Jonathan HUMPHREY

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BIOGRAPHY: He settled in Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut 14 Jun 1749, where he was much esteemed as a worth and influential citizen. Among his numerous and respectable descendants are several whose names will long be remembered as associated with great and varied public interests. From the TOWN RECORDS: 20 Dec, 1714 "Jonathan Humphris had a grant of land; was to pay 3 pounds; the survey was made 7 Nov 1715; June 15, 1716, he received a deed of land in "long meadow at Weatouge: from "Samuel Humphris, Justice." He owned land which lay "next to that his father bought of John Clarke." Nov 22, 1718, he purchased land of Simon Mills. May 27, 1729 and April 7, 1735 he received a deed of land from his father. March 19, 1741 his brother Ensign Samuel Humphreys, of Gloshen,Connecticut acknowledged the receipt of a valuable sum of money for which he quitclaimed to him and to his brothers Charles and Noah "all his right to certain lands of their honored father, Samuel Humphrey of Simsbury, deceased." December 1713, "Jonathan Humphries" was chosen "haward"; was sworn March 19 1714. May 20 1714, he witnessed a deed; Dec 6 1714, was chosen "waywarden"; 1715/16, had an ear-mark for his cattle; Dec 18 1716, was chosen collector of the meeting-house rate; Dec 26, 1717, was "remitted from gathering the said Rates then dew to the town from Thomas Bakon and John Bell;" Dec 16, 171? was fence-viewer for the south end of the town. BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Ord, FGR Film# 1274379

Jonathan married Mercy RUGGLES on 30 Jun 1714 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mercy (daughter of Benjamin RUGGLES and Mercy WOODBRIDGE) was born on 6 Nov 1697 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 10 Nov 1761 in Of Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Solomon HUMPHREY was born on 2 May 1724 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut; died in 1798.

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BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Death-Ord; FGR Film # 1274379 It appears that a close relationship between the Mills and Humphreys families continued through sucessive generations and several Humphreys-Mills marriages are rec orded. Samuel Humphrey was a prominent and highly respected citizen of Simsbury. He removed with his father from Windsor about 1669 to Simsbury. At that time it was called " Massacoe". He was made Justice of the Peace in Hartford County by the General Assembly, May 1712, 1714, 1715 and 1716. He was Representative of Simsbury in the General Assembly in 1792, 1719, and 1722-1725. He earned the rank of Lieutenant about 1709\10. His commission was signed by Governor Saltonstall and was in the possession of one of his descendants as of 1883. Biography: Bir-Mar-Ord, FGR Film# 1274379

Samuel married Mary Buell MILLS on 15 Jun 1686 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Simon MILLS and Mary BUELL) was born on 8 Dec 1662 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 4 Apr 1730 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: "Having been given a grant of land in the new plantation, at that time called Massaco,(after 1670) Marys' father Simon took his family consisting of himself and wife Mary, children Mary, Hannah, John and Sarah, over the Talcott Mountains, to a new home in the undeveloped plantation, later named Simsbury, Connecticut. Michael Humphreys, father of Samuel, was also one of the early Grantees at Massaco. Mary and her future husband Samuel Humphreys, grew up in Simsbury under similar conditions, both experienceing the hardships of pioneer living, and the concern caused by the Indian hostilities to be followed by the burning of Simsbury on 26 March 1676 (History of Hartford County, 1633-1884 by J. Hammond Trumbull, Vol. II, p 342). Mary and her parents lived in Simsbury about five years before, in response to a town warning, caused by an expected Indian attack, the family returned to Windsor. On this return trip, Mary then about fourteen years of age, must have shared with her mother, the care of the six other children, all younger. It may have been after Mary's brother Simon Mills Jr. was born about 1678, that the Mills family went back to continue their residence in Simsbury. By this time it is assumed that a new house had been built. A short time after their return, probably 1680, Mary married Samuel Humphreys". BIOGRAPHY: About the time of their marriage, Mary's father gave land to his son-in-law, Samuel: "Saml Humphries House lott; Land in Simsbury...belonging to Saml Humphries..one parcell which he ye sd Saml Humphries have on his father mils; fer a House lot; which house lot is Scituate at wetoug...and is by estimation four accres one rodd and Tweenty perches be it more or les s..." BIOGRAPHY: It is thought that Samuel and Mary Humphreys lived in that part of Simsbury, east of the Farmington River, known as Weatogue Houses, and that their home lot may have adjoined that of Mary's brother Simon who, in accord with the final order of distribution inherited his father's home lot." BIOGRAPHY: On 6 July 1683, Mary's father died. Mary's share of her father's Estate signed for by her husband Samuel Humphreys, as given on the original papers, is itemized and reads, in part, as follows; To Samuel Humfrys Husband to Mary the eldest dayghter--a home lott; a cow.. a rug; a bedstead; one chest...two pewter; a great kettle... two smoothing Irons; a cradle... The value totaled 13 pounds, 16 shillins and 3 pence. BIOGRAPHY: Mary's mother married Samuel Bissell of Windsor and upon her death on 24 Jun 1718 read; "Group 1 unto my eldest daughter Mary the wife of Samuel Humphreys, my pillion 2 & to said Mary, & to My Daughters Hannah and Elizabeth all my waring cloaths to be divided equally amongst them thre". BIOGRAPHY: It appears that a close relationship between the Mills and Humphreys families continued through many generations, and several Humphreys-Mills marriages are recored. dl

