GROUT FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH

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GROUT FAMILY of Sullivan County, NH
Transcribed and contributed to Genealogy Trails by Janice Farnsworth - Farns10th@aol.com
Source: History of Charlestown, NH - Fort 4 by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson pub 1876,
Claremont, NH

Marriages (or marriage publishements) recorded at Charlestown, NH:

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Jan ll, 178l Enos Lovell of Rockingham and Mary Grout.

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Feb. 2l, 1787 Amasa Grout and Lucinda Heywood.

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Oct. l6, 1788 Jehoshaphat Grout and Anna Parker

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May l9, 1790 Oliver Farwell and Eusebia Grout

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Feb. 3, 1794 Clark Cushman and Katy Grout

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Nov 9, 1799 William McClintock, Jr. and Charlotte Grout

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Jan 26, 1806 Philip Wheeler, Jr. and Polly Grout

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Oct 26, 1824 Ashbel Hamlin and Mary Grout

Table of Publishments
Publishments occurred which were followed by no record of marriage, but most resulted in
marriage:

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May 25, 1788 Jonathan Grout and Parthena Page

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Feb. 27, 179l Enos Stevens of Barnet and Sophia Grout
(they were married Mar 4, 179l)

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July 17, 1808 Josiah Hart, Jr. and Ruth Grout

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Sep l3, 18l2 Abel Willard and Fanny Grout

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Dec 3, 1820 Francis Bingham and Sophia Grout

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Dec 8, 182l Jonathan Grout of Langdon and Mary Prouty of Langdon.

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Elijah Grout, son of John Grout and his wife, Joanna (Boynton) Grout. Elijah Grout b. Oct 29,
1732 m. July 17, 1757 Mary Willard dau of Jonathan Willard and his wife, Kezia (White) Willard
of Lunenburg, MA. She b. Feb. l3, 1734/5, a desc. in the 4th generation of Major Simon Willard
of Concord, MA. Mary (Willard) Grout d. at Charlestown, NH 1786. Elijah Grout d. March 1807.
Their children:
I. Amasa Grout b. Mar 26, 1779 m. Feb 2l, 1787 Lucinda Heywood dau of Col. William Heywood and his wife Joanna (Wetherbe) Heywood. She b. Oct ll, 1764. Amasa d. 1837.

1. Cyrus Grout
2. Salmon Grout

II. Jonathan Grout b. Apr 24, 1760 m. (1) Parthena Page dau of Peter and Sarah Page. They settled upon the homestead later called "Snumshire". Their children:

1. Fanny Grout b. Oct ll, 1792 m. 18l2 Abel Willard
2. Mary Grout b. Mar. l2, 1799 m. Ashbel Hamlin
3. Sophia Grout b. Oct ll, 1802 m. Frances Bingham. Res: St. Johnsbury, Vt.
4. Harriet Grout b. Aug 1, 1806 m. James Labaree

Note: Jonathan Grout was familiarly called Major Grout and was an officer in the militia and
Justice of the Peace. After the decease of his lst wife, he m. (2) the widow Mary Prouty widow
of Samuel Prouty and the dau. of Elijah and Mary (Stevens) King. She died and he m. (3) Lydia
Putnam dau of Elisha and Lydia Putnam b. Dec. l0, 1794. Major Jonathan Grout d. 1854 aged 93.
His 3d wife, Lydia (Putnam) Grout d. March, 1876.

III. Mary Grout 3d child of Elijah and Mary Grout was b. at Lunenburg MA Oct 23, 176l m. Enos
Lovell, Esq. Res: Middlesex, VT (she had 6 children and d. 1839)

IV. Letice Grout b. at Lundenburg May 3, 1763 m. June 11, 1778 Nathaniel Holden Res: Chester
Vt. (she had six children and died 18l2.

V. Sophia (Sophy) Grout b. at Lunenburg, MA Feb 6, 1765 m. Enos Stevens son of Capt. Phineas
Stevens. They m. Mar 4, 179l Res: Barnet, Vt. (she had ten children)

VI. Eusebia Grout b. at Charlestown, NH Mar 2, 1767 m. Oliver Farwell of Fairfax, VT had 7
children and d. Aug ll, 1825.

VII. Theophilus Grout b.Aug 29, 1768 d. Apr 5, 1852 at West Concord, VT.

VIII. Dolly Grout b. Oct l2, 1770 d. unm. at Charlestown.

IX. Gen. Josiah Grout b. June 9, 1772 at Charlestown NH m. Jan 9, 1797 Sally White of Walpole,
NH. Res: Fairfax, VT had eleven children and d. Jan 9, 1853.

