Surname Saturday -- GRANT (England to colonial New England)

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 #1169 who is Frances GRANT  (1634-1708) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations of 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)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zavhariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

72.  Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1828)
73.  Elizabeth Keyes (1759-1793)

146.  Jonathan Keyes (1722-1781)
147.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1720-1761)

292.  Joseph Keyes (1698-1744)
293.  Elizabeth Fletcher (1698-1775)

584.  Joseph Keyes (1667-1757)
585.  Joanna Cleveland (1670-1758)

1168.  Solomon Keyes, born about 1631 in England; died 28 March 1702 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2336. Robert Keyes and 2337. Sarah.  He married 02 October 1653 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
1169.  Frances Grant, born before 12 June 1634 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died 1708 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Solomon Keyes and Frances Grant are:
*  Hannah Keyes (1654-1717), married (1) 1674 John Boynton (1647-????); (2) 1692 Gershom Flagg (1669-????).
*  Sarah Keyes (1656-1718), married 1678 Samuel foster (1656-????).
*  Mary Keyes (1658-????), married (1) Moses Foster (1655-????); (2) 1711 Christopher Osgood (1675-????).
*  Jane Keyes (1660-1681), married 1680 Samuel Cleaveland (1657-1736).
*  Judith Keyes (1662-1705), married 1680 Eli Foster (1656-1718).
*  Solomon Keyes (1665-1709), married 1701 Mary Robbins (1678-1708).
*  Joseph Keyes (1667-1757), married 1690 Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758).
*  Ruth Keyes (1669-1671).
*  Moses Keyes (1671-1746), married 1693 Mehitable Kemp (1672-1768).
*  John Keyes (1674-1768), married 1696 Mary Eames (1677-1772).
*  Stephen Keyes (1678-1714), married 1706 Anna Robbins (1680-????).

2338.  Thomas Grant, born before 12 February 1601 in Hessle, Yorkshire, England; died 1643 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4476. John Grant and 4677. Jane Watson.  He married 21 September 1624 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England.
2339.  Jane Haburne, born before 10 October 1602 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died 16 February 1696 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4678. Ralph Haburne and 4679. Maud Jeckles.

Children of Thomas Grant and Jane Haburne are:
*  Jane Grant (1626-1626).
*  John Grant (1628-1696), married 1652 Mary Hunt (1631-1697).
*  George Grant (1629-1629).
*  Hannah Grant (1631-1716), married (1) 1650 Edward Hazen (1614-1683); (2) 1684 George Brown (1622-1699).
*  Frances Grant (1634-1708), married 1653 Solomon Keyes (1631-1702).
*  Ann Grant (1637-1718), married 1658 Robert Emerson (1612-1694).

Information about this Grant family was obtained from:

*  Tracy Elliot Hazen, Donald Lines Jacobus, Robert Hazen, The Hazen Family in America : a genealogy (Thomaston, Conn. : R. Hazen, 1947). 

*  Several Massachusetts town vital record books.

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