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Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 From his parents in Lyme "My Endeared son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, how he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son come my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues).... "sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlasting none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of May 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page ,about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr Samuell Humphrey Susanna Hump rey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has been copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the Same hand. It is not known which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 From his parents in Lyme "My Endeared son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, how he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son come my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues).... "sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlasting none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of May 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page ,about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr Samuell Humphrey Susanna Hump rey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has been copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the Same hand. It is not known which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 BIOGRAPHY: Bir-Mar-Ord; FGR Film # 1274379 and #261240 MATTHEW GRANT, WILLIAM BUELL, MICHAEL HUMPHREYS, SIMON MILLS, AND JOHN CASE On March 20, 1630, a ship called the "Mary and John" sailed from Plymouth, England, bearing 140 persons bound for New England in the American colonies. On May 30, they anchored in New England at the harbor of Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts. Among these passengers was a young man named Matthew Grant. The "Mary and John"'s passengers stayed briefly at the nearby town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In September 1633, some of them set sail again, down the New England Coast to a site where a scouting colony had designed a section of land for a new town of Windsor, Connecticut. In the coming months, Matthew Grant, like other members of the "Mary and John"'s party and some other colonists, made the short voyage to help establish Windsor. In 1635 Windsor's settlers began dividing the land into lots for distribution among the town's founders. As a professional serveyor, Matthew Grant was closely involved in this process. Michael Humphreys, was a pitch-and-tar manufacturer who received land title in 1647, the same year he married Matthew Grant's daughter Priscilla. In the 1660's, a major dispute wracked the Windsor Community Church (and other churches across New England). Most New England churches, including Windsor's, were governed by townsmen with strict Puritan inclinations. As immigration in the region grew, increasing numbers of settlers arrived who were more sympathetic to the established Church of England than to Puritan beliefs. Legally, these non-Puritan settlers had little choice other than to attend the Puritan worship services and to pay taxes to support the church and the pastor's family. The non-Puritan settlers began to insist that the laws governing church membership and support be modified to reflect the changing mix of Windsor's residents. Michael Humphreys was particularly outspoken on this point, even standing trial in local court for his challenge to the community church. By 1669, he had had enough. He left Windsor to helped establish the nearby settlement of Simsbury. Also among our Windsor ancestors to move to Simsbury were John Case and Simon Mills, Jr., the son of the early settler of Windsor, and his wife Mary Buell, the daughter of William Buell. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page. BIOGRAPHY: hum3.paf Moved to Windsor, CT 1642, Freeman in 1657, to Simsbury 1669 Lived in 1642 at Main St. S of Sandy Hill Road, house on W end opposite where road turns N Engaged in making tar and pitch in Simsbury with John Tinker and John Griffin, in 1662 engaged in mercantile transactions with his brother Samuel and Henry Pose in St. Malo, France (see Private Controversies, Vol I, Docs. 48-59. State Library, Hartford). As a member of the Church of England he protested, together with James Eno and others, against paying taxes for the support of ministry in Windsor. In 1667, is one of the Windsor "dragoons". In 1669 became one of the earliest 13 and most prominent settlers of Simsbury (formerly Massacco). In 1670, one of the State deputies to General Court. Resided in that part of Simsbury known as Westogue. 1681-1685 was active in establishing the ministry, etc, in Sims; was evidently a leading man in civil and ecclesiastical matters; date of death not known, but division of his estate was 19 March 1695/6. Contents of Letter to Michael Dated 24 Jan 1648 from his parents in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England My Endeared Son I have not read one line from you this 10 months and now the intent is only to entreat you that you be pleased to write me a line or two wheather you may come on to me or no also of the livelihood of the place. If dead I shall entreat the pity to whom this may belong to return me an answer if by any means possible, that so I may know how passages dust go with you or any whom it may concern. And indeed I have a long time waited upon the most high God, How he hath pleased through the riches of his mercy to declare his love unto me being a nothing creature. I must say as the Psalmist doth, Oh the depth of the love of God bestowed upon me a nothing creature. I have found the goodness of God working abundantly for an through the riches of his mercy toward me. Oh the fullness of joy and sweetness is found by me in the Lord Jesus. I do speak unto Thee even this language, come my son com my dear be not dishearted tis he that worketh in us both the will and the dead. God from the scripture speaks unto us in this language and declare himself as followth I am God I change not. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I am God and change not. I am God and there is more besides me. Oh my child thou art the child of mine bosom. Fear not, God is found in them that sought him not. The tongue cannot express how he hath been found by my trouble in so much that I cannot say trouble but much joy in it. (one line in lost and it continues)...."sorrows but joy abundantly. Dear child U can say but little more, but omega the beginning and the end. Alpha everlating none by him. My dear, the last letter I wrote unto you was the 18th of may 1648 by a friend which God was pleased to give you life, came safe to your hand. In it I advised you the rec't of your writing six months before, by whom it did take notice of your marriage and also that you were gone further."(the last fold of page, about ten lines are lost and conclusion of the letter is the top of the reverse side of the paper) "More than that we are all dear affectionate friends to the end of the world. Mr. Samuell Humphrey Susanna Humprey 1648 1648 Know this that we are all in good health and live well." This letter has ben copied from the fragments of the ancient letter, written on course paper, faintly ruled. It was written in hand with capital letters flourished and apparently of the same hand. It is not know which parent wrote it, but both signatures are of the writer. It is assumed that it was written by Susanna. Copied by Otis M. Humphrey M.D. Boston Mass 13 July 1868 CONFLICT: birth date 10 sep 1620, hum3.paf

