{"id":616,"date":"2011-06-21T07:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/researching-solomon-norton-part-2\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T21:47:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T02:47:56","slug":"researching-solomon-norton-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/researching-solomon-norton-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching Solomon Norton \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <a title=\"Researching Solomon Norton \u2013 Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/researching-solomon-norton-part-1\/\">Part 1<\/a> of this post, I presented a short background relating to my research on Solomon NORTON.\u00a0 This post outlines my research plan as I continue to pursue Solomon and his family, to ultimately determine if he is the father of my fifth great-grandmother, Sarah NORTON Webster.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before I get into the details, I just want to preface this by saying it is not a comprehensive plan.\u00a0 These are simply the records that I plan to start with.\u00a0 As research is conducted and new information is learned, the plan will be revised.<\/p>\n<p>Because Solomon was in at least five different places during his lifetime, I used a timeline to prepare this research plan.\u00a0 The dates in the timeline are estimated, so any searches conducted will cover that period, plus another five or so years on either end of the range as necessary.\u00a0 Following is the timeline as presented in the last post:<\/p>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\"><strong>Estimated Timeframe<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\"><strong>Residence<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">1751 to ??<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">?? to 1778<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Canaan, Albany, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">1778 to 1781<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Poultney, Bennington, Vermont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">1781 to 1823<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Poultney, Rutland, Vermont (county formed in 1781)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">1823 to 1836<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Shoreham, Addison, Vermont<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"147\">1836 to 1844<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"351\">Villenova, Chautauqua, New York<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>Land &amp; Census Records<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1836-1844 \u2013 Villenova, Chautauqua, New York<\/span><\/em> (was living with another family in 1840, may not have owned land here)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #479631 \u2013 New York State Census, Chautauqua Co., 1835 and 1845 (can&#8217;t hurt to look; may be in the Aldrich household as he was in the 1840 federal census; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysl.nysed.gov\/genealogy\/censusq.htm\">list of state census questions<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1823-1836 \u2013 Shoreham, Addison, Vermont <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #865018 \u2013 Addison Co. Land Records, Index<\/li>\n<li>FHL #865019 \u2013 Addison Co. Land Records, Vol. 4-5, 1811-1830<\/li>\n<li>FHL #865020 \u2013 Addison Co. Land Records, Vol. 6-7, 1831-1870<\/li>\n<li>FHL #28954 \u2013 Shoreham Land Records, Grantee and Grantor index, Vol. 1-18<\/li>\n<li>FHL #28958 \u2013 Shoreham Land Records, Vol. 7, 1822-1829<\/li>\n<li>FHL #28959 \u2013 Shoreham Land Records, Vol. 8-9, 1829-1851<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1781-1823 \u2013 Poultney, Rutland, Vermont <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #28780 \u2013 Rutland Co. Land Records, Index and Vol. 1-4, 1773-1785<\/li>\n<li>FHL #28781 \u2013 Rutland Co. Land Records, Vol. 5-7 and 9, 1781-1822<\/li>\n<li>Newberry #F842.944 v.2 (Gen. Col. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Fl.) \u2013 State Papers of Vermont, Petitions for Grants of Land, 1778-1811<\/li>\n<li>Newberry #F842.944 v.8-11 (Gen. Col. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Fl.) \u2013 State Papers of Vermont, General Petitions, 1778-1799<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #SE118 \u2013 State Papers of Vermont, Petitions to the General Assembly, Governor and Council and to the Council of Censors\n<ul>\n<li>Solomon Norton listed in index for Petition, 48876, 1792-10-13, Vol. 18, p. 405<\/li>\n<li>Solomon Norton listed in index for Petition, 48877, 1797-10-16, Vol. 18, p. 405<\/li>\n<li>Solomon Naughton listed in index for Petition, 48306, 1784-10-16, Vol. 19, p. 178<\/li>\n<li>Jonah Norton, Petition, 48856, 1794-10-16, Vol. 19, p. 176 (description\/location similar to those of Solomon&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1778-1781 \u2013 Poultney, Bennington, Vermont<\/span><\/em> (Included in Rutland Co. records? Rutland became a county in 1781 and the records above pre-date this.)<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">??-1778 \u2013 Canaan, Albany, New York <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #464900 \u2013 Albany Co. Land Records, Index, Grantors M-Q, 1630-1894 (deeds also available)<\/li>\n<li>FHL #466373 \u2013 Index, Grantees N-S, 1630-1894 (deeds also available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1772-?? \u2013 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut<\/span><\/em> (1772 is about when he would have turned 21 years old, check a few years prior in case estimate is wrong; also not sure what legal age was there at that time)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #4508 \u2013 Hartford, CT Land Records, General Index 1639-1839 (deeds also available)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Wills\/Probate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1836-1844 \u2013 Villenova, Chautauqua, New York <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #588087 \u2013Chautauqua Co. Probate Records, Index to Records, A-Z 1811-1913<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1823-1836 \u2013 Shoreham, Addison, Vermont <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May have filed a will here; haven\u2019t located any tangible sources and may have to hire a researcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>1781-1823 \u2013 Poultney, Rutland, Vermont <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>May have filed a will here; haven\u2019t located any tangible sources and may have to hire a researcher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">??