SIXTH GENERATION.
85.
JOHN SCRANTON, of Madison, son of John. Farmer. Married Julia Hull, daughter of Gurdon, of Killingworth. He was a man of more than ordinary talents, and did much public business in the town, in early part of life.
Children.
250 Frederick Warren b. July 20, 1802, in Madison.
251 John, Jun. b. May 3, 1805 or 4, in Madison.
252 *George Washington, M. D. b. 1806, in Madison.
253 Norman Gurdon b. in Madison.
86.
WARREN, SCRANTON, son of John, of Madison. A farmer, surveyor and Baptist clergyman.
May 28, 1802, having obtained recommendations in favor of his character and of his qualifications for surveying land, he set out on foot for the West, (to seek his fortune.) He stopped a while in Riga and Bergen, N. ,Y., and afterwards went farther West, seeking a residence to his liking, and eventually located in Plymouth, Ohio. He has preached the Gospel occasionally for forty years, and for fifty, practiced surveying land, as county surveyor. He has five times built him a dwelling-house, and as often sold and bought a farm. He married, Betsey Wheelock, March 9, 1809, daughter of Capt. Ralph, of Sturbridge, Mass., whose grandfather was the first child born, in that place.
Children.
254 Harriet, b. September 8, 1811; m. Hiram Shelden, April 23, 1829, who d. July 25, 1832; no issue.
254½ *Ann b. January 24, 1815, and d. June 25, 1832; unm.
255 Warren, Jun. b. February 17, 1817.
256 *Loretta b. October 9, 1819; d. August 10, 1822.
257 *Abigail b. January 19, 1823; d. April 3, 1823.
258 *Julia H. b. September 4, 1824; m. George Ellis, September 7, 1844, and d. May 8, 1847, without issue.
259 Ralph b. January 19, 1828.
89.
DAVID SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Josiah. Farmer. Married Polly Foster, of Madison, daughter of Saul. She died, April 7, 1848, aged 71. He died September 16, 1833, aged 58.
Children.
260 Mary Ann b. 1799; s.
261 William b. October, 1801.
262 Abigail Ann b. 1804; s.
263 Martin b. 1809; s.
264 *Acksah b. February 2, 1811; m. *Alpheus B. Blake, of North Guilford, merchant, who d. September 21, 1853, a. 43; no issue.
265 Sally b. 1813; m. to Benjamin S. Fenn, of Canaan.
265 *Justin Josiah b. March 31, 1816; d. May 19, 1849, a. 33, s.
90.
*ABIGAIL SCRANTON, daughter of Josiah, of Madison. Married *Ezra Graves, son of Ebenezer. He died August 17, 1802. She died October 27, 1801. Both died in Vermont.
Children.
Sophronia b. June 1, 1789; s.
Fordyce b. June 20, 1791; d. s., July 1, 1812.
Huldah Minerva b. July 8, 1799; d. s., November 24, 1819.
93.
JOSIAH
SCRANTON, son of Josiah, of Madison. Farmer.
Married Polly Stannard, of Westbrook. They first removed from Madison to
Pompey, in New
York, and next to
Bergen, N. Y., then back to Pompey.
His first wife died in Bergen, 1831. He married second time, Betsey Stannard,
sister of first wife. He died April 12,
1849, aged 63.
Children.
265 *Huldah b. in Bergen, 1818, and d. 1824.
266 Josiah Elliott b. in Pompey, March 20, 1823.
266 David Selden b. in Pompey, 1825.
266 Isaac Benedict
b. in Pompey, 1839.
96.
NOAH SCRANTON, son of Noah. Pump and blockmaker. Resided first in New York city, then in Chicago, Illinois. Married Betsey Reeves, of River Head, Long Island, October 30, 1819.
Children.
267 Noah b. February 25, 1822, in N. Y. city.
268 Alfred L. b. June 8, 1824, in N. Y. city.
268 *Mary E. b. December 23, 1826, in N. Y. city; d. November 8, 1834.
268½ Abner. R. b. February 13, 1829.
98.
POLLY ANTHAS SCRANTON, born in Madison, lived in Cannon street, New York. Married Richard H. Bishop, of Madison, son of Linas. She died in Chicago.
5 Children, two sons
and
three daughters.
Henry Bishop.
Christopher
Bishop, b. of N. Y. city, Cannon street. No information of the other
children
obtained.
101.
WILLIAM SCRANTON, son of Job, of Madison. To what place he emigrated and resided, is unascertained. As no certain information has been received of him, if he had any issue, the following names are inserted as the most probable.
269 *Joshua his a. and b. not ascertained. Carpenter. m. Mary Page.
270
*Heman
b.
in Pownal, Vt., 1790, and d. there, July 25, 1843, a. 53. He was a
merchant and
a Major of the Regiment in that region; m. Julia Noble, dr. of Roger,
December,
1813; b. in Sheffield, Mass., 1789; she resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children.
271 Olive N.
b. August 12, 1815, in
272 Eliza
b. May 17, 1817, in
273 Jane A.
b. March 4, 1819, in
273 *Heman M. b. December 12, 1821; d. in Brooklyn, N. Y., February 26, 1849.
Julia Annette b. 1825.
See No. 640 Edwin K. b. 1828.
*Foster R. b. 1826; d. 1848.
See No. 641 Noble R. b. April 17, 1831.
102.
REV. ERASTUS SCRANTON, A. M., son of Theophilus, of Madison, was graduated at Yale College, 1802. Soon after graduation he began to instruct a Grammar school, in Rocky Hill, and continued it six months, and then began the study of divinity with Rev. John Elliott, D. D. Receiving a unanimous call to become the first pastor of the Congregational church in North Milford, (Milford,) afterwards Orange; he was ordained and installed July 4, 1805. Being dismissed at his request, January 2, 1827, he preached in Wolcott, as stated supply about two years. The Congregational church in Burlington, Conn., gave him a unanimous call to be their pastor, which he accepted and was installed over it January 2, 1830, and dismissed May 27, 1840. He still resides in Burlington, without charge, and occasionally preaches to neighboring congregations. He also labored as an agent of' the Connecticut Bible Society, about four years, in the far Northern Counties of Connecticut. Married Mary Elizabeth Prudden, of Milford, daughter of Newton and Elizabeth (Northrup,) April 10, 1806. She is a descendant of Rev. Peter Prudden, the first minister of Milford, (1639,) and of Rev. Roger Newton, second minister of the same church, born February 3, 1785.
Rev. Erastus and Mary E., adopted, as their only child, Mary Elizabeth P., the twin daughter of Joseph Jonathan Prudden, first of Milford, and next of Bethlehem, (Litchfield,) and afterwards of Georgia; born February 27, 1819, and resides in Burlington. She was married to Rev. Gardner S. Browne, A. M., September 30, 1838, who was then pastor of the church in Hinsdale, N. H. He is now (1855,) a Homeopathic Physician in Hartford. They have one daughter, (Mary Scranton,) born August 23, 1839.
106.
PARNEL SCRANTON, daughter of Theophilus. Married, 1st, to Capt. William Whittlesey, of Saybrook, August 28, 1803. He set sail from Guilford, July 27, 1806, for the West Indies, in his own vessel (Brig,) and arrived at Dominica, August 24. He sailed for home September 8, 1806, from Gaudaloupe; on the third or fourth day after he left, a severe hurricane came on, in which, it is probable, the vessel foundered, and he (master,) aged 33, and all the sailors were lost; never heard of. Two brothers, Orrin Hand, aged 30, and; Leveret, mate, aged 23, of Madison; John Brandykin, Handy Parmalee, aged 16, Joel Fowler, aged 16, and John McColly, were lost with him. They had only one child, William, born in Madison, March 21, 1804. Mrs. Whittlesey was remarried to John Linsley, M. D., of Woodbury. They first removed to White Lake, N. Y., and next to Evansville, Indiana, where they now reside.
William Whittlesey, Esq., only child of William and Parnel, went first to White Lake, N. Y., and next to Evansville, Indiana, with his parents. Married Catharine P. Gillespie, of White Lake, Sullivan Co., December 8, 1824; born August 10, 1804. Merchant and land surveyor.
Children.
Parnal
Scranton, b. at White Lake, N. Y.,
February 22, 1825; m. to Jonathan S. Jaques, December 19, 1847. 3
Children,
Mary Catharine, b. September 21, 1848; Elizabeth Rachel, b. May 6,
1850;
Alfred Garrison, b. April 30, 1852. They reside in Evansville. He is a
wholesale
dry goods (Jobbing) Merchant, in company with Fields, Merrell
& Co., N. Y.
city.
Mary
Van Riper, b. July
2, 1826; m. to
Joseph P. Matthews, July 31, 1845. 4
Children, Catharine Elizabeth, b. May 11, 1846; Parnal Louisa, b. May
15, 1848;
Alfred Harrison, b. October, 19, 1850; John Thomas, b. November 23,
1853. J. P. Matthews, is a Tobacco factor
and
merchant, and resides at Steam Post, on Green River, Ken.