X. Katie Grout b. Oct 6, 1774 m. Clark Cushman at Charlestown, NH on Feb 3, 1794.

XI Patty Grout b.June l9, 1776 d. Nov 2, 1777.

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Elijah Grout (probably) did not remove with his family from Lunenburg to Charlestown before the year 1766. His name lst appears in Charlestown records in 1768 when he was elected 2nd Selectman which office he filled 6 times. He threw all his energies into the cause of independence in the Revolutionary War. After the decease of his lst wife, Mary Willard, he m. (2) Dec. 1786
the widow Abigail Hutchins widow of Phineas Hutchins whose children numbered ten which exactly equalled his own. They were married at Walpole by Rev. Fessenden.
(note: Elijah Grout had had eleven but Patty his youngest by Mary Willard had died) Abigail
Hutchins Grout came orig. from Lunenburg, MA.

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John Grout Jr. brother of Elijah Grout was b. at Lunenburg, MA Jan l3, 173l m. there Oct 22,
1750 Phebe Spafford dau of Capt John Spafford and his wife, Hannah (Tyler) Spafford. She b.
at Rowley, MA July 23, 1733. They had eight children then removed to Charlestown, NH
1. Phebe Grout b. Mar 2l, 175l
2. Elijah Grout b. Jan 26, 1753.
3. Susanna Grout b. Dec l2, 1754
4. child died young
5. child died young
6. Endymia Grout b. Aug 5, 176l
7. John Butler Grout b. Apr 28, 1736
8. Ferdinand Grout bp May 5, 1765.
9. Theodore Grout bp Feb 1, 1767
10. Frederica Grout b. in Charlestown Dec. 1, 1768
11. Margaret Bradstreet Grout b. Apr l0, 177l

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Jehosiphat Grout (also brother to Elijah Grout) b. Aug 7, 1753 m. Oct l6, 1788 Anna Parker the
grand-daughter of Lieut Isaac Parker and the daughter of Isaac Parker, Jr. She b. at Fort No. 4
in 1753. He d. at Keene NH Sep 6, 1806. Their child:
1. Sophia Grout b. May l0, 1789 at Charlestown NH m. Apr 2l, 1808 Phineas Cook a lawyer
and minister and pastor at Acworth and Lebanon, NH He b. at Hadley, MA Oct 9, 178l
See also, Hist. of Acworth page l48 for a sketch of Mr. Cook.)

Solomon Grout (also a brother of Elijah) b. Jan 27, 1751 m. Ruth Putnam of Charlestown dau of
Ebenezer and Mary Putnam. She b. Jan 13, 1749-50. Their Children:
1. Ebenezer Grout b. Apr 12, 1772 d. 1775.
2. Solomon Grout Jr. b. Jan 20, 1774 m. Sebra Allen of Middlesex, VT had eight daughters and one sone and died.
3. Jesse Grout b. May 15, 1775; d., Sept 16, 1776
4. Charlotte Grout b. Nov 29, 1777 m. Wm. McClintock of Elmore, VT had four children and d. Mar 12, 1829.
5. Ebenezer Grout b. Apr 29, 1779 m. Abigail Clark of Rockingham, VT and settled in St. Charles, Canada East in 1809 had five children and died Mar 12, 1853.
6. Ruth Grout b. Nov 24, 1780 m. Josiah Hart of Charlestown in 1812. He died in 1837 when she removed to Chatham, Canada and m. Judah Center.
6 Polly Grout b. Sept 1, 1782 m. Philip Wheeler of Morristown, VT and had five children.
7. Levi Grout b. July 4, 1784 m. Polly Nichols of Morristown, VT and had 3 children and was killed by the falling of a barn Oct 28, 1820.
8. Dan Grout b. March 6, 1786 m. Apr 4, 1811 Beulah Elmore dau of one of the first settlers of Elmore VT., had nine children and died Jan 22, 1841
9. Phila Grout b. Aug 20, 1788 m. Edwin Richmond of Morristown, VT had two children and died Oct. 8th 1811.

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Corrected file transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Note: p.381 There is a discrepancey here wherein Solomon Grout's Children number 1 thru 6 Ruth then again, 6. Polly then 7 to 9. There were ten children not 9. Author's error.