Saturday, January 24, 2015

Surname Saturday - GRANT (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1083 who is  Mary GRANT (1648-1700) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this GRANT family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)


66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

134.  Jeremiah Knowlton (1745-1785)
135.  Abigail Pierce (1750-1776)

270.  Samuel Pierce (1712-1772)
271.  Abigail Stearns (1715-1798)

540.  John Pierce (1673-1744)
541.  Elizabeth Smith (1674-1747)

1082.  Daniel Smith, born 27 September 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 07 June 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2164. Daniel Smith and 2165. Elizabeth Rogers.  He married 22 February 1668 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1083.  Mary Grant, born 22 February 1648 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1700 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States.  

Children of Daniel Smith and Mary Grant are:
*  Daniel Smith (1669-1718), married 1693 Hannah Coolidge (1671-1750).
*  Grace Smith (1671-1714), married Richard Otis (1665-????).
*  John Smith (1672-1739), married 1694 Susannah Chesley (1668-1746).
*  Elizabeth Smith (1674-1747), married 1702 John Peirce (1673-1744).
*  Sarah Smith (1675-????).
*  Abigail Smith (1678-????).
*  Joseph Smith (1680-1742), married 1705 Hannah.

2166.  Christopher Grant, born 1608 in England; died 06 September 1685 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1635 in probably England.
2167.  Mary, born about 1612 in England; died 19 January 1692 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Christopher Grant and Mary are:
*  Abigail Grant (1635-????), married 1661 Roger Rose.
*  Joshua Grant (1637-1676), married 1670 Sarah Beckwith (1650-????).
*  Caleb Grant (1639-1694), married 1671 Mary.
*  Benjamin Grant (1641-1670), married 1664 Mary Beckwith (1643-1693).
*  Sarah Grant (1643-1690), married 1666 Samuel Seaverns.
*  Joseph Grant (1646-1722), married 1684 Mary Grafton (1646-????).
*  Mary Grant (1648-1700), married 1668 Daniel Smith (1642-1681).
*  Christopher Grant (1649-1694), married 1684 Martha Glover (1650-????).

Information about the Christopher Grant family was obtained from:

Robert Charles Anderson (editor), The Great Migration, 1634-1635, Volume 3, F-H (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), pages 126-132.

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