Ephraim Grant (1750 - 1814)

Born 6 Apr 1750 in Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Woodbridge) Grant — married 14 Oct 1772 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Cary) Grant — married 14 May 1789 in Mansfield, Connecticut

Died 29 Sep 1814 at age 64 in Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

Ephraim Grant, born 6 Apr 1750 at Tolland, Connecticut, was the first child of Mary West & Ephraim Grant.

He married 3 times:

1) 14 Oct 1772 @ Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Lucy Woodbridge of East Hartford, Connecticut [b. 1752, daughter of Hon. Timothy Woodbridge & Abigail Day; d. 9 May 1788]

2) 14 May 1789 @ Mansfield, Connecticut, Sarah Cary [b. 25 May 1761, daughter of Ebenezer Cary & Sarah Trumbull; d. 11 Oct 1804 @ Tolland, Connecticut]. They had 7 children, all born at Tolland:

1. Lucy Grant (4 May 1790 - 19 Nov 1790)
2. Lucy Grant, b. 7 Dec 1792; married 3 Sep 1816 @ Batavia, New York, David Ellicott Evans; d. 24 Sep 1824 @ Batavia, New York
3. Stephen Grant, b. 23 Apr 1795; married Elizabeth Hunter; d. @ Batavia, New York
4. Luther Grant, b. 16 Nov 1797; married 4 May 1821 Lorinda Williams of Hartford, Connecticut; d. 30 Jun 1866 @ Dansville, New York
5. Calvin Grant, b. 16 Nov 1797; married Mrs. Daniel Fulton (possibly her maiden name Rebekah Collar) of Hartford; buried at Batavia, New York
6. Sidney Grant, b. 17 Sep 1800; married 28 Mar 1827 @ Ellington, Connecticut, Mary Ann McKinney; d. 28 Feb 1883 @ Manchester, Connecticut
7. Damaris Carey Grant (2 Nov 1802 - 13 Feb 1805)

Sarah (Cary) Grant died 11 Oct 1804, after which time Ephraim Grant married:

3) 13 (or 18) 1808 Sarah Babcock of Hartford, Connecticut, who died 5 Feb 1843 @ Tolland, Connecticut, "age 78"; they had twins, born 26 Jul 1809, both of whom died in infancy.

Ephraim Grant was a commissary in the American Revolutionary War. He later became a clerk of courts of Tolland County, Connecticut, 1786 - 1814. He served as treasurer of Tolland County, then town clerk in in 1789.

Ephraim Grant died 29 Sep 1814 at Tolland, Connecticut.

Sources

• The Grant Family: a genealogical histor of the decendents of Matthew Grant Of Windsor, Conn. 1601-1898 By Grant, Arthur Hastings 1865-; Pub. 1898; p. 34: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/34/mode/1up; p. 67: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/67/mode/1up