John Grafton

Male 1638 - 1715  (77 years)


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  • Name John Grafton 
    Born 1638 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Nov 1715 
    Buried Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34559  Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2022 

    Father Joseph Grafton,   b. 1596, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1682, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Moore,   b. 1600, Southwold, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 1622 
    Family ID F12826  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • GRAFTON, JOHN, Salem, mariner, s. of Joseph, of wh. Mather, Magn. tells the story, copied from his f.'s Remarkab. Provid. cap. I. how he was, in Sept. 1669, shipwr. and preserv. m. 1 Dec. 1659, Seeth, d. of the first Thomas Gardner, had Mary, b. 7 Sept. 1660; Seeth, 28 Apr. 1665; Abigail, 12 Aug. 1667; Jehoadan, 1 Oct. 1669; Margaret, 24 Jan. 1671; and Nathaniel, 14 July 1672; freem. 1680, d. 24 Nov. 1715. Mary m. 25 July 1678, Joseph Hardy. JOSEPH, Salem 1636, freem. 17 May 1637; had w. Marg wh. d. Nov 1674, and ch. Priscilla; Joseph, bapt. 24 Jan. 1637; John, 28 Apr. 1639, bef. ment. and Nathaniel, 24 Apr. or 1 May 1642. He was an active mariner and merch. is sec. w. was Bethia, wid. of capt. Thomas Lathrop, d. of Daniel Rea, or Ray, wh. as admor. of L. join. with him in 1681, to sett. the est. with Ezekiel Cheever, and his w. Ellen, sis. of L. and after his (G.'s) d. m. bef. 26 June 1683, deac. William Goodhue. Priscilla m. 20 Feb. 1654, John Gardner. JOSEPH, Salem, s. of the preced. m. 29 Oct. 1657, Hannah, d. of Joshua Hobart of Hingham, had Joseph, b. 17 Aug. 1658; Joshua, 9 Apr. 1660; and Martha, 17 Aug. 1658. He m. 30 June 1664, sec. w. Elizabeth Brown, was freem. 1669, d. at Barbados, Feb. 1670, or 1. His wid. gave inv. 29 June 1671.
      Source: Savage, James. , Vol II, A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer’s Register. , Originally published Boston 1860-1862. Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1986., With 2 supplements in 4 volumes.
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