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Gooden Grant (1759 - 1822)

Capt. Gooden Grant
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Died at age 63 in Hampden, Hancock County, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

Gooden Grant was born on 20 Jan 1759, the son of Andrew Grant and Patience (Gooden) Grant.[1] He was baptized at Woolwich, Maine, on 7 Jul 1765.[2][3]

During the Revolutionary War, Gooden served as a private in Capt. Nicholas Crosby's company of Col. John Allan's regiment. Gooden's company was raised for the defense of Machias. He enlisted on 8 October 1777 and was discharged on 31 December 1777.[4]

Gooden Grant married Anna Emery at Hampden, Maine, in October 1783.[1]

Gooden died in Hampden on 28 July 1822.[5]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gills, Arthur Sylvester, and Richard E. Spinney, transcribers and editors, Vital Records of Hampden, Maine, Prior to 1892 (Rockland, Me., 2007), 33
  2. Maine Families in 1790 (Waterville, Me., 1990-2016), 3:94
  3. Records of the Rev. Josiah Winship's church, Woolwich, Maine, copied and typed by Mrs. Nellie Lord and Mrs. Lena C. Ring, Colonol [sic] Dummer Sewall Chapter, Bath, Maine, 1944, Item 9 on Family History Library Film 859053 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVY-T932-2?i=864&cat=254449)
  4. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. Volume. VI. 1891. p. 728. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
  5. "Deaths in Hampden, Maine. Copied from Inscriptions on Gravestones." Bangor Historical Magazine. Vol. IV No. 5 (November 1888). p. 96. Link to page at hathitrust.org.




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