Michael married Priscilla GRANT on 14 Oct 1647 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. Priscilla (daughter of Matthew GRANT and Priscilla GREY) was born on 14 Sep 1626 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 21 Oct 1669 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Simons' parents died when he was very young, about 1637/1638. It is believed that he was cared for by his uncle Simon. This uncle Simon Mills was an early settler, baker, and trader. It is believed that Simon grew up near the southern shoreline of the Farmington River where his uncle had land granted by a plantation in 1640. On the 10 of May 1653, when Simon was about 16 he purchased a houselot, with meadow adjoining (Loomis 1:64a) or his Uncle purchased it for him. Records show that this uncle kept an account with John Pynchon, a merchant of Springfield, Massachusetts for at least 14 years after the purchase of this land so it is presummed that this land was used just for grazing cattle because it was some distance for the Mill Brook district. This land has been identified as property on Broad Street (between Rowland Lane on the east, and Broad Street on the west and between the present "Windsor House" at the corner of Broad and Center Streets at the northern end, and the Windsor Library at the southern end of Windsor centere Green) (Stiles 2:500). After Simon married Mary Buell they made there residence on this land and that it was where their first seven children were born, three of whom died young. On March 23, 1660, Simon was chosen "Fence Viewer" by the Town of Windsor (Windsor Town Acts, 1:47b) and he was named as security in the pruchase of two stears and a cow by Edward King of Thomas Ford. Simon became a supporting member of the First Church in Windsor organized in 1630 and built in Windsor on the site marked by Founders Monument in 1960. Simon purchased a short seat, holding 3 persons. Mary's father was the carpenter who built the church. After 1670, Simon, having been given a grant of land in the new plantation, at that time called Massaco (later called Simsbury), took his family, wife Mary and children Mary, Hannah, John and Sarah, over the Talcott Mountains to a new home in the undeveloped plantation. When the town was burned in 1675 by King Philip's Indians, they returned temporarily to Windsor. Information from Hazel Bird. BIOGRAPHY: Some sources site Simons father as Simon instead of John. BIOGRAPHY: MATTHEW GRANT, WILLIAM BUELL, MICHAEL HUMPHREYS, SIMON MILLS, AND JOHN CASE On March 20, 1630, a ship called the "Mary and John" sailed from Plymouth, England, bearing 140 persons bound for New England in the American colonies. On May 30, they anchored in New England at the harbor of Nantasket (now Hull), Massachusetts. Among these passengers was a young man named Matthew Grant. The "Mary and John"'s passengers stayed briefly at the nearby town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In September 1633, some of them set sail again, down the New England Coast to a site where a scouting colony had designed a section of land for a new town of Windsor, Connecticut. In the coming months, Matthew Grant, like other members of the "Mary and John"'s party and some other colonists, made the short voyage to help establish Windsor. In 1635 Windsor's settlers began dividing the land into lots for distribution among the town's founders. As a professional serveyor, Matthew Grant was closely involved in this process. BIOGRAPHY: Indeed, Matthew Grant was one of the most influential persons nvolved in the establishment of Windsor. In addition to being the town's surveyor for several years, he served as its Town Clerk for some terms. He maintained a thorough volume called the Old Church Records, which is one of the most important records documenting Windsor's early history. BIOGRAPHY: Michael Humphreys, was a pitch-and-tar manufacturer who received land title in 1647, the same year he married Matthew Grant's daughter Priscilla. In 1653, Simon Mills, a trader, bought land in Windsor, and, at some point, John Case also bought land in the town. BIOGRAPHY: In the 1660's, a major dispute wracked the Windsor Community Church (and other churches across New England). Most New England churches, including Windsor's, were governed by townsmen with strict Puritan inclinations. As immigration in the region grew, increasing numbers of settlers arrived who were more sympathetic to the established Church of England than to Puritan beliefs. Legally, these non-Puritan settlers had little choice other than to attend the Puritan worship services and to pay taxes to support the church and the pastor's family. The non-Puritan settlers began to insist that the laws governing church membership and support be modified to reflect the changing mix of Windsor's residents. BIOGRAPHY: Michael Humphreys was particularly outspoken on this point, even standing trial in local court for his challenge to the community church. By 1669, he had had enough. He left Windsor to helped establish the nearby settlement of Simsbury. Also among our Windsor ancestors to move to Simsbury were John Case and Simon Mills, Jr., the son of the early settler of Windsor, and his wife Mary Buell, the daughter of William Buell. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page.

