Freeman Norton lived in Onondaga County, New York, following the American War of Independence.
Lieutenant Freeman had been a mariner on the Frigate Warren; his allowance was $96. dollars a year he received $1,527.16 dollars. He was placed on the pension rolls on Nov. 26, 1819, commencement of his pension was on April 8, 1818. He was about 80 years old.
Mary Elizabeth 'Betsey' Norton (1765 in Conway, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Empire 23 March 1853 in Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States of America), second wife of Freeman Norton: Betsey had a Bill in congress asking for a pension. The Bill passed and was signed into law in 1853. She was to get $8. dollars per month for life, at the time of the signing she was about 90 years old, poor and blind.
Lieutenant Freeman had been a mariner on the Frigate Warren; his allowance was $96. dollars a year he received $1,527.16 dollars. He was placed on the pension rolls on Nov. 26, 1819, commencement of his pension was on April 8, 1818. He was about 80 years old.
Mary Elizabeth 'Betsey' Norton (1765 in Conway, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Empire 23 March 1853 in Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States of America), second wife of Freeman Norton: Betsey had a Bill in congress asking for a pension. The Bill passed and was signed into law in 1853. She was to get $8. dollars per month for life, at the time of the signing she was about 90 years old, poor and blind.
Freeman Norton lived in Onondaga County, New York, following the American War of Independence.
Lieutenant Freeman had been a mariner on the Frigate Warren; his allowance was $96. dollars a year he received $1,527.16 dollars. He was placed on the pension rolls on Nov. 26, 1819, commencement of his pension was on April 8, 1818. He was about 80 years old.
Mary Elizabeth 'Betsey' Norton (1765 in Conway, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Empire 23 March 1853 in Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States of America), second wife of Freeman Norton: Betsey had a Bill in congress asking for a pension. The Bill passed and was signed into law in 1853. She was to get $8. dollars per month for life, at the time of the signing she was about 90 years old, poor and blind.
Lieutenant Freeman had been a mariner on the Frigate Warren; his allowance was $96. dollars a year he received $1,527.16 dollars. He was placed on the pension rolls on Nov. 26, 1819, commencement of his pension was on April 8, 1818. He was about 80 years old.
Mary Elizabeth 'Betsey' Norton (1765 in Conway, Franklin County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Empire 23 March 1853 in Washington Township, Gratiot County, Michigan, United States of America), second wife of Freeman Norton: Betsey had a Bill in congress asking for a pension. The Bill passed and was signed into law in 1853. She was to get $8. dollars per month for life, at the time of the signing she was about 90 years old, poor and blind.
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