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History of Stratford



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  • Title History of Stratford 
    Short Title History of Stratford 
    Author Orcutt 
    Publisher Transcribed by Coralynn Brown  
    Source ID S579 
    Text A Monument, West Side, Erected over the graves of:



    Joseph Booth, son of Richard Booth, who died Sept 1, 1703, age 46. And Hannah, Wife of Joseph Booth & daugher of John & Elizabeth Wilcoxson, who died July 10, 1701, age 38. Their children were:
    James, Born 1688, Died 1766
    Joseph, Born 1687; Died 1763
    Robert, Born_____, Died______.
    Nathan, Born_____. Died______.
    Zechariah, Born_____, Died 1762.
    David, Born 1679, Died 1753
    Hannah, Born ______, Died_____.

    (North Side)
    James Booth, son of Joseph Booth, died Aug 20, 1766, age 78
    Martha Clark, wife of James Booth, died Dec 3, 1747, age 52
    Their Children were:
    Sarah, Born 1732, Died 1786
    James, Born 1735, Died 1809
    John, Born 1736, Died 1822
    Hezekiah, Born 1739, Died 1761
    Josiah, Born 1742, Died 1767

    James Booth, son of James Booth, died March 19, 1809, age 75
    Abigail Ann, wife of James Booth, died Aug 11, 1817, age 78.
    Their Children were:
    Abel, Born 1757, Died 1777
    Sarah, Born 1759, Died 1841
    Hezekiah, Born 1762, Died 1819
    James, Born 1765, Died 1766
    Abigail Ann, Born 1766, Died ___.
    Betsey, Born 1768, Died 1825
    Charity, Born1771, Died 1810
    Amy, Born 1773, Died 1844
    James, Born 1776, Died ___.
    Abel, b 1780, Died _____.


    (South Side)

    John Booth, son of James Booth, Born Aug 3, 1736, Died Dec 2, 1822
    Lucy, Wife of John Booth & Daughter of Henry & Ann Curtiss, Born March 1, 1741, Died Sept 17, 1817.
    Their Children were:
    John, Born 1764, Died 1825
    William, Born 1765, Drowned 1810.
    Josiah, Born 1768; Died 1772
    Mary, Born 1770, Died 1772
    David, Born 1771, Died 1792
    Josiah, Born 1773, Died 1852
    Elijah, Born 1776.
    Isaac, Born 1783, Drowned 1810.

    (East Side)

    Richard Booth, From England, one of the first settlers in this town in 1639.
    Born 1606. Age 82 years in 1688. Date of death unknown. Their children were:
    Elizabeth, Born 1641
    Ann, Born 1643
    Ephraim, Born 1648
    Ebenezer, Born 1651
    John, Bprn 1653
    Joseph, Born 1656
    Bethya, Born 1658
    Johanna, Born 1661
    Sarah A, the WIFE of John C Booth, died March 8, 1849, age 39 yrs.
    John Henry, the son of John C & Sarah A Booth, died Dec 6, 1848, age 1 yrs & 7 mos.



    (A Monument)
    Capt. William Booth, was drowned off Cape Cod, Oct 18, 1810, aged 45 yrs.
    Mary Ann, Wife of Capt. Wm. Booth, Died July 22, 1851, aged 83 yrs.
    David, son of Wm. & Mary Ann Booth, was drowned off Cape Cod, Oct 18, 1810, aged 18 yrs.


    In Memory of Capt. William Booth, aged 45 years, and his son David Booth, aged 17 years; and of Isaac Booth, Aged 27 years. Who were all drowned in Boston-Bay on the 18th day of Oct. A.D. 1810.


    Also in memory of David Booth, who died at New York, Dec 23d, 1792, Aged 21 years.


    Mr. Zechariah Booth, 1762. (This is the footstone, of fine slate. The head-stone has been broken off at the ground, and is not to be found.


    Here lyes ye Body of Mrs. Ann Booth, Wife to Mr. Zechariah Booth. Who died May 18th, 1733, in ye 37 Year of her Age.


     
    Linked to Booth, Captain Agur
    Booth, James
    Booth, Captain James
    Booth, John
    Booth, Joseph
    Booth, Zechariah
    Clark, Martha
    Curtiss, Anna
    Wilcoxson, Hannah 

  •  Notes 
    • P. 203 Burying Places -- Before the second meeting-house was built or any action taken to secure that end, it became apparent to the people of the town that the first burying-ground was in the wrong place -- could not be extended to meet the wants of the community and that another must be secured. Hence, in 1676, the town appointed a committee to select and lay out such a place, but the work was delayed until February 1677-8, when it was completed. Of those who died before the new ground began to be occupied, the town records furnish only the following list: