John SCRANTON

Abt 1611 - 1671  (60 years)

• Name	John SCRANTON  [1, 2]
  	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. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1611	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Aug 1671	Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I84349	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family 1	Joanna ?   d. 22 Jul 1661
  Children	+ 1. Capt John SCRANTON, Jr.,   b. Abt 1641   d. 2 Sep 1703 (Age 62 years)  [Birth] + 2. Thomas SCRANTON   d. Feb 1711  [Birth] + 3. Sarah SCRANTON,   b. 16 May 1645  [Birth]
  Family ID	F34556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Adeline ?   d. Apr 1685
  Marriage	22 May 1666  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F34557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1611 - England Death - 27 Aug 1671 - Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12707] Rev. Erastus Scranton, A.M., Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John SCRANTON of Guilford Conn., Who died in the Year 1671. [S4793] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. II.