Other Events:

• Occupation: Carpenter

Notes:

m1 Mary NASON
m2 bef 1709 Rachel STONE, d/o Daniel Stone.
Was listed as a carpenter and a Captain in the Indian Wars in 1725.
Wounded by Indians Oct. 5 1692.
Old Kittery And Her Families page 664 and 472.
Gen Dict. ME & NH page 281-282 and 505.
Peter Grant Scotch Exile page 5.
Rachel Stone baptized July 13 1680 per Stackpole page 758.
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 page 317.

Buried:
Unmarked

James married Mary NASON on 6 Oct 1693 in Kittery, York, Maine. Mary (daughter of Jonathan NASON and Sarah JENKINS) was born about 1675 in Kittery, York, Maine; died after 8 Dec 1703 in Berwick, York, Maine; was buried in Grant’s Point Cemetery, S Berwick, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Col Peter GRANT was born on 14 Dec 1696 in Kittery, York, Maine; died about 1756 in Berwick, York, Maine; was buried in unknown.

Other Events:

• Immigrant?: Y
• Identured flag: Y

Notes:

Peter Grant was captured by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Dunbar in Scotland on 3 Sep 1650 and force marched to Durham Cathedral, aka "The Durham Death March". Of the estimated 10,000 prisoners who were captured at Dunbar, only 1,500 are believed to have survived. Of those survivors, roughly 150 were sent to Lynn, Massachusetts aboard the ship “Unity”. Peter eventually gained his freedom following his indenture at the Saugus Iron Works in Saugus, Massachusetts. He was a charter member of the Scots Charitable Society in Boston.

Peter married Joanna INGERSOLL. Joanna was born in 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 3 Apr 1712 in Berwick, York, Maine; was buried in Grant’s Point Cemetery, S Berwick, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Unmarked