John Scranton III (1676 - 1758)

Born 1676 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Norton) Scranton — married 12 Dec 1699 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1758 at about age 82 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

John III was the son of John Scranton and Mary Seward.

He married Mary Norton 12 Dec 1699 in Guilford, New Haven, CT - parents of Mary, John IV, Josiah, Sarah, Hannah, Submit, Noah, Ichabod, Ann & Rebecca

He is buried at West Cem, Madison, New Haven, CT

Sources

• Guilford (Conn.) Vital Records, The American Genealogist (Barrington, RI, 1938) Vol. 15, Page 184.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #171424279
• 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, 1855) Page 17.

• "In his will he made ample provision for the support of his negro man, and his Indian slave. They were to choose with which of his children to live, &c."

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.
• CT Death & Burials Index