- Two imperfect wills were set aside, and distribution made by consent of heirs as follows: to Bethia Goodhue, John Grafton, John Gardner (for his ch. by wife Priscilla, ) the two sons of Joseph Jr., dec.; the three daus. of Nathaniel; to Mary Meade, William and Edmund Herfield, Robert Kitchin and his three sisters, Mary Fox, Elizabeth Colyer and Samuel Gardner, Jr.
Joshua Salem 1649.
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- Joseph GRAFTON 1 was born 1596 in Of Southwold, Suffolk, England. He died 24 Jun 1682 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and was buried 1681/1683 in Gardner, ?, Salem, MA. Joseph was baptized 16 Jun 1941. He was endowed 10 Sep 1941. Joseph married Mary MOORE on 1622 in England. They were sealed 25 Jun 1943. [Parents]
Mary MOORE was born 1600 in ., Southwold, Suffolk, England. She died Nov 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts and was buried in Gardner, ?, Salem, MA. She was sealed to her parents on 15 Feb 1956 in the Idaho Falls temple. Mary was baptized 29 Sep 1942. She was endowed 16 Dec 1942.
Joseph Grafton, mariner, Salem, 1636. Master of the bark Endeavor in 1641. Made a successful voyage to Pemaquid and Boston in 1639. Goodwife Grafton desired of the town a lot for her mother at the end of her husband's lot in 1637 Ch. Joseph Bapt 24 (11) 1636, John Bapt 28 (2) 1639, and Nathaniel Bapt 24 (2) 1642.
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Joseph Grafton: was a Salem sea captain and merchant who had a ketch of forty tons which on May 17, 1640 made a voyage to Pemaquid and brought back some twenty cows, oxen with hay and water for them to the bay. Later, Grafton got mixed up in the LaTour - D'Aulnay controvery, losing his ship. He settled in Salem by 1636. He left a considerable estate and shares in several vessels at his death.
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