( Lancelot Granger's First Home Kent's Island, Newbury, Mss, Built A.D. 1653
Lancelot Granger Jr
1637–1689
Birth 25 JUNE 1637 • Shillington, Bedfordshire, England
Death 3 SEP 1689 • Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut
Lancelot had a lot of interesting stories told about his life, which must have been handed down through the generations, as he's my 6th great grandfather. He's also the father of Captain John Grainger, who I talked about yesterday.
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Lancelot was kidnapped...
Launcelot was kidnapped at the age of 12 or 14, from his mother (his father being dead) in the "west country" of England, and brought as a cabin boy on shipboard to Plymouth Plantation. There he was appenticed for two years to pay for his passage.
Launcelot's First Home at Kent's Island, Newbury MA was built in 1651. He moved there with his wife in 1653/54. It stood until 1888. Kent's Island is a rocky island of about 200 acres.
[According to James N Granger as reported to him by Sarah Granger Harmon (1731-1830)].
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Launcelot
Granger, the son of Launcelot Granger of Shellington, England, came to
America from England about 1648. He settled in Ipswich, Mass. It is
thought that he returned to his home in England to settle his mother's
estate, returning to Newbury with the financial means to marry and build
a home. He then removed to Newbury, Mass. in the Massachusetts Bay
colony. On January 04, 1653/54, Launcelot married Joanna Adams, the
daughter of Puritans, Robert Adams and Eleanor Wilmot Adams.
Launcelot and Joanna lived at Kents Island, Newbury, Mass., where they
had eleven children. These children were John, George, Robert,
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Dorothy, Hannah, Samuel, Mary, Abraham and Thomas.
In
1674, they removed to Suffield, Conn., where they were allotted land,
living in a house on High Street. He was land measurer in Suffield for
several years, and held other public offices.
In
1676, Launcelot was wounded by the Indians in King Philip's War,
receiving a ball in his leg, which he carried for life. Launcelot
Granger died on September 3, 1689 in Suffield, Conn.
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A second brief history...
Launcelot
and Joanna lived in Newbury Mass & Suffield CT .
This is a short version of the story which was passed down through the generations. He was born in England, but may have been of Scottish descent. After his father died, he was kidnapped and taken on a ship bound for Plymouth, MA. where he was made cabin boy. When he arrived in the USA he was sold (apprenticed) for 2 years to pay for his passage. He was about 12 - 14 years old when he was taken.
Once he was released from his service, he made a trip back to England to try to reclaim his inheriatance as he was firstborn. Walking on his way from the ship to his home, he met with theives who attempted to steal what little he had with him. They both had swords. He told them if they intended to rob him they would have to kill him first. He fought them off with his quarter-staff. He killed one and the other ran away. In the next town he confessed to the magistrate, and they released him.
When he arrived at his home he found his younger brother had already claimed his inheritance for himself, and he was not pleased to see Launcelot. He must have returned with some of the fortune though, since when he came back to the USA he was living quite comfortably.
He married a Puritan named Joanna Adams, daughter of Robert Adams. Puritans frowned upon anyone marrying someone like Launcelot who was of a different faith, so he must have been very well to do. They overlooked the fact that a person was not a Puritan if they had riches.
After marrying, Launcelot leased a very desirable property - Kents Island . They had a very nice home there. They lived there for 20 years, from 1654 to 1674, and raised their children there.
Around that time Rev Parker was making life in Newburyport very uncomfortable for anyone who was not a "freeman". Launcelot is believed not to have been a " freeman" since he was not a Puritan, and only Puritans were allowed to be " freemen". That's when they made the move to Suffield, CT, where he was the given the position of Land Measurer.
"Launcelot was a man of great resolution; was of full medium height and stockily built."
Source : Launcelot Granger of Newbury, MA and Suffield, CT, by James Nathaniel Granger (Lockwood and Brainard, 1893).
He was one of the first settlers of Suffield, Ct. and all the Grangers that lived there in the early years were his descendants. One of those descendants was Gideon Granger , who was Postmaster General.