Simon married Mary BUELL on 23 Feb 1659 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of William BUELL and Mary POST) was born on 3 Sep 1642 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 24 Jun 1718 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: The original Will and original Inventory, which is kept on file at the Connecticut State Library, for the Estate of Mary Buell Mills Bissel, dated 9 Apr 1718 named her daughters, Mary, Hannah and Elizabeth, and grandchildren, heirs of son John Mills and heirs of daughter Sarah Ellsworth. She named son Simon Mills Jr., sole Executor of her Estate, and signed the document "Mary Bifel". A few of the items listed on the Inventory are: one mohair coat, one serge manto, riding hood, one silk hood, one pair of shoes, two pairs of gloves, a blue calico apron, one feather bed, two blankets, a warming pan, a spinning wheel, a great wheel, wool cards, one cow and one sheep. Information from Hazel Bird.

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Samuel married Susanna about 1608. Susanna was born in 1585 in Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England; died after 1648 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: [Borderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2235, Date of Import: Nov 9, 1997] BY BERYL N GRANT CLAN GRANT GENEA LOGIST THE ENGLISH GRANTS Research on two early lines of Grants who came to America in the early 1600's, trace them to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire,England. I refer to the Matthew Grant born 1601 in Dorset and who with his wife Priscilla emigrated from Plymouth to Dorchester,MA on the ship Mary and John, and who was one of the founders of Windsor,CT, His father,John Grant, b.1574(wife Alice Turberville of Woolbridge,Dorset) was the son of George Grant,son of John Grant and Jane Belford who married in Roxby in 1570. This information was reported at the 6th reunion of the Grant Family Association in NY City in 1914. This family traces back in Roxby,Yorkshire to one William Graunt living in the middle of the 15th century. there is question as to the location of Roxby, whether in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire. There is a Roxby,Lincolnshire located nine miles SW of Barton-on-Humber,Yorkshire. Lord Strathspey's book on the History of Clan Grant traces the Chiefs of the Clan back to Sir Laurence Le Grant(1258-1266) , son of William and Aldreda, who was sheriff of Inverness in 1263. A history of the Grants by Archie McKerracher traces the surname of Grant to a Norman knight,Le Grant who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. His descendent, William Le Grant, held lands in Nottinghamshire(near Lincolnshire and Yorkshire,England) through his wife Aldreda who was a member of the Bissett family who had been granted land around Stratherick and Beauly in the Moray Firth area of Scotland. An article by Maran McCormick also states the Anglo-Norman origin and that William and Alfreda Bissett Grant held manor of East Bridgeford in Nottinghamshire, England. This account also states that there is a claim to descent from Kenneth MacAlpine,King of Scotland in the 9th century. Many of our clan members who trace their families back to England are wondering about their ties to Scotland. In many cases scots moved down to England,particularly Yorkshire, for economic reasons as this was one of the centers of the woolen trade. It might also be that this family might be descended from the Le Grants who settled in this corner of the Midlands of England and would be related very distantly to the Grants in Scotland. In either case I feel that if one were able to trace far enough on the Yorkshire Grants(which I feel has already been done to the best of anyone's ability) they would find that either of the above reasons would be valid. BIOGRAPHY: Most information on Matthew is from the Grant Family History On March 20, 1630 he embarked with his family, on the "Mary and John" at Plymouth England, they reached Boston Harbor May 30, 1630. The family settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts and he