Capt. Leicester Grosvenor

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"Birth: 1675 Roxbury Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA Death: Sep. 8, 1759 Pomfret Windham County Connecticut, USA

First Wife: Mary (Hubbard) Grosvenor – 1724

Children: Esther Grosvenor 1712 – 1795 Jerusha Grosvenor 1714 – 1730 Mary Grosvenor 1715 – 1758 Anna Grosvenor 1719 – 1804 Zerviah Grosvenor 1721 – 1803 Sarah Grosvenor 1723 – 1742

Second Wife: Rebecca (Waldo) Grosvenor 1693 – 1753

Children: Leicester Grosvenor 1729 – 1808 Rebecca Grosvenor 1732 – 1753

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Parents:

 John Grosvenor (1640 - 1691)

 Esther Clarke Grosvenor (1651 - 1738)

Spouses:

 Mary Hubbard Grosvenor (1687 - 1724)

 Rebeckah Waldo Grosvenor (1693 - 1753)

Burial: South Cemetery Pomfret Windham County Connecticut, USA

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Created by: Bill Warner Record added: Apr 23, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 51525588"

Biography

Leicester Grosvenor, Esq., took part in the founding of Pomfret in the Colony of Connecticut, after his father, John Grosvenor, invested in the land purchased in 1686 from the natives by Major James Fitch (the Mashmuket or Mashamoquet Purchase).[1][2] He was elected annually to the Board of Selectmen for 20 years. He was also directly involved in establishing the First Church at Pomfret. He became an ensign in the military company stationed at Pomfret.[3]

Leicester was born in about 1675 in Roxbury, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of John Grosvenor, who was born in England and who died in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, on 27 Sep 1691. Leicester's mother was Esther (or Hester) Clarke, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Clarke of Waterbury and, later, of Roxbury. She was born ca.1651, probably in Waterford, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.[4]

Leicester married Mary Hubbard in Woodstock, Connecticut Colony, on 16 Jan 1712.[5]

There is Leicester and Mary registered the births of five children in Pomfret:

Jerusha Grosvenor (b. 15 Apr 1714;[6] d. 3 May 1739)[7] Mary Grosvenor (b. 28 Dec 1715)[8]
Anna Grosvenor (b. 27 May 1719)[9]
Zerviah Grosvenor (b. 24 Jun 1721)[10]
Sarah Grosvenor (b. 1 Jun 1723;[11] d. ca. 14 Sep 1742)[12]
Mary (Hubbard) Grosvenor, wife of Lieutenant Leicester Grosvenor, died on 14 or 24 May 1724, in Pomfret in Connecticut Colony, at the age of 37.[13][14]

Leicester, now Captatin Leicester Grosvenor, married Rebecca Waldo in Pomfret, Connecticut Colony, on 12 Feb 1729.[15] Rebecca was born in Chelmsford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, on 5 Feb 1693/4.[16]

Leicester and Rebecca had two children:

Leicester Grosvenor, Jr. (b. 4 Oct 1729)[17]
Rebecca Grosvenor (b. 30 Nov 1732)[18]
Rebecca (Waldo) Grosvenor, wife of Captain Leicester Grosvenor, died in Pomfret on 21 May 1753, "in the 61'st year of her age."[19][20]

Leicester Grosvenor, Esq., died 8 Sep 1759, in Pomfret.[21][22] He was buried in the South Cemetery in Pomfret.[23]

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Leicester Grosvenor Sr. (abt. 1675 - 1759)

Captain Leicester Grosvenor Sr.