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Blogger's note:
My family lived in Enfield/Thompsonville CT, then Windsor CT, near Hartford, in the 1960s. Then one of my sons lived with his family in W. Simsbury, CT, another small community near Hartford, in the early 2000's. What a small world! Many of the same paths our footsteps took, though with cars, that our ancestors may have taken with their horses and wagons.
Second note: According to the Ancestry trees, Lancelot's father, Lancelot Sr, lived till 1687, and his mother lived till 1677. And Lancelot was the younger son, with his brother Alexander being 7 years older than he was. So some of the details of these wonderful stories might be a bit of embellishment.
This is a short version of the story which was passed down through the generations. He was born in England, but may have been of Scottish descent. After his father died, he was kidnapped and taken on a ship bound for Plymouth, MA. where he was made cabin boy. When he arrived in the USA he was sold (apprenticed) for 2 years to pay for his passage. He was about 12 - 14 years old when he was taken.
Once he was released from his service, he made a trip back to England to try to reclaim his inheriatance as he was firstborn. Walking on his way from the ship to his home, he met with theives who attempted to steal what little he had with him. They both had swords. He told them if they intended to rob him they would have to kill him first. He fought them off with his quarter-staff. He killed one and the other ran away. In the next town he confessed to the magistrate, and they released him.
When he arrived at his home he found his younger brother had already claimed his inheritance for himself, and he was not pleased to see Launcelot. He must have returned with some of the fortune though, since when he came back to the USA he was living quite comfortably.
He married a Puritan named Joanna Adams, daughter of Robert Adams. Puritans frowned upon anyone marrying someone like Launcelot who was of a different faith, so he must have been very well to do. They overlooked the fact that a person was not a Puritan if they had riches.
After marrying, Launcelot leased a very desirable property - Kents Island . They had a very nice home there. They lived there for 20 years, from 1654 to 1674, and raised their children there.
Around that time Rev Parker was making life in Newburyport very uncomfortable for anyone who was not a "freeman". Launcelot is believed not to have been a " freeman" since he was not a Puritan, and only Puritans were allowed to be " freemen". That's when they made the move to Suffield, CT, where he was the given the position of Land Measurer.
"Launcelot was a man of great resolution; was of full medium height and stockily built."
Source : Launcelot Granger of Newbury, MA and Suffield, CT, by James Nathaniel Granger (Lockwood and Brainard, 1893).
He was one of the first settlers of Suffield, Ct. and all the Grangers that lived there in the early years were his descendants. One of those descendants was Gideon Granger , who was Postmaster General.
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Launcelot
Granger, the son of Launcelot Granger of Shellington, England, came to
America from England about 1648. He settled in Ipswich, Mass. It is
thought that he returned to his home in England to settle his mother's
estate, returning to Newbury with the financial means to marry and build
a home. He then removed to Newbury, Mass. in the Massachusetts Bay
colony. On January 04, 1653/54, Launcelot married Joanna Adams, the
daughter of Puritans, Robert Adams and Eleanor Wilmot Adams.
Launcelot and Joanna lived at Kents Island, Newbury, Mass., where they
had eleven children. These children were John, George, Robert,
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Dorothy, Hannah, Samuel, Mary, Abraham and Thomas.
In
1674, they removed to Suffield, Conn., where they were allotted land,
living in a house on High Street. He was land measurer in Suffield for
several years, and held other public offices.
In
1676, Launcelot was wounded by the Indians in King Philip's War,
receiving a ball in his leg, which he carried for life. Launcelot
Granger died on September 3, 1689 in Suffield, Conn.
Sources:
Launcelot Granger of Newbury Mass., and Suffield, Conn., by James N. Granger, 1893
Documentary History of Suffield. Second Period, 1682-1715, by Hez. S. Sheldon, 1882
Chart of Roger Granger's Descendants, H. H. Granger, M. D., January 1, 1907.
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Sources:
Launcelot Granger of Newbury Mass., and Suffield, Conn., by James N. Granger, 1893
Documentary History of Suffield. Second Period, 1682-1715, by Hez. S. Sheldon, 1882
Chart of Roger Granger's Descendants, H. H. Granger, M. D., January 1, 1907.
