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• 1793 established by Captain John Norton making redware
• 1800 first stoneware was made
• 1823 Capt Norton retired and son Luman Norton took over renaming the pottery L Norton and Company
• 1828 Luman became sole owner and the name became plain L Norton
• 1833 the mark became L Norton and Son, when Lumans son Julius entered the firm
• 1840 the mark became Julius (or J) Norton, it is assumed that Luman Norton had retired
• 1842 became bankrupt and reorganized
• pre 1845 Christopher W Fenton became a partner after working there several years, he was married to Julius' sister, and the mark became Norton and Fenton
• 1845 fire destroyed the pottery and it was rebuilt
• 1847 the partnership was dissolved and the mark used was Julius (or J) Norton
  C W Fenton partnershiped to found the Lyman, Fenton and Company which became United States Pottery Company
• 1850 a cousin Edward Norton became a partner and the mark was changed to J. and E. Norton
• 1859 the only son of Julius, Luman Preston Norton entered the firm and it became J. & E. Norton and Company or J. Norton and Co
• 1861 Julius died and the pottery became E. & L. P. Norton
• 1881 Lumas Preston Norton retired and the pottery mark became E. Norton
• 1883 C W Thatcher bought half interest and the mark became Edward Norton and Company or E. Norton and Company
• 1884 Edward Norton died and C.W.Thatcher took over, He ceased pottery production and operated as a wholesaler until 1911