Josiah Grant (1682 - 1762)

Born 28 Jan 1682 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Cook) Grant — married 30 Mar 1710 (to 30 Jul 1713) in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Sarah (Cook) Grant — married 4 Aug 1714 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1762 at age 80 in Litchfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Josiah Grant, born 28 Jun 1682 @ Windsor, Connecticut, was the sixth and final child of Mary Hull & John Grant.

He married:

1. SARAH COOKE March 30, 1710 in Windsor, CT, daughter of JOHN COOKE and SARAH FISKE. She was born about 1689 (date uncertain) in Windsor, CT, and died July 30, 1713 in Windsor, CT. They had 3 children.
2. SARAH COOK August 04, 1714 in Windsor, CT, daughter of NATHANIEL COOK and LYDIA ___. She was born February 10, 1690/91 in Windsor, CT, and died February 28, 1777 in Litchfield, CT. They had 8 children, three of whom did not produce a next generation:

Elijah Grant, b. 22 Jun 1719; d. 13 Aug 1724

Jerusha Grant, b. 1 Jan 1725/26; d. 21 Nov 1736

Anna Grant, b. 30 May 1730; unmarried; d. bet. 22 Mar & 5 Apr 1784; tradition says that she was engaged to a heartless wretch named Culver, who came to her father's house on a Saturday night and arranged for their publishment (banns of marriage) at church the next day; she went to the meeting, expecting to hear it, but went home hopelessly insane, for it contained the name of another woman, who Culver married.

Josiah Grant resided first at Windsor; removed abt. 1726 to Litchfield, Connecticut. He was a hayward, surveyor, grand juror, fence viewer, and tythingman in Windsor. In Litchfield he was tythingman, lister, sergt., surveyor, grand juror, and selectman.

Josiah Grant died 26 Feb 1762 at Litchfield.

Sources

• Arthur Hastings Grant - The Grant family : a genealogical history of the descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn.1601-1898 (1898); p. 2, 4: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/4/mode/1up

• Weygant, Charles. The Hull Family in America (Sun Printing Co., Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1913) Page 22