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Descendants of John Grosvenor


Generation No. 2


2. WILLIAM16 GROSVENOR, REV. (JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)1,2,3,4 was born January 08, 1672/73 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass., and died Bef. July 26, 1721 in Charleston, South Carolina. He married SARAH JESSON 1693 in of Watertown, Middlesex, Mass., daughter of JESSON and DOROTHY.

Notes for WILLIAM GROSVENOR, REV.:
John C. Clark, Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark of Watertown, Mass. 1866; Farmer, John., First Settlers of New England; Rev. William Grosvenor was minister at Brookfield, Mass. from 24 Oct 1705 to 25 Aug 1708, then he moved to Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. He was educated at Harvard (B.A. 1693 (H.C., A.B., A.M.), and his will was dated 5 Nov 1702; William was baptized by the famous Rev. John Eliot.                                                                                     Frederick Lewis Weis, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, p.98:                                          "William Grosvenor, A.M., b. Roxbury, Jan 8. 1672/3, son of John Grosvenor and Esther (Clarke) Grosvenor; H.C., 1693; A.B., A.M.; called to Brookfield, Oct 24, 1705; settled Brookfield, 1705-1708; dismissed Aug. 25, 1708; settled Charleston, S. C.; d. 1733".                                                                                          "Folklore and Firesides of Pomfret, Hampton and Vicinity" by Susan Jewett Griggs (1950) p.30                                          Esther Grosvenor's oldest son, William, was graduated from Harvard in 1693, was a minister in Brookfield, Mass. and later went to Charleston, S.C. Her other sons, all in early manhood became leading citizens of Pomfret. Because of Indian attacks the town was unable to support a minister.(Bowen).                                                       Williams will was probated, July 26, 1721, and is in the Procession of the North Carolina Historical Commission at Raleigh, North Carolina, and named his wife Sarah as his executrix.                  

More About WILLIAM GROSVENOR, REV.:
Baptized/Christ.: October 14, 1673, by the famous John Eliot
     
Children of WILLIAM GROSVENOR and SARAH JESSON are:
  i.   WILLIAM17 GROSVENOR, JR., b. 1693.
  ii.   SUSANNA GROSVENOR, b. 1699, of Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
  iii.   ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, b. 1701, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
  iv.   ESTHER GROSVENOR, b. 1703, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..


3. LEICESTER16 GROSVENOR, CAPT. (JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)5,6,7 was born 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass., and died September 08, 1759 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. He married (1) MARY HUBBARD January 16, 1711/12 in Woodstock, Windham, Conn., daughter of JOHN HUBBARD and REBECCA. He married (2) REBECCA WALDO February 12, 1728/29 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., daughter of DANIEL WALDO and SUSANNA ADAMS.

Notes for LEICESTER GROSVENOR, CAPT.:
Ensign of the Military Company at Pomfret(1714), Member of the first board of Selectmen of Pomfret, elected 19 times, Member of the Building Committee of First Church at Pomfret, and highway surveyor. He also helped to establish a library for the propagation of useful and Christian knowledge. In 1710 he was a Sergeant of the first military co. formed in Pomfret, 1714 promoted to Ensign, 1721 Lieutenant, and also in 1921 Captain.                                                      Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1726-1735, pg. 252.                  Pomfret, October 1st 1729, Leicester Grosvenor made a return to the Assembly on the train band. Election of officers on the 26th of September 1728 of Lieut. Joseph Chandler chosen Captain                        Nathaniel Sessions chosen Lieut.                        Noah Sabin was confirmed by the Assembly.                                                                        Woodstock Vital Records p. 292. Leicester also served as Justice of the Peace in 1742.                                                            

More About LEICESTER GROSVENOR, CAPT.:
Buried: 1759, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

More About MARY HUBBARD:
Buried: 1724, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

Marriage Notes for LEICESTER GROSVENOR and MARY HUBBARD:
They were married by John Chandler Justice of the Peace.

More About REBECCA WALDO:
Buried: 1753, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

Marriage Notes for LEICESTER GROSVENOR and REBECCA WALDO:
Leicester and Rebecca were married by John Chandler, Justice of the Peace.
     
Children of LEICESTER GROSVENOR and MARY HUBBARD are:
7. i.   ESTHER17 GROSVENOR, b. October 27, 1712, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. April 10, 1795, Sturbridge, Worcester, Mass..
  ii.   JERUSHA GROSVENOR, b. April 15, 1714, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. May 04, 1730, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  Notes for JERUSHA GROSVENOR:
unmarried

  More About JERUSHA GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1730, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
8. iii.   MARY GROSVENOR, b. December 28, 1715, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. May 23, 1758, Woodstock, Windham, Conn..
9. iv.   ANNA GROSVENOR, b. May 27, 1719, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. April 30, 1804, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
10. v.   ZERVIAH GROSVENOR, b. June 24, 1721, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. December 12, 1803, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  vi.   SARA GROSVENOR, b. June 01, 1723, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. September 14, 1742.
     
Children of LEICESTER GROSVENOR and REBECCA WALDO are:
11. vii.   LEICESTER17 GROSVENOR, JR., PVT., b. October 04, 1729, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. June 08, 1808, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont.
  viii.   REBECCA GROSVENOR, b. November 30, 1732, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. May 21, 1753.
  Notes for REBECCA GROSVENOR:
Rebecca was not married.

