1William Collins Hatch, A History of the Town of Industry, Franklin County, Maine, from the Earliest Settlement down to the Present Time . . ., pp. 752-753 (1893).
"2. CORNELIUS NORTON, son of Major Peter and Sarah (Bassett) Norton, married Lydia Claghorn. Mr. Norton was one of the original purchasers of the New Vineyard Gore, in 1790, and in the final division drew the northeast quarter section as his portion of the purchase. Previous to his settlement on the Gore he made a brief temporary residence in Farmington. He was a man of eminent piety, a deacon of the Baptist Church, and respected by all who knew him. He settled on the Gore in 1793 or possibly a year earlier.* His first wife died, and he married (pub. June 12, 1811), Mrs. Betsey Wells,† of New Sharon. He died probably, in 1818. His widow died Oct. 20, 1824, aged 57 years.‡ The children of Deacon Norton were:
6. CORNELIUS, m. Aug. 25, 1794, Margaret Belcher, dau. of Supply and Margaret (More) Belcher, of Farmington.
7. EBENEZER, m. (pub. Aug. 19, 1799), his cousin, Rebecca Norton, dau. of Eliakim Norton (b. in Edgartown, July 4, 1780). He d. March, 1814.
ZEBULON, lost at sea.
WINTHROP, lost at sea.
ELIZABETH, m. John Holmes, of Martha's Vineyard.
DEBORAH, m. Jeremiah Smith.
LYDIA, b. March 19, 1779; m. Josiah Butler, son of Henry and Mehitable (Norton) Butler, of New Vineyard, q.v.
SUSANNAH, b. April 24, 1781, m. (pub. Sept. 2, 1800), James Gower, son of Robert and Mary (Henry) Gower, q. v.
SARAH B., m. Sept. 11, 1806, Ebenezer Vaughan.
MARTHA, b. at Holmes' Hole, Mass., May 1, 1786; m. Jan. 3, 1802, Dr. Thomas Dawes Blake, son of Increase and Elizabeth (Bridge) Blake, of Boston, Mass.".