A Book of Strattons

A BOOK OF STRATTONS BEING A COLLECTION OF STR.-\TIOX RECORDS FROlI ENGL-\ND AND SCOTL-\ND, A:"\D A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE EAHLY COLOXLU STRATIOXS IN Al\IERICA, WITH FIYE GE~ERATIONS OF THEIR DESCEXDAXTS COMPILED BT HARRIET RUSSELL STRATTON CH.\'ITA.'"OOGA, TO;'iESSEE 1,.olmnr f THE GRAFTON PRESS GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHERS NEW YORK MCMVIII Copyright, 1908 BY H.uuuET RuesELL Sr!tATrON A BOOK OF STRATTONS VOLU:l\lE I .II' .... -·.--,~: ,.,.,.~:~•--~•~~u~-, !>el)tcatel) to 'trbe Strattons CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE xi EXPLANATIONS xv PART I.-STRATTONS IN THE OLD WORLD 1 ORIGIN OF THE NAME 3 Evolution in Spelling 4 PLACES CALLED STRATTON 7 STR.~TTON ARMS • . • 11 SOURCES OF GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL IN ENGLAND 15 Lists of Stratton Wills in Bngland 16 Abstracts of Wills 24 Hundred Rolls 29 Calendar of Patent Rolls 29 Close Rolls . 30 Inquisition Post mortem Records 33 Court of Requests Records . 34 Proceedings in Chancery 35 EARLY STRATTONS IN GREAT BRITAIN 37 Scotland-The Lauriston Line 38 England-The Shotley Line 43 The Shrivenham Line 61 PART II.-STRATTONS IN AMERICA 67 COLONIAL STRATTONS 69 FIRST STRATTONS IN AMERICA 75 Joseph 1 of James City, Virginia 75 John I of Salem, Massachusetti:: 77 EARLY STRATI'ONS OF BOSTON 85 Bartholomew I and his Descendants 85 Caleb I and Descendants to 5th Generation 92 EARLY STRATTONS OF EASTHAMPTON, Lmrn IsLAND 99 viii CoNTENTS PAOll Richard 1 and Descendants to 5th Generation 102 John 1 and Descendants to 5th Generation 117 THOMAS STRA'ITON 1 OF EASTERN SHORE, VIRGINIA, AND DE- SCENDANTS TO 5th GENERATION 141 STRATTONS OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSE'ITS 153 Samuel 1 and Descendants to 5th Generation 157 John and Descendants to 5th Generation . 182 Strattons of Waltham and Weston 197 Joseph of Waltham and Descendants to 3rd Generation 197 Jonathan of Weston and Descendants to 3rd Generation 200 EDWARD STRATTON OF BERMUDA HUNDRED, VIRGINIA, AND DESCENDANTS TO 6TH GENERATION . • . 213 EARLY CONNECTICUT STRATTONS 225 John of Woodbury and Descendants to 5th Generation 226 William of Winsor and Descendants to 5th Generation 230 EARLY NEW JERSEY STRA'ITONS . 237 Emanuel of Evesham and Descendants to 5th Generation 241 Mark of Evesham and Descendants to 5th Generation . 248 Strattons of Sussex County 290 New Jersey-Virginia Strattons-Parentage not Traced 296 STRA'ITONS IN MILITARY SERVICE 301 Colonial Wars . 301 Revolutionary War 303 GENEALOGICAL CHARTS 309-325 INDEXES . .. 327 ILLUSTRATIONS SHOTLEY CHURCH Frontispiece F.~CJNG PAGE l{nm CHARLES' LETTER, 1655 xiv OLD LATIN ·w1LL xvi STR.\TTON HALL, l\ORFOLK 6 CHURCH-STRETTON 10 ST. l\hcHAEL CHURCH AND STRETTON PARVA 24 STRATTON ST. ANDREW 28 STRATTOX PARK, HAMPSHIRE 34 K1l':G CHARLES' LETTER, 1681 36 LAURISTON CASTLE 38 STOt:R RIYER AND DEDHAM YILLAGE 44 HARWICH-A'.'\'CIENT A!\D l\IODERN • 46 KIRKTON l\lANOR AND SHOTLEY HALL 48 LEYIXGTON CHURCH . 56 SHRIYENHA:\I VILLAGE AND SHRIYENH.UI CHURCH 60 TE!l:TERDEX CHURCH 64 OLD DocrnlENT AT BosTON 68 CoPP's HILL GRA YESTONES 86 l\faIN STREET, EASTHAMPTON 98 Hmrns OF GovERNOR STRATTO:s AND J. L. STRATTON 114 STRATTO:S HOMESTEAD AND OLD WIND l\hLL 138 STRATTON l\hNOR, VIRGINIA 142 OLD HUNGERS CHURCH 146 ELKINGTON AND OLD CASTLE 148 OLD DOCUMENT .\T CAMBRIDGE 152 WILL OF SAMUEL STRATI'ON 1 158 TOMBSTONES AT WATERTOWN 168 SETTLE:\IEXT OF ESTATE OF JOHN 8TRATTOX 1 182 BERll1"CDA HUNDRED 214 FRIENDS' BURIALGROUND AND ENOCH STRATTO:S HOUSE 240 OLD BUTT_ONWOOD TREE 248 STONE ROAD AND MARK STRATTON ESTATE 276 OwEN STRATI'ON HousE 284_ ILLVSTR ..\.TIO~S IN THE TEXT STRATTON ARMS Suffolk 11 Nottingham 12 Scotland . 13 Shotley 13 ARMS OF SuLL\RD, With Stratton Quartering 13 LA "L"RIST0N C.-\STLE, From an Old Drawing 14 STRATTON AR:11S, LAURISTON 38 SEAL OF ALEXANDER STRATOX 40 "ANTLER" . 84 A STRATTON CHEST . 116 OLD CHURCH AT EASTHA!IIPTOX 140 OLD QUAKER l\fEETixa-HousE 299 PREFACE HIS volume is well characterized by its name, "A BooK OF T STRATTONs." It is not a genealogy of any one line of Strattons, but contains data concerning many lines, attempts to account for all Colonial Strattons in America, and includes much of interest on the early Strattons of England and Scotland. More than five thousand Strattons, descendants of the Colonial emigrants, have been satisfactorily placed, and many branches brought down to the present day. Genealogical records of these descendants to the fifth genera tion from the emigrant, are given in this first volume; the second volume takes up each line where this volume leaves it. The work is published FOR THE STR.'i.TTONs,-for those who are interested, and in the hope of interesting others. Much of the data presented was collected with no thought of publication, -from a pure love of such work, and a desire to know more of our Stratton ancestry. Even now the