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Capt Selah Noble Norton

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Capt Selah Noble Norton

Birth
East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
20 Oct 1821 (aged 76)
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Selah Noble Norton m. 1) Chloe Butler, d. 1776, age 28; m. 2) Anne Porter, b. 1756, daughter of Judge Eleazor and Anna Pitkin Porter of Hadley. Anne Porter Norton died in E. Hartford 20 Feb. 1850, age 93, and was buried there, Selah appears to have been the son of Job Norton, b. Feb. 1719/20 in Conn., descended from John Norton of Branford, Conn. Selah came to Ashfield in 1793 with his second wife and their surviving children. Job Norton, was b. 1776. He married Pamelia/Permelia ____, b.1780, d. 1839, age 59, at Grand Haven, Mich. She was living with their daughter, Caroline, who m. 1836 at Ashfield Thomas Wait White, son of
Ashfield's Thomas and Hannah (Harwood) White. Thomas and Caroline moved to Michigan.Another was Anne Norton, who m. Cotton Mather of Ashfield. They had a daughter, Anne Mather, who m. William Smith, son of Daniel and Irinda Goodwin Smith of Ashfield. Another daughter of Selah and Anne was Elizabeth Norton. She m. Dr. Ephraim Little of Cummington. They moved to St. Albans, Vt. Their daughter, Mary Ann Little, m. Rev. Worthington Smith of Hadley. They moved to St. Albans. This info came from their son, Edward Smith from St. Paul, Minn. in 1877 to H.S. Ranney.
Note: Selah was the owner of Beautiful Bay, the
sire of Figure, the horse from which Selah's friend, Justin Morgan, founded his famous horse breed in Vermont.

From files at AHS and from "Searching for Selah," by Sue Brander in Morgan Horse, July 2003. Also additional info from Sue Brander in correspondence with AHS in 1990 and with Nancy G.in 2002-2003.
Selah Noble Norton m. 1) Chloe Butler, d. 1776, age 28; m. 2) Anne Porter, b. 1756, daughter of Judge Eleazor and Anna Pitkin Porter of Hadley. Anne Porter Norton died in E. Hartford 20 Feb. 1850, age 93, and was buried there, Selah appears to have been the son of Job Norton, b. Feb. 1719/20 in Conn., descended from John Norton of Branford, Conn. Selah came to Ashfield in 1793 with his second wife and their surviving children. Job Norton, was b. 1776. He married Pamelia/Permelia ____, b.1780, d. 1839, age 59, at Grand Haven, Mich. She was living with their daughter, Caroline, who m. 1836 at Ashfield Thomas Wait White, son of
Ashfield's Thomas and Hannah (Harwood) White. Thomas and Caroline moved to Michigan.Another was Anne Norton, who m. Cotton Mather of Ashfield. They had a daughter, Anne Mather, who m. William Smith, son of Daniel and Irinda Goodwin Smith of Ashfield. Another daughter of Selah and Anne was Elizabeth Norton. She m. Dr. Ephraim Little of Cummington. They moved to St. Albans, Vt. Their daughter, Mary Ann Little, m. Rev. Worthington Smith of Hadley. They moved to St. Albans. This info came from their son, Edward Smith from St. Paul, Minn. in 1877 to H.S. Ranney.
Note: Selah was the owner of Beautiful Bay, the
sire of Figure, the horse from which Selah's friend, Justin Morgan, founded his famous horse breed in Vermont.

From files at AHS and from "Searching for Selah," by Sue Brander in Morgan Horse, July 2003. Also additional info from Sue Brander in correspondence with AHS in 1990 and with Nancy G.in 2002-2003.

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"His flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet joyfully sound.
Then in the chains will sweet surprise,
And in my Saviors image rise."

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  • Added: Mar 1, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66321109/selah_noble-norton: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Selah Noble Norton (25 Feb 1745–20 Oct 1821), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66321109, citing Hill Cemetery, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by DeeB (contributor 47264619).