-1778 \u2013 Canaan, Albany, New York<\/span><\/em> (although he was young, he was involved in ARW and many soldiers filed wills; it&#8217;s possible he did when he enlisted)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FHL #463364 \u2013 Albany Co. Wills, 1691-1835 (includes partial index)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Tax Records<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Haven\u2019t located any tangible sources and may have to hire a researcher.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Revolutionary War Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Already have pension file and final payment voucher.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t not appear that any of the service records for him survived.\u00a0 The resources below may provide additional insight into his service and will certainly provide a historical context during his service.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newberry #F12.A3 C76 (Gen. Col. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Fl.) \u2013 The Old Albany and the American Revolution, by James A. Crowley<\/li>\n<li>NY Archives Series #A0200 (Education Dept.) \u2013 New York State Comptroller&#8217;s Office Revolutionary War Accounts and Claims, Albany County Militia, 17<sup>th<\/sup> Regiment, Vol. 7-20<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Misc. Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MCGS NY MAR NEW \u2013 New York Marriages Previous to 1784<\/li>\n<li>FHL #27641 \u2013 General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870, Nicholson \u2013Norton, H<\/li>\n<li>FHL #27642 \u2013 General Index to Vital Records of Vermont, Early to 1870, Norton, I \u2013 Nye<\/li>\n<li>DAR A#92198 \u2013 Vermont DAR GRC Report, Series 1, Vol. 52 (Nortons on p. 68 and 69)<\/li>\n<li>DAR A#42810 &#8211; New York DAR GRC Report, Series1 Vol. 200, Unpublished Cemetery, Church and Town Records (Nortons on p. 95)<\/li>\n<li>Newberry #F846 H32 W449b \u2013 Births, marriages, and deaths returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and entered in the early land records of the colony of Connecticut : volumes I and II of land records and no. D of colonial deeds<\/li>\n<li>Newberry #F846 H32 H328h \u2013 Historical catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives \u2013 There are many records in the State Papers of Vermont (<a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/vermont-archives.org\/bxdescription.asp?RS=SE-118&amp;rsCreator=Vermont.+Office+of+Secretary+of+State.&amp;rsTitle=Manuscript+Vermont+State+Papers%2C+1777-1946%2C+bulk+1777-1861.\">full listing<\/a>). Only the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century records are <a href=\"mailto:http:\/\/vermont-archives.org\/research\/database\/nye.asp\">indexed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives \u2013 There are several inventories of archives and records that were done for WPA. Vermont Archives has all of these <a href=\"http:\/\/vermont-archives.org\/bxdescription.asp?RS=PRA-004&amp;rsCreator=Vermont+Historical+Records+Survey.&amp;rsTitle=Vermont+Historical+Records+Survey%2C+1936-1942.\">inventories<\/a>. Below are ones relevant to this research:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01218 \u2013 Unpublished inventories of archives Rutland County: Ira-Poultney<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01207 \u2013 Unpublished inventories of archives, Addison County: New Haven &#8211; Whiting, and for Bennington County: Arlington &#8211; Manchester<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01232 \u2013 Unpublished surveys of church archives (Adventist, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Universalist and misc.) for Rutland and Washington Counties: Benson \u2013 Windham<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01229 \u2013 Unpublished surveys of church archives (Adventist, Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Universalist and misc.)\u2019 for Addison and Caledonia Counties: Addison &#8211; Wheelock<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01234 \u2013 Pamphlets containing surveys of church archives (Catholic, Congregational and misc.)<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01236 \u2013 Inventories of Congregational archives: Middlebury \u2013 Underhill<\/li>\n<li>Vermont Archives #PRA-01235 \u2013 Inventories Congregational archives: Addison &#8211; Marshfield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since Ashbel WEBSTER is also a research focus, and researching him and his whereabouts could help strengthen the case for Solomon and Sarah\u2019s relationship, that research will be done in conjunction with the research listed above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Part 1 of this post, I presented a short background relating to my research on Solomon NORTON.\u00a0 This post outlines my research plan as I continue to pursue Solomon and his family, to ultimately determine if he is the father of my fifth great-grandmother, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[327,346],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genblog","category-personal-research","tag-family-norton","tag-family-webster","cat-25-id","cat-26-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3HcLI-9W","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3417,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/3417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}