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Author: Herbert M. Gould
Samuel Norton was born April 16, 1743 in Edgartown, Dukes County, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, son of Peter Norton and Sarah Bassett. He was a mariner, and one of the original purchasers of the township of New Vineyard. November 23, 1766 at Edgartown, he married Molly (Mary) Davis. They had seven children, including sons, Henry, Tristram, and Samuel Norton, Jr. and daughters, Deborah, Mary, Lydia and Hepsibah Norton. During the Revolutionary War he served in Lieutenant, Capt. Benjamin Smith's Company, stationed at Martha's Vineyard for defense of the seacoast. (His father-in-law, Melatiah Davis, also served in this company). Additionally, he was Captain, 4th Company, Col. Beriah Norton's (Dukes Co.) and in the 3rd Company, regiment of Massachusetts militia. (His father-in-law, Melatiah Davis, was also commissioned in this regiment).
He died in 1802, in Edgartown, on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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