Grafton Family

• Joseph Grafton (1596-1682)

Joseph Grafton

b.1596 of Southwold, Suffolk, England
d.Jun 24, 1682 Salem, MA
m.(1)bef.1622 in England; Mary Moore
b.1600 Southwold, Suffolk, England d/o Thomas Moore and Ann ______
d.bef. 1622 in England
m.(2)bef.Jun 1676 Bethia Ray d.Dec. 6, 1688 in Ipswich, MA; d/o Daniel Ray and Bethia ______

CHILDREN of Joseph and Mary:

1. Elizabeth Grafton b.1622/25 d.1678/9 m.(1) 1636 Salem, MA John Saunders m.(2)Oct. 28, 1643 John Kitchen
2. Priscilla Grafton b.1626 Salem, MA d.1717 Natucket, MA m.Feb. 20, 1654 John Gardner
3. Joseph Grafton b.Jan. 24, 1637 Salem, MA d.Feb. 1671 in Barbadoes m.(1)Oct. 29, 1659 in Hingham, MA Hannah Hobart m.(2)June 30, 1664 in Hingham, MA Elizabeth Brown
4. John Grafton b.Feb. 28, 1639 d.Nov. 24, 1671 in Barbadoes m.Apr. 6, 1665 Elizabeth Maverick
5. Nathaniel Grafton b.Apr. 24, 1642 Salem, MA d.Feb. 11, 1670 in Barbadoes m.Apr. 6, 1665 Elizabeth Maverick

From Directory of Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: JOSEPH, mariner and merchant, freeman at Salem, Mass., 1637.

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