General Notes

Sons Thomas, Andrew, and Ephraim were the three Grover brothers who purcha
sedproperty and settled at Norton, Mass., just before 1700, where Ephra
im was Deacon of the Church for many years. They had large families and nu
merous descendants, living in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, as we
ll as many nearby Massachusetts towns: Mansfield, Foxborough, etc.
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Listed as a freeman March 22, 1690 and of being of Malden, Massachusett
s. He is listed with his son, Thomas.
From a "List of Freemen, Middlesex County Court Records.
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Will of Lazarus Grover, 7 Nov. 1715, names daughter Elizabeth Balden.
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Dawes-Gates' "Ancestral Lines", Vol. 1, p. 336-339, tells of how the count
ry just west ofGrafton, Mass,, was originally the 'plantation' of "Quansig
amug",and how Lazarus Grover, with Simon, Stephen, and Thomas Grover, Phi
lip Atwood and Phineas Upham, ventured into that frontier area in April 16
75, to form a new settlement near what was, later, Worcester, Mass. They w
ere driven out by the Indians, whoburned their newly-completed cabins a
nd then started on their famous "King Philip's War", of 1675-1676. No furt
her settlement was againattempted until in 1684, though none of the abo
ve original members were included. Also, the town of Grafton was forme
d, in 1735, from the 'plantation' of"Hassanamisco".
Also,Lincoln's - "History of Worcester, Mass.", (pub. 1836),pages 8-10, s
tates: "Among the several original petitioners for land near Grafton and W
orcester, of 27 May 1674, described as "Lying upon the road from Marlbo
ro to Springfield, andbeing about 12 miles west of Marlboro", were: Phine
as Upham, Philip Atwood, Lazarus Grover, Thomas Grover, Stephen Grover, Ly
man (or Simon) Grover, etc. Their petition was granted, and in 1675 the la
nd was surveyed, bought from the Indians, (a "tract of eight miles squar
e, for twelve Pounds English money"); (-64 square miles, for 12 Pounds; qu
ite some bargain); "In the east division, lying next to the County Ro
ad to Boston, were:(among others): Samuel Brigham, 25 acres; ... Thomas G
rover, 25 acres ..... etc. Phineas Upham, and Philip Atwood, as principal
s, were given tracts of 50acres each, in the west division, on the sou
th side of the County Road to Connecticut."
"After the conclusion of King Philip's War, a Committee met at Cambridg
e, Mass., 3 March 1678/79, and signed an agreement to again settle at "Qua
nsigamug", (or "Quansigamond") by the summer of 1680; this Committee inclu
ded Philip Atwood and Thomas Grover, etc.," "Evidently Thomas Grover did n
ot settle there in 1680-81-or 82, and his lots and acreage then revert
ed to the "Country", and were subsequently granted to others."