Norton Line from Somerset to Martha S Vineyard Via Esther Norton to Jeremiah Norton IN Nz

Nicholas Norton immigrated from Somerset to Massachusetts. He had 5 children whose descendants would re-marry back into their Norton blood relatives. These five children were all ancestors of JEREMIAH CROWELL NORTON. They were:

ISAAC
JOSEPH
BENJAMIN
RUTH
ESTHER

This is one line through ESTHER born 1668

(UNKNOWN) NORTON born about 1510 Somerset, England

Had the following named children:
WILLIAM
JOHN died about 1576; tanner
ROBERT died 1590 Wells; innholder

WILLIAM NORTON born about 1535 Whitelackington, Somerset; tanner

Had the following named children:
NICHOLAS
WILLIAM

NICHOLAS NORTON born 1562 Whitelackington, Somerset; died 1616 Broadway, Somerset; Parish Church Warden;

Had the following named children:
JOHN born about 1590 Broadway, Somerset
JOAN buried 1598
JAMES buried 1678 Broadway
JOSEPH baptised 3 Feb 1607
NICHOLAS
ELIZABETH baptised 1612 Broadway

NICHOLAS NORTON born 1610 Broadway, Somerset; died 1676 Massachusetts, USA; tanner; married ELIZABETH (ISAAC?) Weymouth, Massachusetts

They had the following named children:
*ISAAC born 3 May 1641 Weymouth, Massachusetts; died about 1723; married RUTH BAYES
JACOB born 1 Mar 1643
ELIZABETH born 1646; married JAMES PEASE
HANNAH born 1648; married:
1. AUGUSTINE WILLIAMS (of Stonington, Connecticut);
2. MR BROWNE (of Killingworth, Connecticut)
*JOSEPH born Mar 1651; married:
1. MARY BAYES;
2. ANN TRAPP
*RUTH born 1657; married MOSES CLEVELAND
*BENJAMIN born 1659; married HANNAH BOLTER
SARAH born 1665; married JOHN STANBRIDGE (of Newport, Rhode Island)
PRISCILLA born 1666; married JOHN BUTLER
*ESTHER
MARY born 1669; married THOMAS WOOLLEN

ESTHER NORTON born 1668; married:

1. SAMUEL HUXFORD (died 1690)

They had the following named children:
HEPZIBAH born 1682; married JOHN MARCHANT
SAMUEL born 1683

2. JONATHAN DUNHAM born 1661 Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died 1745 Edgartown, Dukes County, Martha’s Vineyard

They had the following named children:
CORNELIUS
ESTHER born about 1697
RUTH born about 1698; married GIDEON CARTWRIGHT

CORNELIUS DUNHAM born about 1693 Edgartown, Massachusetts; died 1737 Edgartown, Dukes County, Martha’s Vineyard; married JEMIMA NORTON (born 1702 Edgartown; died 3 Apr 1794 Edgartown). JEMIMA also was a descendant of NICHOLAS NORTON through JOSEPH NORTON.

They had the following named children:
SHUBAEL born about 14 Nov 1723; married LYDIA CHASE
JEMIMA

JEMIMA DUNHAM born 5 Jul 1726 Edgartown; married (Lieutenant Colonel) MELATIAH DAVIS (born 9 Oct 1716; died 9 Jan 1795 Edgartown, Massachusetts)

They had the following named children:
SHUBAEL married JANE WEST
MARY
BENJAMIN born 1752; married MARY DAGGETT
JOHN born 27 Feb 1746
MELATIAH born 17 Nov 1747; married NATHAN BASSETT

MARY (MOLLY) DAVIS born 14 Jan 1744; died 20 Feb 1820; married:

1. Henry Norton (born 1738 Edgartown; drowned 30 Aug 1764) on 22 Dec 1763 in Edgartown.

2. SAMUEL NORTON (born 16 Apr 1743 Martha’s Vineyard; died 23 Nov 1801) 23 Nov 1766

They had the following named children:
HENRY born 1767
DEBORAH
TRISTRAM born 17 Aug 1772; married SALLY BUTLER
MARY born 11 May 1775; married DENNIS DAVIS
LYDIA bapt. 31 Aug 1784; married FRANCIS NORTON
SAMUEL bapt. 31 Aug 1784; married ANNA DAVIS
HEPSIBAH born 1787; married CORNELIUS DAVIS

DEBORAH NORTON born 1770; died 14 July 1849; married ISAAC NORTON (born 1771 Martha’s Vineyard; died 12 Apr 1843) 28 Nov 1791

They had the following named children:
JANE
POLLY DAVIS
DEBORAH WOODIS born 1800; died 23 Feb 1873; married WILLIAM FARRAND

POLLY DAVIS NORTON born 24 Mar 1794 Edgartown; died in Nov 1874 Edgartown; married SHUBAEL CLAGHORN NORTON (born 27 May 1794 Edgartown; died Aug 1871 Edgartown) 22 Sept 1816 Edgartown.

Children:
JEREMIAH CROWELL
JANE WEST born 4 Apr 1821 (twin.); married JOSEPH THAXTER 16 Mar 1845.
HENRY D. born 4 Apr 1821 (twin.); married MARY A. BEETLE 6 Jan 1848.
ABIGAIL S. born 29 Feb 1824
SHUBAEL CLAGHORN JR, born 31 Jan 1825.
MARY DAVIS born 14 May 1829; married PHILIP C. SMITH JR. 1 Dec 1847.
DEBORAH A. born 25 Feb 1833; married JERUEL WEST 1 Jan 1852.
CORDELIA V. born 1 Sep 1834

JEREMIAH CROWELL NORTON born 6 June 1819; married MARGARET STUART VINCENT (born 2 Dec 1821) on 6 Oct 1845 in Edgartown.

Child of JEREMIAH and MARGARET:
ABBY, born 14 Oct 1853; married GEORGE NOLAN 1 Jan 1874.

Then he sailed to NZ where he married (possibly bigamously) ANN(A) CLARA SIMONS on 5 July 1862 in Auckland NZ

JEREMIAH died 31st Aug 1897 Northland, NZ.

I hope this can help anyone who are researching these lines.

This is just one of my wife's ancestral lines.