John STRATTON
JOHN STRATTON WAS FIRST MENTIONED IN WATERTOWN IN 1652. HIS WILL WAS DATED 4 NOV 1708. HE LIVED TWELVE YEARS AFTER THE DATE OF HIS WILL, OUT-LIVING BY TWO YEARS HIS ELDEST SON, JOHN, WHO HE HAD MADE AN EXECUTOR OF HIS ESTATE.
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.
He married Elizabeth Traine 10 Mar 1658/59 at of Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts . Elizabeth Traine was born at Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. 30 Sep 1640 daughter of John Traine and Margaret Dix .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Elizabeth Stratton
born Abt 1660.
John Stratton
born 24 Aug 1661.
Elizabeth Stratton
born 2 Jul 1664.
Joseph Stratton
born 13 Jan 1666/67.
Samuel Stratton
born 18 Aug 1669.
Rebecca Stratton
born 16 May 1672.
Ebenezer Stratton
born 2 Nov 1677.
Ebenezer Stratton
born 2 Oct 1678.
Jonathan Stratton
born 6 Mar 1679/80.
John Stratton died 16 Mar 1720 at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts .
Elizabeth Traine died 7 May 1708 .