Bethiah Porter

F, #54930, (29 July 1734 - before 1784)
Bethiah Porter|b. 29 Jul 1734\nd. before 1784|p5493.htm#i54930|Thomas Porter|b. say 1704|||||||||||||||||
Father*Thomas Porter1 b. s 1704
Appears on charts:Descendants of William/1s Brooks
Descendants of Joseph/2s Brooks
Descendants of Silence/3s Brooks
Last Edited2 Feb 2008
       Bethiah Porter was born 29 Jul 1734 at Columbia, CT.1 (Probably there) she married, circa 1753, Sgt. Robert/4s Grandy, son of Edmund Grandy and Silence/3s Brooks.1 His first five children's names were entered in the town records of Salisbury, CT. Four later children were attributed to them by town historians and circumstantial evidence.2 Mentioned in the will of Thomas Porter, proved 20 Feb 1759.3 Reportedly died by 1783.4

Family

Sgt. Robert/4s Grandy b. 19 Jan 1732
Children
  • Bezaliel/5s Grandy5 b. 4 Apr 1754, d. 16 Jun 1835
  • Rachel/5s Grandy5 b. 11 Jun 1755
  • Lydia/5s Grandy5 b. 11 May 1756
  • Abigail/5s Grandy6 b. 16 Aug 1758
  • Elizabeth/5s Grandy6 b. 19 Apr 1760, d. 27 Apr 1799
  • Samuel/5s Grandy7 b. 9 Mar 1763, d. 6 Mar 1838
  • Robert/5s Grandy6,8 b. 17 Mar 1765, d. after 1820
  • Elijah/5s Grandy9 b. between 1767 and 1774
  • Bethiah/5s Grandy10 b. 29 Dec 1770, d. 9 Mar 1850

Source Citations/Notes:

  1. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, source unrecorded.
  2. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing Salisbury town records.
  3. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing will of Thomas Porter.
  4. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, source unreported.
  5. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing Coventry town clerk's records, FHL film #1376123-2&3.
  6. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing Salisbury town clerk's records, FHL film #1509740.
  7. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing Samuel Grandy family bible, trans. Willis and Gwen Ryan c1965, found in a drum table with roll-back front in an old home reportedly built by Samuel Grandy in St. Lawrence Co.
  8. [S269] Sheldon and Temple, Hist. Northfield, 454, Robert Grandy.
  9. [S1346] Varla Wright, "Bertha A. Brush" GEDCOM, citing Jones, Hist. Waitsfield, VT, 1782-1908 (1981), FHL film #1000628 item 2.
  10. [S658] William Richard Cutter, Gen. Hist. CT, extr. Varla Wright.
Close