Ann
Elizabeth,
b. March 25, 1828; m.
Thomas C. Jaques, February 10, 1851. 1 Child, Mary P., b. Nov. 2,
1851.
John
Linsley,
b. May 2, 1830; m.
Martha Ann Blythe, June 9, 1851; owns one-half and carries on a Steam
saw-mill,
near Orvensville, Gibson, Co., Indiana.
William
Gillespie, b.
February 29, 1832 ; is
clerk to J. J. Jaques.
Azariah
Theophalus, A. B., b. January 19, 1834.
*Alfred
Milton, b.
June 23, 1836; d.
November 8, 1845.
Phebe
Amelia,
b. February 10, 1841.
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NOTE. The Scranton's in Madison, are descendants from John, not from Thomas (No. 4.) as some have supposed.
107.
JONATHAN SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Theophilus, died
of
erysipelas, July 27, 1847. He was a
prominent member of the church in Madison.
.Constructor of breakwaters and wharfs, and a Farmer. Twice married, 1st, to Roxanna Crampton, of
Madison, daughter of Ashbel, January 27, 1805;. born May 80, 1789, and
died
December 27, 1833, aged 44. In her life
she exhibited the purity and excellancy of the Gospel.
He remarried Jemina Platt; daughter of
Daniel, October, 1834. She remarried
Ebenezer Dudley, Esq., Madison, June 13, 1853.
Children.
274 Erastus Clark b. November 16, 1807.
275 Sereno Hamilton b. March l, 1811.
276 Joseph Hand b. June 28,1813.
276 *Mary Roxanna b. June 8, 1815; d. September 28, 1816, a. I¼.
277 *Jonathan Cornelius b. 1818; d. September 15, 1841, after a few hours illness, of erysipelas, a. 23, s.
278 Mary Roxanna b. April 2, 1820.
278 Catharine Sarana b.
April 1, 1822.
278 *Samuel Richard h. July 7, 1824; d. July 21, 1826, a. 2.
108.
CHARLOTTE SCRANTON, second daughter of Theophilus, died March 5, 1823, aged 40. She lived much respected, and died lamented by all her acquaintance. She married Nathan Clark, of Orange, son of Benjamin arid Sarah (Rogers,) 1806. Farmer. No issue.
He remarried Caroline Fowler, of, Guilford, daughter of Harvey. They removed to Mendon, Illinois, and died there and two of their children, of the cholera, all within the same week, 1853.
109.
CHLOE SCRANTON, third daughter of Theophilus, was twice married. 1st. to Reuben Judson, of Woodbury; November 28, 1805. Farmer. He died November 18, 1808, of consumption. They had one daughter, living, Charlotte Matilda, born December 3, 1806, and one that died in infancy. Charlotte M. married Timothy Vincent Meigs, Esq., of Madison, Nov. 29, 1832. They had a son, Timothy Marshall, born June 16, 1848. She died suddenly, after protracted illness, October 15, 1852, aged 46. He is now (1855,) insane, with some hopes of return of reason.
Mrs. Chloe Judson married, 2d time, Nathan Bushnell, of
Madison,
January 18, 1823; born in Saybrook.
Children.
Mary Judson Bushnell b. September 25, 1822.
Nathan Townsend Bushnell b. January 18, 1825.
Cornelius Scranton Bushnell b. July 18, 1828.
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NOTE. Mary J. Bushnell m. to William V. Doolittle, first of New Haven, and now of Davenport, Iowa, July 16, 1845. Carpenter and joiner. They have five children: William B., b. June 5, 1849; Wallace V., b. December 18, 1847; Mary L., b. October 15,1850; Nathan C., b. February 17,1852; Edward Beech, b. February 18, 1854.
Nathan T. Bushnell, of New Haven. Mariner and now a merchant. He m. Jane Grace Finch, daughter of Daniel, February 3, 1853; b. January 10, 1833. They have one dr, Frances Grace, b. August 18, 1854.
Cornelius S. Bushnell, of New Haven. Grocer, merchant. He m Emily Fowler Clark, dr. of Samuel and Emeline (Fowler and now Mrs. Higbey,) July 19, 1849; b. October 20, 1810. They have three children, Sereno Scranton, b. July 19, 1850; Samuel Clark, b. March 9, 1852; Charlotte Beecher, b. August 24, 1853.
110.
THEOPHILUS SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Theophilus. Farmer. He owned the line of stages that ran and carried the mail between New Haven and Saybrook, for years. He was twice married. 1st, to Elizabeth Warner, of Guilford, (E. River,) daughter of Chapman, July 2, 1810; born October 26, 1788; died July 11, 1845, aged 57.
2d, to Widow Lucretia Nott, of Saybrook, daughter of Samuel Snow, June 23, 1848. Her first husband was Albert Nott.
Children.
279 George Whitfield b. May 23, 1811.
280 Selden Theophilus b. October 13, 1814.
281 Amelia b. April 10, 1818; d. March 11, 1839; a, 21.
282 Caroline K. b. February 11, 1820.
283 Charles b. June 23, 1812.
284 William Lafayette b. April 19, 1824; d. of lockjaw, February 19, 1838.
285 Sarah Warner b. April 30, 1830; d. Nov. 10, 1845, at the residence of her brother Charles Oxford, Furnace, N. J., and interred at Belvidere, a. 15.
111.
HUBBARD SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Theophilus. Farmer. He married Elizabeth H. Auger, daughter of Philemon, of East Haven, April 25, 1810; born January 10, 1792.
Children.
286 Philemon Augar b. September 30, 1812.
287 Abigail b. February 2, 1815.
288 Parnella b. July 2, 1819.
289 Daniel Hubbard b. April 26, 1826.
113.
COL. ICHABOD LEE SCRANTON, of New Haven, son of Theophalus. He was first a merchant in Madison, and removed to New Haven, and is there a dealer in coal and groceries.
He was twice married. 1st, to Artemesia Hand, of Madison, daughter, of Daniel Hand, Esq. and granddaughter of Daniel and Chloe (Scranton) Meigs, of Madison, 1830; b. September 12, 1807, and died June 13, 1838, aged 30.
2d, to Lucy Ann Easton, of New York city, daughter of Charles; born in Utica, N. Y., March 1, 1808.
He was unanimously nominated, by the brigade officers, to he appointed brigadier-general, but declined the honor.
Children.
290 Ichabod Lee, Jun. b. March 29, 1829.
291 *Artimesia Meigs b. April 14, 1831 ; d. September 9, 1832, perhaps.
292 Artimesia b. September 7, 1833.
293 *Daniel Hand b. January 15, 1838; d. in infancy.
294 *Mary Augusta by second wife, b. June 8, 1848; d. July 21, 1848.
114.
HENRY SCRANTON, son of Theophilus. Farmer. His dwelling-house is nearly on the old site, occupied by that of his great-grandfather, Capt. John Scranton, of Madison.
He was thrice married. 1st. to Rachel Linsley, of Northford, (N. Branford,) daughter of Josiah, Esq., May 19, 1823; born October 14, 1800, and died April 28, 1841, aged 41, much beloved, and at death much lamented.
2d. to Sally Linsley, of Northford, daughter of Col. Ralph, December 3, 1844, died December 3, 1847, aged 45.
3d, to Delia Fitch, of North Guilford, daughter of Dr. Fitch, August 15, 1848; born March 28, 1807.
Children.
295 Jane A. b. February 22, 1824; m. to Henry Bacon, of Clinton, April 22, 1846; no issue.
296 Charlotte b. March 10, 1826.
297 Ellen Augusta b. December 16, 1828.
298 Emily Sophia b. July 12, 1831.
299 Mary Amelia b. February 10, 1835.
300 *Henry Linsley b. August 10, 1837; d. October 24, 1838, a. 1¼.
301 *Julia, by third wife b. July 10, 1849; d. June 5, 1850.
118.
COMFORT OLDS, of Madison, son of Abraham, of Madison, married twice. They were sisters and the only daughters of Pierson Evarts, of Madison.
1st, Ruth, June 2, 1817; born October 18, 1793; died March 16, 1823, aged 29.
2d. Elizabeth, October 25, 1824; born June 24, 1801.
Children.
302 Ruth Elizabeth b. August 20, 1818.
303 Chloe Cornelia b. September 7, 1821, s.
304 Cynthia Ann b. March 19, 1826, by second wife, s.
305 Abraham Pierson b. Nov. 28, 1827
306 Juliette b. January 5, 1830; d. October 23, 1854
307 Sarah Angeline b. December 3, 1831.
308 Comfort Edward b. December 17, 1833 ; d. October 24,1844, a. 11.
309 Lucy Stone b. March 2, 1836.
310 George Evarts b. March 5, 1838.
311 Daniel b. June 6, 1842.
119.
