Matthew GRANT

1601 - 1681  (80 years)

• Name	Matthew GRANT  [1]
  	Matthew Grant, the progenitor and emigrant ancestor of the Grant family of New England, was b. in England on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1601. He came to this country May 30, 1630, in the good Ship Mary and John and landed at Dorchester, Mass. He was admitted a freeman in the Massachusetts Colony in 1631, but did not long remain in Dorchester, for as early as 1635, he took an active part in forming the company that migrated to Windsor, Conn., and went with them to that place, and was elected first town clerk thereof, which office he held for a good many years. he also held the position of town surveyor, and took a prominent part in the organization, and also in transplanting the congregational Church there, which had been previously formed in Plymouth, England, and first transplanted in Dorchester, Conn. [1]
  Birth	27 Oct 1601	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Dec 1681  [1]
  Person ID	I88733	Main Tree
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Priscilla ?,   b. 27 Feb 1600   d. 27 Apr 1644 (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1625  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel GRANT,   b. 12 Nov 1631, Stonington, New London Co. Connecticut d. 10 Sep 1718 (Age 86 years)   2. John GRANT,   b. 30 Apr 1642, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 22 Jul 1684, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 42 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F36626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Susannah CHAPEN   d. 14 Nov 1666
  Marriage	29 May 1645  [1]
  Family ID	F36627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Oct 1601 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut.