history of the Norcross family from 1550 down to the present time 1882, giving their history before their arrival to this country with many biographical sketches. also a complete record of those engaged in the late civil war and all the previous wars that this country has passed through. This material has been collated into the Volume 1 material to provide a comprehensive picture of each individual in context.

The Genealogical Charts of the two Norcross branches who had settled in this country have been removed. Those wanting that data are directed to obtain current copies of the database currently supported by Family Tree Maker, a product of MyFamily.com (aka Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com)

Joel’s Introductory Preface

About six years since (1876) I commenced the collection of records relating to my own near kindred, with no plan of continuing the work further, but meeting with good success so far as I went, my interest increased and I continued it for the pleasure of it, and being encouraged by several of the leading and prominent members of the family, I pressed on to accomplish my Genealogical mission.

Only those who have had experience understand or appreciate the immense labour required to get up a work like this. For the preparation of this history it has required patience and much labour, but my efforts have been crowned with success and I have been able to place before my readers the names of the greater part of those by the name of Norcross that have ever lived in this country. That the records now rescued from oblivion and herein contained will be more and more prized by generations to come, there can be no doubt. The facts are based upon information received from a great variety of sources, sometimes the accounts were conflicting, but I have used my best judgement to select what I thought to be most reliable. Errors may sometimes have crept in, but as a general thing the record will be found nearly correct.

The Norcross Name

This is an uncommon name, therefore it is the more easy to trace. It has undergone but one change since 1600, at that time and previous it was spelt with an “e” at the end, thus Norcrosse. It was probably derived from Northcross. In Bowditch Suffolk Surnames it says “Crosses were of old erected in honour of the dead and gave names to residents near them as North Cross”.

We are able to trace the name back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Our first records of the name are about 1575 both at Ribchester in Lancashire, Eng. and in London. They may have come before this from the Isle of Man in the British Channel which is within 100 miles of Ribchester. There were Northcross’s living on that Isle about that time, and some of whom came to this country and settled in Sussex Co. Va at an early period. There are but a very few families in England at the present time by the name, not one is found in the London Directory which is the largest in the world, and only seven families are living in Lancashire at the present time which formerly was the headquarters of the family two hundred years ago.

There are two large branches in this country. The descendents of Jeremiah who came to Watertown, Mass in 1638 will be found in Volume first which has the names of over 1,400 of his descendents who bear the Norcross name besides over 500 who are the children of Norcross daughters, and the descendents of William who came to Bucks Co., Penn in 1699 numbering about 550 who bear the Norcross name.

The descendents of William are not as numerous as those of Jeremiah as William came to this country nearly 70 years later than Jeremiah. There is one family in Brooklyn, N.Y. who came over direct from Lancashire. All of the above we can trace back to the same head. There are a few families of Norcross’s who are descended from one who was adopted into the Norcross family and given it’s name, There are one or two Norcross families in Bangor, Maine who have changed their names from Lacroix.

Coat of Arms

I have not been able yet to find any coat of arms, although some of the older members of the family remember of seeing one and having it talked about in their childhood. There is an impression of a seal on the red wax of Jeremiah Norcross’s will made in 1654, but it is so broken that it is impossible to decipher it.

The Sources from which the information in this book was obtained is as follows.

Histories:

Bond’s Watertown; Hudson’s Lexington; Jackson’s Newton; Morse’s Hollingston; Russell’s Princeton; Wards Shrewsbury; Stearns Rindge, New Hampshire and Dublin, New Hampshire; North’s Augusta, Maine; Hudson’s Gardiner and Pittston, Maine; Livermore, Maine; Thurston’s Winthrop, Maine; Milford, Massachusetts; New England Genealogical Register, Massachusetts Historical Collections, Maine Historical Collections, New Hampshire Provincial Papers, Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal (published 1826), Strybens Officers and Men of the Revolution in New Jersey.

The published genealogies of the following families:

Shattuck, Mason, Newcomb, Ward, Bill, Clark, Dwight, Cutter, Abbott, Pond, Dewey, Winslow, Davenport.

The county records of Suffolk, Middlesex, Worcester, Mass and Phil Co., Bucks Co. Penn.

The city records of Boston, Cambridge and Charleston, Mass.

The town records of Weston, Watertown, Princeton, Mendon, Milford, Newton, and Royalston, Mass.

The Friends records of Burlington, NJ and Bucks Co, Penn.

The military muster rolls at Mass State House and the Valuation Lists of 1798 at the Genealogical Library in Somerset Street, Boston. The Pension rolls at Washington, D.C..

The following persons have my sincere thanks for assisting me.

Mr. Dean, the obliging Librarian of the Genealogical Library; William Stryker, Adjutant General of New Jersey for valuable military information; E.M. Woodward, Esq. of Ellisdale, New Jersey (author of the First Families of Burlington, New Jersey); William I. Potts Esq. of Camden, New Jersey; Samuel Adams Bovis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Daniel Norcross Esq. of San Francisco, California; Rev. A.H. Norcross of Cambridge, Ohio; Hiram Norcross of Monmouth, Illinois; Hon. Jonathan Norcross of Atlanta, Georgia; Hon. Otis Norcross of Boston; Hon. Pliny Norcross of Danesville, Wisconsin; Hon. Amasa Norcross of Fitching; Henry H. Norcross Esq. of Somerville, Massachusetts; Ronsford Norcross Esq. of Farmington, Maine; Stephen W. Norcross of Northboro, Massachusetts; Thomas R. Norcross of Worcester; Frank W. Norcross (Shoe and Leather reporter editor); George S. Norcross, Milwaukee; James H. Norcross of Watertown; Warren T. Norcross of Grantville; Israel Norcross of East Saginaw, Michigan; Miss Sarah E. Norcross of Union, Maine; Miss Martha E. Norcross of Farmington, Maine; Miss Jennie C. Norcross of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Henry K. Hinkley Esq. of Portland, Maine; William N. Soule Esq. of Augusta, Maine; and many others who have answered my letters and have sent important information, and have been interested in my work.

Lynn, Jany 1st. 1882.

PART 1 – The New England Norcross’s

The First Generation

1. Jeremiah Norcross and Adrean Smith Norcross, his second wife, (he was her third husband) came to this country in 1638 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1642. In 1654 Jeremiah and Adrean went on a visit to England and died there 1656 and 1657 respectively. Jeremiah’s children were:

2. Nathaniel b. in London, England. m. Mary Gilbert of Taunton, daughter of John Gilbert. d. in London, England, August 10, 1662 Nathaniel came to America with the family but returned with his parents in 1654. He is known to have had a daughter named Mary who was identified in Adrean’s will dated December 1656. x. Mary b. 1617 She is thought to have died young in England.

3. Richard b. in London, England, 1621 m. details follow d. 1709, age 88 Richard came to America with his parents (he was 17 years old) and stayed to become the root of all the New England Norcross’s.

4. Sarah b. in London, England m. previous to 1654 to Francis Massy Sarah and her husband came to America with her parents and settled in Boston. They remained in New England when her parents returned to England. Their tree is not contained in these volumes.

The Second Generation

3. Richard Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts was married first to Mary Brooks on June 24, 1650. She died in 1672. He was married second to Susanna the widow of William Shattuck of Watertown on November 18, 1673. She died December 11, 1686.

Children by Mary Brooks:

5. Mary b. August 27, 1652 d. October 19, 1661, aged 9

6. Jeremiah b. March 3, 1655 unmarried d. November 30, 1717, age 62 Military service – he participated in King Philip’s War

7. Sarah b. December 28, 1657 m. September 23, 1860 to Joseph Child Jr. of Watertown

her children were:

1. Sarah b. November 11, 1681 2. Joseph b. June 21, 1685 3. Mary b. April 11, 1687 d. August 1688 4. John b. March 29, 1689 5. Samuel b. June 7, 1695 d. 1707 6. Isaac b. March 5, 1700 d. February 1789

8. Richard b. August 4, 1660 m. details follow r. Weston, Massachusetts d. 1745, age 85

9. Mary b. July 10, 1663 m. April 2, 1713 to John Stearns for his second wife.

10. Nathaniel b. December 18, 1665 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts d. December 1, 1717 age 52

11. Samuel b. May 4, 1671 He is mentioned among the taxpayers in Boston, Massachusetts in 1695.

The Third Generation

8. Richard Norcross (LINE: Richard, Jeremiah) of Weston, Massachusetts was married first to Rose, daughter of John Woodward of Watertown on August 10, 1686. He was married second to Hannah Sanders on August 6, 1695. She died May 14, 1743.

Children of Rose Woodward:

12 Richard b. December 30, 1687 d. in Durham, Connecticut, 1724 Military service – he participated in an expedition against Canada

13 Samuel b. October 4, 1689

14 Abigail b. July 11, 1692 m. John Merriam of Concord, Massachusetts

Children of Hannah Sanders:

15 John b. December 28, 1696 m. details follow r. Weston, Massachusetts d. Military service – he participated in the expedition to Cuba in 1741

16 Hannah b. February 16, 1699

17 Joseph b. July 1, 1701 m. details follow r. Weston and Princeton, Massachusetts d. 1789, age 88

18 Jeremiah b. July 2, 1703 m. details follow r. Lunenburg, Massachusetts Military service – he participated in the Indian War d. in Rindge, New Hampshire

19 George b. August 22, 1705 unmarried d. in Brookfield, Massachusetts in 1746, age 41

20 Rose b. March 20, 1708 m. October 20, 1733 to Edmund Mason of Boston, Massachusetts her child: 1. Edmund

21 Peter b. September 28, 1710 m. details follow r. Mendon, Massachusetts d. 1777, age 67

22 William b. March 14, 1715 m. details follow r. Shrewsbury, Massachusetts d. about 1775

10. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts was married first to Mehitable Hagar on June 20, 1687. She died on April 5, 1691 and in 1694 he was married second to Susanna daughter of Dr. Phillip Shattuck or Watertown and a granddaughter of the Susanna Shattuck that married Richard Norcross (3) for his second wife.

Children by Mehitable Hagar:

23 Mehitable b. 1689 d. young

24. Mehitable b. February 4, 1691 m. Daniel Livermore

Children by Susanna Shattuck:

25. Nathaniel b. December 20, 1695 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts d. April 19, 1749, aged 54

26. Philip b. March 5, 1698 m. details follow r. Newton, Massachusetts d. January 18, 1748, aged 50

27. Susanna b. February 26, 1701 m. February 1, 1720 to Jonathan Benjamin of Watertown, Massachusetts d. 1735, age 34 her children were: 1. Joshua b. February 13, 1721 2. Susanna b. November 10, 1723 m. Capt. Francis Harris who was a member of the first Provincial Congress in 1774 and the second 1775. 3. Mary b. May 2, 1726 4. Abel b. September 18, 1731

28. Thankful b. January 17, 1709 at Sudbury, Massachusetts

The Fourth Generation

15. John Norcross (LINE: Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Weston, Massachusetts.

29. William b. 1724 r. Weston, Massachusetts Military service – participated in the Crown Point Expedition

30. John r. Weston, Massachusetts.

17. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Weston, Massachusetts and afterwards of Princeton, Massachusetts married 1730 Hannah Sheppard of Newton, Massachusetts.

31. Elizabeth b. December 11, 1730 m. June 7, 1750 to Capt. John Clark of Hubbardston, Massachusetts Her children were: 1. John b. 1751 2. William b. 1753 3. Moses b. 1755 4. Elizabeth b. 1758 5. Isaac b. 1760 6. Samuel b. 1763 7. Experience b. 1765 8. Joseph b. 1767 9. Ezra b. 1768 10. Susanna b. 1770

32. Hannah b. May 11, 1733 m. March 14, 1750 to Gideon Whitney of Hopkinton, Massachusetts

33. Noah b. June 8, 1736 m. details follow r. Princeton, Massachusetts. Military service d. 1771, age 35

34. Joseph b. May 10, 1737 unmarried r. Weston, Massachusetts. Military service

35. Isaac b. May 23, 1739 m. details follow r. Hubbardston and Royalston, Massachusetts. Military service d. May 2, 1817, age 78

36. Mehitable b. June 29, 1741 d. December 9, 1743, of scarlet fever

37. Samuel b. November 12, 1745 m. details follow r. Westminster and Marlboro, Vermont. Military service d. March 16, 1812, age 67

38. Mary b. September 3, 1747

m. November 15, 1764 to Dr. Zachariah Harvey of Princeton, Massachusetts her child: 1. Urebe b. May 28, 1765

39. Jacob b. October 19, 1751 m. details follow r. Princeton, Massachusetts. Military service d. November 25, 1805, age 54

40. Sarah b. m. to Benjamin Smith of Leominster, Massachusetts

18. Jeremiah Norcross (LINE: Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lunenburg, Massachusetts was married on January 28, 1731 to Faith Page who was b. November 6, 1707.

41. Jabez b. March 10, 1732 m. details follow r. Rindge, New Hampshire d. about 1800, about 68

42. Mary b. June 24, 1734

43. Sarah b. February 25, 1736 m. January 3, 1760 to Ephream Pearce

44. Page b. April 9, 1738 m. details follow r. Rindge, New Hampshire d. September 28, 1804, age 66

45. Hannah b. November 10, 1741

46. Jeremiah b. February 15, 1744 m. details follow r. Rindge, New Hampshire d. December 1811, age 67

47. Phebe b. January 5, 1746 d. September 5, 1766, age 20

48. Elijah b. March 7, 1750

21. Peter Norcross (LINE: Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Mendon, Massachusetts was married first (as published March 27, 1742) to Elizabeth Benjamin, b. January 10, 1716. She was the granddaughter of Adam Eve of Boston, Massachusetts. He was married second on July 21, 1748 to Joanna Morse, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Lovett) Morse.

Children by Elizabeth Benjamin:

49. Daniel b. October 9, 1743 m. details follow r. Mendon and Hopkinton, Massachusetts d. 1805, age 62

50. Benjamin b. 1747 r. Mendon, Massachusetts d. December 8, 1807, age 60

Children by Joanna Morse:

51. Nathaniel b. March 15, 1751 d. young

52. Mary b. Baptized October 7, 1750 m. in 1776 to David Ward of Dover, New Hampshire who died March 26, 1826, age 79 d. October 1807 her child 1. Nathaniel b. December 1, 1777 m. to Cynthia Clark

53. Hannah b. Baptized September 8, 1754 m. on October 1, 1778 to Amos Sheppardson.

22. William Norcross (LINE: Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts was married on November 6, 1741 to Lydia, daughter of John Wheeler. She was a descendent of Thomas Wheeler one of the early settlers of Concord, Massachusetts. She was b. March 25, 1722.

54. William b. March 18, 1742 d. young

55. Daniel b. March 9, 1745 m. details follow r. Templeton, Massachusetts d. July 29, 1825

56. Sarah b. October 1, 1746 d. young

57. William b. September 20, 1748 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts d. August 4, 1803, age 55 at Monson, Massachusetts,

58. Sarah b. June 3, 1759 m. in 1779 to George Fillmore, a Revolutionary Pensioner. He d. September 29, 1832, age 90 d. September 17, 1840, age 81 Her children were: 1. Mary b. November 20, 1785 2. Joel b. March 4, 1790 3. William b. April 19, 1792 4. John b. February 10, 1795 5. Percis b. December 15, 1796 6. Francis b. June 7, 1799 7. Samuel Smith b. January 1805 Percis & Francis both unmarried were living at Weston, Massachusetts in 1877 and were the owners of a farm there.

25. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts was married on December 12, 1717 to Jemima Abbot, b. October 10, 1699, daughter of John Abbot, a millwright of Watertown.

59. Jemima b. May 24, 1720 m. on April 30, 1741 to Eliphalet Robbins of Newton, Massachusetts

60. Nathaniel b. March 6, 1722 d. young

61. Susanna b. April 9, 1724 d. young

62. Uriah b. October 20, 1726 d. young

63. Nathaniel b. June 25, 1727 d. at sea August 5, 1744. age 17

64. Josiah b. October 13, 1728 d. young

65. Mary b. August 29, 1730 m. to Daniel Robbins of Lancaster, Massachusetts

66. Uriah b. July 23, 1732 m. details follow r. on Green Street in Boston, Massachusetts d. 1797, age 75

67. Josiah b. 1734 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts d. December 13, 1801, age 67

68. Mercy m. John Stratton of Cambridge, Massachusetts

69. Asa b. March 9, 1740 m. details follow r. Dublin, New Hampshire and Holliston, Massachusetts d. 1830, age 90

70. Nehemiah b. February 1742 m. details follow r. Charlestown, Massachusetts

71. Susanna b. July 27, 1746 m. on October 10, 1765 to Jonathan Whitney of Watertown, Massachusetts. Her children were: 1. Susanna b. May 23, 1766 2. Mary b. January 10, 1768 3. Jonathan b. December 15, 1769 4. Joseph b. June 16, 1774 5. Samuel b. May 6, 1776

18. Philip Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newton, Massachusetts was married on October 26, 1721 to Sarah, daughter of Edward Jackson of Newton, Massachusetts. She died in 1754.

72. Grace b. March 27, 1724 m. first in 1744 to Gershom Hyde of Newton, Massachusetts m. second in 1757 to Abraham Crowley of Watertown, Massachusetts m. third to Samuel Bill of Dedham. Children by Gershom Hyde:

1. Rebecca b. August 27, 1745 2. John b. April 17, 1747 3. Timothy b. March 5, 1749 4. Grace b. February 16, 1751 5. Philip b. May 1, 1753 Children by Abraham Crowley: 1. Abraham b. October 21, 1757 2. Mary b. January 24, 1760 3. John b. October 31, 1762 4. Elizabeth b. July 29, 1764 5. Samuel b. 1766 Children by Samuel Bill: 1. Richard 2. Nathaniel

73. Thankful b. August 23, 1726 m. first on February 5. 1745 to Samuel Sping of Newton, Massachusetts m. second in 1782 to Deacon Joseph Adams Children by Samuel Sping: 1. Sarah b. February 24, 1747 2. Joanna b. July 15, 1750 3. Samuel b. February 9, 1757 4. Samuel b. January 14, 1760 5. John 6. Mary 7. Thankful b. September 15, 1758

74. Samuel b. October 18, 1729 m. details follow r. Newton and Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Gardiner, Maine in 1762 d. December 2, 1800, age 71 Military service – The Crown Point expedition

75. Philip b. July 23, 1732

76. Jonathan b. February 7, 1735 m. details follow r. Georgetown (now Bath), Maine after 1760 d. 1786, age 57 Military service - the Crown Point expedition Military service - drafted into the Pownalborough Militia in 1775.

77. Sarah b. November 21, 1739 m. December 9, 1760 to Daniel Sping of Newton, Massachusetts Her children were: 1. Martha b. November 3, 1761 2. Sarah b. April 8, 1764 3. Abigail b. May 25, 1766

78. Susanna b. March 31, 1742 m. January 5, 1762 to Amariah Learned

79. Seth b. May 2, 1744 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts d. drowned in the Charles River 1795, age 51

80. Nathaniel b. June 30, 1746

The Fifth Generation

33. Noah Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Princeton, Massachusetts was married on 1 April, 1762 to Ruth, daughter of Deacon Thomas Upham of Weston, Massachusetts.

81. Ephraim b. 1763 unmarried Military service - a Revolutionary soldier d. 1781, age 18

82. Noah b. December 5, 1770 m. details follow r. Barre, Vermont. d. He went to Alabama for his health and died there about 1820.

83. Ruth b. 1771 m. Josiah Catling who died 1862 d. 1847, age 76. Her children were: 1. Josiah b. May, 1788 2. John b. July, 1790 d. 1852 3. Ruth b. 1792 d. 1852 4. Lydia b. 1795 d. 1876 5. Experience b. 1797 6. Mary b. 1800 d. 1834 7. Thomas b. 1803 d. 1831

35. Isaac Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hubbardston, Massachusetts and afterwards of Royalston, Massachusetts. He married on July 25 1765 to Lydia Sheppard of Newton, Massachusetts.

84. Isaac m. details follow r. Auburn, NY

85. Nancy m. 1808 to Calvin Clark, her cousin. He removed to Holland Purchase, NY

86. Hannah m. to Chauncy Holman

87. Joseph b. December 12, 1783 m. details follow o. Deacon in a Baptist church in Winchendon for over 30 years. He had his leg amputated August 4, 1833.

37. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Westminster, Massachusetts and afterwards of Marlboro, Vermont, was married on April 5 1766 to Rachel Harvey of Princeton, Massachusetts. She d. September 28, 1811, age 62.

88. Candace b. December 4, 1776 at Princeton, Massachusetts

89. Samuel b. January 9, 1769 at Westminster, Massachusetts

90. Nahum b. May 9, 1771 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont. d. January 26, 1851, age 80

91. Eber b. May 23, 1772 m. details follow r. North Easton, NY d. April 5, 1861, age 89

92. Rachel b. September 13, 1774 d. September 28, 1836, age 62

93. Beniah b. December 20, 1776 m. details follow r. Chesterfield, New Hampshire d. October 18, 1860, age 84

94. Zebina b. April 18, 1779 at Bolton, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Chesterfield, New Hampshire d. April 14, 1864, age 85

95. Darius b. October 9, 1781 m. details follow r. Lockport, NY d. December 27, 1838, age 57

96. Lucy b. August 2, 1784

97. Sheppard b. March 9, 1788 m. details follow r. North Easton, NY d. June 17, 1850, age 62

98. Annis b. October 7, 1790

39. Jacob Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Princeton, Massachusetts was married to Isabel, b. 1761, d. July 26, 1807.

99. Nancy b. August 15, 1781 m. to Timothy Rice of Leominster, Massachusetts d. October 16, 1865, age 84 Her children were: 1. Abbie m. to Hosmer of Taunton, Massachusetts 2. Adeline m. to Bond of Marlboro, Massachusetts

100. Polly b. November 16, 1782 d. February 3, 1810, age 27

101. Lucinda m. to Silas Parmenter of Leominster, Massachusetts Her child: 1. Mary A. m. to Whitney of Princeton, Massachusetts

102. Isabel b. January 19, 1787 m. to Peter Stewart

103. Jacob b. August 10, 1788 (one correspondent said it was David, not Jacob.) d. 1792, age 4

104. Betsy b. March 8, 1791

m. to Thomas Phelps of Lancaster, Massachusetts

105. Merriam b. January 31, 1804 m. on October 5, 1824 to David Cheever of Princeton, Massachusetts who d. August 30, 1873, age 69 d. July 12, 1859, age 55

41. Jabez Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire was married first on March 27, 1771 to Hannah, daughter of John Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts. He married second probably the daughter of Hezekiah Chaplin.

106. Asa b. 1784 unmarried d. February 21, 1852, age 68 in Rindge, New Hampshire

107. Rebecca b. 1786 m. on September 3, 1829 to Isaac Whittemore of Royalston, Massachusetts, (see History of Rindge for bio.)

108. Sally b. 1788 d. on December 12, 1852, age 64

109. Enoch b. 1790 unmarried d. on March 7, 1860, age 70 in Boston, Massachusetts

44. Page Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire was married on September 15, 1760 to Elizabeth Bailey, sister to Hannah who married Jabez Norcross (41 above).

110. Elijah b. May 27, 1768 m. details follow d. in 1814, age 46 o. He was a physician 111. Elizabeth b. January 30, 1770 m. to Thomas Rugg

46. Jeremiah Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire was married on November 23, 1769 to Lucy, daughter of Ebenezer Chaplin. She d. 1841, age 91.

112. David m. details follow

113. Daniel b. 1780 m. details follow d. on August 8, 1858, age 78

114. Lucy m. to Peter Welton

115. Sally m. to Daniel Farr

116. Phebe m. on March 9, 1795 to Luther Darling

117. Nancy m. on February 6, 1804 to John Darling

118. Jeremiah d. in 1811 of spotted fever

49. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Mendon, Massachusetts and afterward Hopkinton, Massachusetts. He was married on October 30, 1765 to Abigail Chapin, daughter of Josiah Chapin. She was b. May 13, 1747 and d. November 27, 1810, age 63.

119. Joel b. March 9, 1767 in Mendon, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Hopkinton, Massachusetts d. November 15, 1837, age 70

120. Josiah b. April 23, 1769 in Mendon, Massachusetts unmarried d. March 25, 1791, age 22

121. Benjamin b. March 6, 1771 in Mendon, Massachusetts m. first to Hannah Sanford m. second to Nancy Lyon, b. 1774 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts and d. October 21, 1813, age 39 d. August 30, 1811, age 40 r. in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, afterwards Peekskill, NY

122. Elijah b. May 12, 1774 in Milford, Massachusetts m. details follow r. in Hopkinton, Massachusetts d. September 27, 1818, age 44

123. Daniel b. June 29, 1777 in Milford, Massachusetts m. details follow r. in New York City d. January 5, 1824, age 47

124. Archelus b. October 12, 1779 in Milford m. details follow r. in Boston, Massachusetts d. February 17, 1839, age 59

125. Chapin b. July 28, 1782 in Milford, Massachusetts m. details follow r. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. November 20, 1822, age 40

126. Otis b. April 20. 1785 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Boston. Massachusetts d. November 23, 1827, age 42

127. Abigail b. February 26, 1788 in Hopkinton, Massachusetts unmarried d. October 30, 1807, age 19

55. Daniel Norcross (LINE: William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Templeton, Massachusetts was married to Thankful Sawyer of Sterling, Massachusetts. She was thrown from a carriage and killed on May 20 1821.

128. Ruth b. December 31, 1771 m. Benjamin Patch of Sand Lake, NY

129. Molly b. November 7, 1773 m. first to Ora Butler m. second to Chauncy Butler

130. Levi b. June 10, 1778 m. details follow r. Templeton, Massachusetts d. October 25, 1831, age 53

131. Daniel b. June 25, 1780 m. details follow r. Templeton, Massachusetts d. October 20, 1869, age 80

132. Thankful b. July 28, 1783 m. to Solomon Terrny of Royalston d. January 31, 1845, age 58

133. John b. June 23, 1785 m. details follow d. May 3, 1862, age 77

134. Lucy b. September 1787 m. to Samuel French of Wendell, Massachusetts d. September 25, 1848, age 61

57. William Monson (LINE: William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts was married November 17, 1774 to Sarah Marsh of Sturbridge. She was b. February 13, 1756 and d. in Monson on January 9, 1823.

135. Joel b. August 6, 1776 at Sturbridge, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts o. merchant d. May 5, 1846, age 70

136. Amos b. June 10, 1778 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts o. owned the Monson Hotel d. August 27, 1853, age 75

137. Sally b. May 29, 1780 m. Rufus Flynt, merchant of Monson, Massachusetts. He was b. January 22, 1775 and d. January 15, 1836, age 61 d. September 2, 1863, age 83 Her children were: 1. Rufus d. December 20, 1825, age 18 2. Maria m. to Reverend Lyman Coleman 3. Olivia d. August 19, 1837, age 28 4, William Norcross living as of January 1, 1882

138. Betsy b. October 16, 1783 m. to Timothy Packard, merchant of Monson, Massachusetts. He was b. March 12, 1782 and d. March 15, 1865, age 83. d. August 6, 1812, age 29 Her children were:

1. Lavinia b. October 20, 1805 d. 1811 2. William Norcross b. February 25, 1809 d. 1878 3. Timothy Fairbanks b. May 18, 1812

139. William b. August 4, 1785 m. details follow r. Brimfield, Massachusetts o. merchant d. October 27, 1813, age 28

140. Erasmus b. July 22, 1794 m. details follow r. New York City d. August 23, 1874, age 80

66. Uriah Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Green Street in Boston was married first in 1754 to Marcy, daughter of Joseph Watts of Boston (a Maltster). He married second on July 24, 1779 to Abigail Dinsdate. Their children were all born in Boston and were the first Norcross children born there.

141. Marcy b. March 3, 1755 m. in 1776 to Nathaniel Clark of Rockingham, Vermont. d. 1836, age 81 Her children were: 1. Nathaniel b. July 28, 1777 2. Sarah Phipps b. August 4, 1779 d. March 28, 1860 3. John b. November 29, 1781 4. Marcy b. February 5, 1783 d. August 14, 1859 5. Hannah Gordon b. May 18, 1786 d. August 14, 1856 6. Danforth Phipps b. January 1, 1789 7. Rebecca b. May 29, 1791 d. March 15, 1847 8. William b. May 21, 1795 9. Mary b. February 17, 1799

142. Mary b. December 22, 1757

143. Joseph Watts b. August 4, 1760 m. details follow d. 1789, age 29, lost at sea, tradition has it a shark took him from a wreck o. Sailor

144. Hannah b. July 16, 1762 m. first on August 10, 1781 to John Gordon m. second to Asa Warren of Boston, Massachusetts

145. Uriah b. January 9, 1765

146. William b. March 25, 1767

147. Nathaniel b. July 22, 1769 m. details follow

r. Boston, Massachusetts d. June 17, 1828, age 59 148. Elisha P. b. November 25, 1766 m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, NY. o. City Marshall of New York City, NY for many years d. November 25, 1846, age 70 in New York

149. Rebecca m. James Wood of Acton, Massachusetts.

67. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts was married June 6, 1757 to Elizabeth Child. She was granddaughter of the Joseph Child Jr. who married Sarah Norcross (7) in 1680. She d. July 30, 1801, age 63.

150. Nathaniel b. June 30, 1757 d. young

151. Elizabeth b. January 16, 1760 d. young

152. Nathaniel b. April 22, 1764 m. details follow r. Newton, Massachusetts d. 1834, age 70

153. Jemima b. May 11, 1766 m. on December 11, 1783 to Joshua Cooledge of Watertown, Massachusetts d. August 18, 1849, age 83 Her children were: 1. Betty W. b. June 14, 1784 m. William Stone d. November 29, 1874 2. Joshua b. September 1, 1785 d. August 12, 1860 3. Josiah b. April 5, 1787 d. September 13, 1874 4. David b. May 23, 1789 d. November 30, 1876 5. Jesse b. February 25, 1791 d. December 7, 1876 6. Aaron b. February 17, 1793 d. January 17, 1833 7. Abigail b. December 10, 1794 d. September 11, 1875 8. John (Deacon) b. October 8, 1796 d. July 8, 1878 9. George b. April 10, 1800 d. July 30, 1859 10. Sally b. June 25, 1802 d. August 23, 1868 11. Ann b. October 17, 1804, living on September 24, 1878

154. Elizabeth b. April 10, 1768 d. previous to 1801

155. John b. May 27, 1770

m. details follow r. Brighton, Massachusetts d. 1823, age 53

156. Abigail b. June 28, 1772 m. Aaron Dana of Cambridge, Massachusetts d. November 20, 1813, age 41 Her child: 1. Aaron b. 1798 d. August 30, 1815 157. Moses b. August 14, 1774 m. details follow r. Northboro, Massachusetts d. January 22, 1823, age 49 158. Josiah b. April 22, 1777 m. details follow r. Shrewsbury, Massachusetts d. December 23, 1863, age 81

69. Asa Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dublin, New Hampshire and afterwards Holliston, Massachusetts. He was married first on April 30, 1760 to Elizabeth Greenwood and second on November 10, 1774 to Elizabeth Fairbanks of Medway, Massachusetts.

Children by Elizabeth Greenwood:

159. Lucy b. June 1, 1761 m. Stephen Twichell of Sherborn, Massachusetts. Her children were: 1. Elizabeth b. December 7, 1780 2. Sarah b. July 8, 1781 3. Julia b. October 6, 1782 4. Hannah b. October 12, 1784 160. Phebe b. June 30, 1764 m. Benjamin Mason of Dublin, New Hampshire d. July 1, 1841, age 77 Her children were: 1. Abilgail b. April 4, 1783 2. Asa b. January 3, 1785 3. Acheah b. March 31, 1787 4. Jeremiah b. February 11, 1789 5. Phebe b. August 20, 1791 6. Benjamin b. July 9, 1792 7. Sally b. January 27, 1794 8. Cyrus b. October 18, 1795 9. David b. August 5, 1797 10. Lucy b. June 3, 1799 11. Julia b. July 9, 1801 12. daughter d. young 13. Maria b. March 6, 1804 14. Sally Elmira b. July 11, 1811

161. Elizabeth b. April 6, 1766

162. Sally b. June 10, 1768 m. in 1785 to Bela Mason of Dublin, New Hampshire He d. January 6, 1841, age 77 d. March 12, 1846 age 78

Her children were: 1. Betsy b. March 1, 1786 2. Rufus b. May 16, 1788 3. James b. April 27, 1793 4. Jesse b. March 30, 1795 5. Jerusha b. August 7, 1797 6. Elijah b. April 14, 1799 7. Sybil b. August 25, 1803 8. Sally

163. Asa b. May 25, 1770 m. details follow r. Franklin, Massachusetts d. May 23, 1823, age 53

164. Moses b. February 5, 1772 d. April 5 1773

165. Moses b. Aug 5 1773 d. April 12 1774

Children by Elizabeth Fairbanks

166. Ama b. July 10, 1776 m. Chester Leland of Chester, Vermont. Her children were: 1. Moses b. 1796 2. infant b. 1797 3. Asa b. 1799 4. Ama b. 1800 5. Eliza b. 1802 6. Lois b. 1804 7. Sarah A. b. 1805 8. Cephas b. 1807 9. Marshall W. b. 1808 10. Merriam W. b. 1810 11. Wm Harrison b. 1812 12. Achsah b. 1814 13. Abigail b. 1816 14. Dexter F. b. 1817 15. Laurett b. 1819

167. Sybil b. April 6, 1778 m. on August 8, 1796 to Urial Bragg of Milford, Massachusetts

168. Moses b. August 23, 1784

70. Nehemiah Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charlestown, Massachusetts was married about 1763 to Ruth.

169. Nehemiah b. August 29, 1765 m. see page 72 r. Poplar Street in Boston, Massachusetts d. July 1804, age 39 and buried in Boston Common Cemetery

170. John b. May 8, 1767 d. young

171. John Stratton b. April 1, 1770

172. Nancy b. January 1, 1774

74. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newton, Massachusetts and Cambridge, Massachusetts and afterwards of Gardiner, Maine. He was married on May 7, 1752 to Mary, daughter of Capt. Noah Wiswall of Newton, Massachusetts. She died April 8, 1800.

173. Samuel b. December 22, 1752, in Newton, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Gardiner and Hallowell, Maine d. December 9, 1838 age 86

174. Philip b. March 17, 1754 in Newton, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Chesterville, Maine d. October 4, 1821, age 67

175. Mary b. 1755 in Newton, Massachusetts d. young

176. Elijah b. 1757 in Newton, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Readfield, Maine d. 1802, age 45

177. Josiah b. February 16, 1759 in Cambridge, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Farmington, Maine d. at Industry, Maine on October 21, 1828, age 70

178. Daniel b. 1761 in Cambridge, Massachusetts m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine

179. Mary b. January 2, 1763 in Gardiner, Maine m. in 1782 to William Springer of Gardiner, Maine who was b. November 29, 1754 and d. 1808. Her children were: 1. Mary b. October 1782 2. William b. July 15, 1784 3. Joanna b. February 7, 1786 4. Susan b. July 26, 1787 5. Nancy b. March 13, 1791 6. Hannah b. July 10, 1797 7. Pamela b. December 3, 1800

180. Hannah b. 1764 m. first in 1785 to Thomas Ownes of Topham, Maine m. second to Mapes

181. Nathaniel b. 1765 m. details follow r. Fayette, Maine d. 1835, age 70

182. Thankful b. 1767 m. to Oliver Cromwell Pitts

183. Susan b. May 10, 1768 m. June 10, 1793 to Capt. Moses Springer of Gardiner, Maine who was b. October 17, 1767 and died Oct 24, 1832, age 65 d. October 3, 1842, age 74. Her children were: 1. Jacob b. April 12, 1794 2. Moses b. June 24, 1796 3. Eliza b. March 11, 1798 4. Sophia b. March 11, 1798 5. Julia b. February 18, 1800 6. Susan b. December 4, 1801 7. Samuel b. June 25, 1803 8. Mary b. October 31, 1804 9. William Norcross b. November 6, 1806 10. Albert b. August 18, 1808 d. March 25, 1826 11. Addison b. November 1, 1810 12. John b. October 22, 1812 d. August 21, 1825 13. George b. May 15, 1815

184. Elizabeth b. September 2, 1769 m. January 14, 1790 to Jeremiah White of Wayne, Maine, b. 1763 and d. 1845, age 82 d. February 18, 1848, age 79 Her children were 1. Prudelia b. September 25, 1791 m. to Ebenezer Stratton 2. Thankful b. September 19, 1793 m. to William Harkman 3. Celia b. September 6, 1795 m. to George Smith 4. Hannah b. June 8, 1797 m. to Luther Fillebrown 5. Eliza b. August 30, 1801 m. to Willard Farwell 6. David N. b. January 8, 1804 d. 1829 7. Josiah N. b. February 2, 1806 m. to Belinda Black 8. Sophronius b. November 7, 1809 m. to Amos Goss 9. Harriet b. April 23, 1812 m. to Jewell Farwell 10. Clarisa Ann b. August 15, 1819 m. to Bradley Weeks of Pescadora, California

185. Sally b. 1766 m. 1786 to Rev. Comfort C. Smith of Wayne, Maine

76. Jonathan Norcross (LINE: Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Georgetown, (now Bath), Pownalborough and Livermore, ME. He was married on April 15, 1760 to Martha, daughter of Jeremiah Springer of Kennebunkport, ME. She was b. 1744 and d. November 12, 1809, age 65.

186. Abigail b. 1761

m. first in 1781 to Elijah Robinson m. second on June 19, 1785 to Shubael Hinkley Children by Elijah Robinson 1. Philip b. April 24, 1782 o. United States Consul at Curacao 2. Mehitable d. young Children by Shubael Hinkley 1. Shubael b. October 8, 1786 2. Harriet b. August 30, 1788 3. Charles Albert b. January 18, 1792 4. Cornelius Thompson b. February 26, 1796 5. Joseph White b. August 24, 1802

187. Philip b. July 25, 1763 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine d. Sea Captain, lost at sea.

188. Sally b. 1765 m. to William Randall of Bangor, Maine Her children: 1. William 2. George 3. Nathan 4. Mary 5. Sarah 6. Fannie

189. Jonathan b. 1767 m. details follow r. Wayne, Maine

190. Susan b. 1768 m. in 1790 to Alvin Nye of Bangor, Maine Her children: 1. Lather m. Luther Jones 2. Susan m. Henry Sagar 3. Fanny m. Samuel Lane 4. David m. Sarah Gipson 5. Eliza m. Harry Parsons 6. Martha m. True 7. Harriet m. John Parsons 8. Alvin unmarried d. in Texas 191. Nathaniel b. June 12, 1769 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine d. May 5, 1843, age 74

192. Fanny b. 1771 m. to Lane

193. Joanna b. June 3 1773 m. on November 6, 1793 to Deacon James Hinkley of Hallowell, Maine who was b. August 14, 1769, d. April 8, 1840, age 71. d. June 20, 1852, age 69 Her children were:

1. Owen b. March 27, 1794 d. February 1, 1827 2. Mary McKenny b. July 7, 1796 d. March 24, 1861 3. Smith b. April 9, 1798 d. May 1, 1812 4. Nicholas b. October 28, 1799 d. October 28, 1860 5. Thomas b. December 5, 1802 d. September 5, 1803 6. Amelia b. May 25, 1805 d. January 28, 1848 7. Henry Kendell b. May 20, 1807 r. Portland, ME d. 1884 8. Martha Ann b. August 11, 1815

194. James b. May, 1776 in Readfield, Maine m. details follow r. Charlestown Maine d. November 10, 1838, age 63 o. A Baptist Deacon

195. Jesse b. 1778 m. details follow r. Charlestown, Maine d. April 28, 1831, age 53 o. A Baptist Minister

196. Mary b. 1781 m. first to John Frost m. second to Brown

197. David b. 1783 d. 1800, age 17- drowned in the Kennebec River

198. Elijah Livermore b. March 9 1785. He was the first white child born in Livermore, Maine m. details follow r. Winthrop, Maine d. February 24, 1872, age 87

79. Seth Norcross (LINE: Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts. He was married on July 10, 1766 to Jerusha Learned, granddaughter of Thomas Learned of Watertown, Massachusetts.

199. Jerusha b. August 7, 1767 d. January 7, 1768. Has a tablet in the old cemetery at Watertown, Massachusetts.

200. Bezaleel b. July 29, 1768 d. February 19, 1769. Has a tablet in the old cemetery in Watertown, Massachusetts.

201. Elijah b. October 27, 1772 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts d. May 8, 1819 age 47

202. Seth d. young

203. Hannah d. young

204. Catherine d. young

205. Helen b. July 22, 1780 m. in Boston, Massachusetts on September 5, 1803 to Russel Sturgess Lovell, a shipmaster, afterwards removed to Amesville, Athens Co., Ohio. He was the son of Christopher and Abigail (Sturgess) Lovell of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Her children were: 1. Josiah b. June 12, 1804 2. Helen b. May 22, 1806 3. Charles R. b. August 11, 1808 4. Henry b. December 29, 1813 5. Christopher b. July 1, 1816 6. Jerusha b. April 19, 1821 7. Sarah b. August 28, 1823

206. Susan b. October 24, 1783 m. first in 1796 to Francis Gray Spurr. He d. September 5, 1802 m. second in 1805 to Abraham Gibson of Boston, Massachusetts. d. July 10, 1846 Children of Susan by F G Spurr: 1. Susan b. 1796 2. John Waldo b. September 3, 1798 3. Francis b. December 6, 1801 d. June 10, 1803 Children of Susan by Abraham Gibson: 1. Gorham b. October 5, 1805 2. Charlotte Lovell b. July 18, 1807 3. Warren b. September 3, 1809 d. March 23, 1817 4. Gorham b. September 12, 1811 d. September 24, 1836 5. George Gilman b. May 1, 1813 6. Charles Langdon b. April 1, 1815

207. Charlotte b. August 12, 1785 m. in Boston, Massachusetts on August 15, 1806 to Thomas Sturgess Lovell, Shipmaster in Boston, afterwards removed to Amesville, Ohio. He was the brother of Russel Sturgess Lovell who married Susan (206). Her children were: 1. Charlotte Augusta b. January 7, 1809 2. Susan Gibson b. October 8, 1811 3. Georgianna b. July 3, 1814 4. Thomas Russel b. September 30, 1817 5. Oliver Marshall b. April 11, 1820 6. Augustine Washington b. February 1825 7. John Waldo b. August 28, 1827

208. Mary b. 1795 d. young

Sixth Generation

82. Noah Norcross (LINE: Noah, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Barre, Vermont. He was married first to Fanny Rollins of Dublin, New Hampshire and second to Prudence Gale of Barre, Vermont.

209. Ruth b. January 22, 1797 m. 1815 to Daniel Lawson d. 1848, age 51 210. Hannah b. February 20, 1799 m. 1820 to Thomas Bradish of Woodbury, Vermont. d. December 28, 1878, age 79 211. Fanny b. December 8, 1800 m. William Cilley d. November 16, 1865, age 65 212. James Richmond b. December 17, 1802 m. details follow r. East Montpelier, Vermont. d. April 29, 1875, age 73 213. Mary b. April 13, 1805 m. Levi Ball d. 1843, age 38 214. Louisa P. b. January 8, 1809 m. Abner Tonne 215. Lucretia b. June 9, 1811 m. 1836 to William Cotes d. November 3, 1846, age 35 216. Aurella b. March 17, 1813 m. August 31, 1831 to John T. Bailey of Andover, Massachusetts

84. Isaac Norcross (LINE: Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Royalston, Massachusetts and afterwards of Auburn, NY. He was married first on May 25 1797 to Sally Holman of Athol, Massachusetts. She d. June 8, 1798. He married second Nancy Wolcott.

Children by Nancy Wolcott:

217. Sarah b. 1800 m. Lester Bristol, Northern Carolina 218. Mary b. 1802 m. Elvin Phelps. Her children were George M. and Cornelia 219. Roderick b. 1804 d. young 220. Cornelia b. 1806 m. Dudley Weaver of New Orleans, Louisiana. Her children were William, Dudley and James. 221. Lydia Ann b. October 12, 1808 m. November 4, 1830 to Samuel W. Willard of Greenfield, Massachusetts, afterwards Ohio. Her children were Charles A. b. October 20, 1832 and Mary Ann b. February 11, 1836. 222. Nancy Jane b. 1810 m. first to Page m. second to James Norcross (227) her cousin. d. April 24, 1845, age 35 223. Isaac b. 1812 m. a lady of New Orleans, Louisiana. They had no children. d. several years ago.

87. Deacon Joseph Norcross (LINE: Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts.

224. Lucy b. June 2, 1804 m. Apollos Howard Her children were: 1. Sophronia m. Chauncy Dickinson of Brattleboro, Vermont. 2. Apollos m. Clara Williams 3. Lysander 4. Mary June m. Jerethal Stockwell of Winchendon 5. Sylvia 6. Chloe 7. Sarah d. September 5, 1877 8. Lydia m. Charles Cummings of Baldwinsville, Massachusetts. 225. Isaac b. July 26, 1806 m. details follow r. Southbridge, Massachusetts. 226. Hannah b. September 22, 1809 m. to Daniel Rolfe d. July 19, 1846, age 37 Her children were: 1. Maria 2. Jane 3. Ann 4. Lydia 5. Charles 6. Colista 7. Cornelia 227. James b. June 1, 1811 m. details follow r. South Royalston, Massachusetts 228. Salmon b. June 22, 1814 m. details follow r. Phillipston, Massachusetts Military service - Union soldier 229. Orrin b. July 3, 1817 m. details follow r. Winchendon, Massachusetts 230. Joseph b. April 3, 1820 m. details follow r. Ashburnham, Massachusetts d. January 25, 1860, age 40 231. Mary b. October 21, 1822 m. to Dr, E. Goddard of Charlestown, Massachusetts. d. July 17, 1866, age 44 Her children were: 1. Edwin d. October 1, 1877 2. Mary L. 232. Lydia S. b. November 18, 1823 unmarried d. July 29, 1843, age 20 233. Sarah b. July 3, 1826 m. Simeon Gould of Keene, New Hampshire

90. Nahum Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont. He was married to Seviah Rowell b. September 6, 1778 and d. April 8, 1840 age 62.

234. Betsy b. November 24, 1797 m. to Aaron Grimes 235. Luke b. July 15, 1799 d. young 236. Luke b. June 9, 1801 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont. d. June 23, 1875, age 44 237. Mary b. October 9, 1803 m. to William Woodward 238. Moses b. May 29, 1806 239. Sarah b. December 7, 1808 m. on October 6, 1836 to Anson Woodward d. 1878 Her children were: 1. Ellen b. January 27, 1839 m. to Louis Preiget in October 1864 2. Emily b. September 3, 1840 m. to George FingueI, 1858 3. Isadore b. February 1848 m. to Merritt Andrews on February 8, 1876 4. Charles b. March 12, 1842 m. to Fanny Thompson in May 1876 5. Frederick b. June 20, 1850 240. Charlotte b. November 27, 1809 m. first to E. Griswell m. second to W. Stearns 241. Orison b. November 22, 1812 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont. d. August 21, 1873, age 61 242. Blucher b. May 15, 1815 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont. d. November 15, 1880, age 65

91. Eber Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Easton, NY. He was married to Hannah.

243. Sally b. August 19, 1802 m. in 1823 to William Harrington d. December 29, 1837, age 35 244. Eber b. September 25, 1805 unmarried d. December 2, 1828, age 23 245. Emily b. August 11, 1810 m. in 1840 to William Harrington, his second wife d. April 7, 1847, age 37 246. Angeline b. October 15, 1812 m. in 1836 to Edward Ford d. August 10, 1847, age 35 247. Sheppard b. February 20, 1815 m. details follow

r. Evansville, Ind. 248. Harvey b. March 12, 1818 m. in 1845 to Melvina Foster r. Auburn, NY 249. Hiram L. b. November 22, 1822 m. details follow r. No. Easton, N.Y.

93. Beniah Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He was married to Sarah. She d. October 25, 1874 at the residence of her son George S. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, age 97.

250. Lucy J. b. January 18, 1800 m. on August 22, 1824 to W.Q. Thompson d. September 21, 1829, age 29 Her child: 1. Romanzo, W b. December 2, 1827 251. Emma b. February 8, 1801 d. June 30, 1842, age 41 252. Luthera b. June 22, 1803 d. February 13, 1835, age 32 253. Alanson b. April 14, 1805 m. details follow r. Chesterfield, New Hampshire d. August 16, 1886 age 81 254. Alexander b. June 11, 1808 d. June 15, 1822, age 14 255. David L. b. February 25, 1811 m. details follow r. Kiota, Iowa, Dentist 256. Samuel Julius b. November 3, 1812 m. details follow r. Putney, Vermont. d. March 24, 1851, age 39 257. Calvin T. b. August 23, 1815 m. details follow r. Ohio 258. Mary Elizabeth b. March 7, 1818 d. November 7, 1822, age 4 259. George S. b. October 20, 1821 m. details follow r. Milwaukee, Wisconsin & San Jose, California o. Dentist

94. Zebina Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He was married to Clarissa b. March 19, 1782 and d. May 28, 1877, age 95.

260. Chauncy R. b. November 1803 m. details follow r. Bethlehem and Deerfield, New Hampshire d. April 18, 1877, age 74 261. Mary L. b. December 23, 1806 m. to Sumner Black 262. Elizabeth C. b. November 18, 1808 m. to Benjamin Faulkner 263. Philip D. b. October 11, 1810 m. details follow

r. Greenwich, N.Y afterwards Wisconsin 264. Sally S. b. December 21, 1812 265. Clarissa L. b. December 7, 1815 266. Nelson B. b. March 25, 1820 m. details follow r. Winchester, New Hampshire 267. Eliza M. b. November 29, 1825 m. to Samuel Wyman

95. Darius Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lockport, NY. He was married to Sally Stearns, she d. November 1, 1863.

268. Willard b. October 27, 1804 269. Betsy S. b. July 27, 1812 m. in Lockport, N.Y.

97. Sheppard Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Easton, NY. He was married first on January 10, 1811 to Patience Hall. She d. April 18, 1813 and he married second to Abigail Stearns. She d. April 7, 1873, age 85.

Children by Abigail Stearns:

270. Daniel Stearns b. March 4, 1818 d. October 18, 1827, age 9 271. Abbie Elizabeth b. February 18, 1820 m. on October 25, 1842 to Rufus White d. March 23, 1846, age 26 272. Imlah Harvey b. January 8, 1822 d. May 2, 1832, age 10, drowned 273. Isaac Merrich b. December 4, 1823 m. details follow r. Rockford, Ill 274. Bethuel b. April 5, 1825 m. details follow r. Glenns Falls, Warren Co., NY. 275. Darius b. October 22, 1827 m. details follow r. Glenns Falls, Warren Co., NY. 276. Sally b. February 2, 1830 m. on Sep 9, 1847 to Rufus White for his second wife 277. Sheppard b. August 28, 1833 m. on October 23, 1855 to Adelia Goodspeed d. Oct 25, 1865 at Albany, Georgia r. Illinois Military service - Union soldier The above children were all born at Fort Miller, N.Y.

110. Dr. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Page, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire married Sally Barrett.

278. Sally b. June 5, 1797 m. Frederick Fisher of Franklin, Massachusetts. 279. Elijah b. October 5. 1799 d. 1801 280. Ozias b. February 16, 1802 m. details follow r. Wisconsin d. August 9, 1876, age 74

281. Rufus b. October 11, 1804 m. details follow r. Uxbridge, Massachusetts d. 1872, age 68 282. Zophor b. May 20, 1806 d. young 283. Alonzo b. February 23, 1808 d. 1810 284. Clarisa b. October 6, 1809 m. George R. Pond of Franklin, Massachusetts. Her children were: 1. Louisa M. b. March 18, 1844 2. George Samuel b. September 20, 1846 d. September 22, 1848 285. Lavinia b. March 10, 1812 m. Cook of Saratoga Springs, NY. d. 1854, age 42

112. David Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bradford, Vermont. He was married on March 8 1795 to Lucretia Chaplin.

286. Betsy m. David Chace of Bradford, Vermont. 287. David b. November 1798 m. details follow r. Bradford, Vermont. o. Farmer. He was the strongest man in the town. 288. Ruth unmarried 289. Daniel m. details follow r. Bradford, Vermont. o. Farmer 290. Soloman m. details follow r. Johnston, Wisconsin 291. Micah b. 1807 m. details follow r. Bradford, Vermont. d. February 8, 1878, age 70½ 292. Moses m. details follow r. Bradford, Vermont.

113. Captain Daniel Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire married first to Polly Jones. She d. July 21, 1834. He married second on June 16, 1835 to Sally (Hubbard) Rand, widow of L. Rand and daughter of Deacon Hubbard.