ABRAHAM FOWLER SCRANTON of Madison, son of Abraham, married Clarissa Griswold, of Guilford, November 22, 1810. Farmer.
Children.
312 Harriet Clarissa b. October 18, 1811.
313 Hamilton Wilcox b. January 24, 1814.
314 Horatio Lee b. July 4, 1818.
315 John Hart b. November 8, 1822.
316 Joel Griswold b. September 9, 1825; residence in Vera Cruz.
317 Alonzo Fowler b. February 22, 1828.
318 Thomas Stone b. January 29, 1831.
319 Joseph Samuel b. June 18, 1835.
120.
BETSEY SCRANTON, daughter of Abraham and Lucy, married Stephen Conkling, of Madison, son of Usher. Farmer.
4 Children-2 living.
Margaret Lucy Conkling, b. May 23, 1820; m, Levi G. Evarts.
Antoinette Betsey Conkling, b. February 24, 1823; m. John L. Seward:
121.
ICHABOD BENJAMIN SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Abraham. Farmer. He was thrice married. 1, to Laura Doud, daughter of Giles, of Madison, December 11, 1819; died August 14, 1822, aged 25. 2, to Fanny Antha Wilcox, daughter of Elijah, December 11, 1823; born May 12, 1804; d. January 31, 1842, age 38. 3, to Phebe Kelsey, daughter of Eli, January 1, 1850.
Children.
320 Laura Jennette b. Nov. 24, 1820.
*Ann Amelia b. September 8, 1825; d. October 9, 1837.
321 Cornelius Alfred b. June 12, 1827.
322 *Cornelia Ellen b. June 12, 1827; d. Feb. 6, 1843; a. 15.
323 Deborah Ward b. February 7, 1834.
324 *Benjamin Wallace b. June 1, 1841 ; d. February 3, 1842.
122.
SALLY SCRANTON, second daughter of Abraham, married Justin Griswold, of Guilford, son of Thomas.
Children.
*Edward A. b. October 6, 1818; drowned June 19, 1836.
*Juliann C. b. May 16, 1821; d. March 2, 1826.
Catharine M. b. March 9, 1824.
William F. b. May 6, 1827. .
Walter S. b. May 6, 1827; m. Emiline Scranton.
*Charles Clifford b. April 6, 1830; d. Nov. 11, 1832.
123.
LUCRETIA SALOME SCRANTON, daughter of John Russell Scranton, of North Guilford, born December 10, 1794, and was married to Samuel Talmadge, of Cheshire.
124.
MARY ANN SCRANTON, daughter of John R. Scranton, of N. Guilford, born May 20, 1796, married to Eliab Hill, of Guilford, son of Noah, August 2, 1822.
Children.
George Hill b. July 22, 1824.
Charles b. April 6, 1831.
Rachel Henrietta b. June 25, 1832.
Betsey Catharine b. May 8, 1835.
Mary Jane b. July 14, 1839.
Ellen Augusta b. July 8, 1842.
127.
RUSSEL FOWLER SCRANTON, son of John R., of N. Guilford. Joiner. He married Ann Fowler, November 5, 1825; died May 14, 1844, aged 35.
Children.
325 *Betsey Jennette b. December 1, 1826; d. May 29, 1845, a. 18.
326 *John Russel b. July 3, 1829; d. July 5, 1848, a. 19.
327 David Fowler b. June 10,1833.
328 Monroe Smith b. April, 1836.
329 Cynthia Ann b. 1840.
340 Charles b. June, 1842.
A daughter, died young.
128.
JOHN WILLIAM SCRANTON, son of John Russell, of North Branford, married Lois Ann Hart, of Durham, October 19, 1834.
Children.
341 Henry b. 1835.
342 Frances b. 1839.
343 Elizabeth b. June 16, 1850.
129.
FREDERICK W. SCRANTON, Esq., or LEE of Madison, (adopted) son of Capt. Frederick Lee, (son of Jared, of N. Guilford, A. B.) Farmer. Capt. Lee made him his heir. He married Hannah Barker, of Branford.
Children.
346 Charles Lee, (Scranton,) b. February 2, 1825, in Madison.
347 Harriet b. in Madison, February 26, 1826; d. October 27, 1846, a. 20.
348 Romeo b: in Madison, May 14, 1829; d. March 4, 1832, a. 3.
130.
EVELYN SCRANTON, of North Madison, son of Jared, A. B., born April 9, 1789. Farmer. Married Susan Newkirk. Remarried Eunice Davis.
Children.
350 Alfred, b. October 5, 1832, s.
351 Ashur F. d. September 20, 1840, a. 1.
352 Rachel, by 2d wife b. 1829; d. September, 1830, a. 10 months.
135.
JARED SCRANTON, of Cromwell, son of Jared, A. B. Married Lucy Ann Edwards, of Cromwell, July
18, 1880; born March 6, 1808, in Warren, N. Y., an adopted daughter of
Edwards,
of Cromwell.
Children.
353 Eliza Amelia b. September 23, 1831; m. Forest R. Ward, of North Haven; lost 1 child.
354 Romeo Edwards b. August 8,1833.
355 Robert Emmet b. September 10, 1835.
356 Lemuel b. September 30, 1837.
357 Edwin b. June 10, 1840.
358 Arthur Fowler b. July 12, 1842. .
359 Catharine b. October 1, 1844.
360 Allice b. January 18, 1847.
361 Harriet b. January 23, 1849.
138.
DEBORAH SCRANTON, daughter of Nathan, of West Springfield, Mass., Married to Reuben Johnson.
Children.
Ada Johnson b. February 5, 1785, s.
Naomi Johnson b. April 12, 1791, s.
Isaac Johnson.
139.
RACHEL SCRANTON, daughter of Nathan. She died February 22, 1826. Married Abraham Hubbard, who died February 24, 1800.
Children.
Joel Hubbard b. 1788.
Rachel Hubbard b. March 29, 1790; m. Jerry Norton.
Sarah Hubbard b. June 12, 1792; m. Amos Seward.
Mary Hubbard b. July, 1794; m. John Harrison.
James Hubbard b. July, 1786.
140.
WILLIAM SCRANTON, of North Guilford, son of Nathan, of West Springfield, died in New Haven, July 25, 1846, aged 67. Married Lydia Fuller, 1809; born about 1775, and died in Hamden, 1851.
Children.
362 Jason b. in Springfield, Mass., April 14, 1810, s.
363 Harriet b. in Springfield, Mass., December 1, 1811.
364 Hannah M. b. November 28, 1813, in Hamden.
365 Lydia Ann b. July 22, 1816, in Hamden.
366 Sarah S. b. in North Guilford, May 26, 1819.
141
SIMEON SCRANTON, son of Nathan, of West Springfield, Mass. Farmer. He died April 4, 1823. Married Abigail Bassett, of Madison, daughter of Nathan, February 12, 1810; born January , 19, 1783. Being a widow, she married Eldad Wolcott. She died September 24, 1841, aged 58.
Children.
367 Harriet b. November 29, 1810.
368 George B. b. February 28, 1812.
369 Lewis W. b. October 17, 1814, in New Haven.
370 Fanny b. November 15, 1817.
371 Maria b. in Meredith, N. Y., July 23, 1819.
372 Olive B. b. in Meredith, N. Y., June 1, 1823.
143.
SARAH SCRANTON, daughter of Nathan. Married David Stone, November 14, 1793, son of Ezra, North Guilford; born November 28, 1762.
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NOTE. Simeon had two half brothers, viz: William
and
Nathan, older than he. Nathan went some
years ago, (perhaps 50,) to Canada or elsewhere, and his relations can
give no
information about him. See No. 138.
144.
SAMUEL SCRANTON, of Guilford, son of Samuel and Luthera (Bell.) His house is nearly on the site of the planter's, &c. Farmer. Married Orpha Stone, May 27, 1829. No issue.
145.
AMANDA SCRANTON, daughter of Samuel, of Guilford. Married William Stewart Frisbie, of Guilford, who was born June 1, 1795.
Children.
Susan Frisbie m. George Darrow, of New Haven.
Caroline Frisbie m. Henry Kellogg; of Hartford.
Stephen Nelson Frisbie
Elizabeth Frisbie m. George Prindle, of New Haven.
Charles Henry Frisbie
Julia Ann Frisbie m. Samuel F. Griswold.
Dennis Frisbie
Mary F. Frisbie
146.
JULIA SCRANTON, daughter of Samuel of Guilford. Married Ira Benton, of Guilford, June 1, 1816, who died September 25, 1826. Issue, two daughters; both died unmarried.
147.
HARRY SCRANTON, son of Samuel. He removed to Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y. Married Eliza Ives, June 17, 1824. Farmer.
Children.
376 Samuel Edward b. April 1, 1825.
377 William C. b. March 6, 1827; m. Susan E. McNeal, August 26, 1850.
378 Henry A. b. May 24, 1829.
379 *Harriet E. b. July 23, 1831; d. 1834.