  More About REBECCA GROSVENOR:
Buried: UNMARRIED


4. SUSANNA16 GROSVENOR (JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1) was born February 09, 1680/81 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass.. She married JOSEPH SHAW March 26, 1703 in Woodstock, Windham, Conn., son of JOHN SHAW.

Notes for SUSANNA GROSVENOR:
Folklore and Firesides of Pomfret, Hampton and Vicinity (Susan Jewett Griggs) 1950 p.30                                                                                          The marriage of Susanna Grosvenor to Joseph Shaw of Stonington, in 1702, was the first wedding to take place in the settlement. (Pomfret)     

More About JOSEPH SHAW:
Baptized/Christ.: April 22, 1683, Stonington, Conn.

Marriage Notes for SUSANNA GROSVENOR and JOSEPH SHAW:
Susanna and Joseph were married by Joseph Dwight.
     
Child of SUSANNA GROSVENOR and JOSEPH SHAW is:
  i.   JOHN17 SHAW, b. 1704, Connecticut.


5. EBENEZER16 GROSVENOR, SR. SERGT. (JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)8,9,10 was born October 09, 1684 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass., and died September 20, 1730 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. He married ANNA MARCY December 26, 1707 in Woodstock, Windham, Conn., daughter of JOHN MARCY and SARAH HADLOCK.

Notes for EBENEZER GROSVENOR, SR. SERGT.:
II. EBENEZER GROSVENOR, born at Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 9, 1684; died at Pomfret, Conn., Sept. 20, 1730. Married about Jan. 1708, Ann Marcy, daughter of John and Sarah (Hadlock) Marcy of Woodstock, Conn. She was born at Roxbury, Oct. 7, 1687; died at Pomfret, June 30, 1743. Children: - Susanna (1708- ); John 1711-1804); Ebenezer (1713-1793); Caleb (1716-1788); Joshua (1718-1724); Moses (1721-1725); Ann (1724- ); Moses (1729-1730).                  From the notes of Horace Chipman Grosvenor II, my grandfather, and Oliver Gay Grosvenor, about 1930's-1940's.                              Sergt. Military Company at Pomfret, 1710, Member Building Committee first schoolhouse at Pomfret 1720, and in 1722 he served as collector.                                                            Folklore & Firesides Pomfret, Hampton and Vicinity" by Susan Jewett Griggs (1950) p 41, 42                                          As early as 1712, Ebenzer Grosvenor was numbered among these families by Capt. John Sabin. It is traditional that the Harrison house was built by Ebenezer Grosvenor who there lived out his day. Born in 1684 and died in 1730--his was an active, useful life. He was on the committee to decide upon the site of the first meeting-house and "school house by the sign post". He was also Sergeant of Pomfret's First Military Company.                              In 1800 the Harrison house was the home of Sylvanus Backus, Pomfret's famous lawyer, who was elected to Congress by both parties in 1817 but died before taking his seat. His law office stood until recently. A monument in the North Burying Ground commemorates him.                             

More About EBENEZER GROSVENOR, SR. SERGT.:
Buried: 1730, Wappaquian Burial Grounds, at the foot of Prospect Hill, Pomfret, Conn.

More About ANNA MARCY:
Buried: 1743, Wappaquian Burial Grounds, at the foot of Prospect Hill, Pomfret, Conn.
     
Children of EBENEZER GROSVENOR and ANNA MARCY are:
12. i.   SUSANNAH17 GROSVENOR, b. October 31, 1708, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
13. ii.   JOHN GROSVENOR, CAPT., b. May 12, 1711, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 03, 1804, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
14. iii.   EBENEZER GROSVENOR, JR. COL., b. December 12, 1713, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. August 02, 1793, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
15. iv.   CALEB GROSVENOR, b. August 15, 1716, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. April 20, 1788, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  v.   JOSHUA GROSVENOR, b. March 06, 1718/19, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. May 09, 1724, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About JOSHUA GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1724, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  vi.   MOSES GROSVENOR, b. January 22, 1720/21, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 05, 1724/25, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
16. vii.   ANN GROSVENOR, b. September 14, 1724, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 1762.
  viii.   PENELOPE GROSVENOR, b. June 30, 1729, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 18, 1729/30, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  ix.   MOSES GROSVENOR, b. June 30, 1729, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 18, 1729/30, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..


6. THOMAS16 GROSVENOR (JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1) was born June 30, 1687 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Mass., and died February 06, 1729/30 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. He married ELIZABETH PEPPER May 22, 1718 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., daughter of JACOB PEPPER and ELIZABETH PAINE.

Notes for THOMAS GROSVENOR:
Of Sharp's Hill, and Spaulding's Hill.

More About ELIZABETH PEPPER:
Buried: 1770, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
     
Children of THOMAS GROSVENOR and ELIZABETH PEPPER are:
  i.   ROBERT17 GROSVENOR.
  ii.   ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, b. April 27, 1720, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. July 22, 1726, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About ELIZABETH GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1726, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  iii.   WILLIAM GROSVENOR, b. August 25, 1721, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. July 23, 1781, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  Notes for WILLIAM GROSVENOR:
William died unmarried during the Rev. War.

  More About WILLIAM GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1781, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
17. iv.   AMOS GROSVENOR, b. February 02, 1723/24, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. January 03, 1799, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
18. v.   JOSHUA GROSVENOR, LT., DEA., b. May 10, 1726, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. October 21, 1799, Abington, Windham, Conn..
  vi.   ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, b. December 12, 1728, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. September 07, 1743.

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