Children by Polly Jones:

293. Eliza b. June 25, 1804 294. Eunice b. June 25, 1804 m. May 17, 1827 to George W. Bryant of Fittswilliam, New Hampshire Her children were: 1. George E. r. Madison, Wisconsin, a Lawyer 2. Marinda m. to Gardner Brewer of Boston, Massachusetts 3. Lucy Ellen m. to Allen Brazee of Madison, Wisconsin 4. Harriet m. to Joseph Loomis of Mt. Hope, Wisconsin 5. Henry r. Madison, Wisconsin, a Farmer 6. Eunice m. to Henry Stanwood of Wisconsin 295. Nancy b. Jan 13 1806 m. January 7, 1827 to George L. Beals of Winchendon, Massachusetts

d. October 1881 Her children were: 1. Mary L. b. November 21, 1827 2. George L. b. January 11, 1820 3. ? d. young 4. ? d. young 5. Charles L. b. May 6, 1835 6. Nancy E. b. April 2, 1837 7. Martha E. b. April 14, 1844 296. Daniel b. February 20, 1807 m. May 16, 1832 to Ellen S. Boardman, daughter of Stephen Boardman. She d. September 18, 1884 d. August 30, 1886 r. Wakefield, Massachusetts o. Real Estate broker in Boston Their only child was born November 17, 1834 and died in infancy. 297. Asa Jones b. February 15, 1809 d. September 1, 1810 298. Lucy b. April 9, 1810 m. May 10, 1838 to Addison Hubbard of Wakefield, Massachusetts. d. June 25, 1881 299. Asa Jones b. 1811 d. October 1, 1813 300. Betsy b. November 23, 1812 unmarried d. April 28, 1843, age 31 301. Jeremiah b. April 25, 1814 m. details follow r. Rindge, New Hampshire o. Deacon of the Congregational Church 302. Mary M. b. August 1815 d. March 8, 1816 303. Josiah b. July 13, 1817 m. details follow r. Wakefield, Massachusetts Physician d. January 15, 1866, age 49 304. Joshua b. April 6, 1820 m. details follow r. Rindge, New Hampshire 305. David b. 1822 d. young 306. Amasa b. January 26, 1824 m. details follow r. Fitchburg, Massachusetts o. Lawyer 307. Nathan b. July 27, 1826 d. July 27, 1828

119. Joel Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hopkinton, Massachusetts was married on June 22, 1791 to Huldah Gasset. She died in Hopkinton April 1, 1841.

308. Nancy b. April 19, 1792 unmarried d. August 8, 1868, age 76 309. Josiah b. May 24, 1794 m. details follow

d. July 6, 1862, age 68 310. Seth b. March 28, 1797 unmarried d. July 7, 1843, age 46 311. Lovell b. August 7, 1804 d. May 1, 1805

122. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hopkinton, Massachusetts married on December 23, 1802 to Lydia Pearce, b. November 20, 1777.

312. Joel b. November 30, 1803 m. details follow r. Manchester, Vermont. 313. Lovell b. February 10, 1806 m. details follow r. Whitingham, Vermont. 314. Adams Chapin b. February 15, 1808 m. details follow r. Upton, Massachusetts.

123. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of New York City, NY was married first on October 7, 1804 to Eliza Holland of Boston, b. May 12, 1786 and d. December 13, in New York; and second on April 29, 1820 to Julia Persilla, daughter of John Frederick Persilla of NY, b. June 29, 1803.

Children by Eliza:

315. Daniel b. October 7, 1805 d. November 12, 1809 316. Eliza b. February 30, 1808 d. October 9, 1812 317. Daniel Holland b. June 24, 1812 m. details follow r. Marblehead, Massachusetts d. October 18, 1885 at Marblehead, Massachusetts 318. George Adams b. October 7, 1814 d. August 8, 1815

Children by Julia:

319. George Frederick b. September 5, 1821 d. August 30, 1822 320. Emily b. February 23, 1823 d. October 13, 1824

124. Archelus Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston married on March 11, 1804 to Sarah Parker b. in Holliston, Massachusetts on November 20, 1784 and d. at Melrose, Massachusetts August 25, 1865 age 81.

321. Sarah Parker b. February 5, 1805 m. on September 26, 1827 to Daniel Carlton Her children were: 1. Sarah Jane b. November 27, 1828 m. to Albert S. Haven 2. William Henry b. February 26, 1831 m. to Deborah P. Jackson 322. Elizabeth Jones b. November 19, 1806 m. on December 22, 1825 to Stephen Shelton of Melrose who was b. about 1802

and d. October 22, 1884 d. April 27, 1882, age 76 Her children were: 1. Otis Norcross b. December 29, 1828 m. to Mary Carpenter 2. Eliza b. Sepember 5, 1833 d. 1839 3. Stephen Archelus b. January 22, 1837

Mrs. Shelton had lived in Melrose thirty three years previous to her death where she was beloved by all who knew her for her many excellent traits of character and sweet domestic virtues. She was formerly a member of the Federal Street Baptist Church Boston, Massachusetts then under the charge of Rev. Dr. Howard Malcolm and later of the Baptist Church at Melrose, Massachusetts. Her husband about 80 years of age was living at the time of her death.

323. Abigail Chapin b. November 19, 1806 m. January 22, 1828 to E.E. Leeman of South Boston who d. November 19, 1876 d. May, 1878, age 72 Her children were: 1. Freeman Bumstead b. September 5, 1828 d. 1845 2. Sarah Parker

125. Chapin Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Philadelphia, PA was married on November 12, 1807 to Susan Danforth.

324. Chapin b. August 19, 1808 d. August 20, 1810 325. Henry Augustus b. December 26, 1809 m. details follow r. New Orleans d. October 13, 1849, age 40 326. Susan Danforth b. September 22, 1811 m. on February 26, 1834 to Stephen W. Peaseley d. December 19, 1876, age 65 Her children were: 1. Adelaide b. May 15, 1835 d. January 25, 1843 2. Ada b. March 9, 1837 m. Eihlamen 3. Henry Norcross b. December 12, 1838 Military service - a rebel soldier 4. Susan Danforth b. September 9, 1840 d. November 7, 1862 5. Mary Jones b. May 9, 1842 d. July 12, 1843 6. Charles Rowland b. December 20, 1843 7. Alice b. November 20, 1845 8. Stephen Colvin b. November 20, 1847 9. Edwin Chapin b. January 20, 1850 d. January 24, 1850 10. William Reed b. March 31, 1851 11. Theodore Low b. February 7, 1853 d. April 18, 1863

327. Catherine Lundy b. February 21, 1812 m. first on June 7, 1838 to Henry Trobough

m. second to H. Curry 328. Otis C. b. November 28, 1814 d. September 1, 1840, age 26 329. Mary b. September 28, 1817 m. on May 1, 1834 to Isaac P. Wendell d. January 8, 1852, age 35 Her children were: 1. Anna Austin b. May 15, 1835 d. January 25, 1843 2. Mary Susan b. April 2, 1837 d. January 19, 1838 3. Edwin Quincy b. August 20, 1839 d. January 23, 1843 4. Otis Norcross b. March 23, 1842 d. December 6, 1857 5. Marianna b. January 15, 1844 6. Henry Augustus b. October 17, 1845 7. Isaac Austin b. June 24, 1847 8. Helen Danforth b. July 5, 1849 330. Edwin b. August 2, 1818 d. April 12, 1829, age 11 331. William Rowland b. September 2, 1820 m. details follow r. Cambridge, Massachusetts Norcross Mellen & Co., Boston, Massachusetts - the crockery business 332. Abigail Chapin b. December 28, 1822 d. April 1827

126. Otis Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on January 8, 1809 to Mary C. Homer, daughter of Eleazer Homer. She was b. in Boston on April 21, 1790 and d. in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on January 6, 1869, age 79.

333. Mary Homer b. December 14, 1809 baptised in Christ Church October 31, 1814 m. October 13, 1830 to Stephen Gore Bass b. July 1, 1806 He d. February 4, 1876, age 70 Her children were: 1. Mary Norcross b. October 10, 1832 d. September 29, 1879 2. Maria White b. April 10, 1834 d. April 28, 1862 334. Otis b. November 1811 m. details follow r. Commonwealth Ave. in Boston, Massachusetts since 1871 d. September 5, 1882, age 71 335. Caroline Ann b. December 11, 1813 m. October 13, 1834 to Jonathan D. Wheeler of Grafton, Massachusetts Her children were: 1. Lewis Dodge b. March 3, 1837 d. February 6, 1839 2. William Harvey b. January 17, 1839 m. to Ellen Pope 3. Jane Eliza b. March 26, 1841 m. to John Davis Warren 4. Samuel b. January 16, 1843 d. October 8, 1843 5. Addison b. June 21, 1845

d. September 7, 1845 6. Florence Wheeler d. July 3, 1850 7. Thomas b. September 8, 1849 336. Adelaide Cordelia b. June 7, 1816 m. November 26, 1844 to John Warren Bass of Quincy, Ill who was b. September 30, 1810, d. November 19, 1875 Her children were: 1. John Warren b. March 21, 1849 2. Adelaide Norcross 3. Stephen Gore b. September 3, 1851 4. Mary Cunningham b. July 2, 1854 5. Maria Caroline b. April 14, 1857 d. October 13, 1857 337. Samuel Dorr b. March 18, 1818 d. October 31, 1839, age 21 338. Joseph Addison b. April 14, 1820 m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts d. December 8, 1849, age 29 339. Jane Eliza b. June 1, 1823 d. April 22, 1840, age 17 340. Laura Olivia b. March 27, 1825 d. December 13, 1834, age 9 341. Daniel Webster b. August 17, 1826 m. details follow r. Grafton, Massachusetts

130. Levi Norcross (LINE: Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Templeton, Massachusetts. He was married on May 19, 1801 to Ruth Fletcher b. August 7, 1777 and d. July 18, 1822.

342. Susan b. May 22, 1802 m. Calvin Smith of Templeton, Massachusetts, b. April 20, 1794 and d. December 11, 1862 d. May 25, 1882 Her children: 1. Levi Norcross b. August 28, 1822 d. September 27, 1875 2. Ruth Fletcher b. May 22, 1825 d. December 3, 1871 3. Draper C. b. August 13, 1828 4. Sidney A. b. April 13, 1835 5. Susan A. b. April 13, 1835 d. November 16, 1846 343. Nancy b. March 29, 1804 m. on October 4, 1827 to Samuel Wiley of Athol b. September 15, 1805 Her children: 1. Amos D. b. October 18, 1828 m. first on April 21, 1858 to Sarah E. Raymond and has 2 children m. second in January 1863 to Nancy Raymond m. third on January 7, 1868 to Lucinda A. Raymond and had one child 2. Susan b. July 1, 1830 m. on October 14, 1857 to Josiah Heven and had 4 children 3. Hannah b. June 8, 1833

m. on April 7, 1851 to Moses Hill and had 2 children 4. Ira Lyman b. April 20, 1841 5. Mary Elizabeth b. May 12, 1844 d. November 4, 1849

344. Hannah b. April 3, 1805 m. March 6, 1828 to Freeman Fenno of Templeton, Massachusetts. He d. July 14, 1882, age 77 Her children: 1. Mary b. December 8, 1828 m. on August 10, 1857 to George Eaton 2. Lucy b. November 3, 1832 m. on February 1862 to Morgan Wood d. April 17, 1875 3. Nancy b. March 30, 1834 d. March 8. 1836 4. Emily b. July 15, 1838 m. on September 1861 to Elijah Carpenter d. December 21, 1873 5. Franklin b. January 10, 1842 d. May 6, 1864, killed at Battle of the Wilderness 345. William b. February 15, 1807 m. details follow r. Baldwinsville, Massachusetts 346. Ora Butler b. February 20, 1811 m. details follow r. Baldwinsville, Massachusetts d. June 19, 1849, age 38 347. Asaph b. August 15, 1813 m. first on April 30, 1833 to Miranda Goddard of Athol, Massachusetts who was b. December 11, 1814 and d. October 4, 1852 m. second on June 27, 1854 to Susan Lingee of Prescott, Massachusetts who was b. June, 1823 and d. December 14, 186? Children by Miranda: 1. Abby b. March 10, 1838 d. February 10, 1860 2. Lizzie J. b. May 10, 1840 m. to John T. Turner on October 3, 1860 3. Martha b. March 2, 1844 m. to Cyrus E. Smith on October 20, 1868 4. Marietta b. February 15, 1848 d. October 2, 1852 5. Emma L. b. December 13, 1850 d. September 16, 1861 Child by Susan 6. Frank A. b. November 24, 1868 d. September 9, 1869 348. Austin (Rev) b. October 6, 1816 m. details follow r. Derby, Vermont. o. Baptist Minister d. March 11, 1882

131. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Templeton, Massachusetts married Nabby Stow.

349. Silas S. b. August 16, 1803 m. details follow

r. Winchendon, Massachusetts. 350. Sally B. b. February 24, 1806 m. Asner Alger 351. Stillman b. May 28, 1809 m. details follow r. Templeton, Massachusetts d. April 8, 1877, age 68 352. Franklin b. December 28, 1813 m. details follow r. Janesville, Wisconsin d. August 16, 1875, age 62 353. Abigail b. February 16, 1819 d. August 16, 1875, age 56

133. John Norcross (LINE: Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of LaGrange, Wisconsin married on July 2 1810 to Mitty Wilber b. December 4, 1788 and d. May 2, 1862 age 74.

354. Betsy E. b. October 12, 1812 d. October 1850, age 38 355. Joel Butler b. October 15, 1814 m. details follow r. Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa 356. George Washington b. October 21, 1816 m. details follow r. Grand Haven, Michigan 357. Sarah T. b. April 7, 1819 358. Emeline M. b. May 28, 1821 359. Walter W. b. February 8, 1824 m. details follow r. LaGrange, Walwerth Co. Iowa

135. Joel Norcross (LINE: William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts was married first on December 16, 1798 to Betsy, daughter of Jude Fay of Monson. She was b. November 15, 1777 and d. September 5, 1829, age 52. He married second on January 6, 1831 to Sarah, daughter of Rev. Joseph Vaill of Hadlyme, Connecticut and sister of Rev. Joseph Vaill of Brimfield, Massachusetts and afterwards of Palmer, Massachusetts. She was b. March 29, 1788 and d. in Monson April 25, 1854, age 66.

Children by Betsy:

360. Hiram b. March 31, 1800 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts d. February 26, 1829, age 29 361. Austin b. February 25, 1802 r. Monson, Massachusetts. d. January 12, 1824, age 22 362. Emily b. July 3, 1804 m. on May 7, 1828 to Edward Dickinson of Amherst, Massachusetts who was a lawyer. d. November 14, 1882 Her children were: 1. William Austin b. April 16, 1829 m. to Susan Gilbert. o. Treasurer of Amherst College 2. Emily Elizabeth 3. Lavinia Norcross 363. William Otis b. September 13, 1806

m. details follow r. Newark, New Jersey d. January 24, 1863, age 57 364. Eli b. September 20, 1809 d. October 20, 1811 365. Lavinia b. February 22, 1812 m. on November 4, 1834 to Loring Norcross (373) her cousin. d. April 17, 1860, age 48 366. Alfred b. July 16, 1815 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts 367. Nancy Fay b. October 13, 1818 d. April 15, 1824, age 5½ 368. Joel Warren b. November 15, 1821 m. details follow r. Lynn, Massachusetts (corner of Ocean & Bassett Streets from 1859 to 1882)

*** Joel is the author of the original manuscript

136. Amos Norcross (LINE: William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts who married on November 30, 1800 to Sabra Brown.

369. Elvira b. December 26, 1801 m. on October 19, 1830 to Pliny Allen who d. October 17, 1831, age 32 d. October 1, 1866, age 65 Her child was: 1. Julia Augusta m. to Orson D. Munn, Editor of Scientific American, N.Y. 370. Sarah b. August 24, 1803 unmarried d. September 12, 1831, age 28 371. Edwin b. June 28, 1807 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois d. March 7, 1856, age 49, in Chicago, Illinois 372. Julia b. February 9, 1810 unmarried d. July 31, 1850, age 40

139. William Norcross (LINE: William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Brimfield, Massachusetts was married on January 13, 1808 to Oril Munn, b. 1875 and who d. July 23, 1868. She married second to Daniel Burt of Brimfield on October 16, 1816 for his second wife. He was b. December 22, 1782 and d. December 25, 1783.

373. Loring b. October 17, 1808 m. details follow r. McLean Street, Boston, Massachusetts d. January 7, 1863, age 54 374. Albert b. May 19, 1810 m. details follow r. Monson, Massachusetts d. October 8, 1881, age 71 375. Betsy b. May 22, 1813 m. February 29, 1832 to Mathew F. Wood of Boston, Massachusetts who worked at Norcross & Wood on Kilby Street d. April 15, 1878, age 65 Her children were: 1. Francis Olivia b. Aug., 1839

d. March 1842, age 2½ 2. Charlotte Eliza m. to Edward H. Snow of Newark, New Jersey 3. Henrietta Norcross m. to Capt. Henry Johnson of NY 4. Francis William r. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 5. Lavinia Norcross m. to Robert Rae of Brooklyn, NY

[Note inserted in manuscript:] “The oldest son (Loring 373) commenced as a clerk in Monson, Massachusetts then went to Southbridge, Massachusetts and afterwards to Boston, Massachusetts. The firm in Boston was Norcross and Wood dry goods jobbers and they carried on quite an extensive business. He was afterward associated with Holmes Ammidown in the dry goods jobbers business. He was a member of the Boston City Government as councilman from old ward 5 and was chairman of the old Water Committee at the time the Cochituate water was introduced into the city. He was also one of the School Committee for many years. He was one of the active members of the Boudoin Street church. He was very social and genial in his nature and had a large circle of friends who fully appreciated him. He married 1834 Lavinia Norcross, daughter of Joel N. (135). She was his cousin. He had three children, one of whom died young. The other two, Louisa & Frances L. have resided for the past eight years in Concord, Massachusetts. Mr. Norcross died in 1863 age 54 and his wife died 1860 age 48.”

140. Erasmus Norcross (LINE: William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of New York City was married on February 1821 to Eliza Holbrook of Monson, Massachusetts. She d. in New York 1880.

376. George Henry b. November 21, 1828 m. on February 7, 1877 to Lizzie B. Hartshorn of New York who was b. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 26, 1838 r. New York o. Insurance Broker

143. Joseph Watts Norcross (LINE: Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charlestown, Massachusetts married on January 29, 1784 to Jane Trueman. She m. second on July 12, 1790 to Thomas Whitman. Her children of Joseph Watts Norcross:

377. Marcy b. 1784 m. on July 10, 1810 to Samuel Low of Prince Street in Boston, Massachusetts 378. Joseph b. March 10, 1876 m. details follow d. December 28, 1864, age 78

147. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts was married on June 12, 1791 to Judith Day of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

379. Nathaniel 380. Uriah d. was drowned 381. Thomas Lamb b. 1795 m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts 382. Judith m. to William Brown 383. David d. in Savannah of Yellow Fever 384. Hannah

149. Elisha P. Norcross (LINE: Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts and afterwards of New York City, NY married first on May 7, 1797 to Polly Holman b. February 19, 1770. He married second on March 1, 1822 to Margaret Miller Annin b. March 7, 1799 and d. October 20, 1876, age 77.

Children by Polly Holman:

385. William b. September 7, 1798

d. October 23, 1802, buried in Copps Hill Burial Ground 386. Mary b. November 27, 1800 d. September 25, 1802, buried in Copps Hill Burial Ground 387. daughter b. March 28, 1802 d. March 28, 1802, buried in Copps Hill Burial Ground

Children by Margaret:

388. Elisha Williams b. January 24, 1823 d. 1834, age 11 389. Joseph Nathaniel b. January 16, 1824 d. Jun. 20, 1824 390. Margaret R. b. May 27, 1825 m. June 7, 1847 to Charles E. Packer d. July 10, 1855, age 30 Her children were: 1. Charles E. b. April 2, 1848 2. Arline Margaret 391. Alexander b. December 1, 1827 m. details follow r. Newark, New Jersey 392. John A. b. February 25, 1830 d. 1831 393. William H. b. August 26, 1832 d. July 10, 1852, age 20 394. Abbie E. b. January 26, 1835 m. September 11, 1867 to William F. Bailey of Newark, New Jersey Her children were: 1. Arline Margaret b. May 6, 1870 d. July, 1870 2. Edgar Farmer b. May 19, 1871 3. William F. b. March 11, 1875 d. April 25, 1876 4. Frank b. September 1877 d. October 1877 395. Wade J. b. 1837 d. August 1838 396. Joseph M. b. July 5, 1841 r. Newark, New Jersey o. Public Singer

152. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newton, Massachusetts married first in 1872 to Anna Ward b. February 11, 1762 and d. September 14, 1805. He then married second in 1806 to Fanny Winchester b. March 4, 1768.

Children by Anna Ward:

397. Mary b. April 11, 1784 m. to Edward Fisher of Sudbury, Massachusetts 398. Nathaniel b. December 5, 1785 m. details follow r. Newton, Massachusetts d. October 27, 1817, age 32 399. Anna b. July 13, 1788 m. to Isaac Gale of Roxbury, Massachusetts d. 1813, age 25 400. Jemima b. August 17, 1790 d. 1807, age 17

401. James Ward b. August 27, 1792 m. details follow r. Newton, Massachusetts d. November 4, 1842, age 50 402. Amy b. November 14, 1795 unmarried d. March 1855, age 60 403. Abigail b. November 28, 1798 m. to Harry James d. 1870, age 72 404. Martha b. December 11, 1799 unmarried d. 1819, age 20 405. Caroline b. December 18, 1802 m. John Whittemore of Roxbury, Massachusetts d. July 16, 1874, age 72

155. John Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Brighton, Massachusetts married Margaret Everett. She d. 1843.

406. Eliza b. 1798 d. 1802 407. John b. 1801 d. 1802 408. John b. 1803 m. details follow r. Lexington, Massachusetts, afterwards Medford, Massachusetts. d. August 5, 1885, 81 years and 10 months, at Waltham, Massachusetts. 409. Anna M. b. 1805 m. John English of Boston, Massachusetts.

157. Moses Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Northboro, Massachusetts married on May 7, 1799 to Mary Winchester. She d. Dec 17, 1852, age 82.

410. Mary Ann b. November 16, 1802 unmarried d. January 6, 1837, age 34 411. Eliza b. February 16, 1804 m. on 1827 to William C. Peterson d. November 9, 1861, age 57 Her children were: 1. Charlotte b. April 1828 m. to Charles Spencer 2. Charles M. b. February 15, 1832 m. to Emily Fox 3. Lawson B. b. October 7, 1835 m. to Mary C. Cotting 4. Mary E. b. May 24, 1839 d. December 27, 1854 5. Celestia b. October 14, 1843 m. to George W. Holt 6. George b. October 28, 1850 412. Ermina b. February 6, 1807 m. in 1830 to Royal Lawrence d. September 17, 1846, age 39 Her children were: 1. Mary Francis b. March 23, 1830 d. October 16, 1868

2. Eveline Walker b. June 12, 1831 m. to William Burrage 3. Ermina Maria b. December 7, 1832 d. July 6, 1849 4. Harriet Elizabeth b. May 13, 1834 d. January 5, 1854 5. Lorenzo b. March 31, 1836 d. October 6, 1854 6. Sarah Ellen b. January 28, 1840 m. to Elmer Browning 7. George Thomas b. September 4, 1841 413. Stephen Winchester b. August 1, 1811 m. details follow r. Northboro, Massachusetts d. June 27, 1880, age 69 414. Fanny Winchester b. November 3, 1812 m. in 1837 to Joshua Cooledge of Watertown, Massachusetts d. February 2, 1869 age 57 Her children were: 1. Wendell Phillips m. to Marcia Magee 2. Harriet Adelaide 3. Fanny Gertrude 4. Frankie d. young 415. Harriet H. b. June, 1815 m. Oril Bartlett of Watertown

158. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts married first in 1798 to Elizabeth Corkham of Watertown, Massachusetts. He married second on January 7, 1809 to Sarah Rand of Princeton, Massachusetts, b. February 25, 1791 and d. March 25, 1825, age 34. He married third in 1835 to Elizabeth Stone of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts b. May 26, 1791 and d. October 17, 1854.

Children by Elizabeth Corkham:

416. Josiah b. November 25, 1798 m. details follow r. Grafton, Massachusetts d. 1880, age 82 417. Sarah b. October 11, 1800 m. in 1826 to Jarvis Smith of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 418. Mary b. May 28, 1802 419. Fanny m. to Simeon Allen of Princeton, Massachusetts

Children by Sarah Rand

420. Elvida Augusta b. August 30, 1809 d. January 6, 1821, age 12 421. Thomas Rand b. August 21, 1811 m. details follow r. Worcester 422. Henry Wilson b. April 4, 1814 m. details follow r. Shrewsbury His name was changed from Edwin Erastus 423. Abigail Dana b. May 16, 1816 d. June 27, 1870, age 54

There was also a child adopted by Josiah Norcross and they gave him the name of John Norcross. He married see below.

1994. John Norcross of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

1995. George Lincoln 1996. Joseph Fasset Military service – in the Civil War had a son George L. who also participated in the Civil War 1997. John Moses b. 1820 in North Nashua, New Hampshire Military service – in the Civil War d. 1880 1998. Henry Dexter 1999. Ashael Bigelow b. about 1830 Military service – in the Civil War r. Rochester, New York 2000. Fannie Augustus 2001. Thomas Andrew r. Haverhill, Massachusetts Military service – in the Civil War 2002. Mary Ann 2003. Charles Frederick r. Sutton, Massachusetts 2004. Henry Francis r. Worcester, Massachusetts. Military service – in the Civil War

163. Asa Norcross (LINE: Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Franklin, Massachusetts married to Sylvia Thayer. She d. December 20, 1824.

423½. Melita b. about 1794 m. April 28, 1814 to Eli Milton of Franklin, Massachusetts and had 10 children d. September 13, 1844 424. Silas T. b. 1801 m. details follow r. North Bellingham, Massachusetts d. January 28, 1829 age, 28 425. Asa Greenwood b. 1808 m. details follow r. Franklin, Massachusetts d. March 7, 1843, age 35 426. Sylvia b. 1809 d. January 23, 1825, age 16

169. Nehemiah Norcross (LINE: Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts was married on February 8, 1787 to Anna H. W. Simpson.

427. Nehemiah b. June 19, 1787 d. on board ship Franklin at Valparaiso 428. John b. April 27, 1789 d. at sea 429. Nancy b. June 7, 1791 m. to Angell 430. Henry b. November 12, 1793 d. young 431. Henry b. September 21, 1795 m. details follow r. West Brookfield, Massachusetts d. 1875, age 80 432. Sarah b. December 4, 1797 unmarried

d. at Situate, Massachusetts 433. William b. June 26, 1800 434. Mary b. July 13, 1802 m. on March 6, 1825 to David French in Boston, Massachusetts by Rev. Paul Dean, a Universalist clergyman at his residence on Green Street on January 1, 1882. Her children were: 1. Annie Maria b. January 28, 1826 d. September 11, 1826 2. William Bradley b. June 12, 1827 3. Francis Mortimer b. December 12, 1829 d. December 19, 1835 4. Lorenzo Boyer b. October 13, 1832 5. Alonzo Byron b. October 13, 1832 d. November 5, 1866 6. Edwin b. February 1836 d. October 25, 1836 435. George b. October 19, 1804

173. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Gardiner, Maine married on February 15, 1778 to Hannah Fairn of Dorchester, Massachusetts She was b. 1758 and d. June 6, 1844, age 86.

436. Hannah b. December 23, 1778 unmarried d. February 21, 1862, age 83 437. Mary b. December 23, 1778 m. first to Stephen Lakeman m. second to Josiah Bachellor d. March 1862, age 83 438. Samuel b. May 3, 1781 m. details follow r. New Sharon, Maine d. August 22, 1872, age 91 439. Daniel b. June 21, 1783 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine d. May 9, 1834, age 51 440. Esther b. September 6, 1875 m. John Tibbits d. July 1859, age 74 Her children were: 1. Eliza 2. John 3. Adeline 4. Albion 441. William b. February 27, 1788 m. details follow d. June 16, 1864, age 76 442. Thomas b. April 26, 1790 m. details follow r. Augustus, Maine d. January 1865, age 75 443. Nancy b. June 7, 1793 m. on November 21, 1815 to John B. Soule d. January 16, 1869, age 67 Her children were: 1. Ann Geronia b. December 26, 1816

2. William N. b. February 7, 1819 3. Sarah b. November 5, 1820 d. October 9, 1821 4. Sarah J. b. July 22, 1822 5. Louisa b. August 13, 1825 d. January 28, 1833 6. Eliza G. b. May 12, 1827 444. son b. December 19, 1796 d. December 21, 1796 445. Eliza b. November 11, 1798 m. on December 11, 1820 to Smith L. Gale d. January 18, 1868, age 70 Her children: 1. William. R. b. October 9, 1821 2. Eliza B. b. September 2, 1823 d. February 18, 1845 3. Hannah N. b. September 11, 1825 4. Caroline A. b. November 26, 1827 d. September 6, 1861 5. Smith L. b. October 23, 1829 6. Stephen E. b. May 23, 1831 d. October 10, 1848 7. Ruel b. May 9, 1833 d. November 26, 1833 8. Charles H. b. December 22, 1834 d. May 19, 1847 9. Harriet P. b. December 27, 1836 10. Samuel F. b. July 27, 1839 d. January 29, 1859 11. George A. b. April 14, 1841 d. July 4, 1875

174. Philip Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterville, Maine married on March 14, 1782 to Joanna Brackett, b. September 4, 1760 and d. August 9, 1831, age 71.

446. Joanna b. December 2, 1782 m. to John Williams of Amherst, Maine 447. Elizabeth b. June 10, 1784 m. to Moses Kimball of Amherst, Maine 448. Sarah b. May 30, 1787 m. to Nathaniel Kimball of Michigan 449. Abigail b. April 12, 1789 m. to Bradbury Blake, Mt. Vernon, Maine 450. James b. January 20, 1792 m. details follow r. Alton, Maine 451. Susanna b. June 9, 1794 m. to Peter Wyman of Michigan 452. Seth b. September 12, 1796 m. details follow r. Chesterville, Maine d. October 21, 1877, age 81 453. Sophia b. November 28, 1798 d. 1801 454. Mary b. June 4, 1801 m. to John G. Shaw

d. March 30, 1874, age 73 455. Nancy b. November 6, 1806 m. to Ezekiel Luce

176. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Readfield, Maine married to Catherine Marrow of Winthrop, Maine.

456. Elijah b. 1796 m. details follow r. Winthrop, Maine d. March 10, 1861, age 65 457. Leonard b. 1798 m. details follow r. Dixfield, Maine d. March 10, 1864, age 66 o. inventor of submarine armour 458. Comfort b. 1800 d. young 459. Nathaniel b. 1802 m. details follow r. Livermore, Maine d. February 7, 1866, age 64 o. General in the Aroostook War

177. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Farmington, Maine married first to Charlotte Smith of Winthrop, Maine in 1784. He married second to Mary Smith, a cousin of his first wife at Readfield, Maine on March 13, 1805. She was b. February 24, 1776.

Children by Charlotte Smith:

460. Cynthia b. 1784 m. to Page of Lyons, NY 461. Charlotte b. 1786 m. to Roswell Alfred of NY 462. Josiah b. 1788 m. details follow r. Chesterville, Maine d. 1858, age 70 463. child b. 1790 d. young 464. Mathias S. b. May, 1792 m. details follow r. Farmington, Maine d. October 20, 1868, age 76 465. child b. 1794 d. young 466. child b. 1796 d. young 467. Mary b. January 1, 1800 m. to Samuel Norton 468. Celinda b. unmarried d. age 20

Children by Mary Smith:

469. Mary Ann b. January 26, 1806 m. to George Collins 470. Julia Ann b. July 12, 1807

m. to William Wyman 471. Ransford b. November 6, 1808 m. details follow r. Farmington, Maine d. 1882 o. Keeper of the Farmington Jail for many years 472. Philip b. June 7, 1810 m. details follow r. New Sharon, Maine 473. Sarah b. August 18, 1813 unmarried r. Lowell since 1850 474. Thankful P. b. August 30, 1819 m. W. F. Williamson

173. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married Ruth Stevens.

475. James S. b. 1816 m. details follow r. Nantucket, Massachusetts.

181. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Fayette, Maine married to Eunice Hodgkins.

476. Thankful b. 1792 m. Jacob Cummings 477. Sarah b. 1793 m. Thomas Norris of Boston, Massachusetts; Editor of Olive Branch d. 1874, age 81 478. Eunice b. 1794 m. first to Enoch Bullens m. second to Davis 479. Mary b. 1796 m. Samuel Wing d. 1876, age 80 480. Nathaniel b. 1798 m. details follow r. Fayette, Maine d. 1856, age 58 481. Samuel F. b. 1802 r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 482. William b. 1804 r. removed to Ohio

187. Captain Philip Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married in 1788 to Nancy Hussey of Nantucket.

483. Thomas Hussey b. April 25, 1789 m. details follow r. West Charleston, Maine d. about 1871, about 82 484. Sarah Hussey b. April 9, 1791 m. in 1820 to Adna L. Norcross, her cousin d. February 2, 1822, age 31 485. Robert Caleff b. June 20 1792 m. details follow r. Charleston, Maine

d. August 26, 1839, age 47

189. Jonathan Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wayne, Maine married Jane Atkinson.

486. Martha b. 1793 m. to Franklin Knight of Wayne, Maine d. 1832, age 39 487. Nancy b. 1795 unmarried d. 1815, age 20 488. Isabella b. 1797 m. to William Knight of Wayne, Maine 489. Mary b. 1799 m. to Thomas Swift 490. Thomas b. 1801 m. details follow r. North Wayne, Maine d. July 6, 1852, age 51 491. James b. 1803 unmarried d. 1829, age 26 492. Jesse Springer b. 1806 m. details follow r. Wayne, Winslow, Clinton and Bangor, Maine; Salem, Massachusetts d. Benicia, California in 1850, age 45 493. Horatio Nelson b. 1808 m. details follow r. Wenham, Massachusetts d. May 25, 1883 494. Jane b. 1811 d. 1813

191. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married on January 7, 1791 to Lydia Lane of Leeds, Maine, b. April 13, 1774.

495. Polly b. July 5, 1795 m. in 1819 to Ichabod Yeaton d. 1873, age 78 496. David b. July 8, 1798 d. in 1807, age 10, killed by a falling tree 497. Adna Lane b. March 4 1799 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine d. October 12, 1869, age 70 498. Philip b. December 13, 1800 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine d. December 7, 1831, age 31 499. Gideon L. b. June 16, 1804 m. details follow r. Norwich, Connecticut d. March 7, 1877, age 73 500. Frances b. March 8, 1807 m. first to Charles Albee m. second to James A. Woodbridge of Hallowell, Maine 501. Livonia b. August 22, 1809 m. to Rufus Choate

502. Oliver D. b. April 7, 1811 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine o. soap manufacturer 503. Martha b. November 11, 1812 m. to George Aspinwall of Ottoman, Iowa

194. Deacon James Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charleston, Maine married in 1797 to Margaret Turner.

504. Christopher Turner b. March 3, 1798 m. details follow r. Bangor, Maine d. April 8, 1878, age 80 505. James Springer b. July 4, 1801 m. details follow r. Charleston, Maine d. 1870, age 69 506. John Bunyan b. May 9, 1803 m. details follow r. Hampden, Maine d. 1863, age 60 507. Sophronia H. b. August 4, 1806 m. Otis Fall of Charleston, Maine d. 1842, age 36 Her children were: 1. Emily m. to George Roberts of NY 2. Lucy m. to Eli Rigby of Stillwater, Maine 3. Henry m. to Mary Lovell, Military service - Union soldier, killed 4. Lydia m. James Blethen of Dover, Maine 5. Frances m. James Gould of Stillwater, Maine 6. son d. in infancy 508. Urania Watts b. May 15, 1811 m. John Graham of Scotland d. 1881, age 70 Her children were: 1. Mary d. age 14 2. Helen b. 1853 3. Eva b. 1854 509. Cornelius Hinkley b. March 1, 1816 m. details follow r. Charleston, Maine d. 1872, age 56 510. Henry H. b. March 22, 1818 m. details follow r. Somerville, Massachusetts.

195. Reverend Jesse Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charleston, Maine married first to Nancy Goubert of French descent. She was b. in 1781 and d. on October 18, 1823. He married second to Betsy Dexter.

511. Nicholas G. b. December 25, 1805 m. details follow r. Bangor, Maine and Lowell, Massachusetts d. July 14, 1860, age 55 512. Jonathan b. April 15, 1808

m. details follow r. Atlanta, Georgia o. Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Georgia 513. Livonia b. January 1810 unmarried d. 1869, age 59 514. Jesse b. June 3, 1812 m. details follow r. Bangor, Maine d. May 16, 1860, age 48, dropped dead in the street at Bangor, Maine 515. Nancy Goubert b. March 8, 1816 m. September 1, 1841 to Benjamin C. Sargent of Sedgwick, Maine and afterwards of Lynn, Massachusetts. d. 1885 Her children are: 1. Eunice Melissa b. April 6, 1846 d. January 4, 1848 2. Maria Ann b. September 1, 1842 d. November 29, 1881 3. Isaac Watts b. 1853 516. Maria b. Feb 1818 m. to the Rev. John Johnson d. 1856, age 38 517. Isaac W. b. January 1822 m. details follow r. Lowell, Massachusetts, afterwards Winchester, Kentucky o. Red River Iron Works. 518. Lavinia b. 1827 m. first to Stewart m. second to Gould

193. Elijah Livermore Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winthrop, Maine married first in1807 to Lydia Fall. He married second on February 7, 1837 to Experience H. Hutchinson of Monmouth, Maine.

Children by Lydia Fall:

519. Marietta b. July 25, 1808 m. in 1829 to John Fogg d. 1850, age 42 520. Joshua W. b. September 15, 1811 m. in 1835 to Elvira Hale d. 1894, age 83 521. Emeline b. June 20, 1813 m. 1835 to David Fogg d. 1874, age 61 522. Martha b. August 10, 1817 m. in 1838 to Isaac Wheeler d. 1876, age 59 523. Adeline b. March 4, 1820 m. in 1836 to John Roundy of Batavia, Illinois d. June 1876, age 56 524. Elijah Livermore b. March 19, 1823 m. details follow r. Manchester, Maine o. Proprietor of Fearnaught Farm 525. Lafayette b. September 21, 1824 d. 1827

526. Frank W. b. July 29, 1830 m. details follow r. Philadelphia Pennsylvania o. Editor of Shoe & Leather Reporter

201. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Seth, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts married on August 13, 1797 to Elizabeth Blackburn of Boston, Massachusetts, b. February 22, 1780 and d. May 13, 1834.

527. Mary Ann b. January 24, 1798 m. on December 4, 1819 to Daniel Bushee of Newport, Rhode Island, b. January 10, 1796 d. May 13, 1834, age 36 528. Hannah b. December 19, 1800 m. in 1828 to Deacon Abner Ballou Jr. of Cumberland, New Jersey, b. February 1802 529. Abner b. February 28, 1802 m. details follow r. Springfield, New Jersey o. Paper manufacturer 530. Seth b. June 22, 1804 unmarried r. Watertown o. Painter and Glazier d. December 13, 1832, age 28 531. William b. June 18, 1806 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts 532. Elijah b. May 30, 1808 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts 533. Warren b. January 10, 1810 r. Evansville, Indiana o. Gun maker 534. Allen b. April 20, 1814 r. Evansville, Indiana o. Gun maker

Seventh Generation

212. James Richmond Norcross (LINE: Noah, Noah, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of East Montpelier, Vermont married on November 25, 1824 to Eleanor Blanchard.

535. Eleanor b. September 4, 1825 d. August 9, 1827 536. Edmund P. b. February 2, 1827 m. on October 5, 1854 to Sarah J. Dermott r. East Montpelier, Vermont 537. Alden N. b. November 28, 1828 m. details follow 538. Semantha H. b. May 5, 1831 unmarried d. November 15, 1852, age 21 539. Joseph Leland b. December 6, 1834 m. details follow r. Somerville, Massachusetts o. Norcross & Stevens, State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 540. Ellen b. April 16, 1839 m. on March 10, 1863 to George M. Webster of Cabot, Vermont. 541. Duran J. b. December 20, 1841 m. details follow r. Plainfield, Vermont. 542. Flora L. b. June 18, 1846 m. first on October 31, 1869 to Wallace R. Parsons m. second to George Hale

225. Isaac Norcross (LINE: Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Southbridge, Massachusetts married second to Ann Cummings.

543. Joseph b. January 30, 1829 d. July 11, 1831 544. Mary M. b. September 7, 1830 m. first to Levi Lewis m. second to Hiram H. Davis of Winchendon 545. Elizabeth b. April 1, 1833 m. Loring Gale of Winchendon 546. Joseph b. June 23, 1836 d. September 9, 1836 547. Warner b. August 16, 1844 d. July 1, 1849, age 5 548. Antoinette b. December 29, 1854 d. August 12, 1872, age 18

227. James Norcross (LINE: Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of South Royalston, Massachusetts married first to the widow Nancy J. Norcross (222) his cousin. She d. April 24, 1845 and he married second to Betsy W. Peabody.

Children by Nancy:

549. James N. b. September 7, 1836 m. details follow r. Winchendon, Massachusetts 550. Nancy Jane b. June 2, 1838 m. January 17, 1858 to Charles Roby d. September 7, 1868, age 30 551. Joseph b. June 3, 1839

d. March 5, 1841 552. William H. b. October 5, 1841 m. on March 31, 1869 to Emma E. Lewis 553. Lydia Ann b. April 24, 1845 d. September 8, 1845

Children by Betsy:

554. George S. b. January 13, 1848 m. details follow 555. Franklin E. b. October 28, 1849 m. details follow 556. Maria E. b. January 21, 1852 m. October 27, 1873 to Benjamin Hoobley of Orange, Massachusetts 557. Isaac S. b. August 23, 1855 558. Etta H. b. May 6, 1857 559. Joseph W. b. November 29, 1859 560. Della L. b. September 2, 1863 d. July 27, 1864

228. Salmon Norcross (LINE: Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Phillipston, Massachusetts married to Mary A. Forbush.

561. Martha b. August 22, 1836 d. September 21, 1841 562. Joseph b. June 10, 1838 d. September 14, 1840 563. Chauncy W. b. March 14, 1840 Military service - Union soldier, died in service d. February 21, 1862, age 22 564. Lucy A. b. April 23, 1842 m. on December 22, 1862 to Lewis H. Knight 565. Andrew J. b. September 22, 1844 m. details follow r. Lowell Military service - Union soldier 566. Cyrus b. July 23, 1848 d. June 10, 1850 567. Emogine b. October 8, 1850

229. Orrin Norcross (LINE: Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married to Almeda Wyman.

568. Emily A. b. May 18, 1846 m. September 23, 1866 to George W. Cooper of Royalston, Massachusetts 569. Elmer O. b. August 19, 1848 570. Olive A. b. April 13, 1851 571. Allie V. b. April 7, 1854 572. Webster M. b. September 13, 1856 573. Arthur E. b. August 31, 1862

230. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Ashburnham, Massachusetts married to Mirriam Dunham. She d. April 14, 1877.

574. Dulcina m. to Alpheus Goddard of Athol, Massachusetts 575. Ella m. to Virgil Goddard of Athol, Massachusetts 576. William 577. Edwin

578. Frederick

236. Luke Norcross (LINE: Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married on March 26, 1829 to Louisa French, b. November 25, 1807, d. November 17, 1881, age 74.

579. Jane L. b. January 18, 1830 m. on January 18, 1848 to Stephen B. Bennet of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 580. Mary E. b. January 18, 1831 m. on April 18, 1848 to Aiden W. French d. August 22, 1848 581. Sophia C. b. November 13, 1832 m. on April 7, 1852 to George W. Sargent of Dummerston, Vermont Her children: 1. Mary C. b. June 1, 1861 2. Ida E. b. May 17, 1866 582. Sarah P. b. June 7, 1836 m. on November 13, 1855 to George B. Field, has one daughter Sarah J. b. June 1, 1854 d. June 15, 1857, age 21 583. Lucy A. b. May 23, 1842 m. on January 1, 1862 to Willard R. Sargent, has one son Frank b. May 4, 1865 d. October 21, 1865 age 23 584. George W. b. December 11, 1846 m. July 9, 1872 to Helen J. Wilson r. Owasso, Michigan 585. Henry H. b. September 17, 1851 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont.

241. Orison Norcross (LINE: Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married in November 1833 to Sophia Howe of Westmoreland, New Hampshire b. June 29, 1813, d. July 19, 1871.

586. Charles A. b. March 3, 1835 m. details follow r. Owasso, Michigan 587. Alonzo O. b. January 22, 1837 m. details follow r. Dummerston, Vermont. 588. Sophia L. b. February 1, 1840 m. November 27, 1856 to Walter Bruce b. July 9, 1831 Her children are: 1. Harry W. b. August 8, 1858 2. Nora S. b. August 7, 1860 d. March 1864 589. Ormando E. b. May 18, 1843 m. details follow 590. Mary Jane b. June 14, 1846 m. on August 10, 1862 to Munroe J. Estey b. February 9, 1841 of Owasso, Michigan Her children were: 1. Orison B. b. June 7, 1863 2. Dora M. b. December 7, 1864 d. March 11 1880 3. Florence D. b. December 8, 1879 591. Ellen M. b. November 1, 1850 m. on January 13, 1867 to Henry Porter d. April 10, 1867

242. Blucher Norcross (LINE Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married on December 1, 1844 to Betsy Huntly b. April 20, 1822.

592. Alexena b. January 13, 1846 m. on January 1, 1863 to Frank Stanley d. November 26, 1866, age 20 593. Cortez b. June 5, 1848 m. details follow r. Dummerston d. March 1, 1874, age 26 594. Charlotte b. December 17, 1850 m. on June 27, 1870 to Lewis Combs Her children were: 1. Robert E. b. October 28, 1874 2. Forest E. b. December 13, 1878 3. Henry L. b. April 8, 1881

247. Sheppard Norcross (LINE: Eber, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Evansville, Indiana married in 1838 to Hannah Hickox.

595. William H. (Rev) b. July 12, 1840 m. in 1870 to Martha J. Rice o. Methodist Minister, New Washington, Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania 596. Daniel B. b. September 30, 1842 m. in 1866 to Martha A. Collins r. Evansville, Indiana 597. Eber b. July 22 1845 Military service - Union soldier, killed, buried at Fort Donaldson, Kentucky d. March 22, 1864, age 22 598. Ruth b. Jun. 5, 1850 m. in 1873 to M.J. Rissty of Evansville, Indiana

249. Hiram L. Norcross (LINE: Eber, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Easton, NY married on April 11, 1850 to Mary A. Murphy.

599. Elnora b. April 7, 1851 d. 1856, age 5 600. Libbie b. March 13, 1857

253. Alanson Norcross (LINE: Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterfield, New Hampshire married January 25 1832 Lydia Farr b. 1808.

601. Mary E. b. August 10, 1833 602. William L. b. July 19, 1837 m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts o. at R.H. White & Co. 603. George A. b. December 23, 1839

255. David L. Norcross (LINE: Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Kiota, Iowa married on September 16, 1859 to Elizabeth M. Randall.

604. Edward L. b. February 16, 1842 605. Helina E. b. April 10, 1845 m. to H.T. Holden of Kiota, Iowa 606. Anetta b. December 24, 1846 m. to Joseph E. Eaton of Kiota, Iowa

256. Samuel Julius Norcross (156) (LINE: Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Putney, Vermont married on December 13, 1839 to Maria Rhoda Kerr born March 5, 1817 at Newfane, Vermont.

607. Luthera Loraine b. November 2, 1842 m. to Horace Kidder of Putney, Vermont. Her child: 1. Hattie Maria b. September 7, 1865 608. Ellen Marie b. January 23, 1846 m. to Warren Willard of Putney, Vermont. Her children: 1. Alice Maria b. January 31, 1865 2. Mabel Nora b. January 13, 1872

257. Calvin T. Norcross (LINE: Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Ohio, married first on May 11, 1834 to Eleanor K. Mason. He married second on May 26, 1845 to Betsy Ann Beadle.

609. Franklin 610. Andrew 611. Mary

259. George S. Norcross (LINE: Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin married on September 9, 1862 to Mary L. Butts.

612. Arthur E. b. Oct 21 1866 d. Oct 26 1867

260. Chauncy R. Norcross (LINE: Zebina, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bethlehem, New Hampshire married on August 31, 1831 to Jerusha B. Hutchins.

613. Clarisa b. December 19, 1832 d. December 20, 1832 614. Susan J. b. October 20, 1833 m. on July 12, 1851 to William A. George d. November 9, 1865, age 32 615. Luthera A. b. November 15, 1835 m. on September 4, 1861 to Stephen B. Merrill 616. Mary E. b. April 28, 1838 d. July 12, 1846, age 8 617. Harvey N. b. February 4, 1840 d. August 2, 1842 618. George G. b. February 11, 1842 m. details follow r. Brentwood, New Hampshire 619. Lucy E. b. February 7, 1844 m. to Frank French of Deerfield, New Hampshire 620. Amy C. b. March 31, 1846 m. on June 1, 1867 to John Palsifer d. August 1, 1870, age 24 621. Olin C. b. September 12, 1848 d. October 6, 1848 622. Alfred H. b. August 3, 1850 d. August 18, 1854 623. Minerva M. b. October 9, 1853 d. September 9, 1854

263. Philip D. Norcross (LINE: Zebina, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of East Greenwich, NY, afterwards Wisconsin.

624. Clara b. September 1845 625. Orvil b. January 1847 626. Frank b. March 1855 627. Eliza b. December 1862 628. Warren b. January 18, 1867

266. Nelson B. Norcross (LINE: Zebina, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchester, New Hampshire married first to Mary A. Catting. She d. in 1867. He married second in 1867 to the widow Smith.

Children by Mary A. Catting:

629. Nellie b. 1856 m. on November 21, 1873 to George G. Norcross (618) her cousin of Brentwood, New Hampshire 630. Daughter b. 1858 631. Daughter b. 1860 632. Charles b. 1862 633. Edgar b. 1864 634. George b. 1867 d. 1876, age 12

273. Isaac M. Norcross (LINE: Sheppard, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rockford, Illinois married on December 16, 1847 to Mary Ann Mills.

635. Ansel D. b. October 13, 1848 r. Chicago o. Belonged to the Chicago Fire Department 636. Gertrude b. October 4, 1850 637. Ersula b. September 17, 1852 638. Emeline b. January 5, 1855 639. Charlotte b. January 16, 1857 640. Adelaide b. March 9, 1859 641. Frederick b. Jan 24, 1863 642. Lillian b. August 4, 1868

274. Bethuel Norcross (LINE: Sheppard, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) married on September 9, 1847 to Mary Jane Harrington.

643. Mary Eliza b. October 19, 1850 m. December 12, 1866 to Aaron Lilly Her children: 1. James Bethuel b. April 21, 1869 2. Carrie Amelia b. August 17, 1874 644. Aletta Amelia b. December 18, 1858

275. Darius Norcross (LINE: Sheppard, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Glenn’s Falls NY married first on June 1, 1853 to Margaret Vanderwerker. He married second on January 15, 1865 to Olive J. Morse.

Children by Margaret:

645. Albert b. March 1856 646. Margaret Augusta b. May 1858

647. Estella b. January 7, 1861 d. April 1869, age 8 Children by Olive:

648. Willard b. April 1, 1872 649. Lewis Sheppard b. August 3, 1874

280. Ozias Norcross (LINE: Dr. Elijah, Page, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wisconsin married Lucy.

650. LaGrange 651. Ulah Military service - Union soldier, killed 652. Daughter

281. Rufus A. Norcross (LINE: Dr. Elijah, Page, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Uxbridge, Massachusetts married Miranda Smith.

653. Harriet b. 1832 654. Cornelia b. 1834 655. Rufus A. b. 1836 m. details follow r. Worcester, Massachusetts d. February 1, 1881 suddenly at Marblehead 656. George A. b. 1841 m. details follow r. Worcester, Massachusetts 657. Edward b. 1846

287. David Norcross (LINE: David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bradford, Vermont married first to Abigail Martin. He married second to Polly.

658. Lydia 659. Lucretia 660. Julia Ann 661. Edmund m. Ann Brown of Bethlehem, New Hampshire r. Bradford. o. An extensive farmer making large quantities of butter, maple sugar, cider, etc.

289. Daniel Norcross (LINE: David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bradford, Vermont married Nancy Ann Corliss.

662. Martha

290. Soloman Norcross (LINE David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Johnston, Wisconsin married Sarah Fisk.

663. Margaret m. to Philander Putnum of Waterville, Rhode Island 664. Jacob m. McKelloff 665. Lucy 666. Emeline 667. David

291. Micah Norcross (LINE: David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bradford, Vermont married first to Maria, daughter of Dr. Martin. He married second to Polly Cilley.

668. Maria M. b. November 17, 1838 m. in 1860 to Prescott Davis

669. John G. b. October 17, 1840 m. in 1864 to Elizabeth A. Rose r. Bradford, Vermont. 670. Alvin C. b. December 19, 1843 m. details follow r. Boston o. Inventor, Norcross Regulator Co. 671. Susan E. b. June 8, 1845 unmarried d. March 17, 1868, age 23 672. William Ellis b. July 17, 1851 m. in 1872 to Celia E. Eastman r. Bradford, Vermont.

292. Moses Norcross (LINE: David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bradford, Vermont married Finett Toklin.

673. Sarah Ann m. to Willis 674. Roxanna m. to Enoch Rowell of West Albany, Vermont. 675. Moses m. to Blake of Bradford, Vermont. 676. Albert r. East Albany, Vermont. 677. Ransom r. Bradford, Vermont. 678. Charles r. Bradford, Vermont. 679. George W. b. 1841 m. to Martha J. Sanborn r. Boston, Massachusetts.

301. Deacon Jeremiah Norcross (LINE: Capt. Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire married on October 8, 1839 Mary, daughter of Rev. Levi and Mary Pickard Pillsbury of Winchendon, Massachusetts.

680. George Jones b. January 27, 1841 r. Rindge, New Hampshire o. Assistant Surgeon in the 99th US Coloured Infantry, Army d. December 6, 1865, age 24 681. Mary Kay Burnham b. December 6, 1843 d. June 19, 1845 682. Daniel Boardman b. April 11, 1846 m. in 1870 to Almira Gould 683. Charles H. b. September 29, 1848 m. details follow 684. Mary Kay Burnham b. November 4, 1851 m. on August 11, 1875 to Charles Towne son of Joshua Towne of Rindge. They have son Archie Clifford b. November 21, 1876 who is a Graduate of Dartmouth College class of 1878 and the Andover Theological Seminary. 685. Albert F. b. April 10, 1853 686. Arthur Willie b. April 30, 1855 m. details follow

303. Dr. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Capt. Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wakefield, MA married on May 16, 1846 to Olive C. Christianna, daughter of Dr. Thaddeus Spaulding of South Reading (now Wakefield). She d. 1876.

