John Grant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Spouses and Children
1. *Bridget Morgan Marriage: Children: 1. Katherine GrantJohn Grant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1755 114 Christening: Death: Jul 14, 1822 - Epsom, NH 36 Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Peter Grant Mother: Ruth Seavey
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy Foss Marriage: Apr 20, 1775 - Rye, NH Children: 1. Simon Grant 2. William Grant 3. Sally Grant 4. John Grant 5. Polly Grant 6. Job Grant 7. Dolly Grant 8. Thomas Grant 9. Ebenezer Grant
Notes
General:
From DAR (Vol. 83, P. 133) - "was placed on the pension roll, 1818, for service as private, 1777, in Capt. Nicholas Rawlings company, Col. Abraham Drake's regiment."Marriage Notes (Dorothy Foss)
In 1818 deposition gives age as 63; his wife gives his death date a July 14, 1822.
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PENSION of John Grant
May 18, 1818 John Grant of Epsom, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 63 years of age, deposed:
that in May, 1775 he enlisted for eight months under Capt. Joseph Parsons, Col. Joshua Wentworth, and was stationed at Newcastle and Portsmouth for the entire time;
that about one month before the Battle of Bennington he enlisted for nine months under Capt. Rollins, Col. Drake;
that he was in the battles at Bennington and Stillwater and helped to take Gen. Burgoyne's army at Saratoga;
served out his term at Fishkill, New York and remained one month longer by request of his officers and received a written discharge which he has lost.
John Grant
Rejected as instead of the nine months service required by law of March 18, 1818 only eight months and 14 days service in Continental Line could be proven, and application returned.
July 1, and October 6, 1837 Dorothy Grant of Allenstown, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, 84 years of age, deposed:
that she is the widow of John Grant, formerly of Epsom, New Hampshire who served in the Revolutionary War 18 months;
that she was married to him April 20, 1776 in Rye, New Hampshire her name before marriage being Dorothy Foss;
and that her husband died at Epsom, July 14, 1822.
Dorothy Grant.
For particulars of service she forwarded the application made by her husband in 1818.
June 19, 1837 Huntington Porter, Pastor of Congregational Church at Rye, New Hampshire testified that the marriage of John Grant and Dorothy Foss April 20, 1775 is recorded in the Church book in the handwriting of Rev. Samuel Parsons, deceased, former pastor of the church.
Huntington Porter
December 25, 1837, JETHRO LIBBEE, of Allenstown, New Hampshire, 82 years of age, Revolutionary Soldier, testified that he formerly lived in Epsom, New Hampshire within a short distance of John and Esther Grant and that they later lived in Allentown within a few miles of each other; that he (deponent) enlisted in 1775 under Capt Brown of Brentwood and Lieut. Barnum of Deerfield and served eight months at the island of New Castle, New Hampshire while there frequently saw John Grant in New Castle, Seavey's Island and The Pines, but as this occurred sixty years ago and he never expected to be called upon to say how long Grant served he can not tell definitely. "He was a remarkable strong, muscular man having a firm constitution, enjoyed good health, liked a military life; and soldiers, especially such soldiers, then, were in great demand. While he was in the service at New Castle Samuel Davis, now living at Epsom, and about my age, lived with his family in Greenland, to do his labor for him"; that Grant served also in 1777 in Burgoyne's campaign, as was generally believed at the time; that during Grant's lifetime he (deponent) thought of applying for a pension but Grant told me his own application had failed as service was considered Militia.
Signed by mark.
witnessed my Emily Fife.
July 22, 1837 Nathan Goss of Allentown, New Hampshire 54 years of age, testified that he is married to Dorothy, (daughter of John and Dorothy Grant) 55 years of age and that his wife has two brothers living in Epsom, the adjoining town, Simon Grant, 65, and John Grant, 57 years of age, both of whom are married and have large families;
that he knew of his father in law's applying for a pension etc. of his death in Epsom in 1822; that he has often been told that the Grants were married in Rye where they lived for a time, then moved to Greenland and then to Epsom, where Grant died.
Nathan Goss
January 6, 1838 and August 30, 1838, JONATHAN URIN of Concord, New Hampshire, Revolutionary Pensioner, testified that he was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire and knew John Grant very well; that he (deponent) was hired by the town of Boscawen to serve and rendered such service under Capt. Isaac Farwell of Charlestown, New Hampshire was at White Plains, New York in the summer of 1778; saw Grant in service at Peekskill, New York in the spring of 1778 etc.
Signed by mark.
The first declaration was witnessed by Marshal Baker and G. F. Sanborn; and the second by Sewel Hoit and Catherine Hoit.
October 10, 1837 BENJAMIN PAGE of Chichester, New Hampshire, Revolutionary Pensioner, testified that he saw Grant in service at New Castle in 1775 and also saw him in 1777 at Bemis' Heights, Stillwater and Saratoga; knew that he was married before he entered the service; in response to the question if it was common for soldiers stationed on the islands in Portsmouth Harbor in the early part of the war to change their Captains etc. deponent said it was not infrequent when more labor or men were needed to have the men shifted from one island and one company to another for a day or week as occasion seemed to warrant.
Benjamin Page.
