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Husband: Aaron NORTON [I02687]
Born: 26 JAN 1804 in Washington Co., New York 1 2
Married: in Kentucky
Died: 1864 in Johnson Co., Texas
Father: Jeremiah NORTON
Mother: Abigail NORTON
Spouses:
Wife: Mary 'Polly' Ann BASHAM [I04643]
Born: about 1807 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 3
Died: 1875 in Johnson Co., Texas 4
Father: Bartlett BASHAM
Mother: Rachel MAYBERRY
Spouses:
Children
01 (F): Rachel M. NORTON [I05371]
Born: about 1829 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 5
Died: after 06 JUN 1863 in Lived Hunt Co., Texas
Spouses: Robert E. THOMAS
02 (F): Margaret Anne NORTON [I00068]
Born: JAN 1832 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 6 7 8
Died: 10 JUN 1922 in Quinlan, Hunt Co., Texas 9
Spouses: Addison Noblite WEAVER
03 (F): Abigail NORTON [I04664]
Born: about 1834 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 10
Died: before 1870 in Kaufman Co., Texas
Spouses: Isaac Henry HOUSTON
04 (M): William Long NORTON [I04528]
Born: JUN 1835 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 11
Died: 22 OCT 1919 in Patmos, Hempstead Co., Arkansas 12
Spouses: Margaret L. SANDY
05 (M): Stephen Martin NORTON [I04360]
Born: about 1840 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky 13
Died: 1879 in Johnson Co., Texas
Spouses: Mary Elizabeth AIKEN; Permelia J. ANTHONY; Mary J. UNKNOWN
06 (M): Fredrick Marion NORTON [I03978]
Born: about 1843 in Kentucky 14
Died: before 14 DEC 1868 in Johnson Co., Texas 15
Spouses: Elizabeth 'Raynor' RAINER
07 (M): Jeremiah B. NORTON [I02386] 16
Born: about 1845 in Kentucky 17
Died: before 1863
Spouses:
Additional Information

Aaron NORTON:

Census: 1850, Kaufman Co., TX, brother Theodore also there

Notes:

Will of Aaron and Polly Ann Norton sent to me by Stu Jones:

The Last will and testament of Aaron Norton and Polly Ann Norton resident citizens of the County of Johnson and State of Texas.
First - we and each of us do will and bequeath that after all our just debts and funeral expenses are paid that survivor (if either survives) shall have all the property which we both hold, both real and personal during the term of his or her natural life.
Secondly - We give and bequeath to each of our children (to wit) Rachael M. Thomas, Abigal Houston, W. L. Norton, S. M. Norton, Margaret Weaver & F. M. Norton five dollars each.
Thirdly - We give and bequeath to Jeremiah Bartlett Norton our grand child all the property both real and personal which we have own and posess at our death Provided that Mary Norton the mother of the said Jeremiah B. Norton does not take him the said Jeremiah away from us during our natural lives.
In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and s...lls for seals at Buchanan, Texas This 6th day of June in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Three.

Aaron (His mark) Norton (Seal)
Polly Ann (Her mark) Norton (Seal)

Signed sealed and delivered as and for their last will and testament by Aaron Norton and I Polly Ann Norton to us well Known who being respectable persons over fourteen years of age in the presence of the said Aaron Norton and I Polly Ann Norton the testators or makers, at their own request in their presence and in the presence of each other have signed this as witnesses at Buchanan Texas This 6th day of June AD 1863
J.. R McKinney (almost elligible)
G H Maxey

Last Will and Testament of Aaron Norton Dec'd
Filed Sept 6th 1875 G. H. Maxey - Clk D C J. C. Texas
Filed Octr. 9, 1879. W. L. Williams, Clerk, by F. E. Adams Depty
Recorded Book "G"
Probate Record, page 209.

(07) Jeremiah B. NORTON:

Parents (Facts Pg): He was not listed in Aaron & Polly's will dated 1863.

Footnotes
  1. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  2. THE NORTON FAMILY BIBLE [2185] (Philadelphia, H. C. Carey & I. Lea - Chesnut Street. 1825. ).
  3. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  4. Will Probated [2361].
  5. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  6. 1880 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [512].
  7. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  8. 1900 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [706].
  9. Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884 - 1958 [1096].
  10. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  11. Ibid.
  12. Headstone Inscription [1491].
  13. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
  14. Ibid.
  15. Probate Records [2030].
  16. Not named in father's will [1947].
  17. 1850 Kaufman Co., TX - US Fed. Census [131].
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