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1. Citation Information: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III, in a biography about Richard Norman, Sr.:
"...Richard, b. about 1623 (deposed aged about fifty 19 March 1673/4 [EQC 5:256], deposed aged about fifty-seven at June Term 1680 [EQC 7:386]); m. by about 1650 Margaret ____ (daughter Elizabeth "d. in 1732, aged eighty-two" [Sarah Stone Anc 52])..."
2. "The American Genealogist," 77[2002]:102-3: "The English Origin of Richard1 Norman of Salem, Massachusetts," by Leslie Mahler:
"...Children of Richard1 and Florence (___) Norman, i-v bp. at Charminster, co. Dorset...
vi. Richard Norman, b. ca. 1623-24; m. ca. 1650, Margaret ___. He deposed, aged about 50, on 19 March 1673/4 and on 2 Dec. 1674.[14] His baptism was not found in Charminster, so the family probably moved from there about the time that they disappeared from the register.
Footnotes...
14. "Essex Court Records," 5:256, as cited in Anderson, "Great Migration Begins," 2:1335; Christopher Johnston, "Thomas Weston and His Family," "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" 50(1896):201-6, at 202-3."
3. The book "Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants), compiled by Maine's Foremost Genealogist, 1916-1963 Walter Goodwin Davis," with an Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts, book section "The Ancestry of Annis Spear," 1996, vol. III, pp. 49-53:
"LIEUT. RICHARD2 NORMAN (Richard1) was born about 1623, his age being given as fifty in 1673 and fifty-seven in 1680. His first appearance in the Essex County records is in 1643, when he was fined ten shillings "for carrying a burden on the Lord's day," his father answering for him. He lived in Marblehead with his father, and in 1653 the "old planter" deeded the homestead to him. (Records and Files, etc., III: 368.) He married Margaret ___ about 1649.
Richard Norman was engaged in the fishing trade and he also kept an inn, receiving a license each year from 1669 until 1679. In 1682 the selectmen again recommended his appointment by the Court, saying "the situation of our place being a Seaport towne, and the concourse of many strangers especially in the summer season being such that one particular house of entertainment cannot with any convenience accomodate all" … Left. Richard Norman is one "who will (we hope) endeavour to keep such good orders in his house that none may charge with just matter of complaint." (Records and Files, etc., VIII: 318.)
He served the town of Marblehead as selectman in 1670, 1671 and 1672, took the freeman's oath in 1680 and was the town constable that same year. His military career began in 1675 when he was ensign of the local foot company and four years later he was confirmed as its lieutenant. The town failed to send its quota of troops to the defense of the province in King Philip's War and was fined. £10 for this neglect, and Lieut. Norman, as one of the military commissioners, petitioned the court that half of the fine be remitted. He served in the Jury of Trials in 1668, 1673, 1676 and 1677.
On August 11, 1683, a jury impanelled "to enquire to the untimely death of Lieut. Norman" found that being in a shallop at Moulton's Misery (Misery Island) he leapt out intending to swim ashore, but was drowned. Administration was granted to his widow Margaret Norman and Lieut. John Pickering and an inventory taken by Moses Maverick and James Dennis showed an estate of £398. Among the papers in the probate court docket is a list of Norman's children -- Rebecka, Richard, William, John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Benjamin and Jonathan. The administrators were authorized to pay the widow and eldest son £80 apiece. Margaret Norman married Robert Goodwin October 15, 1685, and died before 1705 when administration on the estates of Mr. Richard Norman and Margaret his wife, both deceased, was granted to their eldest son, Mr. John Norman, joiner. He sued his step-father, Robert Goodwin, for his father's house in 1706. (Supreme Judicial Court, No. 6962.) The undivided estate then consisted of property valued at £226, including a tract of land at Dunstable. The death of John Norman again interrupted the settlement of the estate, and Moses Norman, a grandson, was appointed to complete it on March 15, 1708/9. (Essex Probate, 303: 103; 308: 407; 310: 88.)
Children:
i. REBECCA, b. about 1650; m. Edward Diamond of Marblehead, who was b. about 1642; d. in 1732, aged eighty-two. In that year her children William, Thomas and Aholiab Diamond, Mary Tucker, Hannah Fettyplace, and her grandchildren Rebecca Treffry, Michael and John Wormistall sold to her son Joseph Diamond all their rights in the homestead of Edward and Rebecca Diamond at Marblehead. (Essex Deeds, 61: 239.)
Children:
1. William Diamond, b. May 9, 1671; a shoreman in Marblehead in 1732.
2. Mary Diamond, b. Oct. 7, 1672; m. Andrew Tucker, Jr., of Marblehead Nov. 6, 1690, and was his widow in 1732.
3. Rebecca Diamond, m. (1) Michael Wormistall July 5, 1696; had sons John and Michael and daughter Rebecca (who m. Thomas Treffry in 1715); she probably m. (2) Edward Hammond June 1, 1709.
4. Aholiab Diamond, b. March 16, 1679; m. Lucy Bond Aug. 14, 1701; a fisherman in Beverly in 1732.
5. Thomas Diamond, b. Jan. 28, 1684; m. Margaret Wilkins, June 6, 1706; a fisherman in Salem In 1734.
6. Edward Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
7. Richard Diamond, bapt. Sept. 11, 1687.
8. Joseph Diamond, bapt. Oct. 7, 1687; of Salem in 1732.
9. Benjamin Diamond, bapt. Nov. 24, 1689.
10. Hannah Diamond, b. Oct. 28, 1694; m. William Fettyplace Feb. 21, 1714/15; living in Marblehead in 1732.
11. Rebecca Diamond, b. 7: 16: 1695. (Possibly the clerk made an error in recording the name of this child, as Edward and Rebecca Diamond had a daughter Rebecca living in 1695. The Cressey Genealogy, in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 31, p. 199, states that Rebecca, dau. of Edward and Rebecca Diamond, m. Job Cressey of Salem June 27, 1723. As this couple named a daughter Lucy, it is more likely that the wife of Cressey was Rebecca, dau. of Aboliab and Lucy (Bond) Diamond, who was born Jan. 13, 1703.)
ii. RICHARD; his name appears in the list of the children of Lieut. Norman, attached to the inventory of the estate in 1682, but, as no further reference to him whatsoever is found, it is probable that he d. before reaching majority.
iii. WILLIAM; an apprentice of William Beale of Marblehead, from whom he ran away in 1665, being caught at Ipswich, placed in jail and sentenced to be whipped ten stripes (Records & Files, III : 263.); Beale assigned his interest in Norman to Capt. Thomas Savage, with the approval of the court, at the same session; m. Rebecca ___; d. before 1699 when Samuel Walton of Wenham deeded land to his widow (Essex Deeds, 13 : 221.); his widow, Rebecca, was a shop-keeper in Marblehead, and conveyed her two houses, goods and jewels to her son-in-law Joshua Orne in 1715/6 (Essex Deeds, 29 : 261); Orne was appointed to administer her estate in 1728. (Essex Probate, 318: 178.)
Child:
1. Elizabeth; m. Joshua Orne Nov. 23, 1704.
iv. JOHN, b. about 1658; m. Sarah Maverick, daughter of Moses and Eunice Maverick of Marblehead Nov. 10, 1683; appointed administrator of the estates of his father and mother, as eldest son, Sept. 3, 1705; will, dated Jan. 25, 1708/9, and proved Feb. 25, 1708/9, describing him as a carpenter and joiner, appoints his wife Sarah executrix and Mr. Richard Grover and Mr. Eleazer Ingalls overseers, and directs that his estate be divided when his youngest child reaches the age of eighteen. (Essex Probate, No. 19560.)
Children:
1. Richard, b. Sept. 4, 1684; d. s. p. before 1723/4.
2. Margaret; d. April 12, 1685.
3. Eunice, bapt. March 21, 1686; m. Samuel Raymond of Beverly, mariner, Nov. 21, 1704; in 1720/1 he purchased from her brothers John and Joseph their right in the house in Marblehead given by their grandparents, Moses and Eunice Maverick, to their mother (Essex Deeds, 39 : 184.); widow, living in Marblehead in 1724.
