Jonathan Stratton

Notes:

!Marriage date found in the New Salem Marriage Records in the N.Y.C.
library.

!Records of Ina Mangum, Heber, UT
!Family group record by Beth Richmond.
!has the marriage date as 7 Sept. 1788.

!Family group record by Evan M. Ashby, has Jonathan's birth 21 Jan. 1765,
Sherborn, Middx, Mass.

!Might have been born in Atovl.

!Stratton, Harriet. A Book of Strattons. US/CAN 929.273 St32s. vol.1
!Went to Ithaca or Sangerfield, NY, and then to Penn. Had a son who was a
teacher in San Francisco.

Some of the above sources gave his birth date as 21 Jun 1764. However, Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, gave the date as 20 Jan 1765.

Jonathan married Ruth Foster 10 Nov 1788, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth (daughter of Joseph Foster and Mary Wheller) was born 17 Nov 1771, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened 15 Dec 1771, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died 18 Dec 1835. [Group Sheet]

1. Ruth Stratton was born 23 Feb 1795, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died 14 Dec 1859, , Bandera, Texas, United States.

Notes:

!Married (2) Joanna Brooks (widow), 25 March 1796.

!Book of Strattons, by Harriet R. Stratton, US/CAN 929.273 ST32s, v. 1, p.
176-7, v. II, p. 29-30 & 55-56

!Family group record by Evan M. Ashby, Castle Dale, UT.

!Removed from Sherborn to Athol, Mass. about 1775

!Died 4 Oct. 1791 or 1796. The Athol records say 11 Feb 1806.

!Buried on the part of his farm wich later became a public cemetery.

Elias married Millicent Frost 1754, New Salem, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. Millicent (daughter of Joseph Frost and Hannah Esterbrook) was born 27 Jan 1733, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 4 Oct 1795, Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Millicent was Elias' 1st wife.

Notes:

!Gen. of the Family & Desc. of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass., by
Henry Bond
!Book of Strattons, L.A. library, v. p. 176.
!Family group record by Bertha Sherman, Pomerene, AZ.
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!Stratton, Harriet. A Book of Strattons. US/CAN 929.273 St32s. vol.1

!Married by Rev. Seth Storer.

!They lived in Watertown for about eleven years after their marriage and
then removed to Sherburne (now Sherborn), Mass., in 1736-7.
!He made his will 26 Oct. 1764, and it was proved 29 March 1774.
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!IGI, 1988 ed. LDS film 1396174, batch 8663706, sheet 46. Check it.
!IGI, 1988 ed. LDS film 456321, batch A456321 sheet 134. Check it and
film 456367, batch A 456367, sheet 14.

Jabez married Tabitha Coolidge 29 Apr 1725, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Tabitha (daughter of Thomas Coolidge and Sarah Eddy) was born 2 Nov 1702, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 21 Jul 1794, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Joseph married Hannah Esterbrook 23 May 1717. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Estabrook, II and Hannah Leavitt) was born 2 Aug 1698, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 15 Mar 1756, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990.

!Estabrook / Easterbrook

AF gave her death date as 25 Sep 1776

Notes:

!Gen. of the Fam. and Desc. of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass., by
Henry Bond

!Both John and Abigail were buried in old Arlington Cemetery in
Watertown, corner of Arlington and Mt. Auburn Streets, gravestones 211
& 212.

!Stratton, Harriet. A Book of Strattons. US/CAN 929.273 St32s. vol.1

!Chase, Ann, Stratton Family. US/CAN 929.273 ST82c
!Ann says the children were baptized in the church on Mt. Auburn Street.
!She also gives a quote saying, "Here Lyes ye body of Mr. John Stratton
who deceased February 20, 1717/1718 in ye 57th year of his Age."

!IGI, 1988 ed., LDS film 1396292, batch 8690503, sheet 2

John married Abigail Prentice 1688, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Abigail was born Abt 1666, of Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 25 Oct 1732, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Her last name might be Blanchard.

!died at age 66.

!Stratton, Harriet. A Book of Strattons. US/CAN 929.273 St32s. vol.1

Notes:

!Married (2) Mary Smith, 15 Jan. 1713.

Descendents of Mary and John Coolidge of Watertown, by E.D. Coolidge
Genealogies of Watertown, by H. Bond
Book of Stratton, v. 1 & 2
Family group record by Julia Curtis Ellsworth, Mesa, AZ

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990, gives birth as 24 Feb. 1670.

Thomas married Sarah Eddy 15 Nov 1699, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Eddy and Sarah Meade) was born 31 Oct 1670, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 7 Nov 1711, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990.

!Married 1) Melicent Woodis/Millicent Woodhouse, 31 Dec 1689/90.

Joseph married Hannah Leavitt 25 Aug 1693, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Hannah (daughter of John Leavitt) was born Abt 1671. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!Ancestral File, Dec. 1990.