Samuel Norris (1800 - abt. 1885)

Born 10 Dec 1800 in Wayne, Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Lydia (Higgins) Norris — married 3 Dec 1824 in Leeds, Kennebec, Maine, United States

Husband of Olive (Wood) Norris — married 7 May 1854 in East Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died about 1 Dec 1885 at about age 84 in East Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth

Samuel Norris was born at Wayne, Maine (then in Massachusetts) on 10 Dec 1800, the son of William Norris and Betsey (Lombard) Norris.^[1]

Residences

As a young man, Samuel Norris moved from his birthplace of Wayne, Maine, to Livermore, Maine, He was called of Liverore at the time of his first marriage, in November 1824. He settled in the section of Livermore that in 1844 was set off as the town of East Livermore (and renamed Livermore Falls in 1930). At Livermore, he was sometimes referred to as Samuel Norris 2d to distinguish him from Samuel Norris, born in 1787, who also lived at Livermore; the relationship between the two men, if any, is unknown. He remained in East Livermore until his death in 1885.

Marriages

1. On 14 Nov 1824, Samuel Norris 2d of Livermore, Maine, and Lydia Higgins of Leeds, Maine, published at Leeds their intention to marry, and they married at Leeds on 23 Dec 1824.^[2] Samuel and Lydia Norris recorded nine children at Livermore.
2. Samuel Norris 2nd married the widow Olive (Wood) Wellington at East Livermore, Maine, on 7 May 1854.^[3] There were no children from this marriage.

Death

A gravestone at the Strickland Cemetery at Livermore Falls, Maine, says that Samuel Norris was born on 10 Dec 1800 and died on 1 Dec 1885.^[4]

Children

Samuel and Lydia (Higgins) Norris recorded the following children at Livermore, Maine:^[5]

1. Cylvina Norris, born on 20 Jun 1826
2. Lydia Norris, born on 25 Feb 1827
3. Richard Higgins Norris, born on 17 Aug 1828
4. Jonathan W. Norris, born in March 1830
5. Giddins F. Norris, born on 1 Sep 1832
6. Samuel Norris, born on 15 Feb 1834, died on 10 Mar 1834
7. Beulah P. Norris, born on 29 Jun 1835
8. Rosilla C. Norris, born on 22 Mar 1838
9. Cordelia Ann Norris, born on 10 Aug 1843

Sources

1. ↑ Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, database, FamilySearch, Samuel Norris, 1800
2. ↑ Transcription by the town clerk of Leeds, Maine, of the marriage record of Samuel Norris 2d and Lydia Higgins, in Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, database with images, FamilySearch, Vital records prior to 1892 > Newell-Norton > image 3056 of 4031; multiple sources, Maine.
3. ↑ Maine Marriages, 1771-1907, database, FamilySearch, Olive Wellington in entry for Samuel Norris 2nd, 1854
4. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Samuel Norris (Find A Grave: Memorial #130738102)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Livermore, Maine; Vital and town records, 1797-1910; "Livermore Vital Records, 1805-1862", page 29 FHL Microfilm 11332, Image 223 of 718

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JT-61N : 12 April 2016), Beulah P Norris in household of Samuel Norris, East Livermore, Kennebec, Maine, United States; citing family 184, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDCW-GMX : 12 December 2017), Samuel Norris, 1860.
• "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM1-38MX : 16 March 2018), Samuel Norris, 1885; citing Burial, Livermore Falls, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,787,259.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Greg Rose for starting this profile.