687. Sarah Hart b. May 5, 1850 688. Walter Spaulding b. October 1, 1854 e. Amherst College Class of 1875 d. September 26, 1873, age 19

304. Joshua Norcross (LINE: Capt. Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Rindge, New Hampshire married on December 4, 1844 to Calista K daughter of Horace Cooper.

689. Darwin J. b. October 24, 1846 d. July 13, 1869, age 23 690. Herbert H. b. July 25 1848 m. on November 8, 1876 to Emma Powers of Winchendon, Massachusetts r. Winchendon, Massachusetts 691. Helen M. b. November 11, 1849 d. July 23, 1851 692. Otis H. b. May 8, 1851 r. Rindge, New Hampshire 693. Lizzie O. b. March 9, 1853 694. Anna C. b. March 9, 1853 m. on September 8, 1875 to Henry W. Fletcher of Rindge, New Hampshire. He has a daughter Eva Anne b. February 1877 695. Abba Jane b. October 6, 1856

306. Amasa Norcross (LINE: Capt. Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Fitchburg, Massachusetts married first on June 1, 1852 to S. Augusta daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Wallis of Ashby, Massachusetts She d. March 1869.

696. Ellen A. b. June 24, 1854 697. Nelson H. b. August 9, 1859 d. May 18, 1863

309. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Joel, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hopkinton, Massachusetts married on December 24, 1823 to Ann Homer Mellen daughter of Abner Mellen of Framingham, Massachusetts She was born February 13, 1800 and died at Hopkinton Springs, Massachusetts on April 3, 1860, age 60.

698. Ann M. b. September 21, 1824 699. Ellen Maria b. August 17, 1826 m. on January 5, 1846 to Joseph B. Close of New York Her children were: 1. Ellen Maria b. March 23, 1847 2. Gertrude b. October 31, 1849 3. Frederick Norcross b. March 18, 1853 4. Mary b. May 1, 1855 5. Joseph Bailey b. July 18, 1857 6. Charles Freemont b. March 4, 1859 7. Annie Homer b. February 14, 1862 8. Eva Ball b. September 29, 1864 9. Effie Louise b. February 1868 700. Abba b. September 12, 1828 d. February 7, 1842, age 14 701. Josiah Abner b. July 15 1831 m. details follow d. February 2, 1862, age 31 r. Westboro, Massachusetts. 702. Willard C. b. January 7, 1835 r. Westboro, Massachusetts 703. Franklin b. February 11, 1839 d. March 2, 1843, age 4 704. Dwight E. b. September 7, 1841 d. February 23, 1843

705. Arthur b. March 14, 1844 m. details follow r. Chicago, Illinois

312. Joel Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Manchester, Vermont. married June 1st 1826 Arvilla Lawrence of Manchester born July 31 1808. Children:

706. Lydia Maria b. May 29, 1829 m. on October 27, 1851 to George L. Kilbourn 707. Sarah Ann b. June 19, 1831 d. February 4, 1832 708. Nancy Arvilla b. July 22, 1833 m. on November 8, 1856 to Henry W. Derby of Mingo, New York 709. Adams Chapin b. November 29, 1834 m. on November 15, 1855 to Mary Buckley 710. Jane Semantha b. May 10, 1835 m. on January 20, 1853 to Alonzo E. Cramb of Rochelle, Olga Co., Illinois Her children were: 1. Carrie Ely 2. Joel 711. Samuel Lawrence b. October 10, 1836 m. on November 12, 1859 to Mary G. Wright r. Manchester, Vermont. 712. Daniel Freeman b. February 26, 1839 m. details follow r. North Adams, Massachusetts. 713. Myron George b. April 22, 1841 m. details follow r. Deerfield, Massachusetts 714. Walter Josiah b. July 9, 1843 unmarried, d. May 3, 1863, age 20, shot at battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia 715. Laura Molina b. April 29, 1846 m. in October 1861 to Charles Turner

313. Lovell Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Whitingham, Vermont married on September 25, 1842 to Mary L. Merritt b. in Hardwick, New York on August 13, 1818.

716. Mary Jane b. September 14, 1843 m. on February 28, 1861 to George Brenkridge Her child: 1. Clara Emma 717. David Wilcox b. December 31, 1844 718. Maria Louise b. March 22, 1848 d. August 14, 1848 719. Lydia Maria b. September 4, 1851 720. Augustus Lovell b. July 31, 1853 721. Alma T. b. September 12, 1855 d. March 2, 1856 722. Florence M. b. September 30, 1860

314. Adams Chapin Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Upton, Massachusetts married on May 27, 1834 to Orienna Ward Brooks b. June 23, 1813 and d. May 25, 1874.

723. Otis Chapin b. September 18, 1835 m. on May 6, 1862 to Susan A. Crabtree of West Brookfield, Massachusetts r. Upton, Massachusetts Military service - Union soldier 724. George Addison b. October 27, 1839 m. to Ella A Church who was b. February 23, 1847 r. Upton, Massachusetts Military service - Union soldier 725. Charles Jewett b. February 27, 1841 d. April 26, 1863, age 22 726. Jane Maria b. March 30, 1843 d. April 6, 1843 727. Mary Ella b. June 9, 1851 d. September 10, 1851 728. Ella Kimball b. June 7, 1854 d. January 24, 1861

317. Daniel Holland Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Marblehead, Massachusetts married on May 17, 1840 to Mary Ann Russell of Boston, Massachusetts. She d. in Marblehead on October 27, 1864, age 56.

729. William Otis b. November 9, 1842 m. on September 28, 1862 to the widow Sarah Miller r. Newburn, North Carolina

325. Henry Augustus Norcross (LINE: Chapin, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Orleans married September 29 1836 in Boston Mehitable Lombard of Boston born in Boston Feb 24 1816 and died in New Orleans September 17 1847 age 31.

730. Harriet Lombard b. October 17, 1837 m. on January 4, 1860 to Thatcher Magoon Jr. Her children: 1. Thatcher b. February 1, 1861 2. Henry Norcross b. October 1, 1862 731. Esther Lombard b. March 30, 1840 732. Susan Danforth b. May 19, 1844 d. June 7, 1844 732½ Josephine m. to Turner 733. Ada Stewart b. July 27, 1845 d. May 26, 1849

331. William Rowland Norcross (LINE: Chapin, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Cambridge, Massachusetts married on July 9, 1846 to Emily Cutter Ingalls who was b. in Eastport, Maine on February 10, 1825.

734. Emily Danforth b. November 15, 1848 735. Caroline Ingalls b. July 21, 1858 736. Mary Rowland b. November 20, 1864

334. Otis Norcross (LINE: Otis, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on December 9, 1835 to Lucy Ann, daughter of George and Sarah M. Lane of Boston, b. October 13, 1816.

737. Otis b. January 17, 1837 d. December 21, 1847 738. George Lane b. December 20, 1839 d. October 16, 1840 739. Lucy Ann b. August 23, 1841 d. December 11, 1842 740. Maria O. b. October 24, 1843 d. August 29, 1844 741. Laura b. March 11, 1845 742. Otis b. September 1, 1848 m. on January 20, 1881 at Kings Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts by Rev. Henry W. Foote assisted by Rev. C.A. Bartol, Susanna Ruggles Plympton, daughter of the late Henry Plympton of Mclean St., Boston. 743. Addison b. December 18, 1850 r. Boston, Massachusetts 744. Grenville H. b. February 2, 1854 d. r. Boston, Massachusetts o. lawyer

338. Joseph Addison Norcross (LINE: Otis, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on November 27, 1848 to Lucy S. Pearson, daughter of Samuel and Lucy Davis Pearson of Gloucester, Massachusetts She d. in Boston on May 1, 1850 age 21.

745. Joseph Addison b. January 22, 1850 d. May 7, 1853, age 3

341. Daniel Webster Norcross (LINE: Otis, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Grafton, Massachusetts married on March 24, 1853 to Delia Augusta Bruce b. in Grafton, Massachusetts on November 16, 1828.

746. Webster b. April 9, 1855 747. Clara Gertrude b. May 18, 1858 m. on January 30, 1883 to Melvin Oscar Stratton of Denver, Colorado 748. Henry Bruce b. December 25, 1860 749. Joseph E. b. September 6, 1862

345. William Norcross (LINE: Levi, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Baldwinsville, Massachusetts married Lydia Forbush of Royalston, Massachusetts b. December 18, 1810 and d. July 6, 1867. xxx Lydia Ann b. March 19, 1830 m. on August 14, 1855 to John Patterson of Londonderry, Vermont. Her children: 1. Orlando M. b. September 1858 d. November 29, 1859 2. Arthur Daniel b. August 8, 1860 d. October 25, 1861 xxx Mary Jane b. August 15, 1834 m. on September 14, 1853 to Henry A. Lewis of Orange Her child: 1. Oriana Lucella b. September 30, 1854 m. to Wilson H. Lee of Athol xxx Ellen Elizabeth b. August 7, 1837 m. in September 1855 to James A Martindale of Lawrence Her child: 1. Viola Abba b. June 28, 1860

m. September 13, 1882 Charles N. Nichols of Templeton. d. August 7, 1866 xxx Persis Jeanett b. February 22, 1840 m. on August 17, 1859 to George W. Tenny of Marshfield 750. Leander Newell b. August 28, 1842 m. on June 1, 1876 to Rachel E. Read of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania His children: 1. Clarence Angella b. April 1, 1877 2. Lillian Blanche b. November 29, 1879 3. Theodore Read b. March 25, 1883 4. William Leander b. March 25, 1883 xxx Charles William b. October 11, 1844 d. October 10, 1846 751. Charles Herman b. March 13, 1847. m. on September 7, 1871 to Kate Laherne His child: 1. Clarence Leroy b. June 17, 1877 xxx Clarence b. June 23, 1850 d. October 1, 1875 r. Winchendon, Massachusetts

346. Ora B. Norcross (LINE: Levi, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Baldwinsville, Massachusetts married on December 10, 1834 to Pamelia Richmond.

751½. Ann Maria b. January 6, 1837 m. on September 6, 1859 to Charles O. Newton, Her child 1. Elijah Bennie Newton b. February 12, 1867. 752 Austin Erastus b. December 22, 1838 m. to Martha J. Tenney Her children: 1. Ida Jane b. December 30, 1862 m. to Edward N. Cook 2. Flora Augusta b. August 14, 1876 d. August 4, 1870 3. Eva Maria b. July 26, 1870 4. Ora Vail b. May 5, 1874 752¼. Henry Martin b. July 2, 1842 d. 1846 752½ Josephine Rosalia b. m. Leonard E. Turner Her children: 1. Willie James b. February 16, 1875 2. Ora Norcross b. August 5, 1866 3. John Leonard b. April 2, 1870 4. Harry Austin b. February 6, 1874 5. Josie Ann b. June 16, 1877 6. Leonard Ezra b. December 7, 1881 752¾. Susan Augusta b. December 29, 1847 m. on March 11, 1865 to Lewis V. Clough, Her children: 1. Ora Lewis b. May 2, 1868 2. George Austin b. January 8, 1874 3. Cora Augusta b. July 8, 1875 4. Harry Eastman b. April 19, 1878 5. Olive Martema b. March 7, 1882

348. Rev Austin Norcross (LINE: Levi, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Derby, Vermont married on August 27, 1845 to Ann Nichols of Springfield, New Hampshire.

753. Joseph Levi b. July 14, 1849 d. March 17, 1850 754. Joseph Nichols b. January 13, 1851 m. on November 2, 1874 to Eva A. Esterbrook. She d. February 20, 1885 r. Oldtown, Maine o. Physician 755. Edward Fletcher b. May 13 1853 r. Derby, Vermont.

349. Silas S. Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married to Melona Alger.

756. Rhoda M. b. April 16, 1832 m. to C.O. Hicks 757. Daniel b. March 9, 1836 m. details follow Military service - Union soldier d. May 11, 1864, age 28, killed in battle 758. Abbie b. May 15, 1838 m. to John Franham 759. George L. b. March 17, 1840 m. to Susan Wilson Military service - Union soldier 760. Alson b. September 29, 1844 m. Melinda Gates Military service - Union soldier

351. Stilman Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Templeton, Massachusetts married to Ann Carath.

761. Otto Guerich b. October 23, 1837 m. details follow 762. Abigail Roseltha b. July 5, 1839 unmarried o. missionary of the American Board to Eski Zagra European Turkey d. November 4, 1870, age 31 763. Biansa Ursala b. July 17, 1841 m. to Dwight Smith of Athol has three children 764. Castelly Osceola b. July 17, 1841 m. to Cora L. Sawin r. Gardner 765. Romanzo Zalestein b. August 10, 1855 m. in October 1877 to Louisa M. Sanders

352. Franklin Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Janesville, Wisconsin married on August 17, 1836 to Lydia Powers b. June 8, 1815.

766. Lanson P. b. September 14, 1837 o. Congregationalist Minister 767. Pliny b. November 16, 1838 m. details follow r. Janesville, Wisconsin

o. Lawyer, was Mayor of the city 768. Frderick F. b. June 1, 1843 Military service - Union soldier d. May 16, 1865, age 22, at Nashville, Tennessee 769. Ellen S. b. August 20, 1846 m. George W. Webb, he d. 1878 770. Louisa A. b. September 28, 1848

355. Joel Butler Norcross (LINE: John, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa married to Susan Watson.

771. Levi 772. Edwin 773. Olivia 774. Wallace 775. Lyneus

356. George Washington Norcross (LINE: John, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Grand Haven, Michigan married on July 4, 1845 to Jael Taylor.

776. George Ellery b. November 24, 1846 777. Ruth Louisa b. September 13, 1848 778. Betsy A. b. May 20, 1851 779. Silas E. b. August 25, 1853 780. Orrin E. b. July 20, 1854 781. John Taylor b. April 19, 1857 d. June 7, 1874, age 17 782. Florence E. b. May 6, 1860

359. Walter W. Norcross (LINE: John, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of La Grange, Walworth Co., Wisconsin.

783. Edward 784. Warren

360. Hiram Norcross (LINE: Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts married to Amanda Brown. She married second in 1834 to Charles Stearns of Springfield, Massachusetts as his second wife. She d. in 1836.

785. William Henry b. August 26, 1823 m. details follow r. Springfield, Massachusetts d. April 19, 1854, age 31,at Monson 786. Emily Lavinia b. July 7, 1828 unmarried d. July 2, 1852, age 24, at Monson

363. William Otis Norcross (LINE: Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newark, New Jersey married on May 6, 1830 to Mary Fanning daughter of Henry Fanning of New York City, New York, b. July 16, 1810.

787. Charles Frederick b. April 21, 1831 in Monson, Massachusetts m. on October 26, 1850 to Isabella Davis r. New York City, New York o. Druggist d. October 1875, age 44, in Birmingham, Connecticut 788. Maria Fanning b. August 8, 1833 New York City, New York

d. young in New York City, New York 789. Henry Fanning b. November 27, 1835 m. details follow r. Bridgeport, Connecticut 790. Anna Frances b. May 8, 1839 m. to Theodore Reichardt of Newark, New Jersey Her children: 1. Theodore Norcross b. November 1, 1861 2. William Otis b. May 16, 1865 791. Mary Lavinia b. June 5, 1844 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey m. September 20, 1865 to Joseph B. Breed of Lynn, Massachusetts d. May 24, 1881, age 37 Her children: 1. Josie Norcross b. September 27, 1868 d. April 15, 1876 2. Mabel Lavinia b. July 13, 1872 3. Charles Norcross b. April 21, 1877 792. William Fanning b. December 24, 1849 Newark, New Jersey m. on June 5, 1878 to Alice Marsh of Lynn, Massachusetts r. Swampscott, Massachusetts Had son William Percy b. November 29, 1886

366. Alfred Norcross (LINE: Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts married on January 20, 1841 to Olivia Chapin of Monson, b. January 27, 1816.

793. Elizabeth Porter b. May 12, 1843 d. September 1, 1843 794. Maria Olivia b. October 29, 1845 d. May 15, 1851 795. Arthur Dickinson b. November 7, 1848 m. on January 4, 1882 to Augusta V. Kinney of Rochdale Massachusetts. She was b. February 14, 1860, in Kansas r. Monson, Massachusetts o. Postmaster, owner of Norcross Brothers, merchants His children: 1. Grace b. December 17, 1882 d. January 11, 1883 2. June b. June 17, 1884 796. Herbert Chapin b. November 8, 1855 m. on December 25, 1884 to Martha C. Bacon, daughter of John L. and Sarah Bacon of Brumfield, b. June 27, 1886 797. Edward Dickinson b. September 3, 1860 d. March 6, 1862

368. Joel Warren Norcross of Lynn, Massachusetts (LINE: Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) married first in Chicago on January 17, 1854 to Lamira H. Jones, daughter of William Jones, one of the early settlers of Chicago. She was b. in Chicago on April 26, 1833 and d. on May 4, 1862 at the New York Hotel in New York City, New York. He married second in the Elliot Church, Roxbury, Massachusetts by the Rev. Dr. Thompson on April 26, 1866 to Maggie P. Gunnison, daughter of Elisha Gunnison of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

***** Joel is the original author of the manuscript on which this document is based.

Children by Lamira:

798. Anna Jones b. December 4, 1855 m. on September 5, 1877 to Lewis G. Swett of Lynn, Massachusetts afterwards Riverside, California, b. January 1, 1856 Child: 1. Lewis William b. October 2, 1880 799. William Jones b. November 9, 1858 m. on March 9, 1881 to Nellie M. Trask of Lynn, Massachusetts, b. Feb 28 1859 r. Riverside, California. His children: 1. William Charles b. December 1883 d. July 10, 1884 2. son b. in San Francisco.

Child by Maggie:

800. Edith Caslton b. September 27, 1873

371. Edwin Norcross (LINE: Amos, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts and afterwards of Chicago, Illinois married on October 6, 1830 to Sarah Ferrill of Palmer, Massachusetts, b. June 3, 1810. She d. November 5, 1884m age 74.

801. Mary King b. February 11, 1832 m. on October 17, 1849 to Andrew Brown formerly of Chicago, Illinois, now of New York City, New York.

373. Loring Norcross (LINE: William, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on November 4, 1834 to Lavinia Norcross (365) his cousin, daughter of Joel Warren Norcross of Monson, Massachusetts. She d. in Boston on April 17, 1860, age 48.

802. Lavinia b. December 13, 1837 d. May 19, 1842, in Boston 803. Louisa b. January 20, 1842 r. Concord, Massachusetts 804. Frances Lavinia b. August 4, 1847 r. Concord, Massachusetts

374. Albert Norcross (LINE: William, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monson, Massachusetts married on June 4, 1834 to Adeline Converse, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Converse of Palmer, Massachusetts. She d. in Monson on August 16, 1875, age 61.

805. George Horatio b. March 7, 1841 m. on October 4, 1865 to Jennie A. Gleason

378. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Joseph Watts, Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married first on October 2, 1808 to Mary Larkin Mallet of Charlestown, Massachusetts. She d. April 27, 1856. He married second on February 22, 1860 to Emeline Courtnay. She d. February 19, 1880, age 68.

806. Sarah W. b. August 30, 1809 m. to Daniel Bent d. 1859 807. Joseph Watts b. January 17, 1811 m. details follow r. East Boston, Massachusetts 808. Benjamin Franklin b. December 11, 1812 m. to Eunice Haines o. 35 years in the United States Navy

d. May 11, 1875, age 63 809. Wm. Trueman b. July 28, 1814 m. see page 182 r. Malden, Massachusetts o. Boat builder in Boston, Massachusetts d. January 31, 1877, age 62½ 810. Mary Jane b. August 18, 1817 m. on September 23, 1841 to Samuel G. Fish of Boston, Massachusetts d. October 2, 1881, age 64 Her Children: 1. William G. b. October 7, 1847 2. Mary Emma b. May 1, 1856 d. November 7, 1856 811. Elisha b. October 9, 1819 d. June 29, 1821 812. James Winchell b. September 23, 1820 d. September 15, 1821 813. James Winchell b. March 19, 1822 m. Elizabeth Powell of Liverpool, England o. 35 years a Sea Captain, Captain of Ship Ellen Munroe of Boston 814. Thomas Wheeler b. August 10, 1824 815. Nehemiah b. 1826

381. Thomas Lamb Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married in 1817 to Catherine Chandler.

816. Judith Day b. June 7, 1820 m. on May 4, 1837 to Joseph S. Young of Boston, Massachusetts Her children: 1. Lizzie C. b. June 8, 1838 2. Joseph Henry b. June 27, 1840 3. William Thomas b. November 26, 1842 4. Lewis Walter b. May 13, 1845 5. Ida J. b. February 17, 1848 6. Anna R. b. August 15, 1850 7. Carrie J. b. November 3, 1855 8. Louisa M. b. July 26, 1860 817. Thomas b. 1823 818. Elizabeth b. 1825 819. Elizabeth b. 1827 m. to Benjamin W. Pepper of Boston b. at Bass Harbour, Mt. Desert, Maine July 24, 1822 and died at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, January 8, 1871, age 49. Her children were: 1. Roderick b. April 1, 1849 2. Jerome B. b. September 10, 1850

391. Alexander Norcross (LINE: Elisha, Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newark, New Jersey married on June 29, 1871 to Ann M. Wildrich.

820. Alvah Bartis b. May 14, 1873 821. Josie Margaret b. February 4, 1875

398. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newton, Massachusetts married in 1809 to Mary Elkins b. September 10. 1786.

822. Mary Ann b. January 16, 1811 d. September 12, 1812 823. William b. March 10, 1812

m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts in the Dorchester District d. April 27, 1868, age 66 o. Furniture Manufacturer 824. Julia Ann b. August 17, 1813 d. October 28, 1816 825. Asa b. April 15, 1815 d. April 30, 1833, age 18 826. Nathaniel b. August 8, 1817 d. 1818

401. James Ward Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Newton, Massachusetts married in 1816 to Esther Clark.

827. John C. b. March 20, 1817 m. details follow r. New Orleans, Louisiana o. Tug boats d. September 30, 1878, age 61 828. George N. b. April 28, 1818 d. February 6, 1821 829. Ann J. b. July 25, 1820 unmarried r. Watertown, Massachusetts 830. James H. b. April 3, 1922 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts 831. George F. b. May 3, 1824 m. details follow r. Watertown, Massachusetts 832. Edward G. b. July 25, 1826 m. details follow r. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts o. Norcross & Myrick 833. Eliza Jane b. September 24, 1828 unmarried 834. Sarah A. b. July 5, 1830 m. on February 1, 1852 to A.L. Howard of Milford, New Hampshire 835. Thomas C. b. October 8, 1831 r. Watertown, Massachusetts Military service - Union soldier d. June 1, 1863, age 32 836. Martha b. February 5, 1834 m. on April 21, 1858 to W.E. Farwell of Watertown, Massachusetts 837. Clarisa C. b. April 28, 1838 d. November 28, 1862, age 24

408. John Norcross (LINE: John, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lexington, Massachusetts and afterwards Medford, Massachusetts married on April 22, 1826 to Eleanor Easterbrook.

838. Eleanor b. January 13, 1827 m. on December 14, 1848 to James Prentice of West Cambridge, Massachusetts 839. Eliza b. July 27, 1830 m. to Leroy Chappel 840. Samuel F. b. September 5, 1834 d. January 16, 1857, age 23 - murdered at Altona, Pennsylvania 841. John Henry b. October 29, 1841

m. details follow r. Medford, Massachusetts o. merchant of the firm Lewis Coleman & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts

413. Deacon Stephen Winchester Norcross (LINE: Moses, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Northboro, Massachusetts married on December 1, 1833 to Mary Ann Fisher b. September 2, 1806.

842. Edmund Winchester b. May 16, 1837 m. details follow r. Northboro, Massachusetts o. Farmer 843. Edward Moses b. May 16, 1837 m. on November 10, 1864 to Rosina Richardson r. Northboro, Massachusetts o. Farmer 844. Mary Ann b. March 8, 1845 m. on November 13, 1879 to Edward W. Wood of Northboro, Massachusetts.

416. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Grafton, Massachusetts married in 1820 to Sarah Wakefield.

845. Josiah m. to Ellen Clisbee r. Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 846. Charles m. details follow r. Milford, Massachusetts 847. Edwin m. details follow r. Grafton, Massachusetts 878. Lydia m. to Hartshorn of Worcester, Massachusetts. 849. Betsy m. to Maynard of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts 850. Henry C. b. January 27, 1850 m. details follow r. Baltimore, Maryland 851. Simon A. 852. Sarah

421. Thomas Rand Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester, Massachusetts married on February 21, 1839 to Catherine Welch of New York City, New York.

853. Kate Gertrude b. May 18, 1840 m. on June 7, 1860 to Byron L. Clark d. April 12, 1869, age 29 854. Thomas Rand b. April 17 1842 m. December 4, 1868, details follow r. Brooklyn, New York. 855. George Welch b. January, 12 1844 856. Ann Elizabeth b. June 14, 1847 m. on February 3, 1871 to John Otis Conklin 857. Mary Laura b. March 20, 1849 858. Emma Jane b. August 4, 1851 Unmarried o. Teacher in the Mt. Pleasant Street Public School, Worcester, Massachusetts d. December 18, 1876, age 25

422. Henry Wilson Norcross (LINE: Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts married on November 22, 1837 to Sarah Stow of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

859. Sarah Jane b. June 8, 1839 d. January 22, 1855, age 16

424. Silas T. Norcross (LINE: Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Bellingham, Massachusetts married to Hixon.

860. Ellis Thayer b. 1823 m. details follow r. North Bellingham, Massachusetts 861. Sylvia 862. Sarah

425. Asa Greenwood Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Franklin, Massachusetts married in April 1829 to Irene Fisher.

863. Warren Fisher b. April 25, 1830 m. details follow r. Grantville, Massachusetts o. Merchant in Boston, Massachusetts 864. Marshall G. b. September 20, 1834 d. April 22, 1856, age 21½ 865. Josephine b. May 25, 1836 d. September 6, 1854, age 18 866. Martha b. April 1, 1838 m. first on April 1, 1858 to John B. Clark m. second on February 22, 1865 to Samuel Barnham of Rindge, New Hampshire m. third on November 16, 1875 to James Allen Crockett of Boston, Massachusetts. He d. June 23 1878 867. Emeline b. October 28, 1840 m. to Stephen Thompson of Winchester, Massachusetts. d. April 5, 1861, age 20½

431. Henry Norcross (LINE: Nehemiah, Nehemiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of West Brookfield, Massachusetts married in 1819 to Betsey Masury.

868. Lucy b. 1825 869. Sarah Ann b. 1827 870. George Henry b. October 10, 1829 m. in 1864 to Jennie Wilkinson r. Providence, Rhode Island o. Police Officer 871. Asa Dunn b. 1831 r. South Brookfield, Massachusetts 872. John Franklin b. 1833 r. West Brookfield, Massachusetts 873. Frank b. 1835 m. first to Ann Mower m. second to Mower r. Spencer, Massachusetts

438. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Sharon, Maine married to Abigail Tebbets.

874. Hannah Elizabeth b. September 2, 1811 m. first - details follow

m. second - details follow r. New Sharon, Maine 875. Jarvis Moody b. January 3, 1816 m. details follow r. Monmouth, Maine d. September 20, 1866, age 50 876. Abigail Giles b. September 24, 1818 877. Samuel b. February 13, 1822 m. details follow r. Illinois d. August 18, 1866, age 44 878. Charles Stanwood b. September 19, 1824 m. details follow r. Portland, Maine o. Engineer, Grand Trunk Rail Road 879. Elias Baxter b. October 12, 1826 Married, no children d. November 12, 1865, age 39, in Kansas 880. Lucretia Ripley b. November 14, 1830 d. June 12, 1844, age 14

439. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married to Eunice A. White, a descendent of Benjamin White.

881. Eliza Ann b. February 1, 1804 882. Harriet b. April 20, 1806 883. Mary b. April 16, 1808 884. Catherine b. October 8, 1810 m. to Jonathan Burgess 885. Sarah b. December 4, 1812 886. Hiram Franklin b. November 8, 1815 m. details follow r. Boston, Massachusetts 887. Joseph b. July 26, 1818 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine 888. Abigail b. August 28, 1820 889. Esther Ann b. September 29, 1826

441. William Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married to Lucretia Ripley.

890. William H. b. September 15, 1823 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine d. July 1877, age 54 891. Nancy Soule b. February 9, 1826 m. to Moses W. Swan of Augusta, Maine. Her children were: 1. Charlotte A. b. November 21, 1842 2. Mary L. b. September 6, 1844 3. William M. b. August 9, 1846 d. 1866 4. Benjamin T. b. November 2, 1849 5. Hannah L. b. September 25, 1851 6. Maud b. July 27, 1854 892. Mary E. b. May 13, 1828 m. October 16, 1845 to William N. Soule of Augusta, Maine.

Her children were: 1. Mary Swan b. February 12, 1847 2. Mary C. b. August 5, 1849 3. John b. March 22, 1851 4. William. T. b. November 9, 1854 5. Winfield Scott b. April 18, 1862 893. Louisa b. December 9, 1831 m. to Joshua L. Cushman of Augusta, Maine. Her children were: 1. Jennie L. b. September 1, 1859 2. Mary A. b. September 3, 1860

442. Thomas Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married first in 1811 to Mary Dulgar. He married second to Martha Mason.

Children by Mary Dulgar:

894. William G. b. May 19, 1812 m. details follow r. Jefferson, Maine d. 1879 895. Edmund Dana b. February 17, 1814 m. details follow r. Cambridge, Massachusetts d. 1881 o. Manufacturer of furnaces, Boston, Massachusetts 896. Sarah b. Aug 14 1816 m. first to William Nichols of Portland, Maine m. second to John Roberts of New Hampshire Her child: 1. John 897. John Hovey b. June 17, 1818 m. details follow r. Medford, Massachusetts o. Iron bridge builder 898. Gorham b. June 4, 1820 899. Henry b. June 30, 1822 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine 900. George Albert b. June 17, 1824 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine 901. Gorham b. 1826 d. 1831 902. b. 1828 d. young 903. b. 1828 d. young 904. Louisa b. 1830 m. to Arthur Look of Augusta, Maine d. September 22, 1876, age 46 Her child: 1. Herbert

Children by Martha Mason:

905. Emeline b. August 22, 1850

d. September 1850 906. Louisa b. November 25, 1851 d. 1869, age 18 907. son b. 1853 d. April 1, 1854 908. Horace b. 1855 r. Augusta, Maine

450. James Norcross (LINE: Philip, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Sharon, Maine married in October 1813 to Hannah Teuton of New Sharon, Maine.

909. Henry True 910. Mary She had 9 children 5 of whom died of consumption.

452. Seth Norcross (LINE: Philip, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterville, Maine married first on June 28, 1831 to Wealthy Oaks b. November 14, 1796 and d. August 18, 1835, age 39. He married second on October 13, 1836 to Arabella Higgins b. September 14, 1802.

Child by Wealthy Oakes:

911. Philip b. April 18, 1833 r. Chesterville, Maine o. Farmer

Child by Arabella Higgins:

912. Arabella b. September 18, 1840 m. to Joseph Brown

456. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winthrop, Maine married to Maria Holmes of Winthrop.

913. Ezra Holmes b. April 17, 1821 m. details follow r. Winthrop, Maine 914. Louisa m. to C.T. Moffat who was the Mayor of Rockland, Maine. Her children were: 1. Eugine 2. Caleb 3. Anjie 4. Louisa 915. George W. b. April 27, 1825 m. to Phebe S. Knox who was b. December 18, 1841 d. August 19, 1879, age 54 r. Livermore Falls, Maine 916. Green m. details follow r. Livermore, Maine 917. Jane A. b. October 21, 1832 m. on March 11, 1855 to Michael Cheney of Livermore, Maine who was b. May 14, 1831 Her children were: 1. Fred L. b. April 23, 1863 2. Lizzie M. b. July 22, 1860 3. James B. b. January 24, 1872 918. John C. b. 1830 m. details follow d. December 12, 1856, age 26

919. Charles W. d. April 5, 1852 920. Samuel 921. Webster b. 1838 d. September 1857, age 19 922. Mary d. April 15, 1856 923. Ellen b. 1840 d. September 1857 924. Henry

457. Leonard Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dixfield, Maine married to Deborah Nelson b. 1798 and d. December 1876, age 78.

925. Sarah Elizabeth b. May 26, 1821 926. Elias Nelson b. July 1, 1822 m. details follow r. Turner, Maine 927. Mary Matilda b. November 13, 1823 d. March 30, 1846, age 22 928. Leonard Marcellus b. October 21, 1825 m. details follow r. moved to Hillsboro, Oregon in 1849 929. Aurora D. b. July 21, 1827 m. to B.T. Lancaster of Winthrop, Maine. Her children: 1. Mary A. 2. Clara A. 3. Elsworth 4. Flora M. 930. Flavius V. b. April 25, 1829 m. on November 4, 1878 to Sarah B. Little of Boston, Massachusetts o. Congregational Minister, Union, Maine 931. Samuel Cordis b. 1831 m. details follow 932. Submarinus Girard b. January 20, 1834 m. on August 28, 1861 to Clara Ellen Cary b. May 31, 1836 o. Congregational Minister in North Canary, New Hampshire 933. Edward Kent b. June 16, 1837 m. details follow r. Melrose, Massachusetts o. Marble Business

459. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Livermore, ME married Nancy C. Gibbs of Livermore.

934. Carroll b. November 10 1831 d. February 22, 1854, age 22 935. Severance b. April 2, 1834 d. March 26, 1835 936. Chancel A. b. October 17, 1836 m. to David Cargill of Augusta Maine

462. Josiah Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterville, Maine married to Dorothy Dow b. May 1778.

937. Charles S. b. May 30, 1813 m. March 21, 1841 938. Mary b. February 28, 1815 Her children were:

1. Dorothy Ann b. July 28, 1841 2. Hannah Almeda b. December 18, 1843 m. Charles H. Porter 3. Josiah Norcross b. November 15, 1848 m. Emma Paine 939. Clarisa b. May 4, 1817 m. March 22 1845 Her children were: 1. William 2. Sarah C. 3. Mary T. 4. A. Jane 940. Barzilla Streeter b. November 9, 1819 m. details follow 941. Joseph D. b. August 3, 1822 m. details follow 942. Dorothy b. December 18, 1824 Her children are: 1. Mary Frances b. June 8, 1856 m. Rev. Erbert W. Whitn?? of Bral?? 2. Mabel G. b. July 8, 1862 m. Park B. Swift of Athol 3. Clara P. b. July 13, 1866 943. Josiah b. January 24, 1827 944. John C. b. August 19, 1831 m. see below

464. Mathias S. Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Farmington, Maine married to Martha Turner.

945. Caroline b. August 19, 1814 d. 1816 in Anson, Maine 946. Edwin b. August 23, 1816 d. 1817 in Anson, Maine 947. Angeline b. October 30, 1817 m. in 1844 to Joseph Tilton of Farmington, Maine 948. Charlotte b. April 17, 1820 m. in 1839 to Sumner Marvel of Farmington, Maine 949. Emeline b. July 4, 1822 950. Celinda b. March 3, 1824 m. in 1850 to Capt. E.O. Merrill, Postmaster, Farmington, Maine who was in the Union Army 951. David Copeland b. July 12, 1827 m. details follow r. San Luis Obispo Co., California 952. Mathias S. b. August 12, 1830 m. details follow r. Riverside, California 953. Albert G. b April 19, 1835 m. details follow r. Lowell, Massachusetts o. Prescott Corporation 954. Martha J. b. August 3, 1836 m. to G. David Merrill of Farmington

471. Ransford Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Farmington, Maine married on September 3, 1851 to Cynthia J. Tack.

955. Martha E. b. January 17, 1853 956. Charles R. b. June 2, 1857 d. April 30, 1865, age 8 957. Josiah Marden b. April 4, 1859

472. Philip Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Sharon, Maine married in 1836 to Susan T. Hibbard.

958. Lucinda P. b. April 20, 1937 m. on August 25, 1861 to Charles C. Folsom of Somerville, Massachusetts who was a Police Officer. 959. Charles S. b. November 29, 1841 d. March 12, 1848, choked to death by a kernel of corn. 960. William W. b. November 28, 1845 m. details follow r. New Sharon, Maine o. merchant

475. James S. Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Nantucket, Massachusetts married on March 6, 1836 to Rebecca Watson of Nantucket.

961. Clarisa b. July 25, 1841 m. to Joseph Francis of Nantucket, Massachusetts 962. James Henry b. December 5, 18546 m. details follow 963 Edward Paddock b. December 11, 1848 964. Charles Sylvia b. February 16, 1851 m. details follow 965. William Henry b. December 18, 1853 966. John B. b. March 11, 1855 967. Alonso McIntire b. August 14, 1858 968. Horace Glispia b. August 28, 1860 969. child d. in infancy 970. child d. in infancy 971. child d. in infancy 972. child d. in infancy 973. child d. in infancy

480. Nathaniel Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Fayette, Maine married to Elvira A. Fuller.

974. Elvira m. to Miller 975. Olive m. to Smith 976. Hannah 977. Eunice m. to Prescott 978. Jeremiah N. m. details follow r. Buffalo, New York o. Engineer on the NY Central Rail Road. He goes by the name Frederick 979. Mahala m. Ramsdell 980. Sophronia m. Hall

483. Thomas Hussey Norcross (LINE: Captain Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Jackson, Maine married on March 16, 1816 to Bethiah Bennet.

981. Israel Bennet b. April 27, 1817 m. details follow r. East Saginaw, Michigan

o. Bancroft House (hotel), also agent Hercules Powder Co. 982. Nancy Hussey b. December 13, 1818 m. Joseph W. Willard of Leominster, Massachusetts afterwards Cleaveland, Ohio o. Superintendent of Hercules Powder Co d. 1892 983. Ruel Goodwin b. January 7, 1821 m. details follow d. September 11, 1859, age 38 984. Henry Worth b. May 8, 1823 m. details follow r. Bridgeport, New Jersey 985. Nelson Thomas b. October 10, 1830 m. details follow r. Cleaveland, Ohio

485. Robert Caleff Norcross (LINE: Captain Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charleston, Maine married in 1818 to Philena Brown. She d. March 22, 1862.

986. Oliver Huzzey b. April 14, 1819 d. April 26, 1835, age 16 987. George Albert b. December 11, 1821 m. details follow r. Wanganui, New Zealand 988. William H. b. May 1, 1827 m. details follow r. Hallowell, Maine o. Monuments

490. Thomas Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bangor, Maine married on May 20, 1827 to Widow Martha Heald.

989. Joshua W.L. b. May 6, 1828 . m. details follow d. September 3, 1862, age 34 990. Thomas A. b. December 30, 1829 d. October 24, 1830 991. Thomas W. b. October 10, 1831 m. details follow r. Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada 992. Mary M. b. November 18, 1833 m. on December 23, 1858 to James R. Towle of Northwood, New Hampshire Her children were: 1. Charles Fred b. February 1860 2. James Arthur 993. Charles H. b. April 21, 1835 d. June 9, 1838 994. George Warren b. March 20, 1838 m. to Lydia Frances Parbeck, has a child Ellen P. b. September 19, 1858 d. June 8, 1863, age 25 995. Ellen Urania b. July 20, 1841 m. first to Samuel M. Fowler, a Union soldier. m. second on July 17, 1872 to James E. Muzzy of Salem, Massachusetts Her children were: 1. Henry Ivo b. June 5, 1874 d. March 26, 1878 2. George Edward b. October 13, 1875 996. Charles A. b. June 6, 1845 Military service - Union soldier

d. October 30, 1862, age 17

492. Jesse Springer Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Wayne, Maine married in 1826 to Margaret Ann Whitney of Westboro Massachusetts. She d. in Worcester, Massachusetts on May 25. 1883.

997. Rosina C. b. April 15, 1828 m. first to Nathan Foster m. second to Barnet Poland m. third to Malachia Bacheller of Peabody, Massachusetts 998. Julia A. b. March 24, 1830 m. George W. Crafts of East Boston. o. She is a Physician 999. James A b. March 24, 1830 m. details follow r. Worcester, Massachusetts o. Norcross Brothers 1000. Ann Elizabeth b. June 15, 1832 m. first to Gustavus Blake m. second to Antoine Cleavland 1001. Jesse Leander b. February 23, 1836 d. young 1002. Orlando W. b. October 25, 1839 M. details follow r. Worcester, Massachusetts o. Norcross Brothers 1003. William Anson b. May 25, 1842 d. 1862, age 20, at sea 1004. Charles Henry b. December 18, 1844 d. young

493. Horatio Nelson Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wenham, Massachusetts married on March 30, 1830 in China, Maine to Livonia C. Carr of Vassalborough, Maine.

1005. Sarah J. b. October 27, 1830 m. on October 26, 1853 to Charles Lamb of Maine 1006. Nancy M. b. December 5, 1831 m. first on August 30, 1857 to Charles Miller of New York m. to Col. Archibald 1007. Helen M. b. August 27, 1833 m. to Robert Shaw 1008. Cordelia Livonia b. December 5, 1834 m. to John Hankins of Ohio 1009. Carrie b. June 22 1836 m. George Welch of Boston, Massachusetts 1010. Isabella b. April 12, 1838 m. to Charles Blatchford of New Hampshire 1011. Horatio Nelson b. November 9, 1839 d. young 1012. Hiram C. b. May 4, 1842 m. details follow r. Wenham, Massachusetts 1013. Josephene b. June 22, 1844 d. 1846 1014. Joseph b. September 6, 1846 1015. Samuel b. September 12, 1848

1016. Josephine b. August 30, 1850 1017. Mary L. b. April 20, 1852 m. to Edward Bigelow Lawrence 1018. Horatio Nelson b. October 29, 1854

497. Adna Lane Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married first on November 20, 1820 to Sarah Hussey Norcross (486) his cousin. He married second on October 7, 1823 to Martha Albee. He married third on May 11, 1834 to Mary J. Clark. He married fourth to Sarah C. Smith of Pembroke, New Hampshire b. February 28, 1815.

Child by Sarah:

1019. Obed H. b. January 10, 1822 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine

Children by Martha:

1020. Oliver H. Peroy b. July 24, 1824 m. details follow r. Weaverville, California d. 1871, age 47 1021. Julia Ann b. November 7, 1825 m. to James Rodgers of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada 1022. Sarah b. August 20, 1827 1023. Charles A. b. September 1, 1829 r. Hallowell, Maine 1024. Adna b. June 8, 1831 d. young

Children by Mary:

1025. Mary Anletta b. May 28, 1835 m. Capt. Andrew Colcard of Searsport, Maine who was a Captain of the Missionary Ship Morning Star. 1026. Richard Everett b. October 30, 1836 m. details follow r. Augusta, Maine 1027. Albert Harrison b. January 21, 1841 m. details follow r. Alston, Massachusetts o. Foreman of the repair shops of Boston & Albany Railroad 1028. George Shaw b. February 18, 1844 adopted the name of George G. Woodbridge

498. Philip Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married to Judith Lane.

1029. Mirriam b. March 2, 1823 1030. Sarah Adeline b. August 22, 1825

499. Gideon L. Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Norwich, Connecticut married first in 1822 to Sarah Cook of Cherryfield, Maine. He married second on May 16, 1842 to Emma E. Chase.

Children by Sarah:

1031. Alonzo b. 1823 d. 1843, age 20, of Cholera at Buffalo, New York 1032. Amanda b. April 13, 1837 m. first in 1857 to Israel Snow m. on February 13, 1863 to Dr. Henry Webb of Norwich, Connecticut

Children by Emma:

1033. Ida Gertu b. September 1845 d. 1846 1034. Herbert Grenville b. May 4, 1847 d. May 22, 1856, age 9, drowned in the Thames River. 1035. Adna Oliver b. July 4, 1848 m. on October 18, 1871 to Mary L. McPherson r. Norwich, Connecticut 1036. Alphonzo M. b. July 15, 1850 m. details follow r. Norwich, Connecticut o. Printer 1037. Josephine A. b. July 1852 m. on December 14, 1871 to J.D. Millspaugh of Charlestown, Massachusetts d. February 9, 1874, age 22 1038. Alberto b. 1857 d. 1858

502. Oliver D. Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married to Dianna Choate.

1039. Henry A. b. 1833 o. Superintendent of Deer Island Hospital, Boston Harbour 1040. Helen T. b. 1835 1041. Ann Maria b. 1837

504. Dr. Christopher T. Norcross (LINE: Deacon James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bangor, Maine married on March 22, 1821 to Hannah Nickerson of Hampden, Maine b. October 3, 1794 and d. 1865, age 71.

1042. son b. September 13, 1822 d. September 13, 1822 1043. Pamelia C. b. February 28, 1824 d. August 23, 1825 1044. Cordelia T. b. June 30, 1826 d. December 24, 1828 1045. Margaret Ann b. July 24, 1828 d. October 8, 1845, age 17 1046. James Edwin b. August 11, 1830 m. see page 199 r. Wilton, New Hampshire, afterwards Somerville, Massachusetts

505. James S. Norcross (LINE: Deacon James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charleston, Maine married to Nancy Tebbets of Kenduskeng, Maine.

1047. Charles d. age 24 1048. Priscilla Tebbets m. on May 9, 1855 to Gilman Folsom of Boca California Her children were: 1. Charles Gilman b. November 17, 1855 d. June 19, 1856 2. Frank Gilman b. December 6, 1860

3. George Arthur b. June 9, 1862 d. February 24, 1863 4. Ernest B. b. August 9, 1864 1049. James m. details follow r. Carson City, Nevada, afterwards Oakland, California o. Hale & Norcross Mining Co., Nevada 1050. Susan m. to 1860 to John Haines of Saco, Maine Her children were: 1. Mildred Geneva 2. Susan Emma 3. Densie D. 1051. Albert d. young 1052. Albert H. m. details follow r. Bethel, Amoka Co., Minnesota

506. John Bunyan Norcross (LINE: Deacon James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hampden, Maine married to Rachel Blugden.

1053. Christopher r. Canada 1054. Margaret 1055. Emeline 1056. Urania 1057. Sarah

509. Cornelius H. Norcross (LINE: Deacon James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Charleston, Maine married to Almira S. Billington.

1058. Alice Almira b. June 1854 m. in 1882 to Charles E. Foss of Boston, Massachusetts 1059. Frank b. February 22, 1863

510. Henry H. Norcross (LINE: Deacon James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Somerville, Massachusetts married November 2, 1849 to Martha P. Holbrook of Lowell, Massachusetts b. May 15, 1822. She d. May 9, 1879.

1060. Frank Alston b. January 16, 1851 d. August 14, 1857, age 6 1061. Kate Englesby b. October 16, 1856

511. Nicholas Goubert Norcross (LINE: Rev. Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bangor, Maine and afterwards of Lowell, Massachusetts married first to Sophronia Pratt and second to Mary E. Hopkins.

Children by Sophronia:

1062. Caroline O.D. b. June 30, 1830 m. on October 3, 1850 to Charles W. Saunders of Lawrence, Massachusetts Her children were: 1. Charles G. b. November 4, 1851 d. September 18, 1852 2. Charles N. b. September 3, 1853 d. June 20, 1879 3. Carrie b. June 4, 1857 d. April 29, 1864 4. Alice b. November 20, 1863 5. Carrie b. June 14, 1869 d. January 15, 1878

6. Martha b. September 10, 1870 d. January 12, 1878 1063. Nicholas Warren b. November 7, 1833 m. details follow r. Lowell, Massachusetts o. Internal Revenue Office 1064. Frederick Malcomb b. September 18, 1837 m. details follow r. New York City o. Lawyer Military service - Union soldier 1065. Sophronia Elena b. October 2, 1839 m. on July 12, 1866 to William R. Hardy of Coventry, Indiana and afterwards Louisiana Her children were: 1. Elena b. May 7, 1868 2. Carrie b. October 1, 1871 d. August 1875 3. Lucretia b. January 9, 1875 1066. Lucretia Clay b. July 19, 1844 m. on May 16, 1866 to Rufus D. Everett of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He now resides in Atchison, Kansas and is treasurer of the Atchison and Nebraska Rail Road. Her children were: 1. Theodore G. b. April 17, 1867 2. Mary Agnes b. July 4, 1873 1067. Caroline b. about 1828 d. in infancy 1068. Joseph Warren b. about 1831 d. in infancy 1069. child d. in infancy 1070. child d. in infancy 1071. child d. in infancy

512. Jonathan Norcross (LINE: Deacon Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Atlanta, Georgia married first in 1845 to Harriet N. Boyle of Tennessee. She d. August 27, 1876, age 64. He married second on September 4, 1877 to Mary Ann Hill of Eatonton, Georgia b. 1819. Child by Harriet:

1072. Virgil Chalmers b. July 30, 1846 m. details follow r. Atlanta, Georgia o. Baptist Minister

514. Jesse Norcross (LINE: Rev. Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bangor, Maine married to Susan Palmer.

1073. Frederick Augustus b. 1834 d. 1834 1074. George b. September 13, 1836 m. to Alexandrine Charlotte r. New Orleans, Louisiana 1075. Augustus William b. 1839 m. details follow d. in Texas 1076. Mary m. to Basset of Chicago, Illinois

517. Isaac W. Norcross (LINE: Rev. Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lowell, Massachusetts and afterwards of Winchester, Kentucky, Red River Iron Works, married in 1846 to Christianna F. Nash.

1077. Isaac Watts b. November 26, 1847 m. on February 23, 1870 to Amelia C. Easton r. Boston, Massachusetts 1078. Frank G. b. May 4, 1851 m. in 1881 to Emma G. Rowe r. Burnside, Kentucky 1079. Willard Nash b. 1855 1080. Arthur H. b. 1860 1081. Herbert P. b. 1860

524. Elijah Livermore Norcross (LINE: Elijah Livermore, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Manchester, Maine married on December 3, 1840 to Ann Elizabeth Woodbridge.

1082. Emma L.N. b. September 10, 1847 1083. Charles E. b. January 30, 1850 1084. William F. b. September 24, 1858 1085. Mathew C. b. June 29, 1862 d. September 6, 1874, age 12

526. Frank W. Norcross (LINE: Elijah Livermore, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts and afterwards of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married first to Margaret Mellin of Boston, Massachusetts and second to Augusta Bajost.

Children by Margaret:

1086. Frank Mellen b. July 10, 1851 r. Alston, Massachusetts 1087. Addie F. b. August 15, 1854 1088. Hattie M. b. September 29, 1859

Children by Augusta:

1089. Frederick W. b. 1875 1090. Gussie b. July 20, 1878

529. Abner Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Seth, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Springfield, New Jersey married in 1825 to Mary Clark, daughter of John Clark of Springfield.

[An inserted note was found with additional information incorporated herein using italics. This note was added by unknown party as the death dates all are later than 1900 when Joel Warren Norcross, the manuscript author, died.]

1091. Mary Ann b. June 26, 1827 m. William Archer r. Newark, New Jersey They had 3 children 1092. Charlotte Gibson b. July 29, 1829 m. William Dean r. Newark, New Jersey They had 2 children d. November 6, 1906 1093. Harriet Louise b. October 16, 1831 m. Horace Alley r. Hilton, New Jersey

They had 1 child d. January 28, 1920 1094. Luzetta b. December 20, 1833 d. 1834 r. Springfield, New Jersey 1095. Hannah J. b. June 27, 1835 m. first to William Proae m. second to George Oakley r. Brooklyn, New York d. May 29, 1924 1096. Allen Hand b. August 7, 1838 m. to Elizabeth Clements r. Newark, New Jersey d. killed in the Civil War 1097. William b. September 18, 1840 m. Mary r. Newark, New Jersey, also South Orange, New Jersey d. killed by Rail Road accident [the note disputes this] 1098. Phebe C. b. July 10, 1842 m. to Elia T. Muchmore They had 6 children d. November 18, 1920 r. Chatham, New Jersey 1099. James H. b. September 2, 1844 m. first to Ellen Philhower r. Newark, New Jersey m. second to ?? Philhower r. Irvington, New Jersey d. August 26, 1920

531. William Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Seth, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts married on May 13, 1834 to Lucretia Hodgkins of New Salem, Massachusetts b. 1806 and d. 1880, age 74.

1100. George W. b. November 2, 1836 m. to Mary Estella Dudley who was b. 1832 in Lexington, Kentucky r. Boston, Massachusetts d. November 1879 They had two children Frank b. 1861, George Russel b. 1868 1101. Maria b. October 29, 1837 d. 1844 1102. William b. August 7, 1839 r. California 1103. Hannah b. July 17, 1841 m. at Cumberland, Rhode Island on June 23, 1860 to George Read of East Boston. Her children were: 1. Lollie Gardiner b. November 14, 1865 2. Carrie E.R. b. January 14, 1868 1104. Harriet b. July 12, 1843 d. 1845 1105. Harriet b. August 25, 1845 1106. Charles b. April 1847 d. September 1847 1107. Charles d. young

532. Elijah Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Seth, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts married May 1st 1830 Eliza Crowell of Medford born Feb 20 1812. Children:

1108. Lydia b. February 4, 1831 1109. Eliza b. July 12, 1833 1110. Sarah b. August 30, 1835 1111. Elijah b. August 25, 1837 r. Watertown, Massachusetts Military service - Union soldier 1112. Allen b. June 26, 1841 r. Watertown, Massachusetts 1113. Mary b. August 25, 1844 r. Watertown, Massachusetts 1114. Abner b. January 10, 1847 r. Watertown, Massachusetts

Eighth Generation

537. Alden N. Norcross (LINE: James Richmond, Noah, Noah, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of East Montpelier, Vermont married on February 26, 1860 to Julia A. Langmaid.

