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Norton, Massachusetts, USA

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Where is Norton, Massachusetts, USA? 

Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
The area known today as the Town of Norton in Bristol County was originally part of the Taunton North Purchase. As more families settled in this area, the people wanted to either form their own town or a separate precinct. The main reasons for this were the distances they had to travel and the poor roads that made it most inconvenient to attend church services in Taunton. The settlers petitioned for a minister, a church, and the right to become a precinct. Thus in 1709, this area became known as the North Precinct of Taunton.

On June 12, 1711, the said North Precinct of Taunton was incorporated as the Town of Norton...www.nortonma.org/ Pages/ NortonMA_WebDocs/ townhistory

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Norton, Massachusetts, USA - Town Hall (1910)
Norton, Massachusetts, USA

Town Hall (1910)
Norton, Massachusetts, USA - New High School, Norton, Mass.
Norton, Massachusetts, USA

New High School, Norton, Mass.
Norton, Massachusetts, USA - Wheaton Inn, Norton, Massachusetts
Norton, Massachusetts, USA

Wheaton Inn, Norton, Massachusetts

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13. NORTON. [Pop. 1,545. Inc. 1711.]
Norton was probably named after the Rev. John Norton, who came to Plymouth with Gov. Winslow,...Read MORE...

1890 Norton Massachusetts
Norton is a farming and manufacturing town lying in the northern part of Bristol County, 30 miles...Read MORE...

News  1894 - NORTON'S BIG FIRE. STARTED IN A BOX FACTORY AND EVENTUALLY BURNED OVER TWO ACRES OF LAND.
Norton, Mass., July 27. - Fire broke out yesterday in the three-storied wooden building owned and...Read MORE...

1899 - Norton
Norton. - This was the seventh town formed in Bristol county and was set off from Taunton on March...Read MORE...

1906
Norton, a post-village in Norton township (town), Bristol co., Mass., 8 miles NNW. of Taunton on...Read MORE...

News  1909 - $100,000 Fire in Norton, Mass.
NORTON, Mass., May 27. - Three wool storehouses, connected with the George A. Talbot & Sons mill...Read MORE...


Ancestors Who Were Born Here

We currently have information about 36 ancestors who were born in Norton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ancestors Who Died Here

We currently have information about 352 ancestors who died in Norton, Massachusetts, USA.
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here


1715
Seth DORMAN (8 May 1682 - 21 December 1741) & Sarah THAYER (5 February 1693 - 12 June 1753)
married 4 August 1715

1724
John SEALEY (10 April 1697 - 3 December 1783) & Hannah BRIGGS (abt. 1701 - 16 February 1760)
married 12 January 1724

1742
Bezaleel THRASHER (1719 - 25 April 1803) & Hannah WEST (21 April 1720 - 22 February 1782)
married 21 October 1742

1747
Ebenezer JONES (1 October 1726 - 13 September 1791) & Mary FINNEY (12 November 1727 - 1819)
married 13 June 1747

1869
Gideon W MANCHESTER (28 May 1821 - 27 May 1906) & Susan F UNKNOWN (abt. 1838 - 31 August 1896)
married 3 October 1869
 

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