380 Julia Ann b. September 29, 1833.
381 George Ives b. September 27, 1836.
382 Edwin Jay b. June 5, 1839; d. 1840, a. ¾.
383 *Albert M. b. May 25, 1843.
384 James B. b. January, 15, 1849.
149.
THOMAS SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Thomas, and
grandson of
Samuel. Farmer and dealer in stock. Married Betsey Parmelee, of Durham, daughter
of Joel of Durham, October 9, 1811; born April 22, 1791.
Children.
387 Amos b. November 2, 1813.
388 George Hubbard b. October 24, 1815.
389 Richard Owen b. August 10, 1817.
390 Betsey b. March 6, 1819.
391 *Nancy b. January 14, 1821; d. July 20, 1825.
391 Caroline E. b. July 6, 1822.
392 Catharine b. March 26, 1824; d. May 2, 1842.
394 Charles b. December 8, 1825; is in California.
395 Hiram b. August 19, 1827.
396 Nancy Lovisa b. October 17, 1829.
397 Jane Amanda b. March 15, 1833.
398 Jennette Amelia b. June 25, 1835.
151.
HENRY SCRANTON, of Guilford, son of Thomas, and brother of Thomas. Farmer. Married Sarah Barnes, daughter of Jacob; born June 22, 1796, and married December 8, 1823.
Children.
395 *Mary Ann b. September 3, 1827; d. May 26, 1848.
395½ *Thomas Henry b. June 10, 1831; d. December 7, 1832.
153.
ABIGAIL SCRANTON, daughter of Torrey. Married Ira Kimberly, of North Guilford, December 29, 1824. He died March 6, 1843, aged 78.
Children.
Mary Kimberly b. May 27, 1827; m. George Hill, son of Eliab, of North Guilford, [about 1846.] They have three children, viz:. *Ira (Hill,) b. October 2, 1847. Ralph (Hill,) b. June 25, 1850, and a son b. November 30, 1854.
154.
TORREY SCRANTON, of North Guilford, son of Torrey,
whose father
was a soldier of the Revolution and received a pension.
He died December 17, 1840, aged 84. Blacksmith.
Married Rebecca Crittenden,
daughter of Salmon, of _____, November 16, 1815, born June 28, 1792.
Children.
399 Emily b. June 23, 1817.
400 Harry b. October 6, 1819.
401 *Celia Ann b. January 14, 1823.
402 Joseph Arthur b. December 21 or 23, 1825.
403 Alford Adolphus b. May 13, 1829.
404 *Edgar b. April 19, 1833; d. October 3, 1835.
157.
MARTIN SCRANTON, of North Branford, son of Torrey. Married Sarah Thomas, of Killingworth, May, 1819; born April 11, 1801.
Children.
405 Sarah A. b. February 1, 1820.
406 Pamal E. b. May 30. 1822.
407 Thomas Marvin b. August 15, 1824; resides in Branford.
408 Phebe Ann b. March 8, 1827.
409 Charles A. b. September 24, 1829; lost one leg by amputation, injured by railroad-car.
410 Geo. W. b. January 26, 1832.
411 Martin E. b. August 22, 1834; d. May 12, 1836.
412 Frances S. b. December 6, 1836-7.
413 Edmund E. b. January 5, 1838-9.
414 Dayton R. b. January 22, 1840.
415 James H. b. February 23, 1842.
416 Luther B. b. January 29, 1846.
417 Ellsworth d. a. 2.
160.
JARED SCRANTON, of, Atwater, Portage Co., Ohio, son of Timothy and Deborah, (Chittenden.) Married Phebe Mattoon, April 28, 1807. Died August 18, 1850, aged 64.
Children.
418 Minerva b. February 15, 1808 or 1810.
419 Pamela b. February 20, 1810 or 1808.
420 Ralph b. August 12, 1812.
421 *Deborah b. March 20, 1816; d. March 10, 1817.
421 Deborah b. March 27,1818.
422 Emeline b. June 17, 1821.
161.
RUSSELL SCRANTON, of Durham, son of Timothy. Builder and joiner. Married Abigail Maynard, May 4, 1809; born December 17, 1785.
Children.
423 Anson Chittenden b. in Durham, March 18, 1810.
424 *Samuel N. b. October 9, 1811 ; d. August 24, 1824.
425 Russell, Jun. b. April 2, 1813.
426 Ursula P. b. March 2, 1816.
427 Freelove M. b June 26, 1819.
428 Worthington T. b. February 24, 1823.,
429 Abigail A. b. May 11, 1828.
162.
WILLIAM SCRANTON, of Middletown, son of Timothy. Inventory of his estate, is in Middletown probate records, August 26, 1838. Carman. Married Martha Bacon, daughter of John Davis, born October 10, 1788.
Children.
430 William b. July 11, 1810; resides in Mexico, if living.
431 Martha b. December 23, 18I2.
432 Edward b. March 23, 1816; resides in Philadelphia.
433 Harriet b. October 2, 1818.
434 *Caroline b. March 30, 1823; d. April 7, 1824.
435 Albert b. April 18, 182, s. Joiner, in Middletown.
436 Frederick b. January 5, 1828. Joiner, in Philadelphia. .
437 Chauncey b. December 12, 1829. Joiner, in New York city.
163.
HENRY SCRANTON, of Hartford, son of Timothy, killed by accident, working in a sewer in Hartford, September 5, 1843-4. Carpenter. Married Ann Hotchkiss, of Cheshire, March 20, 1815. His widow married James Riley, of Hartford.
Children.
438 Melvina b. March 4, 1817.
439 Emeline A. b. October 29, 1821; m. Charles Goodrich.
440 *Chester M. b. August 2, 1823; killed by accident, in a clay mill, a. 12, May 20, 1835.
441 Joseph A. b. October 26, 1825; is a dealer in Confectionery.
442 Mary Jane b. January 1, 1827.
443 Francis H. b. October 14, 1832.
444 Henry C. b. November 7, 1833. Traveling Agent.
445 Henrietta H. b. May 12, 1836; assistant to 441.
446 *Harriet b. August 12, 1837; d. of scarlet fever, a. 3.
Lost an infant 4 days old.
164.
LUMAN SCRANTON; of Northford, son of Timothy. He died about 1836. Married Charlotte Daniels, about 1820. She died about 1835.
Children.
447 *Samuel Went from home and has not returned.
447½ *George H. b. 1830; d. in North Guilford, May 18, 1847, a.17.
165.
ABEL SCRANTON, of Madison, son of Timothy. He was a member of the General Assembly of Conn., in 1853. Tinner, dealer in stoves, &c. Married 1st, Hannah Wilmot Green, July 14, 1831, daughter of ______, and died August 29, 1832, aged 19. Remarried Leah Howard, December 24, 1836-7.
Children.
448 *Hannah W. b. August 22, 1832.
449 *Mary Z. b. April 6, 1838, and d. March 5, 1840.
450 Gerrard b. in Durham, April 26, 1840.
451 Edgar A. b. in Durham, August 22, 1842.
452 Georgiana b. in Madison, January 26, 1846.
166.
DEBORAH SCRANTON. Married Leverett W. Leach, December 14, 1820, of Durham.
167.
TIMOTHY SCRANTON, of Durham, son of Timothy, of North Madison, and grandson of Timothy, died June 18, 1842, aged 53. He married Hannah Hotchkiss, of New Haven.
Children.
456 Norman H. b. February 24, 1814
457 Maria
458 *Jared
d.
in
459 Eunice
460 Samuel M. b. in Durham, 1826; burnisher of metals in Wallingford.
461 Charlotte, b.; m. Elizar Tryon. They removed to Texas, where she d.
462 William b. lives in New Haven.
463 Mary Jane b. 1838.
Lost four children, young.
169.
SIMEON SCRANTON, of North Madison, son of Simeon. He is a local Methodist Preacher and Farmer. He was twice married. 1st, to Nancy Loveland, daughter of Ezra, July 25, 1816. She died April 8, 1825. Remarried Anna Fields, daughter of Ichabod, October, 1825. She was born December 25, 1800.
Children.
464 *Nancy M. b. July 9, 1817; d. March 3, 1853.
465 John Nelson b. October 23, 1818.
466 Simeon Sereno b. April 28, 1822.
467 Parmelia b. in Haddam, April 19, 1828, of second wife.
468 David Emery b. in Haddam, December 8, 1830.
469 Christopher A. b. in N. Madison, July H, 1839.
[For
Nos. 470 to 478,
see next page.]
170.
DAVID SCRANTON, of N. Madison, son of Simeon. Farmer. He married Amanda Loveland, March 10,1818; (cousin to Simeon's first wife;) born November 22, 1799.
Children.
480 Eliza Ann b. February 10, 1819.
481 *Maria Antoinette b. April 24, 1821; d. October, 1833.