1115. Charles A. b. November 26, 1861 d. 1865 1116. Nellie T. b. November 23, 1865 1117. Frederick A. b. September 27, 1867 1118. Frank J. b. February 16, 1869 1119. Vina May b. July 11, 1870 d. 1871 1120. Bertie b. January 4, 1872

539. Joseph Leland Norcross (LINE: James Richmond, Noah, Noah, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Somerville, Massachusetts married first on May 13, 1861 to Mary L. Ham. He married second on January 5, 1871 to Sarah E. Pettingell.

Child by Mary: 1121. Flora L. b. 1864 d. 1864

Children by Sarah E.: 1122. Florence Mabel b. March 1872 1123. Emma Estell b. May 1874

541. Duran J. Norcross (LINE: James Richmond, Noah, Noah, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Plainfield, Vermont married on November 23, 1868 to Harriet J. Scott.

1124. Winfred C. b. November 10, 1870 1125. Julia P. b. December 6, 1873

549. James N. Norcross (LINE: James, Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married on October 15, 1857 to Hester O’Day.

1126. Willard N. 1127. Crandall U. 1128. Frederick A. 1129. William 1130. Eva M. 1131. Herbert

554. George P. Norcross (LINE: James, Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married on October 12, 1872 to Jennie Bruce.

1132. Nellie W.

555. Franklin Edwin Norcross (LINE: James, Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Royalston, Massachusetts married on November 15, 1873 to Alpha Arnold.

1133. Stella M.

565. Andrew J. Norcross (LINE: Salmon, Deacon Joseph, Isaac, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lowell, Massachusetts married in August 1869 to Mary S. Wells. She d. January 25, 1870.

1134. Mary M.

585. Henry H. Norcross (LINE: Luke, Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married on July 4, 1875 to Bell M. Wilson.

1135. Nettie S. b. May 22, 1876

586. Charles A. Norcross (LINE: Orison, Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Owasso, Michigan married on December 28, 1866 to Emma Chamberlin b. June 2, 1844.

1136. Ellen S. b. Oct 8 1868 1137. Orrison L. b. July 24 1872 1138. William M. b. January 12 1877

587. Alonzo O. Norcross (LINE: Orison, Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married on December 6, 1860 to Sarah S. Nichols b. December 5, 1843.

1139. Frank A. b. May 18, 1861 1140. Ida S. b. June 21, 1862 m. on November 23, 1880 to Edward D. Reed 1141. Stella L. b. October 7, 1865 1142. Herbert S. b. December 15, 1868 1143. Mary S. b. March 23, 1873 1144. Gertrude b. December 11, 1875

589. Ormando E. Norcross (LINE: Orrison, Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married on August 23, 1869 to Laura Prantry b. June 20, 1845.

1145. Albert D. b. February 24, 1874 1146. Addie M. b. September 9, 1877 1147. Alice M. b. November 14, 1879

593. Cortez Norcross (LINE: Blucher, Nahum, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Dummerston, Vermont married in 1869 to Julia Jillson.

1148. Ernest C. b. June 7, 1870 1149. Lena b. November 24, 1873

602. William L. Norcross (LINE: Alanson, Beniah, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married to Ellen E. Stewart.

1150. William Harrold b. October 8, 1874 d. September 16, 1875 1151. Louis Vernon b. January 1, 1876

618. George G. Norcross (LINE: Chauncy, R. Zebina, Samuel, Joseph, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Brentwood, New Hampshire married on November 21, 1873 to Nellie Norcross (629) his cousin b. 1856, daughter of Nelson B. Norcross of Winchester, New Hampshire.

1152. Emma May b. November 18, 1875

655. Rufus Alonzo Norcross (LINE: Rufus, Elijah, Page, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester, Massachusetts married to Elizabeth Kempton.

1153. Wilber Franz b. November 8, 1862 1154. Rufus Alonzo b. June 4, 1871

656. George A. Norcross (LINE: Rufus, Elijah, Page, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester, Massachusetts married to Elizabeth Fisher.

1155. Frank Eugine b. November 18, 1872

670. Alvin C. Norcross (LINE: Micah, David, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on December 26, 1865 to Maria Taylor.

1156. George R. b. April 5, 1874

683. Charles H. Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married on May 20, 1874 to Ella Evangeline Perry daughter of Rev. Isaac Stearns Perry of Rindge, New Hampshire. She d. August 9, 1875.

1157. Alice Evangeline b. July 30, 1875

686. Arthur William Norcross (LINE: Jeremiah, Daniel, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married on December 13, 1877 Idella C. Converse daughter of Zebulon Converse of Rindge, New Hampshire.

1158. Arthur Zebulon b. January 14, 1879

701. Josiah Abner Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Joel, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Westboro, Massachusetts married on December 18, 1855 to Mary Eliza Ferris in Brooklyn, New York. She d. January 9, 1857, age 18 years.

1159. Annie Eliza b. 1856 or January 1857

705. Arthur Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Joel, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hyde Park, Massachusetts afterwards Chicago, Illinois married on August 17, 1870 to Clara F. Wiswall.

1160. Clara Gertrude b. October 10, 1871 1161. Arthur Trescott b. June 19, 1876 d. December 12, 1877

712. Daniel Freeman Norcross (LINE: Joel, Elijah, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Adams, Massachusetts married on June 1, 1861 to Adeline Card of Curtisville, Massachusetts.

1162. Martin E. 1163. Cora Bell

713. Myron George Norcross (LINE: Joel, Elijah, Daniel, Peter, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Deerfield, Massachusetts married on June 15, 1863 to Viola M. Landfair of Deerfield, Massachusetts.

1164. John Josiah

757. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Silas, Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winchendon, Massachusetts married to Sarah J. Weston.

1165. Daniel Edwin b. December 22, 1864

761. Otto Guerich Norcross (LINE: Stillman, Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Templeton, Massachusetts married in November 1868 to Ellen Leland.

1166. Annie b. January 1870

1167. Homer Otto b. October 1872 1168. Bernice b. November 30, 1875 1169. Rose Ada b. February 1877

767. Pliny Norcross (LINE: Franklin, Daniel, Daniel, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Janesville, Wisconsin married on January 4, 1865 to Phebe Aiken Vanderpool of Johnston, New York.

1170. Frederick F. b. December 4, 1865 1171. John Vanderpool b. December 15, 1867 1172. Elizabeth Leavitt b. January 31, 1875 1173. Edward Powers b. February 15, 1878

785. William Henry Norcross (LINE: Hiram, Joel, William, William Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Springfield, Massachusetts married to Harriet S. Avery. She was married second to Levi Herrich of Williamstown, Massachusetts. The children of William Henry:

1174. William Augustus b. February 17, 1850 m. details follow 1175. Henry Munroe b. October 25, 1851 m. Sarah Elizabeth Haley r. Williamstown, Massachusetts. 1176. Harriett Emily b. December 29, 1852 d. February 1858 1177. Lyman Avery b. July 17, 1854 m. details follow

789. Henry Fanning Norcross (LINE: William Otis, Joel, William, William Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Birmingham, Connecticut married first on July 10, 1857 to Sarah M. Kenny. He married second to Susan Arnold. She was accidentally burnt to death.

Children by Sarah:

1178. William Henry b. May 1858 d. November 31, 1877, age 19, in Florida 1179. Mary Fanning b. January 15, 1860

Children by Susan:

1180. Susan Lavinia b. February 16, 1869 1181. Joseph Arnold b. December 27, 1872

807. Joseph Watts Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Joseph Watts, Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of East Boston, Massachusetts married first to Sylvia Rose. He married second to Harriet Gates.

Children of Sylvia Rose Norcross:

1182. Joseph W. 1183. Mary Jane 1184. Sarah 1185. Syrene m. James of Port Colbourne, Ontario, Canada Her child: 1. Mary 1186. Samuel Rose m. details follow 1187. Maria m. March 1878 Vroman of Centreville, New York. 1188. Reuben Rose m. details follow r. Port Colbourne, Ontario, Canada

1189. Catherine Lorindo b. May 26, 1847 m. George H. Norcross (1193) of Malden, Massachusetts, her cousin 1190. Abijah 1191. Jacob James m. details follow r. Lockport, New York. 1192. James d. young

These last two were named Jacob and James. When James died, Jacob had James added to his name.

809. William Trueman Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Joseph Watts, Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Malden, Massachusetts married on December 6, 1838 to Sarah F. Fifield.

1193. George Henry b. June 6, 1840 m. details follow 1194. William Francis b. December 5, 1842 d. November 27, 1863, age 21, killed in battle 1195. Alfred Fifield b. July 1843 d. September 1, 1852, age 9 1196. Sarah Elizabeth b. June 2, 1845 d. August 4, 1847 1197. Alonzo Fifield b. July 28, 1847 Military service - Union soldier d. January 5, 1864 age 16½, in service

823. William Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts in the Dorchester District, married first to Harriet M. Wales. She d. January 7, 1840. He married second to Harriet W. Peak.

Children by Harriet M. Wales.

1198. William Frederick b. June 4, 1837 1199. Albert Augustus b. December 22, 1838 d. February 5, 1844

827. John C. Norcross (LINE: James Ward, Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Orleans, Louisiana married on November 1, 1847 to Mary A. Haynes.

1200. Mary Eliza b. August 2, 1851 m. to John Westerfield 1201. John H. b. March 3, 1853 d. September 30, 1853 1202. William H. b. October 21, 1855 d. February 14, 1863 1203. Arthur C. b. October 7, 1861 1204. George E. b. February 10, 1863 d. October 7, 1864

830. James H. Norcross (LINE: James Ward, Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts married on November 25, 1847 to Elizabeth Bonney.

1205. Annie E. b. September 24, 1848 d. October 30, 1849 1206. Ida E. b. May 3, 1850 1207. Eveline A.W. b. November 3, 1851 d. September 13, 1858 1208. Alice Isabel b. February 23, 1855 1209. James E. b. March 16, 1862

1210. Harriet Homer b. December 12, 1864

831. George F. Norcross (LINE: James Ward, Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Watertown, Massachusetts married on March 1, 1871 to Jennie S. Gore.

1211. Frank Leslie b. February 19, 1872 d. May 6, 1874 1212. Grace Greenwood b. January 23, 1876

832. Edward G. Norcross (LINE: James Ward, Nathaniel, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts married on January 1, 1853 to Phebe A. Barke b. April 13, 1831.

1213. Emma E. b. October 30, 1854 1214. George E. b. September 1, 1856 m. on April 30, 1885 to Sarah M. Colvin

841. John Henry Norcross (LINE: John, John, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Medford, Massachusetts married on June 6, 1866 to Cynthia J. White.

1215. Charles Merrill b. March 31, 1867 1216. Edith Gertrude b. April 7, 1870 1217. Eleanor Josephine b. October 4, 1874

842. Edmund Winchester Norcross (LINE: Stephen W., Moses, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Northboro, Massachusetts married on June 12, 1866 to Leonora A Bemis.

1218. Etta Winchester b. July 30, 1867 1219. Cora Louisa b. May 12, 1870 1210½ Stephen Wollaston b. June 9, 1881.

846. Charles Norcross (LINE: Stephen W., Moses, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Milford, Massachusetts married to Ellen Baker.

1220. Ernest

847. Edwin Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Grafton, Massachusetts married to Elizabeth Davis.

1221. Cora 1222. daughter

850. Henry C. Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester, Massachusetts.

1223. Bertha

854. Thomas Rand Norcross (LINE: Thomas R., Josiah, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Brooklyn, New York married on December 24, 1868 to Louisa W. Bonney.

1224. George Bonney

860. Ellis T. Norcross (LINE: Silas T., Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of North Bellingham, Massachusetts.

1225. Emma F. 1226. Eva E. m. to Metcalfe 1227. daughter

863. Warren Fisher Norcross (LINE: Asa G., Asa, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Grantville, Massachusetts married on September 8, 1853 to Emily Colburn.

1228. Edward M. b. December 17, 1854 1229. Willie C. b. August 11, 1856 1230. Emmie b. August 17, 1859

874. Hannah Elizabeth Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Sharon, Maine married first to Noble of Kennebunkport, Maine. She married second to Elijah Tobey of West Washington, Maine.

Child by Noble: 1231. William H. but he took the surname of Norcross.

875. Jarvis Moody Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Monmouth, Maine married to Elizabeth Davenport, daughter of Philip Davenport b. May 26, 1815.

1232. Charles Atwell r. Waterville, Maine 1233. daughter

877. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Illinois.

1234. Comels Savori 1235. daughter 1236. daughter

878. Charles Stanwood Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Portland, Maine married to Deborah Bates of Waterville, Maine.

1237. Francis Ella b. November 10, 1856 1238. Fred Baxter b. January 31, 1866 d. February 2, 1868

886. Hiram Franklin Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Boston, Massachusetts married on April 16, 1839 to Mary Traften b. March 17, 1823.

1239. Charles Hiram b. January 25 1840 1240. Horace Binney b. Dec 22 1852 1241. Julia Hubbard b. Aug 6 1843

887. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Daniel, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married to Margaret A. Shearman.

1242. Emma Williams m. on October 15, 1862 to George S. Winslow d. September 4, 1871 1243. Ella Robinson b. February 19, 1848 m. on May 4, 1872 George S. Winslow of Mt. Vernon, Illinois.

890. William H. Norcross (LINE: William, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married to Marcia Kincaid.

1244. William A.

894. William G. Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Jefferson, Maine.

1245. Thomas A. 1246. William 1247. Mary L. m. to Frank Peaslee 1248. Susan J. m. to H.T. Blanchard and had son Henry 1249. Nancy S. 1250. Louis A. m. to F. Washburn 1251. Sarah F. m. to Owen Record 1252. William A. 1253. Mida L. 1254. Alfred U. 1255. Alva C. 1256. Ida J.

895. Edmund Dana Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Cambridge, Massachusetts married in 1836 to Elizabeth J. Prince.

1257. Ellen E. m. David G. Robinson of Hastings, Michigan 1258. Emma G. m. to William H. Woodbury of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

897. John H. Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Medford, Massachusetts married to Elizabeth Gill b. August 28, 1822.

1259. Mary E. b. August 28, 1838 at the Blakely & Noyes Art Gallery 1260. Addie G. b. October 1, 1848 m. on October 3, 1875 to Edward Page of Melrose, Massachusetts 1261. Daniel C. b. May 24, 1853 1262. George Albert b. November 1, 1855 1263. Ella L. b. August 1, 1860 1264. Carrie B. b. August 1, 1860 1265. Affie b. March 16, 1863 1266. Sammie T. b. July 16, 1868

899. Henry Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married to Susan Pettingil.

1267. Harriet T. b. July 30, 1847 m. to D.K. Jewell and had one son 1268. Frederick b. August 14, 1849 1269. Hannah S. b. July 22, 1851 1270. Frank b. August 7, 1852 1271. Anna C. b. 1854

900. George Albert Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Samuel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine.

1272. Charles by first wife r. California 1273. Minnie b. 1865 by second wife

913. Ezra Holmes Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Winthrop, Maine married on February 1, 1842 to Lucinda W. Tozer of Monmouth, Maine b. October 11, 1820.

1274. Fernando E. b. January 15, 1843 d. 1881

1275. Winfield Scott b. July 16, 1844 1276. Charles W. b. February 12, 1846 1277. Millard Fillmore b. July 9, 1848 m. June 1870 r. Monmouth, Maine 1278. Reverdy Johnson b. April 17, 1850 m. August 14, 1877 1279. Mary J. b. April 6, 1852 1280. Errin M. b. January 17, 1854 1281. Mellie L. b. November 19, 1858 1282. Georgie A. b. August 9, 1861 1283. Oberlin b. September 23, 1864

916. Green Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Livermore, Maine married to Lyford.

1284. Ida 1285. son

918. John C. Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) married to Jane Gray Allen b. March 24, 1828 at Hartford, Maine.

1286. John C. b. 1855 r. Bangor, Maine

926. Elias Nelson Norcross (LINE: Leonard, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Turner, Maine.

1287. Carroll C. r. Turner, Maine 1288. Otis L. 1289. True O. 1290. Dewitt K. 1291. Bertie 1292. Mary 1293. Matilda

928. Leonard Marcellus Norcross (LINE: Leonard, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hillsboro, Oregon afterwards Grants Pass Oregon.

1294. Mary Matilda 1295. Leonard Eldrege 1296. Hannah Margaret 1297. Edward Marcellus 1298. Charles Albert Nelson

931. Samuel Cordis Norcross (LINE: Leonard, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Deering, Maine married to Z.H. Leonard.

1299. Henrietta b. 1864 in Auburn, Maine

933. Edward Kent Norcross (LINE: Leonard, Elijah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Melrose, Massachusetts married on November 22, 1855 to Mary F. Bent.

1300. Lizzie K. b. January 27, 1858 1301. Horace Greely b. July 12, 1859 d. March 2, 1882 1302. Frederick S. b. September 14, 1861 1303. Hattie A. b. April 26, 1864

d. September 14, 1876 1304. Sadie N. b. October 15, 1866 1305. Jennie J. b. December 2, 1871

940. Barzilla Streeter Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterville, Maine married first in December 1850 to Frances White. Married second in March 1867 to Lucy O’Reed.

1306. Edwin White by first wife r. Amesbury, Massachusetts. 1307. John S. by second wife

941. Joseph D. Norcross (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Chesterville, Maine married to Margaret J. Storer.

1310. Charles Edwin

944. George Warren (LINE: Josiah, Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) married to Lydia Frances Purbeck. xxx Ellen P. b. September 19, 1858 m. on June 20, 1882 to Frederick B. Hall of East Douglas

951. David Copeland Norcross (LINE: Mathias S., Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of San Luis Obispo Co., California married in 1873 to Elida Woods b. September 18, 1845.

1311. Mary Turner b. July 28, 1874 1312. David Copeland b. September 21, 1876

952. Mathias S. Norcross (LINE: Mathias S., Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Riverside, California married to Lorinda Thompson.

1313. Eugine C. 1314. Cora Bell 1315. Charlotte

953. Albert G. Norcross (LINE: Mathias S., Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lowell, Massachusetts married first to Lydia A. Perham b. 1832. He married second to Ladora A.B. Davis b. 1836.

1316. Anna D. b. April 19, 1862 1317. John A. b. January 19, 1869

960. William W. Norcross (LINE: Mathias S., Josiah, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Sharon, Maine married third in 1868 to Ora A. Greaton.

1318. Frederick C. 1319. daughter

962. James Henry Norcross (LINE: James Stearns, Daniel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Nantucket, Massachusetts married to Mary Lizzie Maguire of Nantucket.

1320. Arthur Austin b. November 27, 1868 1321. James Alonzo b. June 13, 1874 1322. Herbert Barker b. April 14, 1876 1323. Ella Maria b. December 4, 1877

964. Charles Sylvia Norcross (LINE: James Stearns, Daniel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Nantucket married to Emma Morris.

1324. Edward William b. January 14, 1877

978. Jeremiah N. Norcross (LINE: Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Buffalo, New York. He goes by the name of Frederick Norcross in Buffalo. He married about 1850 to Orra M. Finch.

1325. Kate M. b. 1853 1326. Anna C. b. 1855 1327. Francis L. b. 1859 1328. Grace b. 1861 1329. Eva Carrie b. 1864 1330. Maud M. b. 1867 1331. Belle b. 1870 1332. Lemuel b. 1872 1333. Fred Grant b. 1873 1334. Frank b. 1875

981. Israel Bennet Norcross (LINE: Thomas H., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) married on January 21, 1847 to Irene Dunning.

1335. Frederick Smith b. March 27, 1849 m. to Addie Knowles of East Corinth, Maine r. Menomonee, Michigan

983. Ruel Goodwin Norcross (LINE: Thomas H., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Jackson, Maine married to Lavinia Tilton.

1336. Emma m. to John Bacheller of Garland, Maine 1337. Ruel G. r. Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin

984. Henry Worth Norcross (LINE: Thomas H., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bridgeport, New Jersey married to Ruth D. Barrows.

1338. Clara F. m. to Charles Shaw, Greenville, Maine and has three children 1339. Harry Leo o. Superintendent of the Atlas Powder Works, Chester, Pennsylvania. d. March 29 1884, killed by a dynamite explosion.

985. Nelson Thomas Norcross (LINE: Thomas H., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Cleaveland, Ohio.

1340. William d. 1888 1341. Stanton

987. George Albert Norcross (LINE: Robert C., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wanganui, Province of Wellington, New Zealand, married an English lady.

1342. Henrietta b. 1858 1343. Caroline Ann b. 1860 1344. Albert Henry b. 1863 1345. Margaret Philena b. 1865 1346. Alice Maud b. 1867 1347. Albert William b. 1870

988. William H. Norcross (LINE: Robert C., Philip, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Hallowell, Maine married on December 24, 1862 to Mary E. Davis.

1348. Cora May b. December 25, 1867

989. Joshua W. Leland Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bangor, Maine married to Mary Ellen.

1349. son 1350. Mary E.

991. Thomas W. Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada married first to Caroline B. Peckham of Fall River, Massachusetts. He married again.

1351. William Alfred b. March 27, 1859 1352. Thomas E.W. Leland b. May 1, 1860 1353. Mary Ann b. May 4, 1862 1354. Priscilla b. September 15, 1863 1355. Albert b. November 6, 1866 1356. Frank

999. James A Norcross (LINE: Jesse S., Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester Massachusetts married in February 1851 to Mary Ellen Pinkham.

1357. J. Ellen b. October 14, 1851, in Salem m. to T.S. Osborn 1358. James E. b. April 13, 1854 d. August 15, 1855 1359. J. Franklin b. January 8, 1856 1360. Arthur W. b. July 27, 1860 1361. Rosa M. b. June 2, 1863 d. April 5, 1877 1362. William E. b. May 11, 1866 1363. Mary E. b. October 31, 1868 1364. Florence A. b. February 1, 1871 1365. Jennie O. b. December 1, 1875

1002. Orlando W. Norcross (LINE: Jesse S., Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Worcester Massachusetts married on May 17, 1870 to Ellen P. Sibley of Salem, Massachusetts.

1366. Walter Abbott b. Apr 9 1871 d. Oct 21 1871 1367. Alice Whitney b. March 22 1872 1368. Mabel Ellen b. July 20 1874 xxxx Edith Janet b. Oct 8 1878 xxxx James Orlando b. March 5 1882

1012. Hiram C. Norcross (LINE: H. Nelson, Jonathan, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Wenham, Massachusetts married on September 1, 1871 to Julia Ann Simonds.

1369. Blanche {This may be wrong. He may have married Julia Ann Porter and had Ida Mary} 1370. Austin

1019. Obediah H. Norcross (LINE: Adna L., Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married to Jane Wright.

1371. son

1020. Oliver H.P. Norcross (LINE: Adna L., Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Weaverville, California married to Ellen Pratt of Lawrence, Massachusetts where she now resides.

1372. Nellie L. b. May 22, 1850 in Lawrence, Massachusetts m. in California 1373. Frank G. b. July 23, 1855 in Weaverville, California r. Fort Jones, California 1374. Bennie P. b. April 10, 1857 d. June 10, 1858 1375. E. May b. January 30, 1861 r. Lawrence, Massachusetts

1026. Richard Everett Norcross (LINE: Adna L., Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Augusta, Maine married first to Olive Cooper of Whitefield, Maine. Married second to Etta Young of Augusta, Maine.

1376. Olive C. b. April 1860 1377. Willie 1378. Herbert b. October 1867 1379. Bessie b. October 1873 d. August 1875

1027. Albert Harrison Norcross (LINE: Adna L., Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Alston, Massachusetts married on October 6, 1870 to Paulina F. Hamstead of Skowhegan, Maine b. June 12, 1847.

1380. Frederick Albert b. August 11, 1871

1036. Alphonzo M. Norcross (LINE: Gideon L., Nathaniel, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Norwich, Connecticut married on May 15, 1873 to Rose Gardner (both are deaf and dumb mutes).

1381. Alphonzo M. b. August 15, 1873 1382. Clarence b. November 11, 1875

1046. James Edwin Norcross (LINE: Christopher T., James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Somerville, Massachusetts married on September 6, 1859 to Lizzie M. Young of Lowell, Massachusetts

1383. Henry Lloyd b. October 23, 1863

1049. James Norcross (LINE: James S., James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Carson City, Nevada afterwards of Oakland, California married on August 17, 1862 to Matilda Millet of Leeds, Maine.

1384. Myra b. December 26, 1863 1385. Charles

1052. Albert H. Norcross (LINE: James S., James, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Bethell, Minnesota married to Emana Stinchfield.

1386. Agnes 1387. Emma Susie 1388. James Hiram

1063. Nicholas Warren Norcross (LINE: Nicholas G., Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lowell, Massachusetts married on October 4, 1860 to Ellen G. Crosby of Lowell, Massachusetts.

1389. Nicholas G. b. October 3, 1861 1390. Nathan Crosby b. October 11, 1862 d. October 7, 1882 1391. Rebecca Ellen b. August 9, 1869 1392. Josiah Crosby b. November 23, 1870

1064. Frederick Malcomb Norcross (LINE: Nicholas G., Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New York City married to Sallie Kirk of Memphis, Tennessee.

1393. Frederick

1072. Virgil Chalmers Norcross (LINE: Jonathan, Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Atlanta, Georgia married on May 19, 1875 to Lydia Frances Howes of Macon, Georgia b. October 6, 1848 in Fayette Co. Kentucky.

1394 Jonathan b. May 6, 1876 d. May 2, 1878 1395 Virgil Chalmers b. October 2, 1877 1395½ Paul H. b. January 19, 1880

1075. Augustus William Norcross (LINE: Jesse, Jesse, Jonathan, Philip, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of New Orleans, Louisiana married to Mary Pradat of New Orleans.

1396. Jesse 1397. Augustus 1398. George

Ninth Generation

1174. William Augustus Norcross (LINE: Wm Henry, Hiram, Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah) of Clarksburg, Massachusetts married to Julia Masie Dooby of Clarksburg, Massachusetts

1399. William Henry b. April 7, 1873 1400. Francis Joseph b. November 18, 1875 1401. Sarah Mary b. May 29, 1877 1401½. Alfred 1401¾ . Charles

1177. Lyman Avery Norcross (LINE: Wm Henry, Hiram, Joel, William, William, Richard, Richard, Jeremiah)

1402 Albert Lyman b. August 29, 1878 1402½ daughter

1186. Samuel Rose Norcross (LINE: Joseph W., Joseph, Joseph W., Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Port Colbourne, Canada married to Deak.

1403. Joseph William b. 1870

1188. Reuben Rose Norcross (LINE: Joseph W., Joseph, Joseph W., Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Port Colbourne, Canada married to Deak, sister to the wife of Sam R. and she d. July 1880.

1404. James 1405. Clara 1406. Jennie May

1191. Jacob James Norcross (LINE: Joseph W., Joseph, Joseph W., Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Lockport, New York married in March 1880 to Martha Vroman.

1407. Lillian P.

1193. George Henry Norcross (LINE: William T., Joseph, Joseph W., Uriah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Richard, Jeremiah) of Malden, Massachusetts married on August 26, 1865 to Catherine Lorindo Norcross (1189) his cousin b. May 26. 1847.

1408. Francis Alonzo b. May 30, 1875 d. August 1875 1409. Charles Alonzo b. July 28, 1876 d. October 12, 1881 1410. George Frederick b. February 15, 1879 d. March 14, 1879

Recapitulation of the New England Norcross’s Generation Families Children First 1 4 Second 1 7 Third 2 17 Fourth 7 52 Fifth 17 128 Sixth 47 326 Seventh 111 580 Eighth 94 282 Ninth 6 12 Total of Nine Generations 286 1408

Part 2 – The William Penn Colony Norcross Migration

Which contains the record of the descendents of William Norcross who came to this country with his wife and four children and settled in the William Penn colony at Bensalem, in Buckingham Township, Buck’s County, Pennsylvania.

William’s grandfather John is the brother of Jeremiah Norcross whose descendents are listed in part 1.

First Generation

1411. William Norcross and Elizabeth Norcross his wife sailed for this country in 1699 and was to settle in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He either died on the passage over or very soon after.

1412. John m. see below

1413. Jane m. in 1707 Jeremiah Scaife of Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

1414. William m. see below

1415. Thomas d. previous to 1711

Second Generation

1412. John Norcross (LINE: William) of Middletown, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania married on September 6, 1712 to Mary Antrim of Burlington, New Jersey.

1416. William m. see below d. 1777, will dated April 21, 1777

1417. Joseph m. see below d. 1766, will dated May 2, 1776

1418. Joshua m. see below d. 1785, will dated 1785

1414. William Norcross (LINE: William) of Burlington, New Jersey married first to Mary. He married second on April 30, 1720 to Rebecca Petty of Burlington, New Jersey.

1419. Elizabeth b. December 24, 1713 m. to Michael Branin Her children were: 1. Michael b. May 27, 1732 2. John b. November 7, 1733 3. Elisabeth b. September 8, 1735 4. Samuel b. November 11, 1737 5. Mary b. July 29, 1739 6. Hannah b. April 1, 1742 7. Ann b. July 8, 1744 d. young 8. Barzilla b. February 2, 1747 9. Ann

1420. Abigail b. m. to Wallen Her children were: 1. Thomas 2. daughter m. to Anthony Seins 3. daughter 4. & others

1421. Susanna m. to Braddock

1422. William m. see below d. July 8 1790

1423. John m. see below

Third Generation

1416. William Norcross (LINE: John, William) of Sussex County, New Jersey married to Martha Mattison.

1424. John b. 1748 m. see below d. 1824, age 76 1425. Aaron m. see below 1426. Elizabeth 1427. Abraham m. see below d. about 1815 1428. Rebecca m. Simon Newcomb who was b. November 30, 1753 Her children: 1. Rebecca m. Amos Barber of Buckmanton, New York 2. Eliza m. Senneca Beadle of Peru, New York 3. Mary d. young 4. James d. young 5. Mary m. S.H. Newcomb of Cleaveland, Ohio 1429. Mary 1430. Martha 1431. Rachel 1432. Jacob 1433. Catherine

1417. Joseph Norcross (LINE: John, William) married first on August 8, 1748 to Rebecca Cox. He married second to Judith Bostido b. 1709 and d. September 3, 1793, age 84.

Children by Judith

1434. William b. January 19, 1752 m. see below d. November 27, 1803 1435. Rachel b. burned to death young

1418. Joshua Norcross (LINE: John, William) of Mt. Holly, New Jersey married first on April 10, 1754 to Jane Stanton. He married second on April 14, 1767 to the widow Theodocia King.

Children by Jane Stratton:

1436. John b. May 8, 1755 m. see below 1437. Joseph m. on May 23, 1773 to Amy Beck 1438. Benjamin 1439. James 1440. Samuel

Children by Theodocia:

1441. William b. 1768 m. see below d. 1844, age 76 1442. Jacob b. see below m. see page 211

1422. William Norcross (LINE: William, William) of Burlington, New Jersey.

1443. Bathsheba m. on October 25, 1767 to Elizabeth Stephenson

1444. Rachel m. on December 4, 1769 to Asher Woolman 1445. Mary m. Enoch Shinn (children - Levi Simeon + others) 1446. Susanna m. on May 6, 1771 to George Deacon 1447. Uriah m. see below 1448. John unmarried d. of fever 1449. Samuel b. about 1760 m. on March 2, 1789 to Hannah Antrim. She d. August 12, 1858, age 98½ d. March 9, 1827, age 67.

1423. John Norcross (Line: William, William) of Burlington, New Jersey married first on October 4, 1756 to Ann Stevenson. He married second on September 13, 1765 to Rachel King.

Children by Ann Stevenson:

1450. Susanna b. September 1, 1757 d. young 1451. Abigail b. September 16, 1758 m. on October 3, 1771 to John Bavis of Burlington, New Jersey Her children were: 1. Elizabeth b. 1778 m. in 1805 to Joel Richardson 2. Samuel b. 1779 m. to Catherine Smith 3. John b. 1782 m. to Hannah Hertman 4. Aaron b. 1790 m. to Maria Magog 5. Ann b. 1795 unmarried 1452. Elijah b. September 1760 unmarried 1453. John b. July 8, 1763 m. see below d. about 1853, age about 90

Children by Rachel King:

1454. Edward b. January 26, 1766 m. see below 1455. Isaac b. September 14, 1767 m. see below d. January 19, 1854, age 87 1456. Simeon b. March 7, 1769 m. see below 1467. Levi b. November 2, 1770 m. see below d. January 26, 1826, age 56 1458. Deborah b. May 31, 1772 m. to Thomas Carrone 1469. Mary b. November 7, 1773 1460. Hannah b. February 19, 1775 unmarried 1461. Susanna b. June 4, 1778 m. Brannin 1462. William b. July 24, 1780 d. young 1463. Rachel b. March 2, 1782

m. Richard 1464. Elijah b. December 16, 1783

Fourth Generation

1424. John Norcross (LINE: William, John, William) of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania,

1465. Aaron b. October 1, 1774 m. see below d. 1840, age 76, at Tecumseh, Michigan

1425 Aaron Norcross (LINE: William, John, William).

1465¼ John W. b. 1793 m. see below r. Mercer County, Missouri in 1852 d. June 1878 1465½ Daughter m. Smith r. Dayton, Ohio 1465¾ Bulah m. Benjamin Frazier of Plattsville, Shelby County, Ohio Her children 1. George 2. Joseph 3. Benjamin 4. Thomas 5. John.

1427. Abraham Norcross (LINE: William, John, William) of Milton, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania married about 1780 to Fleming.

1466. Andrew b. 1781 m. see below d. December 16, 1863, age 82 1467. John b. 1783 m. see below d. about 1845 1468. Jacob b. 1785 unmarried d. in Ashtatabla Co., Ohio

1434. William Norcross (LINE: Joseph, John, William) of Bergen, New Jersey and afterwards of Bordentown, New Jersey married on November 16, 1887 at Bergen to Euphemia Henion. She d. April 14, 1837, age 79.

1469. Joseph * b. September 5, 1779 d. July 13, 1805 1470. David b. April 25, 1781 d. August 17, 1783 1471. William b. January 30, 1784 d. August 27, 1787 1472. Nancy b. May 7, 1787 d. August 29, 1787 1473. James Sterling * b. September 19, 1788 m. see below d. May 10, 1818 1474. Herbert * b. December 1, 1790 d. August 22, 1816 1475. Harriet * b. January 27, 1793

m. on January 14, 1817 to Capt. John B. Davy d. January 10, 1835 1476. Emily * b. January 17, 1796 d. April 8, 1833 1477. Wm Williams b. October 1, 1798 m. see below d. January 16, 1866, age 68

William Norcross and his wife Euphemia and the children above marked with an * were buried in the Baptist cemetery in Bordentown, New Jersey and have stones erected to their memory.

1436. John Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, William) Blacksmith, married on January 2, 1776 to Mary Herbert b. June 1, 1756.

1478. Jane b. November 21, 1776 Reported to have joined the Shakers in Ohio 1479. Hannah b. February 12, 1779 d. May 27, 1789 1480. Joshua b. March 2, 1781 m. see below 1481. Theodocia b. July 30, 1783 d. July 30, 1784 1482. Theodocia b. June 5, 1785 m. to John Forker of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She d. in Philadelphia in 1850, age 65 Her children were: 1. Harden 2. Wesley 3. Samuel 4. Sarah 1483. Benjamin b. February 19, 1788 m. see below 1484. Mary b. April 24, 1790 Reported to have joined the Shakers in Ohio 1485. Ann b. August 10, 1792 d. October 10, 1793 1486. John Wesley b. January 24, 1795 d. February 10, 1798 1487. Samuel French b. February 24, 1797 m. see below d. September 10, 1858, age 61 1488. George b. September 9, 1799 Lost at sea 1489. Isaac b. September 12, 1801 m. see below d. August 26, 1850, age 49

1441. William Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, William) of Mt. Holly, New Jersey.

1490. Charles m. see below 1491. Joshua b. 1810 m. see below 1492. Theodocia 1493. Kesiah 1494. Rebecca 1495. Beulah

1442. Jacob Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, William) of Pemberton, New Jersey married Sarah Atkinson, daughter of Marey and Rachel Atkinson. She was b. October 8, 1774.

1496. Mary Budd b. October 1, 1792 m. to William Keeler of Pemberton, New Jersey. both are dead [1882] Children of Mary Budd Keeler: 1. Jacob m. Mary Chew of New Haven, Connecticut and New York 2. Theodocia m. first to Durgin m. second to William C. Cooper of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3. Mary Ann d. young 4. William B. m. to Eliza Budd has 6 children 5. Franklin B. m. to Brown of Salem, New York. 1497. Ann b. July 27, 1798 m. to the Rev. Joseph Sleeper 1498. Susan b. April 27, 1802 1499. Thomas b. July 10, 1813 m. to the widow Susan Cake b. about 1816 no children r. Pemberton, New Jersey

1447. Uriah Norcross (LINE: William, William, William) of Trenton, New Jersey married on February 14, 1774 to Ann Roswell.

1500. Job b. about 1780 m. see below 1501. Joseph m. see below

1453. John Norcross (LINE: John, William, William) of Mt. Holly, New Jersey married to Lydia Hillier.

1502. Rueben 1503. Adin 1504. Allen r. Texas 1505. Job 1506. William r. Indiana 1507. Samuel 1508. Sarah 1509. Ann m. to Joel James of Burlington, New Jersey

1454. Edward Norcross (LINE: John, William, William) of Medford, New Jersey married to Mary Bryant.

1510. Harriet b. July 20, 1793 m. to Watson Craft 1511. Thomas b. 1794 m. see below d. 1825 1512. Samuel d. young 1513. Rebecca m. to John Heisler 1514. Edward b. November 20, 1808 m. see below d. March 27, 1862, age 54 1515. Hudson m. see below d. February 1834

1455. Isaac Norcross (LINE: John, William, William) of Burlington, New Jersey married to Kesiah Kimball.

1516. William b. 1517. daughter b. m. Wilson 1518. Mary b. 1804 d. 1804

1456. Simeon Norcross (LINE: John, William, William) of Springfield, New Jersey married first about 1800 to Drucilla Fenton. He married second about 1812 to Lucy Fennimore. She d. September 30, 1826.

Children by Drucilla:

1519. William b. May 26, 1803 m. see below 1520. Drucilla b. May 26, 1803 m. on November 24, 1827 to Elisha Gaunt 1521. Joseph b. 1808 d. young 1522. Sarah R. b. 1810

Children by Lucy: 1523. Rachel b. April 16, 1814 m. in 1866 to Dr. William Murphy 1524. John Fennimore b. April 29, 1816 m. see below d. December 27, 1876 1525. Joseph W. b. 1818 m. see below 1526. Elizabeth b. 1820 d. 1838 1527. James Fisher b. 1823 d. 1852

1457. Levi Norcross (LINE: John, William, William) of Burlington, New Jersey married to Mary Stockton.

1528. Elijah b. June 26, 1801 m. see below 1529. Samuel b. October 27, 1806 m. see below 1530. John S. b. January 25, 1811 m. see below 1531. James N. b. September 25, 1814 d. July 9, 1834 1532. George W. b. September 26, 1816 m. see below d. November 13, 1877 1533. Charles b. December 25, 1820 m. see below 1534. Martha Ann b. May 30, 1824 d. July 13, 1834

Fifth Generation

1465. Aaron Norcross (LINE: John, William, John, William) of Genesee, New York and afterwards Groveland, New York and Tecumseh, Michigan married to Mary Kelley, d. August 19, 1832, age 58.

1535. John m. see below d. 1877 1536. Hannah m. to M. Welch d. March 5, 1845, age 37 1537. Elizabeth d. December 22, 1883, age 74 1538. Aaron b. 1812 m. see below d. 1892 1539. Margaret d. September 26, 1834, age 20 1540. Mary Ann d. April 12, 1895, age 77

1465¼ John W. Norcross (LINE: Aaron, William, John, William) married about 1815 to Elizabeth Russel b. 1792 xxxx James b. December 19, 1816 d. August 28, 1878 m. on August 12, 1841 to Julianna Randall, daughter of Abraham & Margaret Randall b. in Harrison County, Virginia on February 18, 1819 Their children: 1. Sarah Ellen b. November 4, 1843 m. to J.J. Stanley, her children were Cora, Emma, Ida & James 2. Josephine b. August 9, 1847 m. to Robert Botd, her children are Killie, Newton, Minnie, Stella, & Edna. 3. Perry Newton b. October 8, 1849 m. Mary Coon, daughter of Jacob Coon of Mercer County. Has a son Arthur b. May 25, 1876 4. John Richard b. September 19, 1852 m. April 3, 1876 to Collie L. Scott, daughter of John D. and Margaret Scott, b. January 29, 1855 in Clarksburg, Pennsylvania. 5. George b. 1859 d. September 1878 6. Flora Bell b. January 15 1861 xxxx Sarah Ann b. 1816 d. 1852 xxxx Abraham d. about 1878 His children: 1. Sarah Ann b. about 1842 m. to A. Peveler 2. Loretta m. to Norsdyke 3. Marcia m. to Charles Bass 4. William Riley b. September 21, 1851 m. April 25, 1872 to Laticia Norsdyke Her children: 1. Ira Loran b. February 27, 1873 2. Charles Henry b. November 18, 1876 3. Minnie Francis b. January 31, 1878 4. Ida May b. April 10, 1881 xxxx Robert d. 1849 on his way to California

His children: 1. Adaline 2. Elizabeth 3. Robert b. October 11, 1850 r. Princeton, New Jersey m. June 16, 1872 to Rebecca Brown and has a child Winifred b. December 5, 1874 xxxx John C b. 1827 in Wayne County, Indiana. m. in 1849 Miss Jenks r. Cleopatria, MO His children: 1. Jasper Pemberton b. 1850 r. Lincoln City, Nebraska has one son and four daughters, one daughter is named Lizzie. 2. Semantha Jane b. 1853 m. to Shoe of Lincoln City Nebraska. 3. Eli William b. July 6, 1856 m. on November 9, 1880 to Sarah Angeline Coombs Her children: 1. Clarisa Ida b. March 17. 1881 2. Mary Lorena b. January 23. 1883 4. James A. b. 1861 5. Winfred Adel b. 1864

1466. Andrew Norcross (LINE: Abraham, William, John, William) of Belle Valley, Erie Co., Pennsylvania married about 1806 in Northumberland Co. to Penn Sarah Erwin. She d. March 17, 1856.

1541. William M. b. November 21, 1804 m. see below 1542. Hannah C. b. September 7, 1807 m. and has 2 sons r. Austin, Minnesota 1543. Nancy B. b. September 28, 1809 m. and has a son & daughter r. Erie Co., Pennsylvania 1544. John E. b. October 15, 1811 m. see below d. February 11, 1878 1545. Eliza b. February 1, 1814 r. Belle Valley, Pennsylvania 1546. Jane W. b. July 7, 1816 m. and has 2 sons & 2 daughters r. Stevens Point, Wisconsin 1547. Elne b. December 2, 1818 r. Belle Valley, Pennsylvania 1548. Perry Erwin b. May 25, 1821 m. see below 1549. Andrew T. b. September 16, 1823 m. see below 1550. Sarah A. b. January 10, 1827 d. June 3, 1861, at Belle Valley, Pennsylvania

1467. John Norcross (LINE: Abraham, William, John, William) of Erie Co., Pennsylvania and afterwards of Monmouth, Illinois married first in 1807 to Margaret McCann of Erie Co.,

Pennsylvania. She d. February 6, 1819. He married second on December 28, 1819 to Mary Dickson.

Children by Margaret:

1551. Hiram b. July 16, 1809 m. see below d. September 24, 1879 1552. William T. b. February 14, 1812 m. see below 1553. Nancy A. b. March 11, 1814 r. Harbour Creek, Erie Co., Pennsylvania m. to Thomas Culbartson 1554. Maria J. b. May 3, 1816 r. Monmouth, Illinois m. to R.S. Joss d. May 15, 1881

Children by Mary D.:

1555. John M. b. September 22, 1820 d. 1850, in California 1556. Hamlin R. b. January 16, 1822 m. see below 1557. Mary M. b. February 29, 1824 m. to Dr. D.B. Rice of Albany, Oregon 1558. Jacob b. November 1825 r. Fort Harny, Idaho no children. Jacob removed to Eastern Oregon or Idaho Territory in 1875 or 1876 and in 1878 by the Indian War lost all of his property.

1473. James Stirling Norcross (LINE: William, Joseph, John, William) of Bordentown, New Jersey married on October 31, 1810 to Isabella Burns daughter of Dr. William Burns of Bordentown, New Jersey.

1559. William b. September 5, 1811 unmarried d. October 30, 1837 1560. Sarah Burns b. April 5, 1815 m. on November 27, 1833 to Joseph Warner Allen of Bordentown, New Jersey Her children were: 1. William N. d. young 2. William. T. m. on April 20, 1871 to Caroline York of Salem, New Jersey 3. Joseph W. m. on April 30, 1873 to Emily Beaston of Camden, New Jersey 4. Bethea m. on October 30, 1876 to Dr. Irene D. Young of Rockland, Delaware. 5. Edwin S. A graduate of Princeton College, New Jersey

1477. William Williams Norcross (LINE: William, Joseph, John, William) of Bordentown, New Jersey afterwards of Trenton, New Jersey married on December 28, 1825 to Margaret Robbins, daughter of Rev. Ezekiel Robbins of Bordentown, New Jersey.

1561. John Dory b. October 21, 1822 m. see below d. April 21, 1857 1562. Herbert b. August 15, 1824

m. see below d. April 21, 1857 1563. William H. b. July 3, 1826 m. see below d. March 11, 1876 1564. Charles M. b. January 7, 1828 m. see below 1565. Robert S. b. February 10, 1831 m. first to Eliza Gillam r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvani 1566. Ann E. d. in infancy 1567. Harriet E. m. Thomas N. Adams of Bordentown, New Jersey 1568. Margaret m. Robert Gould of Camden, New Jersey

1480. Joshua Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, New Jersey married first about 1807 to Elizabeth. He married second about 1819 to Jane. He married a third time.

Children by Elizabeth:

1569. Ann b. October 21, 1807 1570. John b. January 24, 1809 m. see below 1571. Aaron b. January 27, 1811

Children by Jane:

1572. Lucy Ann b. October 23, 1819 1573. Mary b. January 28, 1822 1574. Joseph C. b. November 22, 1825 m. see below 1575. Joshua b. December 26, 1827 m. see below 1576. Amanda M. b. January 23, 1832 1577. Sarah I.T. b. August 11, 1834 1578. Michael A. b. February 3, 1839 r. Anna Shelby Co., Ohio. married and has a large family

1483. Benjamin Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, William) of Bricksburg, Ocean Co., New Jersey.

1579. William 1580. Jeremiah b. 1825 Military service - Union soldier 1581. Isaac b. 1826 Military service - Union soldier

1487. Samuel French Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, William) married to Elizabeth Britton.

1582. Joshua m. see below 1583. Isaac b. 1822 d. young 1584. Wesley B. b. July 26, 1824 m. see below 1585. John b. April 26, 1826 m. see below 1586. Samuel b. 1830 m. see below 1587. William b. October 26, 1831

m. see below 1588. George b. February 12, 1833 m. see below 1589. Joseph A. b. 1835 r. Juliustown, New Jersey 1590. Jonathan D. b. 1838 m. see below d. April 2, 1865, killed in battle 1591. Ruth b. 1838 m. Isaac Johnston, had 2 children, both died. 1592. Elisha r. Bordentown, New Jersey 1593. Mary m. William Graham of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1594. Theodocia unmarried 1595. Ellen m. to Josiah Grant of Columbus, New Jersey and has six children.

1489. Isaac Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, William) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married on June 26, 1823 to Rachel Van Compt of Frankford, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania.

1596. Daniel b. April 11. 1824 m. see below 1597. Benjamin F. b. July 4, 1826 d. 1828 1598. Sarah b. July 12, 1828 m. to George Hobbs d. 1875 Her children: 1. Harriet 2. Elisabeth 1599. Eleanora L. b. December 13, 1830 m. to James Dingers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Her children: 1. Elvira 2. Eric 3. Robert 4. Rachel 5. Jessie 6. Harriet 1600. Wesley F. b. April 29, 1833 m. see below 1601. Isaac b. July 11, 1835 d. 1860, in California 1602. Joseph K. m. see below 1603. Benjamin 1604. Rachel M. m. Charles Cline of Philadelphia

1490. Charles Norcross (LINE: William, Joshua, John, William) of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

1605. William b. November 30, 1810 m. see below 1606. John m. see below 1607. Levi Whatley m. see below

1491. Joshua Norcross (LINE: William, Joshua, John, William) of Brownsville, Pennsylvania married Nancy Mason, daughter of Robert Mason. She was b. 1815.

1608. Sarah C. b. June 6, 1842 m. to James Martin and had 3 children.

1609. William b. August 22, 1844 m. see below 1610. Albert M. b. December 30, 1847 m. to Isabella Hostern d. October 10, 1878, of yellow fever at New Orleans, Louisiana 1611. Charles D. b. September 11, 1851 1612. Morgan M. b. September 1853 1613. John C. b. December 17, 1856

1500. Job Norcross (LINE: Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, Gloucester County, New Jersey married to Martha Clutch.

1614. Samuel b. February 22, 1800 m. see below 1615. Uriah b. September 26, 1803 m. see below d. March 10, 1870 1616. Job b. June 17, 1807 m. see below 1617. Isaiah m. see below 1618. William b. September 6, 1813 m. see below 1619. Elizabeth b. October 29, 1816 m. on June 11, 1839 to Wells of Tansboro, New Jersey 1620. John m. see below 1621. Sarah Ann 1622. Hannah m. to Kirkenbower of Salem, New Jersey 1623. David d. when a young man 1624. Josiah 1625. Charles m. see below

1501. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married about 1803 to Martha Dabel.

1626. Joseph b. December 1803 m. see below 1627. Nancy b. February 21, 1806 1628. Amy b. January 27, 1809 m. had a child Martha 1629. Tamor b. May 29, 1811 1630. Reuben b. March 9, 1814 m. see below 1631. George b. June 28, 1818 m. see below 1632. Michael b. March 1, 1821 m. see below

1511. Thomas Norcross (LINE: Edward, John, William, William) of Medford (Cross Roads) Burlington County, New Jersey married to Beulah Bryant b. 1793. She was living in 1878.

1633. Lewis b. 1913 unmarried d. 1872, age 59 1634. William b. 1817 m. see below 1635. Thomas b. April 13, 1823 m. see below

1514. Edward Norcross (LINE: Edward, John, William, William) of Medford (Cross Roads), New Jersey married to Sarah R. Shinn.

1636. Hannah b. March 15, 1831 m. William Sutram 1637. Thomas b. July 27, 1833

1515. Hudson Norcross (LINE: Edward, John, William, William) of Medford (Cross Roads), New Jersey married on January 24, 1820 to Hannah Sharp.

1638. Hugh Sharp b. 1821 m. on June 27, 1860 to Josephene Gardner r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. June 30, 1862, age 41 1639. Samuel b. 1823 m. see below 1640. Mary Ann b. January 12, 1825 m. on November 30, 1852 to Albert Heisler of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1641. Rebecca b. October 1826 m. to Caleb Gibbs and 3 daughters d. March 24, 1874 1642. Albert m. Eliza

1519. William Norcross (LINE: Simeon, John, William, William) married in 1829 to Elizabeth Ann Gibbs. She was the granddaughter of Susanna Norcross (1461) Brannin.

1643. Henry S. b. April 11, 1830 m. see below 1644. Emma m. to William Teal and has 4 children

1524. John Fenimore Norcross (LINE: Simeon, John, William, William) a Lumber Merchant of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married on November 3, 1842 to Catherine Brand Cook.

1645. Lucy F. b. September 4, 1843 m. on April 25, 1866 to D.R. Evans 1646. Esther C. b. November 3, 1845 m. on February 7, 1872 to Charles Barton 1647. Eleanor T. b. February 10, 1848 d. November 11, 1848 1648. Jennie C. b. March 28, 1853 r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1649. Sallie b. July 19, 1855 m. on April 30, 1878 to Horace G. Welch 1650. Maria L. r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1525. Joseph W. Norcross (LINE: Simeon, John, William, William) of Jobstown, New Jersey married to Ann Marie Rodgers.

1651. Laura b. 1868

1528. Elijah Norcross (LINE Levi, John, William, William) of Shoal, Indiana married in White Co., Illinois to Eleanor Drake b. July 15, 1813. She d. April 30, 1864, age 51.

1652. Mary T. b. December 1, 1832 d. December 1, 1852, age 21 1653. Thomas D. b. January 30, 1834 d. August 1860, age 26

1654. Lucinda b. April 2, 1835 d. June 27, 1844, age 9 1655. Jackson b. February 4, 1838 d. October 23, 1838 1656. George A. b. June 23, 1840 r. Hartsville, Wright County, Missouri 1657. David A. b. December 19, 1842 m. see below 1658. Levi b. April 2, 1845 Military service - Union soldier d. December 24, 1863 at Murfresboro Hospital 1659. Eli b. January 20 1848 1660. Nancy b. November 9, 1849

1529. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Levi, John, William, William) of Burlington County, New Jersey married first to Sarah Pool b. December 24, 1818. He married second to Priscilla. He married third to Rachel Drake.

1661. Henry R. b. April 30, 1830 m. see below 1662. Sarah b. February 25, 1840 m. to Barthel of Charleston, Clark County, Indiana.

1530. John S. Norcross (LINE: Levi, John, William, William) of Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey married first about 1836 to Harriet Kirby and second about 1852 to Rebecca W. Thompson.

Children by Harriet:

1663. Mary E. b. October 7, 1837 m. to Nathan Daniels d. June 24, 1865, age 28 1664. Harriet A. b. November 8, 1838 d. July 5, 1848 1665. William H. b. June 1, 1840 d. August 8, 1840

Children by Rebecca:

1666. Ella F. b. September 19, 1853 m. to William Kirby 1667. John W. b. May 2, 1855 d. May 4, 1864 1668. Susanna b. March 15, 1857 d. May 4, 1864 1669. Frank T. b. July 9, 1858 1670. John T. b. May 6, 1860 d. December 29, 1861 1671. Sarah Ida b. April 30, 1862 1672. Susie T. b. March 19, 1869 d. August 20, 1869

1532. George W. Norcross (LINE: Levi, John, William, William) of Burlington, New Jersey married on March 18, 1846 to Elizabeth Roberts.

1673. Anna

1533. Charles Norcross (LINE: Levi, John, William, William) of Imlaystown, Monmouth County, New Jersey married on June 4, 1842 to Hannah Ely.

1674. Margaret b. March 9, 1844 m. on December 23, 1867 to Elias P. Lownes of New Hope, Buck’s County, Pennsylvania Her children were: 1. Martha C. b. September 5, 1868 2. Beulah b. December 13, 1873 3. William E. b. November 1, 1876 1675. Susanna b. April 4, 1845 m. on May 14, 1867 to Thomas W. Harkins of Yordville, New Jersey. Her children were: 1. Elizabeth H. b. February 7, 1869 d. October 16, 1869 2. Annis W. b. October 4, 1870 3. Willard N. b. December 7, 1871 4. Linus J. b. April 5, 1878 1676. Lucy F. b. August 2, 1846 m. on December 4, 1869 to William Hart of Cranberry, New Jersey 1677. Martha A. b. December 2, 1847 d. October 16, 1861 1678. George W. b. September 21, 1849 d. January 8, 1850 1679. Charles H. b. July 25 1851 m. see below 1680. John J. b. March 30 1853 r. Burlington, New Jersey 1681. Sarah E. b. September 9, 1857 r. Imlaystown, New Jersey 1682. William D. b. December 31, 1862 d. August 12, 1863 1683. Francis M. b. September 2, 1866

Sixth Generation

1535. John Norcross (LINE: Aaron, John, William, John, William) of Tecumseh, Michigan.

1684. Mary J. 1685. Nancy S. 1686. Harriet S. 1687. Sarah B. 1688. Emily E. 1689. John H.. 1690. Clarie 1691. Aaron A. 1692. William G.

1538. Aaron Norcross (LINE: Aaron, John, William, John, William) of Tipton, Michigan married to Helen Allen.

1693. Eugine C. b. 1846 d. March 26, 1905 1694. Franklin B. b. 1848

1541. William M. Norcross (LINE: Andrew, Abraham, William, John, William) of Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri.

1695 Josiah r. Bolivar Missouri

1544. John E. Norcross (LINE: Andrew, Abraham, William, John, William) of Sandusky, Ohio and afterwards of Brooklyn, New York married on February 19, 1833 at Fredonia, New York to Rebecca C. Barry.

1696. Sarah E. b. November 26, 1833 m. on March 31, 1856 to the Rev Justin D. Fulton of Brooklyn, New York. 1697. Orville M. b. May 22, 1835 d. July 25, 1849, at Norwalk, Ohio 1698. Jane A. b. July 21, 1836 d. August 28, 1854, at Madison, New York. 1699. John E. b. August 6, 1847 d. August 25, 1847

1548. Parry Erwin, Norcross (LINE: Andrew, Abraham, William, John, William) of Belle Valley, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

1700. Parry Erwin 1701. Addie

1549. Andrew Fleming Norcross (LINE: Andrew, Abraham, William, John, William) of Austin, Minnesota

1702. Carrie

1551. Hiram Norcross (LINE: John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Monmouth, Illinois married in Crawford County, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1837 to Elisabeth McClellan.

1703. George b. April 8, 1838 at Erie County Pennsylvania m. see below 1704. Sarah G. b. February 28, 1840 d. September 19, 1863 1705. William C. b. August 22, 1842 m. see below

1706. John A. b. June 16, 1845 d. August 13, 1847 1707. Hiram T. b. February 26, 1849 m. on October 21, 1880 to Ada F. Vaughan and had child Roy Vaughan b. March 14, 1882. r. Chicago, Illinois o. Lawyer 1708. Isaiah b. June 11, 1852 . r. Monmouth, Illinois 1709. Thomas Rice b. April 26, 1857 m. on December 18, 1879 to Isabella M. Martin and had child May Bell b. March 31, 1882 and Hugh b. May 1, 1883. r. Monmouth, Illinois.

1552. William T. Norcross (LINE: John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Monmouth, Illinois married in February 1839 to Lucy Maria Dickson of Chautauqua County, New York.

1710. John G. b. March 1840 d. April 1880 1711. Marietta M. b. September 1841 m. to John Dickson of Beatrice, Nebraska. Her children were: 1. Howard 2. Homer 3. Clyde 4. Fred 1712. William P. b. November 1843 m. see below 1713. Hobert F. b. August 31, 1851 m. see below 1714. Henry H. b. 1854

1556. Hamlin R. Norcross (LINE: John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Monmouth, Illinois married in the fall of 1846 to Clarinda Hoyne.

1715. Margaret b. 1847 m. to Lycargus Worden at Roseville, Illinois. 1716. John J. b. 1850 1717. Mary b. 1852 m. to James Thompson of Monmouth and has son Carl b. 1875 1718. J. Charles b. 1854 r. Monmouth, Illinos. 1719. George b. 1856 r. Monmouth, Illinois.

1561. John Davy Norcross (LINE: Wm Williams, William, Joseph, John, William) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and afterwards of Milford, Delaware married on October 4, 1848 to Elizabeth Bunting.

1720. Alice S. b. November 9, 1849 m. in February 1868 to Charles T. Raymond of Bordentown, New Jersey 1721. Annie B. b. January 10, 1851 m. to Ira C. Clark of New Brunswick, New Jersey d. March 4, 1878 1722. Euphemiah H. b. January 10, 1853 m. December 6, 1878 to George S. Woolman of New York. 1723. Louisa N. b. October 21, 1862 1724. Angeline J. b. May 24, 1865

d. young 1725. Isabella B. b. May 24, 1865 d. young

1562. Herbert Norcross (LINE: Wm Williams, William, Joseph, John, William) of Trenton, New Jersey married Sarah Herton.

1726. Emily 1727. Laura b. about 1860 m. in January 1878 to John Rousseau of Bristol, Pennsylvania

1563. William H. Norcross (LINE: Wm. Williams, William, Joseph, John, William) of Trenton, New Jersey married on May 16, 1849 to Rebecca Ward Hutchinson.

1728. Julia H. b. October 19, 1850 d. August 8, 1852 1729. Frank R. b. November 29, 1852 d. October 12, 1863 1730. Amy K. b. September 2, 1854 1731. Irene F. b. February 14, 1857 1732. Maria T. b. November 28, 1859 m. on March 31, 1879 to Charles C. Haling of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1564. Charles Morris Norcross (LINE: Wm. Williams, William, Joseph, John, William) of Trenton, New Jersey married to Helen Bunting.

1733. Evelyn

1570. John Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, Ocean County, New Jersey.

1734. Peter m. see below r. New Egypt, New Jersey 1735. Samuel V. Military service - Union soldier r. New Egypt, New Jersey 1736. Andrew J. 1737. David W. 1738. Joseph 1739. to 1750. 12 others who have died making 17 children the largest Norcross family of which we have record.

1574. Joseph C. Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, New Jersey married Elisabeth McCloskey.

1751. Charles H. b. January 25, 1856 1752. William. H. b. January 16, 1858 1753. Edward b. January 11, 1861 1754. Lizzie b. February 10, 1863 1755. Emmie b. October 5, 1866 1756. Anna b. May 5, 1875

1575. Joshua Norcross (LINE: Joshua, John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, New Jersey.

1757. Mary Emma b. 1857 1758. J. Franklin b. 1859 1759. J. Alfred b. 1860 m. see below 1760. Harry b. 1862 1761. George E. b. 1866

1762. Alice M. b. 1872 1763. Marcus R. b. 1874 1764. Laura 1765. Helen M.

1582. Joshua Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Bordentown, New Jersey married first to Theodocia Gaskel and second to Sarah Powell.

1766. Earl N. b. 1843 Military service - Union soldier d. February 22, 1862 1767. Charles C.

1584. Wesley B. Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Manchester. New Jersey married first on December 21, 1844 to Margaret N. Willets. She d. June 12, 1870 and he married second the widow Mary Ann Carty Irens on February 22, 1871. Children by Margaret:

1768. Jacob W. b. September 1845 d. June 1846 1769. Isaac b. 1846 d. in infancy 1770. Sarah E. b. 1848 d. in infancy 1771. Wesley B. b. July 28, 1850 1772. Jennie b. August 3, 1852 r. Frankford, Pennsylvania 1773. Thomas H. b. December 19, 1861

1585. John Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Medford, New Jersey married to Ellen D. Allen.

1774. Samuel b. July 14, 1850 m. see below 1775. John F. b. October 10, 1852 1776. Elizabeth b. September 24, 1854 m. to Daisy Her children were: 1. Sarah E. b. February 4, 1874 2. Ellen L. b. September 1, 1876 1777. Matilda b. December 14, 1856 1778. William H. b. May 25, 1859 1779. Anna G. b. December 23, 1860 m. to Phipper Her child was: 1. Clarence B. b. August 10, 1878 1780. Howard b. December 24, 1862 1781. Ellen O. b. October 2, 1864 1782. Ida R. b. March 25, 1866 1783. Laura L. b. March 25, 1868 1784. Lydia H. b. March 7, 1870 1785. Sarah E. b. April 28, 1873 1786. Vivian E. b. February 27, 1877

1586. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Pointville, New Jersey married to Sarah Goff.

1787. Benjamin

1587. William Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Auburn Sangamon County, Illinois married in 1852 to Martha H. Pettit, daughter of Joseph Pettit. He settled in Sangamon County in 1858.

1788. Edwin P. b. April 9, 1853 . d. July 24, 1860 from the bite of a rattlesnake 1789. Marietta b. January 2, 1856 1790. Job P. b. January 10, 1858 1791. Joseph R. b. April 2, 1861 1792. William H. b. May 24, 1864 1793. Ella b. January 22, 1867 1794. Albert B. b. May 6, 1870 1795. Charles Lee b. January 16, 1873 d. October 5, 1874 1796. Wallis b. November 23, 1875

1588. George Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Corkstown, New Jersey married first in 1855 to Lydia Cowley b. October 18, 1836. She d. March 29, 1870. He married second in 1872 to Lucinda M. Shinn b. December 2, 1847.

Children by Lydia:

1797. Abraham b. January 1, 1856 1798. Josephine b. February 26, 1858 m. Isaac Johnston 1799. Sarah E. b. September 4, 1860 1800. Georgianna b. October 25, 1864

Children by Lucinda:

1801. Charles S. b. January 10, 1873 1802. Lilly b. June 10, 1874 1803. Francis S. b. February 8, 1876 1804. Ida b. February 13, 1879

1590. Jonathan Norcross (LINE: Samuel French, John, Joshua, John, William) of Brickstown, New Jersey married to Mary Stratton.

1805. Charles 1806. daughter

1596. Daniel Norcross (LINE: Isaac, John, Joshua, John, William) of San Francisco, California married to Harriet Newell Abbott.

1807. Rachel A. b. October 7, 1845 m. to William J. Macdougal, son of William James Macdougal. He was b. June 25, 1840 at Rothsay, Bute County, Scotland Her children were: 1. William Ormand Clarence b. October 8, 1869 2. Emily Florence b. September 6, 1871 3. Ella Mary b. August 8, 1874 d. June 2, 1877 4. Dora Wyman b. June 4, 1876 5. Elma b. June 25, 1877 6. Arthur Campbell b. December 1, 1878

d. June 4, 1879 1808. William C. b. 1847 d. March 1852 at Acapulco, Mexico in consequence of being wrecked on his way to California.

1600. Wesley Forker Norcross (LINE: Isaac, John, Joshua, John, William) of San Francisco, California. Editor and Proprietor of the New Age, married at Auburn, California in 1859 to Josephine Coles (a widow with one child) of New York City.

1809 Grace Douglas b. August 13, 1861 1809½ Josephine Amelia (adopted) W.N. Telegraph Co. at Santa Barbara Cal.

1602. Joseph K. Norcross (LINE: Isaac, John, Joshua, John, William) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married first to Ida McGinley, second on March 15, 1867 to Kate Giron Snyder.

Children by Ida:

1810. Ella 1811. Sarah

Children by Kate:

1812. Fannie W. b. August 2, 1868 1813. Willie L. b. November 12, 1869 1814. Clarissa b. March 24, 1871 1815. Francis E. b. June 23, 1872

1605. William Norcross (LINE: Charles, William, Joshua, John, William) of Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

1816. Joseph E. r. Brownsville, Pennsylvania 1817. daughter

1606. John Norcross (LINE: Charles, William, Joshua, John, William) of Madison Pennsylvania.

1818. Will Ross r. Madison, Pennsylvania

1607. Levi Whateley Norcross (LINE: Charles, William, Joshua, John, William) of Ellis, Ellis County, Kansas.

1819. Charles J. b. March 1844 d. October 16, 1863 Military service - Union soldier 1820. Anna Bascom r. Ellis, Kansas 1821. Allen H. (Rev) b. 1845 m. see below

1609. William Norcross (LINE: Joshua, William, Joshua, John, William) of Greely, Weld County, Colorado married to Emma Barclay, daughter of Dr. Barclay.

1822. Grace 1823. Catherine 1824. Frederick 1825. Robert

1611. Charles D. Norcross (LINE: Joshua, William, Joshua, John, William) of Brownsville, Pennsylvania married to Laura Bugher, daughter of Capt. Dhial Bugher.

1826. Clarence b. September 16, 1876

1614. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married to Ann M. Bishop b. August 8, 1802.

1827. Rebecca A. b. January 17, 1827 m. to Simmerman and had 5 children 1828. Eliza b. July 16, 1828 m. to Ware 1829. Mary Ann b. August 14, 1831 m. to Joshua T. Peacock and had 9 children 1830. William b. September 14, 1833 d. July 17, 1834 1831. Samuel B. b. June 4, 1836 d. May 5, 1862, killed Military service - Union soldier 1832. Anna 1833. Joanna b. July 4, 1840 m. to Elwell

1615. Uriah Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Blackwoodtown, New Jersey married on December 29, 1830 to Hannah K. Middleton.

1834. Josephine b. May 20, 1832 m. on April 26, 1853 to Thomas J. Wentz 1835. Martha A. b. July 18, 1835 m. to Thomas Kemble 1836. Samuel S. b. November 5, 1837 m. about 1860 to Hannah Price 1837. Beulah b. November 19, 1839 d. February 21, 1861, age 22 1838. Uriah N. b. September 26, 1842 d. September 30, 1860, age 18 1839. George W. b. September 14, 1844 d. October 29, 1846 1840. Mary A. b. July 28, 1849 m. in September 1868 to Alphonzo Richardson

1616. Job Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married first to Elizabeth Kellum b. August 11, 1806. He married second on October 7, 1852 to Christianna Boyer b. Feb 1, 1830.

Children by Elizabeth:

1841. Maria b. June 29, 1828 m. to Richard Bittle 1842. Mary A. b. October 26, 1831 m. to William Kellum who was b. May 20, 1829 1843. George W. b. November 14, 1833 r. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1844. James M. b. June 11, 1837 m. to Sarah Bogarth who was b. March 9, 1838

Children by Christianna:

1845. Thomas M. b. October 9, 1853 1846. Job b. June 26, 1858 1847. Susan b. May 16, 1860

1848. Harry b. November 14, 1864 1849. Samuel b. January 30, 1867

1617. Isaiah Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Kirkwood, New Jersey.

1850. William F. m. see below 1851. Uriah 1852. Edward 1853. Charles 1854. Margaret 1855. Mary A. 1856. Elizabeth

1618. William Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married on September 1, 1839 to Mary Smallwood b. May 31, 1818.

1857. William H. b. May 24, 1840 m. to Hannah A. Leeds 1858. Mary E. b. January 7, 1842 m. to Benjamin T. Turner 1859. Benjamin O. b. October 24, 1843 m. to Alwilda Culp 1860. Martha b. April 25, 1846 1861. Nicholas C. b. November 29, 1847 1862. Samuel G. b. January 7, 1850 1863. Emeline B. b. February 22, 1852 m. to Joseph T. McCulley 1864. Martha Ann b. March 12, 1854 m. to Edward W. Barton 1865. Georgiana b. May 1, 1856 m. to Charles Dill 1866. Kate T. b. December 19, 1863

1620. John Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey.

1867. Job 1868. William 1869. Elizabeth 1870. Hannah 1871. Martha

1625. Charles Norcross (LINE: Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Winslow, New Jersey.

1872. Newkirk

1626. Joseph Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Uriah, William, William, William) of Winslow, New Jersey married on November 16, 1843 to Susanna Bishop.

1873. Theodore H. b. April 29, 1844 m. see below 1874. Amy b. August 24, 1846 1875. Martha b. November 3, 1848 1876. Joseph b. May 21, 1850 1877. Jane b. October 21, 1852 m. to Hanes and has 2 children - Jesse M. and Harris J. 1878. Benjamin b. April 21, 1857

1630. Reuben Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married on May 25, 1841 to Mary Ann Busby.

1879. Sarah Ann b. May 2, 1842 1880. Joseph b. November 15, 1844 Military service - Union soldier d. in service 1881. Martha Ann b. September 24, 1846 1882. Isaiah b. September 15, 1848 d. June 17, 1855 1883. Marabba b. July 19, 1855 d. July 19, 1855 1884. Charles H. b. September 10, 1856 d. September 10, 1856 1885. Joshua b. March 29, 1859 1886. Zachariah b. August 12, 1862 d. August 12, 1862 1887. Charles W. b. December 8, 1866

1631. George Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married first to Sarah W. Craft. He married second in 1853 to Sarah Birdsall.

Children by Sarah Craft:

1888. Mary E. b. March 14, 1840 1889. Susan b. December 7, 1842 1890. Emma J. b. September 24, 1844 1891. Isaiah W. b. July 31, 1846 Military service - Union soldier 1892. Francis H. b. July 8, 1848 1893. George d. young

Children by Sarah Birdsall:

1894. Sarah b. October 30, 1854 1895. Hester b. December 8, 1856 1896. William b. February 14, 1859 1897. George b. May 28, 1861 1898. Rachel b. October 5, 1864 1899. Tamor b. February 10, 1867 d. April 21, 1867 1900. Martha L. b. October 9, 1872

1632. Michael Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Uriah, William, William, William) of Tansboro, New Jersey married first to (name unknown), married second in 1852 to Mary Kellum.

1901. Ida b. November 13, 1853 1902. Odman b. August 26, 1856 1903. Clara V. b. April 4, 1859 1904. Elnora F. b. September 19, 1863

1634. William Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Edward, John, William, William) of Turnersville, New Jersey married to Deborah Atkinson.

1905. Firman r. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1906. Thomas 1907. Collins 1908. William

1909. Adeline

1635. Thomas Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Edward, John, William, William) of Sicklerville, New Jersey married in 1844 to Mary Jane Gilmore.

1910. Beulah B. b. April 26, 1845 d. 1850 1911. Emma G. b. October 27, 1846 m. to George V. Tillman and had 5 children 1912. Charles G. b. August 11, 1848 m. see below 1913. John b. October 6, 1850 d. December 1852 1914. Eliza G. b. December 24, 1852 d. 1857 1915. Margaret M. b. September 25, 1854 d. May 1862 1916. Lewis b. November 16, 1856 d. February 1858 1917. Pauline b. November 20, 1858 d. November 30, 1858 1918. Kate D. b. November 20, 1859 1919. Joseph S. b. November 26, 1861 1920. James b. March 19, 1863 d. January 1864 1921. Ida D b. June 11, 1865 d. 1866 1922. Louisa H. b. July 17, 1868 1923. Oliver W. b. July 20, 1871

1639. Samuel Norcross (LINE: Hudson, Edward, John, William, William) of Vincentown, New Jersey married to Mary Ann Allen.

1924. Joseph 1925. Samuel B. 1926. Walter 1927. Mary A. 1928. Sarah 1929. daughter 1930. daughter 1931. child 1932. child

1643. Henry S. Norcross (LINE: William, Simeon, John, William, William) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married on May 1, 1859 to Mary Ann Shay.

1933. Emma b. July 10, 1861 1934. Blanche b. April 4, 1863 d. March 24 1864

1657. David A. Norcross (LINE: Elijah, Levi, John, William, William) of Shoal, Indiana, Recorder of Martin County, married to Isabella Witcher b. January 10, 1865.

1935. Laura B. b. August 2, 1868 1936. Leona b. January 22, 1870 1937. Charles D. b. January 17, 1872 1938. Ishmael W. b. May 17, 1874 1939. Justin b. February 15, 1876

1940. Edgar b. April 3, 1878

1661. Henry R. Norcross (LINE: Samuel, Levi, John, William, William) of West Crab Orchard, Johnston County, Nebraska married first to Annie Nott b. in England in 1826 and d. November 8, 1873. He married second to Christianna Ann Hilliard b. in Armstrong County Pennsylvania on January 21, 1819. Child by Annie Nott:

1941. George H. b. March 25, 1866

1679. Charles Henry Norcross (LINE: Charles, Levi, John, William, William) of Asbury Park, Ocean County, New Jersey married on December 31, 1874 to Anna Woolston Shedaker b. October 29, 1850.

1942. Charles Henry b. January 3, 1876 1943. Joseph Shedaker b. October 28, 1877

Seventh Generation

1703. Rev George Norcross (LINE: Hiram, John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Carlisle, Pennsylvania married first on October 1, 1863 to Mary Sophia Tracy. She d. March 25, 1866. He married second on April 22, 1867 to the widow Louisa Jackson Gale of Galesburg, Illinois.

Child by Mary:

1944. Frank Nelson b. October 8, 1864 d. October 5, 1865

Children by Louisa:

1945. Delia Jackson b. September 4, 1868 1946. George b. December 1, 1870 1947. Elizabeth b. December 22, 1872 1948. Mary Jackson b. March 5, 1875 1949. Louisa Jackson b. January 6, 1877

1705. William C. Norcross (LINE: Hiram, John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Monmouth, Illinois, a Lawyer, married on September 3, 1868 to Isabella B. Henry.

1950. Sarah Elizabeth b. May 5, 1873 1951. Hiram b. June 12, 1877 1951½ James Henry b. September 29, 1881

1712. William P. Norcross (LINE: Wm F., John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Monmouth, Illinois

1952. Frank b. 1871

1713. Hobert T. Norcross (LINE: Wm F., John, Abraham, William, John, William) of Beatrice Nebraska.

1953. Bertie b. 1876

1734. Peter Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, New Jersey.

1954. C.H. adopted 1955. J.A.E b. 1867

1759. J. Alfred Norcross (LINE: John, Joshua, John, Joshua, John, William) of New Egypt, New Jersey.

1956. W.L. b. July 1879

1774. Samuel Norcross (LINE: John, Samuel, John, Joshua, Joshua, William) of Medford, New Jersey.

1957. Lydia E. b. March 27, 1874 1958. John Rutherford b. December 6, 1876

1821. Rev. Allen H. Norcross (LINE: Levi W., Charles, William, Joshua, John, William) of Warren, Ohio, a Methodist Minister.

1959. Lizzie b. 1866 1960. Maggie b. 1869 d. January 7, 1877

1961. Charlie b. 1872 1962. Frank B. b. 1875

1850. William T. Norcross (LINE: Isaiah, Job, Uriah, William, William, William) of Mays Landing, Atlantic County, New Jersey married to Caroline Adams.

1963. George Washington 1964. William Nelson

1873. Theodore H. Norcross (LINE: Joseph, Joseph, Uriah, William, William, William) of Winslow, New Jersey.

1965. Samuel C. 1966. Alfred W.

1912. Charles G. Norcross (LINE: Thomas, Thomas, Edward, John, William, William) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania married first on May 28, 1871 to Caroline Bihlmire. He married second on May 28, 1874 to Harriet Herring.

Child by Caroline B.:

1967. Caroline b. December 28, 1871

Child by Harriet H.

1968. Emma b. June 21, 1875

Recapitulation Generation Families Children First 1 5 Second 2 8 Third 5 41 Fourth 12 70 Fifth 24 149 Sixth 49 260 Seventh 11 25 Total of Seven Generations 104 558

Part Three

Which contains the record of the English families of Norcross’s, part of whom are the ancestors of the families to be found in part 1 and 2 of this book and other English families who did not come to this country.

1969. Thomas Norcross of London, England, merchant, born about 1560 and married between 1580 and 1590 to Mary Chappell, granddaughter of William Bedell who owned a large Estate in Essex County, England.

1970. John b. 1590 m. see below 1. Jeremiah b. about 1595, see Part 1 for his descendents. 1971. Thomas d. 1620

1970. John Norcross came to this country with Jeremiah in 1638 and settled in Cambridge Massachusetts but soon after returned to England. His grandchild William came over in 1699 and settled in Bensalem, Buck’s County, Pennsylvania.

1972. Anna m. to Samuel Davis of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1973. Thomas see below d. 1662

1973. Thomas Norcross of Barton, England near Manchester, a Linen Manufacturer.

1411. William r. Ribchester, England and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, see Part 2 for his descendents 1974. Margaret 1975. Judith

1976. James Norcross, b. in Ribchester, Lancashire, England in 1758.

1977. James b. at Sawley, England, 10 miles from Ribchester, m. see below d. 1867 1978. John d. young 1979. William d. young 1980. Jane

1977. James Norcross (1977) of Sawley, England, son of James (1976), married and she is now (1881) living at Clitheroe, England, about 10 miles from Ribchester.

1981. Mary 1982. Joseph 1983. Agnes 1984. Elizabeth 1985. Jane 1986. Ann 1987. James m. see below.

1987. James Norcross of Liverpool, England, a schoolmaster, married.

1988. James Edward 1989. Harrold He has other children of which I have no record, these are the two eldest.

1990. John Norcross, b. in Ribchester, Lancashire, England in 1758 and was probably the brother of James b. 1757 mentioned above.

1991. James b. 1807 m. see below d. December 25, 1842 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1991¼ Edward 1991½ Richard 1991¾ Ruth

1991. James Norcross of Preston, England and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of John (1990), married to Mary Fryer. He came to this country in 1842. His widow married again and now resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1992. John E. b. February 3, 1842 at Preston, England near Ribchester, m. see below.

1992. John E. Norcross of Brooklyn, New York, married on December 16, 1866 to Sally A. Cotton of Leicester, England. He now resides in Brooklyn, New York and is a lawyer by profession. He was a soldier in the Civil War, a Captain in a Pennsylvania Regiment.

1992. Maria Eleanor b. September 1, 1867 1993. Marie Louise b. July 2, 1871

Appendix

The town of Norcross, Georgia was located in 1871 or 1872 and was incorporated by the legislature soon after. It is about twenty miles north east of Atlanta on the Atlanta and Charlotte Rail Road. It contains about 700 inhabitants. It was named for Jonathan Norcross of Atlanta who was President of the Atlanta and Charlotte Rail Road before the war. It is a pleasant town and has excellent schools and good churches. It is now 1882 a prohibition town. It is a healthy and beautiful summer resort for the people from the low country. (This account is to be added to the sketch of Jonathan Norcross in Volume 2).

History of the early settlement of Watertown, Mass

As Watertown, Massachusetts was the first place in which the Norcross ancestors settled, those interested in the history of the Norcross family may wish to know a little of the early history of the town.

In March 1628, the Plymouth Company sold to a company of six gentlemen in England, the territory extending from a line three miles north of Merrimack River to one three miles south of Charles River, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. These original grantees were Sir Henry Rosewell, Sir John Young, Thomas Smithcott, John Humphrey, John Endicott and Simon Whitcomb,

These grantees soon after conveyed to other gentlemen an interest in their purchase. They assumed the title of The Massachusetts Bay Company.

Three months after making the purchase, a company of emigrants were sent over and landed at Salem and commenced a settlement. In July 1629 Governor Craddock, the first governor of The Massachusetts Bay Company proposed to the company to transfer the government of the plantation from England to the colony “To those that shall inhabit there”. After determining to remove the government of the company to the colony, active preparations were made for a large emigration the ensuing year.

In 1630, seventeen emigrant ships left England for the colony. One of them, the Arabella, brought over the families of Sir Richard Saltonstall, Reverend George Phillips, and probably not less than a dozen other families who were among the first settlers of Watertown. The Arabella arrived in Salem June the 12th.

The passengers who arrived in these ships were not satisfied with Salem for a permanent settlement and soon after landing Governor Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall with others went on the 17th of June to select a place for settlement. They selected Charlestown.

Soon after the arrival of the emigrants from Salem to Charlestown a large portion of them, with Sir Richard Saltonstall as their leader, accompanied by Reverend George Phillips as their pastor, proceeded about four miles up the Charles River and commenced a settlement which was sometimes called Sir Richard Saltonstall’s plantation, but, soon after, by the Court, named Watertown. It was so named because it was so well watered. Johnson, a noted writer of that date, described it “a fruitful plot, of large extent watered with many pleasant springs and rivulets running like rivers throughout her body.” The exact date Sir Richard left Charlestown is not known but their stay in Charlestown must have been short for only forty days elapsed after the landing of Sir Richard at Salem, Watertown affairs had become sufficiently matured to organize a church when forty men with Sir Richard at their head signed the covenant.

It seems clear only these towns can claim priority of settlement over Watertown. The first is Salem settled in 1628.

The second is Charlestown which was settled by a feeble colony of about a dozen men sent from Salem in 1629 by Governor Endicott. The third was Dorchester which was planted by Dorchester, England men who arrived at Nantucket in the Mary and John in 1630. The forth town was Watertown begun by Sir Richard Saltonstall (There were other towns settled by the Plymouth Company previous to those settled by the Massachusetts Bay Company).

The records show almost to a certainty that in the first four years Watertown was the most populous town in the colony and probably continued so for fifteen to twenty years. Johnson, in 1651, calls Watertown “This great town consisting of one hundred and sixty families and almost two hundred and fifty souls in church fellowship with land tillage near 1800 acres, their herd of kine and cattle about 450 with some of sheep and goats”. Most of the ships that came to the colony in 1630 landed their passengers in Salem whence they proceeded to Charlestown and from there proceeded to the different sites where plantations were commenced that year. These were Watertown, Boston, Roxbury, Medway, Lynn and Chelsea.

Emigrations were soon made from Watertown to Dedham, Concord, Sudbury, Lancaster, Martha’s Vineyard, Groton, Mendon, Framingham, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Marlboro, and many other places in Massachusetts and in Connecticut at Wethersfield, New Haven, Stamford and some of the oldest places In Long Island.

Within the boundaries of Watertown, as determined by the Court in April 1635, were embraced the present towns of Watertown, Waltham, Weston, the larger part of Lincoln, and that part of Cambridge lying east of the Mount Auburn Cemetery between Fresh Pond and Charles River and it contained about 29,000 acres, but now by land taken from it for the formation of other towns, it is one of the smallest townships in the State, there being less than 4,000 acres in the town.

The homestead of Sir Richard Saltonstall was situated on Charles River about a mile from where Harvard College is now situated. When Watertown was first settled, it had within its limits Fresh Pond and what is now Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cushing’s Gardens and Cambridge which was formerly part old Watertown was called Newton and was changed to that of Cambridge in 1638. Watertown is about seven miles from Boston and is bounded by Belmont on the north, Cambridge on the east, Boston and Newton (from both of which it is separated by the Charles River) on the south, and Waltham on the northwest; and is one of the most beautiful towns in the Commonwealth.

The Article of Tea, in the Revolution, was proscribed in the town in the following words “Voted that we consent to lay aside all foreign teas as expensive and pernicious as well as unnecessary. This continent abounding with many herbs of a more salubrious quality, which, if we were as much used to as the poisonous Bohea, would no doubt in time be as agreeable, perhaps much more so, and, whilst by a manly influence, we effect our women to make this sacrifice to the good of their country, we heartily declare we shall highly honour and esteem the encouragers of our own manufactures and the general use of the productions of this continent, this being in our judgement the necessary means (under God) of rendering us a happy and free people.”

The Provincial Congress over which Joseph Warren presided assembled in the meeting house of the town in April 1776. From this body, General Warren proceeded on the morning of the seventeenth of June 1775 to the battle ground at Bunker Hill where he fell.

Previous to his departure, he desired the ladies to prepare lint and bandages, saying the poor fellows will want them before night.

The Norcross Family before their arrival in this country

The first record we find of a Norcross is in 1573 when Henry Norcross was inducted by the Bishop of Chester to the parsonage of Ribchester. He resigned his position in 1616.

Henry Norcross is mentioned in 1613 as being a tenant of Sir Thomas Walmsley, Knight and one of the King’s Justices of the Common Bench.

Ribchester, as described by James Norcross, schoolmaster at Liverpool, is as follows. It is in Lancashire about 30 miles northwest of Manchester and is near the manufacturing town of Preston. Liverpool and Manchester are both in Lancashire. It is now an unimportant village, but soon after the commencement of the Christian Era, a fortified station of the Romans. It is situated on the Ribbel River now, an insignificant stream, but at some time was probably navigable from the sea to Ribchester. There still exists there an ancient church, now disused, which is believed to be one of the oldest churches in England, and many old Roman relics which are in English museums were found in Ribchester.

The name of James Norcross, church warden, who died in 1830, is painted on the walls of this old church.

About the same time or a little later (before 1600) we find the name of Thomas Norcross, a Merchant of London. He was the father of Jeremiah Norcross (abt.1592) the emigrant ancestor of New England, also of John Norcross (abt.1590) whose grandson William Norcross (1630) was the emigrant ancestor of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey branch.

This family was connected with the Ribchester family but whether Thomas ever lived there or came to London from some other locality about the time the Norcross’s came to Ribchester, is uncertain.

After those at London had migrated to New England, Ribchester, and other towns in Lancashire in the vicinity of Ribchester, seem to have been the home of the Norcross’s from that date to the present time.

The London branch lived in the parishes of St. Dunstan’s and St. Sepulcher, London and the parish of Sunbury near London.

They may have come from the Isle of Man within 100 miles of Ribchester. About 1775, Richard Northcross and his two sons Thomas and Frederick, came from the Isle of Man and settled in Sussex County, Virginia. A son of Frederick, now 77 years of age [this is written in 1879] is living at Rural Bower, Virginia. They consider this name Northcross and Norcross to

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In the 36th year (1569) of Queen Elizabeth, David Norcross owned an Estate in Ribchester.

In 1652, Thomas Norcross, linen manufacturer, died in Barton in Lancashire and was buried at Ribchester.

William Norcross or Ribchester migrated to this country in 1699 and settled in Buck’s County, Pennsylvania.

Reverend Nathaniel Norcross died in the parish of St. Dunstan’s, London in 1662.

In Gunn’s Directory to English Estates, the name of Sarah Norcross is found where descendents were wanted to claim an estate. It says she was the wife of Reverend Norcross.

In later years, there was a Norcross Farm in Ribchester. Reverend Corser died in 1876 at the age of 82. His grandmother was a Norcross and she was the daughter of a vicar of Ribchester. She sold the farm to a Manchester gentleman and willed to his grandchildren £25,000 for they were intimate friends.

Thomas Norcross of London

Thomas Norcross of London, and father of Jeremiah, our first American ancestor, lived in London. We first have record of him as a merchant of London, called a Haberdasher.

He married Mary Chappell, daughter of Alice Bedell (her name before marriage) Chappell and granddaughter of William and Elizabeth Bedell who owned a large Estate in Writhell, Essex County, England, which descended to Mary, wife of Thomas Norcross, by the death first of William Bedell’s son and also by the death of the mother of Mary Norcross, Alice Bedell Chappell. There was a lawsuit in reference to this Estate. It appears that William Bedell had two children, Thomas and Alice. The Estate by law descended to Thomas. Alice married Thomas Chappell, citizen and merchant of London, he died and she then married Thomas Holt, Gentleman. Thomas Bedell died and about three months after his sister Alice died so that whatever Estate Thomas left descended to his sister Alive, and Alice left one daughter Mary who was the wife of Thomas Norcross. It appears there were other parties who took possession of part of the Estate and this lawsuit was to hold the property that descended to her through her mother and it may be from this Estate that Jeremiah Norcross, our ancestor, may have received his property after the death of his mother.

Thomas (abt. 1560) died in 1603. We have record of three sons there may have been more, besides daughters. John, the oldest son, was born in 1590. The other two, Jeremiah and Thomas, we have not the exact dates but probably previous to 1600.

Thomas (Abt. 1594) died in 1620 and his brother John (Abt. 1590) settled his Estate. John and Jeremiah (Abt. 1595) came to this country [America] with their families in 1638, John settling in Cambridge and Jeremiah in Watertown. John did not remain long at Cambridge but returned to England and it was his grandson William that came out this country and settled in

Pennsylvania in 1699. Thomas and his son John belonged to what was called The Haberdasher Company. This company is in existence now [and again in 2003] and have their ancient records in a good state of preservation, and more possibly can be found concerning Thomas and his son John by examining these records.

Jeremiah Norcross (1) of Watertown

Jeremiah Norcross, the emigrant ancestor of the New England Norcross family, came to this country from London, England in 1638. We have the record of his gift to the parish of Sunbury near London 1 November 1636, and of his being a landowner in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1639. He landed at Salem, Massachusetts first and probably remained there a year or two. His son, Nathaniel, is mentioned as residing there in 1639 and of joining the Church there in 1641. Jeremiah’s family consisted of his wife Adrean Smith (Mr. Norcross was her second husband) sons Nathaniel and Richard, daughter Sarah and his wife’s son John Smith.

Jeremiah’s brother John and wife and daughter Anna also came over at the same time and settled in Cambridge in 1642 but did not remain there long but returned to England.

Jeremiah is spoken of as settling in Watertown in 1642. He was a large proprietor owning a homestead of 26 acres situated on the Charles River and twelve other lots of land. The first great division of lots was made in 1636.

He was not an original proprietor, but obtained his land by purchase. He was admitted Freeman in 1653. In order for such admission, it was necessary to be a Church member and for this reason there were some men holding respectable social positions who were never thus admitted or not until advanced age. It was not necessary to be a Church member or a Freeman in order to hold office in the town.

In 1649 he is mentioned as a Selectman. He is often mentioned in the records as Mr. Norcross. Out of 215 Selectmen of Watertown from 1634 to 1809, only three have the title of “Mr.” And one of these was Mr. Norcross. In 1654, as he was about to return to England on a visit, he made his will and sailed for England where he died in 1657. In Court on 6 October 1657, Deacon Stone and Charles Chadwick testified that Mr. Norcross deceased declared his will before he went to England. He was born about 1595 therefore was about 62 years of age when he died.

Copy of the Will of Jeremiah Norcross of Watertown, Massachusetts

In the name and by the help of my Lord Jesus Christ, I, Jeremiah Norcross, being well in my body and mind (thanks be to God) but going to sea do make my last will and testament.

First, I give my soul into the hand of the father of spirits who gave it to me, and my body to the elements to be committed for a time out of which it was made in sure and certain hope (with the word of him who cannot lie) of my resurrection of both soul and body together unto everlasting life purchased by the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. And for such worldly Estate as the Lord hath lent me and left me, my will is that they be appraised when I am dead and divided into three equal parts.

The first third I give to my beloved wife Adrean Norcrosse.

The second third I give unto my children Nathaniel, Richard and Sarah Massy, the wife of Francis Massy, assigning my eldest son, Nathaniel as his due a double portion. Nevertheless for as much as Sarah my daughter had a full share (and more as it now falleth out) of my Estate, I will that, that shall be in full of her portion.

And of the last third of my Estate I give as followeth, I give and bequeath unto my daughter the wife of my son Richard, one ewe sheep and her daughter my grandchild a like ewe sheep and to the wife of my wife’s son John Smith one like ewe sheep. To my brother’s daughter Anna Davis, the wife of Samuel Davis a like ewe sheep (in specie) and to her daughter Hannah her eldest child one like ewe sheep and unto the poor members of Jesus Christ in Watertown, I give two ewe sheep to be delivered into the pastors and deacons hands to breed as a stock, the males to be sold at the fittest season to give to the poor as they need and the females to be kept for the purpose of breeding.

As a testimony of my love to my Lord for all his love to me I give (as a cup of cold water wishing I had better for them) unto his ministers Mr. Sherman, Mr. Symes, Mr. Mather, each of them twenty shillings.

And for my grandchildren in Old England(*), if the Lord brings me or if goods I have with me I shall distribute myself or appoint. I will and ordain my son Richard Norcross my sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament and I entreat my brother Charles Chadwick to be overseer and help unto him, and I do give him as a small token of my love, twenty shillings, and pronounce this to be my last will and Testament, revoking all other Wills heretofore made. In witness whereof I set to my hand and seal this 15th day of September 1654. Signed

Witnesses Simon D. Stone (his mark) Charles Chadwick

And a seal in red wax

(*) This will is copied in the record book at East Cambridge as “Old England” by mistake. The original will, which is to be found there, says “Old Ireland”. His son Nathaniel, who had returned to Europe, may have been living in Ireland at the time this will was made and it was his children who were referred to.

Inventory of the Estate of Jeremiah Norcross, 16 September 1657

Dwelling house with a barn and four score acres of upland with 13 acres of meadow with 20 acres of upland upon the other side of the river, all containing 113 acres, more or less £110

Other remote lands with 6 acres of remote meadow £20. 10 milch cows 30. 4 oxen 20. 8 sheep, 1 Ram, 2 ewe lambs .15

1 mare 2 years old 10. 1 colt 2 years old 5. 1 colt from above mare 4. 1 parcel of book 2. 1 table in the parlour .16 1 bedstead, 2 chests, 1 musket 1 corselet, 1 clothes stool and a Hulbert .10 In debts £73.14.7

Total £276.15.7

Simon Stone (his mark) Ephraim Child

Found since the appraisement: 1 hive of bees 1 old canoe 1 Queen Fort 1 old sow

Mr. Richard Norcross appearing before the County Court held at Charlestown 28 December 1858 and being sworn do say that this is a true inventory of all that Estate in this country whereof his father died seized and if any more do appear he will disclose the same as to cause it to be added hereunto.

Thomas Danforth, Recorder

Who the Ministers were mentioned in Jeremiah Norcross’s will.

Reverend John Sherman was the third Minister of Watertown, Phillips being first and Knowles second. He was born in Dedham, England in 1609, earned an A.B. Trinity College at Cambridge, England in 1629 and an A,M, in 1635.

Reverend Zechariah Symes was the second Minister of Charlestown. He came to this country in 1634. He was a graduate of Cambridge University 1620.

Reverend John Norton was the third Minister of the first Church in Boston. He was a graduate of Cambridge University, England and came to the United States in 1635.

Reverend John Wilson was the first Minister in Boston and the first meetinghouse was erected in 1632. One more commodious replaced it in 1640, which was destroyed by fire in 1711. The society now occupies its elegant church on Barkley Street.

Reverend John Elliot was the celebrated Apostle to the Indians. He was the first Minister in Roxbury. He came to the United States in 1631, having graduated from Cambridge University in 1622. He died in 1690, aged 86 years.

Reverend Richard Mather was the third Minister at Dorchester and came to the United States in 1635. He was born in Lancashire, England in 1596. He was a student at Oxford. He was the father of Increase Mather and grandfather of Cotton Mather.

The gift of Jeremiah Norcross to the Church before his arrival to this country, November 1st day 1636.

I do give unto the vicars and church wardens successively the white mare and mare colt with the white star on the forehead which I bought of Walter Crans, for the use of the poor in the Parish in the said Parish of Sunbury for ever instructing and appointing the said Church Wardens to see to them as their own, and what issue it shall please God to give them, to sell the male issue at the fullest time of age and pay the money to the poor of the said Parish and to keep the females for breed, and I appoint the good man Piper the elder and George Blundell and whom they shall name in their place when they die to see this to be duly executed according as I have appointed and if the church wardens be negligent to do as I appoint, they to admonish them to amend and if they do not mend after reasonable warning I do give the said Piper and Blundell power to sell them and to give the money to which poor they think fit.

This gift to the Church in Sunbury, England in 1636 is similar in style to his gift to the Watertown Church in 1654 when he gave two ewe sheep. (see page 23)

The Homestead of Jeremiah Norcross

Jeremiah’s homestead of 26 acres which was the 14 acres purchased of E. Mason, 7 acres of Robert Locke, and 5 acres of Segar, the original grantees, was bounded on the south by the Charles River, west by the way to the meadows, east by H. Cutriss, north by John Smith and William Barsham and was purchased by Jeremiah in 1642. It was beautifully situated on the Charles River (see Bond’s map in his History of Watertown where his lot is marked out) and was where the United States Arsenal grounds are now situated. The Arsenal ground (says Mason’s Gazetteer) “occupies an area of about 40 acres”. At the death of Jeremiah in 1657, it passed into his son Richards’s possession where it remained until his death in 1709. After the death of Richard, it was sold by Jeremiah and Mary, the executors, to Nathaniel, son of Richard. After the death of Nathaniel in 1717 it passed into the hands of his son Nathaniel. After the death of Nathaniel in 1753, it passed into the hands of Josiah Norcross, his son. After the death of Josiah in 1801, his heirs Nathaniel, John, Joshua Cooledge (husband of Jemima Norcross), Aaron Dana (husband of Abigail Norcross) sold it in 1803 to Daniel Stone (book 152, page 499, Middlesex County Records). David Stone sold it in 1814 to Thomas Learned (book 206, page 299, Middlesex County Records). Thomas Learned sold it in 1816 to the United States for an Arsenal (book 219, page 57).

Besides the 26 acres of homestead, there was other land of Jeremiah adjoining the homestead which is a part of the Arsenal grounds. Also Jeremiah and Mary, Executors of their father Richard Norcross’s Estate, sold a lot in 1710 to Joseph Child, son of the Joseph Child that married Sarah Norcross, sister of Jeremiah and Mary. Joseph Child sold it to his two sons Jonathan and Joseph in 1748. Jonathan and Joseph both died in 1774 and both made wills. Jonathan gave his half to his son Jonathan. Joseph willed his half to the same Jonathan, his nephew. Jonathan sold it in 1782 to David Stone, the same party who bought the homestead in 1803.

The Owners of the Norcross Homestead from 1636, when the first division of lots in Watertown was made down to the present time 1 January 1882. Owner From To Original Grantees 1636 1642 Jeremiah Norcross 1642 1657 Richard Norcross 1657 1709 Nathaniel Norcross 1709 1717 Nathaniel Norcross 1717 1763 Josiah Norcross 1763 1803 David Stone 1803 1814 Thomas Learned 1814 1816 United States of America 1816 The present (2003)

It was in the Norcross family from 1642 to 1803, a period of 161 years. It is described in the United States Valuation List in 1798 as follows: “One dwelling house, barn 45 by 30, Corn barn 12 by 10”. It was occupied at this date by Joshua Coolidge, husband of Jemina Norcross. She had eleven children most of whom were probably born on the Norcross Homestead. Deacon John Cooledge, who died in Watertown in 1878, was probably born there.

Reverend Nathaniel Norcross (2)

Nathaniel, the oldest son of Jeremiah Norcross, was born in London, England about the year 1618. He was educated at Catherine Hall, at the University of Cambridge where he received the degree off A.B. in 1636. In the University records he is put down as born in London. He probably soon after he graduated came to the America with his father. We find no record of the date of his marriage or to whom. Bond, in his “Watertown” history calls the name of his wife Sarah but probably he married Mary Gilbert of Taunton. See the memorandum concerning the Gilbert family following immediately. He died 10 August 1662 at St. Dustan’s in the East, a parish of London giving by his will all his Estate both in New England and Old England to Mary, his wife. No children are named.

He is mentioned as having been at Salem in 1639, and as joining the Church there in 1641. He removed to Watertown in 1642, and was admitted freeman in 1643.

He is the first petitioner for the Plantation at Nashaway (now Lancaster, Massachusetts) in May 1644 and soon thereafter was called as a Minister there upon the first attempt to organize a Church. The Worcester magazine and historical journal published in 1826 (Vol. 2, page 274) gives the following account of it.

“Many of Watertown and other towns joined in the Plantation at Nashaway and having called a young man, a universal scholar, (Savage says University scholar) one Mr. Norcross to be their Minister. Seven of them who were not members of any church were desirous to gather into a Church Estate but the magistrates and elders advised them first to go a build their habitations, for there was no house there, and then to take some that were members of other churches, as had formerly been done, and to proceed orderly. But the persons interested in the plantation being most of them poor men and some of them corrupt in judgement and others profane, it

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In the Provincial papers of New Hampshire (Vol. 1, page 145) is a contract of several persons in Exeter, New Hampshire to pay their shares for the purchase of Mr. Wheelwright’s house and land for Mr. Nathaniel Norcross and a town meeting was held for this purpose in 1645.

I have found no record of his settling there. He was settled in 1648 at Agamenticus (now York, Maine, which was the first city of the United States) and the following in an extract from a letter written in Salem on 17 December 1648, by Lucy Downing to her nephew, John Winthrop Jr., son of Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts.

“Mr. Norcross is flown to Agamenticus and there he says for his short experience he likes very well. Mr. Godfrey, where he lives, keeps a very good house and if we will go there, a house with three chimneys he promises if two of them blow down this winter, which may be feared being but the parson’s house. I am willing to make you smile but I wish him well and the work of the Lord to prosper in his hands” (Massachusetts Historical Collections, Vol. 1, 5th series, page 37).

He probably did not remain at Agamenticus long, but returned to England soon after. Calamy, in his Non Conformist memorial, mentions a Reverend Nathaniel Norcross who was silenced or ejected in 1662 at Walsingham, in Norfolk County, England. Savage says it was probably Nathaniel Norcross who was in America.

We know that he did return to England and died there the same year he is reported to have been silenced in Walsingham. His history, summed up, is this:

Born London England about 1618 Received the degree of A.B. at Catherine Hall, Cambridge University, England in 1636 (age 18) Came to America about 1636/38 First mentioned in Salem in 1639 (age 19) Joined the Church in Salem in 1641 (age 21) Moved to Watertown in 1642 Admitted Freeman in 1643 First Petitioner for Nashaway in 1644 (age 24) Called to Exeter, New Hampshire in 1645 Minister at Agamenticus, Maine in 1648 Returned to England between 1648 and 1650 (age 30 to 32) Tenant of the Bishop of Chester, England in 1650 Minister at Walsingham, England in 1662 (age 44) Died in London in 1662 (age 44)

Memorandum concerning Mary Norcross who was probably the wife of Nathaniel

There was a John Gilbert who came from England about 1630 and settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts and afterwards about 1638 removed to Taunton, Massachusetts. He made his will, dated April 1656 exhibited to the court June 3, 1657, the same year that Jeremiah Norcross will was submitted to the court.

Among other bequests is this. “I give to my daughter Mary Norcross, my great furnace or brewing kettle if she be living or otherwise unto her daughter Mary. The furnace to be sold by my executors and the value to be out to interest until the child be of age.” The will was a peculiar one, I give one item. “I give my soul to God, whom I hope and do believe, that for Christ, his sake, he will accept and receive it, and my body to be buried here by my house upon the hill, near the pine tree seven or eight feet deep at least.”

Richard Norcross (3) The Schoolmaster

Richard, second and youngest son of Jeremiah Norcross, was born in England, probably London, in 1621. He came to New England with his father in 1638, being then about 17 years of age and in 1642, we find him in Watertown with his father and owning a homestead of one acre and a small lot of upland. He married first, in 1650, Mary Brooks. She died in 1672 leaving seven children. He married secondly, in 1673, Susanna, widow of William Shattuck who had died also in 1672. This marriage took place just fifteen months after the death of her husband. She had ten children by Mr. Shattuck, three of whom, two boys and one girl, were in their minority at the time of their mother’s marriage to Mr. Norcross, and following the agreement was made between Richard and Susanna:

“First: In case that he deceased before his wife, that she shall have the same fully made good to her again of the Estate she brought with her to her husband, besides what he shall, out of his own good will or the law will give unto him.

“Second: In case she decease before him, that then, unless by Will shall bequeath any part thereof to him the said Richard Norcross he shall then pay or cause to be paid forty-five pounds which is the sum, the inventory of her goods come to his hands and the same he shall pay in full value to the children of his new wife who shall then be living or as the said wife shall appoint by her last Will otherwise. In the performance whereof, the said Richard Norcross acknowledges himself, Executors, Administrators to stand fully bound in a bond of £90 sterling to be paid to the Treasurer of the County and the Court do further order that the aforementioned Richard Norcross performing to the above said request, all other obligations by him made in reference to person or Estate shall be null and void to all intents and purpose in the law, and the said Richard is to bring up the young children as his own, until they come to age to choose guardians or be put to Apprentices. 29 March 1687. Philip Shattuck, William Shattuck, Samuel Shattuck, Jonathan Brown, John Fay, and Abigail Morse, all children natural or by marriage of Mrs. Norcross, late widow and relict of William Shattuck deceased, do own and acknowledge ourselves fully satisfied with what we have now received of our father-in-law Richard Norcross, being the full of what he was to pay us, of what he received of our father Shattuck’s Estate and agreed by bond given into County Court at Cambridge the 8th of April 1674, we say, we have each and every one of us received our proportion in full according to that bond.” Signed by the above mentioned children of Mrs. Susanna Shattuck Norcross.

Richard Norcross was the first schoolmaster mentioned in the Watertown records. He was chosen for one year January 6, 1651, for £30. He is the only schoolmaster mentioned until 1675, and his salary continued the same until that time.

On the files of the Court 1679 is the petition of Richard Norcross for 20 years schoolmaster that the privilege of exemption from training may be conferred on him who is called again to the same employment. He was then 58 years of age.

