Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Grant was born on 27 February 1726, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joshua Grant, was 31 and his mother, Abigail Coolidge, was 27. He died on 27 May 1734, in his hometown, at the age of 8, and was buried in Old Burying Place, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Joshua Grant, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Grant, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joshua Grant, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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