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Descendants of John Grosvenor


Generation No. 3


7. ESTHER17 GROSVENOR (LEICESTER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1) was born October 27, 1712 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died April 10, 1795 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Mass.. She married JOHN TARBELL, III, LT. Abt. 1739 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., son of JOHN TARBELL and HANNAH FLINT.
     
Children of ESTHER GROSVENOR and JOHN TARBELL are:
  i.   JERUSHA18 TARBELL, b. May 04, 1740, Woodstock, Whindham, Conn.; m. ABEL ALLEN, May 09, 1765.
19. ii.   JOHN TARBELLIV, b. July 04, 1742, Woodstock, Whindham, Conn..
  iii.   SARAH TARBELL, b. February 03, 1744/45, Woodstock, Windham, Conn.; m. JOHN HOAR.
  iv.   FRANCES TARBELL, b. March 15, 1746/47, Sturbridge, Wooster, Mass.; d. October 16, 1770; m. SILAS HOOKER, April 13, 1769.
20. v.   ELIJAH TARBELL, b. April 23, 1751, Sturbridge, Wooster, Mass.; d. February 24, 1841, Brimfield, Hampden, Mass..
  vi.   ESTHER TARBELL, b. 1753, Sturbridge, Worcester, Mass.; m. MALACHI EWELL, June 07, 1781, Sturbridge, Worcester, Mass..


8. MARY17 GROSVENOR (LEICESTER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)11 was born December 28, 1715 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died May 23, 1758 in Woodstock, Windham, Conn.. She married EBENEZER PAINE11 August 23, 1735 in Woodstock, Windham, Conn., son of SAMUEL PAINE and ABIGAIL BARTHOLMEW.
     
Children of MARY GROSVENOR and EBENEZER PAINE are:
  i.   MARY18 PAINE, b. September 21, 1737, Woodstock, Windham, Conn..
21. ii.   EBENEZER PAINE, JR., b. December 16, 1739, Woodstock, Windham, Conn.; d. April 09, 1795, Hartland, Windsor, Vermont.
22. iii.   LEICESTER PAINE, b. May 11, 1742, Woodstock, Windham, Conn.; d. July 07, 1821, Uxbridge, Worcester, Mass..
23. iv.   ASA PAINE, b. September 17, 1744, Woodstock, Windham, Conn.; d. June 07, 1832, Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont.
24. v.   STEPHEN PAINE, b. September 17, 1749, Woodstock, Windham, Conn.; d. June 18, 1820, Woodstock, Windham, Conn..
  vi.   HANNAH PAINE, b. 1753, Connecticut.
  vii.   SON PAINE, b. Abt. December 1753, Woodstock, Windham, Conn..


9. ANNA17 GROSVENOR (LEICESTER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1) was born May 27, 1719 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died April 30, 1804 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn. She married JOSIAH WHEELER, SR. December 14, 1735 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., son of OBIDIAH WHEELER and HANNAH FLETCHER.

Notes for ANNA GROSVENOR:
See Josiah Wheeler

Notes for JOSIAH WHEELER, SR.:
Will dated Sept. 11 1782 and proved Jan. 7 1783, names wife Anna, sons Josiah, John, Lemuel, and William, and daughters Sarah Whiting and Anna Wheeler. The will of Anna Wheeler of Pomfret, dated Mat 7 1797 and Proved May 8 1804, left whole estate to daughter Anna Jackson.                  From the White Family, Mayflower Descendents five generations.     

More About JOSIAH WHEELER, SR.:
Buried: 1783, Old Abbington Cemetery, Pomfret, Conn.
     
Children of ANNA GROSVENOR and JOSIAH WHEELER are:
  i.   MARY18 WHEELER, b. 1735, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
25. ii.   JOSIAH WHEELER, JR., b. March 21, 1736/37, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  iii.   JOHN WHEELER, b. 1741, Pomfret, Windham, Conn; d. December 18, 1797, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About JOHN WHEELER:
Buried: 1797, Old Abbington Cemetery, Pomfret, Conn.
  iv.   LEMUEL WHEELER, b. 1742, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  v.   LEICESTER WHEELER, b. 1745, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  vi.   SARAH WHEELER, b. December 23, 1747, Pomfret, Windham, Conn; m. WHITING.
  vii.   MARY WHEELER, b. 1750, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
26. viii.   ANNA WHEELER, b. September 26, 1752, Stonington, New London, Conn..
  ix.   WILLIAM WHEELER, b. 1754, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
  x.   ANNA WHEELER, b. August 03, 1757, Pomfret, Windham, Conn; m. JACKSON.


10. ZERVIAH17 GROSVENOR (LEICESTER16, 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 24, 1721 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died December 12, 1803 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. She married SAMUEL LYON October 20, 1748 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., son of ABIEL LYON and JUDITH FARRINGTON.

More About SAMUEL LYON:
Buried: 1774, Old Abbington Cemetery, Pomfret, Conn.
     
