Gideon & Tryphosa are my 5th great grandparents - Jean Doherty
Father: Samuel Granger 1702-1790
Mother: Mary Kent 1704-1775
Married Tryphosa Kent, December 23, 1762 Suffield, Connecticut
sons:
Julius 1764-1840
Gideon 1767-1822 - Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson
He was a Minute Man on the Lexington Alarm.
Squire Granger occupied a position of influence and respectability in Suffield. His farm was in the western part of the town and descended to his son Julius. His home was on the High Street of the village, where the Academy buildings now stand. He was for many years a justice of the peace. He was a member of the Legislature in 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1780, 1782, and 1784. He cultivated the muse to considerable extent, and many of his poems are in the posession of his descendants. He graduated at Yale College in 1760.
Gideon and wife Tryphosa lived at Suffield Hill.
Gideon Granger Sr. was a graduate of Yale, a practicing lawyer and prominent in the affairs of Suffield, CT. He served for 8 years as a representative from Suffield to the Colonial Assembly.
The Rev Ebenizer Gay, Jr. recorded the death of Gideon Granger Sr. on Oct. 30, 1800, "Gideon Granger Esq., 66, had been in his cups for 2 days. Taken to Apoplectic fits, just as he sat down to eat. He had put in a mouthful and they supposed he had choked, He expired 20-30 min. He was a constant attendant upon public worship but might be ranked among the great infidels. As Mr. Waldo and I walked up ye pulpit stairs to open Freeman's meeting in September he God dammed us off, said we had no business being there. He was a man of strong power of mind that had been favored to a liberal education and when himself an agreeable neighbor. But he was given to intemperance from his younger years and when intoxicated made his family a perfect bedlam. He probably hurried an excellent wife out of ye world by his severe treatment and his conduct since has bro't near to ye grave his son's wife. We leave him in the hands of a merciful God. I will do him no injustice."
Father: Samuel Granger 1702-1790
Mother: Mary Kent 1704-1775
Married Tryphosa Kent, December 23, 1762 Suffield, Connecticut
sons:
Julius 1764-1840
Gideon 1767-1822 - Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson
He was a Minute Man on the Lexington Alarm.
Squire Granger occupied a position of influence and respectability in Suffield. His farm was in the western part of the town and descended to his son Julius. His home was on the High Street of the village, where the Academy buildings now stand. He was for many years a justice of the peace. He was a member of the Legislature in 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1780, 1782, and 1784. He cultivated the muse to considerable extent, and many of his poems are in the posession of his descendants. He graduated at Yale College in 1760.
Gideon and wife Tryphosa lived at Suffield Hill.
Gideon Granger Sr. was a graduate of Yale, a practicing lawyer and prominent in the affairs of Suffield, CT. He served for 8 years as a representative from Suffield to the Colonial Assembly.
The Rev Ebenizer Gay, Jr. recorded the death of Gideon Granger Sr. on Oct. 30, 1800, "Gideon Granger Esq., 66, had been in his cups for 2 days. Taken to Apoplectic fits, just as he sat down to eat. He had put in a mouthful and they supposed he had choked, He expired 20-30 min. He was a constant attendant upon public worship but might be ranked among the great infidels. As Mr. Waldo and I walked up ye pulpit stairs to open Freeman's meeting in September he God dammed us off, said we had no business being there. He was a man of strong power of mind that had been favored to a liberal education and when himself an agreeable neighbor. But he was given to intemperance from his younger years and when intoxicated made his family a perfect bedlam. He probably hurried an excellent wife out of ye world by his severe treatment and his conduct since has bro't near to ye grave his son's wife. We leave him in the hands of a merciful God. I will do him no injustice."
Gideon & Tryphosa are my 5th great grandparents - Jean Doherty
Father: Samuel Granger 1702-1790
Mother: Mary Kent 1704-1775
Married Tryphosa Kent, December 23, 1762 Suffield, Connecticut
sons:
Julius 1764-1840
Gideon 1767-1822 - Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson
He was a Minute Man on the Lexington Alarm.
Squire Granger occupied a position of influence and respectability in Suffield. His farm was in the western part of the town and descended to his son Julius. His home was on the High Street of the village, where the Academy buildings now stand. He was for many years a justice of the peace. He was a member of the Legislature in 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1780, 1782, and 1784. He cultivated the muse to considerable extent, and many of his poems are in the posession of his descendants. He graduated at Yale College in 1760.
Gideon and wife Tryphosa lived at Suffield Hill.
Gideon Granger Sr. was a graduate of Yale, a practicing lawyer and prominent in the affairs of Suffield, CT. He served for 8 years as a representative from Suffield to the Colonial Assembly.
The Rev Ebenizer Gay, Jr. recorded the death of Gideon Granger Sr. on Oct. 30, 1800, "Gideon Granger Esq., 66, had been in his cups for 2 days. Taken to Apoplectic fits, just as he sat down to eat. He had put in a mouthful and they supposed he had choked, He expired 20-30 min. He was a constant attendant upon public worship but might be ranked among the great infidels. As Mr. Waldo and I walked up ye pulpit stairs to open Freeman's meeting in September he God dammed us off, said we had no business being there. He was a man of strong power of mind that had been favored to a liberal education and when himself an agreeable neighbor. But he was given to intemperance from his younger years and when intoxicated made his family a perfect bedlam. He probably hurried an excellent wife out of ye world by his severe treatment and his conduct since has bro't near to ye grave his son's wife. We leave him in the hands of a merciful God. I will do him no injustice."
Father: Samuel Granger 1702-1790
Mother: Mary Kent 1704-1775
Married Tryphosa Kent, December 23, 1762 Suffield, Connecticut
sons:
Julius 1764-1840
Gideon 1767-1822 - Postmaster General under Thomas Jefferson
He was a Minute Man on the Lexington Alarm.
Squire Granger occupied a position of influence and respectability in Suffield. His farm was in the western part of the town and descended to his son Julius. His home was on the High Street of the village, where the Academy buildings now stand. He was for many years a justice of the peace. He was a member of the Legislature in 1770, 1771, 1772, 1774, 1778, 1780, 1782, and 1784. He cultivated the muse to considerable extent, and many of his poems are in the posession of his descendants. He graduated at Yale College in 1760.
Gideon and wife Tryphosa lived at Suffield Hill.
Gideon Granger Sr. was a graduate of Yale, a practicing lawyer and prominent in the affairs of Suffield, CT. He served for 8 years as a representative from Suffield to the Colonial Assembly.
The Rev Ebenizer Gay, Jr. recorded the death of Gideon Granger Sr. on Oct. 30, 1800, "Gideon Granger Esq., 66, had been in his cups for 2 days. Taken to Apoplectic fits, just as he sat down to eat. He had put in a mouthful and they supposed he had choked, He expired 20-30 min. He was a constant attendant upon public worship but might be ranked among the great infidels. As Mr. Waldo and I walked up ye pulpit stairs to open Freeman's meeting in September he God dammed us off, said we had no business being there. He was a man of strong power of mind that had been favored to a liberal education and when himself an agreeable neighbor. But he was given to intemperance from his younger years and when intoxicated made his family a perfect bedlam. He probably hurried an excellent wife out of ye world by his severe treatment and his conduct since has bro't near to ye grave his son's wife. We leave him in the hands of a merciful God. I will do him no injustice."
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