Born about 1675 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England

Son of John Grosvenor Sr. and Esther (Clark) Grosvenor

Brother of John Grosvenor, Susannah (Grosvenor) Shaw and Ebenezer Grosvenor

Husband of Mary (Hubbard) Grosvenor — married 16 Jan 1712 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Rebecca (Waldo) Grosvenor — married 12 Feb 1729 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut Colony

Father of Jerusha Grosvenor, Mary (Grosvenor) Paine, Anna (Grosvenor) Wheeler, Zerviah (Grosvenor) Lyon, Sarah Grosvenor, Leicester Grosvenor Jr. and Rebecca Grosvenor

Died 8 Sep 1759 at about age 84 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, New Englandm

Grosvenor-204 created 28 Feb 2015 | Last modified 4 Sep 2021

Footnotes

↑ Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass.," Page 139. ↑ "Pomfret, Connecticut," Wikipedia.org (accessed 10 Jun 2020).
↑ Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass.," Page 141.
↑ Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass.,"







p. 138.↑ "Leicester Grosvenor and Mary Hubbard both of Mashamoquet and Parish of Woodstock were Maried in Woodstock by John Chandler Justice of Peace: Jan'r 16'th 1711:12:" Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854, Page 17.↑ "Grosvenor, Jerusha, d. Leicester & Mary, b. Apr. 15, 1714," citing Pomfret Vital Reords, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 91 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Jerusha, d. Lieut. Leicester & Mary, d. May 3, 1739," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 6: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 91 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Mary, d. Leicester & Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1715," citing Promfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 92 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Anna, d. Leicester & Mary, b. May 27, 1719," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 89 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Zerviah, d. Lieut. Leicester & Mary, b. June 24, 1721," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 95 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Sarah, d. Lieut. Leicester & Mary, b. June 1, 1723," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 94 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Sarah, d. Lieut. Leicester & Mary, d. [ ," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 6: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 94 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).
↑ "Grosvenor, Mary, w. Lieut. Leicester, d. 24 May 1724," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 6: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870,










[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/13189/92/234813230 Page 92 (accessed 10 Jun 2020).↑ "Here Lyes the Body of M'rs Mary Grosvenor wife to Leicester Grosvenor Esq'r Aged 37 Years Died May the 14. 1724:" "Pomfret Cemetery Inscriptions," Page 112; also available at AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 20 Apr 2017 - subscription required).↑ Grosvenor, Capt., m. Mrs. Rebecca Waldo, Feb. 12, 1728-9," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 2: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 92 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ Kent, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass," p. 142.↑ Grosvenor, Leicester, s. Capt. Leicester & Rebeckah, b. Oct. 4, 1729," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 92 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Rebeckah, d. Capt. Leicester & Rebeckah, b. Nov. 30, 1732," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 5: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Page 93 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "Grosvenor, Rebeckah, w. Leicester, d. May 21, 1753," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 6: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Page 93 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "In Memory of M'rs Rebecca Grosvenor wife of Leicester Grosvenor Esq'r who Dec'd May the 21'st A.D. 1753 in the 61'st Year of her Age:" "Pomfret Cemetery Inscriptions," Page 112; also available at American Ancestors.org (accessed 20 Apr 2017 - subscription required).↑ Grosvenor, Leicester, d. Sept. 8, 1759," citing Pomfret Vital Records, Volume 1, Page 6: Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, Pomfret, Page 92 (accessed 10 Jun 2020 - subscription required).↑ "In Memory of Leicester Grosvenor Esq'r Who Dec'd September the 8'th A.D. in the 85'th Year of his Age:" "Pomfret Cemetery Inscriptions," Page 112; also available at American Ancestors.org (accessed 20 Apr 2017 - subscription required).↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #51525588 , Leicester Grosvenor (accessed 10 Jun 2020).Sources

Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928 (subscription required).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 June 2020), memorial page for Leicester Grosvenor (1675–8 Sep 1759), Find a Grave Memorial no. 51525588, citing South Cemetery, Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Bill Warner (contributor 47073000) .
Kent, Daniel, "The English Home and Ancestry of John Grosvenor of Roxbury, Mass.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS Register) (1918) Volume 72 (1918), Pages 131-141.
"Inscriptions in the Wappaquians Burial Ground, Pomfret, Conn., 1723-1861," The New England Historic Genealogical Society Register (NEHGS Register), Volume 73 (1919), Pages 105-124. Cited as "Pomfret Cemetery Inscriptions."
Vital Records of Woodstock, 1686-1854, Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1914.
Paine, Henry D. (1880). Paine Family Records: A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical Information Respecting the American Families of Payne, Paine, Payn &c. United States: Albany, J. Munsell, printer.