Samuel STRATTON ( - )

1 Samuel STRATTON¹ ( - ) [1425].

2 Abijah STRATTON¹ ( - ) [1432]. Marr Mary LEARNED 3 Jun 1747.¹

3 Mary LEARNED¹ (1729- ) [1437]. Born 18 Sep 1729.¹

6 Edward LEARNED^1,2,3 (1705-1775) [1365]. Born 2 Dec 1705.^1,2 Marr Sarah LELAND 25 Dec 1728.¹ Marr Abigail MOORE 1737.^1,3 Marr Sarah FULLER 25 Aug 1748.¹ Died 9 Sep 1775.^1,2

From: The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learned in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Learned, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882.

"EDWARD4 (Benoni3, Isaac2, William1), of Sherborn; m., Dec. 25, 1728, Sarah, dau. of Henry and Mary (Morse) Leland, of Sudbury, b. Aug. 15, 1710. She d. May 17, 1736, and he m., second, in 1737, Abigail Morse, of Sudbury. She d. Sept. 22, 1745, at the birth of a child named after her; and he m., third, Aug. 25, 1748, Sarah Fuller, of Newton, b. Oct. 10, 1720, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Fuller. She d. Jan. 11, 1783. He d. Sept. 9, 1775. Admin. granted at Sherborn, 1776. He inherited the homestead; was selectman in 1745; captain in 1750, 1755; appointed a committee to provide entertainment at the ordination of Rev. Samuel Look, Oct. 11, 1759. His third wife, Sarah, had been m., Sept. 30, 1741, to Doct. Henry Pratt, of Medway, who seems to have d. in 1745. By him she had a dau. Beulah, b. 1743, probably m. Capt. Benjamin Bullard of Sherborn, and a son, Henry, b. in Newton, Feb. 14, 1746; who is mentioned in the will of Jonathan Fuller, dated Sept. 26, 1759, as the oldest son of his dau. Sarah Learned; and is also mentioned in the order for the distribution of the estate of Amos Learned, deceased, Sept. 2, 1784, as one of the brothers of the deceased. Beulah Bullard also is mentioned in it as one of the sisters. The widow of Edward Learned, Jan. 6, 1778, presented an application to the Court of Probate, setting forth that she had brought to her husband about œ88 and asking for some provision for herself from the estate. His estate inventoried œ 604 17s. 2d.".

12 Benoni LEARNED^1,2 (1657-1738) [1367]. Born 27 Nov 1657, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA.^1,2,4 Christened 29 Nov 1657, Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA.² Marr Mary FANNING 16 Jun 1680, Sherbourn, Middlesex, MA.^1,5 Marr Sarah WRIGHT c. 1689, Sherborn, Middlesex County, MA.¹ Died 10 Apr 1738, Sherbourn, Middlesex, MA.¹

From: The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learned in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Learned, Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882.

"BENONI3 (Isaac2, William1), probably so named because he was born on the day of his father's death or within a day or two of that event; m., at Sherborn, June 18, 1680, Mary Fanning, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Daniel) Fanning, b. Oct. 27, 1662, who d. Oct. 14, 1688, in childbirth, and he m. second Sarah Wright, of Sudbury, who was received to the church (1690.) She d. Jan'y 25, 1736-7. He was the second deacon of the church, and was constable 1682; selectman, 1690, 1693, 1695, 1697, 1700, 1710. He was early in Sherborn and resided where the late Dr. Wythe resided. He is one of the signers to a petition for the settlement of difficulties in regard to the meeting house, to enable the people to settle Mr. Daniel Gookin, Oct. 13, 1680. (Minutes Gen. Court, vol. 112, p. 317.)
In 1699, he was on a committee for laying out lots, and had lots assigned to him; was rated 1686 for the Indian title, and drew 138 acres of land in Douglas; twelve years, selectman, one year, representative. One of the signers of agreement for government of Sherborn 1679, on committee for repairing meeting house 1706, with Corp. Isaac Learned and others.

In Judge Sewall's Journal under date of Wednesday, Apr. 14, 1703, Deacon Learned is mentioned as with him while he "renewed the bounds of the farm Moses Adams lives on." His name is signed to an agreement relative to lands in Bogestow, occurring in Sherborn records of births, 1688-9.

"The excellent Deacon Benoni Learned," says Rev. Mr. Morse, "served Sherborn as treasurer, selectman, representative in the general court, and for a long period in his early history his name is conspicuous, and it is evident that he was a man of sound and consistent piety." He died April 10th, 1738. His will, written Jan'y 12, 1736-7, proved April, 1738, mentions his wife Sarah; son Edward, heirs of son Thomas; grandson Benjamin Bond, son of daughter Mary; daughter Hannah, wife of James Leland; daughter Sarah, wife of Isaac Kendall; daughter Elizabeth, wife of Timothy Leland; daughter Tabitha Dewing's heirs; daughter Abigail; daughter Thankful; daughter Bathsheba, wife of Josiah Hendee. Edward was executor. No mention is made of a widow in the administration papers. His wife seems to have died a few days after the will was executed. Dr. Bond says she survived her husband; perhaps his reason for this statement is because she is named in the will. His second wife was a dau. of Capt. Edward Wright of Sudbury, and with others released her rights in her father's estate to her brother Samuel. June 15, 1708 Rec. of Deeds Midd. XVI. 491."

From: SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Publication -- No. 8 - COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN MASSACHUSETTS

"LEARNED, BENONI, 1657-1738, Sherborn, Mass. Soldier from Watertown in King Philip's War, 1676. Deputy to the General Court, 1701.".

13 Sarah WRIGHT² (1664-1736) [1368]. Born 17 Jan 1663/64, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA.² Died 25 Jan 1735/36, Sherborn, Middlesex, MA.¹

Received to the church in 1690.

7 Sarah LELAND¹ (1710-1736) [1413]. Born 15 Aug 1710.¹ Died 17 May 1736.¹

14 Henry LELAND¹ ( - ) [1415].

15 Mary MORSE¹ ( - ) [1411].

Sources

1	Joel Munsell's Sons, 1882, "The Learned Family, compiled by William Law Learened in part from the papers of the late Joseph Gay Eaton Larned".

2	"Ancestry.com World Family Tree".

3	Ethyl Stanwood Bolton, 1904, "Some Descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts".

4	Compiled by Ruth Ellsworth Richardson, 1974, "Samuel Richardson and Josiah Ellsworth; Some Descendents".

5	William Barry, 1847, "A History of Framington, Massachusetts".