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Jane "Jennie" Norton Branson

1 Jul 1773 – ?

Birth1 Jul 1773
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____________________ ~~ JANE (Jennie) NORTON BRANSON ~~ ________________________ “Jane (Jennie) Norton” was born on 7-1-1773 @ Prince George Co., MD. She married in 1800 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. (This is where her father lived in 1781 when he remarried.) JANE was thought to have died about 1849 & "before The Census of 1850" because her husband was listed as "living with his son's family" with no mention of his wife. This was @ Chatham, the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. ________________________ JANE’s FATHER: John Norton, Sr. (1740 MD—1811 VA) JANE’s MOTHER: Elizabeth ? (possibly Wilson) (=his 1st. wife) (1746—between 1776 & 1781) Jane’s Full-Siblings: ~Henry Wilson Norton, Sr. (1766 MD—1861 TN) ~John Norton, Jr. (1769 MD) ~Nancy Norton (1770 MD—1855 VA) ~Anne Norton (1772 MD) *~Jane Norton (1773 MD—about 1849 VA)* ~Elizabeth Norton (1776 MD) So, John’s 1st. wife, Elizabeth (?Wilson?) Norton, must have died “between 1776 (birth year of her last child Elizabeth) & 1781 when he married his 2nd. wife (Agnes Gammon) on 4-1-1781” @ the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA . Jane’s Half-Siblings by 2nd. wife, Agnes Gammon: ~Jacob Norton b: 1782 VA ~Thomas Norton b: 1783 ~Lemuel Norton b: 7-4-1794 ~Nehemiah Norton b: 1799 VA These 4 half-siblings were the only children mentioned in their father’s will which was proven on 4-16-1811 @ the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. ________________________ On 2-17-1800, in the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA, “Jane Norton” MARRIED “John Branson”. ________________________ “John Branson” was born in 1772 in Pittsylvania Co., VA. He was the 5th. of 8 children. His parents were “Absolom Branson” (1740-1798) & “Jemima Lorton” (1744-1800) who were married in 1764 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. JOHN died between 1851-1855 @ Pittsylvania Co., VA where he had lived his whole life. ------------------------------------- JOHN’s FATHER: “Absolom Branson” (1740-1798). He was born @ St. Mary's Co., MD; he died in Buncombe Co., NC. (DNA proved "our Absolom" to be the son of Michael who was the son (by legal records) of Thomas Branson (1635 England--1684 MD.) JOHN’S MOTHER: “Jemima Lorton” (1744-1800). She was born in Augusta Co., VA. Her parents were "Israel Lorton, Jr.” (1727 VA--1808 IN) & “Sarah ?” (1730-?); they lived in VA around the Pittsylvania Co. ☆ REV. WAR SOLDIER = "Israel Lorton, Jr." was a Lt. under Capt. Daniel Triggs Co. 31 of Montgomery Co., VA Militia. ☆ Just 2 years after Absolom died, Jemima died in 1800 @ Grainger Co., TN...where so many of her family then lived. _________________________ * In 1800 JOHN BRANSON was the ONLY Branson family member left in VA . Absolom had died in 1798; Jemima had died in TN in 1800. His SIBLINGS were either in TN or in IN. He ‘alone’ stayed in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA where he married JENNIE in 1800. * ________________________ ** Unfortunately, JOHN BRANSON seemed to have trouble with fidelity & his marriage vows to JENNIE. He was arrested for adultery in Chatham, Pittsylvania Co., VA more-than-once. It seemed that he went down the street & co-habited with another woman until he was put into jail. What was his relationship with his wife & children? I don't know. In the "early 1800's" this kind of public shame may have caused "His Own Family's Migration From VA". ** ________________________ {Please Note: JOHN had a brother named Jonathan (1776-1807) who married Elizabeth Hammock on 5-18-1807 in Grainger Co., TN. Often, people claim JOHN’s children as Jonathan’s. Jonathan died the same year that he married in 1807 & had No Children! His wife had previously been married in 1805; Jonathan married her in 1807 & died in 1807; & she remarried again in 1811.