Excerpt 3: Launcelot Granger of Newbury, Mass., and Suffield, Conn.: A Genealogical History (1893)
Blogger's note:My family lived in Enfield/Thompsonville CT, then Windsor CT, near Hartford, in the 1960s. Then one of my sons lived with his family in W. Simsbury, CT, another small community near Hartford, in the early 2000's. What a small world! Many of the same paths our footsteps took, though with cars, that our ancestors may have taken with their horses and wagons.
Second note: According to the Ancestry trees, Lancelot's father, Lancelot Sr, lived till 1687, and his mother lived till 1677. And Lancelot was the younger son, with his brother Alexander being 7 years older than he was. So some of the details of these wonderful stories might be a bit of embellishment.
Cemetery in Suffield, Mass, where Launcelot and Granger descendants are
buried. SDN Marks the general area where Launcelot Granger is believed
to have been buried in 1689.
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Some History of the Granger Family
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families on the States of Masaschusetts
Volume III, pp 2084-
Granger
The
earliest mention of the surname Granger in England is in the Roll of
Battle Abbey, 1066. The word Grange is of French origin and was applied
in England to the farm house or homestead, and the bailiff who presided
over a farm was called Ate Grange, and afterwards, Granger. There are
several crests know to have been borne by the Granger family, the most
common being a dexter arm couped and embowed, in hand three wheat ears
all proper. The Grangers of Staffordshire born: a griffin passant; and
the Essex family born; a dexter arm bearing a portcullis.
I Launcelot Granger, immigrant ancestor, came from England to New
England, was a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1648. There is a
tradition conerning him which appears in several diffent branches of the
family thus giving the story some measure of probablity. The story is
as follows: "Launcelot Granger was born in the west of England, and
when a lad of twelve or fourteen years of age, he was stolen from his
mother (his father being dead), and brought to Plymouth, Masachusetts,
where he was sold (apprenticed) to serve two years for his passage. He
had served on ship as a cabin boy. He afterward married a lady named
Adams, and settled east of Boston, where he lived until two children had
been born. Being the eldest of his family, he returned to England to
obtain his inheritance.
On
the way from the place where he landed to his mother's house, to which
he travelled on foot, he had to pass through an uninhabited country, and
just before night, stopped at a little cottage. The old man of the
house told him that frequent robberies had been committed on the road a
short distance ahead, and advised him to put up for the night. But, not
knowing but what he would be in as much danger at the cottage as on the
road and being in haste he determined to proceed. After he had
advanced some distance into the woods he perceived by light of the moon a
man step into the road before him and moved on slowly until a second
one joined him. When he came up to them they demanded his monty. He
told them he had but one crown, which was barely sufficient to pay his
expenses to his friends, who lived at some distance. They, however,
told him he must give up his money or they would take his life. He
replied that if they got his money they must fight for it, on which they
attacked him with their swords, while he defended himself with his
quarter staff. With the butt end of this he knocked down one and
dispatched him and the other ran away. When he arrived at the next
village he made an oath before a magistrate to what he had done, and was
suffered to proceed on his journey. The inhabitants of the village
found the man who was slain to be one of their "honest" citizens.
When
he arrived at his mother's house he found his younger brother to be in
possession of the estate, and very much displeased to see him, and, it
is supposed, hired assassins to dispatch him. He walked out with them
under the pretense of viewing hte farm, and when behind a piece of
woods, they attacked him with their swords, but he defended himself so
manfully with his quarter staff that he killed two of them and the other
fled. He returned and made known what he had done to the magistrates,
who upon investigation, acquitted him of all blame. Meeting, however,
with difficulties in obtaining his inheritance, he abandoned it and
returned to America. Launcelot was a man of great resolution, was of
full medium height and stockily built.
Launcelot
Granger removed from Ipswich to Newbury at the time of his marriage in
1654 and leased the farm of Stephen Kent on Kent's Island. The site of
his house there may still be seen. The house was torn down in 1884.
