John SCRANTON

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John Scranton, with the number of about twenty-five heads of families, made a settlement in Guilford on or about the 10th of October, 1639.
They came from Guilford, and from the counties of Kent and Surry, in England.
The year of JohnScranton's birth is not known. It is probable he was not over twenty-nine or thirty at the time of emigration, and lived after his arrival about thirty-one- or thirty-two years, and died 27th of August, 1671, aged about sixty or sixty-one, and about two years before his son John was married.
He was twice married.
First, to Joanna, (probably in England.) The name of her parents is not ascertained. She died July 22, 1661, about ten years before her husband.
Married second time to Ada, or Adaline Hill, who was the widow of Robert, and had been the widow of Robert Johnson, Mary 22, 1666. She died April, 1685.
Mr. R. Johnson died 1661. Mr. R. Hill, to whom she was remarried January 7, 1662, died August 1663.
Mr. Scranton was a member of the General Court in 1669 and 1670.

Family/Spouse: Joanna ?. Joanna died on 22 Jul 1661. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Capt John SCRANTON, Jr. was born about 1641; died on 2 Sep 1703.
2. Thomas SCRANTON died in Feb 1711.
3. Sarah SCRANTON was born on 16 May 1645.

John married Adeline ? on 22 May 1666. Adeline died in Apr 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]