When Seth Grant I was born in 1610, in England, his mother, Alice Turberville, was 33 and his father, John Grant, was 37. He married Elizabeth Ann Gregory before 1635, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1646, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 36, and was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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"The Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower in search of religious freedom in the New World in September 1620. The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 passengers, 40 of whom called themselves ""Saints."" After two stormy months at sea, the ship reached the New World. Nearly half of the group died during their first winter due to malnutrition and the harsh New England winter."
Settled Oct 15, 1635
The English began to arrive in 1636
Irish, English, and especially Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall, large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
English: from the rare Middle English (and Old English) personal name Grante or Grente.
Irish: in Ireland this is usually the Norman Scottish name (see 1 above), but it was also adopted for Irish Mag Raighne, see Graney .
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