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| Death: | 27 Aug 1671 in East Guilford, CT 1 |
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| Emigration: 1637 Boston, MA? 1 |
| Residence: 10 Oct 1639 Guilford, CT 1 |
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Place of birth is speculative, based on fact that a number of other founders of Guilford were from Guildford, Surrey, England. However, a number of the earliest settlers of Guilford were also from Kent, particularly Cranbrook, and Cranbrook was the home of a number of Scrantons. Therefore, it is possible he came from Cranbrook or another community in Kent. No mention of a 1609-1610 birth in of a "John Scranton has been found yet in Kent parish registers.
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Posted by April R. Saccoccio on September 24, 1998 at 13:58:23: In Reply to: Capt. John Scranton 1610-1671 England posted by Hayden Price on July 19, 1998 at 15:52:27: John Scranton is also in one of my lines. I do not know of the family in England. I just have the information from Guilford,Ct. on a couple of generations. John and his wife Joanna, had three children, John,Thomas and Sarah. Sarah m. John Bushnell one line I follow.Then John had a grandson, son of John Jun., named Capt John Scranton 3rd b. abt.1676. He m. three times, I follow all three wifes also, 1)Mary Norton,2)Mary or Sarah Evarts 3) Mary Bushnell. Talk about close families. If you would like more details, just email me.
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The eastern most section of Madison, the Hammonassett District, is noted for its state park of nearly 1,000 acres and offering swimming, camping, and fishing. The business establishments of the area cater to the vacationer with restaurants, stores and accommodations. The history of Hammonassett is one of an agricultural community that found it necessary to change its way of life to survive. The opening of the park in 1919 meant that rather than making a living from the land and waters, the residents could now make a living from those who came to visit the land and water. A community changed its way of life. A lifelong resident of the area, Charlotte Dowd, speaks of her brother converting chicken coops to tourist cabins. To drive through this area is to drive through 300 years of history. In 1636, George Fenwick bought the land that is now part of Hammonassett. In 1645 he gave this land to his friend Henry Whitfield to be a part of Guilford settlement. This fact makes Hammonassett the first of all the lands of Madison to come into the possession of the white man. Perhaps it is fitting that this area retains so many of its original characteristics. Traveling along the Boston Post Road from the traffic light at the Hammonassett Connector takes the traveler through a commercial district not unlike a hundred such areas in other resort towns. Evidence of the past lingers amid the neon and blacktop. At the corner of the Boston Post Road and Dudley Lane on the south stands the Dudley House, one of several remaining old homes. (1) Presently a restaurant, it still retains its outward character. Passing the Dudley House, the restaurants and other businesses, one comes to the Griswold Airport, an enterprise that dates from the 1930's. (2) A bit beyond the airport and just before the bridge over the Hammonassett River one encounters a narrow dirt lane running obliquely to the left. (3) Turning onto this lane is to turn back the pages into Madison's beginnings. Here at the beginning of River Road the traveler enters the world that reflects the early days when farmers, fishermen, and sailors lived in Hammonassett. As early as 1650 the leaders of the Guilford settlement sought to encourage people to settle the Hammonassett Quarter which in those days was the frontier and far removed from the main settlement. The very first settlers in the area complained that they were too far from the church in Guilford and that it was a hardship to attend services. Numerous devices were tried to encourage settlement of this area, but the arrival of new families was slow. On June 9, 1651, planters lacking lands or other means were offered land at Hammonassett (it was then that the problem of church attendance came up). Again in 1653 that land was offered permanently to those who would remove to it. At one time tax incentives were offered to those who would settle in the area. By the end of the 1600's it appears the lands were surveyed and settlements established. Ebenezeer Thompson, Nathan Bradley, Joseph Hand, John Scranton, James Hill, and John Meigs were among the first to take up residence. Later recorded names included those of Cruttenden, Dowd, Willard, and Wilcox. The dirt lane soon gives way to macadam as it passes Dudley Lane on the left. just before the intersection, on the left stands the Henry Meigs House, another of the remaining old homes. (4) Passing a number of newer houses, the traveler comes to the Hammonassett Cemetery on the right, the first burial ground set out in Madison. (5) Hammonassett residents are justly proud of the fine stone wall that encloses this historic ground on a gentle rise overlooking the marshes and the Hammonassett River. Set out in 1658, the first recorded burial was of Vincent Meigs in 1658. The first stones date from 1716. Apparently little used at first the town voted to fence the land and use it as pasture in 1758. Here stands a monument of Daniel Hand and a careful search will reveal the markers of Silence and Submit, the twin Meigs girls who died shortly after birth. Their stone bears the date January 5, 1711.
