Brief Life History of Pleasant
When Pleasant Norton was born on 16 October 1801, in Carter, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Norton, was 40 and his mother, Jean Bybee, was 40. He married Anne Savage on 19 June 1822, in Greenup, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Carter, Carter, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died after 1880, in Carter, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 8198, and was buried in Hall Cemetery, Grayson, Carter, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Pleasant Norton, "United States Census, 1830"
- Pleasant Norton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Pleasant Norten, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1801–1880 Male
1799–1880 Female
Children (5)
1823– Female
1827–1861 Female
1827–1900 Female
1838–1912 Male
1840–1921 Female
Parents and Siblings
1761–1857 Male
1762– Female
Siblings (6)
1795–1865 Female
1798– Male
1799–1873 Male
1801–1880 Male
1804–1850 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1803
Age 2
1808
Age 7
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 24
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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