Jabez STRATTON
A BOOK OF STRATTONS VOL. 2 p. 30. SHERBORN, MASS. VITAL RECORD, MASS. S. 17. JABEZ STRATTON WAS MARRIED IN WATERTOWN BY REV. SETH STORER. THEY LIVED IN WATERTOWN ABOUT 11 YEARS THEN MOVED TO SHERBURNE, (NOW SHERBORN, MASS.) IN 1736-37. HIS NAME APPEARS OFTEN ON THE RECORDS IN WATERTOWN. HE OWNED SEVERAL LOTS OF LAND AND WAS "TITHING MAN" FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN SHERBORN, HE WAS ONE OF THE SUBSTANTIAL MEN OF THE TOWN. HE MADE HIS WILL 26 OCT. 1764 AND IT WAS PROVED 29 MAR. 1774. IN THE WILL HE MENTIONS ONLY HIS WIFE, TABITHA, AND SONS, ABIJAH , NATHAN AND ELIAS, WITH BENJAMIN KENDALL AS ADMINISTRATOR, BUT IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE, JONAS GREENWOOD RECEIVED A PORTION.
NEW ENG. HIST. & GEN. REG. VOL. 77, P. 270. GEN. & HIST. OF WATERTOWN, MASS. (MASS W 18) VOL. 1, p. 165/
A BOOK OF STRATTON, SHERBORN VITAL RECORDS. HISTORY OF SHERBORN AND HOLLISTON . SOME INFORMATION TAKEN FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY JONATHAN F. STRATTON , GRANDSON, FROM CENTERVILLE, APPANOOSE, IOWA, 2 JUN 1872.
He married Tabithia Cooledge 29 Apr 1725 at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts . Tabithia Cooledge was born at Watertown, Middlesex, Mass. 2 Nov 1702 daughter of Thomas Cooledge and Sarah Eddy .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Jonathan Stratton
born Abt 1722.
Abijah Stratton
born 4 May 1726.
Nathan Stratton
born 7 Oct 1728.
Elias Stratton
born 22 Oct 1730.
Sarah Stratton
born 21 Nov 1734.
Ebenezer Stratton
born 30 Apr 1741.