Individual Details
John Grant
(24 Apr 1664 - 19 Jul 1695)
I believe this to be this John's record as it mentions his children have an uncle, Mathew Grant.
A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1687 to 1695, in digital format, Ancestry.com.
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John Grant, Windsor
Date of Will: 13 Aug 1695
Died 19 July, 1695. Invt. £223-16-00. Taken 13 August, 1695, by Job Drake sen. & Thomas Stoughton. Legatees: The Widow, Elizabeth; son John, 4 1/2 years of age; Elizabeth, 3 years.
Court Record, Page 89--5 September, 1695: Adms. to the Widow; Mr. Job Drake sen. and Thomas Stoughton to be Overseers.
Page 107--(Vol. VII) 5 April, 1708: John Grant and Elizabeth Grant, children of John Grant late of Windsor, chose their Father-in-law [stepfather] Joshua Willis Jr. and Samuel Rockwell to be joynt Guardians to each of them. This the Court allow and approve.
Page 110--3 May, 1708: Samuel Rockwell objects, and Mr. Willis did not give Bond, and their Uncle Matthew Grant was chose, who gave Bond alone as Guardian.
Page 111--14 May, 1708: Joshua Willis Jr., Adms. in right of his late wife Decd, presented to this Court an Account of his and his late wife's Adms. on that Estate, which the Court accepts. Order to Dist. the Estate: To John, the Eldest son, £9-11-08; and to Elizabeth Grant, the daughter, £4-15-10. And appoint Capt. Thomas Stoughton and Deacon Job Drake Jr. Distributors.
Events
Birth | 24 Apr 1664 | Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut | |||
Marriage | 5 Jun 1690 | Elizabeth Skinner | |||
Death | 19 Jul 1695 | Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut |
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Skinner (1669 - ) |
Father | SAMUEL Grant (1631 - 1718) |
Mother | MARY Porter (1637 - ) |
Sibling | Samuel Grant (1659 - 1710) |
Sibling | Matthew Grant (1666 - 1734) |
Sibling | Josiah Grant (1668 - 1732) |
Sibling | Nathaniel Grant (1672 - ) |
Sibling | MARY Grant (1674 - 1718) |
Sibling | Sara Grant (1678 - 1680) |
Endnotes
1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org., "Record of Marriages and Births in Windsor, CT", 1851, Vol. 5, p. 225.