I finally had a chance to look up Norton in "Our Portuguese Heritage" for Martha's Vineyard. On page N509, Francis Perry (Pereira) Norton is said to have been born in 1828 on St. George , and brought to Edgartown by Capt. Shubael Lyman Norton who adopted him.
Don't know if this helps the conversation, but thought I'd add it to the mix just in case. Gayle On Oct 24, 2011, at 6:06 AM, "Linda Norton" <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. > > My husband is a Norton from Boston, have not done any research since he > isn't interested and I'm doing my own from my family who are all from Sao > Miguel. > > His mother's side I have history on since his uncle has done research and I > have that information- Hatfields/Pelke/Gilbert from the Midwest and Canada. > > I did have someone tell me along time ago that there is a lot of history on > Norton's on Martha's Vineyard, MA off Cape Cod where they did a lot of > whaling. They are in the museum on that island. > > I guess a very common name. > > Linda Borges Furtado Norton > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 8:11 PM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] John Norton of Salt Spring Island > > Hello and thank you for hosting this group. I'm enjoying reading the > entries about your ancestors. My ancestors were two brothers from the > Island of Flores. The story goes that they changed their last name to > Norton because a Captain on a ship "adopted them" or at least took > care of them while sailing to America or the British Columbia Gulf > Islands. According to the story they were 12 or 13 years-old at the > time. John Norton was known to be one of the first settlers on Salt > Spring Island in 1859. Some records list or mention a possible last > name being Dalrvero. Delarvo- something like that. Signing out. > Melanie Kay. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
