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Deacon John Norris

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Deacon John Norris Veteran

Birth
Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Death
30 Jan 1846 (aged 90–91)
New York, USA
Burial
Sodus, Wayne County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 43.2350362, Longitude: -77.0614894
Memorial ID
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Son of Peter Norris and Mary Mahurin. Husband of Susanna Baldwin.

John and Susanna had eight children: Phebe, Cyrenius, Hannah, Walter, Job Baldwin, John, Katherine, and Peter.

Additional info:

Revolutionary War Pension Record
Revolutionary War Image @ HeritageQuest.com
John Norris, NJ
Series: M805 Roll: 617 Image: 117 File: S14033 (7 pgs)
John Norris of Cayuga Co. NY, age 77, dated Sept. 1832
- Entered service "14th day of February A.D. 1776 at the town of Hanover in the county of Morris in the state of New Jersey."
- Statement by son, Job B. Norris, of Sodus, Wayne County, NY, dated 14th day of Nov 1851
[under the heading of] POWER OF ATTORNEY:
- Statement by son, Peter Norris, of Livingston Co. NY, that his father (John Norris) died 30th Jan 1846 and is mother, Susanna, died on the 26th day of February 1827 and they were married on the 24th day of Feb. 1779 and they were residents of Hanover, Morris Co. in the state of NJ and that they resided there about 17 years and then he resided in Nunda, Livingston
- Statement by James W. Norris of Nunda, NY, (no relationship given - presumed a nephew or cousin) that he is a witness that John Norris was a Revolutionary War soldier.

Son of Peter Norris and Mary Mahurin. Husband of Susanna Baldwin.

John and Susanna had eight children: Phebe, Cyrenius, Hannah, Walter, Job Baldwin, John, Katherine, and Peter.

Additional info:

Revolutionary War Pension Record
Revolutionary War Image @ HeritageQuest.com
John Norris, NJ
Series: M805 Roll: 617 Image: 117 File: S14033 (7 pgs)
John Norris of Cayuga Co. NY, age 77, dated Sept. 1832
- Entered service "14th day of February A.D. 1776 at the town of Hanover in the county of Morris in the state of New Jersey."
- Statement by son, Job B. Norris, of Sodus, Wayne County, NY, dated 14th day of Nov 1851
[under the heading of] POWER OF ATTORNEY:
- Statement by son, Peter Norris, of Livingston Co. NY, that his father (John Norris) died 30th Jan 1846 and is mother, Susanna, died on the 26th day of February 1827 and they were married on the 24th day of Feb. 1779 and they were residents of Hanover, Morris Co. in the state of NJ and that they resided there about 17 years and then he resided in Nunda, Livingston
- Statement by James W. Norris of Nunda, NY, (no relationship given - presumed a nephew or cousin) that he is a witness that John Norris was a Revolutionary War soldier.


Inscription

Deacon John NORRIS, Jan. 30, 1846, 90y 11m 26d, a soldier of the Revolution

"Farewell my dear brethren, my Lord bids me come
Farewell my dear children I am now going home
Bright angels are whispering so sweet in my ear
Away to thy Saviour thy spirit we'll bear.

Gravesite Details

Inscription taken from Wayne Co. NY Genweb for Sodus Village Old Cemetery, located on Mill Street in the village of Sodus. (This list taken from tombstone inscriptions in 1945 and Clark records on file at the museum taken in 1880-1881.)



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