Ancestry of
Bridget Fonda

Movie Actress

Samuel Norton

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Bridget Fonda — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 394 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Norton 
  • Mother:
  • Thankful Wilcockson   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1723 
  • Birth Location:
  • Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Sep 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Battle of Saratoga, Stillwater, Saratoga, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Griswold
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  • Child:

  Chloe Norton (Ahnentafel No:197 )

  • Notes: 

  • Samuel Norton is said to have been killed at the taking of Burgoyne at Saratoga. It is believed that he died fighting on the side of the British.

• Sources for Samuel Norton

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 84, Birth record for daughter Chloe Norton.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A084872.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1972, Vol. 48, pp. 134-136.
  • ⁴ Ward, George K., Andrew Warde and His Descendants 1597-1910: Being a Compilation of Facts Relating to One of the . . ., New York: A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Company Ltd. (1910), 49.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Battles of Saratoga", (accessed 05/09/2019).

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