Ancestry of
Susannah Norton

(1781–1864)

Sarah Bassett

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• • Grandmother of Susannah Norton — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Bassett 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Pease   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1719/1720 
  • Birth Location:
  • Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Sep 1804 
  • Death Location:
  • Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Westside Cemetery, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Peter Norton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1740 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Cornelius Norton (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • At least one published source claims that Sarah Bassett was the daughter of Cornelius Bassett. Perhaps this was an error due to her husband also being named Cornelius.

• Sources for Sarah Bassett

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A084839.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/29/2016).
  • ³ Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, To January 1, 1929, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1988), 385.
  • ⁴ Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. II, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1988), 75.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Death record for Sarah Norton.
  • ⁶ McCourt, Martha J. F., et. al., The American Descendants of Rev. John Smith: Who Married 13 JUN 1643 Susanna Hinckley, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society [distributor] (1997), 55.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 148.
  • ⁸ White, Elizabeth Pearson, ""John Howland of the Mayflower, Vol. 3, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2008, 2nd printing 2011), 251.