LANCELOT GRANGER

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• Death Notes
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    Event(s):
    Birth:   25 Jun 1637
      Shellington, Bedfordshire, England
    Christening:   25 Jun 1637
      Shellington, Bedfordshire, England
    Death:   3 Sep 1689
      Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
    Burial:   Sep 1689
      Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
    

• General Notes
  • Ipswich lies at the mouth of the Ipswich River in the present county of Essex in Massachusetts. The Indian name was Agawam, meaning "fishing station." The river furnishes excellent water power and the harbor a safe place for vessels. Following the depression of 1640 saw and grist mills lined the river, and merchants sent ships from its port trading to distant points. It was, however, a farming community in the main. But what Launcelot Granger's occupation here was is a matter of mere conjecture. He may have sought labor in the mills, at the shipyards, upon the coasters, or in the fishhouses; but as he followed farming in Newbury, where equal advantages for engaging in other work existed, it may perhaps be fairly presumed he was indeed a granger while in ancient Agawam.The following from Volume II, Massachusetts General and Historical Register, page 50, is indeed the only one in which I find the name of Launcelot Granger.  a list of 162 persons to be taxed and the amounts each had subscribed. Among them I find "Launslot Granger 4 s." Very few had subscribed more than this sum, and most less.
    
    This is the first known record of our ancestor--the record that he lived and was a taxpayer in Ipswich in 1648. Slight though it be, it yet conveys some information. Launcelot was at least twenty-one years of age in 1648. He must have been well to do, for he was assessed a sum larger than that assessed against most of his neighbors I question, however, whether Mr. Waite is correct in assuming that all who are named in the subscription were freemen. I give reasons later for thinking Launcelot was not a freeman until he removed to Suffield. The fact that he paid taxes at Ipswich could not be taken as conclusive that he was a church member. Church of England men and other "children of Satan" must pay their dues to the colony as well as the orthodox.
    
    
    

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