4. Moses, b. 1687; m. Anne Bullfinch in Boston Aug. 30, 1716; mariner; appointed administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman 1708/9, and still acting as such in 1717 will, dated Oct. 15, 1716, in Boston, leaves entire property to wife Anne; inventory Jan. 3. 1731; three children, Moses, John and Anne, wife of Thomas Eggleston. (In a deed to Philip English, in 1719, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, is stated to be only son of John Norman of Marblehead, shipwright (Essex Deeds, 36: 16). In 1723/4, however, Moses Norman of Boston, mariner, joins his two brothers and three sisters, all described as children of John Norman of Marblehead, in a conveyance to Joseph Neal of Salem (Essex Deeds, 43: 173). The first description is obviously an error.)
5. John, b. 1690; d. young.
6. Sarah. bapt. May 14, 1693; m. John Broughton of Marblehead Dec. 3, 1718; in 1723 she sold to her brother John a house and land inherited from her grandfather Maverick; she joined in the 1723/4 deed to Joseph Neal.
7. Benjamin, b. 1694; d. young.
8. John, bapt. April 26, 1696; m. Mary Cox Sept. 15, 1720; fisherman; administration granted to widow Mary July 5, 1725. (Essex Probate, 314: 221; 316: 25.)
9. Benjamin, bapt. Oct. 8, 1699; cordwainer and fisherman of Marblehead; with his brother John sells house and land (Essex Deeds, 39: 184.) given to their mother Sarah Norman by their grandparents Moses and Eunice Maverick to their brother-m-law Samuel Raymond, in 1720/1.
10. Jonathan, b. 1701; d. before 1723/4.
11. Elizabeth, bapt. Sept. 8, 1706; m. William Edgella Boston Aug. 2, 1725; sold property inherited from her parents to Joshua Orne, husband of her cousin Elizabeth Norman, July 26, 1725. (Essex Deeds, 47: 37.)
v. Elizabeth, m. (1) Aholiab Diamond Jan. 8, 1685/6; m. (2) William Hine Nov. 13, 1688; purchased a portion of her father's land from nephew, Moses Norman, the relationships being fully described, June 10, 1711 (Essex Deeds, 39:176.); d. Oct. 15, 1716; in 1722 William Hine and wife Mary conveyed to William Hine, Jr., the house of his grandfather, Richard Norman. (Essex Deeds, 38: 276.)
Child, by first husband:
1. Susanna Diamond. bapt. Sept. 11, 1687, in Marblehead; m. Joseph Woolcomb March 30, 1713, in Marblehead.
Children, by second husband:
2. William Hine, bapt. March 29, 1691.
3. Richard Hine, bapt. Jan. 6, 1694/5.
4. Joseph Hine, bapt. March 21, 1696/7.
5. Elizabeth Hine, bapt. April 3, 1700.
6. Hannah Hine, bapt. March 14, 1701/2.
7. Benjamin Hine, bapt. Sept. 16, 1705.
vi. JOSEPH; m. Mary Collins Jan. 24, 1688/9; his widow Mary appointed administratrix of his estate and an inventory filed Nov. 18, 1691 (Essex Probate, 303 : 95, 101.); she m., second, Henry Hooper of Marblehead, who was made joint administrator Dec. 6, 1692.
vii. BENJAMIN; d. young.
viii. JONATHAN; administration granted to his step-father and chief creditor, Robert Goodwin, April 21, 1713 (Essex Probate, 310 : 539.); in 1714, Goodwin sued Moses Norman, as administrator of the estates of his grandparents, Richard and Margaret Norman, for Jonathan Norman's one-seventh share thereof, stating that one child of Mr. and Mrs. Norman had died before reaching majority."
4. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:102-103, "NORMAN. RICHARD (a.1580-aft.1653) OF MARBLEHEAD, MA":
"... Richard Norman - Born about 1580. Died 1682. He m. ___ in England. He came to Salem, MA by 1630. Savage (3:288) says he came in 1626, probably from Dorchester, Dorset. Tingley says he was with Governor Roger Conant's company in 1625 in Salem (?). Tingley makes a statement that is difficult to interpret: "It is supposed that he was the Richard Fryeth alias Norman, who Oct. 23, 1603, brought suit against his step-mother and half-sister, Agnes Greenleaf, but no proof has been found". Children (Salem 3:288)
a. John Norman - B.a. 1613, England. Died 1673, age 60. He m. Arabella ___, who died 1679. Eight children (1637-1656).
