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Walter Norton 1578–1633 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1578

Birth Location: Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England

Death Date: 1633

Death Location: Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Father: Lord Norton

Mother: Alice Cranmer

Spouse(s): Jane Reeve, Eleanor Knight

Children(s):

In 1578, Walter Norton entered the world in Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Lord Thomas Norton And Alice Cranmer. Walter Norton married Eleanor Knight, Jane Reeve. Walter Norton passed away in 1633 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • In 1578, Walter Norton entered the world in Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England, born to Lord Thomas Norton And Alice Cranmer.
  • Walter Norton married Eleanor Knight, Jane Reeve.
  • Walter Norton passed away in 1633 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America.

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Walter Norton's Ancestors

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Walter Norton
1578–1633
Birth Place: Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England
Parents
Lord Thomas Norton
1532–1584
London, City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Alice Cranmer
1536–1614
Canterbury, Kent, England
Grandparents
Thomas Norton
1507–1583
Bedfordshire, England
Elizabeth Merry
1502–
Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England
Edmund Cranmer
1491–1571
Aslockton, Nottinghamshire, England
Alice Sandes
1502–
Streatley, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Norton
1478–1557
Joan Cooper
1490–1582
Robert Merry
1478–1553
Merry
1482–
Thomas Cranmer
1467–1501
Agnes Hatfield
1469–1506
John Sandes
1485–
Margaret Dixon
1485–1521
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Norton
1440–
Margaret Ward
1455–1483
Thomas Mery
1450–
Margaret Young
1450–
John Cranmer
1423–1501
Alice Marshall
1433–1528
Lawrence Hatfield
1439–1472
Agnes Marshall
1439–1471
John Dixon
1459–1550
Margaret Campbell
1462–1529

Walter Norton's Timeline

2 Records

1578
ABT 1578
Birth of Walter Norton in Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England
Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England
1633
1633
Age 55
Death of Walter Norton in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1578
    Event Place: Sharpenhoe, Streatley with Sharpenhoe, Bedfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1633
    Event Place: Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British Colonial America

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