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The initial proprietors of Guilford sailed from London to their new home in CT in early summer, 1639. Prior to embarking on the shores of the future plantation of Guilford, they signed a covenant of agreement, hoping to ensure, through their joint efforts, the success of the new plantation.
"Guilford Covenant signed 'on shipboard' June 1639
"We, whose names are hereunder written, intendending by God's gracious permission to plant ourselves in New England, and, if it may be, in the southerly part, about Quinnipiack: We do faithfully promise each to each, for ourselves and families, and those that belong to us; that we will, the Lord assisting us, sit down and join ourselves together in one intire plantation; and to be helpful each to the other in every common work, according to every man's ability and as need shall require; and we promise not to desert or leave each other or the plantation but with the consent of the rest, or the greater part of the company who have entered into this engagement.
"As for our gathering together in a church way, and the choice of officers and members to be joined together in that way, we do refer ourselves until such time as it shall please God to settle us in our plantation.
"In witness whereof we subscribe our hands, the first day of June 1639. Robert Kitchell, John Stone,
Thomas Norton, John Bishop, William Plane, Abraham Cruttenden, Francis Bushnell, Richard Gutridge, Francis Chatfield, William Chittendon, John Hughes, William Halle, William Lute, Wm. Dudley, Thomas Naish, Thomas Joanes, John Parmelin, Henry Kingsnorth, John Jordon, John Mepham, Henry Doude, William Stone, Henry Whitfield, Thomas Cooke, John Hoadly"
Sources: History of Guilford and Madison Conn by Steiner - 1897; Families of Early Guilford CT by Talcott, Alvan - 1984; Family Histories and Genealogies .. by Salisbury, Edward Elbridge - 1892; Savage; History of Guilford Connecticut from its first settlement in 1639 by Smith, Hon. Ralph O. - 1877; Commemorative Record of New Haven County Conn - 1902; The Parmelee Family Homepage - Walters, Jim
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From "A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., Who Died in the Year 1671," by Rev. Erastus Scranton, A.M., of Burlington, Conn., Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, Hartford (1855):
The primary and main object of the first settlers of New Haven Colony, (and also of all New England,) ought never to be forgotten. The New Haven Colony consisted, at first, of the three planta-tions of New Haven, Milford and Guilford. A.D. 1665, it was united to the Colony of Connecticut. The first settlers of Guilford arrived at Boston June 26, 1637, and from thence came to New Haven, in company with Mr. Davenport and Mr. Prudden and their congregations, and re-mained there and elsewhere, some time, seeking a place of settling themselves. Whilst these three companies were in Massachusetts, they were urged to settle within its limits, with encouraging prospects, &c., but as they had designed, Providence permitting, to form a dis-tinct colony where they could establish a government both civil and religious, in accordance with their peculiar views, and have none to control them, they declined the offer. Having information from some, who had returned from an expedition against the Pequots, that there were fertile tracts of land on the sea-shore, along west of Connecticut river, and which were easy of cultivation, and some commodious harbors, they had a mind to remove and to settle in that region. Satisfied that Quinnipiack was an inviting place for a plantation, the three companies came there the next summer. Mr. Davenport, Mr. Eaton and their adherents, located in New Haven, A. D. 1638 (Quinnipiack.) Mr. Prudden and his company, the next spring, settled in Mil-ford, 1639, which the Indians called Wapawauge. Mr. Whitfield and his company, settled in the autumn of 1639 in Guilford, called by the Indians, Menunkatuc. In the course of the summer, (1639,) some of Mr. Whitfield's congregation were employed in seeking a suitable place and good land for settlement. They found a large tract of land, flat, moist and