↑ Granger, James Nathaniel. Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.: A Genealogical History. Hartford, Connecticut: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. P. 80.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC5K-JL9 : 14 January 2020), Eli Grainger in entry for Margaret Grainger, 1782.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 January 2021), memorial page for Eli Granger (21 Mar 1746–26 Apr 1787), Find A Grave: Memorial #219176228, citing Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by F Lee Trice (contributor 50033828) .
Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Vol 6
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"GRANGER, ELI , Westfield. Private in a Westfield Co. of Minute-men commanded by Lieut. Shephard which marched April 20, 1775 in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; discharged May 12, 1775; service 3 weeks 1 day."
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Lovina Granger (mar Gad Noble)
BIRTH 22 Nov 1771
Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 6 Oct 1838 (aged 66)
BURIAL
Rea Cemetery
Turin, Lewis County, New York, USA
Lovina Granger (mar Gad Noble) BIRTH 22 Nov 1771 Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 6 Oct 1838 (aged 66) BURIAL Rea Cemetery Turin, Lewis County, New York, USA
She is my ancestor
Name Eli Grainger Birth Date 21 Mar 1746 Birth PlaceWestfield, Massachusetts Father NameGeorge Grainger Mother Name Abigail Gozard
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