Martha's Vineyard Museum
A Finding Aid to the Ichabod Norton Papers, 1780-1848, undated
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
| Repository | Martha's Vineyard Museum Gale Huntington Research Library 59 School Street P.O. Box 1310 Edgartown, MA 02539 (508) 627-4441 |
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| Call Number | RU 493 |
| Creator - creator | Norton, Ichabod, 1761-1847 |
| Title | Ichabod Norton papers |
| Date [inclusive] | 1780-1848 |
| Extent | 54 folders (0.321 cubic feet) |
| Language | The materials are in English. |
| Abstract | The collection contains bills, deeds, legal documents, letters, receipts, and other material belonging to Ichabod Norton (1761-1847). Ichabod Norton was known as the wealthiest man on Martha's Vineyard in his lifetime. |
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions to access.
Use and Reproduction Restrictions
Requests to reproduce this collection should be directed to museum staff. Reproduction fees may apply.
Preferred Citation
Martha's Vineyard Museum, RU 493, Ichabod Norton Papers.
Acquisition Information
One copy of "A Biographical Memoir of the Late Ichabod Norton, Esq. of Edgartown, Mass." by James Athearn Jones gift of Charlotte A. Pease in November 1923 (Accession no. 1923.155). Deed from Elihu Swasey to Ichabod Norton gift of the Mary Wimpenny Estate on May 15, 1992 (Accession no. 1992.023). The immediate source of acquisition and date of accession of the rest of the material is unknown.
Bibliography
Banks, Charles Edward. The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, In Three Volumes. Boston: Press of Edward Leodore Smith, 1925.
Publication Information
Martha's Vineyard Museum
Gale Huntington Research Library59 School Street
P.O. Box 1310
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4441
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Lara J. Ullman in September 2014. Finding aid machine-encoded by Nathaniel Janick in October 2014.
Creation of this finding aid was sponsored by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Related Materials
Related Materials
See also, RU 492, Peter Norton Family Papers; RU 207, Whaling and the Vineyard.
Separated Material
The Triad Club gavel was initially mixed in with the archival collection and has since been sorted out.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Bills
- Deeds
- Legal documents
- Letters
- Receipts
- Summonses
Geographic Name(s)
- Dukes County (Mass.)
- Edgartown (Mass.)
Subject(s)
- Court records--Massachusetts--Dukes County
- Daily life
- Edgartown (Mass.)--History
Biography/Historical Note
Ichabod Norton was born on December 17, 1761 in Edgartown, Massachusetts, to Peter Norton and Sarah (Bassett) Norton. Ichabod was the second youngest of 13 siblings. He was a lifelong bachelor, known by family and friends as "Uncle Ichabod," who was monetarily involved in real estate, shipping and whaling vessels, mortgages, and livestock. Uncle Ichabod was said to be the wealthiest man on Martha's Vineyard in his lifetime. Ichabod Norton died on June 29, 1847 in Edgartown.
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains bills, deeds, legal documents, letters, receipts, and other material belonging to Ichabod Norton (1761-1847). Also included in the collection are two copies of "A Biographical Memoir of the Late Ichabod Norton, Esq. of Edgartown, Mass." by James Athearn Jones, which was published after Ichabod's death.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title and chronologically therein. The material is housed in Box 2 of RU 492 Peter Norton Family Paper.
Collection Inventory
| Box | Folder | |||
"A Biographical Memoir of the Late Ichabod Norton, Esq. of Edgartown, Mass." By James Athearn Jones (2 copies), 1848 | 2 | 20 | ||
Bill of Sale for 1/16 Part of the Bark Athalia from Ichabod Norton to Beriah Weeks and Jeremiah S. Weeks, 1840 March 26 | 2 | 21 | ||
Bills and Receipts, 1780-1833 | 2 | 22 | ||
Copies of Probate Records and a Receipt Concerning the Peter Norton (1718-1792) Estate, 1784, 1792 NoteIchabod Norton was Peter Norton's son. | 2 | 23 | ||
Copy of Writ of Right in a Plea of Land, 1811 October 11 | 2 | 24 | ||
