Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Norton was born in May 1777, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, Thomas Norton, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Hawk, was 28. She died in Pendleton, West Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Thomas's Daughter Sarah Norton: Heir to Land in Peter Vaneman's 1807 Will in Pendleton, WV
- Thomas's Four-Year-Old Daughter Sarah Bound Out (Adopted) by Peter Vanemon Nov 1781
Parents and Siblings
1753–1782 Male
1750–1781 Female
Siblings (4)
1772–1833 Male
1774– Female
1776– Male
1777– Female
World Events (8)
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 3
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 4
1808
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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