Matthew Grant

Matthew Grant was an English-American carpenter, surveyor, the patriarch of the Grant family, and the 9th great-grandfather of Ulysses S. Grant.

Biography

Matthew was born in Exeter, England to John Grant and Alice Turberville. John was an Anglican vicar in Roxby, Yorkshire and Alice was the daughter of an English Lord in Woolbridge. On November 16, 1625, Matthew married Priscilla Grey.
On March 30, 1630, Matthew, Priscilla and his son Peter immigrated to Boston Harbor aboard the Mary and John. From there they traveled to Connecticut and Matthew became a carpenter in Dorchester and a worked as a surveyor in the Windsor area. He also worked as the town's first clerk and maintained the local church's records. He also maintained a farm on the outskirts of the town. Priscilla died in 1644 and Matthew died in 1681 at his farm.