Daniel GRANT b. [1751] Gillespie, Sutherland, Scotland d. 28 Dec 1833 St Andrews, Charlotte, NB: Boombridge Genealogy

[1751] - 1833

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Name	Daniel GRANT
Born	[1751]	Gillespie, Sutherland, Scotland
	Loyalists to Canada Thedore C Holmes p 167 Grant, Daniel. He was a native of Gillespie, Sutherland, Scotland. He emigrated to America, and during the Revolutionary War served in the Barrack-Master General's Department After the war, he went to St Andrews, where he was a grantee, and where he raised a large family. He died in January 1834m at the age of 82. Sources: Loyalists of New Brunswick by Esther Clark Wright; Sabine; Glimpses of the Past by Vroom
Gender	Male
Residence	4 Jul 1783	Penobscot, Lincoln, ME
	Downeast Ancestry December 1983 Volume 7 Number 4 Penobscot Loyalists: A Bicentennial Tribute Robert C. Brooks Penobscot Inhabitants Certified Loyal 1783 Daniel Grant 1 over 10
Residence	10 Jun 1784	Passamamquoddy, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
	http://members.shaw.ca/caren.secord/locations/NewBrunswick/Lists/PenobscotGroupSorted.html From Library and Archives Canada, Ward Chipman Papers, Muster Master General's Office - Loyalists Musters, 1776-1785 (M.G. 23, D 1, Series I, Volume 24, pages 172-177) Microfilm C-9818 Return of Men, Women and Children of the Penobscot Loyalists Settled in the District of Passamaquoddy the 10th of June 1784 Men: Daniel Grant
Petition	1807	for Pleasant Ridge
	RS108 :: Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 Name JOHNSON, Nicholas Year 1807 County Charlotte Microfilm F4171 See petition of JOHNSON, NICHOLAS BERRY, JAMES CARLON, JACOB CARLON, MARTIN CARPENTER, ANTHONY W. COOKSON, WILLIAM FOULERTON, ALEXANDER GILCHRIST, GORDON GOODELL, EBEN GRANT, DANIEL GREENLAW, ALEXANDER GREENLAW, EBENZER GREENLAW, JONATHAN GREENLAW, SOLOMON GREENLAW, THOMAS HARVEY, WILLIAM HITCHINGS, AMOS HITCHINGS, GEORGE HITCHINGS, JAMES HITCHINGS, WILLIAM JOHNSON, BENJAMIN JOHNSON, NICHOLAS JOICE, JOHN MACCULLOCH, DONALD MANSFIELD, J. MCCURDY, ALEXANDER MCCURDY, JAMES MCCURDY, LACHLAN MCCURDY, NEAL MCGEAR, WILLIAM RIDEOUT, BENJAMIN RYAN, JOHN SMITH, JOSEPH STINSON, CHARLES STINSON, DAVID STINSON, JOSEPH THOMSON, DOUGALD TRADWELL, REUBEN TURNER, EPHRAIM https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/78954?availability=Family%20History%20Library Land petitions, 1783-1857 Authors: New Brunswick. Crown Land Office 1806 Arnold, Oliver - 1808 Connors, Nathaniel Family History Library United States & Canada Film 1288467 8191404 https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008191404?cat=78954 [623/846] To His Honour Gabriel D Ludlow, Esquire President of the Province of New Brunswick &c &c The Memorial of Nichs Johnson and other Inhabitants of the parish of St. Andrews, and its vicinity, in the County of Charlotte. --- Humbly Seweth That your Memorialist in general are of the number of those Loyalist, who emigrated into this country at the peace with America in 1783, or their sons now of age, and were mostly comprised among those Loyalist denominated the Penobscot Association, who settled in and about Passamaquoddy bay, and were promised One hundred acres of lands for themselves, and Fifty for their wives, and for each child. --- That from various intervening impediments your Memorialist never received their full allotments of land which Government had at first given them good reason to expect would not have been delayed. That during this long lapse of time your Memorialist have laboured under great difficulties to maintain themselves, and bring up large families of children, who, by the divine blessing have increased to a pleasing degree, as Your Honor will perceive by the annexed list of them. --- That your Memorialist, stimulated by parental affection to provide for their offspring have anxiously sought for unoccupied lands whereon to form a settlement for themselves and families so that by their united endeavours they may be enabled to surmount their present hardships --- That your Memorialist are informed of a Tract of Land lying between this county and the Oromocto river commonly called Pleasant