Samuel Scranton II (1720 - 1808)

Born 24 Mar 1720 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Fitch) Scranton — married 5 Mar 1747 in Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1808 at age 88 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Samuel was born 24 Mar 1720^[1] in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Samuel Scranton and Elizabeth Bishop.^[2][3]

Samuel Scranton and Mary Fitch were married 5 Mar 1747 in Guilford, Connecticut.^[4][5][6]

Research Notes

His father Samuel Scranton and mother Elizabeth Bishop were married 30 Jun 1712 in Guilford, Connecticut.

The imported GEDCOM listed a family with 11 children. There are no siblings and 8 children listed for Samuel. The original import numbers can be viewed by looking at changes to the profile.

Samuel and his wife Mary had 6 children.^[7] Erastus Scranton does not list a death date for Samuel. Mary died 22 May 1798. (There have been other cases where the dates from the Scranton book for the wife have erroneously used for the husband, which brings into question the death date for Samuel from the grave entry.)

There is no gravestone for Samuel Scranton II buried in West Side Cemetery, Guilford. This entry has Mary Fitch as his wife. According to Eratus Scranton, he was married to Mary Fitch.

There is one entry (misindexed) with two or three wills for Samuel Scranton (in 1750, in 1798 and 1860), see Ancestry Record 9049 #401801. These may encompass father, son and grandson. The 1787 will for Samuel naming wife Mary begins here Image

Reference for children and marriage to Mary Fitch:^[1]

1. Lucy, b. January 17, 1748; d. Mav 27, 1772, s. a. 24.
2. Sam', b. March 8, 1750. (144)
3. Mary, b). November 17, 1752.
4. Thomas, b. February 11, 1760.
5. Anna, b. November 25, 1762.
6. Fitch, b. October 7, 1766 ; d. October 2, 1767.

Note: Ichabod is not in the list.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who died in the year 1671 - https://archive.org/details/genealogicalregi00scra/page/23/mode/2up?q=%22Samuel+Scranton%22 page 18, 22
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-HMK : 7 January 2020), Samuel Scranton, 1719.
3. ↑ Scranton: Page 19
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP34-VCBQ : 21 September 2019), Samuel Scranton, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272245.
5. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Name: Samuel Scranton Jr. Marriage Date: 5 Mar 1747 Marriage Place: Guilford, Connecticut, USA Residence Place: Guilford Spouse: Mary Fitch Spouse Residence Place: Guilford. Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
6. ↑ Scranton: Page 30
7. ↑ Scranton: Page 30

See also

• Scranton, Erastus. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., who died in the year 1671 (Case, Tiffany and Co., Hartford, 1955)
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=3981952&pid=968874851 Ancestry Profile Note this tree was not found.
• His parents' marriage: Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection). Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=604584&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record barbourctmar #604584
• His parents in the Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4706306&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Ancestry Record genepool #4706306 Note that this is a generally unreliable source.
• Death date different than on this profile and record has no picture of the head stone. - Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 08 March 2021), memorial page for Samuel Scranton II (24 Mar 1720–23 May 1798), Find A Grave: Memorial #176015021, citing West Side Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA.