He was a carpenter. He was baptized along with his oldest son in December 1725. Between 1728 and 1739 he lived on the Great Works River. In 1738/9 a lawsuit was filed against him for goods sold to him by Berwick traders. In 1743 he left Berwick and moved to Montsweag (now Woolwich), Sagadahoc County, Maine.
In the spring of 1745 he was a member of the Louisburg Expedition, which the British sent against the French at the stone fort at Louisburg, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, then the second largest fort in America. The expedition consisted of 4,000 men in 13 ships with 200 guns. They were joined by Commodore Warren with four British warships and then by 6 other ships, making a total of 690 guns. Louisburg surrendered to the British after a 6 week siege. At Woolwich he lived on a farm (lot 16) on Montsweag Brook, near Hilton Fort. The farm was near Tappan's Mill and James owned one-quarter interest in the mill, together with his father-in-law James Savage. They improved the mill until the local Indian began making trouble for the settlers. Grant, Savage and others built a garrison and lived there. The garrison was attacked by Indians and James Savage and some of the other settlers were killed.
In 1751 James Grant petitioned the Kennebec Proprietors (Kennebec County) for a tract of land. In the subsequent grant he is called 'a House Carpenterman and Gentleman of Berwick.' It is significant of his high social standing that he is here called a gentleman and that in other records he is invariably termed either Mr. Grant or Capt. Grant. This land grant was probably the 100 acres (Lot B-214) he owned on Montsweag Brook, near Tappan's Mill and not far from where the modern Maine Highway 1 crosses Montsweag Brook.
In 1757 James Grant was a Captain in the Montsweag Militia and was a prominent citizen of the area. In 1760 the first town meeting of Woolwich was held and Grant was elected Selectman. He and his brother Elijah were able to convince the town the pay for the building of a road to their mill, although he later sold his own interest to his son, Capt. Andrew Grant.
At Woolwich James lived on a farm [Lot 16] on Montsweag Brook, near Hilton Fort. The farm was near Tappan’s Mill and James owned 1/4 interest in the mill, together with his father-in-law, James Savage. They improved the mill until the local Indians began making trouble for the settlers. Grant, Savage and others built a garrison and lived there. The garrison was attacked by Indians and James Savage and some of the other settlers were killed. In 1751 James Grant petitioned the Kennebec Proprietors (Kennebec County) for a tract of land. In the subsequent grant he is called ‘a House Carpenterman and Gentleman of Berwick’. It is significant of his high social standing that he is here called a gentleman and that in other records he is invariably termed either Mr. Grant or Capt. Grant. This land grant was probably the 100 acres (Lot B-214) he owned on Montsweag Brook, near Tappan’s Mill and not far from where the modern Maine Highway 1 crosses Montsweag Brook. In 1757 James Grant was a Captain in the Montsweag Militia and was a prominent citizen of the area. In 1760 the first town meeting of Woolwich was held and Grant was elected Selectman. He and his brother Elijah were able to convince the town the pay for the building of a road to their mill, although he later sold his own interest to his son, Capt. Andrew Grant.
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