In 1679, the arrangement was that he should teach only Latin and Writing at his own house during the months of June, July and August and the remainder of the year, Latin and English at the schoolhouse and to have £20 out of the town rates, and probably what he should obtain as Tuition as before. In 1680, the County Court ordered Watertown to provide a grammar school. A committee was appointed in 1681, to provide a master to teach Latin and English and Richard Norcross was chosen 2 November 1690. The town allowed £15 for the schoolmaster’s maintenance. On 3 September 1700, he was chosen to keep school for £10 and to receive something and to receive something additional from the parents and they each to send a quarter of a chord of wood in the winter. At this time Mr. Norcross had been schoolmaster 49 years and was 79 years old. He was admitted freeman in 1653. In 1692 an exciting controversy arose in the town about the location of the Meeting House.

At a town meeting in 1692 in order to determine the location, it was ordered “that those who are of a mind to build and set up a Meeting House on the hill between the pound and William Whitney’s house, let them follow Robert Harrington and those that are of a mind to building where it is, let them follow Mr. Norcross and in case we cannot agree between ourselves we will refer it to men”.

It appears they could not agree and a petition was sent to Governor Phipps and the council concerning the Meeting House, and it was decided that, owing to the remoteness of most of the inhabitants from the place where the Meeting House now stands, that it should be built where it is wanted by Harrington and others.

The other side was dissatisfied and the result was the building of another Meeting House at the other end of the town (now Waltham).

Richard Norcross died in 1709 at the good old age of 88 leaving four sons and two daughters, having lost one daughter previous to his death. He made his will 8 April 1708 when he was 87 years of age, he had made settlements with his children before he made this will.

Will of Richard Norcross

In the name of God, Amen. I Richard Norcross of Watertown in her Majesty’s province in the Massachusetts Bay in New England, late schoolmaster being weak in body but sound of mind and disposing memory, praise be given to God for the same, do by my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. First and principally I do resign my soul unto the hands of God that gave it me, assuredly hoping through the merit of my blessed saviour to obtain the pardon of all my sins, and my body I commit to be decently buried by the directions of Executors hereinafter named. As for the worldly goods God hath lent me, I dispose of them in the following manner.

First I require that all my debts due be discharged to each creditor fully and justly before any legacies afterwards be paid out.

Second, I give and bequeath to my son Richard Norcross, five shillings to be paid him by any Executors, within one year of my death, he having received his full portion and more of my Estate I die seized of. I also give my son Nathaniel a legacy of five shillings, he having also had a full share of my Estate and more.

Third, I give and bequeath unto my son Samuel, in case he personally appears in New England within the space of ten years after my decease one fourth part of what Estate of mine shall visibly be found, to be paid to him by my Executors.

Fourth, I give and bequeath to my son Jeremiah, a double portion and to his sister Mary a single portion which shall be a fourth part of my Estate in case Samuel appears within the before mentioned time, if he does not appear then a third part of what Estate I die seized of.

Fifth, I do nominate and ordain my son Jeremiah, Executor, and my daughter May, Executrix, of this my last Will and Testament. I moreover, give to them their heirs and assigns to dispose of all given to them, so that the Will herein be fulfilled according to the tenor of it forever after my decease.

Sixth, As to legacies, six grandchildren of my daughters child, my will is they be paid out of my Estate 20 shillings apiece after the Estate is out of debt, of the best the form shall provide, and I desire Captain Nathan Burnham and Captain James Bond to be overseers to advise my Executors in all weighty concerns about the management of my Estate after my decease, it being my will, that what is done by their consent, shall be full force and value, and I pronounce this to be my last Will and Testament revoking all other Wills and Testaments formerly made. Moreover, it is my will and pleasure that my overseers be honestly and justly paid by my Executors for what time they shall expend in council and advice given to my Executors in all weighty affairs and business they may be employed in. It is my will Corporal Nathaniel Bright and Sergeant John Chadwick be also overseers with the above named.

Richard Norcross Sen

Signed and sealed in the presence of witnesses April 28, 1708 Mary Bright witnesses Henry Bright Joseph Bright

Inventory of the Estate of Richard Norcross which was apraized by the Subscribers the 14th of Oct 1709

In his wearing apparel, woollens and lined £5. Some books 1. One feather bed, bedstead and rug 3.

One flock and pillow .8 Pewter platters, one tea pot, one candlestick .17 In brass, 1 kettle, 1 pan 1. In Iron Ware, 1 pail, 1 spit, 1 frying pan, 1 Tram, 1 pot, 1 pr. Tongs .18 1 old wainscot, chest, cupboard, small box .1 1 spinning wheel and some Lamb .1 Some casks in ye cellar 1.1 6 acres of Indian Corn, standing 6.6 4 bushels barley .12 3 cows and some hay in the barn 9. One Mansion house, barn, orchard 90. 12 acres meadow land 9. £129.11

Jabez Beers, George Lawrence, Manning Sowins, appraisers Jeremiah Norcross and Mary Norcross, executors 17 October 1709.

Richard Norcross (8) of Weston

Richard Norcross (1660), the second son of Richard (1621), was born in Watertown 1660. He married in 1686 Rose, the daughter of John Woodward, who was reported to be an atheist until advanced age when he embraced Christianity and was admitted to the Church at Watertown. Rose’s grandfather Richard Woodward was one of the early proprietors of Watertown. Richard Norcross married second in 1695 Hannah Sanders.

He was a shoemaker and settled in Weston, which had been set off from Watertown. Bond, in his history of Watertown, called him a schoolmaster, but that is incorrect. He had a large family of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters. His sons settled in different parts of the State and Connecticut. John settled at Sudbury, Samuel at Durham, Connecticut, Jeremiah at Lunenburg, George at Brookfield, Peter at Mendon, William at Shrewsbury. This seems to be the first scattering of the Norcross family.

Joseph remained in the old homestead at Weston. Richard sold his homestead to his son Joseph in 1743 when 83 years old.

It contained four acres and was bounded as follows: northerly by county road passing by the public meeting house, easterly by other land formerly of Richard Norcross, southerly by meadowlands of John Lawson till it comes to the brook, and westerly by sand dam or near to it, and a way for the great road to accommodate the meadows lying southerly (Middlesex Records Volume 43, page 534). He died in 1745, aged 85.

Richard’s older brother Jeremiah was a husbandman and unmarried, was a soldier in King Philip’s Indian War. He and his sister Mary were executors of their father’s estate. He (Jeremiah) died in Watertown in 1717 aged 62.

Richard’s sister, Mary, was born in 1663 and married in 1713 at the age of 50 John Stearns as his second wife. John Stearns was the nephew of Isaac Stearns who came to this country in

1630 in the same ship with Governor Winthrop and Sir Richard Saltonstall. Isaac Stearns and Mr. Briscoe built the first bridge over the Charles River in 1647.

Nathaniel Norcross (10) of Watertown

Nathaniel Norcross, the sixth child of Richard, was born in Watertown in 1665. He married first in 1687 Mehitable Hagar and had two children. She died in 1691. He married second in 1694, Susanna, daughter of Dr. Philip Shattuck, a physician of Eminence and a man holding important stations in the town. He was buried in the Waltham burial grounds and on the stone which marks his grave is the following:

Here Lies Buried Ye Body of Doctor Philip Shattuck Who deceased June Ye 26th 1722 in ye 74th Year of his age.

Blessed are the dead That die in the Lord.

Susanna was the granddaughter of Widow Susanna Shattuck who married Richard Norcross the father of Nathaniel. Nathaniel was a shoemaker and lived both at Sudbury and Watertown. After the death of his father in 1709, he occupied the old original homestead. He died in 1717 aged 52 years.

Samuel Norcross (11)

The youngest son of Richard and Mary Brooks Norcross, was born in 1671 and but little is known of his record. His name appears on the list of taxpayers in Boston in 1695. He was then 24 years of age and the first Norcross resident of Boston. He left New England about 1700 and his father in his will made in 1708 provides for him if he returns to New England within 10 years. There is no record of his returning.

John Norcross (15)

John, oldest child of Richard and Hannah Sanders Norcross, was born 1696. He was a shoemaker and lived in Sudbury, Weston and Watertown. He was in military service as early as 1722 and in 1740. He was one of those in that terrible disastrous expedition sent to the West Indies at the time of the English and Spanish War. On the soldier list he is called shoemaker and 43 years of age. See accounts of this expedition and his military services.

We find no record of the marriage of John Norcross, but he had two sons John (30) and William (29). Both were in military service. William, born 1724, was in the French and Indian War more or less from 1755 to 1763 and was in the expedition sent against Quebec in 1756 and also in other expeditions. We have no further record of him and he probably left no descendents. John (30) was in military service in the time of the Revolution. He is first mentioned as an eight month man in 1775 and Feb. 1st, 1777 he enlisted for three years. (see

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 155 of 223 his military account on next page) Also, the military record of him and his brother William on pages 202 & 203. He was the only Norcross descendent of Jeremiah who was in the service three years in the revolution. He probably had a son John who was a fifer in the Revolutionary War.

John Norcross, Military Account in the Revolutionary War

By his services from Feb. 1st, 1777 to Dec. 31st, 1779, 35 months at 40 shillings per month, amounting to £70 for which the nominal sum has been paid him by the Continent 1779.

John Norcross Dr.

1779 April 11 to cash from proceeds of State Lottery £ value 2£.8s.7d To three shirts, 3 pr. Shoes, 3 pr. Hose, 3s.13d To his proportion of small items delivered in camp, 2£.14s.8d To a bounty of 22 pounds paid him in behalf of the town of Weston, April 1st, 1777, 17£.13s.9d To 35 months wages paid him by the Continent at 40s per month, 16£. S.8d 42£.0s.8d Dec 31st 1779, to balance 27£.19s.4d 70£.0s.0d

The above balance £27.19.4 multiplied by 32½ to make good the depreciation in current money £908.18.4

Certificate April 25, 1780

It appears by the adding of the above figures that John made 10 shillings by an error in his account.

Joseph Norcross (17) of Weston and Princeton

Joseph, the sixth child of Richard Norcross was born in 1701 in Weston. He married in 1730 Hannah Sheppard of Newton. He remained on the Weston Homestead until about 1764 when he removed to Princeton where his eldest son Noah had settled. He had the farm in Princeton lately occupied by Israel Everett. He and his two sons Noah and Isaac were the three Norcross families mentioned as living in Princeton in 1769 soon after the first settlement of the town. Joseph was one of the eighteen and his son Noah and another one who organized the first Church in Princeton. Hannaford and Russell, in their histories of Princeton, make this error – calling Joseph James. It is written on the Church record Jos. Norcross.

Joseph died about 1789. He had a family of 10 children.

Noah (33) the oldest son of Joseph was born in Weston in 1736 and married in 1762 Ruth, daughter of Deacon Thomas Upham of Weston who was very patriotic in the days of the Revolution. Upon hearing that the British troops had left Boston in April 1775 (the Lexington Alarm) he shouldered musket and knapsack and started for Concord and Lexington. His

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 156 of 223 ancestor John Upham came to America in 1635 with the Reverend John Hall and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Noah Norcross was in military life more or less from 1755 to 1760. In 1760, he was sergeant in Captain Fletcher’s Company at Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was not living at the time of the Revolutionary War. He was killed by a falling tree in 1771 and was not found until the next day.

His widow married Josiah Myrich of Princeton about 1780 and he lived on the same farm once owned by Noah. This farm has been owned by Noah’s descendents until quite recently. Mr. Myrich was killed by the kick of a horse.

Noah left two sons and one daughter.

Ephraim (81) the oldest son of Noah, was born in 1763 we have record of him in 1781 when but eighteen years of age as one of eight hired by the town of Princeton for he army in 1681 for a term of three years and the following items shows the price paid for them.

To each of them 12 three-year old horned cattle estimated at £6. each, also the eight soldiers are entitled each to one horned creature three-years old by agreement of the committee although it is not mentioned in the receipt which amounts to 48 pounds sterling hard money. Ephraim died that same year 1781 and therefore did not see much service.

Joseph (34) the fourth child of Joseph (17), was born in Weston in 1737. We have an unfortunate record of him. He was very peculiar and made his father much trouble and he managed his property, what little he had, so badly that his father had to be appointed by the Court to be his guardian, of which guardianship he was happily relieved of by Jon Clark, his brother-in-law, taking the guardianship. [Editor’s Note: This sounds like the modern diagnosis of the condition we call Attention Deficit Disorder] He was in military service from 1758 to 1760, also in the Revolutionary War. He was unmarried and lived to be over 70 years of age.

When I [Editor’s Note: This is Joel speaking] was at Princeton in 1877 I saw the granddaughter of Jacob who was a younger brother of Joseph. She said she remembered Joseph well. She used to sit on his knee when a child when he came to her grandfather to visit.

Isaac Norcross (35) The fifth child of Joseph Norcross was born 1739. He married in 1765 to Lydia Sheppard of Newton who may have been related to him. (Isaac’s father married Hannah Sheppard of Newton). He was in military service in 1756 when but 17 years of age and continued in it more or less until 1760, and in 1760 we find him in the same Company at Halifax, Nova Scotia with his brothers Joseph and Noah and his cousin William. In 1778 he was also in the Revolutionary War, was Corporal in Captain Edgells Company. About 1780 he removed from Princeton to Hubbardston and from there to Royalston about 1790. He had two sons and two daughters.

The oldest son Isaac (84) removed to Auburn, New York, and had a family of two sons and about five daughters.

Mrs. Samuel W. Willard, one of his daughters, now resides at West De Pere, Wisconsin and her son Charles A. Willard is Secretary of the E.C. Bolles Wooden Ware Co. (who do an extensive business in that line) of that place.

Joseph (87), his youngest son, settled in Winchendon, Massachusetts, was Deacon of the Baptist Church in that town over thirty years. He had his leg amputated when about 50 years of age. His descendents now live in Royalston and vicinity and are numerous.

Jacob Norcross (39) the youngest son of Joseph, was born in 1751. He married about 1780 Isabel . She died in 1807 and he died two years previous [1805]. His death was caused by an accidental fall, he was a very large and strong man, and was said to have been the strongest man in Princeton. He had a family of six daughters and a son who died young, so that now Jacob has no descendents who bear the name of Norcross. Four of his daughters married and had families. One of his granddaughters, Mrs. Whitney, is now living near the old homestead in Princeton.

Jacob occupied the old homestead of his fathers and the brick house (on the valley road from the mountain house to the village) occupied and owned at the present time by Mr. Howes, was the home of Joseph Norcross and his son Jacob.

Jacob was a drummer, and at the time of the Lexington Alarm in 1775 he was the drummer in Captain Sparhawks Company which went from Princeton to Cambridge. He was also in military service in 1778 in Colonel Whitney’s Regiment which did service in Rhode Island.

Jeremiah Norcross (18) of Lunenburg, Mass.

Jeremiah, the seventh child of Richard Norcross, was born in 1703 at Weston. He married in 1731 Faith Page and settled in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He was in military service in 1725 when he was 22 years of age. He had eight children who settled in Rindge, New Hampshire. He owned real estate in Rindge but did not reside there until about the time of his death, which occurred there.

Jabez Norcross (41) the oldest son of Jeremiah (1703) was born in Lunenburg in 1732 and was married in 1771 to Hannah Bailey. He settled in Rindge, New Hampshire about 1763. About the year 1800, he removed to Vermont where he died soon after. He left two sons and two daughters, his sons lived to a good old age but never married. Therefore there are no descendents of Jabez living who bear the name of Norcross.

Page Norcross (44) the second son of Jeremiah (1703) was born in 1738 at Lunenburg, Massachusetts. He married in 1760 Elizabeth Bailey (She was the sister of the wife of Jabez). He was a farmer at Rindge, New Hampshire where he settled in 1763 and was one of the first settlers of the town.

He was a very active and energetic man. On January 23rd, 1775, a committee to perfect measures for preparation for any emergency which might happen from troubles with Old England was appointed by the town, and Ensign Daniel Rand and Page Norcross were that committee; and all the citizens between the ages of 16 and 65 were divided into two classes, the Training Band and the Alarm List or Minutemen which were to be called out in case of

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 158 of 223 need. Page was Lieutenant of the Training Band, and at the time of the Lexington Alarm in 1775 he was sergeant in Captain Henry Hale’s Company that marched from Rindge, New Hampshire to Cambridge, Massachusetts.

He was several times elected one of the committee of safety in the time of The Revolution and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in 1777. He was selectman in Rindge in 1769 and 1777.

Soon after the close of The Revolution, when the currency had an uncertain value, a contract was made by the town of Rindge in these words “Voted to give Lieutenant Page Norcross one yolk of oxen that shall girt six feet, young cattle well built, for his taking (some boy) and provided they should be delivered three months from the date the said Norcross to agree to take the same in full payment for taking and bringing up said boy.” At the date of the contract the boy referred to was three years of age.

Page died in 1804 leaving one son

Elijah (110) who was a physician, and one daughter. His descendents, who are few, that bear the Norcross name are George A. (656) and Rufus A. (655), both residing in Worcester and are engaged in shoe manufacturing. There are also a few descendents in the West.

Jeremiah Norcross (46) the youngest son of Jeremiah was born in Lunenburg in 1744 and married in 1769 Lucy Chaplin. He also settled in Rindge and was in the same company as his brother Page that marched to Cambridge in 1775. He was also in the service in 1778 and was one of the expedition sent to Rhode Island that year.

He died in 1811 of spotted fever and his widow died in 1841 aged 91 years. He left three sons and four daughters. One of his sons, David, settled in Bradford, Vermont and had a large family who live in that town at the present time. The other son, Captain Daniel Norcross remained at Rindge and had a family of 15 children of whom we shall find record hereafter.

Peter Norcross (1710) of Mendon

Peter, the tenth child of Richard Norcross was born at Weston in 1710. He settled in Mendon, Massachusetts as early as or before 1737. He had his family homestead on a tract of land he bought that year of Isaac and James Parkhurst containing about 42 acres. He afterwards purchased several acres more of Isaac Parkhurst. Milford was set aside from Mendon in 1780 and the Norcross homestead was in that part set off to Milford and was situated on what is now Fountain Street between Purchase and Congress.

He married first in 1742 (Published March 27, 1742) Elizabeth, daughter of John and Arabella (Eve) Benjamin. She was the granddaughter of Adam Eve of Boston who was married July 5, 1694 to William Barshaw.

Mrs. Eve was buried at Newton and the stone erected to her memory is still standing there. William Barshaw came to New England in 1630 and settled in Watertown. He died in 1684 and had nine children. The youngest married Adam Eve. He owned land adjoining Jeremiah Norcross.

Elizabeth was the great granddaughter of John Benjamin who arrived in the ship Lion in 1632 and settled in Cambridge, but did not remain there long as his home with goods to the amounts of £100 was burned in Watertown in 1636. Governor Winthrop designates him as Mr. Benjamin and in 1642 he has the largest homestead in Watertown.

Peter Norcross married second in 1748 Joanna Morse (certificate 21 July 1748) daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Lovett) Morse. Elizabeth had two children, Daniel and Benjamin, and Joanna had three.

Peter died in 1777 aged 67 years. In the new history of the Town of Milford is written “not much is known of the history of the family except they belonged to the Congregational Church and were of general and good repute.”

Daniel Norcross (49) the oldest son of Peter and Elizabeth (Benjamin) Norcross was born in Mendon in 1743. His mother died when he was but four years of age leaving two sons Daniel and Benjamin.

Daniel married in 1766 Abigail Chapin, daughter of Josiah Chapin of Mendon. Seth Chapin, the grandfather of Abigail, married Abigail Adams, aunt of President Adams in Braintree on Feb. 5, 1713. Abigail may have been named for her grandmother Abigail Adams. Mendon was settled originally by parties from Braintree and Weymouth. One of these original settlers was Josiah Chapin of Braintree, the father of Abigail.

Daniel’s three oldest children were born in Mendon, the next four in Milford after it was set off from Mendon, and the two youngest in Hopkinton to which place he moved about 1784. He bought his farm in Hopkinton from David Stearns of Milford and the deed is dated March 3, 1790, consideration of £200.

He was in military service as an eight month man in 1775, also in 1779 as sergeant in Captain Jotham’s Company of Militia from the 7th Regiment in General Warren’s Brigade sent to reinforce the guards in the barracks at Rutland, Vermont under the command of Col Gerrish to escort the troops of the convention at Saratoga to Enfield, Connecticut.

Benjamin Norcross (50) the second son of Peter, was born in 1747, was unmarried and died in 1807, aged 60 years. He was in military service first in 1775 and was in the company that marched from Mendon to Cambridge at the time of the Lexington Alarm.; next as an eight month man in Captain Warren’s Company in 1775; next in 1780 as a six month man raised to reinforce the Continental Army who marched from Springfield under the command of Colonel Ebenezer Kent on July 8, 1780.

On the military rolls he is described as follows:

“Benjamin Norcross of Milford, 33 years old, five feet seven inches high, light complexion.”

They arrived in Springfield July 7, 1780.

The ancestors of Abigail (Chapin) Norcross were as follows: Deacon Samuel Chapin settled in Springfield in 1642. In 1652 he was appointed magistrate there and he was very much employed in other public business and was a useful and highly esteemed man.

Josiah, son of Deacon Samuel Chapin, probably came to this country with his father and spent some time in Springfield. He removed to Mendon where his fifteenth and youngest child was born in 1684. He was one of he original grantees of the town and built the first sawmill there. He was the leading man of the town and was much engaged in public business, was chairman of the selectmen for more than twenty years. His descendents are very numerous. He was married three times and had fifteen children. He married first in Weymouth to Mary King and Seth was the seventh child out of ten by this wife.

Seth, son of Josiah Chapin, was born in Braintree on August 4, 1668 and married for his second wife on March 25, 1691 Bethia Thurston.

Seth Jr., was the oldest out of fourteen children and was married on October 5, 1713 to Abigail Adams of Braintree.

Josiah Chapin was the son of Seth Jr..

Abigail Chapin was the daughter of Josiah. She married Daniel Norcross and all the descendents of Peter Norcross who bear the name of Norcross come through this marriage.

The Ancestors of Joanna (Morse) Norcross, second wife of Peter Norcross, were as follows.

Samuel Morse of Dedham came to this country in 1635 and settled in Dedham in 1637. He was born in England in 1585 and died at Medfield in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1654.

Daniel, son of Samuel Morse, was a man of rank and a leader in public affairs. He resided at Dedham also and married about 1638 to Lydia Fisher.

Deac Nathaniel, son of Daniel Morse, was born in 1756, the eight child of Daniel, and he died August 17, 1728 at the age of 72 years.

Nathaniel, the oldest son of Deacon Nathaniel Morse, born in 1682 and died May 23rd 1756. He married on December 31, 1703 Mary Lovet. He was a cooper. He gave in his will £1.6.8 to provide utensils for the Lord’s Table.

Joanna Morse who married Peter Norcross was the daughter of Nathaniel.

William Norcross (22) of Shrewsbury.

William, the eighth and youngest child of Richard (1660) and Hannah Sanders Norcross, was born in 1715 in Weston, Massachusetts. He settled in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts and married in 1741 Lydia Wheeler of Shrewsbury. She was a descendent of Thomas Wheeler who was in Concord, Massachusetts with a family in 1640 and in 1675 accompanied Captain Hutchinson, himself then a captain with about twenty troops, to Quabog (now Brookfield) to treat with the Indians. They were drawn into ambush and suddenly fired upon as with a

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 161 of 223 shower of hail by the perfidious Indians and eight of their number instantly killed and five others wounded. Captain Wheeler was sorely wounded and had his horse shot under him and when being dispatched by the enemy was rescued by his son Thomas who was also wounded who placed his father upon a horse whose rider was slain and both succeeded in flight in saving themselves. Captain Wheeler died in Concord one year after this event.

John, the grandson of Captain Wheeler, was born in 1695 and married in Shrewsbury about 1720 and was one of the earliest settlers of that town. He had fifteen children, one of whom Lydia who married William Norcross in 1741 when she was nineteen years of age. One of Lydia’s brothers, John Wheeler was at Fort William Henry at the time of the memorable and unparalleled massacre of the English and Provincial troops by the Indians in 1757 after the surrender to Montcalm, the French commander. William dies in 1774 leaving a widow, two sons and one daughter. He had one son and one daughter who died in infancy. We have no record of his occupation but think most likely he was a carpenter.

Daniel Norcross (55), the oldest son of William, was born in Shrewsbury in 1745. He married about 1771 to Thankful Sawyer and settled in Templeton where his descendents still live. His family consisted of three sons and four daughters. We have not at the present time the date of his death. (He died on July 29, 1825.) [Note added at a later date by Joel]

Daniel was a farmer in the north part of Templeton and lived to a good old age of 80 years. He we a highly esteemed citizen and a kind and obliging neighbour.

We have record of his being in military service in Captain Thatcher’s Company who marched to Cambridge in 1775 at the time of the Lexington Alarm and had title of Corporal.

Sarah (58), the only daughter of William Norcross (22) was born in 1759. She married in 1779 George Fillmore who had come to Shrewsbury in 1774. He enlisted in the Continental Army for three years and served as a private soldier during most of the war. He was honourably discharged and in his old age enjoyed a pension from the government. He died in 1832 aged 90 years and his wife died in 1840 aged 81 years. A filial daughter has had handsome monuments erected to their memory. They left a large family, nine children. In 1877 I visited two of the children, Francis and Percis, at Weston, Massachusetts where they own a farm and carry it on themselves. They are both unmarried. Percis was born in 1796 and, if living now, would be 86 years of age. Francis was born in 1799 and is 83 years old if living. They were in very good health when I saw them.

William Norcross (57) Monson, Massachusetts (and my grandfather) was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1748. He married in 1774 Sarah Marsh of Sturbridge, Massachusetts where he had settled. He bought a homestead but did not remain there long. He removed to Monson in 1777 his wife taking their son Joel, then less than two years old on horseback, the distance being about 15 miles. Mrs Norcross died in Monson in 1823 aged 67 years. He commenced life as a housewright, but about the year 1790 he commenced business as a merchant in Monson and did a large and successful business in that town and the adjoining towns. In 1798 he formed a partnership under the style of William Norcross, Son & Co., his oldest son Joel [Joel Warren Norcross’s father] and his daughter Sally’s husband Rufus Flynt were the partners. This partnership was dissolved in 1803 by limitation and he

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 162 of 223 died the same year (August 4). His family consisted of four sons and two daughters all of whom lived to be married and had families.

He was the leading man of Monson and when Congress levied a United States tax, William Norcross was appointed Assessor and paid the largest tax at that time of any Norcross living in Massachusetts or Maine (Maine was then a part of Massachusetts). There is no doubt but that he was the most prosperous of any Norcross in New England at that time. He was chosen Town Treasurer of Monson in 1780 which office he held over ten years. He served the town in various other minor offices which I find on the town records vis:- Tythingman, doorkeeper of the meeting house, shingle inspector, sexton, highway surveyor, pound keeper, Constable, one of the committee for building a new church and one of the largest buyers of pews in the church – he bought five pews in the new meeting house.

He bought his homestead in Sturbridge of James Knoft on January 30, 1773 for £107. It was situated in the southwest part of the town – lot 23, 3rd. division. He sold this land in the summer of 1774.

Rufus Flynt, who married Sally (137), daughter of William Norcross, was born in Hardwick, Massachusetts on June 22, 1775 and removed to Monson about 1790. He was a descendent of Thomas Flynt, one of the first settlers of Salem Village, now South Dana in about 1642.

Rufus was Postmaster of Monson under Madison. He married Sally in 1800 and died in 1836. He had four children, only one of whom is living at the present. – William N. born March 1818, who is the owner of the famous Monson Granite Quarry.

Timothy Packard, who married Betsy Norcross (138), was a son of Deacon Timothy Packard and was born in 1782 and married Betsy in 1804 by whom he had three children – one daughter who died young and two sons William N. and Timothy T who both lived in Monson and were merchants and have died within the past five years [1882]. Timothy, the father, was also a merchant and was one of the original stockholders of the Hampden Cotton Manufacturing Company. He was also very much interested in education. He and Mr. Flynt gave large sums to Monson Academy.

Nathaniel Norcross (1695) of Watertown.

Nathaniel was the oldest son of Nathaniel Norcross (10). He was born in 1695 and married in 1717 Jemima, daughter of John Abbott a millwright of Watertown. He occupied the old original homestead in Watertown. He died in 1749 leaving a large family of eight sons and five daughters. He made his will about four months before his death which is as follows:

In the name of God, Amen. I, Nathaniel Norcross of Watertown on the County of Middlesex and province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, Being at the present time hereof of a sound and disposing mind and memory, and desirous to set my house in order, do therefore make this my last will and testament in the manner and form as so followeth, and first of all I commit my precious soul unto the hands of my gracious redeemer and my body I commit to the dust by a decent Christian funeral at the discretion of my executors.

First he wills that all his just and funeral charges and legacies be discharged.

Second, He gives to his beloved wide one third of his personal or moveable estate.

Third, He gives his wife the improvement of the rest of his estate until his eldest son Uriah shall arrive at 21 years.

Fourth, After Uriah becomes of age, he wills that his wife shall have the use of a third part of the real estate while she remains his widow.

Fifth, He gives to his son Josiah his young pair of steers.

Sixth, he gives to his lame son Nehemiah £100 old tenor.

Seventh, As his daughter Jemima Robbins has already had her share, the residue to be equally divided between his eight children, viz. Uriah, Jemima, Mercy, Josiah, Mary, Asa, Nehemiah, and Susanna, Uriah to have the land (the old homestead) if he chooses and to pay out to his brothers and sisters their shares.

He appoints his wife Executrix and his son Uriah Executor.

The will was signed by Nathaniel Norcross on 28 December, 1748.

Uriah Norcross (66), the oldest son of Nathaniel who lived to maturity was born in 1732 at Watertown.

His father died when he was 17 years old. He did not take the old homestead mentioned in the will of his father but shared with his brothers and sisters.

He settled in Boston and was the first Norcross with a family that settled there. He was a housewright and in 1776 was living on Green Street. His name and his brother Nehemiah (who is called a tailor and stay maker on Ann Street (now North Street)) were the only ones by the name of Norcross in the first Boston Directory published in 1789.

He married first in 1754 Mary Watts, daughter of Joseph Watts a celebrated maltster at West Boston, as it was then called, who carried on an extensive business. He married secondly in 1779 Abigail Dinsdate. He died in 1797 and was buried in the cemetery on Boston Common. He had six sons and four daughters all born in Boston and they were the first Norcross children born there. He was also the first Norcross to own real estate in Boston and it was located on Temple Street.

One of his sons, Elisha P (148), was in service in the War of 1812. He afterwards settled in New York City where he was City Marshall for several years. His sons are Alexander (391) and Joseph M. (396) and now reside in Newark, New Jersey. Alexander was in service in the late war.

Wm Trueman Norcross (809), great grandson of Uriah, died the last day of January 1877, was born in 1814 and resided for many years in Charlestown and then moved to Malden. His three sons George Henry, William Francis and Alonzo Fifield, were in the late Civil War, two of

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 164 of 223 them lost their lives thereby. (see page 208) William Trueman Norcross was a fine genial man, very social in his nature, always happy, and endeavoured to make others so. He had a happy, sunny home and his death was a great loss to the community in general. He was much interested in collection the history of the Norcross family. He was a boat builder as was his father before him and the firm of Mallet and Norcross was in existence at the beginning of the present century. George H (1193), the only son living of Wm T., is still carrying on the same business of boat building that his father and grandfather carried on at the old stand on Commercial Street, Boston.

Joseph Watts Norcross (807) was a great grandson of Uriah Norcross (1732). He is an old resident of East Boston and has been a manufacturer and for several years past has been with the Providence Tool Company as their selling agent. He has a family of ten children. He now (1882) resides at Lockport, New York.

Benjamin F. (808), a brother of Joseph Watts was thirty-five years in the Navy of the United States.

James Winchell Norcross (813), a brother of the above born in 1822 has been a successful sea captain for the past thirty-five years. He was for a long time Captain of the Ellen Munroe, a fine ship owned in Boston. He married his wife in Liverpool, England. He has no family.

One of the sisters to the above, Mary Jane (810) married Samuel G. Fish who lived for many years at Boston Highlands doing business in Boston. She has one son living who is now in the shoe business in High Street, Boston. She died in October of 1881.

Josiah Norcross (67), the ninth child of Nathaniel Norcross (25) was born in Watertown in 1734. He married in 1757 Elizabeth Child. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Child Jr. who married Sarah Norcross (). Josiah settled in Watertown and lived on the old original homestead until after the marriage of his daughter Jemima (153) who married Joshua Cooledge. In the Valuation List of 1798, Joshua Cooledge is put down as living on the homestead and Josiah Norcross at Newton.

He was a large real estate owner, at that time owning 216 acres in Watertown and Newton valued at $4,783.

He was in Captain Barrows Company of 70 men at the time of the Lexington Alarm. He and his wife both died the same year, 1801, and were buried in the old cemetery at Watertown (see epitaphs next page).

He had a family of five sons and three daughters. Three of his sons, Nathaniel (151) of Newton, John (155) of Brighton and Moses (157) of Northboro married and had families. James H. (830) of Watertown and Edward G. (832) of Jamaica Plain, John (408) of Medford and John Henry (841) his son and Thomas R. (421) of Worcester are descendents of Josiah (67).

Epitaphs for Josiah and Elizabeth Norcross, daughters and grandsons, all at the Watertown Cemetery

The Memory of the Just is blessed Sacred Sacred To the Memory of To the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Norcross Mr. Josiah Norcross Wife of Who died December 13, 1801 Mr. Josiah Norcross Who died July 30th 1801 Aged 68 Years

Aged 63 Years

Sacred to Sacred to the Memory of The Memory of Abigail Dana, Aaron Dana Jr. wife of Aaron Dana Who died in Brighton who died in August 30 1815 Cambridge November 20, 1813 Aged 17 Aged 41 Remember thy Creator The Righteous hath hope in His on the days of death thy Youth

Jemima Norcross (153), one of the daughters of Josiah, married Joshua Cooledge of Watertown. They had a family of eleven children nearly all of whom lived to a remarkable age. Seven of them lived to an average of 84 years, the youngest is still living or was a year or two age [1882]. If still living, she will be 78 years old.

Asa Norcross (69), the eleventh child of Nathaniel () was born in Watertown in 1740. He married first in 1760 Elizabeth Greenwood. He was one of the first settlers of Dublin, New Hampshire. The whole number of voters in that town in 1770 was 23, Asa Norcross, being one of that number. He removed to Holliston, Massachusetts about 1776. He bought a farm which was deeded to him January 11th, 1776. Before going to Dublin he was a short time at Lancaster as a blacksmith. He married secondly in 1774 to Elizabeth Fairbanks of Medway. He died in Holliston in 1830, aged 90.

He had a family of four sons and six daughters. These are but two Norcross families who descend from him.

Ellis Norcross (860), a farmer of North Bellingham, Massachusetts, who has two married daughters living, who both have been successful school teachers in the vicinity where they live.

Warren Fisher Norcross (863) is the other family. He is a merchant in Boston and resides at Grantville. He has two sons and one daughter. She is a graduate of Wellesley College at Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Nehemiah Norcross (70), the youngest son of Nathaniel (25) was born in 1742. He was lame but not so lame (see his father’s will page 75) that in after years his name is found in the military rolls in the Revolution. He was a tailor and lived in Charlestown in 1775 very near the meeting house but in 1789 his tailor shop was in Ann Street (now North Street). He married about 1763 Ruth and we have a record of their children.

His oldest son Nehemiah (169) was a goldsmith and had his store in Boston. He lived on Poplar Street at the west end. He died in 1804 aged 39 years and was buried in the cemetery on Boston Common. He was one of the scholars in the Boston Latin School in 1776. He married in 1787 Anna Simpson and had a family of nine children, one of whom (Mary) is living at the present time, 1882, in Chelsea, Massachusetts aged 81 years. She is the widow of the late David French. She has two sons living.

Her brother, Henry Norcross (431), formerly of Boston but of later years West Brookfield, Massachusetts, was engaged in the shoe business. He is not living.

His oldest son, George Henry (870), is a police officer in Providence, Rhode Island where he has been the past twelve years and is engaged at the headquarters of the Police. George Henry and his three brothers who live in Brookfield and vicinity are the only descendents of Nehemiah (169) who bear the name of Norcross who have families.

Philip Norcross (26) of Newton

Philip (26), fourth child and the youngest son of Nathaniel (10) Norcross was born in 1698. He married in 1721 Sarah of Newton, daughter of Edward Jackson, one of the prominent and early settlers of Newton. In 1720, he bought the ancient house with seven acres of land supposed to have been built by Richard Park, Sen, which stood on the site of the present (1893) Elliot Meeting House in Newton.

He died in 1748. His family consisted of nine children, five sons and four daughters. His widow died in 1754.

His inventory house, barn, shop and 14 acres of land amounting to £1660.

Samuel Norcross (74), the oldest son of Philip (26) Norcross was born in Newton, Massachusetts in 1729. He married in 1752 Mary, daughter of Capt Noah Wiswall of Newton who was a very worthy and patriotic citizen and was in the Battle of Lexington, as the following account will show.

“Three of his sons and some of his sons-in-law were in the East Newton Company commanded by Jeremiah Wiswall son of Captain Noah and brother of Mary (Wiswall) Norcross. After the company had started for Lexington, he started on foot and alone to follow them saying I wish to see what the boys are doing. Standing with some Americans not far from the field, three British soldiers came into sight, he immediately pointed them out to his companions saying if you aim at the middle one you will hit one of the three, they did so and were successful, the other two fled. As he held out his hand pointing towards the Britons, a musket ball passed through it. He coolly bound up the hand with his handkerchief, picked up the gun of the fallen regular and brought it home as a trophy. He was then 76 years old and his name appears on the roll of the East Newton Co.” Samuel Norcross was the second Norcross settler of Maine (his brother Jonathan being the first) having moved there from Cambridge in 1763 and settled at Gardinerstown (then called Pittston). Dr. Sylvester Gardiner, for whom the town was named, and who was one of the first settlers and owned the whole territory, agreed with Mr. Norcross if he would move there, he would give him and also each of his sons 100 acres of land. He moved there, but his agreement was only a verbal one, and the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he (Gardiner) espoused the cause of Great Britain and left Boston with the British Army in the evacuation. His estate was confiscated, but this was found by the Attorney General to be illegal and the heirs of Dr. Gardiner learned these facts and regained their property, and thus Mr. Norcross lost the gift of Dr. Gardiner. In 1776, Mr. Norcross bought 100 acres of Captain Nathaniel Berry, a great hunter of that region, who was afterwards one of General Washington’s Light Guards.

Samuel Norcross and his two sons, Samuel and Philip, were among the thirty-one petitioners to be incorporated as the Town of Gardinerstown in 1778.

Three of Samuels’s sons were in service in the Revolutionary War (see pages 202 & 204). Mr. Norcross afterwards removed to Hallowell. Samuel Jr. and Philip were in Hallowell in 1792, and had their lime and earthenware kiln and brick yard just south of the present railroad crossing at the north end of Water Street. Lime in rock was received in vessels arriving at Hallowell and burnt in Norcross’s kiln. The Norcross’s maintained a ferry across the river to Augusta near their home for many years. Samuel had a large family of children, six sons and seven daughters, all of whom lived to be married except one who died in infancy. He died 2 December 1800 aged 71, and his wife died 8 April 1800 and they were both buried at Hallowell.

His descendents are very numerous. Among them may be mentioned Ransford (471) and Philip Norcross (472) of Farmington; Reverend F.V. Norcross (930) of Union, Maine; Reverend S.S. Norcross (932) of North Canary, New Hampshire; Edward K. Norcross (933) of Melrose, Massachusetts; Edmund D. Norcross (895) of Cambridge; John H. (897) of Somerville; Henry (899) of Augusta; Charles S. (878) of Portland; Hiram L. (886) of Boston; David Copeland Norcross (951) and Mathias S. Norcross (952) both of California and many others whose names will appear in Volume I of this history.

Jonathan Norcross (76) of Newton, the fifth child of Philip Norcross (26) was born in Newton in 1735. He married in 1760 Martha Springer of Georgetown, now Bath, Maine.

Jonathan settled in Georgetown, Maine in 1760 and was the first Norcross settler in that State. He is mentioned as being in military service in 1756, also in the Revolution. He had a large family of children, seven sons and six daughters, all of whom lived to be married excepting one son who was drowned in the Kennebec River. The sons were enterprising and much above the common standard of all deep piety but one. The daughters as described by a grandchild of Jonathan’s, Henry K. Hinkley, Esq. who has devoted much time to the genealogy and history of the Norcross and Hinkley families, and has given me [Joel] much valuable information concerning the Maine Norcross’s. He is now living in Portland, Maine and is over 75 years of age. He writes “they were fine looking, energetic, deeply pious except one, and lovely in their lives.” “Abigail (185) was a large, finely formed woman of commanding presence, good intellect and in young days very witty and fascinating.”

She has a grandchild now living in Boston, the daughter of Philip Robinson, Mrs. A.R. Peterson.

Joanna, the mother of Mr. H.K. Hinkley of Portland “was a woman of retiring manners, beautiful in person, good intellect, of a kind disposition, ruling the family with the fear of God and with indulgent firmness. “Her memory,” he writes, “is a constant benediction to me.”

I have not found the date of Jonathan’s death, his wife died in 1809 aged 65 years and was buried at Hallowell, Maine. The following is copied from the stone that marks her grave:

In Memory of Mrs. Martha Norcross who died November 12, 1809

Aged 65 Years

From life’s sad close how mortals shrink, But must the tribute pay, I feel any vital spirits shrink, my pulse forgets to play

[The following is a seperate note found in the manuscript] Martha Springer, who m. Jonathan Norcross (76) was a daur of James Springer, Shipwright (& wife Joanna) of Portsmouth, N.H., Scarboro, Falmouth & Georgetown, ME. (see Lincoln Prob. Rec. p 63 & 4)

The Ancestors of Martha Springer Norcross

As the Norcross family is connected three times by marriage with the Springer family, I will give a little of their history.

Martha Springer, the wife of Jonathan Norcross, was born in 1744. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Springer of Kennebunkport, Maine. Jeremiah married Joanna Huff, daughter of Thomas Huff of Kennebunkport. Martha was probably born there and probably lived there until the time of her father’s death which was previous to 1748. The widow, with her three children Martha, Abigail who married David Lawson in 1763, and Nathaniel who married Sarah Hodgskins the same year. The marriages of Martha, Abigail and Nathaniel were all in Georgetown. Martha had a brother John who was in the French War in 1745 and was killed. He was from Kennebunkport also. Martha had a cousin John born in 1730 who married Hannah Trufant. Two of his sons, William and Moses, married Mary and Susan Norcross, daughters of Samuel Norcross. Martha’s ancestry can be traced to a very early period.

The Springer family are lineal descendents of Charlemagne. Martha’s first ancestor we have record of was Christopher Christian Springer, born 1550, the Prince of Merchants in Hamburg. His son was Christopher born 1592 in the Province of Hanover, Germany; he immigrated to Sweden where he was a Swedish Nobleman. He was endowed by the King of Sweden with two county seats about 35 miles from Stockholm. He died 1669 and left a will giving a large sum to his descendents in the United States of America, this was deposited into the Bank of Sweden. Two of the sons of Christopher came to the United States about 1700 and had a Swedish colony in Delaware where the City of Wilmington now stands. About 1770 those who owned the land where the colony was. Leased it for 100 years for a small sum. The lease expired about 1870. This land is now worth millions of dollars. The Springer family have been trying within a few years to claim this property. The oldest son of Christopher was Lorentz born in 1645. He was Royal Inspector of the Mining College in Sweden before he came to this country in 1670. His oldest son was John born in 1670. John’s son was Jeremiah born about 1700 and was the father of Martha born 1744 who married Jonathan Norcross. The following gives the sad account of Nathaniel’s (Martha’s brother) death.

In August 1780 two British private armed vessels came up the Kennebec as far as Jones Eddy for the purpose of destroying some American shipping then lying in the river. They anchored in the Eddy at night and the alarm was immediately given. A detachment from Long Reach Companies under the command of Captain Nathaniel Springer was posted off Bluff Head and with field pieces one of which commanded by Sergeant Edward H. Page cannonaded and severely annoyed the enemy during the night. Several on board the ships were killed and at daylight the next morning they slipped their cables and went to sea. On their way down the river they were pursued by the Americans in boats in one of which was Captain Springer. Near Butler Point, some of the Georgetown troops supposing the pursuer to be a part of the enemy fired on them and killed Captain Springer. Thus perished by the hand of one of his countrymen while both were engaged in the same cause a worthy and patriotic citizen.

Seth Norcross (79) of Watertown, the eighth child of Philip (26), was born in 1744 at Newton. He married in 1766 Jerusha, granddaughter of Thomas Learned, a potter by trade and he also kept a tavern in Watertown in 1713 on the spot where the Spring Hotel was built several years ago, and was long known as Learned’s Tavern.

Seth was drowned about 1795 in the Charles River while he was crossing with his son in a boat. The son was saved but his father, being unable to swim, was drowned. His wife died in 1830 in Boston. He did military service with the company who guarded the powder house in Watertown in 1777.

His family consists of three sons and seven daughters. Very few of his descendents who bear the name of Norcross are now living. Hannah (1103)(Mrs. George Reed) of East Boston descend from Seth, also three sons of Elijah (532) who now resides in Watertown. Five of Seth’s descendents were soldiers in the late war, three of them being in New Jersey Regiments. Nathaniel (80) the youngest son of Philip (26) was born in 1746. We have but little record of him. He is mentioned in our military list as doing duty in 1780 and 1781. He probably lived in Maine the latter part of his life and is now remembered by some of the oldest inhabitants as being a very peculiar and strange man. He was unmarried and leaves no descendents.

Samuel Norcross (37), the seventh child of Joseph, was born at Weston, Massachusetts in 1745 and married in 1766 Rachel Harvey of Princeton, Massachusetts, sister of Doctor Zachariah Harvey of Princeton who married Samuel’s sister Mary. He removed from Princeton to Westminster, Massachusetts in 1768 and from there to Marlboro, Vermont where he lived until the time of his death which occurred in 182. His wife died the previous year.

He is mentioned as one of the Company of Artillery stationed at Fort Castle (now Fort, Independence) in Boston Harbour under Captain Henshaw after the evacuation of Boston by the British troops in 1775 (Genealogical Register Vol. 3 pages 73 and 74).

He had a large family of eleven children, the six oldest of the family lived to an average of 77 years and the wives of four of them lived to an average of 92¼ years.

Nahum (90), his son, resided at Dummerston, Vermont where his descendents now reside. Eber (91) lived at North Easton, New York where his son Hiram L. (249) now resides. Beniah (93) lived at Chesterfield, New Hampshire. He lived to see 84 years and his wife who died in 1784 at the residence of her son George S. (259), a prominent dentist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the age of 97 years, 16 days. Alanson (253), another son of Beniah resides in Chesterfield, New Hampshire is now [1882] 77 years old. He has a son, William L. who has been a merchant in Boston for many years. Zebina (94) also lived at Chesterfield. He died 1864, aged 85 and his wife died in 1877, aged 95 years, 2 months, 9 days at Deerfield, New Hampshire at the residence of her son Chauncy R. who died in the month previous to his mother.

Chauncy R. Norcross (260) lived in Bethlehem, New Hampshire and owned saw mills there and also grist mills and did extensive business and had the reputation of making the best meal and flour and of sawing the best and smoothest lumber. He was very intelligent and very industrious and could turn his hand to almost anything. He also owned a farm in Bethlehem and had the trade of a carpenter. He moved from there to Deerfield, New Hampshire and had a grist mill, sawmill, shingle mill, clapboard and planning mills and a cider mill all under one roof. His death was caused by an accident at his shingle mill when he was 74 years of age.

Darius (95) son of Samuel (37), moved to Lockport, New York and died there. He left no descendents with the Norcross name.

Sheppard (97), the youngest son of Samuel (37), lived in North Easton, New York. He married twice. One of his sons, Isaac Merrich Norcross (273), lives in Rockford, Illinois having a family of twelve children. The oldest, Ansel D. (635) lives in Chicago and is connected with the Chicago Fire Department. Bethuel (274) and Darius (275), the other sons of Sheppard, live at Glenn Falls, New York.

Joel Norcross (135), the oldest son of William (1748) was born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts on 6 August 1776, the memorable year of the Declaration of Independence.

He removed with his parents in 1777 when he was less than two years of age to Monson, about 15 miles from Sturbridge, his mother carrying him on horseback.

He received his education in the common schools of that town. He married in 1798 Betsy, daughter of Jude Fay (see her ancestors on page 104).

Joel was for a while a clerk in his fathers store and in 1798 when 22 years of age became one of the partners. The style of the firm was William Norcross, Son & Co. This was himself, his father and brother-in-law Rufus Flynt. This co-partnership continued five years to 1803 and then expired by limitation. A new co-partnership was formed of Norcross & Flynt which continued for several years, they doing a very large and successful business. He then gave up the mercantile business and became an extensive farmer. He was the largest real estate owner in town and carried on farming on a large scale raising cattle and sheep in large numbers and hay and grain to feed his large stock and gave employment to a great many farm hands.

He commenced also the manufacturing business of the town and, although not a practical manufacturer, he associated himself with those that were skilled manufacturers and they together built up the mills known as the Hampden Cotton Manufacturing Company. They started with making cotton cloth, but afterwards made sattinets and their goods brought the highest prices as they were celebrated as being the best in that line in the market. They did a very large and profitable business and these mills have done much in making Monson the little thrifty town that it is today. Mr. Norcross was greatly interested in education. He was one of the 17 petitioners to the following petition January 16, 1804:

“To the Honourable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the General Court Assembled. The petition of Abel Goodell and others subscribed humbly show that they considering the right education of youth as the greatest security of free states and the only means by which their independence can be maintained in purity and there being no Academical Institutions within 30 miles of this place and believing that it would be of public utility to have an Academy erected in the Town of Monson, your petitioners therefore pray your honours that they with such as shall associate with them may be incorporated into a society for the purpose of erecting an academy in the Town of Monson in the county of Hampshire (New Hampden) under such restrictions and regulations as your honours shall think proper to appoint.”

The academy was built and he was chosen one of the Trustees that year which office he held until his death in 1846 and he has been the largest benefactor since giving at various times between seven and eight thousand dollars and when the Legislature granted a township of land in Maine to Monson Academy he was selected by George Bliss Esq. of Springfield to locate it. They did so and called it Monson and its first settlers were from Monson, Massachusetts. He sent his two daughters to one of the finest young ladies schools in New England and his oldest son the living to Yale College.

He held many town offices, was select man in 1820 and 1825 and was coroner for a number of years; also County Commissioner for many years. He was one of the pillars of the Monson Congregational Church, always the warm and intimate friend of its pastor Reverend Alfred Ely. He was one of the foremost in temperance reform.

From 1806 to 1809 he was the Sergeant in a company of Cavalry in the First Brigade, Fourth Division of the militia, Moses Porter, Lt. Col. Commanding.

He was a man whose influence was felt throughout the whole community, respected and beloved by all. It can be truly said no one has more to make Monson the prosperous and pleasant little town that it is than Joel Norcross and he will never be forgotten by and who ever knew him.

He died in 1846 being within three months of 70 years of age. He always had the best of health hardly having a sick day in his life until about three years of his death. He was stricken down with paralysis.

Three of his children are now living.

Emily (362), the widow of the late Hon. Edward Dickinson of Amherst, Massachusetts, she is now (1882) 78 years of age but has been very feeble for many years. Mr. Dickinson was born in Amherst in 1803 and was son of Hon. Samuel Fowler Dickinson one of the conspicuous founders of Amherst College and a leading lawyer of his day. Edward Dickinson was also a lawyer with a large practice was treasurer of Amherst College from 1835 to the time of his death (1874), was a Representative to the State Legislature in 1838, 1839 and 1874 and State Senator in 1842, 1843, 1845 and 1846., was one of the Governor’s Council in 1853, was elected as a Whig from his district to Congress. His son, William A., is a lawyer and treasurer of the College since his father’s death.

Alfred Norcross (366) has resided on the old homestead about 40 years. He married in 1841 Olivia Chapin, daughter of Jonathan Chapin and one of the descendents of Deacon Samuel Chapin who settled in Springfield in 1642. He has served the town as select man for three years and was Chairman of the Board. He has been a Trustee of Monson Academy for several years and one of the directors of the Monson Savings Bank. He is one of the builders and owners of the Central Block, one of the finest Blocks in Hampden County. His son Arthur D. is Postmaster of Monson receiving his appointment from President Garfield. Arthur D. (795) and Herbert C. (796), his brothers, are of the firm Norcross Bro. And carry on the grocery business in one of the stores in the Central Block.

Joel W., born 1821, commenced as a clerk in the factory store in Monson in 1838 when he was in his seventeenth year where he remained five years. He came to Boston in 1843 where he was clerk for six years. He commenced business for himself in 1849 as an importer of fancy goods and druggist sundries. J.W. Norcross alone at first, then Norcross & Towne, then J,W. Norcross & Co., W.H. Sargent being the partner on J.W. Norcross & Co. did a very large business in importing one of the firm going to Europe every year to purchase goods. They had two stores, one in Boston and one in New York. They did a very large Southern and Western Trade. At the breaking out of the Southern War there was such a large amount due them from the south that it ruined them like thousands of others. Since then, he has not been in active business. His homestead for the past twenty-seven years has been on Ocean Street in Lynn.

He also has married twice. His two children, William J. (799) and Anna J. (798) are both married and reside in Riverside, California and are engaged in the fruit raising business – Oranges, Lemons Grapes & Co. and have a fine fruit ranch and they are also engaged in the commission fruit business under the firm of Swett & Norcross. Lewis G. Swett is the husband of Anna J. Hiram Norcross (360), the oldest child of Joel (135) was born in 1800. He married about 1822 Amanda Brown. They had two children, William Henry (785) and Emily (786) who are both dead. William Henry left four children, three sons and a daughter who died unmarried. The three sons live in Clarksburg and Williamstown, Massachusetts and are married and have families. Hiram died in 1829 and his wife in 1836.

