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| Birth: | 8 Jan 1672/73 in Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts |
| Death: | 1733 in Charleston, South Carolina |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | John Grosvenor b. 2 Jan 1640/41 in Friars St. Leonard Parish Bridgenorth Salop England |
| Mother: | Ester Clarke b. 1651 in probably Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts |
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| Probate: 26 Jul 1721 |
| Baptism: 14 Oct 1673 by the famous John Eliot |
| Will: 5 Nov 1702 |
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| Marriage: | 1693 in Watertown, Middlesex, Mass |
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Individual:
The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England
AUTHOR: Frederick Lewis Weis
PUBLICATION: Lancaster MA: 1936; reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, Co., Inc., 1977.
REPOSITORY:
CALL NUMBER: Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 77-82296
[NS10012863] www.Genealogy Library.com
PAGE: pg. 98
John C. Clark, Records of the Descendants of Hugh Clark of Watertown, Mass. 1866; Farmer, John., First Settlers of New England; Rev. William Grosvenor was minister at Brookfield, Mass. from 24 Oct 1705 to 25 Aug 1708, then he moved to Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina. He was educated at Harvard (B.A. 1693 (H.C., A.B., A.M.), and his will was dated 5 Nov 1702; William was baptized by the famous Rev. John Eliot. Frederick Lewis Weis, The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England, p.98: "William Grosvenor, A.M., b. Roxbury, Jan 8. 1672/3, son of John Grosvenor and Esther (Clarke) Grosvenor; H.C., 1693; A.B., A.M.; called to Brookfield, Oct 24, 1705; settled Brookfield, 1705-1708; dismissed Aug. 25, 1708; settled Charleston, S. C.; d. 1733". "Folklore and Firesides of Pomfret, Hampton and Vicinity" by Susan Jewett Griggs (1950) p.30 Esther Grosvenor's oldest son, William, was graduated from Harvard in 1693, was a minister in Brookfield, Mass. and later went to Charleston, S.C. Her other sons, all in early manhood became leading citizens of Pomfret. Because of Indian attacks the town was unable to support a minister.(Bowen). Williams will was probated, July 26, 1721, and is in the Procession of the North Carolina Historical Commission at Raleigh, North Carolina, and named his wife Sarah as his executrix.
More About WILLIAM GROSVENOR, REV.:
Baptized/Christ.: October 14, 1673, by the famous John Eliot
WILLIAM GROSVENOR and SARAH JESSON are:
i. WILLIAM17 GROSVENOR, JR., b. 1693.
ii. SUSANNA GROSVENOR, b. 1699, of Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
iii. ELIZABETH GROSVENOR, b. 1701, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
iv. ESTHER GROSVENOR, b. 1703, Watertown, Middlesex, Mass..
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