Individual Details

Samuel Grant

(20 Apr 1659 - 8 May 1710)



Samuel Grant, ggggrandfather of Gen. and President Ulysses S. Grant, b. at Windsor, April 20, 1659; d. May 8, 1710; m. (1) at Windsor, Dec. 6, 1683, to Anna (or Hannah) Filley [b. at Windsor, Aug. 16, 1664; d. Apr. 18, 1686; daughter of Samuel Filley and Anna Gillet]; m. (2) at Stonington, April 11, 1688, to Grace Miner [b. at Simsbury, Sept. 20, 1670; d. April 16, 1753, "in 81st year"; daughter of John Miner and Elizabeth Booth]
Resided at East Windsor Hill; carpenter; owned cider-mill; part owner of saw-mill; widow kept tavern; she was a member of the church at East Windsor Hill, and he owned the covenant there, having previously held the same relation to the church at Windsor.

Buried Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford Co, CT
"Here lyeth the body of Samuel Grant ye son of Samuel Grant who decesed May the 8 - 1710 Aged 51 Years"

Events

Birth20 Apr 1659Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
Marriage6 Dec 1683Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut - Anna Filley
Marriage11 Apr 1688Stonington, New London, Connecticut - Grace Miner
Death8 May 1710Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Families

SpouseGrace Miner (1670 - 1753)
ChildHannah Grant (1689 - 1765)
ChildSamuel Grant III (1691 - 1751)
ChildNoah Grant (1693 - 1727)
ChildAbigail Grant (1695 - )
ChildEphraim Grant (1698 - 1785)
ChildDavid Grant (1703 - 1791)
ChildGrace Grant (1705 - 1752)
ChildEbenezer Grant (1706 - 1797)
SpouseAnna Filley (1664 - 1686)
ChildSarah Grant (1684 - )
FatherSAMUEL Grant (1631 - 1718)
MotherMARY Porter (1637 - )
SiblingJohn Grant (1664 - 1695)
SiblingMatthew Grant (1666 - 1734)
SiblingJosiah Grant (1668 - 1732)
SiblingNathaniel Grant (1672 - )
SiblingMARY Grant (1674 - 1718)
SiblingSara Grant (1678 - 1680)

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