About 1674 he removed to Suffield, Connecticut, and on September 14 of
that year (1674), received a grant of sixty acres, and forty acres each
for his two sons. He did not settle there permanently, however, until
after the Indian hostilities were over, and in 1678 he was living on
High Street. During King Philip's war he lived at the stockade in
Westfield. Rev. Mr. Taylor in a narrative regarding the Indian fight at
Westfield, October 27, 1675, says that a Mr. Granger was seriously
wounded in the leg. There is scarcely any doubt that it was Launcelot
Granger, as the circumstances is well authenticated by the family. He
lived in Suffield until his death in 1689. A large maple tree which was
planted by him still stands in front of the site of his house, and is
known at the present itme as the "Launcelot Granger Tree". He was a
prominent man in the town and served as land measurer for several
terms. He died September 3, 1689, and was buried in the graveyard which
was opposite the meeting house on High street. He married, January 4,
1653-54, Joanna Adams, born in England in 1634, died 1701 in Suffield,
daughter of Robert and Eleanor Adams.
Children born at Newbury:
1. John, born January 15, 1754-55
2. Thomas; married Mindwell Taylor; died March 14, 1729-30
3. George, born November 28, 1658; married Lydia Younglove
4. Robert; died unmarried, August 8, 1709
5. Mary; married John Burbank, Jr.
6. Elizabeth, born March 13, 1662; married Vicary Sikes; died March 30, 1692
7. Dorothy, born February 17, 1665; married Dr. Robert Old
8. Rebecca; married Joseph Woolcot.; died July 27, 1693
9. Samuel, born August 2, 1668; married Esther Hanchett; died April 22, 1721
10. Hannah; married Thomas Taylor; died September 9, 1729
11. Abraham, born April 7, 1673; married (1) Hannah Hanchett; (2) Hannah...
"Genealogical and personal memoirs Relating to the families of Boston
and Eastern Massachusetts." MaryGraingerHarper
http://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00cuttgoog/genealogicaland00cuttgoog_djvu.txt
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Planted 1674, it was removed in 1922. Suffield, CT
Reads: THE
GRANGER MAPLE. Planted by Launcelot Granger, who died 1689
. "An
unremembered Past Broods like a presence 'mid the long gray boughs Of
this old tree, which has outlived so long The flitting generations of
mankind." It lived 248 Years
Today's Quote:
Forgiveness means letting
go of the hope for a better past.
Lama Surya Das
Cemetery in Suffield, Mass, where Launcelot and Granger descendants are
buried. SDN Marks the general area where Launcelot Granger is believed
to have been buried in 1689.
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Some History of the Granger Family
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families on the States of Masaschusetts
Volume III, pp 2084-
Granger
The earliest mention of the surname Granger in England is in the Roll of Battle Abbey, 1066. The word Grange is of French origin and was applied in England to the farm house or homestead, and the bailiff who presided over a farm was called Ate Grange, and afterwards, Granger. There are several crests know to have been borne by the Granger family, the most common being a dexter arm couped and embowed, in hand three wheat ears all proper. The Grangers of Staffordshire born: a griffin passant; and the Essex family born; a dexter arm bearing a portcullis.
I Launcelot Granger, immigrant ancestor, came from England to New England, was a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1648. There is a tradition conerning him which appears in several diffent branches of the family thus giving the story some measure of probablity. The story is as follows: "Launcelot Granger was born in the west of England, and when a lad of twelve or fourteen years of age, he was stolen from his mother (his father being dead), and brought to Plymouth, Masachusetts, where he was sold (apprenticed) to serve two years for his passage. He had served on ship as a cabin boy. He afterward married a lady named Adams, and settled east of Boston, where he lived until two children had been born. Being the eldest of his family, he returned to England to obtain his inheritance.
On the way from the place where he landed to his mother's house, to which he travelled on foot, he had to pass through an uninhabited country, and just before night, stopped at a little cottage. The old man of the house told him that frequent robberies had been committed on the road a short distance ahead, and advised him to put up for the night. But, not knowing but what he would be in as much danger at the cottage as on the road and being in haste he determined to proceed. After he had advanced some distance into the woods he perceived by light of the moon a man step into the road before him and moved on slowly until a second one joined him. When he came up to them they demanded his monty. He told them he had but one crown, which was barely sufficient to pay his expenses to his friends, who lived at some distance. They, however, told him he must give up his money or they would take his life. He replied that if they got his money they must fight for it, on which they attacked him with their swords, while he defended himself with his quarter staff. With the butt end of this he knocked down one and dispatched him and the other ran away. When he arrived at the next village he made an oath before a magistrate to what he had done, and was suffered to proceed on his journey. The inhabitants of the village found the man who was slain to be one of their "honest" citizens.
