William Grimes (abt. 1779 - 1850)

Born about 18 Jan 1779 in Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts

Husband of Rachel (Benedict) Grimes — married 24 Nov 1805 in Aylmer, Quebec

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1850 at about age 71 in Aylmer, Quebec

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Mary Elizabeth Stewart [send private message]

Biography

email from Dick Grimes <dgrimes@aol.com> 19 Aug 2013:

"I do....as I recall Anson Gard's book "Pioneers of the Upper Valley...." lists William as being born in New Hampshire as does his obit in the Christian Guardian dated March 28th, 1850. But he was born in Goshen Ma. Jan 18th 1779 the son of Samuel Grimes and Mary (Hinkley) Grimes. Samuel was born Sept of 1740 and died 1/16/1789. He and Mary Hinkley were married May 8th 1768. As I recall some of the source work was found in the book History of Goshen, MA 1761-1880 by Hiram Barrus. I think I found the book as a online readable source by querying 'Grimes'. Been a few years for me here and I would need to dig into my files for better referencing ......

Don't know if you are interested but Samuel and Mary had several other children: James b 1769 in Brookfield, Samuel b 21 Sept 1770 in Goshen, Mary b 8 Mar 1772, Charles b 17 Jan 1774, Submit b 3 Aug 1775, Abigail b 2 Apr 1777, WILLIAM B 18 JAN 1779, Sarah b 4 Sept 1780..

Hope this helps and is informative....my best, Dick Grimes"

Name

William /Grimes/ ^[1][2]

Burial

Place: Bellevue Cemetery, Aylmer

Immigration

Date: 1801

Sources

• WikiTree profile Grimes-181 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.

• Gard, Anson A. Pioneers of the Upper Ottawa. Ottawa: Emerson Press, 1906.

• Benedict, Henry Marvin. The Genealogy of the Benedicts in America. 2d ed. rev. and enl. 1969 by Elwyn Ellsworth Benedict. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1870.

• Barrus, Hiram. History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, from its First Settlement in 1761 to 1881. Boston: Published by the Author, 1881.

1. ↑ Benedict, Vol. 1, p. 257
2. ↑ Gard, VI, p. 24