rich, which the Indians had occupied for a long course of years, and which was ready for immediate cultivation, and for raising needful crops for their subsistence. This is the land in the Great Plain, South of the town plot, adjoining which is a large tract of valuable salt meadow. Another similar tract is in the eastern section of the town, called Hammonasset Fields, now in the town of Madison. Ad-joining this is also a large tract of valuable salt meadow. A title to these tracts and the adjacent upland lands and meadows, must needs be purchased of the Indians, the rightful proprietors. Accordingly, Rev. Henry Whitfleld, Messrs. Robert Kitehel, William Leete and John Caffinge, bought, in behalf of the com-party of pilgrims, all the land of a sachem squaw, Shaumpishuh and her subjects, bounded South by the sea, West and North by rather indefinite limits, and East by the East River, which is now the West boundary, in part, of Madison. This purchase was made the 10th of September 1639, and the planters moved on to it the next month, October 10th, as nearly as can be ascertained. We see they had only a short time, before winter, to erect needful tenements. This sachem squaw and her subjects agreed at the time of the sale to move off the territory they had sold, and most of them did so, without much delay, probably to East Haven. Besides, they promised not to disturb, or to injure or terrify the English people in any of their interests or business. [Town Records, p. 52, and for West Bounds, p. 152.J The interpreter to the above purchase was probably Tho. Stanton, who interpreted for the purchasers of New Haven and Milford plantations. Other tracts of land were subsequently bought of the Indians, viz, one of Uncas, a Mohegan sachem. This tract is that part of Madison, which is situated between East River and Tuxis Pond, (Tuxisshoag,) which pond is about one-fourth of a mile east of the Congregational church in that place. Another large and valuable tract, (that which is situated be-tween Tuxis Pond and Hammonasset River, which is the east-ern boundary of Madison,) was a gift to the town by Mr. Geo. Fenwick, of Saybrook, on condition they would accommodate his esteemed friend, Rev. H. Whitfleld, with land near or in the town-plot, to his satisfaction. It appears they did accommodate him. How soon after this gift, a settlement began in Hammonasset quarter, is not known, but within about thirty years. Mr. Whitfield had expended a large property in the service of the church and planters whom he loved. The planters gave the name of the plantation, Guildford, after the name of the town in Surry, England, from which many of them emigrated. To this place they were endeared and bound by a thousand recollections. It is noted for its rich, productive and highly cultivated fields, (about thirty miles south-west of London.) The number of adult males who first located on the land first bought of the natives, cannot be ascertained, as no record book can be found prior to A. D. 1645. Report says it was burnt. The next year, or soon after the loss of thc record, 1646, a list of the names of the planters was collected because of said loss by fire, and is entered in the second book, and contains forty-seven names. In 1650, the number was forty-nine; only two more than four years before: and the list, eleven years after the first settlement, contains only forty-six. Nor does it contain the name of Caffinge, who was one of four purchasers. Report says he died prior to 1650, without issue. The names are, Rev. Henry Whitfield, John Johnson, Mr. Sam Disborough, Sam Blatchley, Rev. John Higginson, Stephen Bishop, Mr. Wm Leete, Wm Boreman, Robert Kitchell, Geo. Highland, Geo Hubbard, John Parmelin, Sen Wm Chittenden, Tho. Betts, Tho Jordan, Richard Guttridge, John Hoadley, Richard Bristow, Tho. Jones, John Parmelin Jun, Wm Dudley, Jasper Stillwill, Tho. Cook, Geo Bartlett, Henry Kingsnoth, John Scranton, John Stone, John Fowler, Wm Hall, Edward Benton, Richard Hues, Abm Cruttenden, Wm. Stone, John Evarts, Benj. Wright, John Bishop, Sen Francis Bushnell, John Sheder, Henry Doud, Tho French, Geo Chatfield, Thom. Stephens, or Stevens, John Stephens, Edward ......, John Bishop Jun, Abm Cruttenden Jun.
