Person:Richard Stratton (7)
Richard Stratton
chr.18 Nov 1627 Podington, Bedfordshire, England
d.25 Jul 1658 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1626
  1. Samuel Stratton1625/26 - 1707
  2. Richard Stratton1627 - 1658
  3. Joseph Stratton1629 -
  4. John Stratton1632 - 1719/20
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard Stratton1627 - 1658
  • W.  Susanna _____Bef 1638 - 1697/98
m. Bef 1658
  1. Samuel Stratton1658 - 1726
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Richard Stratton
Gender Male
Christening[1] 18 Nov 1627 Podington, Bedfordshire, England
Emigration[2][4] 1656 On the Speedwell.
Marriage Bef 1658 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child (Samuel).
to Susanna _____
Death[1][2][3][4][5] 25 Jul 1658 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wheeler, Raymond David. The Father of Samuel1 Stratton of Watertown, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Apr 1993)
    68:86.

    "2. Richard (Stratton) bp. Podington 18 Nov. 1627, d. Watertown, Mass., 8 April 1657 [error for 1658], aged about 30."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 4. Richard Stratton2, in 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. (New York, New York: Grafton Press, 1908, 1918)
    1:165-66.

    "4. Richard Stratton2 (Samuel1) was born in England, and came over in the 'Speedwell' in April, 1656. The first mention we have of him in Watertown is in April, 1658; he then had wife Susannah. 1658: 'Samuel Straton sonn of Richard and Susan Straton borne the 8 of Aprill.' 'Richard Straaton aged abought 30 years: Dyed the 25 of July.' (Watertown Records) In the inventory of his estate no land is mentioned. His widow, Susannah (or Susan), married Thomas Darkin, November 11, 1660, and lived in Concord."

  3. ↑ Bond, Henry, M.D., and Horatio Gates Jones. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston (1860): To which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps and Notes. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1860)
    593.

    "Richard Stratton, b. 1628, son of Samuel, Sr.; by wife Susanna, had Samuel, b. Ap. 8, 1658. He d. July 25, 1658, aged 30, and his estate was adm. by his widow. Inventory, £47. 18. 10."

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Richard Stratton, 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)
    4:221.

    "Richard (Stratton), Watertown, s. of Samuuel the first, b. in Eng. may be he wh. hav. been left at home by his f. perhaps at sch. came in the Speedwell, 1656, from London to Boston, by w. Susanna had Samuel, b. 8 Apr. 1658; and d. 25 July foll. aged a. 30 yrs."

  5. ↑ Historical Society of Watertown (Massachusetts). Watertown Records. (Watertown, Mass.: Press of Fred Barker, 1894-1939)
    1:20.

    "1658. … Richard Straaton aged abought 30 years : Dyed the 25 of July"

  6.   Richard Stratton, in Find A Grave.

    No image provided; no actual evidence of burial presented.

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