Abigail (Blanchard) Stratton (abt. 1666 - 1732)

Born about 1666 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Stratton — married 1688 (to 20 Feb 1718) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 25 Oct 1732 at about age 66 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Blanchard Name Study.

Abigail Blanchard was born in 1666^[1] probably in Andover, the daughter of Samuel Blanchard^[2] and Mary Sweetser.

She married John Stratton, the son of John Stratton and Elizabeth Traine, about 1688, probably in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[3][4][5][6]

Abigail Stratton was named in her father's will as "Daughter Stratton", dated at Andover on 21 November 1704.^[2]

On 24 March 1718/9, Abigail Stratton, widow, & John Stratton, weaver, both of Watertown, were granted administration on the estate of her late husband John Stratton of Watertown.^[7]

On 11 April 1720, the widow, John, Jabez, Sam'l Mirick husband to Mary, John Stone husband to Abigail, all agreed to the "division of the estate made by commitee, and have set the widow's 1/3 & John 2/3 of the residue & Jabez 1/3 & they all agree to it."
On 11 Apr 1720, widow Abigail, the eldest son John of full age, Jabez a minor of 18 years of age his mother as guardian, Sam'l. Merrick husband to Mary, and John Stone husband to Abigail daughter of dec'd ... the two sons given bond to pay to their sisters their shares. The deceased having left another son named Ebenezar, "now surviving who had above his share ... by deed of gift of his father & released & quitclaimed his interest in the estate."^[7]

Abigail Stratton died on 25 October 1732 in her 66th year in Watertown,^[8][6] and was buried in the Old Arlington Cemetery, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA^[6][1] A photo of her gravestone can be viewed at Find A Grave: Memorial #27177598.

Children born Watertown:

1. John, b. 04 May 1689^[9]
2. Ebenezer, b. 01 or 12 Dec 1692^[10]
3. Abigail (twin), b. 14 Sep 1698^[11]
4. Mary (twin), b. 14 Sep 1698^[12]
5. Jabez, b. 28 Mar 1701^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 November 2018), memorial page for Abigail Blanchard Stratton (1666–25 Oct 1732), Find A Grave: Memorial #27177598, citing Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881. Samuel Blanchard Sr., file #2612, 05 May 1707. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) (Link by $ubscription)
3. ↑ Memoirs of Deceased Members of the NEHGS, Charles Griffin Stratton NEHGR Vol. 95:75 (Jan 1941)
4. ↑ Record book of the First Church in Charlestown, p. 263, NEHGR Vol. 28:121 (Apr 1874)
5. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, compiler, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (CD version) (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2001), citing Bond's Watertown p. 594; Wyman's Charlestown p. 913; Stratton 1:168; Ford, Mrs. Horatio, Ancestors and Descendants of Almira Louise Greenleaf (S. Euclid, Ohio, 1929) 100-1; Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 9:72; NEHGR Vol. 61:398, 95:80.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Harriet Russell Stratton, A Book of Strattons (Grafton Press, New York: 1908), p. 168.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Probate records of John Stratton, packet #21843 (1718) Middlesex Co. Probate papers.
8. ↑ Jeremiah Richards, Richards Family [Also Metcalf, Aldis, Stratton, Wiswall, Barrett, Kidder, Peck, Crane, Monfort, and Carman families, all ancestral to Jeremiah Richards, b. 1844, and his wife Susan Adrianna Monfort.] (New York, NY: n.pub., 18--?), p. 5
9. ↑ Watertown Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1630-1690, Vol. 1, p. 107
10. ↑ Charlestown, Records Of The First Church In Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1632-1789, p. 48
11. ↑ Watertown Births, Deaths Marriages 1693-1823, Vol. 2, p. 11
12. ↑ Watertown Births, Deaths Marriages 1693-1823,' Vol. 2, p. 11
13. ↑ Watertown Births, Deaths Marriages 1693-1823, Vol. 2, p. 17