Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-08-13
The Ancestry Of General Grant.

Boston Transcript.
II any one, in connection with the
death OF General Grant, has had occa-
sion, in tracing his origin, to consult the
different biographies written during
the war. or in the time of his presidency,
he has found the subject in q particular
ly crude and unorganized condition.
Some writer's start off with the clear
assertion that he was OF Scotch origin,
but do not trace the ancestral line back
of his father, Jesse. It is not unlikely
that Grants remote ancestors were
Scotch; but when he was born lin
l822-he had very nearly 200 years of
clear American ancestry behind him, of
which the writer seemed to know moth.
ing. Another writer makes the Scotch
reference more distinct by telling us
that two Scotch brothers came over, one
of whom settled in New jersey, and the
other somewhere else, but that Gen.
Grant Is descended from the New Jersey
settler. Another biography states the
early ancestor Of Gen. Grant settled in
Connecticut This is correct, but no
particulars are given.
Gen. Grants earliest American ancestor
was Mathew Grant, who came over with
the Warham & Maverick company in
1880, in the good ship Mary and John,
and settled first in Dorchester, Mass.
After remaining there six years the
major part of the company, carrying the
church organization with them, removed
to Connecticut and founded the town of
Windsor. Mathew Grant went to Wind
sor and became one of the most valuable
men of the colony. His name was
Mathew Grant the Recorder" He
kept the records of the town and church
IN 80 clear and orderly way thst he was
q notable man in that first New England
generation. He undoubtedly came to
this country from England, whether
his remoter ancestors were English or
Scotch.
This son Samuel went as little child
from Dorchester to Windsor, and there,
May 27, 1858, married Mary Porter, by
whom he had nine children. He re-
| moved to the east side of the river, to
that part of Windsor afterwards known
as East Windsor, and which by q more
recent division is now South Windsor.
His Oldest son was Samuel, born
| April 20, 1869, who married April IL,
1888, for lis second wife, Grace Minor.
The fourth child of this marriage was
Noah, born December l6, 1892. Soon
after this time began the process of re.
moval to new fields, at first to towns
near at hand and afterwards to the
opening fields of the west. John A.
Stoughton, of Hartford, Conn.,, native
of East Windsor, says of this family OF
Samuel Grant, jr,: He (Ebenezar) was
by far the most prominent one in Mr..
Edwards's parish" tMr. Edwards was
the Rev. Timothy, father of
Jonathan. His ministry in this parish
lasted from 1894 to 1852 10 go on with
the quotation: "He was the youngest
of Samuel Grants eight children by his
wife Grace. Among his brothers was
Noah, who removed to Talland and be-
came the ancestor of Gen. Grant, late
president of the United States" Oul
own impression is that it was Coventry
the town adjoining Tolland, to which be
removed.
Now from this point we have not the
means at hand for tracing two or three
generations, with definite dates of mar.
riages and births. We have seen this
whole line traced out, step by step, and
will vouch for it that the above general
statement by Mr.. Stoughton is correct
We have heard this statement again and
again, On the very spot where
Noah Grant was born. The
house now standing there, in its real
portion. is the one IN which this family
of Samuel Grant lived. but has been
largely added to, 30 that the present
structure is spacious mansion occupi
ed by Maj. Frederick Grant, q descen.
dent OF Ebenezer. Maj. Grant is nov
eighty.seven years old. There were. a
least, two removals from the old Cen
necticut town-whether Tolland or Gov
entry-before the emigrsnts settled a
Mt. Pleasant. O., where Gen. Grant was
born, April q, 1922. His parents wer'
Jessie R. and Hanna (Simpson) Grant
If we mistake not, Ulysses was the grea
great.grandson o. Noah making him o
the eighth generation from "Mathey
Grant the Recorder"
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