Norwood Genealogy

a project of
V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
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(updated 8 March 2024)

Welcome to the Norwood genealogy. Family units are arranged alphabetically by the first name of the father (or single-parent mother). Links are provided to enable you to move up and down each lineage. To follow a line back in time (ancestors), click on the underlined portion of “(son of …)” or “(dau. of …)” beneath the name of the person you want to trace back. To follow a line forward in time (descendants), click on the name of the person whose offspring you want to see. A plus sign (+) following a name means that that person had one or more children, but that family group has not been added to this web page. A link to documentation and notes, when available, is given below each family.

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   Thank you to the late Raymond E. Robbins Jr. for his contributions to this page.



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Norwood households in 1790 census of the town of Mount Desert free white males 16 and upwards free white males under 16 free white females
Joshua Norwood 2 4 4
Stephen Norwood 1 1 4

Subsequent years reported the following households, all in the town of Mount Desert:
   1800: Joshua (8 persons), Stephen (10)
   1810: Joshua (5), Stephen (7)
   1820: Anna (3), Benjamin (5), Benjamin Jr. (1), Jonathan (6), Stephen (8)
   1830: Benjamin (7), Benjamin (9), Jonathan (8), Stephen (9)
   1837: Benjamin (7), Diana (3), Jonathan (7), Mary (4), Oliver (4), Stephen (9), William (7)
   1840: Benjamin (6), Diana (2), Mary (4), Oliver (6), Sally (8), Samuel (5), William (7)
Until the 1850 census, members of a household were reported only by a number in a category (e.g., 3 females under 10).

   

Arthur Norwood
   (son of [?])
   m. Carrie Davis

children:
   Marguerite Norwood   m. James Peterson
   Marie Norwood   m. […] Phillips

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Benjamin Norwood
   (son of [?])
   b. age 60 y. at death   Maine
   m. Esther [...] [...]
   d. 22 February 1857
         bur. Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Lois M. Norwood   b. age 5 y. at death   -   d. 5 April 1829   -   bur. Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Israel Norwood   b. age 26 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   George M. Norwood   b. age 29 y., 4 m. at death   -   d. 28 February 1856   -   bur. Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Benjamin H. Norwood   b. age 13 y. at death   Maine   -   d. 27 July 1853   -   bur. Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

documentation and notes

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George M. Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. age 24 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. intentions published 3 August 1848
         certificate issued 17 August 1848
         27 August 1848   Tremont, Maine
         Athalania F. Butler
            b. age 20 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

child:
   Cornelius Norwood   b. age 10 m. as of 1850 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Israel M. Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. April 1830   Maine
   m. Julia M. [...]
            b. age 27 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

children:
   Howard Norwood   b. age 3 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Lorenzo Norwood   b. age 4 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Rose Norwood   b. age 3 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Roland Norwood   b. age 1 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   George Norwood   b. age 19 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Harvey Norwood   b. age 17 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Leila Norwood   b. age 15 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Violet Norwood   b. 27 April 1867   -   d. 19 June 1928   -   bur. Higgins Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   May Norwood   b. age 8 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   William H. Norwood   February 1874   Maine   -   d. 1959   -   bur. Higgins Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine

documentation and notes

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John F. Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. age 33 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Lydia J. [...]
            b. age 36 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

children:
   Alice A. Norwood   b. age 6 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Mary E. Norwood   b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   John E. Norwood   b. age 2 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Emeline Norwood   b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Jonathan Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. age 53 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   m. Elizabeth Ann [...]
            b. age 38 y. as of 1870 census   Maine

children:
   Woodbury W. Norwood   b. age 18 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Winfield B. Norwood   b. age 17 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Warren J. Norwood   b. age 14 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Daniel F. Norwood   b. age 10 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Laura E. Norwood   b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Frank W. Norwood   b. age 4 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Frederick W. Norwood   b. December 1869   Maine
   Allie M. Norwood   b. age 4 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Jonathan Norwood
   (son of Stephen Norwood and Anna Andrews)
   m. (1) 1811
            Mary “Polly” Nutter
         (2) Margaret [...]
   d. 1854

children by Mary “Polly” Nutter:
   Oliver M. Norwood   b. age 37 y. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. Mary Norton Brown   -   d. 5 February 1879    -   bur. Seal Cove Cemetery   Tremont, Maine  
   Samuel Norwood
   child
   child
   child
   child

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Lewis Arthur Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. 1893
   m. 11 November 1916
         Reta Morris
               b. 1899
               d. 1966
                     bur. Mount Height Cemetery   Southwest Harbor, Maine
   d. 1988
         bur. Mount Height Cemetery   Southwest Harbor, Maine

children:
   Lewis Arthur Norwood Jr.   b. 18 December 1923   Southwest Harbor, Maine   -   m. 1945   Joyce Webster   -   d. 5 February 2002   Bangor, Maine   -   bur. Mount Height Cemetery   Southwest Harbor, Maine
   Hershal Norwood   m. Hazel [...]
   Maurice William Norwood   b. 21 November 1926   -   m. 13 June 1948   Pauline F. Chase   -   d. 21 March 2008   Bangor, Maine
   Walter Norwood   m. Helen [...]
   Jane Norwood   m. Robert Dunbar
   Betty Norwood   m. Carl Hardy
   Madeline Norwood

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Lewis Arthur Norwood Jr.
   (son of Lewis Norwood and Reta Morris)
   b. 18 December 1923   Southwest Harbor, Maine
   m. 1945
         Joyce Webster
   d. 5 February 2002   Bangor, Maine

child:
   Leigh Norwood   m. Sylvia [...]

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Maurice William Norwood
   (son of Lewis Arthur Norwood and Reta Morris)
   b. 21 November 1926
   m. 13 June 1948
         Pauline F. Chase
   d. 21 March 2008   Bangor, Maine

children:
   child
   child
   child

documentation and notes

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Oliver M. Norwood
   (son of Jonathan Norwood and Mary “Polly” Nutter)
   b. age 37 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Mary Norton Brown
            b. 86 y., 5 m. at death   Maine
            d. 22 February 1900
                  bur. Seal Cove Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 5 February 1879
         bur. Seal Cove Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Lemuel S. Norwood   b. age 14 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Roby M. Norwood   b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Shubal D. Norwood   b. age 16 y., 11 m., 15 d. at death   -   “lost at sea” 11 June 1857   -   memorial stone in Seal Cove Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Willard S. Norwood   b. age 7 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Oliver Thomas Norwood   b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Llewellyn Samuel Norwood   b. age 1 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Ezra R. Norwood   b. age 8 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Stephen Norwood
   (son of [...])
   m. Anna Andrews

children:
   Anna Norwood   m. James Kellay
   Susan Norwood   m. J. Brown
   Rebecca Norwood   m. Samuel Hodgdon
   Diana Norwood
   Benjamin Norwood   m. Esther Murphy
   Jonathan Norwood   m. (1) 1811   Mary “Polly” Nutter;   (2) Margaret [...]   -   d. 1854
   Stephen Norwood   m. Sarah Hodgdon
   William Norwood
   Sally Norwood   m. James Ober

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Stephen Norwood
   (son of Stephen Norwood and Anna Andrews)
   m. Sarah Hodgdon

children:
   child
   child
   child
   John Faxon Norwood   m. Linda Galley (née Dow)
   George Washington Norwood   b. October 1818   -   m. Mrs. Almira Rich (né Tinker)

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William A. Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. age 28 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   m. Sarah [J. or C.?] [...]
            b. age 19 y. as of 1860 census   Maine [see documentation and notes]

children:
   Sarah A. Norwood   b. age 9 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Vandelia Norwood   b. 1872   Maine   -   m. Harry B. Joyce   -   d. 1953   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Alice Norwood   b. age 6 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Alvin Norwood   b. 1878   Maine   -   d. 1956   -   bur. Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Arthur Norwood   b. July 1879   Maine

documentation and notes

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William Andrew Norwood
   (son of [...])
   b. age 49 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Ann Murphy
            (dau. of George Murphy and […])
            b. age 48 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   d. 29 March 1857
         bur. Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Judith Maria Norwood   m. […] Ellis
   Lucinda Norwood
   William Andrew Norwood Jr.   b. age 20 y. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. (1) […];   (2) Sarah Twiss
   Emery H. Norwood   b. age 15 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Emily Jane Norwood   b. age 15 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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William Andrew Norwood Jr.
   (son of William Andrew Norwood and Ann Murphy)
   b. age 20 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. (1) […];
         (2) Sarah Twiss

child by [?]:
   Arthur G. Norwood   b. 1879   -   d. 1959   -   bur. Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

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William G[ilbert?]. Norwood
   (son of [?])
   b. age 66 y., 27 d. at death   Maine
   m. Melissa O. [...]
            b. age 50 y., 6 m., 13 d. at death   Maine
            d. 23 February 1890
                  bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 7 May 1899
            bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

child:
   Shubael H. Norwood   b. age 1 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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[…] Norwood
   (son of [?])

children:
   Joshua Norwood
   Stephen Norwood
   Anna Norwood   m. James Kelley
   Hannah Norwood   m. Daniel Gott

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