The foregoing list contains names of men, who no doubt came from other settlements after 1639, viz., Fowler and Hubbard from Milford; Boreman, Benton and Betts, from Wethersfield. In 1656, the number capable of bearing arms was sixty-eight; and in 1672, one hundred and one gave in lists of taxable prop-erty. Guilford Records, x., pp. 16, 49 and 96.] The first planters were possessed of considerable property. Some of them were wealthy. The wealthiest of them was their minister, Rev. II. Whitfield. He laid out and spent the most of his property for the benefit of tile plantation, and may be consid-ered as the father of the plantation. A large stone house was built mostly at his expense, on land allotted to him. It is probably the oldest house in New Eng-land. Let it never be taken down. Its site is about half a mile south of the town plot, and about a quarter of a mile north of the railroad depot, in a conspicuous place, and affords a full view of Long Island Sound for many miles. The stones of which it is constructed were brought thither on hand or on wheelbarrows, the distance of half a mile, from an adjacent ledge. This was a laborious and rather a slow work; because, at that time, (1640,) the people were lacking ox teams to do this work, as also to aid them in their farming business and in erecting tenements for themselves. During the first winter and for two or more years after they had settled in Guilford, they had not a comfortable house for one family in five of their number. Think of a community of forty or more families, lacking, if not entirely destitute of ox teams to do their farming business, and of cows to furnish them with milk, for three or more years, and sur-rounded by Indians who might become hostile to them, and burn their dwellings and slay their little ones! Who can doubt their privations and hardships were both various and great! How much less are the privations and hardships of our missionaries, at the west among the Indians, and in Asia and the Pacific isles! If any portion of people on earth are bound to acknowledge the kind and merciful hand of God to them and to their fathers, it is the people of Connecticut and New England. This obligation of gratitude to God is enhanced from the fact that we are the de-scendants of' those pious pilgrims, who subjected themselves to all the dangers of thc ocean, and the privations incident to beginning a residence in a howling wilderness, to procure a peaceful resi-dence for their posterity, and to secure liberty of conscience and other rights, which were denied them at home. If the Guilford planters underwent less than most other planta-tions in Connecticut, (which is probably the ease,) yet their pri-vations and hardships were many and complicated; and if they were men of' robust constitutions and of energy and vigor peculiar to the Anglo-Saxon race, as we believe, they deserve the com-mendation of us their descendants. They descended from a class of people who had their rise in England in the reign of the persecuting Queen Mary, A. D. 1555, whose meetings for prayer without a liturgy, were broken up, and some of them were burnt to death. Because of their zeal to avoid whatever their consciences, enlightened by the word of' God, deemed unwarranted by his word and to produce greater purity in religions worship and in Christian discipline, than generally prevailed in the land they left, they were stigmatized as Puritans. An honorable name this ! They professed to be true Christians, and judging from the tenor of their acts and lives, we are clearly warranted in tile belief, that they were what they professed to be. Their lives in England were exposed to hatred and persecution from the established church and from men in office and power. All this, they bore with Christian temper, not rendering evil for evil. Nor did they fail to adhere, firmly to their principles of faith, and to simplicity in their lives, the self-denial of the Christian religion. Conscious that they were acting for the good of posterity, more than for their individual benefit, they hesitated not to leave their pleasant homes for this land, but not without much consideration and prayerfulness. A strong purpose to walk with God and one another, in the enjoyment of divine ordinances and to guard their children against the corrupting customs and pernicious examples in En-gland, prompted them to embark for these shores, leaving behind them their pleasant homes and seats, their cultivated and produc-tive farms, and their profitable business. The public documents, and the records of the acts, by-laws, and institutions of the adult settlers of Guilford, evince that they were intelligent and public spirited persons--moreover, it is mani-fest that they were, with scarcely an exception, lovers of the truth and of good order in society, and were also eminent for prayer to God for the salvation of themselves and their fellow-men, pre-ferring "the kingdom of Christ above their chief joy." It is stated already that a number of planters located them-selves in Hammonasset quarter where was a large tract of excel- lent land ready for cultivation, and the Town Record states, that, prior to 1672, John Scranton, Noah Bradley, James Hill, Luke Hill, T. Hand, E. Thompson, -- Seward and William Leete, (probably Jun.,) and John Meigs were residing in Hammonasset. Report says, that women were accustomed to walk from this place, to Guilford (town plot) a distance of seven and a half miles, to attend public worship on the Lord's day, and returned the same day; afterward the families here may have attended religious worship in Killingworth, until the Gospel was first preached in East Guilford, A. D. 1705-6. Prior to 1666, there was no bridge over Hammonasset River where the public road now is, but one at Hayden's Quarter. From 1645 to 1653, Indians in New England were more or less troublesome to the people, and annoyed them in their farming business, and kept them constantly on their watch to their great weariness. Hence our ancestors had to go to their daily labors in