Historical records matching Christopher Grant, of Watertown
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About Christopher Grant, of Watertown
Not a known son of John Grant, of Roxby and Alice Grant [all evidence suggests Christopher's parents remained in England]. The Great Migration Project has no origins for him.
"Previously parents John Grant and Alice Turberville of Roxby, Yorkshire were attached as his parents without source. Please do not re-attach parents without solid sourcing and a discussion through either comments or a G2G posting."
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grant-2620
Christopher Grant, a glazier by trade, born 1608, settled early in Watertown, Massachusetts, with his wife Mary, and lived in the northeast corner of the town, near Fresh Pond. He died there September 6, 1685. The inventory of his estate, made October 5, following, amounted to œ296 10s. Children, recorded in Watertown: Abigail, Joshua, Caleb, Benjamin, Sarah, Joseph, Mary, Mercy. [ref 29:2192]
A glazier of Watertown in , 1634
"Employed in setting the glass in the first edifice erected for Harvard College" (Savage)
From Savage: CHRISTOPHER, Watertown 1634, by w. Mary had Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1635. Joshua, 11 June 1637; Caleb, 8 Feb. 1640; and Benjamin, 6 Sept. 1641; and by w. Sarah had Sarah, 1 Feb. 1643; Joseph, 27 Sept. 1646; Mary, or Mercy, or both; and Christopher, 1649; but it is observable, that Bond takes note of only one wife. He d. 6 Sept. 1685; employ. in sett. the glass in the first edifice erect. for Harv. Coll. Abigail m. Roger Rose; Sarah m. 23 Feb. 1666, Samuel Seaverns; Mary m. 27 Feb. 1668, Daniel Smith; and much puzzle may be seen as to m. of Mercy with Samuel Daniel, or Daniels, in Bond, 197, 260, and 776
References
- http://sites.rootsweb.com/~pattyrose/engel/gen/fg08/fg08_162.htm
- https://www.donparrish.com/Report1/PS04/PS04_356.HTM
- Genealogies of the families and descendants of the early settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, including Waltham and Weston : to which is appended the early history of the town. Author Bond, Henry, 1790-1859,Jones, Horatio Gates, 1822-1893. Page 260. Archive.Org
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Christopher_Grant_%282%29
- Christopher Grant, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011) 3:126-32. ORIGIN: Unknown. OCCUPATION: Glazier (on 13 June 1648, Watertown selectmen "ordered that Christopher Grant shall be paid his fifteen shillings (due for mending the windows on the meeting house)" [WaTR 1:15] … BIRTH: About 1610 (deposed 6 April 1658 aged 48 years [MCF Folio #17]). DEATH: Watertown 4 or 6 September 1685 (as "Christopher Grant Senior") [WaVR 56, 57]
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Christopher Grant, of Watertown's Timeline
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1608
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England
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February 6, 1634
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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1634
Age 26
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Watertown, Massachusetts
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June 11, 1637
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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September 8, 1639
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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September 6, 1641
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Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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December 1, 1642
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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September 28, 1644
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
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February 22, 1647
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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