482 Henry Ellsworth b. March 10, 1827.
483 David
Lewis
b. January 27, 1831. Clerk in
171.
CLARISSA SCRANTON, daughter of Simeon, married Zebulon
Hale, of North Madison, May 25, 1814.
Children.
Olive
C.,
b. 1818,
m. Watson Davis
Rachel
D.
m. William
Wadsworth.
172
LOIS SCRANTON, daughter of Simeon, married Enos Rogers, of N. Madison, Sept. 4, 1817. Merchant.
Children
Margaret
P.
Dorliska
A.
173.
ZIBA SCRANTON, of North Madison, daughter of Simeon, married Asahel Stone.
Child.
Truman
Hosmer
174.
SARAH SCRANTON, of North Madison, daughter of Simeon, married Bela Davis, of North Madison. She was born November 3, 1799.
Children.
Irvin
Smith
b. November
29, 1828, in Madison.
Cornelia
Elizabeth
b. November 9,
1832, in Madison.
George
Washington
b. August 3,
1838, in Madison.
William
Henry
b. August 30,
1840, in Madison.
175.
JOSEPH SCRANTON, of North Madison, son of Simeon, Farmer. He married Susanna Cooper, daughter of Eli. She was born in 1815.
Children.
470
Charlotte A.
b. October
6, 1836.
471
Frances Amelia
b. September
21, 1836.
472
Marcus Anthony
473
Joseph Sereno
Lost four children, young.
176.
JAMES CURTIS SCRANTON, of Killingworth, son of Simeon, Farmer. He married Margaret Dickinson, of Haddam, daughter of James. Remarried Rachel E. Stone, daughter of Luman.
Children.
475 *Margaret
b. 1836, and d. September
21,
1842, a. 6.
476 Cornelia Maria b. September 3, 1846.
477 Lozell F.
b. August
11,1848.
478 Asahel Edgar b.
July 11, 1851.
An infant that d. January 28, 1842.
179.
LEONARD SCRANTON, of North Madison, son of Simeon, married Electa Stone, daughter of Luman, of North Madison. She remarried Frederick W. Scranton, of Madison.
Children, by Lumen.
484
Emily Jane
b.
September 13, 1834.
485
Alonzo
b.
June 18, 1837.
486
Alma Adelia
b.
March 13, 1841.
487
Leonard, Jun.
b. September 14, 1843.
180.
ANNA SCRANTON, daughter of Joseph, of Hamden, married Worcester Walker, of North Haven, in 1818. They reside in North Haven.
181.
LAVINA SCRANTON, daughter of Joseph, of Hamden, married Seymour Dickerman, of North Haven, March, 1822.
182.
LOYAL SCRANTON, of Savannah, Ga., son or Joseph. When he was about twenty-one, he went to Savannah and commenced mercantile business in that city, and was a leading, much respected merchant there during life. He died in Savannah, January 11, 1854, aged 56. He married Phebe Ann Olmsted, of that place, March 24, 1825.
Children.
488 Henry H. b.
March 17, 1827. He is a merchant in
The firm is Scranton,
Johnson & CO.
489 William B. b.
January 6, 1826. He is a merchant in New
York city.
The firm, (in N. Y., Old Slip, No. 19,)
is Scranton, Talman & Co.
183.
DAVID SCRANTON, of New Haven, son of Joseph, of Hamden. Business, Iron Casting and Manufactory, &c. He married Elizabeth Grannis, of Fair Haven, April 19, 1826; born June 2. 1806.
Children:
490
Ann Elizabeth
b. in Cheshire, April 22, 1827.
491
William Talcott
b. in Hamden, May 23, 1829.
492
Jane Augusta
b,
in New Haven, April 5, 1833.
493
Alonzo Grannis
b. in New Haven, September 5, 1838.
494
Emma Browne
b.
in New Haven, March 9, 1851.
184.
EMMA SCRANTON, daughter of Joseph, married to E. H. Ambler, 1824, and died March 24, 1848.
185.
JOSEPH ALONZO SCRANTON, son of Joseph, died March 1, 1835. He married Mary Ann Toomach, 1830. She died March 1.
186.
FREDERICK SCRANTON, son of Joseph. He emigrated to Houston, Texas. No information received from him.
187.
ELIZA TALCOTT, of New York city, daughter of Joseph. She married Charles P. Browne, merchant, in New York city, May 10, 1824. They lost two daughters; one aged three years, and another aged seven months, and have a fourth child, a son, living, 1855.
188.
DANIEL T. SCRANTON, of Savannah, Ga., son of Joseph, married Mary Baker, 1836, in Savannah.
Children.
Mary
Lavinia
b. in 1847.
Ann
Eliza
b. in
1849.
189.
ANNA JENNETTE, born July 11, 1814. She married A. S. Hill, August 24, 1835, who died August 17, 1851, leaving a son, (Sidney.) who died September, 1853.
190.
WILLIAM A. SCRANTON, of Paris, N. Y., son of Alexander. When about 16, he resolved to acquire an education, if possible. With much hard labor and effort, he succeeded in earning the means of education, by teaching writing in the evenings, and common and select schools, in day time, while studying. Soon after he began school-teaching, he became a hopeful subject of divine grace, and believed he ought to be a preacher, &c. He was a devoted Baptist minister of the gospel many years, in Rochester, N. Y. Having purchased a farm in Brandon, Mich., as a permanent residence for his family, and just arrived there, he sickened and died, May, 1841.
He married Electa Post, April 25, 1819, daughter of Titus and Rumah. She died in Brandon, Mich., Sept. 4, 1841; born in Paris, N. Y., January 25, 1801.
Children.
506 Washington Clark b. in Paris, N. Y., January 2, 1820.
506½ Rumah Novilla
b.
in Rochester, N. Y., June 25, 1830; d.
August 25, 1831, in Rochester.
507 Aaron Thurston b. in Rochester, N. Y. September 12, 1832. Farmer.
In
508 Hellen Eugenia b. in Rochester, November 7, 1835.
School Teacher in
509 Celestia Maria b. in Rochester, December 16, 1837. School Teacher in Clarkston, Mich.
510 William Alford b. in Paris, N. Y., December
31,1839. Farmer.
In
191.
POLLY M. SCRANTON, daughter of Alexander, of Paris, N. Y. Farmer. She was married to Granger Greenslit, August, 1828, of Paris. She died September, 1836, and he died November, 1836.
They had a son, (Truman,) who is still living.
192.
MERCY SCRANTON, daughter of Alexander. She married Raymond Weeks, of Paris, October, 1824. He is a manufacturer of axes and scythes. She died in 1832, (four days after her father,) of the puerperal fever, and her infant at the same time. They lost two infants before, and had a son named David, still living.
Mr. Weeks married again, and has several children by second wife.
193.
CATHARINE SCRANTON, daughter of Alexander, was married to Amos Moore, of Paris, January 1, 1828, who died in 1830. She remarried Harvey Reynalds, of Kinderhook, N. Y., in 1832, and by him had one daughter, named Harriet, living with her father. Mrs. Reynalds died in 1842.
194.
ALEXANDER SCRANTON, ESQ., of Brunswick, Ga. the only surviving child of Alexander, Sen., was an infant when his parents went to Paris, N. Y. He was thrice married.
1st, to Zilpha Mack, daughter of Jonathan, of said Paris, December 19, 1827. She was born 1808. In the winter of 1831. they removed to Savannah, Ga. She died, of quick consumption, in the autumn of 1836, while on a visit to the home of her parents in New York, aged 44.
2d, to Esther Stetson, widow of Daniel, a merchant, of Riceborough, Ga., April 19, 1837. Her maiden name was E. Ginny, of Fair Haven, Mass. She died October 26, 1840.
3d, to Mary D. Moore, widow of James, and daughter of
George and
Mary Abbott, of Glyn Co., Ga., January 22, 1845.
In 1839, he, with his second wife and family, removed to Brunswick, He is postmaster of Brunswick, and has been for the last fourteen years; also, Clerk of the Superior, Inferior and Ordinary (Probate Court) Courts, Notary Public, Commissioner, and holds other offices &c. He is moreover a merchant; a farmer, raising sea-island cotton, and owns fifty-two salves. He is an active business man.
Children.
511 Susan Jennett b. October 22, 1828
512 *Mary Ann b.
November 4, 1832; d. December 2, 1840,
five weeks after her mother.
513 Ai Alexander b.
of second wife, February 21, 1838
514 Ann Eliza b.
of third wife, December 28, 1845.
515 Catharine b.
of third wife, June 21, 1848.
195.
ALONZO L. SCRANTON son of Alexander. Married Mary Avery, of Paris, sister of Judge Avery, January, 1830, and died August, 1830, of consumption, only about six months after marriage. He remarried Maria Eadon, daughter of Thomas Esq., of Savannah, Ga. 1835. She died of consumption, in 1841 at her father’s residence in Savannah; and he (Alonzo L.) died in Kinderhook, N. Y., December 14, 1841.
