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Jonathan Norcross (April 18, 1808 – December 18, 1898),〔(Franklin Garrett Necrology Database - Atlanta History Center )〕 was the fourth Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. He was dubbed the "Father of Atlanta" and "hard fighter of everything." - Henry W. Grady〔Kaemmerlen, Cathy J. ''The Historic Oakland Cemetery: Speaking Stones''. The History Press, 1907, pp. 25 - 27.〕 == Early life and ancestry == Jonathan Norcross was the second son of a clergyman, the () Jesse Norcross, of Charlestown, Kennebec, ME, b. ''abt''. 1778;〔Reed, Wallace Putnam, ed. ''History of Atlanta, Georgia: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Most Prominent Men and Pioneers''. Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Co., Pub., 1889, p. 106 - 110.〕 married 4 Mar. 1804 Nancy (), Dresden, Maine. He was born and raised in Orono, Maine, along with six other siblings, including his equally-industrious older brother Nicholas Gaubert Norcross (''see below''), in what could be described as a devout and pious upbringing given his later positions on issues of vice and as a practicing Baptist;〔Martin, Thomas H. ''Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South''. Century Memorial Pub. Co., 1902, Vol. 2, p. 688.〕 evoking the Protestant Work Ethic of his forefathers. His younger siblings include: Livonia (b. Jan. 1810), Jesse (b. 3 Jun. 1812), Nancy Gaubert () (b. 2 Mar. 1816); who married Moses M. Swan, of Augustus, ME;〔Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. 1909, Vol. 3, p. 1380.〕 Maria (b. Feb. 1818), and Louisa (b. Oct. 1823). Jonathan Norcross was a descendant of Jeremiah Norcross, the English progenitor of the Norcross family, who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1638);〔Crane, Ellen Bicknell Historical Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester, Co. Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1907, pp. 376, 391.〕 a land proprietor of Cambridge () before 1642; who was an admitted freeman of that town in 1652.〔Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1908, Vol. 1, p. 345.〕 The Mayor's lineage stemmed from Richard Norcross, Sr. and Mary Brooks, the second son and his wife, of the family's pilgrim; and Norcross' great-great-great grandparents. Nathaniel Norcross; their respective third son; sixth child of seven, married, ''ca''. 1691, second (given the death of his first wife, Mehitbale (), who died 5 Apr. 1691; leaving one daughter, Mehitbale Norcross) Susanna Shattuck; she was the daughter of Dr. Philip Shattuck of Watertown, MA;〔Shattuck, Lemuel, Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, (Dutton and Wentworth, 1855), pp. 152 – 153.〕 and great-great grandparents of the mayor. From this same line, he was a fourth cousin of Otis Norcross, the 19th Mayor of Boston (1867), whose great-great grandfather Richard Norcross, Jr. was the older brother of Nathaniel Norcross (''noted above''). Nathaniel's second son, Philip Norcross;〔Crane, Ellery Bicknell.'' Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, with a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity''. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1907, pp. 260 – 262.〕 great grandfather of Hon. Jonathan Norcross; married 1721 Sarah () of Watertown, MA; they removed to Sudbury, MA. Philip's third son Jonathan Norcross, the fifth of nine children; the Mayor's paternal grandfather, was born in Newton, MA, who along with his wife Martha (), whom he married in 1760, removed to Livermore, Androscoggin, ME, after the birth of Jonathan's father Jesse, suggesting substantial migration of the family over time for various purposes.〔For further reading and analysis on "outswarms," see Chapter, 10: The Rising Generation. Thompson, Roger. ''Divided We Stand: Watertown, Massachusetts 1630 - 1680''. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001, pp. 116 - 125.〕 Hon. Jonathan Norcross' first cousin Jesse Springer Norcross of this bloodline was proprietor of Norcross Mills.〔Worcester Society of Antiquity (Mass.) ''Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Antiquity''. Pub. by The Society, 1907, Vol. 21 (1905), p. 36 - 39.〕() 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonathan Norcross」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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