Ridge, being in a wilderness ungranted, which if secured to your Memorialist by a Grant, might answer all their claims as to quality, and they believe is a good quality, and calculated for a large settlement. --- Your Memorialist therefore humbly pray Your Honor will be pleased to Grant them such a portion of the above Tract of Land as may be sufficient for their accommodation and also reserve and lay out such portions of the same, as Your Honor may deem expedient for public purposes, as they with satisfaction look forward to a large and flourishing settlement there if their Memorial is compiled with, and Your Memorialist as in duty bound will ever pray --- St. Andrews 21st August 1807 The following is a list of the families of the Subscribers attested to in the Memorial hereto subjoined ... Nichs Johnson wife 5 sons 1 daughter Neal McCurdy wife 2 sons 4 daughters James McCurdy Somo Greenlaw wife Laughlan McCurdy wife 2 sons 4 daughters John Ryan & his mother Willm Cookson wife 2 sons 1 daughter Anthy W Carpenter wife 5 sons 4 daughters Thos Greenlaw wife 3 sons 1 daughter Martin Carlow wife 2 sons 3 daughters Jacob Carlow Joseph Stinson wife 4 sons 2 daughters Alex. McCurdy wife 2 daughters Donald McCullich wife 4 sons 2 daughters Alex Fullerton Ephrm Turner Eben Goodel wife 4 sons 1 daughter Danl Grant wife 5 sons 4 daughters Jona Greenlaw Senr wife 1 son 5 daughters Josh Smith wife 2 sons 2 daughter Reuben Tredwel wife John Joice wife 6 sons 1 daughter Bena Rideout Javin Manser wife 4 sons 4 daughters Amos Hichens wife 3 sons 3 daughters James Hichens Geoe Hichens wife 1 son Willm Hichens Gordon Gilchrist wife 1 son 2 daughters Benja Johnson wife 1 son 3 daughters Willm Harvey wife 2 sons 4 daughter Chas Stinson wife 3 daughters Willm McGear wife 1 son 4 daughters James Berry wife 5 sons 3 daughters Dougal Thompson wife 5 sons 4 daughters Alex Greenlaw Senr wife 2 sons 6 daughters Alex Greenlaw Jr Ebenr Greenlaw wife 3 sons 3 daughters Total: 33 Men 27 women 61 boys 67 girls We certify that we are acquainted with the foregoing Memorialist in general --- That they are Loyal Subjects, and useful Settlers --- And we most Respectfully beg leave to Request that the prayer of their Memorial may be compiled with. Hugh MacKay, JP Robt Pagan Thos Wyer Danl Mc[Inaiter] Don McLachland 13th Jul 1808 The Lands are Vacant in the Situation applied for in this Memorial and have been frequently reported to me to be of a very good quality - A settlement in that situation will completely open the inland communication between Fredericton and Charlotte County --- Geo Sproule S Genl
Assessed	1822	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
Residence	Penobscot, Lincoln, ME
	St. Andrews Standard 9 January 1834 "Mr. Daniel Grant of St. Andrews Parish aged 82. Mr. Grant was a native of Gillespie, Sutherland Scotland and emigrated to America prior to the Revolution. From Castine, Maine he removed with other Loyalists to this place where he has since resided and has reared a large and respectable family. His widow now 69 and his numerous progeny feel the loss of a kind relative and upright man."
Residence	[Lot 38, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB]
Military	74th?
Died	28 Dec 1833	St Andrews, Charlotte, NB
	Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics Daniel F. Johnson : Volume 5 Number 1294 Date January 18 1834 County Saint John Place Saint John Newspaper New Brunswick Courier d. St. Andrews parish, 28th ult., Daniel GRANT, age 82, native of Sutherland, Scotland.; Also 8th inst., Edwin Denny STREET infant s/o James W. STREET; and Elizabeth GIBBS youngest d/o John C. GIBBS, age 2. CG NBRG St. Andrews Standard 9 January 1834 "Mr. Daniel Grant of St. Andrews Parish aged 82. Mr. Grant was a native of Gillespie, Sutherland Scotland and emigrated to America prior to the Revolution. From Castine, Maine he removed with other Loyalists to this place where he has since resided and has reared a large and respectable family. His widow now 69 and his numerous progeny feel the loss of a kind relative and upright man."
Person ID	I49137	4 February 2018
Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

