John Stratford (abt. 1545 - abt. 1607)

Ancestors

Died about Aug 1607 at about age 62 in Stanway, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

John was reputedly the seventh son of John Stratford and Margaret Tracy and was born in about 1545. ^[1]

In 1584 he received a legacy from his brother in law Robert Lawrence of Shipton Sollers, husband of his sister Eleanor. ^[2]

John had his will drawn up on 19 Jun 1607. ^[3]He made bequests to:

• brother Anthony's children (not named)
• Lucy Tracy
• Elizabeth Tracy
• Alice Tracy
• Barbara Tracy
• Hester Tracy
• Margaret Tracy
• Paul Tracy of Stanway
• brother George Stratford (dec)
• sister Alice Stratford of Winchcombe (sister in law, widow of his brother Edward)

As can be seen from his legacies, John seemed to have had a close relationship with his Tracy cousins at Stanway and took some pains to leave bequests to some of Paul Tracy's many daughters.

John died in Aug 1607 and was buried at Stanway, Gloucestershire on 4 Aug 1607. ^[4]

Research Notes

Wikipedia has conflated this John Stratford with John, the son of his brother Edward Stratford of Winchcombe. ^[5] John Stratford the entrepreneur and tobacco grower of Winchcombe was born in 1572 and could not possibly be a son of John Stratford and Margaret Tracy as they were well and truly dead by then! When I work out how to edit Wikipedia, I will do so!

To add to the confusion, the record of his burial at Stanway has been indexed on Ancestry as a baptism.

Sources

1. ↑ Joan Thirsk Rural Economy of England Bloomsbury Publishing, 2 Aug 2003 Google Books
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 68 Ancestry Record 5111 #933027
3. ↑ Ancestry.com, Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories, 1541-1858 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014), Ancestry.com, Record for John Stratford. Ancestry Record 4294 #34579
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Ancestry Record 4732 #2846117Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P308 IN 1/1 Register Image
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "John Stratford (entrepreneur)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Stratford_(entrepreneur)&oldid=961446319 (accessed June 12, 2020).