Hi Mary
Thanks for your message, it seems that we are 5th cousins, as I am also a 4th great grandchild of John and Charlotte Norbury ! I am related via their eldest son John (1812-1885), who was born in St Helier in May 1812 and lived nearly all his life in the New Forest area of Hampshire. Are you descended via him, or another of John and Charlotte's children ? John and Charlotte were married on 6th August 1811 in St Helier and had 2 children born in Jersey, John and Thomas (b.1813). They then moved to the mainland and had Charlotte (1814-1814) in Southampton, then moved to the Isle of Wight, where the next child, Francis (1815-1873) was born. About 1816, they moved north to Sheffield and appear to have left John in Hampshire, possibly with maternal grandparents, but I have not established this as yet.
Further children were born in Sheffield, Caroline (1817-1893) and George (1820-1875), before they made their final move to Chorlton upon Medlock and Ardwick in Manchester. The later children were born in Manchester, namely Charlotte (b. 1823) and Edward (1828-1898). Charlotte Norbury sadly died giving birth to Edward, as he was born on 7th March 1828 and she was buried on 16th March 1828, aged 42. John died in 1841 and was buried on 31st January 1841, at that time he was living in Ardwick. Interestingly, he remarried Elizabeth Wilde in Manchester Cathedral on 4th July 1833 and had 4 further children with her, William (b.1833), Joseph (b.1834), Thomas (b. 1836) and James (b.1837).
John was a Stonemason, which may well explain his movements around the country and Norbury is a popular surname in the Manchester area, which is where i think he came from. John was aged 57 at his death, but I've not been able to find any likely entry for him around 1783/4 in Manchester so far. As for Charlotte, I don't know where she originated from, but I think it's likely to have been in the South. John, the eldest son, was baptised twice in Jersey, I think he was perhaps a sickly baby and so was baptised straight after birth and then rebaptised when he got better. This may well explain why he didn't travel north, maybe John and Charlotte didn't think he was strong enough. I think he proved them wrong by becoming a farm bailiff and living to the age of 73 !
I hope this has filled in a few gaps and look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Colin