Matthew GRANT

Born

27 October 1601 , Exeter, Devon, England

Died

16 December 1681 , Windsor, Connecticut Colony

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Born: 27 October 1601 in Exeter, Devon, England

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Matthew was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1645.

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Matthew married Priscilla UNKNOWN 16 November 1625 in England . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Priscilla UNKNOWN was born abt. 1601 in England. Priscilla died 27 April 1644 in Windsor, New Haven Colony .

Matthew married (2) Susannah CAPEN 29 May 1645 in Windsor, New Haven Colony . Susannah CAPEN was born 11 April 1602 in Dorchester, Dorset, England . Susannah died 13 November 1666 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony . Susannah was the child of Bernard CAPEN and Joan PURCHASE.

Matthew GRANT died 16 December 1681 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony .
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Matthew GRANT

Matthew GRANT married

Priscilla UNKNOWN
Marriage date: 16 November 1625
Marriage place: , England

Children of Matthew GRANT and Priscilla UNKNOWN

Samuel GRANT

Born: 12 November 1631, Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 10 September 1718, East Windsor, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: Mary PORTER 27 May 1658 Place: East Windsor, New Haven Colony

Matthew GRANT married

Susannah CAPEN
Marriage date: 29 May 1645
Marriage place: Windsor, New Haven Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

Susannah CAPEN was the child of Bernard CAPEN and Joan PURCHASE

Marriage notes:

"Matthew (1601-1681) & 2-wf Susanna (CAPEN) ROCKWELL (1602-1666), w William; 29 May 1645; Windsor, CT {Windsor CT VR 125, 249; Reg. 21:174; Warner-Harrington 100, 251, 548; Windsor CT 2:303, 648; Goodwin-Morgan 106; Booth (1910) 29; Dillon Anc. 17, 31; Crary-Dunham 152; Rockwell 66; Dunham-Boyd 250; Hartford Prob. 1:312; TAG 9:55; Capen 13}"

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Birth — 1601
27 October 1601
Exeter, Devon, England

1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1625 Marriage / Partner
Matthew GRANT and Priscilla UNKNOWN 16 November 1625, , England (United Kingdom)

He was 24 years old.

1631 Birth of Child
Samuel GRANT was born 12 November 1631, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA (Neponset)

Matthew was 30 years old.

1644 Death of Spouse/Partner
Priscilla UNKNOWN died 27 April 1644, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

1645 Marriage / Partner
Matthew GRANT and Susannah CAPEN 29 May 1645, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

He was 43 years old.

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

1658 Marriage of Child
Samuel GRANT married 27 May 1658, East Windsor, New Haven Colony to Mary PORTER

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Death of Spouse/Partner
Susannah CAPEN died 13 November 1666, Windsor, Connecticut, USA (Poquonock)

1681 Death

1681 GRANT MATHEW GRANT DYED DECEMBER 16 1681 DEATH

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.

Will

Taken 10 January, 1681-2, by Thomas Dible sen., John Loomis.

'I Matthew Grant of Windsor, beinge aged and under present weakness, yet of Competency of understandinge, doe by this declare my Last Will concerning the dispose of my Estate as followeth: 1st, I doe declare that my son Samuel, my eldest son, is already satisfied with the portion I made over to him in Lands already recorded to him, and that is my will concerning him. 2dly, Concerninge my son Tahan, my will is that he shall have as a legassy, payd to hime in Country paye by my son John, the full some of five pounds, and this to bee payd two yeers after my decease. Alsoe I doe appoynt hime to gather upp all the debts oweinge to me in this towne or elsewhere, and my will is hee my son Tahan shall have them for his owne. 3dly, my will is that my son John, with whome I have lived some time, I doe give to hime all my meadow land in the great meadow; also I give to hime my pasture land lyeinge belowe the hill agaynst Thomas

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