Family Mary, b. [1765], d. 2 Nov 1839, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB

Married C 1788

Married by Henry Goldsmith Esq?

Children

	1. Abigail GRANT, b. 1789
	2. John GRANT, b. [1791], d. 1877
	3. Peter GRANT, b. 1793, d. 1881 (Age 88 years)
	4. Barbara McIntosh GRANT, b. 1793, d. 20 Nov 1849 (Age 56 years)
	5. Martin GRANT, b. 1795, d. 6 May 1871 (Age 76 years)
	6. Alexander GRANT, b. [1799], NB
	7. Mary GRANT, b. 1801, d. 1885 (Age 84 years)
	8. Thomas GRANT, b. 1803, d. 1854 (Age 51 years)
	9. Daniel GRANT, d. 1880

Family ID F14946 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents
St Andrews Rural 1805
A look at the families living on the Penobscot Association Grant in the rural part of St Andrews, New Brunswick, around 1805.

Notes

Old Soldiers: Nil
Petition 1807: wife 5 sons 4 daughters
Artificers: Nil
Petitions: Checked
St Andrews Assessment 1822: John Grant [L], Martin Grant, Alexander Grant, Donald Grant [L]
ECW: Donald Grant 74th
Me Soldiers and Sailors Revolutionary: Checked
All Saints Anglican
Baptims
13 Sep 1789 Grant child c of Daniel Grant 3 [John?]
12 May 1793 Grant child c of Mr Grant 7 [Martin?]
27 Aug 1794 Grant Barbara McIntosh d of Daniel Grant 9
29 Jun 1796 Grant son s of Daniel Grant 12
24 Jun 1798 Grant Catharine d of Mr Grant 13
11 Oct 1799 Grant Alexander s of Daniel Grant 14
06 Jul 1800 Grant Margery d of Mr Grant 23
12 Sep 1805 Grant Daniel s of Daniel Grant 50
16/06/1864 Grant Alexander St Andrews 77 WQK

Marriages
18 Feb 1812 Marks Samuel Grant Margaret 40
31 Dec 1812 Walker George Grant Barbara 37
27 Nov 1815 Grant John Swett Mary Ann Swett records 38
01/01/1818 John Craig St Andrews Mary Grant St Andrews John Grant David Keltie SA
05/11/1825 Donald Grant St Andrews Lydia Hoyt St Andrews Joseph Wheler Susan Hitchings JA
Town Lot

Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
Name GRANT, Daniel
Volume NS-A
Page 165
Grant number 95
Place Saint Andrews
County Sunbury
Date 1785-05-21
Accompanying plan No
Acres 0
Microfilm F16302
Comment Re-registered NS Grant of 1784/06/01: Town Lot
Other names on this grant (354)
Lot 38

Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686)
Name GRANT, Daniel
Volume NS-A
Page 176
Grant number 96
Place Passamaquoddy
County Sunbury
Date 1785-05-21
Accompanying plan No
Acres 100
Microfilm F16302
Comment Re-registered NS Grant of 1784/08/03: Penobscot Association
Other names on this grant (188)

Volume A Page 121
[124/553]
No 93
Daniel Grant yeoman St Andrews
John Grant yeoman St Andrews
for and in consideration of 100 acres of land in the parish of Saint Patrick to me given
1/2 Lot 38
50 acres
bounded on the one side by the Connick lot occupied by Charles Walker
and upon the other side by the other half
16 January 1820
Daniel Grant
Wit: James Carter, Hugh Morrison, George Simpson

Volume L Page 467
[489/553]
No 372
9 September 1831
Donald Grant farmer St Andrews and wife Mary
John Grant farmer St Andrews
100 pounds
Southern 50 acres of Lot 38
fronting on the Schoodic
joining to the southward lands at present in the occupation of Charles Walker belonging to the Commons
Donald Grant
Mary Grant
Wit: Colin Campbell, A Campbell
Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics
aniel F. Johnson : Volume 25 Number 1764
Date November 13 1867
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper St. Andrews Standard
d. New Orleans, of yellow fever, 12th ult., Adelbert youngest s/o David and Lydia GRANT of St. Andrews (Charlotte Co.)
First Families

GRANT: Daniel Grant born c1752 at Gillespie in Sutherland, Scotland, died Jan 1834: first settled in the USA, then came to NB in 1783 as a Loyalist and first settled in St. Andrews, Charlotte County but later moved to Saint John: he married and raised a large family.

Source: MC80/1720 Theodore C. Holmes? Loyalists to Canada: the 1783 settlement of Quakers and others at Passamaquoddy, page 167: see also MC80/2902 Sharon Dubeau?s New Brunswick Loyalists: a bicentennial tribute, 1 paragraph.