their fields, with their fire arms by them. In the meantime, their families were in houses fortified with palisadoes. Such precautionary measures were needful and taken for security, lest women and children should be killed or carried off captives. But it is a matter of gratitude to God, that judging from the records of the town, the Guilford Indians who remained in the town, were less troublesome and hostile, and did the people less mischief than was done in other places and plantations. The foundation of the civil and religious polity, (constitution of government) of New Haven Colony, was laid in a solemn manner, in Mr. Robert Newman's barn in New Haven, June 4, 1639. The three companies were present. As Mr. John Scranton was a free burgess, it is more than probable, he was present and acted at the time of that agreement. One article of this fundamental agreement was, that church members and they only, should be free burgesses and have power or right to vote for and to elect from among themselves, magis-trates, deputies and other necessary officers who shall have the sole right and power of transacting all public and civil affairs of each plantation. The church of' Guilford was gathered (or reorganized as before intimated, August 22, 1638,) at New Haven, at the same time the churches of New Haven and Milford were. [E. L. p. 50.] But there appears to have been, about four years after the plant-ation was begun, a sort of' gathering of the church, or a formal' renewing of covenant. The form of proceeding to gather a church was first to select by vote, twelve principal church members, out of which seven were chosen, called the seven pillars, and they solemnly covenanted with each other to be the church of the plantation. To this number, all others were added or joined themselves; whatever form of gathering the church took place it was only matter of form arising from place and local distance, on their emigration hither. The express and avowed object of this church body, was the advancement of their own personal piety, and the increase of Gospel faith and for the glory of God. A choice of town officers was annually made, for the well ordering of public affairs, in the following manner: the burgess or elector, put a mark to the name of the man he would have chosen. Mr. Samuel Disborough is the first magistrate elected. Mr. Whitfield returned to England in 1651, and died there. When he returned he left his son-in-law, Mr. John Higginson, to be their minister or spiritual teacher. There is no record or tradition that Rev. H. Whitfield was installed over the church here, or reordained, he having been episcopally ordained in England. He exercised his ministerial rights in the same manner, and' by the same authority he had clone in England. Neither he nor his church ever formally separated from the Episcopal church, or were separatists. He was a good scholar, an able divine and an excellent preacher of the Gospel. The labors and self-denial of the first settlers of Guilford, may well remind their descendants now living, of their obligations to imitate them in piety and zeal, and to strive to benefit their families in spiritual rather than in secular matters. Let every descendant of John Scranton, in whatever part of our country he may reside, dread sin; value the blessings of the Gospel; remember the Sabbath, to keep it, and frequent the sanctuary; to study the word of God--and to pray daily to God for pardon and eternal life. The first settlers of Guilford were in general, pious, intelligent and industrious men, and most of them were farmers. The humane treatment that the few Indians remaining in the place received from the planters, saved the latter from much trouble and annoyance experienced by other new plantations. The Compiler of this family Register has intended to render it an interesting offering to the living, and to remind them of the obligation they are under, as the descendants of the first settlers of New Haven Colon) and of our country, to cherish the virtues and intrepid, enterprising spirit of' our Pilgrim ancestors, and to exert themselves to maintain the cause of freedom, of learning and of religion, which they have transmitted to us. The Register may be found to contain some errors, which it was not easy to avoid, considering the difficulty of obtaining correct information from the various sources from which it has been gathered. Not a few who have answered the many letters of inquiry sent them, may have lacked accuracy in their statements, and some had scarcely any records of their ancestors. Some families have only defective records of their own children, and no record of their parents and grandparents. The law of Connecticut lately enacted is likely to remedy this defect in future.
Where dates are wanting, no further information could be obtained, though no pains have been spared to procure full information and entire correctness. The Register will show very nearly how many have become heads of families, and the number in each family. The men who have been distinguished as military and civil and public officers, is not large; but quite a number served in the revolutionary conflict, and in one case, two brothers served in it, and both received pensions; three other Scranton's received pen-sions. John Scranton, the first settler of the name, was a farmer, and his male descendants have been, to a great extent, farmers, and have deemed the cultivation of the soil, for support, honorable business, as indeed it is. For aught that appears, they have been in general, useful, industrious and respectable citizens of those towns and counties and states, in which they have resided. In preparing the Genealogical Register, the Compiler has received much aid from Dr. Alvin Talcott, of Guilford; for which he would acknowledge his obligation to him. The Compiler of the Register hopes each person to whom a copy of it is sent, will have the generosity to remit to him by mail (post paid,) one dollar towards remunerating him for labor and expense incurred in compiling the book.
