Person:Melissa Stratton (1)

  • H.  Abijah Brigham (add)
  • WMelissa Stratton1798 - 1880
m. 19 Oct 1817
Facts and Events
Name[3] Melissa Stratton
Gender Female
Birth[1] 11 Oct 1798 Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 19 Oct 1817 Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abijah Brigham (add)
Death[2] 20 May 1880 Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Rutland, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1905)
    p. 96.

    STRATTON, Malissa [Melissa in dup.], d. Alpheus and Lucy, [born] Oct. 11, 1798.

  2. Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the town of Sunderland for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-one [sic, all the dates are marked 1880.
    No.: 7
    Date of Death: May 20 1880
    Name: Milissa S. Brigham
    Sex: Female
    Condition: Widow
    Age: 81 y. [birth about 1799]
    Cause: Arthenia
    Place of Death: Sunderland
    Occupation: [blank]
    Place of Birth: Rutland
    Parents: Alpheus Stratton / Lucy Stratton
    Birthplaces of Parents: Rutland / Rutland

  3. Source:Howe, Daniel Wait. Howe Genealogies, p. 251 says Melissa R. Stratton, d/o Alpheus and Lucy (Keyes) Stratton of Rutland, b. 11 Oct 1798, married Jacob Howe. This is incorrect. Jacob Howe married a different Melissa Stratton of Rutland.