December 8, 1837 SAMUEL DAVIS of Epsom (close by the Allentown line) Revolutionary Soldier, in his 78th year, testified to living in Rye in May, 1775 and going to Greenland, New Hampshire to take care of John Grant's affairs, he having enlisted in the public service; that he was a relative and knew the Grants very well; knows that neither of them married more than once; knew of the two services of Grant as he was living in his house etc. "I was myself out in the war of the Revolution six months and upwards under Capt. Cheeseman of Conn. in 1781 and was at West Point at the time of the execution of Major Andre, which I saw, and which was on the 2nd of October of that year. I was then 21 years old. I have never applied for a pension.
Samuel Davis.
February 12, 1838 THOMAS HAINES of Concord, New Hampshire, Revolutionary Pensioner, testified that he was born in Hampton, New Hampshire and is now 77 years of age; that in the early part of the Revolutionary War he enlisted under Capt. Eben Frye of Pembroke, Col. Joseph Cilley of Nottingham and marched to Ticonderoga; was then only 13 or 14 years old; served the first year as waiter to Col. Cilley and after a year was put in the ranks and kept with the army that retreated before Burgoyne, until it became strong enough to defeat him; "In the last great battle that preceded the surrender of Burgoyne I was desperately wounded and left for dead with the dead on the field; but some time after when a detachment of our army were burying the dead, Lieut. Wilkins, a New Hampshire officer, discovered signs of life in me, when I was taken from the field of battle and carried to the hospital at Albany, where I was a patient, and at Schenectady more than a year. I was, after I was able to do duty, stationed at Fishkill down the Hudson river" that he knew Grant during the latter part of this time and continued the acquaintance until Grant's death; they often talked of their experiences etc.
Thomas Haines.
July 19, 1838 Hall Burgin of Concord, New Hampshire, 68 years of age, testified that in May, 1818 he was Associate Justice of Court of Pleas, in Rockingham County and continued to serve until Merrimac County was formed and he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Sessions for Merrimack County which office he held until the court was abolished; that during his term of office many old soldiers applied for pension, among them, John Grant, whom he knew very well and whose character was beyond reproach.
Son Job served War of 1812, also a Thomas Grant is given as served from Epsom.
Epsom Poll Data
1793 - John Grant
1794 - John Grant
1795 - John Grant
1797 - John Grant
1798 - John Grant, Simon Grant
1799 - John Grant, Simon Grant, (William Grant)
1800 - John Grant, Simon Grant, (William Grant)
1801 - John Grant, Simon Grant, (William Grant)
1802 - John Grant, Simon Grant, (William Grant)
1803 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., (William Grant)
1806 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., (William Grant)
1807 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., (William Grant)
1808 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., Job Grant (William Grant)
1809 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., Job Grant (William Grant)
1810 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1811 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., (William Grant)
1812 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1813 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1814 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1815 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1816 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1817 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1818 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr., Thomas
1819 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1820 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1821 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1822 - John Grant, Simon Grant, John Grant Jr.
1823 - John Grant (formerly Jr.), Simon Grant
1824 - John Grant, Simon Grant
1825 - John Grant, Simon Grant, Ebenezer
1790 US CENSUS, Epsom
John Grant,
Dolly Grant
4 boys under 16
2 daughters
1800 US CENSUS, Epsom
John Grant 45 and older
Dorothy, 45 and older
2 males 10 to 16
1 male 16 to 26
1 female under 10
1810 US CENSUS, Epsom
John Grant, 45 and up
Dorothy Grant,45 and up
1 male under 10
1 female 16 and under 26
1820 US CENSUS, Epsom
John Grant
Dorothy Grant
Marriage date (DAR Vol. 83, P. 133) is 1775 as does Rye Vital Records. His wife in pension gives year aa 1776.
Julia Estella Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1871 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Edward M. Grant Mother: Margaret HayesKatherine Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Christening: Death: Feb 5, 1942 - Chichester, NH Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: John Grant Mother: Bridget Morgan
Spouses and Children
1. *Herbert William Etheridge Marriage: Oct 24, 1896 - Inverness, Nova Scotia, Canada Children: 1. Stanley L. Etheridge 2. William Jospeh Etheridge 3. Herbert Lawrence EtheridgeLevi T. Grant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Simon Grant Mother: Hannah Babb
Notes
General:
Possibly the Levi T. Grant married in Lowell, MA, Jan. 18, 1830, Leonora Abbott
M 30-400 October 11, 1832
Simon Grant of Epsom to Levi T. Grant Philip B. Grant, one of Dunstable, MA, the other of Lowell, MA
Lucius Grant
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca P. Libbey Marriage: Mar 4, 1846Mary A. Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Mar 4, 1858 - Epsom, NH 11 Christening: Death: Jun 20, 1934 - Pittsfield, NH Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: William T. Grant Mother: Sarah A. Twombly
Spouses and Children
1. *Lord Marriage:
Notes
General:
Name in Pittsfield Town Report 1934 on deaths - Mary E. Lord, age 76-3-16
Mary Augusta Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1869 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Edward M. Grant Mother: Margaret HayesMary Jane Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Jun 30, 1830 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Ephraim Grant Mother: Lucinda DanielsonMatilda Grant
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1827 Christening: Death: 1882 Burial: Fairview Cemetery Old, Northwood, NH Cause of Death: AFN :
Parents
Father: Ephraim Grant Mother: Lucinda Danielson
Spouses and Children
1. *William Henry Mead Marriage: Children: 1. Etta Bartlett 2. Charles H. Danielson Marriage: 3. Philip Emery Bartlett Marriage: Mar 23, 1862
Notes
General:
Last name in records of Moses Quimby is Danielson
In Northwood Cemetery Book Matilda Grant Danielson
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