was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631 but with many others, he disliked the close union of church and state that characterized the colony of Massachusetts Bay, as well as the growing tendency to establish the government in the hands of a privileged class, and to minimize the voice of the people in the conduct of their own affairs. Accordingly, in October 1635 he went overland to the Connecticut River with the party that prepared for the settlement of Windsor, his family probably did not go at that time but joined him the following April. There freed from the tramma of a royal charter, he assisted in forming a true democracy, the germ from which American political institutions have grown. His claim was in the Palasades next to the town lot. This he gave to his son John with whom he spent his declining years. It is said he was a carpenter. He was the first and for many years the principal surveyed; deacon of the first church; recorder, (town clerk) 1652-57 townsman, (selectman) many years, frequently receiving the highest number of votes; on the committee to lay out the bounds between Windsor and Hartford in 1651 and 1660, and to view the state of the town in 1651 and 1654 The absence of records makes it impossible to give a complete list of the many offices he held, but he was one of the important men of the town. Of him Dr. Stiles says in his History of Ancient Windsor: "Few men indeed filled so large a place in the early history of Windsor, or filled it so well as honest Matthew Grant; His name figures in almost every place of trust and the early records of the town show that his duties were always conscientiously performed" In 1654 he compiled "A Book of Records of Town Ways in Windsor" He was also the compiler of the " Old Church Record " which has furnished the basis for the histories of most of the families of ancient Windsor. He was the type of the best settlers of New England and left to his descendants an untarnished name, and the example of an unswerving fidelity to the public trusts committed to him, for he quaintly comments on his own work " I have been careful to do nothing on one man's desire. Indeed, Matthew Grant was one of the most influential persons involved in the establishment of Windsor. In addition to being the town's surveyor for several years, he served as its Town Clerk for some terms. He maintained a thorough volume called the Old Church Records, which is one of the most important records documenting Windsor's early history. Bradley Rymph Genealogy Page.

Matthew married Priscilla GREY on 16 Nov 1625 in Devonshire, England. Priscilla (daughter of Rev. Anthony GREY and Magdalen PURIFOY) was born on 27 Feb 1601 in Banbury, Leicestershire, England; was christened on 14 Mar 1609 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England; died on 27 Apr 1644 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CONFLICT: Birth date 25 APR 1613 CONFLICT: Death date is after Burial date. BIOGRAPHY: Probably cared for Simon, John's son after John's death.

Simeon married Sarah BISSELL about 1635 in Of England. Sarah (daughter of Capt. John BISSELL and Elizabeth THOMPSON) was born in 1616 in France; died in 1637 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY: Windsor's early settlers. One was William Buell, occupation, carpenter or joiner who acquired title to a land lot by 1640. BIOGRAPHY: Lived in the Mill Brook district of Windsor, William Buell having been granted a lot on what was then Silver street, later called East Road (Stiles 1:153) The Buell and Mills families were very near neighbors. BIOGRAPHY: Sir Robert and Catherine Goode listed as Williams parents are unproven. ("Genealogy of Buell, Gillett, Hull, Pesinge Families". http://home.cdsnet.net/~beckler/c t9.htm CONFLICT: Last name Bewelle Bevil le AFN: C7CH-CX lists Maria Coles as Williams Mother.

William married Mary POST on 18 Nov 1640 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of William POST and Mary) was born in 1616-1619 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 2 Sep 1684 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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