Hannah Tracy, dau. of Thomas Tracy and Lucy Sprague, b. of record Feb. 25, 1765 at Sharon, Conn. She d. Oct. 30, 1841 at Albion, Michigan, Æ 77. The Hannah Tracy Grant Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Albion, Michigan is named for her.
In 1784 at Sharon Springs, NY, Hannah m. Dr. Isaac Grant, s. of Ebenezer4 Grant (Josiah3, John2, Matthew1) and Martha Hill, b. Apr. 6, 1759 at Goshen, Conn. He d. Nov. 9, 1841 at Albion, Michigan. They had nine children (surname Grant): Isaac, Elihu, Loring, Roswell (d.y.), Charles, Marcena (d.y.), Maria (d.y.), Jesse Chapman, and Juliana Delay.
In addition to the biographic material of Dr. Grant in his memorial, from the manuscript of the autobiography of his son Charles: "The remarkable cold winter that Washington's army lay at Valley Forge - my father on going there was overtaken alone and barefoot being otherwise poorly clad by Baron DeStuben who, seeing him in such plight and having pity for him took him into his baroch and wrapping his great Dutch mantle round my father and placing him between his knees with his dog drove on to Valley Forge for his own winter quarters, giving my father on the way as good fare as himself had; while on the way the old Baron was as familiar as he would have been with one of his neighbors, but that familiarity ceased on arriving in camp."
In 1784 at Sharon Springs, NY, Hannah m. Dr. Isaac Grant, s. of Ebenezer4 Grant (Josiah3, John2, Matthew1) and Martha Hill, b. Apr. 6, 1759 at Goshen, Conn. He d. Nov. 9, 1841 at Albion, Michigan. They had nine children (surname Grant): Isaac, Elihu, Loring, Roswell (d.y.), Charles, Marcena (d.y.), Maria (d.y.), Jesse Chapman, and Juliana Delay.
In addition to the biographic material of Dr. Grant in his memorial, from the manuscript of the autobiography of his son Charles: "The remarkable cold winter that Washington's army lay at Valley Forge - my father on going there was overtaken alone and barefoot being otherwise poorly clad by Baron DeStuben who, seeing him in such plight and having pity for him took him into his baroch and wrapping his great Dutch mantle round my father and placing him between his knees with his dog drove on to Valley Forge for his own winter quarters, giving my father on the way as good fare as himself had; while on the way the old Baron was as familiar as he would have been with one of his neighbors, but that familiarity ceased on arriving in camp."
Hannah Tracy, dau. of Thomas Tracy and Lucy Sprague, b. of record Feb. 25, 1765 at Sharon, Conn. She d. Oct. 30, 1841 at Albion, Michigan, Æ 77. The Hannah Tracy Grant Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Albion, Michigan is named for her.
In 1784 at Sharon Springs, NY, Hannah m. Dr. Isaac Grant, s. of Ebenezer4 Grant (Josiah3, John2, Matthew1) and Martha Hill, b. Apr. 6, 1759 at Goshen, Conn. He d. Nov. 9, 1841 at Albion, Michigan. They had nine children (surname Grant): Isaac, Elihu, Loring, Roswell (d.y.), Charles, Marcena (d.y.), Maria (d.y.), Jesse Chapman, and Juliana Delay.
In addition to the biographic material of Dr. Grant in his memorial, from the manuscript of the autobiography of his son Charles: "The remarkable cold winter that Washington's army lay at Valley Forge - my father on going there was overtaken alone and barefoot being otherwise poorly clad by Baron DeStuben who, seeing him in such plight and having pity for him took him into his baroch and wrapping his great Dutch mantle round my father and placing him between his knees with his dog drove on to Valley Forge for his own winter quarters, giving my father on the way as good fare as himself had; while on the way the old Baron was as familiar as he would have been with one of his neighbors, but that familiarity ceased on arriving in camp."
In 1784 at Sharon Springs, NY, Hannah m. Dr. Isaac Grant, s. of Ebenezer4 Grant (Josiah3, John2, Matthew1) and Martha Hill, b. Apr. 6, 1759 at Goshen, Conn. He d. Nov. 9, 1841 at Albion, Michigan. They had nine children (surname Grant): Isaac, Elihu, Loring, Roswell (d.y.), Charles, Marcena (d.y.), Maria (d.y.), Jesse Chapman, and Juliana Delay.
In addition to the biographic material of Dr. Grant in his memorial, from the manuscript of the autobiography of his son Charles: "The remarkable cold winter that Washington's army lay at Valley Forge - my father on going there was overtaken alone and barefoot being otherwise poorly clad by Baron DeStuben who, seeing him in such plight and having pity for him took him into his baroch and wrapping his great Dutch mantle round my father and placing him between his knees with his dog drove on to Valley Forge for his own winter quarters, giving my father on the way as good fare as himself had; while on the way the old Baron was as familiar as he would have been with one of his neighbors, but that familiarity ceased on arriving in camp."
Inscription
DOCT. ISAAC GRANT,
a soldier of the revolution
died Nov. 9, 1841
in the 82? year of his age
HANNAH
his wife
died Oct. 30, 1841
in the 77 year of her age
Hannah died 76 years and 7 months of age, but her gravestone inscription uses the old style of stating her age at death. That is, on the day she died she was 76 years old and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 77.
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