A N C E ST R Y AND THEI R R CO N T E M P O RA I ES. L A M RD C H UNC EY M A RSHA L . A , , AUTHOR OF ” Y OF THE NITED STATES NA VA L ACADEMY ETC . U , C M P N Y 8 00 B R D O A , 49 5 OA W AY . 1 869 accor din A ct Con r e ss 186 Entered , g to of g , in the year 9, by ED R C M R H LL W D . S A A A , ’ [ C s Offi D lS tI‘ ICt Cour t U i d S s for n the lerk ce of the of the n te tate , D s N the Southern i trict of e w Yor k. N ATHAN HH, HAYDEN , EQ, H Z K AH B . L MIS Es I S C N H L . S ES E E I OO , q, AA P E P , Q, GEN MATH R N H . FR D . E. A D R TI MI E G . L S S E E , O A O OO , Q, W HOS E PIONEER ANCE STORS WE RE F OUNDERS W ITH M T T H E W G R A N T O F W I N D S O R C O N N E I A , , C T C U T , SOME OF WHOM A RE KI NSMEN G EN ER L G RA NT A , AN D THROUGH W HOSE APPRECIATIVE SYM PATHY A N D ENCOURAGEMENT TH IS U N D ERTAK I NG HAS B EEN B ROUGHT TO A S CCESS L ISS E U FU U , THE AUTHOR WOULD MOST R ESP ECT ULLY , F , DEDI CAT E T H S O U I V L M E . P R E F A C E . T HE author has had two objects in V iew in h work fi the preparation of t is ; rst, to give an account of the ancient sources of th e family of General Grant ; and secondly, to illustrate, in the some degree, early history of the town of th e ah W indsor, and of families whose pioneer c e stors assisted in founding the colony of Con - ne ct icut . Those ancestors were fellow towns ’ t wo men with General Grant s , hundred years a ago, in the wilderness, surrounded by the sav ge th e foe , and they lie, now, with his in same old l d. h graveyar It is natura , therefore , t at their de scendant s should feel a personal interest in him whom the fortunes of war and his own skill in arms have justly made so distinguished . T hese sentiments have animated the writer, m k h and, doubtless, senti ents not unli e t ese have influenced a large number of zealous correspond ents and friends who have aided in this labor of vi P R E CE FA . n love Amo g these , the author would call atten h t e . tion especially to the services of Hon J . T Hammond rumbull , President of the Connect icut n Historical Society, who has made importa t m contributions to these pages . W illia W ood , m Esq , a Scotch gentle an , of New York , has rendered great assistance in a special field of in quiry in which some investigation has been Dr. made . Henry R Stiles has displayed much m ’ interest in the develop ent of the author s plans, and a free use h as been made of many facts and papers which are found in his History of Ancient W V indsor. aluable aid has been received, also, f n L . k D L. D rom John W ard ea , , a well nown a m ntiquarian of Boston ; fro John B . Porter, D . M . , of Coventry, Jabez H Hayden , Esq , of w . W indsor Locks, John O en Pettibone, Esq , of Weatogue, and Charles J . Hoadly, Esq . , of m k Hartford, Connecticut ; and fro Frederic Saunders , Esq . , of the Astor Library, Francis h . t e H . Houston, Esq , of Mercantile Library, and D . LL. George H . Moore, , of the Historical Li b k Es ar . r y, New Yor Jesse R Grant, q, the t fa her of General Grant, besides having con has tributed largely to the work , given the proof o sheets an intelligent and careful revision . T P E CE R FA . vii all of the many kind friends who have aided th e author in any manner in his labors, he would return the most sincere acknowledgments . In conclusion , it may be suggested that Gen d m eral Grant should, at some future perio , ake an a pilgrimage to W indsor, the Mecca of his ce st ral the history, and he will see there early for town records, preserved now more than two centuries , which were written carefully, and in a th e h w scholarly manner, by pioneer, Matt e Grant in f u eal and Hart ord he will find, g arded with j i h . T t e ous care by Mr rumbull , in Historical Li brar the y, manuscript old Church Book, which is also in the handwriting of Matthew Grant . They are interesting and suggestive relics of the T past. hey have furnished the materials of his tory for many generations of men since Th e ” Recorder acted his part in the busy scenes of f li e . RK e 1 86 EW S . N YO , eptemb r, 9 C O N T E N T S . — A T I . O A HI S P R BI GR P E . C HA PTE 1 R . PAGE. — f — w The C o s . 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