b. Richard Norman, Jr. - B.a. 1624, England. Died 1683, Marblehead, MA. He m. (1) Elizabeth Whitridge, 15 July 1654 (1635-1659), daughter of William Whitridge. He m. (2) Margaret, daughter of William Flint and Alice Bosworth. She m. (2) Robert Goodwin. Three children by first wife (1656-1658) and six by second (1661-1672).
c. Susanna Norman - She m. (1) Sgt. Robert Lockwood of Fairfield, CT. She m. (2) Jeffrey Ferris. Six children by first husband (1634-1643).
d. William Norman - He m. (1) ___ in England, and he left her there. Maine (p. 512) says he m. (2) Margery Randall, while still married to his first wife. On 11 Mar. 1650/1, in Wells, ME, they were legally separated and he was banished after failing to divorce his first wife in England. His second wife m. (2) Thomas Spinney. One daughter.
e. Margaret Norman - Born England. Died before 1694. She m. (1) Robert Morgan, 27 Jan. 1638, Salem, ME (1601-1673). She m. (2) Samuel Fowler (a.1618-1711). Eight children by first husband.
Richard Norman had five children and at least 32 grandchildren.
Reference: Some Ancestral Lines, Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley and His Wife, Martha Pamela Meyers, by Raymond M. Tingley, 1935."
5. The book "The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson 1899-1986," by W. M. Bollenbach, Jr. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 2003), pp. 267-68:
"RICHARD1 NORMAN, born England, probably Dorchester, by about 1587, died Salem MA after 22 April 1653 but before 27 June 1664; married England about 1611 (birth 1612) (___), possibly Margaret Alford)), born there say 1590, died Marblehead MA after 1645.
Richard1 was in Cape Ann (Gloucester) MA by 1626, living in Salem 6 September 1628, and in Marblehead in 1645. He came to America as an employee of the Dorchester Company, a group of capitalists and adventurers who established a small colony at Cape Ann in 1623. It is not certain that he was an original member of this group, which undoubtedly received additions from England from time to time, but we know that he and his family were among those who, upon the failure of the Cape Ann venture, moved to Naumkeag in 1626 under the leadership of Roger Conant, and were established there upon the arrival of the Endicott migration in 1628. Testifying in 1680, Richard Brackenbury of Beverly, aged eighty, said that he came to New England with the late Governor Endicott and that when "wee came ashore at the place now called Salem ... wee found living (there) Old Goodman Norman and his sonn... and others" who "owned that they came over upon the account of a company in England called by the name of Dorchester Company or Dorchester Merchants; they had sundry houses built at Salem... and they declared that they had a house built at Cape Ann for the dorchester company." These pre-Endicott settlers became known in Salem history as the "old planters".
He participated in the various grants made to the colonists in 1636, 1637 and 1640, and undoubtedly had received a previous allotment of land of considerable size, as it is recorded that he and his son John sold one hundred acres to Capt. William Trask in 1636, and that Governor Endicott bought land near the head of Bass River, originally granted to Richard Norman and others, which purchase was confirmed to the governor by grant in 1643.
Norman probably was not of the Puritan persuasion and in 1650 we find him living on "Darby Fort side" (Marblehead), where he may have settled some years previously, beyond the immediate influence of the Salem church-state, and where his defective fences caused his appearance in court. The last record we have of him is in 1653, when Richard Norman "the elder" made over his house and ten acre lot in "Marvellhead upon Darbe Fort side" to his son Richard (Torrey 538).
Children, surname NORMAN...
v. RICHARD, born England about 1623, died Marblehead MA 1683; married (1) there 15 July 1654 Elizabeth2 Whitridge, born England say 1625, died Marblehead 1659, daughter of William1 and his first wife Elizabeth1 (___) Whittridge, and who probably came to New England on the "Elizabeth" in 1635; married (2) there 28 March 1660 Margaret2 Flint, born probably England 1635, died Marblehead 1705, probably daughter of William1 and Alice1 (Bosworth) Flint, married (2) there 15 October 1685 Robert1 Goodwin, born probably England say 1625 (Torrey 538 and 312).
("MA & ME Families in Ancestry of W. G. Davis", W. G. Davis, 1996; Colket 221; Pope 330; Savage III:288; "Great Migration Begins", 1:1334, R. C. Anderson, 1995)"
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