They had two children; both died in infancy, a few days old.
196.
EMMONS SCRANTON, son of Alexander, never married. He was a forwarding and commission merchant in Kinderhook, N. Y., and kept there a hotel. He was killed in 1810, at Kirkville, by a fall.
197.
AMY SCRANTON, daughter of Alexander, married Fenn C. Woodruff, of Clinton, N. Y., 1831. In 1835, they removed to Ohio, where she died of consumption. 1842, leaving a son. He remarried in 1843, and died in 1844.
198.
HARRIETT SCRANTON, daughter of Alexander, married Dr. Ervin Fisk, of Kirkville, N. Y., November 21, 1841, and died in forty days after marriage, January 1, 1843. After her death, Dr. Fisk removed to Clinton Co., Ill.. and he died there in 1845.
199.
HAMLET SCRANTON, of Rochester N. Y., son of Abraham, of Durham. He was one of the first settlers of Rochester to which place he went May 1, 1812, and began to fall the trees and erect a log house. *Previous to this he had resided a while in Turin. Lewis Co. He was there a justice of the peace, and a side judge of the County Court. He died of a second stroke of apoplexy, April, 1851, aged 78, a man of Puritan faith, much esteemed and respected. He married Hannah Dimmek, daughter of Daniel and Thankful (Merriman,) August 20. 1774. She was born in Durham, May 22, 1774.
Children.
518 Delia b.
July 30, 1795.
519 Henry b.
October 30, 1796.
520 Hamlet T. b.
March 10, 1799; d. December 14, 1801
521 Elbert W. b.
August 21, 1800
522 Edwin b.
May 9, 1803, (807.)
523 Hamlet D. b.
June 24, 1806; s.
524 Hannah b.
July 2 1811; m. Martin Briggs
526 Jane b.
May 5, 1815; s.
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NOTE. Of the preceding family of Alexander Scranton, Sen., it will be seen that Catherine, Amy, Harriet, Emmons, both the wives of Alonzo L., and the first wife of Alexander, of Ga., all died of consumption; and that Polly M. and Mercy both died of the puerperal fever, and their infants at the same time!
*At the time he went to Rochester, he had four sans and two daughters, who were all young, and no one of them died until 1855. They have all resided in Rochester, and been useful and much esteemed.
201.
ISRAEL SCRANTON, of Dundee, Monroe Co.. Mich., son of Abraham, Esq., of Durham. He was twice married. 1st, to Ann Curtis, of Durham, October 12, 1800. 2d, to Clarissa Pardee, February 9, 1812.
Children.
527 Harriet Amanda
b.
in Durham, July 5, 1803.
528 Telemichus Norman b, in Camden, N. C., May 12, 1806.
529 *Mary Amelia
b.
in Camden, N. C., February 5, 1808; d. December 15, 1809
530 Mary Amelia
b.
in Camden, N. C., October 15, 1809.
531 *Beriah,
b.
in Durham, December 4, 1810. He sailed
from London, on a whaling voyage, twenty or more years ago, and has not
been
heard from since.
532 Israel, Jun.
b.
in Rochester, N. Y., April 4, 1813.
533 Alonzo Camp
b.
in Rochester, N. Y., November, 20, 1814.
534 Anna Curtis
b.
in Rochester, N. Y., March 21, 1816.
535 Abraham
b.
in Durham, December 14, 1817.
536 Hiram
b.
in Durham, September 24, 1819.
537 Serina
b.
in Durham, February 7, 1821.
538 Emero
b.
in Durham, December 24, 1822.
539 Ferdenand
b.
in Durham, May 12, 1825; d. August 18, 1827, in Durham.
540 Hepheston
b.
in Durham, January 21, 1827, s.
541 Corydon
b.
in Durham, December 21, 1828.
542 Fenelon
b.
in Durham, August 20, 1830.
543 Augusta Cornelia b. in Durham, February 8, 1832.
In the spring of 1832, Israel, Sen.. removed with his family to Dundee, Monroe Co., Michigan. where he now resides.
202.
JOY SCRANTON. of Durham, son of Abraham. Married Dinah Curtis, of Durham, daughter of Abijah; born July 23, 1785. She became insane, and left home and could not be found, nor heard of. About twelve years afterward the bones of a female were found in upper Middletown, (Cromwell,) and supposed to be her’s. David was administrator of the estate of his brother Joy. [Middletown probate records, May 17, 1817.]
Children.
544 Phebe b.
March 15,
1804.
Lois
b.
November 3, 1805; d. November 12, 1806.
546 Lois
b. June 17,
1807; d. 1841; m. Oliver Coe; no children.
Angeline b.
September 29, 1808; d. September 23, 1809.
545 Angeline b. May 22,
1811, s.
203.
CONTENT SCRANTON, daughter of Abraham. Wedworth Wadsworth, Esq., of Durham, May 5, 1802; born July 3, 1782. She was an exemplary Christian.
Children
Leonadas
b. April 19, 1803; was a
successful merchant in New Haven; d. at Neva, West Indies, December 17,
1825,
a. 23.
Noyes
b. December 23, 1806.
Wedworth
b. May 5, 1811.
Abraham
Scranton b. November 8, 1812.
William
b. July 22, 1817; is now town
clerk of Durham, s.
James
, A. M. b. August 25, 1819;
was graduated at Yale College,
1841; had extensive practice as lawyer in Buffalo, N. Y.;
was Mayor of said Buffalo; is President of
several Railroads, &c., in New York.
*Columbus
b. September 1, 1823; and d.
February 28, 1824.
204.
AMANDA SCRANTON, daughter of Abraham, of Durham. Married to Robert G. Clark. They removed to Monroe Co., Mich. She died September, 1849, aged 64.
206.
PHEBE SCRANTON, of Durham, daughter of David, of Nova Scotia. When her father emigrated to Nova Scotia, he gave her (being about five years old,) to her aunt, to be brought up, and it was faithfully done. Married Jesse Smith, of Durham, September 25, 1803, who died May 26, 1854, aged 72. He was born November 10, 1782.
Children.
Phebe
b. April 2, 1805.
David Scranton b. January 14, 1808;
Joiner, Painter, &c.,
Durham.
*Betsey M.
b. March 18, 1810; d. October 22, 1818.
*Guernsey B. b.
April 15, 1814; d. October 28, 1818.
Harriet E
b. January 9, 1817.
207.
SARAH SCRANTON, of Manchester, (Geysborough Province,) Nova Scotia, on East side of Milford-Haven River, daughter of David. Married John McMasters, of said Manchester, September 20, 1808, son of John and Ann (Cummings,) born in Scotland. Farmer.
Children.
George Henry b. October
10, 1810; died of rheumatism,
August, 1812.
Lauraine
b. November 16, 1811; died of
consumption, September 11, 1838, age 27.
Ann Charlotte b. October
26, 1814.
John
b. December 9, 1816.
Farmer.
Catharine
b. November 8, 1818.
David
b. April 19, 1820. Farmer.
Samuel
b. February 25, 1823.
Farmer.
Christiana
b. March 26, 1826.
Margaret
b. June 23, 1829. All live in
Manchester, but Catherine who
lives on St. John’s Island.
208.
NANCY SCRANTON, daughter of David. Married Allen Livingston, born in Scotland, son of Malcolm, April 28. 1812. Their residence is Antigonish.
Children.
Mary
b. July 30, 1813; m. William Ballentine, March 10,
1852. Blacksmith. No issue.
Lauraine Elizabeth b.
January 21,1815; d. March 28, 1815.
Malcom
b. December 28, 1816.
Angus
b. June 17, 1818. Farmer.
Loraine Jane
b. June 24, 1820.
John
b. April 30, 1822; d. a. 24.
David,
b. June 4, 1825; d. July 28,
1834, a. 9.
Christina Jane b.
April 23, 1828.
Ann Margaret b.
April, 1830.
Colin
b. February 1, 1833.
N. B.
All these children, but Colin, reside in Antigonish.
Colin lives in Maine, U. S. Farmer.
211.
LOIS EXPERIENCE SCRANTON, of Nova Scotia, daughter of David. Married George McMasters, brother of Sarah's husband. Time not ascertained.
Children.
Beulah
b. February 13, 1814.
Charlotte
b. December 12, 1816,
Alexander
b. October 24, 1819.
Farmer,
John
b. August 10, 1821. Fisherman.
Loraine Margaret b. August 16, 1822.
Ann Margaret
b. July 9, 1824.
Christiana
b. April 10, 1826.
Jennett
b. January 12, 1829; d. September
14, 1829.
Jennette Maria
b. October 17, 1831.
George Cummings b. March 20, 1834. Carpenter.
Thomas William
b. May 15, 1838. Fisherman.
212.
