Samuel Stratton (1659 - 1717)

Born 5 Mar 1659 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fletcher) Stratton — married 28 Nov 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1717 at age 58 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Samuel was born 5 March 1660, the son of Samuel Stratton Jr. (bef.1625-1707) and Mary (Frye) Stratton (abt.1631-1674).^[1][2]

Samuel married Elizabeth (Fletcher) Stratton (1663-1762) on 28 November 1683 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^{[3] [4]} Their children:

1. Samuel, b. 1684
2. Hezekiah, b. 1688
3. John, b. 1690
4. Elizabeth, b. 16 Feb 1692
5. Joseph, b. 1695
6. Mary, b. 5 Mar 1698
7. Benjamin, b. 1 Dec 1701
8. Anna, b. 26 Nov 1704

Samuel died 30 November 1717, in his 58th year, in Concord, Massachusetts.^[5] Samuel wrote his will on 25 April 1717.

WILL OF SAMUEL STRATTON ³
1717
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Stratton Senr of the Town of Concord in the County of l\Iiddx ss in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New england Yeoman Being of sound good and Perfect memory—Praise be Given to god for the same yit knowing the Uncertanty of this Life on Earth and Being Desirous to Settle things in order Do make and ordaine this to be my Last Will and Testament Hereby Revoking all fformer Wills by me made & signed to be void and of none effect
In Primas My soule I give into the Hands of Allmighty god that gave it in suer and Certaine Hopes of eternall Life through our Lord Jesuss Christ And my Body to the Earth from whence it Came to be Decently Interred at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter Mentioned and after my funerall expencies and Debts Satisfied and paid What Worldly Goods it hath pleased god to Endow me with all I Do give and Bequeath in Manner ffollowing
— Item I give and bequeath to my Well-beloved Wife Eliseabeth Stratton and her Heirs forever: all my moveable goods Whatsoever:
— My Will is that my two sons Hezekiah Stratton and Benjamin Stratton shall have so much either of them as shall make thier Parts equall With What John and Joseph Straton have Received by Deeds of Gif from me allread: Allso my Will is that my two Daughters Mary Stratton and Anna Stratton shall have so much of my estate as shall make their Parts equall with thier sister eliseabeth Minott: and Further my Will is that my Wife eliseabeth Straton shall have the whole Improvement of all my Reall estate so Long as shee shall Remaine a Widow in my Name and shee shall have Liberty to sell any part of it for her subsistence if need shall Require to be don with the advice of my Son Samll Stratton and What Land shall Remain after my Wives marraige or Decease my sons shall Devide it equally amongst them all and they to pay to thier sisters so much apeie as one of thier shaers in the Land that shall be Remaining after my Wives marraige or Decease shall be Apprised by Indeferant men: Hereby Authorizing and ffully Impowering My Beloved Wife Eliseabeth Stratton and my son Samuel Stratton to be Executrs of this My Last Will and Testamentt
— In Witness Whereof I the sd Samuel Stratton have hereunto Set my hand and seal the twentieth and fifth Day of Aprill Anno 1717 and in the 3d year of his Majesties Reign over England & C

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Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ64-3NL : 5 January 2021), Samewell Stratton, 1660.
2. ↑ Stratton, Harriet Russell; A book of Strattons; being a collection of Stratton records from England and Scotland, and a genealogical history of the early colonial Strattons in America, with five generations of their descendants; Volume 1; Pub: 1908, Grafton Press NY; Page 166 https://archive.org/details/bookofstrattonsb00stra/page/166/mode/2up
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSH-2XH : 10 November 2020), Sam. Stratton, 28 Sep 1683; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
4. ↑ Verification of marriage to Elizabeth Fletcher: ;Concord - Marriages Image of page 26
5. ↑ Verification of Date of Death Concord - Death Image of page 93

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