Mark Stratton (abt. 1692 - 1759)

Descendants

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Marriage 1.2 Death and Legacy 2 Research Notes 3 Research Notes 4 Sources 5 Notes

Biography

"Mark Stratton lived in Evesham Township, near the present town of Medford, New Jersey. October 8, 1713, he married Ann Hancock, daughter of Timothy and Susannah (Ives) Hancock. His marriage is found on the Haddonfield monthly meeting records.^[1]

Marriage

At a monthly meeting held at Thomas Shack(?)'s house, ye 20(?)d 6m 1713, "Mark Straton" and Ann Hancock declared their marriage intentions. George Smith and John Hollingshead were appointed to investigate his clearness and conversation.^[2] Their second intentions were declared at the Newton Monthly Meeting on 4d 7m 1713 (the meetings at that time alternated between Haddonfield and Newton). George Smith and John Sharp declared they found nothing against Mark and the marriage was approved; Smith and Sharp were appointed to attend.^[3]

Children^[1]

1. David Stratton
2. Daniel Strattan
3. Ruth m. Thomas Shinn
4. John Strattan
5. Enoch Stratton
6. Isaac (Stratton) Strattan (-1781)
7. Ann m. Hugh Sharp
8. Elizabeth m. William Berry
9. Jane (Stratton) Norcross (abt.1727-abt.1766) m. Joshua Norcross

Death and Legacy

Abstract of will^[4]

"1755, June 19. Stratton, Mark, of Evesham, Burlington Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Ann. Children--David (sole Executor), Daniel, John, Isaac, Enoch, Ruth (wife of Thomas Shinn), Ann (wife of Hugh Sharp), Elizabeth (wife of William Berry), and Jane (wife of Joshua Norcross). Real and personal estate. Witnesses--William Garwood, John Prickitt, John Burr, Jr. Codicil of October 14, 1756, directs hos the bequests to daughters should go in case of daughters' death. Same witnesses. Proved April 8, 1759. Lib. 9, p. 202.

"1759, Apr. 6. Inventory, £37.3, by James Allen and Francis Austin."

Research Notes

Interestingly there is a well-argued theory that the Stratton brothers were originally Websters. According to MarkStratton.org, the Norcross Family Bible was found by John Strattan in the 1950s. Mark's daughter, Jean (Jane) Stratton Norcross, had written the following inside the Bible.

""My father Mark Stratton departed this life the 3rd day of April in the Year of our Lord 1759 in the 69th year of his age. Was buried the 4th Day having (9) children, 28 grandchildren who followed him to his grave. He had upward of 60 grandchildren in his time. He lived a married life upwards of 25 years. He was born at Market Harborough, in Leicestershire in the Kingom of England, and came to America in the Year of our Lord 1702. He was buried at the new schoolhouse lately erected on Robert Braddock's land in Evesham County of Burlington, by the consent of the said Robert Braddock and other friends concerned therein being the first person laid in the said burying ground."^[5]

There are no Strattons in Market Harborough, but "we are able to trace back the Market Harborough Parish Registers, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of the time, and found birth records for MARK and MANUELL WEBSTER, sons of RICHARD WEBSTER, born at the same time Mark mentioned on his death bed."^[6]

See the 2000 report from genealogist S. W. Taylor.

Research Notes

Needs profile

• Isaiah Strattan of Evesham will of 1781 -- not sure who he's a descendant of. Wife Mary, children Gideon, Elizabeth, Hope. Executors Mary (wife) and friend Job Collins. Witnesses Hope Stratton, Enoch Evans, Isaac Evans. Inventory 7 Jan 1782 by Isaac Evans and Lawrence Webster.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stratton, Harriet R. 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, Grafton Press, 1908), Volume 1, pages 248-249
2. ↑ Haddonfield Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1710-1731, page 17. Retrieved from Ancestry, Image 124/289.
3. ↑ also page 17
4. ↑ Mark Stratton. Calendar of Wills, Administrations, Etc. 1751-1760. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey. (Trenton, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey), volume 32, page 314
5. ↑ "Bible of Jean (Stratton) Norcross." Accessed 10 July 2016, MarkStratton.org
6. ↑ “ The History of Mark Stratton in America,” The Family History of Mark Stratton - born 1692, last modified January 30, 2009, MarkStratton.org
7. ↑ https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin35newj/page/380/mode/2up

Notes

Stratton, Nebraska received its name from Zaccheus Stratton, a descendant of Mark Stratton. Stratton, Harriet Russell. (n.d.). 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. p.9