DAVID SCRANTON, Jun., of Nova Scotia., son of David. Farmer. Married Lydia Ann Simpson, daughter of William and Lydia (Hart,) of Manchester, March 23, 1824.
Children.
550
Lydia Ann
b.
January 9, 1825.
551
William Frederick
b. July 2, 1827.
Joiner.
552
Henry Allen
b.
November 10, 1838. Blockmaker.
553
Sophia Caroline
b. February 12, 1840.
554
David, 3d
b,
September 17, 1842. Supposed to be not
living.
555
Osbert
b.
November 12, 1844.
556
Sarah Maria
b,
July 17, 1847.
215.
THOMAS HENRY SCRANTON, of Manchester, son of David, Sen., of Nova Scotia. Farmer. Married Sophia Ann Porper, daughter of William Frederick, (a German,) and Mary Mitchel, an English woman, December 18, 1827. He died March, 1838.
Children.
557 David, 3d b. November 4, 1828; s. Farmer.
558
Mary Jane
b.
July 24, 1830; s.
559 William
Frederick Porper
b. April 18, 1833; s. Fisherman.
NOTES. Grandchildren of David Scranton, of Nova Scotia, in the female line--and are, of third generation from him. Ann Charlotte, daughter of Sarah and McMasters; m. Thomas McReough, son of John and Ruth, December 19, 1848. One child, William Hefferman, b, September 22, 1849.
John, son of Sarah, m. Catharine Cummings, daughter of George and Hannah (Henderson.) Children, Margaret Jane, b. November 2, 1847. George Francis, b. September 22, 1849. Sarah Sophia, b. .June 17, 1851. Hannah Josephine, b. September 19, 1853.
Catharine, daughter of Sarah and J. McMasters, m. A. Henry Partridge, son of Ebenezer and Submit (Leet,) of St. John Island. Children, Loraine Isabella, b. September 9, 1843. Sarah Maria, b. January 19, 1845. Nathan Strong, b. August 7, 1847. George Henry, b. November 23, 1850. David, b. April 15, 1852. Augusta, b. June 14, 1854 and d. June 21, 1851.
Beulah, dr. of Lois E. (dr. of David) and George McMasters, m. David Porper, son of William S., and brother of David's mother, February 22, 1841. Children, William Frederick, b. January 2, 1842. George, b. April 1, 1845. Mary Jane, b. August 21, 1847. John Allen, b. May 7,1850. Caroline S., b. July 3, 1853.
Charlotte, dr. of Lois Experience and George McMasters, m. Alexander Cummings, son of Alexander, December 19, 1848. Fisherman. Children, Experience Margaret, b. November 2, 1849. Dugald, b. January 11, 1851. Alexander McLaughlin, b. January 16, 1852. All reside in Manchester.
Loraine Margary, dr. of Lois Experience, &c., m. John Cummings, brother of Alexander. Children, Mary lsabella, b, May, 1847. Robert Mallison, b. December 2, 1851. Cutler. Margary Christina, b. October 28, 1853.
Ann Margaret, dr. of Lois Experience, m. James S. Blacklock, son of Archibald, of Stevviack. Shoemaker. One child, David Frederick.
216.
SALLY SCRANTON, of Terre Haute, near York, daughter of Ichabod, of Durham. Married Ziba Hull Wolcott, of Wallingford, December 15, 1808. They first emigrated to (the West,) Lamot Prairie, and last to Terre Haute, Indiana, where he died, December 27, 1835, His widow remarried Guy Carlton Welch, son of Nathaniel.
217.
ELEANOR SCRANTON, of Durham, daughter of Ichabod. Married to Horace Goodrich, of Durham, April 19, 1812, born May 6, 1787. They removed to Speedsville, Tompkins Co., N. Y. He died when their children were young, July 8, 1829. She remarried some years after the death of her husband, to Artemas Walker, July, 1843. Farmer. She died April 1, 1854.
Children
Dwight Goodrich
b. May 25, 1813. Merchant in
Wellsville, Allegany Co., N. Y.;
m. Mary A. Dunham, September 28, 1841, in Wellsville, N. Y. Their
children are,
Sarah Frances, b. June 16, 1842. Mary
E., b. June 21, 1849. Charles P., b.
February 3, 1852.
Horace Butler Goodrich b. July
11, 1815; m. Penina H. Coburn, May 5,
1842. Their children are, Louisa M., b. January 27, 1848, and William
H., b.
January 29, 1850. Residence, Windsor, N. Y.
Guernsey Goodrich
b. February 11, 1818; m. November 14,
1847, to Nancy Blackman. One child, Dwight Lamot, b. July 5, 1850. Farmer.
Residence, Carolina, Tompkins Co., N. Y.
Jerusha Charlotte Goodrich b.
May 28, 1822, in Richford; m. Benjamin
Krum, September 1, 1850. Children,
Phineas and Charles G.
Emmeline Maria Goodrich b.
March 22, 1828, in Newark, Tioga Co., m.
Bostick Brigham, of Richford, N. Y., March 22, 1848.
One child, Henry G., b. October 15, 1853.
William Smith Goodrich b.
October 2, 1825, in Richford, N. Y.; m.
Bloomy A. Hubbard, December, 1847. Their children are, Ellen J., b.
June 26,
1849, and Mary Miranda, b. October, 1854.
218.
HONORA or LEANORA SCRANTON, daughter of Ichabod. Married Joel Gould, formerly of Boston. They removed to Lockport, N. Y., (near the canal,) No information since received from them by relatives.
219.
I. GUERNSEY SCRANTON, son of Ichabod, went to Vincennes, Ia., about 1817, and died there. Unmarried.
221.
ANN MARIA SCRANTON, daughter of Ichabod.
Married Orasmus Dibble, at Moravia, N. Y.,
(is brother of Horace.) They reside in Middleville, Barry Co.,
Children.
Leonidas
one d.
Alfred
222.
FRANCES L. SCRANTON, daughter of Ichabod. Married Elizur Goodrich, in and of Durham, October 26, 1820. He was born July 24, 1789. They removed to Speedsville, Tompkins Co., N. Y. Farmer.
Children
Alfred
H. Goodrich b.
August 15, 1821; m.
Eliza A. Patch, July 4, 1843, b. April 6, 1825.
Children, Eugene Bertrand, b. July 31, 1844, and d.
December 24,
1848. Almenus Butler, b. March 10, 1846,
and Frances Louisa, b. March 22, 1848.
Barnabas
S. Goodrich b. January 1, 1823; m.
Emeline Edwards his cousin, June, 1852.
Merchant, in Wellsville, Allegany Co., N. Y.
Charles
Fred'k Goodrich b. October 30, 1825;
went to Sacramento, California, two years since, had no word from him.
Evalene
L. Goodrich b.
November 6, 1827; m.
J. Patch, brother of Alfred B's wife, September, 1852.
Farmer.
He was b. 1819. Have a dr.
Josephine Elizabeth, b. December,
1853.
Residence, Richford, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Elizur
Edgar Goodrich b. May 23,
1830.
Residence, Homer, N. Y. Farmer.
George
Franklin Goodrich b. April 2, 1833.
Residence, Homer, N. Y. Carpenter.
Levi
Lewis Goodrich b. July
1, 1837. Residence, Homer, N. Y.
223.
CHARLES F. SCRANTON, of Charleston, son of Ichabod. He left home in August, 1819, for Vincennes, la., and traveled thither on foot. In 1850, he set out for California, across the continent, driving an ox team all the way. He married Olivia Sparks, of Grand Prairie, Ill, November, 1824, daughter of John, an Englishman, and her mother from Dublin city, in Ireland. They are both members of the Campbell church, and have been for twelve years. Joiner, carpenter and merchant.
Children.
564 Eliza Jane b.
September 19, 1825, on Grand Prairie, Ill.; m. Thomas Handy, of York,
Ill. Merchant and sheriff.
They have five children.
565 Fanny Louisa b.
September, 1827, on Grand Prairie, Ill.; m. Richard Fally, of York, Ill. Wagon maker and wheelwright.
They have two children.
566 Sarah
b,
in 1829, in Terre Haute, Ill., and m. Ribrel Osborn.
He is superintendent of the Evansville and
Terre Haute canal. They have one child.
567 *Josephine b.
in 1831; d. March 6, 1846, in Charleston, a. 14.
About 1832, Charles, with his family, removed to Charleston, Coles Co., ILL., where, after a few weeks, his wife died, May 7, 1834. After about six years, he remarried Louisiana Stephens, formerly Linder, of Harding Co., Ky., 1840.
Children
568
Charles Guernsey
b, May 10, 1841
569
Ruthanna
b.
March 1, 1843.
570
*Thomas Guy
b.
March 30, 1845; killed by falling of a brick-shed, June 19, 1853, while
at
play.
571
Michael Abraham
572
Leroy
b.
September 16, 1850.
Charlotte
b. July 12, 1854.
224.