William Otis (363), born 1806 was educated and sent to Yale College but at about the close of his college course he had a severe fit of sickness which prevented him from continuing his studies and he assisted his father about the business of the farm. He afterwards removed to Newark, New Jersey where he had a fruit farm. He married in 1830 Mary the daughter of Mr. Henry Fanning a merchant of New York. He had six children three of whom are still living [1882]. Henry Fanning (789) at Bridgeport, Connecticut and William F. (792) at Swampscott, Massachusetts, both are married. William Otis (363) died in Newark in 1863, aged 57. His widow is living with her son William F. at Swampscott.

Joel Norcross (135) married for his second wife Sarah Vaill, the sister of Reverend Joseph Vaill who was for a great many years Minister in Brimfield, Massachusetts in the Congregational Church and for many years one of the trustees of Amherst College.

The ancestors of Betsy Fay Norcross, the first wife of Joel Norcross (135), were:

1. John who was born in England in 1648, came to new England in 1656 when only eight years old and settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts, 2. Samuel, born in 1763 and settled in Westboro, 3. Ebenezer, born 1713 and settled in Sturbridge 4. Jude, born 1748 and settled in Monson

And Betsy who married Joel Norcross was Jude’s daughter.

Obituary of Betsy (Fay) Norcross from the Hampden Journal and Advertizer, September 16, 1829 of Springfield, Massachusetts.

“At Monson on the 5th inst., Mrs. Betsy, wife of Joel Norcross Esq., aged 52. When individuals who are pious, amiable and useful are removed by death we may justly lament the event and we may speak of their example for the benefit of others.

Few have sustained with greater fidelity and propriety the duties of her station than Mrs. Norcross. Humble and retiring in her disposition, it was in the bosom of her family and among those who observed her in domestic life that her prudence and affection regard to the happiness of all around her appeared most conspicuous. As a wife and a mother and a friend the benevolence of her heart and her sincere frankness secured the confidence of all her acquaintances. Alive to the afflictions and sufferings of others, it afforded her the biggest pleasure to administer to their relief. In the good works and alms which she did she manifested that she had imbibed largely the spirit of him “who went about doing good”. As a Christian she appeared to be without partiality and without hypocrisy. Under some afflictions which she was called repeatedly to endure in the sickness and death of children and other friends, her character shone with greater brightness and she seemed to be ripening for that rest in heaven to which we have reason to hope she has gone. Peace of mind and even the joy of assured hope in Christ sustained her during her illness and cheered her soul in death. The family, although greatly afflicted, are comforted with the hope that death to her was gain.

Blessed are they whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered and to whom the Lord will not impute iniquity” (written by Reverend Alfred Ely).

Amos Norcross (136), second son of William (57) was born in 1778 at Monson. He married in 1800 Sabra Brown and had one son (Edwin) and three daughters (Elvira, Sarah and Julia) all of whom are dead. His son Edwin Norcross married in 1830 Sarah, daughter of Captain Timothy Terrill, an influential citizen of Palmer, Massachusetts. They had one daughter Mary K. who married Andrew Brown formerly of Three Rivers, Massachusetts but afterwards of Chicago where he carried on successfully the pork packing business and was also in the commission business in Chicago. He now resides in New York City where he is engaged in business and the widow of Edwin lives with them.

Elvira Norcross (369), the oldest daughter and the only one who married, was married to Plin Allen in 1830. He died about one year after their marriage leaving one daughter, Julia Augusta who married Orson D. Munn formerly of Monson but afterwards of New York City where he went about 40 years ago and established the Scientific American, a paper devoted to the interests of those obtaining patents. He has been very successful in this enterprise. Elvira (369) died in 1866 at the age of 65.

Sarah (370), the next in age and unmarried died in 1831, aged 28.

Edwin (371) died in Chicaoge 1856, age 49 and Julia (372), the youngest, died in Monson in 1850, aged 40.

Mr. Amos Norcross will be remembered as the landlord of the old Monson Hotel for over forty years. This hotel was on the stage road from Springfield to providence and every day the stages stopped, each way, at this well known hotel which had the biggest reputation for providing a good table and before the days of rail road travelling. The travel by these stages was large. At the time of the great temperance reforms, he closed his bar and ever afterwards

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 175 of 223 kept the Monson Temperance Hotel. He was the town Treasurer of Monson for several years and held other town offices. He was a highly esteemed citizen of the town. He died in 1853, aged 75 years.

William Norcross (139), the third son of William (57) was born in 1785. He married in 1808 to Oril Munn and settled in Brimfield where he was of the firm Norcross & Packard. Mr. Packard was his brother-in-law. They had a general county store. He died in 1813, aged 28 years leaving two sons and one daughter.

The oldest son, Loring (373), commenced as a clerk in Monson, and then went to Southbridge and afterwards to Boston. The firm in Boston was Norcross and Wood, dry good jobbers and they carried on quite an extensive business. He was afterwards associated with Holmes Ammidown in the dry goods commission business. He was a member of the city government as councilman from old ward 5 and was chairman of the water committee at the time the Cochituate water was introduced into the city. He was also one of the school committee for many years. He was one of the active members of the Bowdoin Street Church. He was very social and genial in his nature and had a large circle of friends who appreciated him. He married in 1834 Lavinia Norcross, daughter of Joel (135). She was his cousin. He had three children one of whom died young. The other two, Louisa (803) and Frances L. (804) have resided for the past few years in Concord, Massachusetts. Mr. Norcross died in 1863, aged 54 and his wife died in 1860, aged 48. She was a devoted wife doing what she could for the happiness of her husband attending faithfully to the wants of her children, an affectionate sister. She had a large circle of friends all of whom loved her for her many virtues and her beautiful traits of character.

Albert (374), the second son of William, was born in 1810, married in 1834 Adeline, daughter of Deacon Benjamin Converse of Palmer, an esteemed citizen of that town. She died in 1871, aged 61. He died in 1881, aged 71. He has always resided in Monson, and has held many positions of trust in the town. He commenced business as a carriage maker, afterwards a merchant for many years and was then connected with Mr. Horatio Lyon in the manufacturing of Satinettes. Afterwards he bought of Deacon Andrew Porter the North Factory Village. After running it himself several years he sold out to Jared Bebec of Springfield. He had but one son, George Horatio (805), who is married and is in the mercantile business in Monson.

Erasmus Norcross (140), the youngest son of William (57) was born in 1794, married in 1821 to Eliza Holbrook of Monson. She was sister to Henry M. Holbrook of the firm Holbrook Carter & Co. of Boston who did a very large business as wholesale merchants in the dry goods trades. His father sent him to Yale College in 1811 when but 22 years of age. He was graduated in 1815. He studied law and practiced law in Monson in 1823, the year he was admitted to the bar. He gave up law and was in mercantile business in Boston connected with Norcross & Wood. He afterwards removed to New York where he died in 1874, aged 80. His widow died in 1880. They had but one son, their only child, George Henry (376) born 1828, married in 1866 to Lizzie B. Hartshorn of New York City. He has been for many years engaged in the insurance business.

Betsy (375), daughter of William (57) was born in 1813. She married in 1832 Mathew T. Wood then of Monson but afterwards of Boston of the firm Norcross & Wood. He afterwards removed to New York City and was connected with Tappans Mercantile Agency. She died in

1878 and he died two or three years previous. They had five children, the oldest (Frances (1839) died young.

Charlotte, the second child, married Edward Snow and has an interesting family of children.

Henrietta married Captain Henry Johnson who was a sea captain for many years. They have a family.

Frank is a commission merchant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Lavinia, the youngest, married Robert Rae of Brooklyn, New York.

Deacon James Norcross (194) of Charleston, Maine

Deacon James Norcross (194), born in Readfield, Maine, in 1775, married in the same town Margaret Turner in 1797, about 1807 he moved from Readfield to Orono on the Penobscot River where he engaged in the lumber business. The embargo and other contingencies growing out of the unsettled affairs of some of the European governments prostrating the business in 1809, he moved to New Charleston (now Charleston, Maine) 25 miles north of Bangor. He was one of the first settlers to take up a farm in that town, and was one of the first selectmen after its incorporation in 1811. For the proprietors or owners of three-fourths of the township, he was their agent to look after their landed interests, a position which he held satisfactorily to his employers until his death.

His interest in the religious, moral and educational progress of the town was early manifest and continued constant and active to the last. He was a Baptist, but tolerant of others who differed with him on theological views. From the early formation of the Church of that denomination in town, he was an influential and leading member. In 1828, largely through his efforts, a meeting home was erected by the Church, one of the most capacious then north of Bangor. In 1829, on the initial temperance movement in that part of the state, a society was formed in Charleston and the name of James Norcross stands first in the original pledge which is now in good preservation. Conscientious in his temperance principles he lived ever after a consistent life of total abstinence and pleasantly advising others to do the same. Having given the most of his family the educational advantages of that section, and knowing from experience the onerous expenses of those who were then obliged to send their children from home for academic privileges, the advisability of building an academy in Charleston took tangible form and a commodious edifice was completed and opened for school purposes in 1837. It is only just to say that he also took an active and leading interest in its erection. Few men perhaps with principles of Christianity and morality so strict and unswerving as his were ever more respected by the youth than he was. His rebukes were so seasoned with kindness and interest in their true welfare that the repugnance which young people, especially fast ones, often imbibe to such principles on account of the austerity and intolerance of their advocates, seemed under his admonitions changed, at least with respect for them, if not in reality their adoption, are such men remembered and their influence favourable.

In 1872, thirty four years after the death of the subject of this sketch, a gentleman who had won an honourable position in Wisconsin, but in his youth and early manhood had resided in Charleston wrote thus “although Deacon Norcross has been dead more than thirty years, I still

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 177 of 223 remember his features plainly, and that smile of approbation which lightened up his face at little civilities rendered. I think few men ever worked harder or more constantly to benefit the rising generation among his many labours to this end he was certainly the real founder of the academy in Charleston and lived to see it in prosperous operation.” Deacon Norcross died in November 1838, aged 62 years.

“Like one who wraps the drapery of his cloak about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.”

Kate Englesby Norcross (1061), daughter of Henry H. Norcross (510), was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1856. She attended the academy at Gilmanton, New Hampshire and afterwards the High School at Somerville, Massachusetts where she was graduated in 1875 and was the Valedictorian. During her connection with this school, she obtained the prize offered by the Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society to the High School of the State for the best essay on “The Evils of Intemperance and their Remedies”, and at a spelling class in Bacon Hall College, C.H. Taylor of the Boston Globe (Manager) won Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary.

In 1877 she was graduated from Waterville, Maine Classical Institute, taking first prize for the best scholarship department and attendance in the College Class. She entered Colby University at Waterville, Maine and was graduated with the Class of 1881.

Cornelius H. Norcross (509), the fourth son of Deacon James Norcross (194) and older brother of Henry H. Norcross, was born at Charleston, Maine in 1815 and attended the schools as his brother. He was a teacher and on the school board and represented the district composed of Charleston, Bradford and Alton in the Maine Legislature and during one session was Chairman of the Committee on Education. He married Almira S. Billington. He has two children now living having lost several who died in infancy. His daughter Alice A. Norcross received her education in Charleston and Corinth. In 1877 she received first prize for composition at the Classical Institute at Waterville, Maine where she was graduated in 1878. The children are both living (1882) with their mother on the old homestead left the family by Mr. Norcross.

Reverend Jesse Norcross (195) of Charleston, Maine, son of Jonathan (76) was born in Kennebec County, Maine (Bath) in 1778 of poor parentage. When a boy, he worked on a farm in his native country and afterwards made several voyages on the sea. He finally came to the Penobscot River and engaged in the lumber business and became an owner of mills and was engaged in that business when the embargo of Jefferson took place in 1807, which utterly ruined the lumber as well as many other branches of commerce and manufacturing. He then bought a farm in Charleston. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Church in that town and became in later years a preacher of the Gospel. In the Church Yard of that town, his remains and those of his wife Nancy, repose side by side. He was a great reader and a man of extensive knowledge. He could repeat nearly the whole Bible from memory, and indeed a great portion of other books he had read. He was a pleasant and forcible speaker, as a preacher, and never failed to arouse and attract the attention of his hearers. His death was greatly lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. His first wife Nancy Goubert [married in 1803] was of French descent and was born in 1781 and died 1823 aged 42. They

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 178 of 223 had four sons and four daughters, all of whom were married except one. His second wife was Betsy Dexter. He died in 1831 aged 52 years.

Nicholas G. Norcross (511), the oldest son of Reverend Jesse Norcross (195) was born in 1805 at Orono, Maine. At the age of seventeen years, he was engaged in the business of building saw mills and the manufacture of on the Penobscot River and did a very extensive business there. He came to Lowell about 1845 and engaged in the same business, being the pioneer of the extensive lumber business on the Merrimac River, fairly earning for himself the title by which he was known, the Lumber King. When he came to Lowell, he was associated with Mr. John Friske the firm being Frisk and Norcross. Mr. Norcross was the head and originator of the Merrimac Lumber Co. and the inventor of the celebrated Norcross Planning Machine. He also patented several other machines immediately connected with the business in which all his life was engaged.

Mr. Norcross’s school advantages were limited, a source of often regret to him but his habits of thoughtful attention and rapid observation were so remarkable as to both discipline his mind and store it with those many important facts that made his occasional talks or lectures upon the manufacturing mechanical and other practical interests of this country most entertaining and instructive.

He gave to his adopted business the manufacture and soul of lumber untiring energy, indomitable courage and buoyant hope. The reverses that sometimes came were more the result of contingencies inseparably connected with all business operations of the magnitude of that in which he was engaged rather than the lack of the business ability on his part. The Deity he worshipped in money was its power to open to labour and a market the rich resources of the forest which was his great pleasure to explore. He died at Lowell July 14, 1860 of heart disease after an illness of about two weeks and he had many friends to mourn his loss.

He married first Sophronia Pratt by whom he had five children who lived to maturity besides several who died in infancy.

Nicholas Warren Norcross (1063), his oldest son resides in Lowell and married Ellen G. Crosby, daughter of Judge Crosby. He has four children. He is an Internal Revenue Officer.

Frederick M. Norcross (1063) is a lawyer in New York City, is married and has one child.

These two brothers were in military service in the late war.

Caroline O.D. Norcross (1062) married in 1830 to Charles W. Sanders of Lawrence and had six children, four of whom have died. Mr. Saunders was of the firm Norcross & Saunders engaged in the lumber business.

Sophronia Elena Norcross (1065) married William R. Hardy. He now resides in New Orleans. He was a Union soldier in the late war. They had three children, one of whom has died.

Lucretia Clay Norcross (1066), born in 1844, married Rufus D. Everett of Atchinson, Kansas. He is Treasurer of the Atkinson and Nebraska Rail Road. She was named by Henry Clay for

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 179 of 223 his wife Lucretia as her father and Henry Clay were intimate friends and she remembers when a child as being petted by Henry Clay.

Jonathan Norcross (512) of Charleston, Maine and Atlanta, Georgia, the second son of Reverend Jesse Norcross (195) of Charleston, Maine was born April 16, 1808 in the Town of Orono, Maine. He married his first wife in Georgia in April 1845. Her name was Harriet N. Bogle and she was a descendent of one of the oldest Presbyterian families of Lexington, Virginia. She died in 1876. The first and only child by this marriage was Reverend Virgil Chalmers Norcross born July 30, 1846.

He married secondly in September 4, 1877 Mary A, Hill whose father was a Georgia Planter and a descendent of the Huguenots.

Jonathon received a good common school education in his native state and before attaining his majority, served at the trade of millwright and machinist.

He soon thereafter went to Cuba and engaged to put mills and machinery on a sugar plantation.

He afterwards spent two years in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania engaged in the study of the Arts and Sciences mainly at the Franklin Institute. While there, he wrote an Essay on Mercantile Integrity which was highly spoken of by the Philadelphia press.

Thence he went in 1833 to North Carolina and engaged in teaching and had the satisfaction of knowing that he was the preceptor of several of the first men of that state. The Garretts, who became famous merchants in the City of New York, were his pupils and considered him their foster father.

He removed to Georgia in 1835 and from that time has been a citizen of that state. Mr. Norcross was one of the first to see the advantages of the site of Georgia’s present Capital and took up his residence there in 1844 while the surrounding country was covered with primitive forest. He embarked in trade and soon became the largest and leading merchant of Atlanta. He was always regarded as an honest and upright dealer, an excellent businessman and financier. In 1851 he was elected Mayor of Atlanta by the moral and upright portion of the citizens which caused a riot of the gamblers and other rough characters but was speedily put down at the point of the bayonet without bloodshed.

In the same year, he procured the Charter for the first bank, The Atlanta Bank, ever organized in the city and which ran its course without any defalcation. In 1857 he procured the Charter for the Georgia Air Line Rail Road and by his pen and active labours placed that great enterprise on its first legs, but which had to succumb for the time being to the great rebellion. He was President of the company for two years.

Such was his activity, liberality and enterprise from 1844 to the outbreak of the Civil War, he has often been called the father of the city. He was the friend and patron of public schools, was an old Whig in politics of the straightest sect, always a firm and uncompromising Union man and did all in his power to prevent the Civil War. When it was being gotten up he often repeated the Greek adage “whom the gods wish to destroy, the first make mad.”

He remained in Atlanta the first two years of the war, after which he ran out through the blockade, went north and sent a scout out at heavy expense to bring out his wife and child.

The Republican Convention of Georgia in 1876 unanimously nominated him as their candidate for Governor. Six weeks before the day of the election he made an active canvass stumping the state in a fearless manner and in one instance (in Augusta) had his meeting broken up by a Democratic mob but such was the state of affairs in the state and such the bitterness, the corruption and proscription there was no chance for his election.

Reverend Virgil C. Norcross (1072), the only child of Jonathan, is a Baptist clergyman of high standing and is pastor of one of the churches in Atlanta.

Isaac Watts Norcross (517), youngest son of Reverend Jesse Norcross, was born 1822. He married in 1846 Christianna T. Nash. They have had five sons, one of whom has died. Mr. Norcross has always been connected with the lumber business; the firm at one time was Norcross & Sanders. He left New England some three or four years since and removed to Winchester, Kentucky where he still continues the limber business.

Isaac Watts Norcross (1077), his older son, was formerly with his father in the lumber business but for a few years past has devoted himself to music and the opera being the leader of what is known as the Norcross Opera Troupe which has visited New York, Boston and many of the cities south and west.

Frank G. Norcross (1078), the second son of Isaac Watts Norcross (1822), is married and resides at Burnside, Kentucky and is in the lumber trade.

Nancy Goubert Norcross (515), daughter of Jesse Norcross (194) was born in 1816. She married in 1841 Benjamin C. Sargent of Sedgwick, Maine but for a few years past has been residing in Lynn, Massachusetts. She has had three children. The oldest, Maria Norcross (1849) died in November 1881, aged 32 years. She was beautiful in character.

Elijah Livermore Norcross (198) was the thirteenth and youngest child of Jonathan Norcross (1735). He was born in 1785 at Livermore, Maine and was the first male child born in that town and was named for Elijah Livermore, formerly of Cambridge, Massachusetts for whom the town of Livermore was named.

He married in 1807 Lydia Fall by whom he had eight children. He married secondly in 1837 Experience Hutchinson. He died in 1872, aged 87 years.

He educated himself. For many years he taught school in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in winter and worked his farm in Charleston, Maine in summer. He owned, in about 1810, all the eastern half of what is now Bangor, Maine and exchanged it for the Charleston farm which is still owned [1882] by his oldest son Joshua W. Norcross (520).

He kept the first Temperance Hotel in Bangor, The Franklin House from 1837 to 1845. He also kept the Hallowell House at Hallowell from 1846 to 1851. He boasted in his later years that he had always kept a temperance hotel.

He was in the war of 1812 (see page 205).

Elijah Livermore Norcross (524), his second son, is greatly interested in horses. He resides at Manchester, Maine and has been the proprietor of the Fearnought Horse Stock Farm near Hallowell, Maine where some of the most valuable horses in New England are kept. He had great experience in this line owning many valuable horses that have been noted for beauty and speed. His knowledge and experience in all that related to horses, some celebrated for high strain of blood remarkable for endurance, speed and beauty of form is unsurpassed. Hardly any important exhibition of the finest qualities of this noble animal occurs without the presence and support of E.L. Norcross.

He was born in 1823 and married in 1846 to Elizabeth Woodbridge. They have four children, two sons and two daughters, one of whom has died.

Frank W. Norcross (526), the youngest son of Elijah Livermore Norcross (198), was born in 1830. He formerly resided in Boston. He has been connected with the Shoe and Leather Reporter, a paper devoted to the shoe and leather interests since it was started in 1857 and has been one of its editors. He was appointed to visit the Paris Exhibition of 1878 to write the report of the shoe and leather exhibit for the United States Government.

James Richmond Norcross (212) was the son of Noah Norcross () of Barre, Vermont and grandson of Noah Norcross (1736) of Princeton, Massachusetts. He was born in 1802 and married in 1824 Eleanor Blanchard by whom he had four sons and four daughters. He died in 1875 aged 73 years. He was a farmer at East Montpelier, Vermont.

Edmund P. Norcross (536), the oldest son, resided in Boston and belonged to the firm pf Norcross Brothers and did a large business on State Street, Boston employing many men. At the breaking out of the late war, he enlisted. He afterwards settled in East Montpelier and carries on an extensive milling business.

Joseph Leland Norcross (539), the third son was born in 1834. He married in 1861 Mary L. Ham by whom he had one child which died young. He married secondly in 1871 Sarah S. Pettingill by whom he had two daughters. He now resides in Somerville, Massachusetts and is connected with the City Government as a Councilman. He is of the firm Norcross & Stevens and carries on the same business that Norcross Brothers and Ham & Norcross have carried on in the same locality for nearly twenty-five years.

Otis Norcross (334) of Boston, was the oldest son of Otis Norcross (126), his father. Prior to 1808 he was a farmer and from 1809 to 1812 a grocer on Fish Street, Boston. From 1812 to 1827, he was an importer of earthenware and China in Boston. He died in 1827.

Otis was born November 2, 1811 in Fleet Street, Boston. The house is now standing [1882] and tradition says the house was occupied by British Officers during the occupation of Boston by the British Army and their officers left the house on the morning of the 17th of June 1775 to take boats at Battery wharf for Bunker Hill.

He attended Abel Whitney’s private school from 1817 to 1824 and in 1824, the English High School. In March 1826 he went as an apprentice to Otis Norcross & Co. in Exchange Street. They removed to South Market Street the same year. In 1827 Otis Norcross senior died and the business was continued by Mr. Jones, the surviving partner and widow, Mrs. Norcross. In 1833 Otis was admitted as a partner in the firm. Until 1867, Otis Norcross continued the importation of crockery and chine ware in the same store, Numbers 23 and 24 South Market Street, belonging to John D. Williams, under the same style Otis Norcross & Co. but with several partners, Mr. Eliphalet Jones, Ichabod Howland, Joseph Addison Norcross, D. Webster Norcross, David W. Hitchcock and Jerome Jones.

On February 1st, 1867, Mr. Norcross retired from active business, the firm of Otis Norcross & Co. having from 1812 weathered all of the financial panics that intervened and closed finally to the satisfaction of all concerned.

Otis Norcross senior and family attended church from 1809 to 1817 at Christ’s Church, Salem Street, from 1817 to 1834 at Hollis Street church, Dr. Holly and Pierpont; from 1824 to 1827, the 12th Congregational Society (Dr. Barrett’s) and was a member of the standing committee. Otis junior also attended the same church and was a member of the same committee in 1849. In 1864, he attended West Church (Reverend Cyrus A. Bartols).

Otis Norcross, since his marriage in 1835, has lived in Blossom and Mclean Street and on Commonwealth Avenue since January 1st, 1871.

In 1855 he was chosen Director of the City Fire Insurance Company. From 1856 to 1858, he was a Director of the House of Industry (his first public office), was a member of the Boston Board of Trade and one of its Vice Presidents from 1865 to 1878.

In 1860 he was on the School Committee from Ward 5, and in the same year was elected a Trustee of the Franklin Savings Bank and elected Alderman for the City of Boston for 1862, 1863 and 1864.

In 1862 he was elected a Director of the Home for Aged Men and was appointed a recruiting officer in Ward 5.

In 1863 he was appointed by Governor Andrews to the Board of State Charities and appointed a Justice of the Peace. He was chosen to be a Director of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company.

In 1864 he was chosen to be a Trustee of Mt. Auburn Cemetery. He was made a Life Member of the Natural History Society and a Life Member of the Institute of Technology.

In 1865, he was chosen Trustee of the City Hospital and was President of its Board. He was appointed the same year to lay out the streets of South Boston. He was chosen to be Treasurer of the Overseers of the Poor and held that office for ten years. He was elected by Members of the City Council to be a member of the Water Board for 1865 and 1866, and was chosen to be President. The large reservoirs in Newton and Brighton were projected in 1865.

In 1866 he was elected Mayor of the City of Boston for 1867.

In 1867, the Norcross School House was erected.

In 1867 he was appointed one of the Commissioners to select a site and purchase land for a new Post Office. The lot selected being the present site on Devonshire Water and Milk Streets.

In 1868 he was a member of the committee for the erection of a statue to Governor Andrew s(now in the State House), and was chosen a Director of the Bunker Hill Monument Association and a Life Member of the New England Genealogical and Historic Society.

In 1869 he was a member of the Governor’s Council for the 4th Massachusetts District, and was appointed by the Supreme Court one of the Commissioners to lay out the Salem Turnpike and Chelsea Bridge as a highway.

In 1870, he was chosen one of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He was a Trustee of the Boston Young Men’s Christian Union and its Treasurer. He was chosen Director in the New England Trust Company and on January 7, 1874 was elected its President. He was elected Trustee of the Home for Aged Women.

In 1871, he was a member of the executive committee of relief of sufferers by the great Boston fire.

In 1873, he was appointed by the City Council to be a Commissioner with Judge B.R. Curtis, Judge George T. Bigalow, Charles Allen and Charles E. Greene to draft a Charter for the City of Boston. The new Charter was reported to the City Government in 1875.

In 1874, he was one of a committee to erect a statue to Charles Sumner. It was completed in 1878.

In 1876, he was elected a Life Member of the Mercantile Library Association.

Thomas Rand Norcross (421) of Worcester, Mass son of Josiah Norcross (158) was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1811. He commenced his business career in Boston with Whiting and Dana in Faneuil Market (Produce Dealers) about 1832 when he was twenty-one years of age. He continued with them for eight years, the latter part of the time was spent in New York City buying goods and shipping them to Boston. After leaving there, he spent a year in Richmond, Virginia and from there went to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts where he bought a farm which he carried on until 1853 when he formed business connections in Worcester under the firm of Young Hesler & Co. and has continued in the same business up to the present time was of the firm of J.W. Plaisted & Co.

During his residence in Shrewsbury, he held the office of selectman and school committee several times and was appointed Justice of the Peace. In December 1834 he was one of the jurors in the United States Court held in Boston for the trial of the Spanish pirates who robbed the Mexican on her voyage from Salem to Rio Janeiro of $20,000 in gold to buy return cargo, and after imprisoning the Captain and crew in the hold of the vessel, set fire to her but they were providentially saved. Five of the pirates were hung in Boston June 12, 1835.

Mr. Norcross married in New York in 1839 Catherine Welch of that City and has had two sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters have died.

Thomas R. (854) his oldest son resides in Brooklyn, N.Y, is married and has a family.

Emma Jane Norcross (858) was a teacher in the Pleasant Street Public School in Worcester. She died December 18, 1876. She was educated in the public schools of that city, having been graduated at the High School in 1870. and at the Training School on Dix Street in 1871. From 1871 to 1876 Miss Norcross was a teacher of no ordinary merit and in this brief period of time has left an influence that will not die. In school, she was faithful and genial, her name appears on the annual roll of honour, and her teachers and classmates loved her.

She carried the same qualities, a quick mind and a sympathetic heart into the schoolroom when she became a teacher and all the little children loved her. The parents recognized in her a role model for the little ones to follow and the school committee awarded her one of the highest places for excellence in the work of teaching the youngest, which she did not despise. She was twenty-five years and four months at the time of her death. Her funeral was in the First Baptist Church in Worcester on December 20, 1876.

Stephen Winchester Norcross (413) of Northboro, Massachusetts, son of Moses Norcross (157) was born in 1811. He married in 1833 Mary Ann Fisher by whom he had one daughter and two sons (twins) all of whom are married and reside in Northboro.

Mr. Norcross was left fatherless at eleven years of age, but had a good mother to council him. He left Northboro when fifteen years of age and for most of the time until he was twenty, lived in Cambridge with Deacon Josiah Coolidge (a most excellent man), a large market gardener where he was worked hard, but, as he says, it proved a good school in fitting him for a business in after life.

At about twenty, he returned to Northboro and bought the farm which his father owned at his decease and had been divided and sold for the benefit of his children. He was engaged in farming to some extent and in buying cattle in Vermont and driving them to this state and selling them. About forty tears ago [1842] he began in a small way sending milk from Westboro to Boston by railroad and was engaged in it seventeen years and at one point sent 1,200 gallons per day. In 1859 he suffered quite a loss of property by an incendiary fire burning his barn and other outbuildings containing 17 head of cattle, 13 of which were burned. His loss was about $13,000 on which there was $900 in insurance. He has held the office of selectman and other town offices in Northboro. When he was twenty-two years of age, he was adjutant of the 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade of the Massachusetts Militia which office he held ten years. He was a Deacon in the Baptist Church in Northboro and was a citizen who, by his noble character and sterling business habits, leaves behind him a reputation unsullied and spotless. He was the pioneer in the milk business in the vicinity of Northboro for years holding almost supreme control and by the exemplification of true business principles built up a flourishing and prosperous traffic which has increased into an immense business. His loss as a public spirited man will be great but his loss will be more keenly felt by the Baptist Church by which he has been so clearly identified for many years in whose success and welfare he has ever manifested a deep interest, always ready to aid its work and sustain its teachings both by

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 185 of 223 his personal efforts and pecuniary assistance. He was generous in his charities and the poor when he assisted will cherish his memory.

He died June 27, 1880, aged 69 years. The Josiah Coolidge, for whom he worked in his younger days, was his grandfather Coolidge’s brother, born 1787, son of Jemima Norcross Cooledge (153).

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Jeremiah Norcross (46) of Rindge, New Hampshire

Jeremiah Norcross, son of Jeremiah (18), was born in 1744. He married in 1769 Lucy Chapin, daughter of Ebenezer Chapin. She died in 1841, aged 91 years. He died 1811, aged 67 years. They had seven children.

His oldest son moved to Marlboro, Vermont where there is now quite a colony of Norcross families who are descended from him. His name was David Norcross (112). His younger brother Daniel (113) was born in 1780. He was a farmer and occupied the old homestead of his father and was a Captain in the Militia and a man of good repute. He married first Polly Jones who died in 1834. By her they had fifteen children. He married secondly in 1835 Sally Hubbard Rand, the widow of L. Rand and daughter of Deacon Hubbard.

Jeremiah, the father of Capt. Daniel, was a member of Captain Hale’s Company in 1775 that marched from Rindge, New Hampshire to Cambridge, Boston at the Lexington Alarm. He also served in the expedition sent to Rhode Island in 1778. He was Constable in 1781 and his name appears in the State archives as paying the large sums of money for Rindge’s proportion of the war expenses.

Daniel Norcross (296), the oldest son of Captain Daniel Norcross (113), was born in 1807. He married in 1832 Ellen S. Boardman. Since 1833, he has resided in Wakefield, Massachusetts where for several years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He has been Deputy Sheriff and Coroner of Middlesex County and Postmaster of South Reading. He now resides in Wakefield and is a real estate broker and insurance agent in Boston and is to be found at his old place of business on Exchange Street where he has been so many years. Although 75 years of age, he is able to attend to business in his usual manner. His only child born in 1834, died in infancy.

Deacon Jeremiah Norcross (301), the ninth child of Captain Daniel Norcross, was born in Rindge in 1814. He married in 1839 Mary Pillsbury of Winchendon, Massachusetts. In 1864 he was chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church in Rindge. He is a farmer. He had seven children.

His oldest son, George Jones Norcross (680) was an assistant Surgeon in the Army. He died in 1865. Charles H. Norcross (683), resides in Winchendon. Another son, Albert F. Norcross (685) is a graduate of Amherst College

Doctor Josiah Norcross (303). The eleventh child of Captain Daniel Norcross (113) was born in 1817 and married in 1848 Olivia C. Spaulding of South Reading. He studied his profession with the late Doctor Thomas R. Bonbelle of Totenberg and Walter Channing of Boston and was graduated from the Harvard Medical College in 1846. He practiced medicine in Fitchburg until 1849 when, on account of failing health, he retired from practice and removed to South Reading (now Wakefield) where he died in 1866 and his widow in 1876. They had two children, one of whom is Walter Spaulding Norcross, a student of Amherst College Class of 1875 died in 1873.

Joshua Norcross (304), the twelfth child of Captain Daniel Norcross (113) was born in 1820. He married in 1844 Colista K. Cooper. He is a farmer and cultivates the farm formerly of his father, Captain Daniel Norcross and his grandfather Jeremiah Norcross which has been in the possession of the Norcross family for over one-hundred years. He had three sons and four daughters.

His oldest son living, Herbert H. Norcross (690) is married and resides at Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Amasa Norcross (306) of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was the fourteenth (there were fifteen in all) child of Captain Daniel Norcross (1780) and was born in Rindge in 1824. He married in 1852 S. Augusta Wallis of Ashby, Massachusetts. She died in 1869.

He studied law at the office of Torrey and Wood of Fitchburg in 1847, and has a large practice. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the years 1858, 1859 and 1862 and to the State Senate in 1874. In 1862 he was appointed United States Assessor of Internal Revenue for the 9th Massachusetts District, having charge and supervision of seventy-two towns during the whole period from August 1862 until the repeal of the law creating the office in 1871.

He was made a Trustee of the Cushing Academy and designated in the Act as the Trustee to call the first meeting and has been a member of the Board to the present time [1882]. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Lawrence Academy for the past fifteen years.

He was the Mayor of the City of Fitchburg for the years 1873 and 1874, was its first Mayor, and drafted its Ordinance and put the little City into harness. He was chosen in 1876 as Representative to the 45th Congress from the 9th Massachusetts District and re-elected in 1878 and in 1880. He was the first President of the Fitchburg Benevolant Union and helped establish its organization. He was one of the committee in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the revision of Statutes of which the Honourable Caleb Cushing and General B.F. Butler were members and on Probate and Chancery on the same committee. John A. Andrew was also a member.

In the Senate, he was chairman of the committee on the Judiciary and of the committee of Federal Relations.

Mr. Norcross has two children, one of whom a son died in 1863, aged four years.

Reverend Austin Norcross (348) of Derby, Vermont, and son of Levi Norcross (130) and Ruth Norcross, was born in 1816 in Templeton, Massachusetts.

He married in 1845 Ann Nichols of Springfield, New Hampshire and they had three sons one of whom has died.

His oldest son living, Joseph Nichols Norcross (754) is a physician and resides at Old Town, Maine.

Mr. Norcross was graduated from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 1843. He has been Principle of Derby Academy at different times over ten years. He has been a Baptist Minister over twenty years. He was an agent of the Vermont Baptist Convention for three years.

From one of the Derby papers sent to me at the time of his death on 11 March 1882 are the following words “In him the Baptist Society lose an active and efficient member; Derby Academy an energetic and enthusiastic officer and the village a loved and respected citizen. Truly a Godly man has gone home. His name is among the worthies who have served the Baptist Church of Northern Vermont. Years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Norcross with an ample education took up their abode in the beautiful village of Derby. Their pupils are scattered throughout the States and Canada doing good service in many ways.”

Abigail Roseltha Norcross (762), daughter of Stillman Norcross (351), was born in 1839 in Templeton, Massachusetts.

She was educated at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

In 1867 she offered herself to the missionary work abroad. She sailed from New York on the 2nd of March 1867 and reached Constantinople proceeding from there to Eski Zagra, her destination where she was associated with Mrs. Reynolds in the case of the Girls Boarding School. She was eminently faithful and won the warm love of her pupils.

In the summer of 1870 she, by overwork, became fatigued and her health began to fail. She was obliged to give up her school work in October. She was taken worse with what was first supposed to be ague but soon became in consumption which resulted in her death after a painful illness of about four weeks. It was a great loss to that school and to the mission. It was a tender scene at the day of her funeral to see her pupils, those Turkish girls carrying their offerings of flowers, with many tears in their eyes looking at the loved one who was gone. Her history is in the Missionary Herald Volume of 1871.

She had one sister who married Dwight Smith of Athol and two brothers, one of them Castelly O. Norcross has been a teacher for several years at one time connected with Bryant & Stratton Mercantile Academy in Boston. He is, at the present, in mercantile business in Boston.

The following is from a clipping of a New York paper. “A few friends from new York, escaping the heat of the city, have lit upon an eminence known as Norcross Hill deriving its name from the honoured family who have long been residents and landholders on it. A daughter from this family was a missionary to Turkey, and good Father Goodale was another who carried the good tidings from this hill to the heathen land.”

Pliny Norcross (767), son of Franklin Norcross () was born in 1838 in Templeton, Massachusetts. His father went west in 1852 and settled in LaGrange, Walworth County, Wisconsin. He moved to Benton County, Iowa in 1864 and came back to Wisconsin in 1868 and settled in Janesville and died there in 1876. Pliny entered the Wisconsin State University as a freshman in 1860. On account of his offering his services to his country in 1861 at the commencement of the later civil war, he was not graduated. After three years and eight months service he came home and was married and has remained at Janesville ever since.

He married in 1865 Phebe A. Vanderool of Johnston, New York who is of Dutch descent and has four children, three sons and a daughter.

He has held several responsible offices in his city and county. He was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1867. He was a Trustee for the Wisconsin Institution for the education of the blind from 1872 to 1874. He was also Trustee of the Milton, Wisconsin Academy from 1868 to 1872. He was District Attorney of Rock County from 1871 to 1875 (two terms) and City Attorney of Janesville from 1875 to 1877 (two terms).

He was a good lawyer with a large business.

He was Mayor of the City of Janesville from May 1877 to May 1879. When elected Mayor the second time, he was the only Republican elected on the ticket, the other offices being filled with Democrats, which shows his popularity in his onw city.

He had two brothers and two sisters.

His older brother Lanson P. Norcross (766), is a Congregational Minister and at one time was the Minister at Deadwood Black Hills in the Dakota Territory. He was in military service.

His other brother, Frederick F. Norcross (768) was also in military service and died in 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee while a soldier.

John Norcross (408) of Medford, Massachusetts, son of John Norcross (155) of Brighton, was born in 1803.

He resided may years in Lexington, Massachusetts. He came there in 1846 and for about twenty years was the Depot Master at East Lexington.

He now resides with his son John Henry a merchant of Boston of the firm Lewis Coleman & Co., Fancy Dry Goods, on Chauncy Street. They do a very heavy business, perhaps the largest in their line done in Boston.

Mr. Norcross has another son, Samuel T. Norcross (840). “In 1857, when he was 23 years of age, he was residing in the west. He had accumulated some property which he converted into money and started in a weak and enfeebled condition for home. A villain, who had learned the facts in the case, ingratiated himself into his favour and volunteered to become his protector. When the train had arrived at the station in Altona, Pennsylvania in the night he induced Norcross to leave the car and go with him promising to conduct him to good quarters for the night. When he enticed him to a place of seclusion he basely murdered him (January 16, 1857). The murderer, McKim, was ultimately arrested, tried, found guilty and executed” (Boston Pilot, 1876)

Mr. John Norcross is still living (1882) and is 79 years of age.

Ransford Norcross (471) of Farmington, Maine, son of Josiah Norcross (177), was born in Farmington in 1808. The business of his father was brick making, pottery and farming.

Ransford’s earliest recollections of work are those of brick making. He used to help about it and take loads to Hallowell and Augusta to sell. The stream where he worked is still called The Norcross Stream. When he was about ten years of age, his father sold out his business and moved to Industry, Maine (now New Sharon). After his fathers death he had the care of his mother and youngest sister until he was about forty years of age. He then gave the old homestead to his sister Thankful Norcross and her husband W.T. Wilkinson and they lived there until about 1865, he having bought a farm adjoining.

He sold his farm in 1866 and, after living with his brother Philip two years, received the appointment of Jailer of the Farmington Jail on January 1st, 1868., which position he held for twelve years. He and his brother Philip were carpenters and many houses in New Sharon and some in Farmington were built by them. Mr. Norcross is highly esteemed and respected in Farmington and throughout that country where he is well known as a good citizen, honest and upright in all his dealings. He is now 74 years and for the past two or three years has been quite feeble. He has one son and one daughter living at the present time. To his daughter, Martha E. Norcross (955), I am indebted for much valuable information.

Philip Norcross (472), brother to Ransford, now resides in New Sharon. He was born in 1810. He married in 1836 Susan T. Hibbard and they had three children but one was accidentally choked to death.

Mr. & Mrs. Norcross are both living and come to Massachusetts to visit their daughter and when here, Mr. Norcross often calls upon me and we talk of the Norcross’s and I am indebted to him for much valuable information. He and his brother Ransford have always been much interested in this work.

His daughter Lucinda P. Norcross (958) married in 1861 Charles C. Folsom who is now an efficient Police Officer in Somerville, Massachusetts.

His son, William W, Norcross (960), is a merchant at New Sharon, Maine where his father is assisting him in his business.

Leonard Norcross (457) of Dixfield, Maine, son of Elijah Norcross (175) of Readfield, Maine was born in 1798 and was three years old when his father died. His earliest recollections were of the event and of the subsequent removal of the family to the home of his mother’s father in Winthrop. His grandfather Marrow came for them bringing a chaise for the mother and her baby of a few weeks old while he took the three little boys onto his broad-backed fast-pacing riding horse. Elijah rode behind Leonard and Comfort in a pair of panniers hung over the horses back each standing just high enough to peek over the horses at each other.

Their home was now by the side of the Cobbosseecontee, Winthrop’s great pond. Leonard was apprenticed to a farmer when nine years old, from whom he received very rough and cruel treatment, and being advised to run away, did so at the age of twelve and went to an Aunt, his mother’s sister in the town of Green, Maine. This Aunt’s husband was a famous business man for those days, a farmer, but having a saw mill and a grist mill, a blacksmith’s shop, and with a large family of boys of his own and a number of hired men. The youthful refugee found pleasant companions and enough to eat and he soon developed his inventive genius by learning all the trades about the place and always contriving some better was to do everything.

At sixteen he went to Brunswick to run a shingle machine and at once applied to Professor Cleveland at Bowdoin College for books and became a close student in the natural sciences. When twenty years, he married Deborah Nelson of Winthrop, Maine and they had a large family of nine children. He died in Dixfield in 1864 aged 66 and his widow in 1876 aged 78.

His greatest invention was the submarine armour for which he received a patent in 1834 with the signature of Andrew Jackson, President. He gave many exhibitions of his invention in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Providence and other cities in 1834. There was a submarine exploring expedition established in Boston. Its operations were very expensive and no man of capital could then be induced to risk their money in it and so Mr. Norcross used up all the means at his command, sold out his store to meet expenses incurred in different ways by the company until there was nothing left to him but the memory of what he had risked and done and the bitterness of disappointed hopes and he was none the richer for an invention which had been of great use to the Government and by which many by it have been made rich. It was the last work of his life to collect and arrange his papers in regard to the invention. He also took out several other patents. These facts were furnished to me by his eldest daughter now living in Union, Maine. One of his sons born the year he was giving his exhibitions of his submarine armour was named Submarinus (432). He is now the Congregational Minister at North Conway, New Hampshire where he has been many years. Another son, Flavius (330), has been a Congregational Minister at Union, Maine for several years. Both these Ministers were graduated by Bowdoin College. Another son, Edward Kent Norcross (933), named for Governor Edward Kent of Maine, has been engaged for a number of years in the marble business in Boston. He resides at Melrose, Massachusetts.

James Atkinson Norcross (999) and Orlando Whitney Norcross (1000) were sons of Jesse Springer Norcross (492) and were both born in Winslow, ME and removed with their parents to Salem, Mass in 1843 when they were 13 & 4 years of age.

They were educated in the public schools of Salem. They worked at the carpentry trade after leaving school and finally began business as builders in Swampscott, Mass. Subsequently they went to Worcester and under the style of Norcross Bros. commenced a business excelled by that of but few firms, if any, in New England. During the past ten years they have given special attention to stone and brick work and have built many well known and beautiful business blocks and residences and public buildings among the most prominent may be mentioned Trinity Episcopal Church Boston (now occupied by Rev. Phillips Brooks Society), the High School building in Worcester, All Saints Church in Worcester, The Hampden County Court House, Cheeny Block, Hartford, Conn., the High School, Dartmouth Street, Boston, the Gymnasium at Harvard College and the Public Libraries at Woburn and North Easton, Mass. and many other fine edifices in different parts of New England. James A. was elected to the City Council of Worcester for two years. Orlando W. was in service three years in the late war (see military record page 208) He was a few years since appointed by the United States as one of the committee sent to Chicago to examine and report at Washington concerning the foundation in the new Chicago Post Office and Customs House building. They started in business without any help or special influence to push them ahead. Industry, Perseverance, and Determination has done it all. James A. married 1851 and has had nine children. Orlando W. married 1870 and has three children.

Israel Bennet Norcross (981), the oldest son of Thomas Hussey Norcross (433), and grandson of Philip Norcross (187) was born in 1817. His father moved from Jackson to Charleston, Maine in 1832 where Israel worked on the farm until 1841 when he was 27 years of age. When he went to Bangor and commenced running stages to Moose Head Lake and keeping a livery stable. He was two years in the Commission Council and four years in the Board of Aldermen in Bangor. In 1860 he took the National House at Bangor which he kept three years. He was for four years Colonel of the Regiment at Bangor. He resigned in 1859 and did not go the war on account of ill health. In 1865 he went to Charleston on the old farm. He was elected County Commissioner for Penobscot County in 1868 and served three years. In 1871 he sold out in Maine and went to East Saginaw, Michigan and took the Bancroft House one of the finest hotels in the North West and kept it five years. Since that time he has up to the present time been Agent for the Hercules Powder Company.

In 1847 he married Irene Dunning of Charleston, Maine, and in 1849 Fred Smith Norcross (1335) was born who is now keeping the First National Hotel at Menominee, Michigan.

Nancy H. Norcross (982), sister to Israel Bennet Norcross married Joseph W. Willard of Leominster, Massachusetts who is now General Agent of the Hercules Powder Works at Cleveland, Ohio.

Ruel Norcross (983), a brother of Israel, died in 1859 leaving two children.

Henry Worth Norcross (984) is married and has two children. He lives in Bridgeport, N.J.

Nelson T. Norcross (985) is married and has two children. He resides in Cleavland, Ohio.

James Norcross (1049), son of James S. Norcross (505), was born in Charleston, Maine. He early went to the Pacific Coast and about 1860 located the Hale and Norcross Mining Company on the Comstock Lode in Nevada. He sold out his interest in the claim before its great value was discovered for a small sum. Since that time, the claim has been valued at millions of dollars. It was put up into a stock company and there were originally 400 shares which are now divided up into thousands of shares and the shares daily sold at the stock board in New York. I have seen it stated in a California paper that Mr. Flood said that his first big start was from the Hale and Norcross Mine. Flood, O’Brien & McKay own the Bank of Nevada of San Francisco with a capital of ten million dollars making it the wealthiest back in the United States.

James married in 1862 in Washoe Valley, Nevada Matilda Millet of Leeds, Maine and has one child. He now resides in Oakland, California. His sister Priscilla Norcross Folsom (1042) resides at Boca, California, is married and has four children.

Norcross’s in the Boston Latin School

In Master Hunt’s catalogue of the scholars during his mastership, 1776 to 1804, the name of Nehemiah Norcross is the only Norcross.

This school was closed on the 19th April 1775 (Lexington Alarm) by Master Lovett with the words “War has begun and school is done”

It was reopened by Master Hunt on November 8, 1776, the name Nehemiah Norcross appearing in the first class which entered. He was then eleven years of age. The only ones of the Norcross name who have been scholars since, as seen by their catalogue, are Otis Norcross in 1863 and Grenville H. Norcross in 1867, both sons of Honourable Otis Norcross of Boston.

The Norcross Settlers.

The first Norcross family in Boston was Uriah (). He settled there about 1750 and in 1776 was living on Green Street. There were but three other families who lived there previous to 1800, Nathaniel, Elias P., and Nehemiah who lived on Poplar Street.

The first Norcross settlers in Maine were Jonathan in 1760 and Samuel, brother of Jonathan in 1763.

The first Norcross settlers in New Hampshire were Jabez, Page and Jeremiah, the brothers who settled at Rindge about 1760.

The United States Valuation List of 1 October 1798

By an Act of Congress passed 14 July 1798 to raise two million dollars, the Massachusetts portion being $260,435.31. Maine at that time was a part of Massachusetts.

A list of the Norcross’s in Massachusetts (and Maine) found on The United States Valuation List of 1 October 1798 list and the value of the real estate on which they were taxed.

William Monson, Massachusetts 397 acres $5,352 Daniel Templeton, Massachusetts 151 acres $2349 Jacob Princeton, Massachusetts 135 acres $1098 Asa Holliston, Massachusetts 175 acres $1032 Isaac Royalston, Massachusetts 93 acres $833 Joel Hopkinton, Massachusetts 100 acres $1008 Elijah Hopkinton, Massachusetts 42 acres $286 Nathaniel Newton, Massachusetts 72 acres $1130 Josiah Newton and Watertown, Mass. 216 acres $478 Elijah Watertown, Massachusetts 70 acres $800 Jerusha, widow of Seth Watertown, Massachusetts 10 acres $30 Samuel Hallowell, Maine 62 acres $251 Philip Hallowell, Maine 84 acres $195 Daniel Hallowell, Maine 186 acres $92 Nathaniel Wayne, Maine 530 acres $143 Jonathan Wayne, Maine 100 acres $89 Elijah Readfield, Maine 160 acres $72

James Readfield, Maine 50 acres $30

William Norcross of Monson, Mass. stands highest on the list and he was one of the assessors appointed by the United States.

The New Jersey Norcross Branch

William Norcross (1411), The Emigrant Ancestor

William Norcross (1411) was a husbandman at Alston in Lancashire, Eng. near Ribchester. He immigrated to the United States in 1699 intending to settle in Bensalem Township in Buck’s County where he had 500 acres of land that had been given to him by one Leonard Fell by deed dated April 6, 1699. This deed is in Deed Book 6, page 65 in the Recorders Office of Buck’s County, Pennsylvania. It was a rich and fertile country inhabited by Quakers and was one of the colonies planted by William Penn.

He sailed from Liverpool on the Bretaine and during the passage, evidently being feeble, made his will giving his wife Elizabeth and his children who came over with him the 500 acres he owned in Buck’s County. He either did not live until the end of the voyage or died soon after his arrival as we have record of the marriage of his widow on 9 August 1701 to Stephen Sands of Bensalem. There were thirty-two witnesses to this marriage.

Stephen Sands came from Lancaster, England in 1682 and married in 1685 Jane Cowgill who died on 26 September 1699. Stephen Sands died in 1737 and had a large property which he divided among his seven children by his first wife. He had no children by Mrs. Norcross.

William Norcross’s father was Thomas Norcross. He lived at Barton in Lancashire, England. Barton is about five miles from Manchester on the rail road from Manchester to Liverpool. He was by trade called a Linen Webster. He made his will in 1652 in which he desires to be buried at Ribchester. He mentions in his will children William, Margaret and Judith and his cousin Richard. He died in 1662.

John Norcross, the father of Thomas and grandfather of William was born in London in 1590 and was the oldest son of Thomas the Haberdasher, the root ancestor of both of the American descendent lines.

John came to this country with his brother Jeremiah in 1638 and settled in Cambridge, Mass. where he purchased quite a large homestead but for some reason did not remain long in this country. The New England Norcross Branch and the New Jersey Norcross branch both originate from Thomas Norcross, the London merchant born about the commencement of Queen Elizabeth’s reign 1558 and died 1603 the same year as the death of Queen Elizabeth. We have also record of Norcross’s living in Ribchester between 1550 and 1600 who were related to Thomas.

Copy of the Will of William Norcross (1630)

Ffrom abord ye Bretaine of Liverpool, ye 12th of ye 6mot.

Whereas I William Norcross [1630], late of Alston Cum Heatherton in ye parish of Ribchester, being upon a voyage for pencillvania and being weak of body but of sound and perfect memory, have thought it convenient to make this my last will and testament revoking and making void all former Wills yt may have been maid by me.

Item - In the first place I give and bequeath myself to God also unto ye hands of his son Christ Jesus in whom I have believed.

Item - in ye next place it is my mind and will that all of my just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and discharged.

Item - I make, constitute and appoint my beloved wife Elizabeth Norcross and my son John Norcross joint executors, likewise having five hundred ackers of land given me by Leonard Ffell in penssillvania it is my mind and will to dispose of it as followeth.

Item - I give to my four children John Norcross [1687], Jane Norcross [1679], William Norcross [Abt 1675] and Thomas Norcross [] each of them three score ackers and ye remainder to my beloved wife so long as she remains unmarried and in case she marries again she shall have fifty pounds and ye remainder of ye above mentioned land to be equally divided among my four children aforementioned – John, Jane, William and Thomas.

