Born about in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Daughter of Stephen Grafton
and Mary (Unknown) Abbott
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Grant Sr.
— married
24 Dec 1684 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Stephen Grant, Jonathon Grant, Joseph Grant Jr., Joshua Grant Sr., Sarah (Grant) Palmer, Mercy (Grant) Goding and Benjamin Grant
Died
at about age 87
in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Province
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Dec 2012
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Biography
Mary was born in 1664. [1]
Joseph Grant married Mary Grafton in Watertown on Dec. 24, 1684.[2]
Joseph and Mary had, in Watertown:[3]
- Mary, b. Sept. 13 1686, bp. Dec. 26, 1686
- Sarah, b. Mar. 18, 1687-8, bp. Apr. 14, 1689, m. Stephen Palmer of Cambridge, Mar. 3, 1714-5
- Joseph, bp. May 18, 1690
- Joshua, b. Dec. 13, 1694, bp. Aug. 28, 1698, m. Mrs. Anna Nevinson, Aug. 30, 1716
- Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1696, bp. Aug. 28, 1698
- Abigail, bp. Aug. 28, 1698
- Mary, b. Nov. 8, 1699, bp. Nov. 20, 1698 ?, m. Abraham Hill, of Cambridge, Aug. 27, 1718
- Hannah, bp. Nov. 24, 1700
- Mercy, bp. Sept. 20, 1702
- and apparently, when Mary was in her 47th year:
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Arik Russell, Dec 1, 2012
- ↑ Watertown Records . . . First book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, (Watertown, 1894, Press of Fred G Barker) , page 56
- ↑ Watertown Records . . . First book and Supplement of Births Deaths and Marriages, (Watertown, 1894, Press of Fred G Barker), pp. 3, 9, 14, 57, 59, 51, 54, 60, 121, 126, 128, 131, 133, 134
- ↑ Deduced from his gravestone, neither birth nor baptism recorded in Watertown records,
- ↑ Harris, William. Epitaphs From the Old Burying Ground in Watertown (Boston, 1869) Page 25.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
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Halsey Bullen
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Grafton-140 and Grafton-72 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth year, and name. Both profiles have limited facts about birth, but she seems to be the only Mary Grafton in the area born at that time. Duplicate profiles of the same person, so merge them please. I'll tidy up.
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Rejected matches › Unknown (Grant) Chisholm (abt.1669-)
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