compiler would gladly defer publication for a few years, until more of the "missing links" might be found, but for an urgently expressed desire on the part of other Strattons to possess a copy of the data already collected, a wish to put this data, by duplicating it, beyond the possibility of loss, and a hope that its circulation may create, on the part of the Strattons of the present generation, a greater interest in family history, and so induce others to record facts which otherwise may be irretrievably lost with the passing away of the older ones among us. Even as a child the writer was interested in genealogical lore, and from her grandparents and the older members of her father's family, early learned what they knew of their ancestry. Later, · a more systematic research was begun, at first with the thought of collecting data on one line only. Then,-discovering that while original records contain much concerning the early Strattons, very little on the name had ever been published,-data on all lines were collected and classified. It soon became apparent that the xii PREFACE "three brothers" theory (the tradition heard in childhood, and found in many Stratton families to-day) would by no means account for all the seventeenth-century Strattons in America. As the collection grew the interest in it grew also, until many sources of information have been searched for material. In the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Somerset House, London, are recorded one hundred and forty-two Stratton wills and admin istrations from 1412 to 1720. Sixteen of these are marked "be yond the seas," or "abroad," showing that many more than "three brothers" had left England before 1720. A list of these wills and administrations has been obtained, and several wills abstracted for this volume. Early Stratton wills are found in other English courts. Many Stratton records are found among the original papers in the Public Record Office, London. Others are found on the church records of various parishes. Some work has been done among all these sources in England, and enough unconnected data collected to give some idea of the vast amount of interesting material obtainable, and to serve as a guide and encouragement to further study in early Stratton genealogy. In this country considerable research has been made among the records of the thirteen original colonies, and in others of the older states; data obtained from town, county and probate records; from wills, deeds and invoices; from church records, gravestones and old family Bibles,-while hundreds of letters have been written to Strattons in this country and in Great Britain. And yet the work is far from complete, and several puzzling problems remain unsolved. It is ardently hoped that the search may continue, until the ancestral line of every Colonial Stratton may be established in the Old World and his descendants here as fully traced as existing records may render possible. In collecting this material, the compiler has had correspond ence with many people, and would here gratefully acknowledge indebtedness, and gladly return thanks to the many Strattons who have so cheerfully and intelligently responded with family records and with words of encouragement and appreciation. Much help has also been received from town, county and probate clerks, and pastors and rectors of churches, who have courteously replied to letters and furnished records,-in not a few cases with out a fee, although in every case a fee was offered. PREFACE xiii For carefully taken notes, extended records, or material aid in research, special thanks are due Dr. Charles Carroll Stratton of Oregon, Mr. Sidney Vanuxem Stratton, Sr., of Mississippi, Mr. Francis A. Stratton of New York, Mr. James T. Stratton (now deceased) of California, and Dr. Charles R. Straton of Salisbury, England. From Rev. Anson Titus, Boston, the compiler has received many helpful suggestions, and invaluable aid on puzzling points in New England research. The greater portion of the research among original papers in England was made by Mr. J. Henry Lea and his agent, Mr. Hutchinson, in London, who have taken a kind interest in the work. Special aid in collecting data on various branches has also been rendered by Miss Mary A. Stratton of Massachusetts, Rev. James Stratton of Hants, England, William H. Zelley (son of Daniel Stratton Zelley) of New Jersey, Hon. Thomas J. Stratton of Virginia, Mrs. Sarah Stratton Juliand of New York, Guilford D. Stratton of New Hampshire, Rev. Joseph Stratton of Berkshire, England, E. Platt Stratton of Long Island and Senator Stratton of Colorado. Among others, not Strattons, who have kindly contributed notes and suggestions, or copied records not accessible to the compiler, are Mr. E. L. Smith of Boston, Miss Mary Frances Peirce of Weston, Kirk Brown of Baltimore, Miss Mary Utley of Hart• ford and Mrs.

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