William Grant, Jr.

William Grant

William was born in 1702. He was the son of William Grant and Elizabeth. He died in 1732.

Will

[1] In the name of God, Amen. I, William Grant Jun., being (*) weak yet in perfect (*). First I return my soul to God that gave it and my body to the Earth. Then my will is first that after my debts are paid that my well-beloved wife, Mary Grant, should enjoy all my whole estate both real and personal, during her widowhood, and desire after if my wife should marry again that my brother John Grant should take my two children and take care of them until they (*) the age of eighteen, and that my estate be equally divided between my two children: Eliza and Mary. I appoint my beloved wife Mary Grant and my brother John Grant my sole executors. Witness of my hand and seal. William Grant Charles Dean John Brifroe

At a court held for King George Co., 4th day of May 1733 The last will and testiment of William Grant was presented into court by Mary Grant his widow and John Grant his executors who made oath thereto and the same was proved by the oath of Charles Dean and admitted to record. Test. T. Turner

Notes.

• Cause of Death: Murder
• Residence: King Geroge Co., VA

King George Co., Virginia, Will Book A-1 1721-1752 and Miscellanuous Notes - 1707-1732)was murdered late in 1732; there are some particulars in COB#1 p. 626-628 and in COB #1, p. 635, 4 Ma y 1733, it is noted that his widow, Mary Grant, presented h is will in court but declared she would not accept the provisions made for her in the said will and on the same day enterd into bond with John Grant, Willliam Grant and Charles Deane, her securities [BB#1, p. 31b]. An inventory of the estate of William Grant, Jr., deceased, was returned to court on 1 June 1733 and recorde in #1, p. 161. It appears the widow Mary Grant shortly drops from the records and John Grant (c. 1704 - 1762) became the acting exrcuter and guardian of Elizabeth Grant and Mary Grant only children and infant daughters of Willliam Grant, Jr., deceased. In this capacity he filed detailed accounts in Fiduciary Account Book #3, pages 18-28, 1738-1746, showing disbursements for various items for the two girls including their goard &c: By 2 December 1743, Elizabeth Grant, the elder daughter, had married (as his first wife) Anderson Doniphan, Gentleman, (c. 1720-1761) and shortly thereafter Mary Grant , the younger daughter, married William Wright of Prince William County and he was gentleman justice there in 1746"

Title: Robert Grant.

Origins

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William and Elizabeth Grant had 5 known children: John, William, Daniel, Mary, and Margaret. They lived at Sittenbourne Parish in King George County. William and his wife Elizabeth were both dissenters of the Church of England and were both fined for not attending church. Sometime probably by the late 1710's, William's wife Elizabeth had died. Then in the late 1710's or early 1720's, William was married to Margaret Glendenning (she may have been a relative of his first wife). They eventually moved from Sittenbourne Parish to Hanover Parish in King George County.

Sources

• King George County, Virginia Will Book A: Will of William Grant, Jr
• Descendants of Elizabeth and William Grant by Hirschi, 1991. Pg 18-21
• Gott, John K. Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds 1759-1778, Heritage Books, Inc. p 44. Found in Salt Lake Family History Library
• George Harrison & Sanford King, King George County, Virginia, Will Books A-1 1721-1752 and Miscellaneous
• http://www.myrootsplace.com/getperson.php?personID=I88680&tree=mrptree
• http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/grant.html#william