Brief Life History of Bildad
When Bildad Granger was born on 30 June 1741, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Granger, was 38 and his mother, Mary Kent, was 36. He married Hannah King on 15 January 1765, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 4 March 1820, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Bildad Granger, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Bildad Granger, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Beldad Granger in entry for Mrs Hannah Granger, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange ).
French: from Old French grangier (see 1 above), an occupational name for an owner of a granary or a status name for a tenant farmer, a sharecropper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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