Richard Norman1,2

M, b. circa 1580, d. between 22 April 1653 and 27 June 1664
     Richard was born circa 1580 in England. Richard married Florence (?) circa 1606 in England. Circa 1624, or possibly 1623, Richard & his wife, Florence, left their home in England aboard an unknown ship, bound for a new life in New England. They landed at Cape Ann as part of the Dorchester Merchants' fishing enterprise..3 They were one of the first settlers in Naumkeag [later became Salem] - a section called Manchester. In the early land records there, his wife's name was listed as Florence. He is last found on records in 1653 when he deeds his house with a ten acre lot in Marblehead to his son, Richard.4 Richard departed this life between 22 April 1653 and 27 June 1664 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. On 27 June 1664, it is commeted that Old Richard Norman is deceased as this was acknwledged by Thomas Millett, Sr. on a deed.

Family

Florence (?) b. c 1588, d. 1644/45
Children

Citations

  1. [S1803] Leslie Mahler, English Origins of Richard Norman of Salem, Mass., page 103 - Baptisms of his children.
  2. [S457] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Richard Norman.
  3. [S1808] David Goss, Old Planters of Beverly, page 124 - . . . They were sponsored by a group of merchant adventurers based in Dorchester, England, who hoped to establish a commercially successful fishing colony [1623]. . . [at the dissolution of the settlement at Cape Ann, many of the settlers there either went back to England or moved south to Virginia. Some however remained under the leadership of Roger Conant.] . . . Among the settlers of this place beside himself [Conant] were . . . Richard Norman and his son. - www.americanancestors.org.
  4. [S1807] Barara R. Holden, Manchester, Strawberries & the Sea, page 201 - ... he [William Jeffreys] joined William Allen, Richard Norman, & Richard's son, John Norman in what is now Manchester in 1626 or 1627.