Court of Common Pleas Guilty Verdict in Case of Ichabod Norton and Eliakim Norton vs. Ezra Cleaveland for Cutting Their Wood, 1798 January 25 | 2 | 25 | ||
Court of Common Pleas True Copy of Record of Ichabod Norton and Eliakim Norton vs. Ezra Cleaveland for Trespassing, 1798 January 25 | 2 | 26 | ||
Court of Common Pleas True Copy of Record of Recognizance of Ezra Cleaveland, Elijah Stewart, and William Jernigan, 1798 November 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
Deeds: Peter Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1790 December 30 | 2 | 28 | ||
Deeds: Peter Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1791 April 2 | 2 | 29 | ||
Deeds: Ephraim Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1791 June 29 | 2 | 30 | ||
Deeds: Cornelius Norton Junior to Ichabod Norton, 1794 June 30 | 2 | 31 | ||
Deeds: Zachariah Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1795 June 18 | 2 | 32 | ||
Deeds: Joseph Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1797 June 19 | 2 | 33 | ||
Deeds: Joseph Pease to Ichabod Norton, 1797 August 15 | 2 | 34 | ||
Deeds: Martin Pease to Ichabod Norton, 1798 March 9 | 2 | 35 | ||
Deeds: Joseph Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1799 July 4 | 2 | 36 | ||
Deeds: Thomas Daggett to Ichabod Norton, 1799 October 14 | 2 | 37 | ||
Deeds: Ichabod Norton to Robert Wimpenny, 1815 March 29 | 2 | 38 | ||
Deeds: Elihu Swasey to Ichabod Norton, 1816 November 20 | 2 | 39 | ||
Deeds: Oliver Norton et al to Ichabod Norton (from the estate of Joseph Kelley), 1831 August 20 | 2 | 40 | ||
Deeds: Kilborn Whitman to Ichabod Norton, Daniel Fisher, and Charles Smith, 1831 October 6 | 2 | 41 | ||
Deeds: Ichabod Norton to Constant Norton and Caroline S. Norton, 1835 September 25 | 2 | 42 | ||
Letters: John Trippp to Ichabod Norton, 1783 December 5 | 2 | 43 | ||
Letters: Thomas Cooke Jr. to Ichabod Norton, 1806 June 11 | 2 | 44 | ||
Letters: John Tripp to Ichabod Norton, 1814 December 22 | 2 | 45 | ||
Letters: Cornelius Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1815 September 11 | 2 | 46 | ||
Letters: Nancy Blackman to Ichabod Norton, 1824 June 27 | 2 | 47 | ||
Letters: William R. Flint to Ichabod Norton, 1827 October 7, undated | 2 | 48 | ||
Letters: William G. Coffin to Ichabod Norton, Wilmot Smith to Ichabod Norton, 1827 November 10, 1827 December 17 NoteBoth letters relate to Mrs. Wimpenny's right to dower | 2 | 49 | ||
Letters: Ichabod Norton II to Ichabod Norton, 1828 August 7 | 2 | 50 | ||
Letters: Thomas D. Blake Jr. to Ichabod Norton, 1829 November 19 | 2 | 51 | ||
Letters: B. Kidder Jr. to Ichabod Norton, 1830 March 15 | 2 | 52 | ||
Letters: E. Skiff to Ichabod Norton, 1830 July 30 | 2 | 53 | ||
Letters: James H. Gowen to Ichabod Norton, 1831 March 31 | 2 | 54 | ||
Letters: Alexander Clark to Ichabod Norton, 1832, 1837 | 2 | 55 | ||
Letters: James B. Forsyth to Ichabod Norton, 1833 May 18 | 2 | 56 | ||
Letters: Zebulon Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1833 November 7 | 2 | 57 | ||
Letters: Ebenezer Smith to Ichabod Norton, 1835 September 5 | 2 | 58 | ||
Letters: Edward D. Linton to Ichabod Norton, 1835 October 10 | 2 | 59 | ||
Letters: Josiah Prescott to Ichabod Norton, 1841 February 24 | 2 | 60 | ||
Letters: Christopher L. Beetle to Ichabod Norton, 1843 April 3 | 2 | 61 | ||
Letters: John Bailey to Ichabod Norton, 1844 August 3 | 2 | 62 | ||
Letters: Mary Ann Savage to Ichabod Norton, 1844 August 16 | 2 | 63 | ||
Letters: James Norton to Ichabod Norton, 1844 August 18 | 2 | 64 | ||
Letters: Abigail Ward to Ichabod Norton, circa 1844 | 2 | 65 | ||
Letters: Peter Norton to Ichabod Norton, undated | 2 | 66 | ||
Letters: Unknown Sender to Ichabod Norton, undated | 2 | 67 | ||
Miscellaneous Material, 1792-1844 | 2 | 68 | ||
Outgoing Correspondence, 1795, 1799, undated | 2 | 69 | ||
Receipts for "Advance of Legacy", 1836-1846 NoteNote: Receipts document money Ichabod Norton paid to various individuals in advance of money they would receive from his will. | 2 | 70 | ||
Schooner Delight, 1785 | 2 | 71 | ||
Summons of Ichabod Norton to Testify in the Case of Ebenezer Smith vs. Benjamin Bassett, 1809 May 24 | 2 | 72 | ||
Thomas Butler Accounts Current with Ichabod Norton, 1791-1798 | 2 | 73 | ||