admin NATHANIEL WILLIS NORTON. The Norton family of Buffalo is of New England lineage. Nathaniel Norton, grandfather of Nathaniel W. Norton, was born in 1762 near Portland, Me., and was descended from the early Puritans of Plymouth Colony. He was a farmer, a soldier of the Revolution, and fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He died in 1831. He married Hannah Sawyer. Their son, Ebenezer Norton, was born in 1814 at Limington, Me., and died in 1886. He was educated in the public schools and grew up to be a farmer and mechanic. When a young man he removed to Oxford County, Me., where he cleared a large farm and built a sawmill. He was a Republican, an influential citizen, and a man of strict probity of life. He married Martha Sargent of Brownfield, Me., whose mother. Mothsheba Edwards, was descended from the famous minister, Jonathan Edwards. The surviving children of Ebenezer Norton are: Harriett Maria (Mrs. Freeman H. Chadbourne of Everett, Mass.); Hannah Abbie (Mrs. Charles B. Davis of Hiram, Me.); Nathaniel Willis Norton and Rosewell Messenger Norton of Buffalo; Richard Fremont Norton of Porter, Me.; Sarah Elizabeth Norton; Mary Alice (Mrs. Frederick W. Sargent of Everett, Mass.); Elmer Ellsworth Norton of Norwood, Mass.; Herbert Franz Jean Norton of Buffalo, and Florence Ethel Norton of Porter, Me.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I