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Possible ancestors or relatives of John Scranton in England, all apparently from Kent:
(1) Thomas Scranton born/christened 1500, d. 1565, m. 1543 Julianne Bathurst b. 1536 Canterbury, Kent, England (father Thomas Bathurst, mother Elizabeth Bathurst).
(2) Thomas Scranton b. abt 1573, Burton, Kent, England, m. 10/2/1598 Ann Austin.
(3) Thomas Scranton m. 7/25/1603 Katharine Jennynges, in Little Chart, Kent, England.
(4) Thomas Scranton m. 4/18/1615 Grace Earle, Cranbrook, Kent, England.
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Ancestors of Leland Rice Watrous (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/a/t/Leland-R-Watrous/GENE3-0089.html) (2/22/2001)
1202. John Scranton, born Abt. 1610 in England; died 27 Aug 1671 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, ae 60. He married 1203. Joanna Bef. 1640 in Guilford?, Connecticut.
1203. Joanna, born Abt. 1626 in England; died 22 Jul 1661 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Notes for John Scranton:
m. (l) Joanna ---, who d. l65l, Guilford, or 22 Jul 1661, Guilford; m. (2) 22 May 1666, widow Adeline Hill, wid. of Robert Hill and Robert Johnson; she d. 1685; in Boston, 1637, New Haven, 1638; Guilford, Oct 1639; Deputy, 1664, 1670; Marshall, Guilford, 1661-2; CD 100, UA Record # 27-874. WFT4, ped #2742 says he d. 27 Aug 1630, Guilford-not possible CD159, New England Families #2-h4 was a free burgess, and one of the company which n Robert Newman's barn in New Haven on 4 Jun 1639, laid the foundation of civil and religious polity by the adoption of an order of liberal government for what ultimately became the state of CT. He was a man of prominence in the colony, was marshal of the colony, was repeatedly on committees of executive importance, and was a member of the general court in 1669 and 1670. The inventory of his estate is recorded in the New Haven probate records, 27 Oct 1671.
Notes for Joanna: CD 100 gives the date and place of her death. Guilford Hist, p. 1036 says she
d. 22 Jul 1651.
Children of John Scranton and Joanna are:
604 i. Captain John Scranton, born Abt. 1641 in Guilford, Connecticut; died 02 Sep 1703 in Guilford, Connecticut, ae 62; married (1) Mercy Johnson; married (2) Mary Seward 12 Mar 1672/73 in Guilford, Connecticut; married (3) Elizabeth (Bishop) Clark 16 Dec 1691 in Guilford, Connecticut.
ii. Thomas Scranton, born Abt. 1643 in Guilford, Connecticut; died Feb 1710/11 (Nutmegger, March 1996 Guilford Hist, p. 1036); married (1) Deborah Dudley; born 20 Sep 1647 in Guilford, Connecticut (Guilford, CT, History by Alvan Talcott, rep. 1997); died Oct 1681 in Guilford, Connecticut (Guilford, CT, History by Alvan Talcott, rep. 1997); married (2) Elizabeth Goodrich Aft. Oct 1681.
Notes for Thomas Scranton:
Freeman, l677; farmer; nutmegger gives date of death. WFT4, ped #3453? gives marriage to Deborah Thompson as 20 Sep 1647, but doesn't compute if he were born in 1643. Guilford Hist, p. 1036 also gives marriage to wid. Deborah Thompson, b. 20 Sep 1647, d. Oct 1681. Res. Guilford. Deborah had been m. to a Thompson, so this is correct.
More About Thomas Scranton: Occupation: Farmer
601 iii. Sarah Scranton, born 16 May 1645 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; married John Bushnell in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
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LDS website http://www.familysearch.org (2/23/2001) contains 2 entries suggesting John Scranton was born in Guildford, Surrey, England, but the basis of this conclusion is not shown.
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