Edward GRANNIS

Born

abt. 1630 , England

Died

10 December 1719 , New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Edward married Elizabeth ANDREWS 3 May 1655 in Hartford, New Haven Colony . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Elizabeth ANDREWS was born abt. 1633 in Connecticut, New England. Elizabeth died 21 March 1656 in Hartford, New Haven Colony. Elizabeth was the child of William ANDREWS and Abigail GRAVES .

Edward married Hannah WAKEFIELD abt. 1662 in Hartford, New Haven Colony . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Hannah WAKEFIELD was born 29 December 1644 in New Haven, New Haven Colony . Hannah died abt. 1711 in North Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut. Hannah was the child of John WAKEFIELD and Anne LITTLEFIELD .

Parents & Family of Edward GRANNIS

Parents of Edward GRANNIS

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Mother

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Grandparents of Edward GRANNIS

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Edward was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1649.

Immigration to the United States: A Genealogist’s Perspective

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: shoemaker

The cordonnier, or shoemaker (a cordwainer in England), was a craftsman who manufactured shoes, boots, and other types of footwear. He knew how to create, with his own hands, the entire shoe from the sole to the upper. He was the cutter, fitter, designer, and polisher... Some shoemakers sold their shoes to merchants, but the majority sold their own shoes, either from their workshop or by going door-to-door selling their wares.
Source: tfcq.ca

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Edward GRANNIS

Edward GRANNIS married

Elizabeth ANDREWS
Marriage date: 3 May 1655
Marriage place: Hartford, New Haven Colony
Elizabeth ANDREWS was the child of William ANDREWS and Abigail GRAVES

Marriage notes:

1655 GRANNIS EDWARD GRANNIS OF HARTFORD WAS MARRIED TO ELIFABETH ANDREWES OF FFARMINGTON THE DAUGHTER OF WILL : ANDREWES OF HARTFORD MAY 3D 1655

VITAL RECORDS OF HARTFORD, WINDSOR AND FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT, 1631 TO 1691. (ONLINE DATABASE. NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2009.) ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS: BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS RETURNED FROM HARTFORD, WINDSOR, AND FAIRFIELD, AND ENTERED IN THE EARLY LAND RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT : VOLUMES I AND II OF LAND RECORDS AND NO. D OF COLONIAL DEEDS, TRANSCRIBED AND EDITED BY EDWIN STANLEY WELLES. HARTFORD, CONN.: CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD CO, 1898.

Children of Edward GRANNIS and Elizabeth ANDREWS

Joseph GRANNIS

Born: 31 March 1656, Hartford, New Haven Colony
Died: abt. 1677, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Edward GRANNIS married

Hannah WAKEFIELD
Marriage date: abt. 1662
Marriage place: Hartford, New Haven Colony
Hannah WAKEFIELD was the child of John WAKEFIELD and Anne LITTLEFIELD

Marriage notes:

505. Edward Grannis * Dec 1719

Husband of 506

506. Hannah Wakefield (Edward) Grannis

Daughter of John and Ann(101); born 1644, wife of 505

Source:

Title Historical catalogue of the members of the First Church of Christ in New Haven, Connecticut (Center Church): A.D. 1639-1914, Parts 1639-1914

Author Franklin Bowditch Dexter

Publisher s.n., 1914

Original from the University of Michigan

Digitized Oct 9, 2007

Length 469 pages

Page 36

Children of Edward GRANNIS and Hannah WAKEFIELD

Hannah GRANNIS

Born: abt. 1665, , Connecticut Colony
Died: abt. 1692, New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: John HILL 13 January 1680 Place: New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Mehitabel (Mabel) GRANNIS

Born: abt. 1667, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Died: 9 December 1745, Durham, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: John JOHNSON 2 March 1684 Place: New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Abigail GRANNIS

Born: abt. 1668, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Died: abt. 1759, Elizabeth, Crown Colony of New Jersey

Married: John ALLING 20 March 1688 Place: New Haven, Connecticut, Dominion of New England

Sarah GRANNIS

Born: 20 October 1671, Hadley, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

John GRANNIS

Born: 5 December 1674, Hadley, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 10 September 1740, North Branford, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Elizabeth BROCKETT 12 October 1704 Place: , Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary CHUBB 10 January 1716 Place: New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Joseph GRANNIS

Born: 12 March 1676, Watertown, Connecticut Colony
Died: abt. 1753, East Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Hannah RUSSELL 3 November 1702 Place: New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Anne GRANNIS

Born: 8 November 1679, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Died: 4 June 1742, New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Moses BROCKETT 8 January 1706 Place: New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut

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Edward GRANNIS - Page 74 Title One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960 Authors R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood Edition illustrated Publisher

Page 74
Title One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
Authors R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Edition illustrated
Publisher RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
Length 264 pages

NOTE: MUCH MORE IN THIS BOOK ABOUT THIS FAMILY

New Haven, Connecticut - 1649

'Edward Grannis... first appears in colonial records in New Haven when, on October 2, 1649, the New Haven General Court fined him '18 d. for want of Worme, Scourer and Flints.' At the time, all residents were required to bear arms and provide themselves with 'a good serviceable gun and four of five good flints fitted for every firelock piece, all in good order and ready for any sudden occasion, service or view.' Edward Grannis, at about 20 years old, was old enough to be armed.'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Page 74

New Haven, Connecticut - 1652

'Grannis' name appears again in March 1, 1652, when, as an employee of miller John Wakefield, he was witness in a case against Thomas Langden, who was accused of beating and threatening to kill his wife, and of killing and eating three hogs owned by Rev. Peter Prudden.'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Pages 74-75

1655 Marriage / Partner
Edward GRANNIS and Elizabeth ANDREWS 3 May 1655, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1656 Death of Spouse/Partner
Elizabeth ANDREWS died 21 March 1656, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

1656 Birth of Child
Joseph GRANNIS was born 31 March 1656, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Hartford, Connecticut - 1666

'Family tradition holds that Edward Grannis was of Norman origin and that he had been baptized in the Established Church in England. Evidence of this is in Hartford when on November 22, 1666, Edward Grannis joined other, former members of the Anglican (Established) Church, and asked for permission to become members of the First Church of Hartford, a Puritan congregation. This Norman view coincides with another family tradition that holds the name Grannis was of Flemis origin and that many of that name reside in Belgium.'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Page 74

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

Hadley, Massachusetts - 1671

'On March 18, 1671, Edward sold three parcels of land he owned in Hartford and moved to Hadley, Massachusetts...'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Page 75

1671 Birth of Child
Sarah GRANNIS was born 20 October 1671, Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

1674 Birth of Child
John GRANNIS was born 5 December 1674, Hadley, Massachusetts, USA

1676 Birth of Child
Joseph GRANNIS was born 12 March 1676, Watertown, Connecticut, USA (Oakville)

New Haven, Connecticut - 1677

'In the wake of King Philp's War, the Grannis family left Hadley in 1677 and returned to New Haven where they took up residence in a section of North Haven called Montowese.'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Page 76

1679 Birth of Child
Anne GRANNIS was born 8 November 1679, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (Westville)

1680 Marriage of Child
Hannah GRANNIS married 13 January 1680, New Haven, Connecticut Colony to John HILL

1684 Marriage of Child
Mehitabel (Mabel) GRANNIS married 2 March 1684, New Haven, Connecticut Colony to John JOHNSON

1688 Marriage of Child
Abigail GRANNIS married 20 March 1688, New Haven, Connecticut, Dominion of New England to John ALLING

New Haven, Connecticut - 1696

'...on June 28, 1696 were admitted as members of the First Church of New Haven. New Haven records identifyy Eward as a 'cordwainer,' a tanner and worker of leather. Hannah died in North Haven in 1711 and was buried in Montowese Cemetery, where a small red sandstone marker reads: HG 1711. Edward Grannis died in New Haven December 10, 1719 and is buried in Montowese Cemetery, where a red sandstone marker reads: EG Dec 10 1719'

Source:
One Life at a Time: A New World Family Narrative, 1630-1960
By R. Thomas Collins, Joseph S. Wood
Contributor Joseph S. Wood
Edition: illustrated
Published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0966788303, 9780966788303
244 pages
Page 76

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1702 Marriage of Child
Joseph GRANNIS married 3 November 1702, New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Hannah RUSSELL

1704 Marriage of Child
John GRANNIS married 12 October 1704, , Crown Colony of Connecticut to Elizabeth BROCKETT

1706 Marriage of Child
Anne GRANNIS married 8 January 1706, New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Moses BROCKETT

1716 Marriage of Child
John GRANNIS married 10 January 1716, New Haven, Crown Colony of Connecticut to Mary CHUBB

Death

Grannis '...Edward, of Hartford, Hadley, Mass. & NH, d 10 Dec 1719 NHV'

Source:
Families of Ancient New Haven. (Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as New Haven genealogical magazine. vols. I-VIII. Compiled by Donald Lines Jacobus. 8 vols. Rome, New York: Clarence D. Smith, 1923-1932.
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