When he arrived at his mother's house he found his younger brother to be in possession of the estate, and very much displeased to see him, and, it is supposed, hired assassins to dispatch him. He walked out with them under the pretense of viewing hte farm, and when behind a piece of woods, they attacked him with their swords, but he defended himself so manfully with his quarter staff that he killed two of them and the other fled. He returned and made known what he had done to the magistrates, who upon investigation, acquitted him of all blame. Meeting, however, with difficulties in obtaining his inheritance, he abandoned it and returned to America. Launcelot was a man of great resolution, was of full medium height and stockily built.
Launcelot Granger removed from Ipswich to Newbury at the time of his marriage in 1654 and leased the farm of Stephen Kent on Kent's Island. The site of his house there may still be seen. The house was torn down in 1884. About 1674 he removed to Suffield, Connecticut, and on September 14 of that year (1674), received a grant of sixty acres, and forty acres each for his two sons. He did not settle there permanently, however, until after the Indian hostilities were over, and in 1678 he was living on High Street. During King Philip's war he lived at the stockade in Westfield. Rev. Mr. Taylor in a narrative regarding the Indian fight at Westfield, October 27, 1675, says that a Mr. Granger was seriously wounded in the leg. There is scarcely any doubt that it was Launcelot Granger, as the circumstances is well authenticated by the family. He lived in Suffield until his death in 1689. A large maple tree which was planted by him still stands in front of the site of his house, and is known at the present itme as the "Launcelot Granger Tree". He was a prominent man in the town and served as land measurer for several terms. He died September 3, 1689, and was buried in the graveyard which was opposite the meeting house on High street. He married, January 4, 1653-54, Joanna Adams, born in England in 1634, died 1701 in Suffield, daughter of Robert and Eleanor Adams.
Children born at Newbury:
1. John, born January 15, 1754-55
2. Thomas; married Mindwell Taylor; died March 14, 1729-30
3. George, born November 28, 1658; married Lydia Younglove
4. Robert; died unmarried, August 8, 1709
5. Mary; married John Burbank, Jr.
6. Elizabeth, born March 13, 1662; married Vicary Sikes; died March 30, 1692
7. Dorothy, born February 17, 1665; married Dr. Robert Old
8. Rebecca; married Joseph Woolcot.; died July 27, 1693
9. Samuel, born August 2, 1668; married Esther Hanchett; died April 22, 1721
10. Hannah; married Thomas Taylor; died September 9, 1729
11. Abraham, born April 7, 1673; married (1) Hannah Hanchett; (2) Hannah...
"Genealogical and personal memoirs Relating to the families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts." MaryGraingerHarper http://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00cuttgoog/genealogicaland00cuttgoog_djvu.txt
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Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families on the States of Masaschusetts
Volume III, pp 2084-
Granger
The earliest mention of the surname Granger in England is in the Roll of Battle Abbey, 1066. The word Grange is of French origin and was applied in England to the farm house or homestead, and the bailiff who presided over a farm was called Ate Grange, and afterwards, Granger. There are several crests know to have been borne by the Granger family, the most common being a dexter arm couped and embowed, in hand three wheat ears all proper. The Grangers of Staffordshire born: a griffin passant; and the Essex family born; a dexter arm bearing a portcullis.
I Launcelot Granger, immigrant ancestor, came from England to New England, was a resident of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1648. There is a tradition conerning him which appears in several diffent branches of the family thus giving the story some measure of probablity. The story is as follows: "Launcelot Granger was born in the west of England, and when a lad of twelve or fourteen years of age, he was stolen from his mother (his father being dead), and brought to Plymouth, Masachusetts, where he was sold (apprenticed) to serve two years for his passage. He had served on ship as a cabin boy. He afterward married a lady named Adams, and settled east of Boston, where he lived until two children had been born. Being the eldest of his family, he returned to England to obtain his inheritance.
