John Norton

Abt 1651 - 1716  (65 years)

• Name	John Norton
  Birth	Abt 1651	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Oct 1716	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I43112	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	William Norton   d. 30 Apr 1694, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Lucy Downing,   b. Abt 1625   d. 5 Feb 1698, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1649  [2]
  Family ID	F25192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Mason   d. Jun 1740, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  Marriage	29 Nov 1678	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Norton,   b. 15 Mar 1696, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. Oct 1769, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F25190	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was ordained colleague pastor (with Rev. Peter Hobart) at Hingham 27 Nov 1678. He succeeded Hobart alone after Hobart's death on 20 Jan 1679, continuing until his own death in 1716.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1911] History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts by George Lincoln et al. 3 volumes. Town of Hingham, 1893. [S1616] Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "A Study of the Downing Family in England, with Connections in Early New England." The American Genealogist 74:161, 74:299, July 1999 and October 1999.