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Carney & Wehofer Family
Genealogy Pages
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 1601 - 1681 (80 years)
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| Name |
Matthew GRANT |
| Born |
27 Oct 1601 |
Woolbridge, Dorsetshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
C2CABC32BB5B4C4F8CEE83C7756C73E92CF2 |
| Died |
16 Dec 1681 |
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Person ID |
I23399 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
5 Jan 2006 |
| Father |
John GRANT, b. 6 May 1573, Roxby, Yorkshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
Alice TURBERVILLE, b. 1577, Woolbridge, Dorsetshire, England , d. 31 May 1640, France (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
7 Jul 1600 |
France |
| Family ID |
F8901 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Priscilla GREY, b. 27 Feb 1601, Banbury, Leicestershire, England , d. 27 Apr 1644, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 43 years) |
| Married |
16 Nov 1625 |
Devonshire, England |
| Children |
| | 1. Priscilla GRANT, b. 14 Sep 1626, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 21 Oct 1669, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 43 years) |
| | 2. Samuel GRANT, b. 12 Nov 1631, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 10 Sep 1718, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 86 years) |
| | 3. Tahan GRANT, b. 3 Feb 1634, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts , d. 30 May 1693, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 59 years) |
| | 4. Matthew GRANT, b. 10 Sep 1639, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 10 Sep 1639, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 0 years) |
| | 5. John GRANT, b. 30 Apr 1642, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 22 Jul 1684, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 42 years) |
| | 6. Noah GRANT, b. 1643, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 1727 (Age 84 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F8747 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- BIOGRAPHY: [Borderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2235, Date of Import: Nov 9, 1997] BY BERYL N GRANT CLAN GRANT GENEA LOGIST THE ENGLISH GRANTS Research on two early lines of Grants who came to America in the early 1600's, trace them to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire,England. I refer to the Matthew Grant born 1601 in Dorset and who with his wife Priscilla emigrated from Plymouth to Dorchester,MA on the ship Mary and John, and who was one of the founders of Windsor,CT, His father,John Grant, b.1574(wife Alice Turberville of Woolbridge,Dorset) was the son of George Grant,son of John Grant and Jane Belford who married in Roxby in 1570. This information was reported at the 6th reunion of the Grant Family Association in NY City in 1914. This family traces back in Roxby,Yorkshire to one William Graunt living in the middle of the 15th century. there is question as to the location of Roxby, whether in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire. There is a Roxby,Lincolnshire located nine miles SW of Barton-on-Humber,Yorkshire. Lord Strathspey's book on the History of Clan Grant traces the Chiefs of the Clan back to Sir Laurence Le Grant(1258-1266) , son of William and Aldreda, who was sheriff of Inverness in 1263. A history of the Grants by Archie McKerracher traces the surname of Grant to a Norman knight,Le Grant who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. His descendent, William Le Grant, held lands in Nottinghamshire(near Lincolnshire and Yorkshire,England) through his wife Aldreda who was a member of the Bissett family who had been granted land around Stratherick and Beauly in the Moray Firth area of Scotland. An article by Maran McCormick also states the Anglo-Norman origin and that William and Alfreda Bissett Grant held manor of East Bridgeford in Nottinghamshire, England. This account also states that there is a claim to descent from Kenneth MacAlpine,King of Scotland in the 9th century. Many of our clan members who trace their families back to England are wondering about their ties to Scotland. In many cases scots moved down to England,particularly Yorkshire, for economic reasons as this was one of the centers of the woolen trade. It might also be that this family might be descended from the Le Grants who settled in this corner of the Midlands of England and would be related very distantly to the Grants in Scotland. In either case I feel that if one were able to trace far enough on the Yorkshire Grants(which I feel has already been done to the best of anyone's ability) they would find that either of the above reasons would be valid. BIOGRAPHY: Most information on Matthew is from the Grant Family History On March 20, 1630 he embarked with his family, on the "Mary and John" at Plymouth England, they reached Boston Harbor May 30, 1630. The family settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts and he was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631 but with many others, he disliked the close union of church and state that characterized the colony of Massachusetts Bay, as well as the growing tendency to establish the government in the hands of a privileged class, and to minimize the voice of the people in the conduct of their own affairs. Accordingly, in October 1635 he went overland to the Connecticut River with the party that prepared for the settlement of Windsor, his family probably did not go at that time but joined him the following April. There freed from the tramma of a royal charter, he assisted in forming a true democracy, the germ from which American political institutions have grown. His claim was in the Palasades next to the town lot. This he gave to his son John with whom he spent his declining years. It is said he was a carpenter. He was the first and for many years the principal surveyed; deacon of the first church; recorder, (town clerk) 1652-57 townsman, (selectman) many years, frequently receiving the highest number of votes; on the committee to lay out the bounds between Windsor and Hartford in 1651 and 1660, and to view the state of the town in 1651 and 1654 The absence of records makes it impossible to give a complete list of the many offices he held, but he was one of the important men of the town. Of him Dr. Stiles says in his History of Ancient Windsor: "Few men indeed filled so large a place in the early history of Windsor, or filled it so well as honest Matthew Grant; His name figures in almost every place of trust and the early records of the town show that his duties were always conscientiously performed" In 1654 he compiled "A Book of Records of Town Ways in Windsor" He was also the compiler of the " Old Church Record " which has furnished the basis for the histories of most of the families of ancient Windsor. He was the type of the best settlers of New England and left to his descendants an untarnished name, and the example of an unswerving fidelity to the public trusts committed to him, for he quaintly comments on his own work " I have been careful to do nothing on one man's desire. Indeed, Matthew Grant was one of the most influential persons involved in the establishment of Windsor. In addition to being the town's surveyor for several years, he served as its Town Clerk for some terms. He maintained a thorough volume called the Old Church Records, which is one of the most important records documenting Windsor's early history. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page.
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