Career
The marriage produced 6 children:
William Stretton April 1755 - 12 March 1828
Ann 1757 - 11 April 1820
Elizabeth 1759
Mary 1760
Samuel Stretton 1761
Sarah 1763
He died on 11 May 1811, and was buried on 16 May at Lenton. Buildings by Samuel Stretton include:
1769-1772 the first powered Cotton Mill erected in England, driven by horses turning a capstan. 1776 Colwick Hall
1777 the Grand Stand on Nottingham Racecourse.
1789 Nottingham Town Jail.
1792 Evans, Storer and Green Brewery, Poplar Place, Lenton, Nottingham at a cost of £15,000 (£1,539,113 as of 2016). This brewery only survived for two years.
1792 Lenton Hall, now part of Hugh Stewart Hall at the University of Nottingham.