Moses Gragg (1791 - 1885)

Born 20 Sep 1791 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebekah Newell Alden — married 1 Apr 1820 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1885 at age 93 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Moses Gragg was born on September 20, 1791, in Groton, Massachusetts. He had several children with Rebecca Newell Alden whom he married in 1820, in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Moses Gragg passed away on April 30, 1885, in Cambridge, Middlesex COunty, Massachusetts, at the impressive age of 93.^[1][2]

Massachusetts Births and Christenings

Name: Moses Gragg

Event Type: Birth

Event Date: 20 Sep 1791

Event Place: Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Event Place (Original): Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Sex: Male

Father's Name: Samuel Gragg

Mother's Name: Rachel^[3]

Marriage

Name: Moses Gragg

Event: Marriage

Marriage Date: Abt 1820

Marriage Place: Dedham

Spouse: Rebecca Alden

Newspaper: Columbian Centinel

Publication Date: 8 Jan 1820

Publication Place: Massachusetts, USA

Call Number: 485692^[4][5][6][7]

the Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915

Name: Moses Gragg

Gender: Male

Age: 93

Birth Date: abt 1792

Birth Place: Groton

Death Date: 30 Apr 1885

Death Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Samuel Gragg

Mother: Rachel Gragg^{[8][9][10][11]}, ^[12]

The Norfolk Inn (and tavern)

16 June 1818 Moses Gragg and Francis Alden purchased Marsh's Tavern from Martin Marsh for $5,000. They renamed it the "Norfolk Hotel". But many called it Gragg and Alden's. They built quite a business out of it.^[13][14][15]

Name

Moses Gragg ^[16]

Birth

20 September 1791 • Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States ^[16]

Marriage

6 January 1820 • Moses married Rebecca Newell Alden in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Children

Moses and Rebecca had probably ten children, among them was:

1. George T. Gragg 1829–1918

Residence

1850 • Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States ^[16]

Death

30 April 1885 • Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Cause of death: Old age, cardiac distress

Burial

1885 • Forest Hills (Boston) , Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Moses' Massachusetts Death Record indicates he was buried in Forest Hills. ^[12]

Sources

• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_330; Page: 81A; Image: 167

Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Household Members: Home in 1850: Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Family Number: 1431.

Moses Gragg; Age, 58; Birth Year, abt 1792; Birthplace, Massachusetts; Gender, Male.

George Gragg; Age, 21; Birth Year, abt 1829; Birthplace, Massachusetts; Gender, Male.

Acknowledgments

• Gragg-246 was created on Nov 20, 2012 by David Welsh.

See Also

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Footnotes

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCVN-1TB
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/90530956/person/80014180459/facts
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCLD-S62 : 15 January 2020), Moses Gragg, 1791.
4. ↑ The Digitized Content is licensed from the American Antiquarian Society ("AAS") and may not be reproduced, transferred, commercially or otherwise exploited, in whole or in part, outside the terms and conditions of this service without the express written consent of AAS. All rights reserved.
5. ↑ Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.
6. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/407059:50015
7. ↑ See: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-246-2
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2515488:2101?ssrc=pt&tid=90530956&pid=80014180459
10. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7G1-4Z9 : 2 March 2021), Moses Gragg, Apr 1885; citing Cambridge, Massachusetts, v 365 p 68, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,229.
11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHF3-XXP?i=81&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AN7G1-4Z9
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} !885 Death for Moses Gragg in "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHNB-8VZ : 10 November 2020), Moses Gragg, 30 Apr 1885; citing Death, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004282168.
13. ↑ Tale of a Dedham tavern; history of the Norfolk hotel, Dedham, Massachusetts, pages 32 - 37
14. ↑ https://archive.org/details/taleofdedhamtave00aust_0/page/27/mode/1up?q=Gragg
15. ↑ https://archive.org/details/taleofdedhamtave00aust_0/page/39/mode/1up?q=Gragg
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1 16.2} 1850 US Census