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Florence (?)

F, b. circa 1588, d. 1644/45

Florence was born circa 1588 in England. Florence married Richard Norman circa 1606 in England. Circa 1624, Florence & her husband, Richard, left their home in England aboard a unknown ship, bound for a new life in New England. They landed at Cape Ann as part of the Dorchester Merchants' fishing enterprise..¹ 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.² Florence departed this life in 1644/45 in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts.

Family

Richard Norman b. c 1580, d. bt 22 Apr 1653 - 27 Jun 1664

Children

John Norman b. c 7 Feb 1607, d. 1672
Elizabeth Norman b. c 12 Jan 1611, d. c 23 Apr 1613
Margaret Norman b. c 4 Feb 1615
Susannah Norman+ b. c 31 Jul 1617, d. 23 Dec 1660
Florence Norman b. c 17 Oct 1619, d. 2 Aug 1672
Richard Norman b. 1624

Citations

[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.
[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.