Person:Nathaniel Grafton (1)
Nathaniel Grafton
chr.24 Apr 1642 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
d.11 Feb 1670/71 Barbados
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1631
  1. Priscilla GraftonEst 1634 - 1717
  2. Joseph Grafton1636/37 - 1670/71
  3. John Grafton1639 - 1715
  4. Nathaniel Grafton1642 - 1670/71
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Apr 1665
  1. Priscilla Grafton1670 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Nathaniel Grafton
Gender Male
Christening[1][3] 24 Apr 1642 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesFirst Church
Alt Christening[1] 1 May 1642 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesFirst Church
Marriage 6 Apr 1665 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Maverick
Death[1][3] 11 Feb 1670/71 Barbados
Estate Inventory[4] 27 Jun 1671
Probate[4] 27 Jun 1671 Administration to the widow.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 6. Nathaniel Grafton, in Belknap, H. W. (Henry Wyckoff). The Grafton Family of Salem. The Essex Institute Historical Collections. (The Essex Institute, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1928)
    64:148-49.

    "6. Nathaniel Grafton was baptized April 24, or May 1, 1642, at the First Church in Salem. He was made a Freeman in 1680 [not listed in Paige's List of Freemen] and was a mariner. … He died February 11, 1670/1, at Barbadoes, being cast away on the keteh 'Prudence', … Mr. Nathaniell Grafton dying intestate, Elizabeth the relict, brought in an inventory June 27, 1671, and was appointed administratrix. The Court ordered that she bring up the children until they come of age, when they should receive 451i. each, the house and land to be security. (Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, p. 46.)"

  2. ↑ Nathaniel Grafton, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:289.

    "Nathaniel (Grafton), Salem, s. of the first Joseph, m. 6 Apr. 1665, Eliz. d. of Moses Maverick, had Eliz. b. 18 Dec. 1667; Remember, 29 Sept. 1669; Priscilla, 12 Mar. 1671; and he d. at Barbados, 11 Feb. 1671. His wid. m. a Skinner; and his d. Eliz. m. William Hughes, and Priscilla m. Thomas Jackson. See Geneal. Reg. VIII. 270, in note.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 3:625] [Vol. 2] P. 289. l. 7 from bot. at the end, add, unless confus. with Joseph."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
    1:378; 5:292.

    "Grafton, … Natha[nie]ll, s. Joseph, bp. 24: 2 m: 1642 [April 24, 1642]. (church record, First Church.)"
    "Grafton, … Nathaniell, [died] at Barbadoes, 11: 12 m: 1670 [February 11, 1670/71]. (court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court.)"

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Estate of Nathaniel Grafton of Salem, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
    2:225-26.

    "Mr. Nathaniell Grafton dying intestate, Elizabeth, the relict, brought in an inventory 27: 4: 1671 [June 27, 1671], and was appointed administratrix. Court ordered that she bring up the children until they come of age, when they should receive 451i. Each, the house and land to be security. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 5, leaf 46. … Inventory of the estate of Nathaniell Grafton of Salem, taken 26: 4: 1671, by Richard Prince and Henry Bartholmew: … total, 377li. 5s. 5d. Estate debtor, 1191i. 11s. 9d. Allowed in court upon oath of the widow. Attested in Salem court, 28: 4: 1671 [June 28, 1671], by the widow. Essex County Quarterly Court Files, vol. 17, leaf 88."

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