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MATTHEW GRANT (b. 27 Oct 1601, d. 16 Dec 1681)

MATTHEW GRANT (son of JOHN GRANT and ALICE TURBERVILLE) was born 27 Oct 1601 in WOOLBRIDGE, DORSETSHIRE, ENGLAND, and died 16 Dec 1681 in WINDSOR, CT.. He married PRISCILLA GREY on 16 Nov 1625 in ENGLAND, daughter of ANTHONY GREY and MAGDALENE PURIFOY.

Notes for MATTHEW GRANT:
On 20 Mar 1630, a ship called the "Mary and John" sailed from Plymouth, England, bearing 140 persons bound for New England in the Amerian Colonies. On 30 May, they anchored in New England at the harbor of Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts. Among these passengers was a young man named Matthew Grant. The "Mary and John"'s passengers stayed briefly at the nearby town of Dorchester, Mass. In September 1633, some of them set sail again, down the New England Coast to a site where a scouting colony had designed a section of land for a new town of Windsor, Connecticut. In the coming months, Matthew Grant, like other members of the "Mary and John"'s party and some other colonists, made the short voyage to help establish Windsor. In 1635 windsor's settlers began dividing the land into lots for distribution among the town's founders. As a professional serveyor, Matthew Grant was closely involved in this process.
Biography: Indeed Matthew Grant was one of the most influential persons involved in the establishment of Windsor. In addition to being the town's surveyor for several years, he served as its Town Clerk for some terms. He maintained a thorough volume called the Old Church Records, which is one of the most important records documenting Windsor's early history.
Biography: In the 1660's, a major dispute wracked the Windsor Community Church (and other churches across New England). Most New England churches, including Windsor's were governed by townsmen with strict Puritan inclinations. As immigration in the region grew, increasing numbers of settlers arrived who were more sympathetic to the established Church of England than to Puritan beliefs. Legally, these non-Puritan settlers had little choice other than to attend the Puritan worship services and to pay taxes to support the church and the pastor's family. The non-Puritan settlers began to insist that the laws governing church membership and support be modified to reflcet the changing mix of Windsor's residents

More About MATTHEW GRANT and PRISCILLA GREY:
Marriage: 16 Nov 1625, ENGLAND.

Children of MATTHEW GRANT and PRISCILLA GREY are:

+PRISCILLA GRANT, b. 14 Sep 1626, LONDON, ENGLAND, d. 21 Oct 1696, WINDSOR, CT..