On the way from the place where he landed to his mother's house, to which he travelled on foot, he had to pass through an uninhabited country, and just before night, stopped at a little cottage. The old man of the house told him that frequent robberies had been committed on the road a short distance ahead, and advised him to put up for the night. But, not knowing but what he would be in as much danger at the cottage as on the road and being in haste he determined to proceed. After he had advanced some distance into the woods he perceived by light of the moon a man step into the road before him and moved on slowly until a second one joined him. When he came up to them they demanded his monty. He told them he had but one crown, which was barely sufficient to pay his expenses to his friends, who lived at some distance. They, however, told him he must give up his money or they would take his life. He replied that if they got his money they must fight for it, on which they attacked him with their swords, while he defended himself with his quarter staff. With the butt end of this he knocked down one and dispatched him and the other ran away. When he arrived at the next village he made an oath before a magistrate to what he had done, and was suffered to proceed on his journey. The inhabitants of the village found the man who was slain to be one of their "honest" citizens.
When he arrived at his mother's house he found his younger brother to be in possession of the estate, and very much displeased to see him, and, it is supposed, hired assassins to dispatch him. He walked out with them under the pretense of viewing hte farm, and when behind a piece of woods, they attacked him with their swords, but he defended himself so manfully with his quarter staff that he killed two of them and the other fled. He returned and made known what he had done to the magistrates, who upon investigation, acquitted him of all blame. Meeting, however, with difficulties in obtaining his inheritance, he abandoned it and returned to America. Launcelot was a man of great resolution, was of full medium height and stockily built.
Launcelot Granger removed from Ipswich to Newbury at the time of his marriage in 1654 and leased the farm of Stephen Kent on Kent's Island. The site of his house there may still be seen. The house was torn down in 1884. About 1674 he removed to Suffield, Connecticut, and on September 14 of that year (1674), received a grant of sixty acres, and forty acres each for his two sons. He did not settle there permanently, however, until after the Indian hostilities were over, and in 1678 he was living on High Street. During King Philip's war he lived at the stockade in Westfield. Rev. Mr. Taylor in a narrative regarding the Indian fight at Westfield, October 27, 1675, says that a Mr. Granger was seriously wounded in the leg. There is scarcely any doubt that it was Launcelot Granger, as the circumstances is well authenticated by the family. He lived in Suffield until his death in 1689. A large maple tree which was planted by him still stands in front of the site of his house, and is known at the present itme as the "Launcelot Granger Tree". He was a prominent man in the town and served as land measurer for several terms. He died September 3, 1689, and was buried in the graveyard which was opposite the meeting house on High street. He married, January 4, 1653-54, Joanna Adams, born in England in 1634, died 1701 in Suffield, daughter of Robert and Eleanor Adams.
Children born at Newbury:
1. John, born January 15, 1754-55
2. Thomas; married Mindwell Taylor; died March 14, 1729-30
3. George, born November 28, 1658; married Lydia Younglove
4. Robert; died unmarried, August 8, 1709
5. Mary; married John Burbank, Jr.
6. Elizabeth, born March 13, 1662; married Vicary Sikes; died March 30, 1692
7. Dorothy, born February 17, 1665; married Dr. Robert Old
8. Rebecca; married Joseph Woolcot.; died July 27, 1693
9. Samuel, born August 2, 1668; married Esther Hanchett; died April 22, 1721
10. Hannah; married Thomas Taylor; died September 9, 1729
11. Abraham, born April 7, 1673; married (1) Hannah Hanchett; (2) Hannah...
"Genealogical and personal memoirs Relating to the families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts." MaryGraingerHarper http://archive.org/stream/genealogicaland00cuttgoog/genealogicaland00cuttgoog_djvu.txt
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Planted 1674, it was removed in 1922. Suffield, CT
Reads: THE
GRANGER MAPLE. Planted by Launcelot Granger, who died 1689
. "An
unremembered Past Broods like a presence 'mid the long gray boughs Of
this old tree, which has outlived so long The flitting generations of
mankind." It lived 248 Years
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