Children of ZERVIAH GROSVENOR and SAMUEL LYON are:
  i.   JUDITH18 LYON, b. 1749, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  ii.   HANNAH LYON, b. 1750, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  iii.   SAMUEL LYON, b. 1753, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  iv.   SAMUEL LYON, b. 1755, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. August 06, 1784, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About SAMUEL LYON:
Buried: 1784, Old Abbington Cemetery, Pomfret, Conn.
  v.   ABEL LYON, b. 1757, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
27. vi.   MARY LYON, b. January 23, 1760, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  vii.   JERUSHA LYON, b. 1762, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  viii.   ZERVIAH LYON, b. 1764, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..


11. LEICESTER17 GROSVENOR, JR., PVT. (LEICESTER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)12,13,14,15 was born October 04, 1729 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died June 08, 1808 in Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont. He married ESTHER WELD September 20, 1753 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., daughter of JOHN WELD and ESTHER WALDO.

Notes for LEICESTER GROSVENOR, JR., PVT.:
Served as a minute man from Windsor, Mass., at various alarms. He was a member or the convention from Berkshire county to radify the state constitution, 1779.( DAR Lineage Book).                                    Removed to Windsor, Mass. then to Fairfax, Vermont, He was listed in the 1790 Fairfax, Crittenden, Vermont census.      Leicester Grosvenor, Jr. was an ensign in the Connecticut militia in 1767. He moved to Windsor, Mass., where he served as Capt., of the militia and as a delegate to the convention that adopted the Mass. constitution on Nov. 12, 1780. At Windsor he served three short hitches in the Rev. War, 17 days according to Mass. service records. He moved to Fairfax, Vermont, where he was recorded on the Census of 1791. The records of the town clerk of Fairfax show that he purchased 43 acres from Joseph Beaman on May 10, 1806 for $200, also that he made nine land sales between 1795 and 1807. He was paid in pounds and shillings for his first five sales and payment for the others was in dollars. A sale was made on Feb. 2, 1795 when he sold a piece of land on the Great Book at Fairfax. The land carried a grist mill privilege and the right to build and support a dam high enough to accommodate the grist mill but not high enough to injure the saw mill of Leicester Grosvenor, Jr. On Feb. 2, 1798nLeicester won a court suit against Asa Safford and was awarded three dollars by the Justice of the Peace. Asa was also required to pay $1.02 in court costs and 25 cents and expenses to the Sheriff if it was necessary for him to enforce payment. If the Sheriff could find no saleable property in Asa's possession he was to put Asa in Prison at Vergennes in the County of Addison to safely keep him until he paid the necessary sums or was discharged by Leicester Grosvenor, Jr. or otherwise by law.
Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the War of the Revolution: p912, 930. Grosvenor, Leicester. Private, Capt. Daniel Brown's co. commanded by Lieut. William White, Col. Miles Powell's (Berkshire Co.) Regt.; enlisted July 23, 1779; discharged Sept. 1, 1779; service 1 mo. 10 days, including travel home, at New Haven, Conn.
Grosvenor, Leicester. Private, Capt. William Clark's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's Regt.; enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; service, 3 days; company marched from Gageborough to Bennington by order of Gen. Stark on an alarm; also, same co. and Regt.; enlisted Oct. 13, 1780; service 6 days; company marched from Windsor to Shaftsbury by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the Northward; also same co. and redt.; enlisted Oct. 21, 1780; discharged Oct. 22, 1780; service, 2 days; company marched from Windsor by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm; also, Lieut. John Col's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's Regt.; enlisted Oct. 26, 1780; discharged Oct. 28, 1780; service, 3 days; company marched from Windsor by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm. Grosvenor, Leicester. Private, Capt. Joseph Peirce's co., Col. Asa Barnes's (Berkshire Co.) Regt.; enlisted Oct. 28, 1781; service 10 days; company marched by order of Gen. Fellows on an alarm at the Northward.

More About LEICESTER GROSVENOR, JR., PVT.:
Buried: 1808, Safford Cem., Fairfax, Vt.

More About ESTHER WELD:
Buried: 1810, Safford Cem., Fairfax, Vt.
     
Children of LEICESTER GROSVENOR and ESTHER WELD are:
28. i.   THEOPHILUS18 GROSVENOR, SR., b. July 29, 1755, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. October 08, 1797, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont.
29. ii.   RESOLVED GROSVENOR, b. August 27, 1757, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. March 06, 1831, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont.
30. iii.   ESTHER GROSVENOR, b. August 09, 1759, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. Marietta, Washington, Ohio.
31. iv.   LEICESTER GROSVENOR, III, CAPT., b. August 11, 1761, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. April 26, 1827, Fairfax, Franklin, Vermont.
32. v.   REBECCA GROSVENOR, b. August 11, 1761, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. of Stockton, New York.
33. vi.   RICHARD GROSVENOR, b. April 06, 1765, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. August 12, 1838, Stockton, New York.
  vii.   MARY GROSVENOR, b. June 03, 1768, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. January 11, 1815, Jericho, Vermont; m. JESSE GLOYD, 1796.
34. viii.   LUCY GROSVENOR, b. November 15, 1770, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. February 25, 1844, Stockton, New York.


12. SUSANNAH17 GROSVENOR (EBENEZER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1) was born October 31, 1708 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. She married DAVID MILLARD June 26, 1731 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, son of SOLOMAN MILLARD and ELIZABETH STAPLES.

More About SUSANNAH GROSVENOR:
Intention Record: June 26, 1731, Reoboth, Bristol, Mass.
     
Children of SUSANNAH GROSVENOR and DAVID MILLARD are:
  i.   MARY18 MILLARD, b. September 25, 1732, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. June 10, 1755, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  ii.   SARAH MILLARD, b. January 16, 1734/35, Windham, Conn.; d. Aft. April 07, 1801, Windham, Conn..
  iii.   SOLOMON MILLARD, b. June 06, 1737, Windham, Conn.; d. March 21, 1800, Ashford, Windham, Conn.; m. RACHEL HARES.
  iv.   REBECCA MILLARD, b. April 05, 1738, Windham, Conn.; d. Aft. April 07, 1801, Ashford, Windham, Conn..
  v.   SUSANNAH MILLARD, b. March 08, 1741/42, Windham, Conn.; d. Bef. April 07, 1801.
  vi.   ANN MILLARD, b. March 23, 1743/44, Windham, Conn.; d. Aft. April 07, 1801; m. JOHN BARRET.
  vii.   ELIZABETH MILLARD, b. October 17, 1746, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. Aft. May 24, 1805.
  viii.   PENELOPE MILLARD, b. 1748, Connecticut; d. Bef. May 24, 1805, Westford, Conn..


13. JOHN17 GROSVENOR, CAPT. (EBENEZER16, JOHN15, WILLIAM14 GRAVENOR, GENT, WILLIAM13 GRAVENER, GENT, RICHARD12 GRAVENOR, WILLIAM11, ROWLAND10, WILLIAM9, JOHN8, JOHN7, HENRY6, THOMAS5, RICHARD4, RICHARD3 DE GRAVENOR, WILLIAM2, ADAM1)16,17,18 was born May 12, 1711 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn., and died February 03, 1804 in Pomfret, Windham, Conn.. He married (1) UNKNOWN Bef. 1733. He married (2) HANNAH DRESSER May 07, 1733, daughter of JONATHAN DRESSER and SARAH LEAVER.

Notes for JOHN GROSVENOR, CAPT.:
John was a Capt. in the French and Indian Wars (1755-1757) and the Rev. War. He served as Capt. of the Pomfret (Militia) Co. in the Crown Point Expedition under Lt. Dyer, Lt. Col. Nathaniel Tyler's Regiment, of which Israel Putnam was a second Lt. In 1763. John served as a delegate to the General Assembly in 1755 and 1763, selectman four times, Justice of the Peace for 3 years, and in 1781 he was chairman of a meeting to collect clothing for the Army. Served on the committee of Safety.(DAR)

More About JOHN GROSVENOR, CAPT.:
Buried: 1804, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

More About HANNAH DRESSER:
Buried: 1782, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
     
Children of JOHN GROSVENOR and HANNAH DRESSER are:
35. i.   JOHN18 GROSVENOR, JR., b. March 04, 1733/34, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. September 09, 1775, Feeding Hills (now Auburn), Hampden, Mass..
  ii.   NATHAN GROSVENOR, b. June 26, 1735, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. June 20, 1738, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About NATHAN GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1738, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
36. iii.   HANNAH GROSVENOR, b. February 09, 1736/37, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. September 15, 1790, Woodstock, Windham, Conn..
  iv.   NATHAN GROSVENOR, b. January 23, 1739/40, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. July 03, 1764, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; m. MARY HOLBROOK, May 10, 1764.
  More About NATHAN GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1764, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

  More About MARY HOLBROOK:
Buried: 1765, East Woodstock, Windham, Conn.
  v.   PRUDENCE GROSVENOR, b. December 16, 1741, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. September 23, 1743, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  More About PRUDENCE GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1743, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.
37. vi.   THOMAS GROSVENOR, LIEUT. COL., b. September 20, 1744, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. July 11, 1825, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
38. vii.   SETH GROSVENOR, CAPT., b. January 09, 1746/47, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. January 13, 1808, Windsor, Mass..
  viii.   ABEL GROSVENOR19, b. March 02, 1748/49, Pomfret, Windham, Conn.; d. January 06, 1780, Pomfret, Windham, Conn..
  Notes for ABEL GROSVENOR:
Unmarried, served in the Rev. War.

  More About ABEL GROSVENOR:
Buried: 1780, Sabin Cem., Pomfret, Windham, Conn.

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