Matthew Grant | |
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| Born | October 27, 1601 |
| Died | December 16, 1681 (aged 80) |
| Occupations | Surveyor, carpenter, clerk, farmer |
| Relatives | Jesse Root Grant (8th great-grandson), Ulysses S. Grant (9th great-grandson) |
Matthew Grant (October 27, 1601 - December 16, 1681) was an English-American carpenter, surveyor, the patriarch of the Grant family, and the 9th great-grandfather of Ulysses S. Grant.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Matthew was born in Exeter, England to John Grant (1573-1640) and Alice Turberville (1577-1640). John was an Anglican vicar in Roxby, Yorkshire and Alice was the daughter of an English Lord in Woolbridge.[5][6] On November 16, 1625, Matthew married Priscilla Grey (1601-1644).[1][3][7]
On March 30, 1630, Matthew, Priscilla and his son Peter immigrated to Boston Harbor aboard the Mary and John.[1] From there they traveled to Conneticut and Matthew became a carpenter in Dorchester and a worked as a surveyor in the Windsor area.[8] He also worked as the town's first clerk and maintained the local church's records. He also maintained a farm on the outskirts of the town. Priscilla died in 1644 and Matthew died in 1681 at his farm.[1][3][7][9][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Team, MSU Libraries DIWS (2021-03-05). "Genealogy | Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library". www.usgrantlibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
- ^ REUNION OF GRANTS by Francis Talbert
- ^ a b c Grant, Arthur Hastings (1898). The Grant Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn. 1601-1898. Press of A. V. Haight.
- ^ a b Connecticut Historical Society; Grant, Matthew (1930). Some early records and documents of and relating to the town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703. University of Connecticut Libraries. Hartford, Connecticut historical society.
- ^ Scotish history and Roxbury, Yorkshire, England parish register
- ^ Albert Goldsborough “Memorials of the Goldesborough Family” (1930). pages 159-212
- ^ a b The Rockwell family in America. A genealogical record, from 1630 to 1873 by Rockwell, Henry Ensign
- ^ Grant, Ulysses S. (2017-10-16). The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-97629-0.
- ^ Burke, Arthur Meredyth (1908). The Prominent Families of the United States of America. Sackville Press, Limited.