THIRD GENERATION.
4.
CAPT. JOHN SCRANTON, 3d, son of John, Jun. He was located in East Guilford, now Madison. His residence was about one-fourth of a mile east of Tuxis pond. [See Letter on Record, and Dr. Elliott's Sermon, p. 29.]
He was thrice married. 1st, to Mary Norton, Dec. I2, 1699. 2d, to Mary or Sarah Evarts, daughter of John. She died October 8, 1749.
3d. Mary Bushnell, of Saybrook, daughter of Dea. Francis, whose son's wife was Sarah Scranton.
His will is dated .January 4, 1749-50; and his son Josiah having died, he made a codicil, January 4, 1754; brought into probate court April 4, 1758. He died March 21, 1758.
Children
13 *Mary b. July 6,
1701; m. Benj. Bushnell, of Saybrook.
14 *John b.
April
14, 1703; drowned in Hammonasset River, just before sunset. After
mowing salt
grass during, the day about 1740, a. 37. His father saw him drowning,
but was
unable to rescue him.
15 *Josiah
b. July 19,
I705; d. several years before his father, Sept. 8, 1751, a. 46.
16 *Sarah b.
November
25, 1707.
17 *Submit b. June 18,
1712
18 *Noah b. Jan.
20,
1714-15; d. December 4, 1760, a. 46.
19 *Ichabod b. February
19, 1717, 0. S.; d. Dec. 1,1760, a. 46.
20 *Hannah,
b. March 3,
1718.
21 *Ann b.
May 16,
1720.
22 *Rebecca b. September
12, 1722.
N. B. In his will he made ample provision for the support of his negro man, and his Indian slave. They were to choose with which of his children to live, &c.
5.
MARY SCRANTON, married Serjt. Joseph Stone, July 9, 1699.
Children
Mary Stone
b. April 8, 1700; m. Samuel Evarts, 2.
Samuel Dodd.
Hannah Stone b.
January 22, 1702; m. Jabez Benton.
Joseph Stone
b. March 12, 1704.
Thankful Stone m.
Joseph Hotchkiss.
Jedediah Stone b,
December 12, 170-.
John Stone
b.
August 18, 1710.
Benjamin Stone b.
January 31, 1714.
Mindwell Stone b.
September 22, 1720; m. Jasper Griffing.
7.
MABITABEL SCRANTON, daughter of John, Jun.; we find no record of her being married, but. There is one of her selling land to Capt. John Scranton. [P. 108, T. R.]
9.
ANNE SCRANTON, married Ebenezer Munger, May 29, 1717.
Children.
*Ebenezer Munger b. September, 2, 1718.
*Caleb Manger b. September 24, 1722
*Reuben Munger b. March 28, 1725.
*Simeon Munger b. March 28, 1725.
10.
EBENEZER SCRANTON, son of John, Jun., settled in North Guilford, and his descendants are there, and in North Madison, (formerly North Bristol) and in Durham. He died October 6, 1774, aged 78; married Ann ____, born 1693; died July 2, 1780, aged 87.
Children.
23 *John 4th b. August 29, 1726; d. November, 1736, a. 10.
24 *Ebenezer, Jun. b. August 17, 1728.
25 *Ann b. March 31,1731; m. to John Dobel or Dibble.
26 *Jared
b. June 25, 1733 ; d. November 12,
1816, a. 83.
N. B.
The will
of Ebenezer was approved in Probate Court June 12, 1770.
His only son Jared, was executor. The
will mentions a grandson and a
granddaughter in Boston, Ann Dobel's children.
11.
DEBORAH SCRANTON, married Abel Chittenden, July S, 1721.
Children
Deborah Chittenden b. June 14, 1723, s.
Elizabeth Chittenden b. July 16, 1725, s.
Ann Chittenden b. December, 20, 1726, s.
Abel Chittenden b. August 6, 1735.
12.
SAMUEL SCRANTON, son of Thomas, of Guilford, and grandson of John, died March 18, 1750. Farmer; married Elizabeth Bishop, January 30, 1712, daughter of John.. She was born October 14, 1690.
Children.
27 *Elizabeth b. August 20, 1713.
28 *Thomas b. May 28, 1715.
29 * Hannah b. October 14, 1716.
30 *Sam b. March 24, 1720.
31 *Timothy b. May, 1722.
32 *Abraham b. 1724; d. May 5, 1780, a. 56.
33 *Sarah b. 1726.
34 *Lucy b. 1718; d. December, 1736, a. 8.