Excerpt from American Ancestry, Vol. 8: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A. D. 1776, Embracing Lineages From the Whole of the United States, 1893Stratford, son of Joseph of Hadley, Mass., b. Aug. 2, 1683, d. Sep. 29, 1769 (111. Nov. 22, 1711, Mercy Smith, b. 1694, d. Jan. 10, son of Joseph of Salis bury and Hadley, Mass., b. Jan. 8, 1651, d. Apr. 1692 (111. Mary Tilton, b. Feb. 18, 1644, dau. Of Hon. Peter, d. July 11, 1696, and Elizabeth Tilton of Windsor, Ct., gr.-dau. Of William, d. 1653, and Susanna Tilton of Lynn, son of Roger of Salisbury, Mass., b. 1611, d. Dec. 16, 1694 (m. Sarah, d. Mar. 11, ngersoll, john of Salem, Mass., b. Oct. 17, 1674, son of Nathaniel of Salem, Mass., b. Apr. 10, 1647, d. Apr. 1, 1683 (m. Oct. 8, 1670, Mary Preston and had three children: Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1673, John, b. Oct. 17, 1674, and Nathaniel), son of John of Salem, New London, Fal mouth, Casco and Kittery, d. 1716 (m. Ist, Judith Felton, 111. 2d, Deborah, b. 1645, had thirteen children: John of Salem, b. Sept. 12, 1644 (111. Mar. 17, 1670, Mary, dau. Of Henry Combs and had five children: Mary, b. Sep. 10, 1671, Ruth, b. Feb. 2, 1674, John, b. Sep. 1, 1678, Sarah, b. Mar. 13, 1702, and Elizabeth, b. Mar. 13, Nathaniel, Ruth, b. June 20, 1649, Rich ard, b. Sep. 1, 1651, d. Apr. 1, 1683, Sarah, b. June 3, 1655 (m. 1676, William Ropes, b. Dec. 28, 1651, son of George and Mary Ropes of Salem), Capt. Samuel of Salem, b. Oct. 6, 1658, d. 1695 (111. Apr. 28, 1684, Sarah, b. Dec. 11, 1665, and had three chil dren: Sarah, b. Oct. 16, 1687, Margaret, b. Apr. 8, 1690, and Susanna, b. Dec. 4, Elisha, Ephraim, Deborah, b. 1668 (m. Benjamin Larrabee, b. 1666, d. 1733, son of Isaac Larrabee of Falmouth), Mary (m. Low), Rachel (m. John Chapman), Abigail (m. Blacey), and a dau. (111. Brown), son of Richard of Salem, Mass., b. 1644, came from co. Bedford, Eng., to Salem. Mass., 1629 (m. Ann and had seven children: George, b. 1618 (m. Elizabeth, and had six children: Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1646, d. Mar. 12, 1718 (111. Sarah Coe, b. Mar. 14, 1651, dau of Matthew and Elizabeth [wakely] Coe of Gloucester and had one son: Benjamin of Falmouth), Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1648, Elizabeth, b.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.