FOUNDERS OF FORT NO. 4, CHARLESTOWN, NH From: Farns10th@aol.com - Janice Farnsworth Surname:  GROUT Source:   History of Charlestown, NH - Fort No. 4, by           by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson Marriages (or marriage publishements) recorded at Charlestown, NH: p.654 Jan ll, l78l Enos Lovell of Rockingham and Mary Grout. p.655 Feb. 2l, l787 Amasa Grout and Lucinda Heywood. p.655 Oct. l6, l788 Jehoshaphat Grout and Anna Parker p.655 May l9, l790 Oliver Farwell and Eusebia Grout p.655 Feb. 3, l794 Clark Cushman and Katy Grout p.656 Nov 9, l799 William McClintock, Jr. and Charlotte Grout p.657 Jan 26, l806 Philip Wheeler, Jr. and Polly Grout p.66l Oct 26, l824 Ashbel Hamlin and Mary Grout __________________ Table of Publishments Publishments occurred which were followed by no record of marriage, but most resulted in marriage: p.663 May 25, l788 Jonathan Grout and Parthena Page p.663 Feb. 27, l79l Enos Stevens of Barnet and Sophia Grout (they were married Mar 4, l79l) p.666 July l7, l808 Josiah Hart, Jr. and Ruth Grout p.666 Sep l3, l8l2 Abel Willard and Fanny Grout p.668 Dec 3, l820 Francis Bingham and Sophia Grout p.669 Dec 8, l82l Jonathan Grout of Langdon and Mary Prouty of Langdon. ______________ p.375 Elijah Grout, son of John Grout and his wife, Joanna (Boynton) Grout. Elijah Grout b. Oct 29, l732 m. July l7, l757 Mary Willard dau of Jonathan Willard and his wife, Kezia (White) Willard of Lunenburg, MA. She b. Feb. l3, l734/5, a desc. in the 4th generation of Major Simon Willard of Concord, MA. Mary (Willard) Grout d. at Charlestown, NH l786. Elijah Grout d. March l807. Their children: l. Amasa Grout b. Mar 26, l779 m. Feb 2l, l787 Lucinda Heywood dau of Col. William Heywood and his wife Joanna (Wetherbe) Heywood. She b. Oct ll, l764. Amasa d. l837. l. Cyrus Grout 2. Salmon Grout II. Jonathan Grout b. Apr 24, l760 m. (l) Parthena Page dau of Peter and Sarah Page. They settled upon the homestead later called "Snumshire". Their children: l. Fanny Grout b. Oct ll, l792 m. l8l2 Abel Willard 2. Mary Grout b. Mar. l2, l799 m. Ashbel Hamlin 3. Sophia Grout b. Oct ll, l802 m. Frances Bingham. Res: St. Johnsbury, Vt. 4. Harriet Grout b. Aug l, l806 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, l794. Major Jonathan Grout d. l854 aged 93. His 3d wife, Lydia (Putnam) Grout d. March, l876. III. Mary Grout 3d child of Elijah and Mary Grout was b. at Lunenburg MA Oct 23, l76l m. Enos Lovell, Esq. Res: Middlesex, VT (she had 6 children and d. l839) IV. Letice Grout b. at Lundenburg May 3, l763 m. June 11, l778 Nathaniel Holden Res: Chester Vt. (she had six children and died l8l2. V. Sophia (Sophy) Grout b. at Lunenburg, MA Feb 6, l765 m. Enos Stevens son of Capt. Phineas Stevens. They m. Mar 4, l79l Res: Barnet, Vt. (she had ten children) VI. Eusebia Grout b. at Charlestown, NH Mar 2, l767 m. Oliver Farwell of Fairfax, VT had 7 children and d. Aug ll, l825. VII. Theophilus Grout b.Aug 29, l768 d. Apr 5, l852 at West Concord, VT. VIII. Dolly Grout b. Oct l2, l770 d. unm. at Charlestown. IX. Gen. Josiah Grout b. June 9, l772 at Charlestown NH m. Jan 9, l797 Sally White of Walpole, NH. Res: Fairfax, VT had eleven children and d. Jan 9, l853. X. Katie Grout b. Oct 6, l774 m. Clark Cushman at Charlestown, NH on Feb 3, l794. XI Patty Grout b.June l9, l776 d. Nov 2, l777. p.377 Elijah Grout (probably) did not remove with his family from Lunenburg to Charlestown before the year l766. His name lst appears in Charlestown records in l768 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. l786 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. p.380 John Grout Jr. brother of Elijah Grout was b. at Lunenburg, MA Jan l3, l73l m. there Oct 22, l750 Phebe Spafford dau of Capt John Spafford and his wife, Hannah (Tyler) Spafford. She b. at Rowley, MA July 23, l733. They had eight children then removed to Charlestown, NH l. Phebe Grout b. Mar 2l, l75l 2. Elijah Grout b. Jan 26, l753. 3. Susanna Grout b. Dec l2, l754 4. child died young 5. child died young 6. Endymia Grout b. Aug 5, l76l 7. John Butler Grout b. Apr 28, l736 8. Ferdinand Grout bp May 5, l765. 9. Theodore Grout bp Feb l, l767 10. Frederica Grout b. in Charlestown Dec. 1, 1768 11. Margaret Bradstreet Grout b. Apr l0, l77l p.38l Jehosiphat Grout (also brother to Elijah Grout) b. Aug 7, l753 m. Oct l6, l788 Anna Parker the grand-daughter of Lieut Isaac Parker and the daughter of Isaac Parker, Jr. She b. at Fort No. 4 in l753. He d. at Keene NH Sep 6, l806. Their child: l. Sophia Grout b. May l0, l789 at Charlestown NH m. Apr 2l, l808 Phineas Cook a lawyer and minister and pastor at Acworth and Lebanon, NH He b. at Hadley, MA Oct 9, l78l 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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