This being my last Will and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Witnesses

Richard Smith (his mark) William A. Norcross (his mark) Gabriel Barnes (his mark) Jonathan Cooper (his mark)

This will appears to be entirely in the hand of Gabriel Barnes, one of the witnesses. Mr. Norcross was evidently in a feeble condition, too feeble to write his name and we have evidence to believe he did not live long after his arrival in this country even if he lived until the Bretaine arrived in port. This will is copied from the original which is to be found in the Record Office in Philadelphia. The record book which contains the copy was stolen some years ago and the stolen books were never recovered.

The sale of the Norcross homestead in Buck’s County.

See Deed Book No. 4, page 182, Buck’s County Records. At the date of this sale John, William, and Jane and her husband were living at Middletown near Bristol on the Delaware River.

Whereas William Norcross, father of John, William, and Jane became possessed of 500 acres of land near Buckingham, Pennsylvania and willed 60 acres to each of his children named above and 60 acres to Thomas who is since deceased and the remainder to his wife Elizabeth

Copyright 1882, Joel Warren Norcross; Copyright 2003, Philip Norcross Gross Page 196 of 223 while his widow and she being married to Stephen Sands, the remainder which reverted to the same John, William and Jane on 10 December 1711 to Thomas Stevenson for £50 silver money.

An Item from The Friends Records

May 7, 1740, The Overseers of the Plumstead Preparation Meeting Monthly Meeting they had spoken with William Norcross in order to know his mind, whether he desires to be under the care of Friends, and his answer was, that it was his desire that he may be under the care of this meeting.

September 2, 1741. The meeting was informed that William Norcross had been at a disorderly marriage for which marriage he was disowned. This was probably William (1416) son of John (1412) afterwards of Sussex County, New Jersey.

October 18, 1758. William Norcross mortgaged a tract of land in Plumstead Township containing 155 acres to James Hamilton. This land was bounded by other land of William Norcross. This is probably the same William Norcross (1416) mentioned above as under the care of Friends and the John (1412) who owned land adjoining was his father. William probably removed to Sussex County, New Jersey soon after.

Items from the Historical Society records of Pennsylvania.

Friends Monthly Meeting, Middletown, Buck’s County, Pennsylvania. Stephen Sands of Bensalem Township, Buck’s County, and Elizabeth Norcross of said township were married August 9, 1701. There were thirty-two witnesses to this marriage.

A note annexed to the above quoting an original and ancient copy of a certificate saying “Stephen Sands, a pretty honest yeoman brought a certificate from the monthly meeting of Lancaster, England dated April 18, 1685. This Stephen Sands married first in 1865 Jane Cargill by whom he had seven children.

He died about 1737 and by his will made in 1737 he gives “my plantation where

I now live unto my son Richard, he paying to my dear and well beloved wife Elizabeth (the widow of William Norcross) 8 pounds a year and the balance to be given to his five children then living”. Elizabeth had no children by Stephen Sands.

From the Friends Records at Burlington, New Jersey.

Lucia Norcross removed with her husband Simon Norcross to Mt. Holly, New Jersey May 8, 1813. This is Simon (1456) formerly called Simeon and his wife Lucy formerly called Lucia.

Samuel Norcross and his wife Hannah removed from Mt. Holly to Burlington February 5, 1795. Hannah died August 12, 1858 aged 98½. This was Samuel (1449).

New Jersey Records

The records of Burlington County, New Jersey since 1804 are at Mt. Holly, New Jersey. Previous to that they are found at the Secretary of State office at Trenton. The County records of Camden County prior to 1844 that is the Wills are kept at the Clerks Office in Woodbury. There is also a book of marriage certificates copied at full length from about 1795 to about 1820. The old Gloucester County Court records book is also kept here. William Norcross (1416) of Sussex County, New Jersey

William Norcross (1416) the oldest son of John (1412) and grandson of William(1411), the first ancestor in this line in America, married about 1747 and had a family of ten children. He died in 1777 and his will, made April 21 of the same year, is on record. He lived in Sussex County, New Jersey.

John Norcross (1424), the oldest son of William (1416) was born in 1748. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His name is the only Norcross name from the William Branch to be found in the Pension Rolls at Washington as doing service in the Revolutionary War. He resided at that time in Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1824 aged 17 leaving but one son Aaron. (see military record page 205)

Aaron Norcross (1465), son of John Norcross (1424) was born in 1774 at Northumberland County, Pennsylvania and resided at Genesee, New York, then Groveland, New York and then Tecumseh, Michigan. He moved to Tecumseh in 1831 and died there in 1840. He had six children, two sons and four daughters.

Aaron Norcross (1538), one of his sons is now living at Tipton, Michigan which adjoins Tecumseh. He is, if living, 70 years of age. John (1535), his older brother, settled in Tecumseh and had a family of three sons and six daughters. He died in Tecumseh in 1877 aged over 70 years.

Abraham Norcross (1358), the fourth child of William Norcross (1348) was born about 1754. He married about 1780 a Miss Fleming and to them was born three sons Andrew (1392), John (1393) and Jacob (1394).

Abraham moved from New Jersey to Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania about 1790. He removed from there to Erie County, Pennsylvania about 1804 and his residence at his time of death about 1814 or 1815 was there.

Andrew Norcross (1392), the oldest son of Abraham (1358) was born in 1781. He married in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1804 or 1805 Sarah Erwin and subsequently moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania. One of his sons, Perry Erwin (1467) now lives on the old homestead at Belle Valley, Erie County, Pennsylvania. Andrew had a family of ten children. His descendents now live in Erie County, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the late John E. Norcross (1463) of whom I will give a sketch lived in Brooklyn, New York.

Deacon John E. Norcross (1463), the second son of Andrew (1392), was born in Erie County, Pennsylvania in 1811 and was brought up amid the surroundings of rural life, his father was a farmer. The place became too small for a large growing family and so this boy went forth to earn his living by mastering a trade. From that, he passed into the life of a manufacturer of furniture for the wholesale trade.

He married in 1833 Rebecca C. Berry and to them were born four children. From Erie, he removed to Norwalk, Ohio and from there to Sandusky, Ohio, and from there to Toledo where, his health giving out, he was obliged to relinquish his business. After this he made his home with his only surviving child Sarah, the wife of Reverend Justin Dewey Fulton of Brooklyn, New York and formerly a well known Baptist Minister of Boston at the Tremont temple.

At Sandusky, Toledo and Brooklyn he was Deacon of the Baptist Church and everywhere he lived his influence was felt. He was always a liberal giver. He gave as if want was an impossibility. He died at Madison, New York where he had gone on a visit to his sister on 11 February 1878 and was buried there and there were many who mourned the loss of so good and useful a man.

The Long Island Baptist Association referred to him in the most complimentary terms. He was a good man and true. On his tombstone which bears a cross on which hangs a crown is written:

Father John E. Norcross He bore His cross, he wears His crown.

John Norcross (1393), the second son of Abraham (1358), was born in 1783. He moved from the Upper Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania when he was about 20 years old (1803) and settled in Erie County, Pennsylvania and married in 1807 Margaret McCann of that county. He lived in that county until he was 60 years of age when he moved to Monmouth, Illinois in 1843. He died about two years after (1845) while on a visit to Rock Island, Illinois.

His first wife Margaret died on 6 February 1819 and he married again on 28 December 1819 Mary Dickson. He had four children by each wife. His descendents, many of them live in Monmouth, Illinois at the present time [1882].

Hiram Norcross (1551), the oldest son was born in 1809 and settled in Monmouth, Illinois in 1844, one year after his father settled there. He married in Crawford County, Pennsylvania in 1837 Elizabeth McClellan and they had seven children (I am indebted to Hiram Norcross and his son Hiram F. of Chicago for valuable information concerning their branch of the family for which they have my thanks).

George Norcross (1703), the oldest son of Hiram Norcross (1551) is the Presbyterian Minister of the Second Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He was born in 1838. He married first in 1863 Mary S. Tracy, she died in 1866. She had only one child born 1864 which only lived about one year. He married second in 1867 the widow Louisa Jackson gale of Galesburg, Illinois by whom he had five children.

William C. Norcross (1705), the second son of Hiram was born in 1842. He is married and has two children. He is a lawyer of much ability in Monmouth, Illinois.

Hiram F. Norcross (1707), the fourth son is a well known lawyer of Chicago, Illinois.

Josiah Norcross, the fifth son is a physician of Monmouth, Illinois.

Thomas Rice Norcross (1709), the youngest son of Hiram is a teacher.

These sons of Hiram were all graduated from Monmouth College.

Hiram’s two brothers, William F. Norcross (1552) and Hamlin R. Norcross (1556) reside in Monmouth and have families. They are both farmers.

Joseph Norcross (1417) of Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Joseph (1417), son of John Norcross (1412) we have no record of a date of birth. He married first in 1748 Rebecca Cox. She probably did not live long as he married second about 1750 Judith. She was born in 1709 and died in 1793 aged 84. She must have been older than Joseph as Joseph’s father was not married until 1712. We have reason to believe that he died rather young (he died in 1766, will dated May 2, 1766). His wife’s name is recorded in the old family bible while his is not. Their two children were William and Rachel.

William Norcross (1434), only son of Joseph Norcross (1417), was born in 1752 and died in 1866. In 1778 he married in Bergen, New Jersey where he was then residing, to Euphemia Hennion of that place. He removed from Bergen to Bordentown in about 1788. In 1790 he was appointed one of the judges of the elections which office of the township records show he continued to hold up to the time of his death. They had nine children, three of whom died in infancy and were buried in Bergen, the others were buried in the Baptist Cemetery at Bordentown and had stones erected to their memory.

James Sterling Norcross (1473), the fourth son of William (1434) was born in 1788, married in 1810 Isabel, daughter of Doctor William Burns of Bordentown.

They had two children, William (1559) born in 1811, died of yellow fever at Natchez, Mississippi in 1837, aged 26. The other child was named Sarah Burns Norcross (1560) born in 1815, married in 1833 Joseph Warren Allen of Bordentown, born in 1811 and is one of the first citizens of that place. He had been, during his later years, identified with political affairs and for six years represented his county in the State Senate. Colonel Allen commanded the Ninth Regiment Infantry, New Jersey Volunteers. He accompanied General Burnside in his famous Hatteras Expedition. He was drowned while landing with his troops at Roanoke Island January 7, 1862 in heavy surf. He was highly esteemed and a much respected citizen. His family are members of the Episcopal Church. They had five children.

The second son, William T. Allen is the editor of a very valuable railroad guide (The Official Publication) and is a young man of great capability. He was educated as a Civil Engineer and laid out some of the branch lines of the West Jersey Railroad. He resides in Camden, New Jersey.

William Williams Norcross (1477), youngest child of William Norcross (1434), was born in 1798 and died in 1866. His will is on record at Trenton, New Jersey.

He married in 1825 Margaret, daughter of Reverend Ezekiel Robbins of Bordentown. During the early part of their married life they resided in Bordentown, but about the year 1838 or 1839 Mr. Norcross moved to Trenton. He was a merchant in that city up to the time of his death carrying on an extensive and successful business. He was a wealthy and influential gentleman and had a host of friends and admirers.

According to the Boston Journal, Evening Edition of October 17, 1877, “the first breach loading shotgun in the United States was owned by William Norcross. It is now [1882] owned by Doctor James B. Coleman of Trenton, New Jersey. It was given to Mr. Norcross by Lucien Bonepart upon his departure for France at the deposition of Louis Philippe. It is double barrelled and beautifully ornamented in the Moorish style with a crown and the initials L.N. sunk in the trigger guard in gold.”

Mr. Norcross had eight children. Two of his sons only are living [1882] - John Davy Norcross (1561) of Milford, Illinois and Robert Stevens Norcross (1565) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These two are the only male descendents of Joseph Norcross who still bear the Norcross name, so the name in this branch is soon to die out.

Mr. Norcross owned a lot in Buck’s County, Pennsylvania for which he gave $1,500.00. By his will, this lot was sold by his executor, J. Stryker & Lewis Perrin of Trenton, New Jersey and the proceeds divided among his children and grandchildren.

Joshua Norcross (1418) of Mt. Holly, New Jersey

Joshua Norcross (1418), the youngest son of John Norcross (1412) was born between 1720 and 1730. He married first in 1754 June Stratton and second in 1767 the widow Theodocia King. We have record of six sons by Jane and he may have had daughters.

John Norcross (1436), his oldest son, was born in 1755. He married in 1776 Mary Herbert and had a family of 12 children, six sons and six daughters.

Joshua Norcross (1480), the oldest son of John Norcross (1436), resided in New Egypt, New Jersey.

Michael A. Norcross (1578), fifth and youngest son of Joshua Norcross (1480) resides in Shelby County, Ohio and has a large family.

John Norcross (1570), the oldest son of Joshua Norcross (1480) resides at New Egypt, New Jersey. He has had seventeen children; the largest Norcross family on record, five only are now living.

Joseph C. Norcross (1574), another son of Joshua Norcross (1480), lives at New Egypt and has a family of six children.

Joshua Norcross (1575), son of Joshua Norcross (1480) also lives in New Egypt and has a family of nine children.

Benjamin Norcross (1483), the second son of John Norcross (1436), was born in 1788 and married about 1820. He resides at Brickboro, New Jersey and had three children two of whom were in the Civil War.

Samuel French Norcross (1487), the tenth child of John Norcross (1436), was born in 1797, married about 1820 to Elizabeth Brittan and had fourteen children, ten sons and four daughters. Most of them are now living and seven of his sons were in the Civil War as were two grandsons.

Joshua Norcross (1582), the oldest son of Samuel French Norcross (1487) was born in 1820 and resides in Bordentown. He had two sons who were in the late war.

Wesley B. Norcross (1534), third son of Samuel French Norcross (1437), was born in 1824, married first in 1844 Margaret N. Willets and had six children. He married second Mary Ann C. Ivens. He resides in Manchester, New Jersey. He has given me [JWN] much valuable information of his branch.

John Norcross (1585), the fourth son of Samuel French Norcross (1487), was born 1826 and married Ellen D. Allen and they had thirteen children. He resides in Medford, New Jersey.

Samuel Norcross (1586), the fifth son of Samuel French Norcross (1487), married Sarah Goff and had one son, Benjamin (1787), who lives in Pointville, New Jersey [1882].

William Norcross (1587), sixth son of Samuel French Norcross (1487), was born in 1831 and married in 1852 Martha Petit and had nine children. He resides at Auburn, Illinois.

George Norcross (1588), seventh son of Samuel French Norcross (1487), was born in 1833, married first in 1855 Lydia Cowly by whom he had four children. He married second in 1872 and they had four children. He resided in Cookstown, New Jersey.

Jonathan Norcross (1590), the youngest son of Samuel French Norcross (1487), was born in 1838 and he married Mary Stratton. They had two children. He resided at Brickboro, New Jersey.

Isaac Norcross (1489), the youngest son of John Norcross (1436), was born in 1801. He married Rachel Van Compt with whom he had nine children. He settled in Philadelphia and died there in 1850, aged 49,

Daniel Norcross (1596), the oldest son of Isaac Norcross (1489), was born in Philadelphia in 1824 and married about 1844 Harriet Newell Abbott.

He has had two children. In 1852 he went to San Francisco, California with his wife and children and his two brothers, Wesley F. Norcross (1600) and Isaac Norcross (1601) on the steam ship North America. The vessel was wrecked on the passage and the only son of Daniel, William C. Norcross (1808), died at Acapulco, Mexico. His death was caused by exposure in escaping from the wreck.

Daniel is now one of the old residents of San Francisco having lived there thirty years and has seen the city spring up and grow as if by magic from small beginnings to be one of the largest and most important cities of the United States. He has been actively engaged in business in San Francisco. At present time he is an importer, manufacturer and dealer in military and navel goods. The firm is Norcross and Company and is the pioneer depot of regalia’s and lodge supplies in the Pacific coast. The house was established in 1849.

Rachel A. Norcross (1807), his daughter, was born in 1845, married William James MacDougall who was born in Scotland.

Wesley Forker Norcross (1600), the brother of Daniel Norcross was born in 1833. He is married and has a daughter Grace Douglas Norcross. He is editor and sole proprietor of The New Age, a weekly paper devoted to Odd Fellowship, the arts and sciences and general literature. It is in its eighteenth year and has a very large circulation on the Pacific Coast.

Isaac Norcross (1601), another brother of Daniel Norcross (1596) died in California in 1860 where he had lived eight years

Joseph K. Norcross (1602), another brother of Daniel Norcross (1596), now resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has married twice and has two children by his first wife, four by the second.

Joseph Norcross (1437), second son of Joshua (1418), married in 1773 Amy Beck. No children are recorded.

William Norcross (1441), sixth son of Joshua Norcross (1418), was born in 1768, was married and had six children. He resided in Mt. Holy, New Jersey.

Charles Norcross (1490), his oldest son, married and settled in Westmorland County, Pennsylvania. He had three children, William (1605), John (1606) and Levi Whateley (1607).

William Norcross (1605) settled in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was married and had two children.

John Norcross (1606) settled in Madison, Wisconsin and had one child.

Levi Whateley Norcross (Abt 1607) was married and had three children.

Reverend Allen H. Norcross (1821), the youngest child, was born in 1845. He is married and has four children. He is a Methodist Minister of high standing and has been the Presiding Elder of the McConnellsville District of the East Ohio Conference. He has resided at Cambridge, Ohio but his name is now at Warren, Ohio.

Joshua Norcross (1419), second son of William Norcross (1441) was born in 1810 and married about 1840 to Nancy Mason and had six children. He resided at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. His children now reside in Brownsville and vicinity and in Colorado.

Jacob Norcross (1442), the youngest son of Joshua Norcross (1418), was born in 1770 and married about 1792 Sarah Atkinson. They had four children, three daughters and a son Thomas.

Thomas Norcross (1499) was born in 1813. He resided at Pemberton, New Jersey. He married the widow Susan Cake. They had no children and we have no record of the date of his death. His widow is still living [1882] at Camden, New Jersey. She had three children by her first husband.

Thomas was one of the prominent men of New Jersey. He was a member of the State of New Jersey Legislature in 1857 and a member of the State Senate in 1859, 1860 and 1861. He was elected as a Republican from Burlington County and was considered the leader of that party in his State at the time.

William Norcross (1422) of Burlington, New Jersey, son of William Norcross (1422), was born in Burlington, New Jersey about 1725. He married about 1750 and had three sons, Uriah, Samuel and John and one daughter that we have record of. It probably was this William who was the Officer mentioned in the Revolutionary War and his son John as the one mentioned from Burlington. We have no further record of John.

Uriah Norcross (1447), the oldest son of William Norcross (1422), was born about 1750 and married in 1774 Ann Roswell. He lived at that time in Trenton, New Jersey but about 1780 he moved to Camden County near Tansboro where he has many descendents living at the present time [1882]. He had two sons, Job (1500) and Joseph (1501).

Job Norcross (1500) was born about 1780 and married in 1798 Martha Clutch and had eleven children, eight of whom are now [1882] living. Samuel (1614), Job (1616), John (1620), William (1618) and Elizabeth (1619) reside in Tansboro, all are married and have families.

Uriah Norcross (1615), the second son of Job Norcross (1500), was born in 1803, married in 1830 Hannah K. Middleton and had seven children. He resided at Blackwoodtown, New Jersey where he died in 1870 and his wife died in 1872. He settled in that town about 1825 and owned the stage route from there to Camden for over thirty years. He had also other stage routes through Maryland and Delaware.

Josephine Norcross (1834), his oldest daughter, was born 1832, married in 1853 Thomas J. Wentz now proprietor of the hotel in Blackwoodtown.

Samuel S. Norcross (1836) is in business in Philadelphia.

Isaiah Norcross (1617) resides in Kirkwood, New Jersey and has a family of seven children.

Charles Norcross (1625) resides in the Winslow area and has one son.

Joseph Norcross (1501) also resided in Tansboro. He had a family of seven children. Four sons are now living who have large families and reside in Tansboro and Winslow – Joseph (1626), Reuben (1630), George (1631) and Michael (1632).

Samuel Norcross (1449), brother of Uriah (1447) removed from Mt. Holly to Burlington, New Jersey on 5 February 1795. His wife was Hannah Antrim. She died 12 August 1858 aged 98½ years. He died 9 March 1827. They had no children. He was received into the Society of Friends by request according to the Monthly Meeting Record at Burlington, New Jersey.

John Norcross (1423) of Burlington, New Jersey, son of William Norcross (1414) married first in 1756 Ann Stephenson by whom he had two daughters, Susanna (1450) and Abigail (1451).

Abigail Norcross (1451) married in 1771 John Bovis. Samuel Adams Bovis of Philadelphia who has assisted me in this branch descends from Abigail.

He also had two sons one of whom, John Norcross (1453), was born in 1763, married and had eight children. He died about 1853, over 90 years of age. He resided at Mt. Holley.

John (1423) married second in 1765 Rachel King by whom he had eleven children.

Edward Norcross (1454), son of John (1423) was born in 1766 married Mary Bryant and had six children.

Thomas Norcross (1511), a son of Edward, was born in 1794 married Beulah Bryant and had three sons, two of whom are living - William Norcross (1634) at Turnersville, and Thomas Norcross (1625) at Sicklerville, New Jersey. Both have had large families.

Simeon Norcross (1456) the fifth son of John Norcross (1423) was born in 1769. He married first about 1800 Drusilla Fenton by whom he had four children.. The two oldest, William Norcross (1519) and Drusilla Norcross (1520) were twins born in 1893.

William Norcross (1519) married in 1829 Elizabeth Ann Gibbs and they had two children, one of them Henry S. Norcross (1643) married in 1859 Mary Ann Shay and had two daughters. He resides in Philadelphia.

Drusilla Norcross (1520) the twin sister of William married about 1826 Elisha Gauntt of Jobstown in Burlington County. She was living in 1880 on the farm that was left to her husband by his father U. Gauntt, a very prominent man in Burlington County in his day.

Simeon Norcross (1456) married second about 1812 Lucy Fennimore. She died in 1826.

John Fennimore Norcross (1524), their oldest son was born in 1816 and was married in 1842 to Catherine Brand Cook. They had six daughters one of whom has died. Three or four have married.

He resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a lumber commission merchant of the firm of Norcross Kent & Co., formerly Norcross & Sheets. He died suddenly on 27 December 1876 about the time I commenced this history. He was very much interested in sending me long letters full of information concerning the New Jersey Norcross’s. He was a highly esteemed citizen, a good merchant and one who had many friends. His death was a great loss to his circle of friends and to the whole community. His widow and two unmarried daughters were living at the late residence of her husband and their father. No one of the family would have

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Sallie Norcross (1649), one of the daughters married in 1878 Horace G. Welch, son of Henry D. Welch, President of the American Steam Ship Company.

Jennie C. Norcross (1648) has given me much valuable information in regard to this branch for which she has my thanks [JWN, 1882].

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Joseph W. Norcross (1525), son of Simeon Norcross (1456) and younger brother of John Fennimore Norcross married Anna Maria Rodgers and has a daughter, Laura Norcross born in 1868. He lives on the old homestead in Springville, New Jersey.

James Fisher Norcross (1527), born in 1823 died at the old homestead when about 29 years of age.

Sarah Norcross (1522) and Rachel Norcross (1523) are living in Burlington, New Jersey.

The following is an account of Simeon (1456) sent me by his son John Fennimore. He lived at Burlington, New Jersey until he was about 25 years of age. He then moved to Jacksonville in the same county and remained there a few years. Then he purchased a farm in Springfield, New Jersey where he remained until the time of his death. In the Friends Monthly Meeting records at Burlington, New Jersey is this: “Lucia Norcross removed with her husband Simeon Norcross to Mt. Holly, New Jersey 13 May 1813 and she died 30 September 1826 aged 45.”

Levi Norcross (1457), the eighth son of John Norcross (1423) and brother of John (1453), Edward (1454) and Simeon (1456) was born in 1770 and died in 1826 aged 56. He resided in Burlington County, New Jersey and married about 1800 Mary Stockton. They had a family of six sons and one daughter, but she died in 1834 aged 10 years.

Elijah Norcross (1528), Levi’s oldest son, was living in 1878 in Shoal, Indiana. He has a family of nine children, five of whom are now living. Two of his sons served in the Civil War.

David A. Norcross (1657), the sixth child of Elijah (1528) was born in 1842 and is now the Recorder of Martin County, Indiana.

Samuel Norcross (1529), the second son of Levi (1457) was born in 1806 and married three times. He had one son and one daughter. Samuel died in 1843.

Henry R. Norcross (1661), born in 1830 resides at West Crab Orchard, Nebraska.

John S. Norcross (1530), the third son of Levi (1457), was born in 1811, married first in 1836 Harriett Kirby by whom he had three children. He married second in 1852 Rebecca W. Thompson and had seven children. He has but three children living at the present time. His residence is Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Charles Norcross (1533), the youngest son of Levi (1457) was born in 1820. He married in 1842 Hannah Ely and had ten children He resides at Imlaystown, New Jersey.

George W. Norcross (1532), fifth son of Levi, married and has a daughter Anna.

The English Norcross Branch

James Norcross (1987) of Liverpool, England, schoolmaster, was the youngest son of James Norcross (1977) of Sawley in Lancashire, 14 miles from Ribchester.

James Norcross (Abt. 1835), the schoolmaster, writes me “that he used to hear his father say he had relatives in the United States.” He is married and has a family of children in Liverpool. For a list of these three generations of this branch, see Volume I, page 250. His two oldest boys are James Edward (1988) and Harrold (1989). He writes me “that there are but eight Norcross families now living in Lancashire, of these my mother is one, my brother Joseph a second, myself a third, the rest are one in Ribchester (a widow), one in Alston, one in Dilworth and two in Manchester. My father resided at Clitheroe the last 35 years of his life where my mother still lives.”

James Norcross Sen was born in 1801 and died in 1867. There were seven children, James being the youngest. James (1977) had two brothers, John (1978) and William (1979), both dead and one sister, Jane (1980), who was living in 1878 at Sawley.

James Norcross (1758), his father, was born in Ribchester in 1758. He is no doubt the brother of John (1990) mentioned on the following page and was without a doubt connected to the Norcross families who immigrated to this country.

John E. Norcross (1992), lawyer of Brooklyn, New York, was born at Preston near Ribchester in Lancashire, England 3 February 1842. He was the only son of James Norcross (1991) and Mary Fryer Norcross.

John was married in 1866 to Sallie A. Cotton of Leicester, England. They have two children, Maria Eleanor born in 1867 and Marie Louise born in 1871. He came to this country with his parents when an infant and they settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his education in the Philadelphia public schools from 1855 to 1859. He was a soldier in the Civil War. He was in Europe when the war broke out and he hastened home to take part in it and found himself drafted in Philadelphia. He was connected with the press before leaving Philadelphia. His mother has married again and lives in Philadelphia.

James Norcross, his father, was born in Lancashire in 1807 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1842. He had two brothers, Edward and Richard, and one sister, Ruth.

John Norcross (1990), the grandfather of John E. Norcross (1992) was born about 1765. He was probably the brother of James Norcross mentioned on the last page.

The Military Record of the Norcross Family

King Philips Indian War (1675 – 1676)

It commenced in 1675 and ended by the death of King Philip on 12 August 1676. Holmes Annals, Volume 1, page 384 gives this account.

“In the short and tremendous war about 600 of the inhabitants of New England, composing its principle strength were either killed in battle or murdered by the enemy. Twelve or thirteen towns were entirely destroyed and about 600 buildings, chiefly dwellings, were burned”

Jeremiah Norcross (6) of Watertown was in Captain Turner’s company in this war.

Indian Frontier War (1689 to 1703)

Samuel Norcross (13) participated in the Expedition to Canada

John Norcross (15) was in Captain Washburn’s company in 1724 and in Captain Wright’s company in 1725.

Jeremiah Norcross (18) was in Captain Sam Willard’s company in 1725

These were brothers of Peter Norcross and William Norcross from whom Otis Norcross and Joel W. Norcross descend.

English and Spanish War (1739 to 1745)

In 1739 England declared war against Spain and in 1741 an expedition was sent out against the Spanish West Indies settlements by the British Government. Cuba was the principle object. In this expedition the Northern Colonies provided a considerable number of troops and sustained a great loss of men, principally by an uncommon mortality which prevailed in the army. In Trumbell’s history of the United States (Volume 1, Chapter 9) it says “The sickness seems to have been almost as mortal as the plague according to the general account. No less than 3445 died during the short period of two days. This was considerably more than a forth part of the whole army. Of nearly 1,000 men from New England not more than 90 to 100 returned. Of 500 from Massachusetts only 50 retuned. John Norcross (15) of Weston was one of this expedition and did not return. He was 45 at the time.

The French and Indian Wars (1755 to 1763)

This war commenced about 1755 and ended 1763. There were many expeditions raised. One against Crown Point on Lake Champlain, one against Ticonderoga, one against Quebec and many others in various sections. Quebec was taken by the English Sept. 18 1759, Ticonderoga the 23rd of July the same year.

Several distinguished officers in both armies lost their lives in this war. General Wolfe, the English commander and General Montcalm, the French commander were both killed. Major Robert Rodgers had his celebrated companies of Rangers in this war. The Norcross’s in this war were the three sons of Joseph Norcross (17) of Weston, Massachusetts and their cousins William Norcross (29), son of John Norcross (15) and Jonathan Norcross (76), son of Philip Norcross (26) of Newton.

William Norcross (29), in Captain Taplin’s Company 1756, Captain Fletcher’s Company in 1760.

Noah Norcross (33), Sargent in Captain Baldwin’s Company in 1755, Captain Fletcher’s Company in 1760.

Joseph Norcross (34), in Captain Spring’s Company in 1758, Captain Fletcher’s Company in 1760.

Isaac Norcross (35), in Captain Taplin’s Company in 1756, Captain Fletcher’s Company in 1760.

Jonathan Norcross (76), in the expedition to Lake George, 1756.

The American Revolution

1. The Lexington Alarm, 19 April 1775

The Norcross’s that marched to Cambridge, the headquarters of the American Army at the time of the alarm at Lexington on 19 April 1775 include:

Joseph Norcross (34), of Hubbardston, Massachusetts; aged 38; in Captain Marceau’s Company Jacob Norcross (39), Drummer, of Princeton, Massachusetts; aged 24; in Captain Sparhawk’s Company Page Norcross (44), Sargent, of Rindge, New Hampshire; aged 37; in Captain Hale’s Company Jeremiah Norcross (46), of Rindge, New Hampshire; aged 31; in Captain Hale’s Company Benjamin Norcross (50), of Mendon, Massachusetts; aged 28; in Captain Jennisons Company Daniel Norcross (55), Corporal, of Templeton, Massachusetts; aged 30; in Captain Fletcher’s Company Josiah Norcross (67), of Watertown, Massachusetts; aged 41; in Captain Barnard’s Company Samuel Norcross (173), Sargent, of Gardiner, Maine; aged 41; in Captain Colburn’s Company Philip Norcross (174), Fifer, of Gardiner, Maine; aged 41; in Captain Colburn’s Company

2. The Eight Month’s Men of 1775

John Norcross (30), of Weston, Massachusetts; in Captain Scott’s Company, Colonel Sargent Daniel Norcross (49), of Mendon, Massachusetts; in Captain Warren’s Company, Colonel Reed Benjamin Norcross (50), of Mendon, Massachusetts; in Captain Warren’s Company, Colonel Reed Joseph W. Norcross (143), Fifer, of Watertown, Massachusetts; in Captain Fuller’s Company, Colonel Gardener

3. List of those in various other military services in the Revolution.

John Norcross (30), of Weston, Massachusetts enlisted for three years in Colonel Vose’s 1st. Massachusetts Regiment and was in service from February 1777 for 35 months.

John W. Norcross, probably his son, was a fifer and is mentioned as doing guard duty at Cambridge in 1778 under Colonel Reed.

Joseph Norcross (34), of Hopkinton was in the 1779 expedition to Rhode Island in Captain Harvey’s Company of Colonel Tyler’s Regiment.

Isaac Norcross (35), Corporal, of Princeton, enlisted 1 January, 1778 for one year in Captain Edgell’s Company of Colonel Jacob’s Regiment.

Samuel Norcross (37), of Westminster, Massachusetts, one of a company of artillery stationed at Fort Castle, now Fort Independence, Boston Harbour at the time of the evacuation by the British Troops in 1775. The artillery was under Captain Henshaw. (Genealogical Register Volume 3, pages 73 and 74).

Jacob Norcross (39), Drummer, of Princeton, Massachusetts, in Captain Sawyers Company of Colonel Whitney’s Regiment. In the expedition to Rhode Island.

Jeremiah Norcross (46), Rindge, New Hampshire, expedition to Rhode Island in 1778 in Captain Cunningham’s Company of Colonel Hale’s Regiment.

Daniel Norcross (49), Sargent, of Mendon, Massachusetts, in 1779 in Captain Jotham’s Company of the 7th Regiment in General Warren’s Brigade. See account of his military service on page 64.

Benjamin Norcross (50), of Milford, Massachusetts, in Colonel Kent’s Regiment. As a six months to reinforce the army. See page 65 for full particulars.

Nehemiah Norcross (70) of Charleston, Massachusetts (now Maine).

Jonathan Norcross (76), of Georgetown, Maine (now Bath).

Seth Norcross (79), Watertown 1777. Guarded the powder house at Watertown.

Nathanial Norcross (80) of Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1780 and 1781 in Major Heath’s Company on guard duty at Watertown and in and around Boston.

Ephraim Norcross (81) of Princeton, Massachusetts, enlisted in 1781 for three years. He died the year he enlisted. See page 54 for his military history.

Joseph W. Norcross (143) of Watertown was a fifer on the United States Armed Brig Hazzard, John Foster Williams, Commander.

Philip Norcross (174) of Gardiner, Maine, in 1779 in the expedition against Penobscot in Captain Heald’s Company, Colonel McCobb’s Regiment.

Josiah Norcross (177) of Gardiner, Maine, in 1778 in Captain Bang’s Company, Colonel Gerrish Regiment, in service five months.

William Norcross (1422) of Burlington, New jersey, was ensign in Captain Bloomfield’s Company of the Battalion. Promoted to Quarter Master 10 February, 1776. Promoted to Lieutenant in Captain Motts Company, 2 November 1776, and afterwards promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

John Norcross (1448 or 1453), of Burlington County, New Jersey, 3rd New Jersey Battalion 1881. These two John’s were both living in Burlington at that time.

Joseph Norcross (1437) of Gloucester County, 3rd New Jersey Battalion, 1781

Benjamin Norcross (1438) of Gloucester County, 3rd New Jersey Battalion, 1781

James Norcross (1439) of Gloucester County, 3rd New Jersey battalion, 1781

John Norcross (1424) of Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He is the only Norcross whose name is found on the Pension Rolls at Washington as doing service in the Revolutionary War. He applied at the age of 70 years from Genesee, Ontario County, New York for a Revolutionary pension in May 1818 (the year pensions were granted in Congress) stating that he entered the service in 1777 in Colonel Morrow’s Pennsylvania Regiment in General Potters Brigade and continued during the whole war and that he was in the battle of Trenton and Princeton and several other minor engagements. He also received an annual pension of $24 in consequence of a wound received in the Battle of Trenton.

War of 1812

Elisha P. Norcross (148) of Boston was a Captain in this war but was not in active service.

Elijah Livermore Norcross (198) of Charleston, Maine. He enlisted in Charleston, Maine September 1814 (he was Town Clerk of Charleston at that time) in the Company of Captain Wilkins of which afterwards Joseph Brigham was Commander, attached to the Regiment of Colonel Whiting, subsequently commanded by General Blake being part of the forces under General Hodgen which wee raised for the protection of Hamden and Bangor then menaced by the British. He furnished his own arms, ammunition accoutrements, rations and also a horse which was seriously disabled in rendering assistance to Captain Morra and his crew whose vessel, the John Adams, had been sunk by the cannon of the enemy. He was elected Captain but served as First Sargent. The length of service is uncertain but no doubt short. His name appears on the Pension Rolls at Washington as in service in the war of 1812 and is the only Norcross found on those rolls in that war. He received the pension until 1872, the year of his death.

The Aroostook War

War was threatened between Great Britain and the United States 1848 on account of the boundary line between the two countries, but it was settled by Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton by the Ashburton Treaty, so called.

General Nathaniel Norcross (459) of Livermore, Maine commanded the forces of the United States on the American side of the Aroostook River. He was, successively, Captain, Major and then General of the Home Militia.

Recapitulation Table, all wars up to and including the Aroostook War

Name From Benjamin Norcross (50) Mendon, Massachusetts Benjamin Norcross (1438) New Jersey Daniel Norcross (55) Templeton, Massachusetts Daniel Norcross (49) Mendon, Massachusetts Elijah Norcross (198) Charleston, Maine Elisha P. Norcross (148) Boston, Massachusetts Ephraim Norcross (81) Princeton, Massachusetts Isaac Norcross (35) Weston and Princeton, Massachusetts Jacob Norcross (39) Princeton, Massachusetts James Norcross (1439) New Jersey Jeremiah Norcross (6) Watertown, Massachusetts Jeremiah Norcross (18) Lunenburg, Massachusetts Jeremiah Norcross (46) Rindge, New Hampshire John Norcross (15) Weston, Massachusetts John Norcross (30) Weston Massachusetts John Norcross (1448 or 1453) Burlington, New Jersey John Norcross (1424) Milton, Pennsylvania John W. Norcross (son of 30) Weston, Massachusetts Joseph Norcross (34) Weston, Massachusetts Joseph Norcross (1437) New Jersey Joseph W. Norcross (143) Watertown, Massachusetts Jonathan Norcross (76) Newton and Georgetown, Maine Josiah Norcross (177) Gardiner, Maine Nathaniel Norcross (80) Watertown, Massachusetts Nathaniel Norcross (459) Livermore, Maine Nehemiah Norcross (70) Charleston, Massachusetts Noah Norcross (33) Weston, Massachusetts Page Norcross (44) Rindge, New Hampshire Philip Norcross (174) Gardiner, Maine Samuel Norcross (13) Weston, Massachusetts Samuel Norcross (173) Gardiner, Maine Samuel Norcross (37) Westminster, Massachusetts Seth Norcross (79) Watertown, Massachusetts William Norcross (29) Weston, Massachusetts William Norcross (1422) Burlington, New Jersey

Josiah Norcross (67) Watertown, Massachusetts

Of the above list of thirty-six, twenty-two are from Massachusetts, six from Maine, two from New Hampshire, five from New Jersey and one from Pennsylvania. Thirty of them are descendents of Jeremiah of New England and six are descendents of William of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

There follows on pages 208 to 215, a table, now in a separate Excel file named “The Norcross’s Vol. 2 by JWN 1882, the Civil War tables.xls” of participants in the Civil War.

Recapitulation Table, the Civil War

Name From Albert G. Norcross (953) Lowell, Massachusetts Albert H. Norcross (1027) Augusta, Maine Albert H. Norcross (1052) Charleston, Maine Albert M. Norcross (1610) Brownsville, Pennsylvania Alden N. Norcross (537) Boston, Massachusetts Alexander Norcross (391) Newark, New Jersey Alfred Norcross () Pemberton, New Jersey Allen H. Norcross (1096) Newark, New Jersey Alonzo F. Norcross (1197) Charleston, Massachusetts Alson Norcross (760) Winchendon, Massachusetts Andrew J. Norcross (565) Royalston, Massachusetts Ansel D. Norcross (635) Rockford, Illinois Arthur Norcross (705) Hopkinton, Massachusetts Ashall B. Norcross (1999) Charlemont, Massachusetts Benjamin F. Norcross (808) Boston, Massachusetts Castelly O. Norcross (764) Templeton, Massachusetts Charles A. Norcross (996) Northwood, New Hampshire Charles C. Norcross (1767) Springfield, New Jersey Charles J. Norcross (1819) Illinois Charles W. Norcross () Chelsea, Massachusetts Charles A. Norcross (586) Dummerston, Vermont Daniel Norcross (757) Winchendon, Massachusetts David A. Norcross (1657) Shoal, Indiana Earl N. Norcross (1766) Jobstown, New Jersey Eber Norcross (597) Evansville, Indiana Edmund P. Norcross (536) Boston, Massachusetts Edward K. Norcross (933) Dixfield, Maine Elijah Norcross (1111) Watertown, Massachusetts Elisha Norcross (1592) Bordentown, New Jersey Francis M. Norcross () Chicopee, Massachusetts Frederick F. Norcross (768) Janesville, Wisconsin Frederick M. Norcross (1064) Lowell, Massachusetts George Norcross (1588) Chesterfield, New Jersey

George Addison Norcross (724) Upton, Massachusetts George L. Norcross (1995½) Carlisle, Massachusetts George H. Norcross (1193) Charlestown, Massachusetts George H. Norcross () Philadelphia, Pennsylvania George Jones Norcross (680) Rindge, New Hampshire George L. Norcross (759) Winchendon, Massachusetts George Warren Norcross (994) Northwood, New Hampshire George W. Norcross (1100) Boston, Massachusetts George W. Norcross (679) Bradford, Vermont George W. Norcross (1656) Hartsville, Missouri H. Norcross Chelmsford, Massachusetts Henry A. Norcross (1039) Hallowell, Maine Henry F. Norcross (2004) Sutton, Massachusetts Hiram C. Norcross (1012) Manchester, Massachusetts Isaac Norcross (1581) Speedwell, New Jersey Isaac M. Norcross (273) Rockford, Illinois Isaiah W. Norcross (1891) Camden, New Jersey James H. Norcross (1099) Freehold, New Jersey James Norcross () Princeton, Missouri Jeremiah Norcross (1580) Batistown, New Jersey John C. Norcross (944) Riverside, California John E. Norcross (1922) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John G. Norcross (669) Bradford, Vermont John M. Norcross (1997) Sutton, Massachusetts John R. Norcross () Freehold, New Jersey Jonathon D. Norcross (1590) Burlington, New Jersey Joseph K. Norcross (1062) San Francisco, California Joseph Norcross (1880) Newton, New Jersey Joseph A. Norcross (1589) New Hanover, New Jersey Joseph D. Norcross (941) Chesterville, Maine Joseph F. Norcross (1996) Nashua, New Hampshire Joseph J. Norcross () South Hampton, New Jersey Lanson P. Norcross (766) Janesville, Wisconsin Leander N. Norcross (750) Templeton, Massachusetts Levi Norcross (1658) Shoal, Indiana Nicholas Warren Norcross (1063) Lowell, Massachusetts Orlando Whitney Norcross (1002) Salem, Massachusetts Ormando E. Norcross (589) Dummerston, Vermont Otis Chapin Norcross (723) Upton, Massachusetts Pliny Norcross (767) Janesville, Wisconsin Reuben Rose Norcross (1188) East Boston, Massachusetts Rufus A. Norcross (655) Milford, Massachusetts Salmon Norcross (228) Winchendon, Massachusetts Samuel B. Norcross (1925) Tansboro, New Jersey Samuel Rose Norcross (1186) East Boston, Massachusetts Samuel V. Norcross (1735) New Egypt, New Jersey

Samuel Norcross (1586) Pemberton, New Jersey Sheppard Norcross (277) Rockford, Illinois Thomas Norcross () Vincenstown, New Jersey Thomas A. Norcross (2001) Boylston, Massachusetts Thomas C. Norcross (835) Watertown, Massachusetts Ulah Norcross (651) Wisconsin Walter Josiah Norcross (714) Manchester, Vermont Wesley B. Norcross (1584) Menahawken, New Jersey William Norcross (1097) Newark, New Jersey William F. Norcross (1198) Dorchester, Massachusetts William Francis Norcross (1194) Charlestown, Massachusetts William H. Norcross () Maine William L. Norcross (602) Boston, Massachusetts William Otis Norcross (729) Marblehead, Massachusetts Winfield Scott Norcross (1275) Winthrop, Maine

These ninety-six above and the thirty-six in the previous table make 132 Norcross’s who have done military service in the United States.

We have, on the preceding page, a list of 98 Norcross’s who were in the Civil War of which nine were killed in battle or died from wounds received. Twelve died from sickness while in service. One lost a left arm near the shoulder. One was wounded in the foot by a Minnie Ball (Fred M. Norcross) and several were taken prisoner.

Fifty-nine are of the New England Branch, thirty are of the New Jersey Branch, six are of the adopted Branch, one is of the English Branch (John E. Norcross) and they were from the following states:

Massachusetts 39 New Jersey 22 Maine 8 Vermont 5 New Hampshire 4 Wisconsin 4 Indiana 3 West Virginia 2 Pennsylvania 2 Missouri 2 California 2 Illinois 5 TOTAL 98

Seven of the sons of Samuel F. Norcross (,1487), viz. Wesley B. (,1584), Samuel (,1586), George (,1588), Joseph A. (,1589), Jonathan D. (,1590), William (,1587), Elisha (,1592) were all in the service at the same time and all returned safely home but one, Jonathan D.

(,1590) who was killed in battle. There were also two grandchildren of Samuel’s, Earl N. (,1766) and Charles C. (,1767) who were in service.

Sketch of Frederick M. Norcross (1064), Lawyer of New York City, Son of the late Nicholas G. Norcross of Lowell, Massachusetts.

He was in the 30th Massachusetts Regiment, Company D, which he helped to enlist and was appointed 1st. Lieutenant of said Company and went with his Regiment to Ship Island in Colonel Butler’s command. He was in the Battle of Baton Rouge when, with a few of his company, he recaptured a canon which had been taken by the rebels for which act he was complimented on the field by the General in command and was promoted to be Captain of his company. A few days after he was in the battle at Port Hudson when he was wounded in the foot by a minnie ball [a form of musket/bullet that did considerable damage to those who were unlucky enough to meet one] and returned home after lying in the hospital for some time. Afterwards, he was appointed Quarter Master in the United States Army with the rank of Captain in which capacity he remained until the close of the war when he was honourably discharged. He is honourably mentioned in Parton’s book entitled General Butler in New Orleans as follows: “New Orleans, 25 August 1862, the commanding General has carefully revised the official reports of the action at Baton Rouge to collect the evidence of the gallant deeds and meritorious services of those engaged in that brilliant victory. The patriotic courage of the following officers and privates who left the hospitals to fight is specially commended Second Lieutenant Fred M. Norcross, Company G, 30th Massachusetts Regiment, again Fred M. Norcross acting aid to Colonel Dudley for daring courage on the field. Signed General Ben F. Butler.”

2nd. Lieutenant – 20 February 1862 1st Lieutenant – 19 August 1862 Captain USV, 2 February 1863

Pliny Norcross (767), ex-Mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin, and lawyer, enlisted 17 April 1861 in the Governor’s Guards at Madison, Wisconsin (where he was attending College) in the 1st Wisconsin or 3 month men and served as a private and corporal during the summer of 1861. Then he raised a company (K) in the 13th Wisconsin Infantry (3 years) and was chosen Captain and remained as such until his time was out. He was the first man who enlisted from Rockwell, Wisconsin and the first man from the Wisconsin State University where he was a freshman. His older brother, Lanson P. Norcross (766) belonged to the same Company and after his time was out was a veteran. His younger brother, Frederick F. Norcross (768) belonged to the same company and died while in service at Nashville, Tennessee.

John E. Norcross (1992) of Brooklyn, New York, Lawyer and of English birth, was in Europe when the war broke out. He hastened home to take part in it and found himself drafted in Philadelphia. He was in Company F of the 118 Pennsylvania Regiment as a private and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 24 USCT and breveted Captain for faithful services.

William Norcross (1587) was detailed as a sharp shooter on the Steam Ram Switzerland in the Mississippi River. He run the blockade at Vicksburg 25 March 1863 and run the blockade at Grand Gulch 1 April 1863. After the surrender of Vicksburg, he returned to his regiment and was in all of the engagements until the close of the war under General William T. Sherman.

John C. Norcross (944) of California, formerly of Maine, enlisted as one of the hundred Cavalry sent from California to Massachusetts to go with the Regiment of Colonel Lowell. He entered as Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain. He was taken prisoner and made his escape five or six times and was retaken. He escaped at one time by cutting a hole through the bottom of a car which was carrying him to prison. He was in Libby Prison at Richmond and several other prisons.

John M. Norcross (1997) of Sutton, Massachusetts enlisted 12 July 1861, aged 38, in Company E of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment as a private. He was promoted to Corporal 1 August 1861, to Sergeant 4 June 1862 and to Lieutenant 27 January 1863, was taken prisoner at Balls Bluff and taken to Richmond, Virginia and remained four months at Libby Prison, returned to his regiment and remained there until 19 June 1863 when he was taken sick and went to the hospital. He resigned 6 September 1863.

He was the son of John Norcross (1994)(the adopted branch) who had five sons in the war, Joseph F. (1996), Henry T. (2004), John M. (1997), Ashal B. (1999), Thomas A. (2001) and one grandson George L. (1995½).

Norcross Graduates of Colleges of the New England and New Jersey Branches

Name College/University Class of: Reverend Nathaniel Norcross (2) Cambridge, England 1636 Erasmus Norcross (140) Yale, New Haven, Connecticut 1815 William Otis Norcross Yale, New Haven, Connecticut 1826 Otis Norcross (742) Harvard, Cambridge, 1870 Massachusetts Granville H. Norcross Harvard, Cambridge, 1875 Massachusetts Frederick M. Norcross (1064) Harvard, Cambridge, 1858 Massachusetts Reverend Flavius V. Norcross Bowdoin, Brunswick, Maine 1855 (930) Reverend S. G. Norcross (932) Bowdoin, Brunswick, Maine 1857 Albert F. Norcross (685) Dartmouth, Hanover, New 1878 Hampshire Walter Spaulding Norcross (688) Amherst, Amherst, 1875 Massachusetts (but died in 1873) Amasa Norcross (306) Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire Reverend Austin Norcross (348) Brown, Providence, Rhode Island 1843 Pliny Norcross (767) State, Madison, Wisconsin 1864 Reverend Lanson P. Norcross Congregational Theological (766) Seminary, Chicago, Illinois Reverend Virgil C. Norcross Oglethorpe, Georgia (1072) Reverend George Norcross Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois 1861

(1703) Theological, Princeton, New 1864 Jersey William C. Norcross (1705) Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois 1866 Hiram T. Norcross (1707) Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois 1872 College of Law, Chicago, Illinois 1875 Isaiah Norcross (1708) Monmouth, Monmouth, Illinois 1866 Josiah Norcross (303) Harvard Medical College, 1846 Cambridge, Massachusetts Joseph N. Norcross (754) Jefferson Medical College, 1846 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Arthur D. Norcross (795) Massachusetts Agricultural 1871 College, Amherst, Massachusetts Carroll C. Norcross (1287) Colby, Waterville, Maine 1854 Kate E. Norcross (1061) Colby, Waterville, Maine) 1881 Edward M. Norcross (1228) Massachusetts Institute of 1876 Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

Norcross’s who have been Mayors

Otis Norcross (332), Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, 1867 Amasa Norcross (306), Mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts,1873 and 1874 Jonathan Norcross (509), Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1851 Pliny Norcross (767), Mayor of Janesville, Wisconsin, 1877 and 1878

Norcross Ministers now living (1882)

Flavius V. Norcross (930), Congregationalist Union, Maine S.G. Norcross (932), Congregationalist Union, Maine Lanson P. Norcross (766), Congregationalist Union, Maine George Norcross (1703), Presbyterian, Carlisle, Pennsylvania Virgil Chambers Norcross (1074), Baptist, Atlanta, Georgia William H. Norcross (582), Methodist Allen H. Norcross (1729), Methodist, Warren, Ohio

Norcross Lawyers now living (1882)

Otis Norcross (742), Boston, Massachusetts Granville H. Norcross (744), Boston, Massachusetts Frederick N. Norcross (1064), New York City, New York Pliny Norcross (767), Janesville, Wisconsin Amasa Norcross (306), Fitchburg, Massachusetts William C. Norcross (1705), Monmouth, Illinois Hiram F. Norcross (1707), Chicago, Illinois

Members of Congress

Amasa Norcross (306), Ninth Massachusetts District, 45th, 46th and 47th Congress

Jonathan Norcross (509) of Atlanta, Georgia was the Republican Candidate for Governor of Georgia in 1876 but was not elected.

Thinking there might be some who would think my record did not agree with some of the published records, I will mention the errors I have found in these published records.

Bond, in his History of Watertown, says that:

1. Nathaniel (80), son of Philip (26) married Ann Ward. It was Nathaniel (152), son of Josiah (67). 2. It has Peter (21), son of Richard, as marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Benjamin. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Benjamin. 3. It has down Philip (26) as having a son Philip born after 1750. It was a grandson, a son of Samuel (74). 4. He also mentions Josiah (67) as owning land in Livermore, Maine. It was Samuel (74), son of Josiah. 5. He also calls Richard (8) a schoolmaster. He was not, but was a cordwainer (shoemaker). 6. He calls Nathaniel (2) wife Sarah. It was probably Mary Gilbert of Taunton.

Hannaford & Russell both, in their Histories of Princeton, Massachusetts say that James Norcross was one of the eighteen who first organized a church in Princeton. The original church record says “Jos.” They called it James when it should be Joseph (17).

The History of Shrewsbury, page 238, says Sarah (Norcross) Fillmore lived to be 94 years of age at the time of her death. She was but 81 at the time of her death.

The History of Pittston says Joshua Norcross married Charlotte Smith. It should be Josiah (177).

The History of Rindge, New Hampshire says Dr. Elijah (110) was the son of Jabez (41). It should be the son of Page (14). It says also that Asa Jones and Betsy, children of Captain Daniel (113) were twins but this is incorrect.

The History of Livermore says Elijah Livermore Norcross (198) was the son of Josiah. He was the son of Jonathan (76)

Jackson’s History of Newton calls Nathaniel (398) wife Elwing. It should be Elkins Smith. In his History of Newton mentions Emery Norcross as having a very early date. There never was an Emery Norcross. It was Jeremiah (1) who signed his name Jeremy.