This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Grant family history notes beginning with William Grant lineage
A compact biographical sketch traces the Grants from Mat thew and Priscilla Grant who sailed on the Mary and John in 1630 to the Ohio settlements. It covers Noah Grant’s two marriages, Jesse Root Grant’s birth in 1794, early apprenticeship, leather tanning ventures, and the 1821 marriage to Hannah Simpson. It notes Hannah’s youth, appearance, and the few artifacts about her, plus references to Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Grant
Hiram Ulysses
Jesse Grant
Matthew
Priscilla Grant
America
Mary
John
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Westmoreland Co
Noah Grant
Rachel Kelly
Jesse Root
Ohio
Liverpool
Deerfield
Rachel Grant
Jesse
Maysville
Peter Grant
Grant Brothers
Pt. Pleasant
Grant Memorial Methodist
Hannah Simpson
Tate Township
Moses Edwards
Simpson
Elklick
Bantam
Big
Indian Creek
Ohio River
Hannah Simpson Grant
Richard Crawford
Courier
John George Rogers
Richmond
Dr. Rogers
United States