William  GRANT

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William GRANT was born abt. 1784 in Stonington, Crown Colony of Connecticut

William GRANT was the child of Oliver GRANT   and   Hannah FANNING and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Oliver GRANT and Ann Borodel BILLINGS (maternal)  William FANNING and Ann MINOR (MINER)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

William  married  Mercy Adelaide AVERY abt. 1810 in Preston, Connecticut, USA .  The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Mercy Adelaide AVERY  was born 14 May 1781 in Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck).  Mercy Adelaide died 12 January 1861 in Preston, Connecticut, USA (Poquetanuck).  Mercy Adelaide was the child of Isaac AVERY and Mercy WILLIAMS.

William GRANT died 5 January 1816 in At Sea*.





CAPTAIN GRANT'S 1754
POQUETANUCK, CT

CAPTAIN GRANTS INN was originally built by Captain William Gonzales Grant in 1754 for his wife Mercy Adelaide Avery. Grant died at sea, while Mercy lived into her 80s and the home continued to house three generations of the Grant Family. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers used the home as a Garrison, and during the Civil War, the home protected runaway slaves.
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There's an issue with dates here? How can this be right? Was the inn built after 1754 or was it built by someone else and then bought by Captain Grant?

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