Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Stratton was born in April 1775, in Fairfield Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States, her father, Levi Stratton, was 32 and her mother, Abigail Harris, was 33. She married Reuben Buck on 18 March 1792, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 7 October 1796, in her hometown, at the age of 21, and was buried in United States.
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Sources (14)
- Sarah Stratton, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Unknown, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Sarah S Buck, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
Spouse and Children
1766–1824 Male
1775–1796 Female
Children (3)
1793–1838 Female
1794–1824 Male
1796–1838 Female
Parents and Siblings
1743–1792 Male
1742–1785 Female
Siblings (4)
1775–1796 Female
1776–1800 Male
1778–1800 Female
1784–1840 Male
World Events (7)
1776
Age 1
1776
Age 1
1783 · A Free America
Age 8
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of several places called Stratton or Stretton, almost all named with Old English strǣt ‘paved road, Roman road’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Stratton in Cornwall, which may also be a partial source of the surname, probably has as its first element Cornish stras ‘valley’.
English: variant of Sturton, a habitational name from Sturton le Steeple (Nottinghamshire), Great Sturton (Lincolnshire), Sturton by Stow (Lincolnshire), or possibly Sturton (Northumberland), all of which placenames share the same etymology and early spellings as 1 above.
Scottish: habitational name from Straiton (Ayrshire), Straiton in Liberton (Midlothian), or South Straiton in Logie (Fife), all named with Old English strǣt ‘street, Roman road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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