ABRAHAM NORWOOD
OF
THOMASTON, MAINE

1. ABRAHAM NORWOOD married Frances Fanny Tolman October 28, 1795 in Thomaston, Maine. Abraham d. December 28, 1834; Frances d. September 09, 1826. Her parents were Isaiah Tolman II and Elizabeth Gregory.

Their children were:

11. John Norwood, b. June 13, 1797, Rockport, ME
12. William Norwood, b. April 10, 1800, Rockport, ME, d. November 24, 1834
13. Elizabeth Norwood, b. April 22, 1802 married John Minot Tolman
14. Joshua Norwood, b. February 28, 1804, Rockport, ME
15. Calvin Norwood, b. September 06, 1806, Rockport, ME
16. Sally Norwood, b. January 03, 1809, Rockport, ME
17. George Norwood, b. November 03, 1811, Camden, ME, d. July 18, 1854, Union, ME

HISTORICAL NOTE & DISCUSSION

Thomaston, Maine, is located on the coast in Knox County, bounded by Warren, Rockland, South Thomaston, and Cushing. The town was settled in 1719, set off from Warren and St. George Pl., and incorporated 20 March 1777, the 37th town in Maine. Earlier designations were Georgeekeeg and Saint George Lower Town. Whereas Thomaston is to the south of Warren, Rockport, also in Knox County, is located to the north bounded by both Union and Camden of which it was once a part. Camden was settled in 1769 and incorporated 17 Feb 1791, the 72nd town. Previous designations were Megunticook, Madakamigossek, and Cambden (Attwood, Stanley B. The length and breadth of Maine. U Maine Press:Orono, 1974.).

Cushing is where Solomon and Isaac Norwood, sons of Joshua Norwood, Jr. and Sarah Goodrich, were living in 1790 when the first census was taken. Isaac had a son Abraham about the same age as this Abraham, who married a Frances Hall 29 Dec 1796. It seems that the Abraham Norwood above may well have been a descendant of Joshua Norwood, Sr. and Elizabeth Andrews, but by which son? Isaac and Solomon's brother Moses who settled in Eastport, Maine named two sons Abraham, having lost the first in its infancy.

17. GEORGE NORWOOD married Margaret Watts on December 21, 1834. Margaret Watts was born October 13, 1814, West Camden, ME. Her parents were Samuel Watts II and Nancy Jones.

Their children were

171. Frances Norwood, b. February 23, 1826, Rockport, ME
172. Emily Norwood, b. Ocober 06, 1837. Emily married Gilman Ingraham
173. George Norwood, Jr. b. October 06, 1839, d. July 31, 1921 in Winthrop, MA

173. GEORGE NORWOOD, JR. married Clara Augusta Cutler b. March 27, 1846, Union, ME. Clara's parents were Love Thompson and Nelson Cutler

They had one child:

1731. Ralph Leon Norwood, b. January 11, 1865, d. March 20, 1905 in Winthrop, MA.

1731. RALPH LEON NORWOOD married Barbara A. Campbell on June 22, 1893.

They had two children:

17311. Clara Frances Norwood, b. 1900
17312. Ralph Leon Norwood, Jr. b. July 03, 1902 in Winthrop, MA

17312. RALPH LEON NORWOOD, JR. married Margaret Eleanor Foran in East Boston, MA.

Ralph and Margaret had one child:

173121. JACQUELINE MARGARET NORWOOD CORBY

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