} JOHN & JENNIE had 8 CHILDREN, but ONLY 6 Lived-to-BIRTH. They were ALL born @ Pittsylvania Co., VA. 1. “John N. Branson” (1801-1880); m: in 1829 to “Cynthia Hunter” (1803-1880); had 10 Children; MOVED to Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN by The Census of 1830. + "HIS FATHER'S BROTHERS" had migrated from VA to TN "before" John N.'s move there. ~Hezekiah, Sr. was in TN by 1799; ~Michael, Sr. lived in Grainger Co., TN; ~Lemuel married in 1806 in Grainger Co., TN; ~Jonathan married in 1807 in TN; ~David married in 1806 in Grainger Co., TN; ~Nathaniel married in 1812 in Grainger Co., TN; & ~his Grandma Jemima Lorton Branson died in TN in 1800. When JOHN N. moved to TN by 1830, he still had 2 living Uncles (David A. who died later that year & Nathaniel who died in 1858) & numerous Cousins in TN. HIS WIFE’S FAMILY lived in Fayetteville, Lincoln Co., TN, too. + 2. “Susannah W. Branson” (1804-1893); m: on 11-5-1823 to “John Crenshaw Bullington” (1802-1859); had 11 Children; REMAINED in the Dan River District of Pittsylvania Co., VA. (Some reports say this family later moved from Pittsylvania Co., VA “following her mother’s (Jennie Norton Branson) death” which was sometime before the 1850 Census. They were said to have moved to Putnam Co., TN sometime before John C. Bullington’s death in 1859. There are 50 unmarked graves in the Bullington Cemetery there; Susannah’s & John C.’s graves may be there.) 3. “William Burwell Branson” (1806-1866); m: on 12-25-1844 to “Mary Ann Pryor” (1822-1878); had 1 Son; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. + William Burwell Branson & his sister, Elizabeth Constance Branson, married Pryor Siblings, Mary Ann Pryor & George Allen Pryor. The Pryor Family had been in Fayette Co., Illinois since the 1830’s. + 4. “Martha Jane Branson” (1810-1860); m: on 11-11-1828 to “Samuel Haislip” (1811-1853); had 7 Children; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. 5. “Daniel Branson” (1816-1856); m: on 12-19-1839 to “Cinthia Godsey” (1818-1856); had 2 Children; they MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois. + This couple had his father JOHN living "with them" when The Census of 1850 was taken in Pittsylvania Co., VA…there was no mention of his mother JANE in this census. Thus, it is surmised that JANE DIED prior to 1850. (Why not have the daughter, Susannah Branson Bullington, who had remained in Pittsylvania Co., VA care for her father? It could be that his arrests for adultery against her mother soured her or that perhaps her mother was living with her. Her siblings ALL moved from VA it seems "when" they could). Following JOHN's DEATH (which was between 1851-1855), Daniel & Cinthia & their children Moved to Fayette Co., Illinois where 3 of Daniel's Siblings already lived! Daniel & Cinthia both died in 1856 in Illinois. There had been a Cholera Epidemic since 1854. 6. “Elizabeth Constance Branson” (1817-1908); m: on 11-6-1839 to “George Allen Pryor” (1817-1866); had 7 Children; MOVED to Fayette Co., Illinois in 1843. ________________________ THE MIGRATION of JOHN & JANE's CHILDREN to other states is therefore understandable. Of the 6 Children, 4 went to Illinois; 1 went to TN; & 1 stayed in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Distancing oneself from scandal seemed important in the early 1800’s. ________________________ God Bless “Jane (Jennie) Norton Branson”! She must have endured a lot while raising her children. She died sometime before The Census of 1850. No doubt, her children & grandchildren loved & missed her. ________________________ ~~Lynda, 3-great’s-granddaughter to JANE. ________________________

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