The Grafton family of Salem
By: by Henry Wyckoff Belknap
Publisher: Essex Institute
Published: 1928
Place of publication: Salem, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
Subjects: Genealogy
Description: Joseph Grafton was in Salem, Massachusetts as early as 1636. "It is not known from what part of England Joseph Grafton came ... ".--P. (1). His first wife was Mary, daughter of Thomas and Ann Moore of Southwold, England. They had at least five children. After her death in 1674, Joseph married Bethia Rea (Ray), daughter of Daniel Rea and widow of Captain Thomas Lathrop. After Joseph died (about 1682) in Barbadoes, Bethia married Deacon William Goodhue. She died in 1686. Descendants remained in New England.
Notes: "Reprinted from the historical collection of The Essex Institute, volume LXIV."