John STRATTON
A BOOK OF STRATTON, VOL. 2, p. 168 (B3D3). GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF WATERTOWN , MASS. VOL. 1, p. 592/93. JOHN STRATTON DIED INTESTATE AND HIS ESTATE WAS ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING YEAR. BOTH JOHN AND ABIGAIL ARE BURIED IN THE OLD ARLINGTON CEMETERY, CORNER ARLINGTON AND MT. AUBURN ST., WATERTOWN WHERE STONES MARK THEIR GRAVES, (NO. 211 & 312). AN INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE INCLUDES THE MANOR HOUSE, BARN AND ORCHARD AND 30 ACRES OF LAND VALUED AT L300 AND SPECIFIES L7, 6S.9d PER ANNUM FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF MR. JOHN STRATTON , THE HONORED FATHER OF THE DECEASED.
A BOOK OF STRATTONS VOL. 2 p. 30. SHERBORN, MASS. VITAL RECORD, MASS. S. 17. JABEZ STRATTON WAS MARRIED IN WATERTOWN BY REV. SETH STORER. THEY LIVED IN WATERTOWN ABOUT 11 YEARS THEN MOVED TO SHERBURNE, (NOW SHERBORN, MASS.) IN 1736-37. HIS NAME APPEARS OFTEN ON THE RECORDS IN WATERTOWN. HE OWNED SEVERAL LOTS OF LAND AND WAS "TITHING MAN" FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN SHERBORN, HE WAS ONE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL MEN OF THE TOWN. HE MADE HIS WILL 26 OCT. 1764 AND IT WAS PROVED 29 MAR. 1774. IN THE WILL HE MENTIONS ONLY HIS WIFE, TABITHA, AND SONS, ABIJAH , NATHAN AND ELIAS, WITH BENJAMIN KENDALL AS ADMINISTRATOR, BUT IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE, JONAS GREENWOOD RECEIVED A PORTION.
He married Abigail Prentice Abt 1686/89 . Abigail Prentice was born at of Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. 1666 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
John Stratton
born 4 May 1689.
Ebenezer Stratton
born 12 Dec 1692.
Jonathan Stratton
born Abt 1695.
Abigail Stratton, (Twin)
born 14 Sep 1698.
Mary Stratton, (Twin)
born 14 Sep 1698.
Jabez Stratton
born 28 Mar 1701.
John Stratton died 20 Feb 1718 .
Abigail Prentice died 25 Oct 1732 .