EMELINE SCRANTON, twin daughter of Ichabod, was married to Horace Dibble, of Homer, Cortland Co., February 2, 1831. They moved to Cortland Village, April, 1833. His business is cloth-dressing and wool-carding.
Children
Evaline
Adelia Dibble
b. April 5, 1832;
m. son of her aunt Fanny, and lives near the railroad between Erie and
Buffalo.
Perkins
King Dibble
b, July 31, 1835;
s.
Horace
Scranton Dibble b.
October 29, 1838,
s.
Orson
Gregory Dibble
b. October 28,
1840, s.
Eustace
De Lancy Dibble b. April 3,
1844, s.
Frank
Goodrich Dibble
b, November 4,
1846, s.
All living.
224½.
EVELINE SCRANTON, twin daughter of Ichabod, married Isaac Edwards, on Grand Prairie, Ill., November, 1824.
Children
Emeline
Amelia Edwards b. in
Lafayette, Ind.,
August 25, 1829; m. a son of her aunt Fanny, Barnabas S. Goodrich, of
Wellsville. Merchant.
Mary
Edwards
b. in
Lafayette, December 5, 1831; now lives
with her aunt Goodrich.
He died when their youngest daughter was a babe.
After about five years, his widow remarried Hiram Dunlap. They had one son, Hiram S., b. September 16, 1837, in Lafayette.
About a year after marriage, he died, and she removed to Lafayette, where, after about four years, she died, 1845.
227.
EUNICE SCRANTON, daughter of Stephen, of Brighton, Ohio, married Rev. Stephen William Taylor, LL. D., President of Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., October 2, 1817, in Edmeston, N. Y. He was born in Adams, Mass., October 23, 1791. (Her sister Harriet, unmarried, lives in their family.)
Children.
Benjamin
Franklin Taylor b. in Lowville, Lewis
Co., N. Y., July 18, 1819. Benjamin F. was twice m.
1st, to Mary Elizabeth Bromley, September 1,
1839. She died July 2, 1848, in Chicago.
He remarried Lucy E. Leaming, June 7, 1852.
Children--- John, b. February 26, 1843, in
Hamilton, N. Y. Porter Wood, b.
October 26, 1844, in
Marcenas
Taylor
b, in Lowville, August 5,
1822; d. September 22, 1823.
Alfred
Taylor
b. in Lowville, July
11, 1824.
Emily
Taylor
b. in Lowville,
September 13, 1833.
228.
JOEL SCRANTON, son of Stephen, resides on Scranton Flats. He also owns choice bottom lands, with excellent hills of good land adjoining the flats, near Cleveland, Ohio. He is a member of the 2d. Presbyterian Church in Cleveland. Farmer. He married Irene P. Hickox, daughter of David. She finished her education at Mrs. Pierce's Seminary, Litchfield, Conn., about 1829, and is a member of the Congregational Church in Cleveland.
Children
574 *Helen Maria b. December
6, 1830; d. March 22, 1837.
575 Mary Jane b. October
10, 1832.
576 George Hickox b. October
12, 1834; d. September 4, 1835.
577 Emily Loiza b. January
15, 1836.
578 *Charles Hickox b. January
15, 1839; d. March 19, 1849.
229.
LYMAN SCRANTON of Utica, N. Y., son of Stephen, was born April 26, 1798, in Burlington, N. Y. Carpenter and joiner. He married Matilda Marks, daughter of Robert and Eunice, of Edmeston, April 9, 1818. She was born in Providence, R. I., December 26, 1798.
Children
579 William H. b.
in Edmeston, May 18, 1819.
580 Maria C. b.
in Edmeston, June 3, 1821.
581 Mary Adaline b,
in Edmeston, September 19,1824.
581½
Sophia C. b.
in Edmeston, March 8,
1827, and d. January 17, 1829.
582 Amos M. b.
in Edmeston August 4, 1829.
583 Helen L. b.
May 18, 1832.
584 Albert
b.
July 23, 1840.
585 Iva, (a dr,) b.
January 25, 1840.
Matilda
b.
August 9, 1843.
230.
STEPHEN SCRANTON, Jun., of Brighton, Lorain Co., Ohio, son of Stephen and G. S., of Stutely. Farmer. He married Sophrona Stocking, in Dover, Ohio, daughter of Joseph and Jane, in 1830.
Children
585
Zilpha A.
b.
October 17, 1831.
586
Abel W.
b.
March 14, 1833.
587
Camilla A.
b.
July 21,1837.
588
Celestia A.
b.
December 2, 1841.
589
Adolphus B.
b.
May 19, 1848.
234.
SALLY SCRANTON, daughter of Daniel, of Willoughby, Ohio, married Stockwell S. Hillebert, a physician. They went to Michigan. She died June 26, 1826, aged 35.
Children.
*Darius d. in Ill., 1852, a. 35,
leaving a widow and
several children. Farmer.
Volna
b. June 28, 1820; m. Susan Nichols; 5 children.
Farmer.
*Alson b. March 26, 1825.
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NOTE: Joel states that some years since, Probably about 1810, two men, John and Jared Scranton, came and made his father a visit, at Belchertown, Mass., and were his first cousins. [See Nos. 23 and 26.]
235.
ALSON SCRANTON, son of Daniel, married Wealthy Whitlock, daughter of Josiah, formerly of Vt., June 23, 1823. She died January, 1844. He died in the south part of Ohio, August 20, 1843.
Children
593
Warner
594
Albert
595
Elison
596
Leroy
597
Edwin
All residing in Ohio, if alive.
236.
HIRAM SCRANTON, son of Daniel, died August 15, 1854. He married Maryett Whitlock. Farmer.
Children
600
Carlos
He is in California.
601
Westley
602
Laura
603
604
Emma
237.
HARRIET SCRANTON, daughter of Daniel, married Sawyer Norton, son of Aaron, July 17, 1823. He died January 28, 1848. She lives with her son, Charles F., in Mich. Farmer.
Children
*Philena Norton d.
September 30, 1851, a. 25.
Charles
F. Norton
Cornelia
S. Norton
Aaron
Norton
Ranson
Norton
239.
PERMELIA SCRANTON, daughter of Daniel, married Oliver Campbell, son of Serenas, born in Rhode Island, July 17, 1832. Farmer. They reside in Indiana.
Children
Maurice
Campbell
Philetus
Campbell
Susan
Campbell
Harriet
Campbell
Salina
240.
DANIEL SCRANTON, Son of Daniel, married Betsey B. Warner, born in Berkshire Co., Mass., and daughter of Benjamin, September 16, 1833. He was a farmer, and dealt in stock, or cattle. No issue.
241
CHARITY SCRANTON, daughter of Daniel, married William B. Kingman, born in Northampton, Mass., October, 1833. They reside in Wisconsin.
They have four children, three daughters and a son. The oldest daughter is a deaf mute, and is in the Asylum or Deaf and Dumb Institute, in Delavan, Wisconsin.
242.
ELNATHAN SCRANTON, of Concord, Jackson Co., Mich., son of George, was born in Granville, N. Y., January 1, 1782. Farmer. He was thrice married. 1st, to Lucretia Andrus, in 1805. She died March 26, 1828. 2d, to Rebecca Hough, August, 1828. She died in 1836, without issue. 3d, to Loiza Hough, October, 1836, half-sister of his second wife.
He had five daughters by his first wife, not named, and two sons.
Children
607
Don Carlos
608
George Stafford
s. lives near his father.
Farmer.
609
Rebecca E.
b.
of third wife, 1838.
610
Albert Hough
b.
of third wife, May 25, 1846.
Julia
by
first wife, lives in
Huldah
lives
in
243.
GEORGE W. SCRANTON, of Washington, Macomb Co., Mich. Son of George and Edee.
Children
611
Denison.
611
Boardman
All m. and
live in
611
Leonidas
244.
ORRIN L. SCRANTON, of Covington, Wyoming Co., N. Y., son of George and Edee. Farmer and mason. He married Polly Cummins, daughter of Ethel and Rosanna, December 28, 1816 ; born December 6, 1798, in Hartford, N. Y.
Children
612 Mortimer F.
b.
March 7, 1819. Dentist. M. Harriet S.
Buck, and live near Covington.
613 Hugh M.
b.
December 24, 1820; resides in Wyoming Co., N. Y.; m. Lucy B. Hicks, and
is a
dentist.
Lama
Ann b.
February 13, 1823; m. William Rowe.
Louisa b.
March 9,1825.
*Jennette b. November 1, 1827; m. Mendol W.
Marsh.
Mariette b.
May 19, 1830.
George
C. b. November 10, 1834; m. Mary
Matteson.
245.
LOUISA SCRANTON, daughter of George, married at the age of 44, John Willard, of Barre, Orleans Co.
For several years she taught a high school for young females. She possessed estimable qualifications for teaching, and, was much respected and beloved by her acquaintances, and was a mother indeed to his six children by his former wife.