The following family tree came from Fred and Sue Sampon, tracing Sue's lineage from Launcelot Granger through William J. Granger (Civil War veteran on the Three Creeks Historical Monument), through the children of Fred and Sue Samson :
Generation 1
Launcelot Granger
Generation 2 -- (child of Launcelot Granger):
Launcelot Granger
Born 1631 in Thornberry, Gloustershire, England; died Sept. 3, 1689, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT. He married Joanna Adams Jan. 4, 1654, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT.
Generation 3 -- (children of Launcelot Granger and Joanna Adams):
1. John Granger
Born Jan. 15, 1654 at Newburym MA; died May 4, 1725 at Andover, MA.
2.George Granger
Born Nov. 28, 1658, in Essex County, Newbury, MA.
3. Robert Granger
Born 1660 in Newbury, Essex County, MA; died Aug. 8, 1709.
4. Elizabeth Granger
Born Mar. 13, 1662 in Essex County, Newbury, MA; died Mar. 20, 1682.
5. Dorothy Granger
Born Feb. 17, 1663, in Suffield, Hartford County, CT; married Robert Old.
6. Rebecca Granger
Born 1665 in Newbury, Essex County, MA; married Joseph Woolcot.
7. Hannah Granger
Born May 15, 1666, in Newbury, Essex County, MA; died Sept. 9, 1729, suffield, Hartford County, CT.
8. Samuel Granger
Born Aug. 2, 1668, in Newbury, Essex County, MA; died Apr. 22, 1721, Suffield County, CT.
9. Mary Granger
Born 1671 in Newbury, Essex County, MA; married (1) John Burbank, Jr. and (2) John Austin.
10. Abraham Granger
Born Apr. 17, 1673.
11. Thomas Granger
Born in Connecticut; married Mindwell Taylor on Nov. 14, 1683, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT.; died Mar. 14, 1729, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT.
Generation 4 -- (child of Thomas Granger and Mindwell Taylor):
Thomas Granger
Born Mar. 1, 1684, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT; married Elizabeth Allyn in 1707; died Sept. 10, 1755, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT.
Generation 5 -- (child of Thomas Granger and Elizabeth Allyn):
David Granger
Born Jan. 25, 1708, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT; married Sibyl Lawrence May 20, 1746; died July 1, 1789 in Sandisfield, MA.
Generation 6 -- (child of David Granger and Sibyl Lawrence):
Elihu Granger
Born Aug. 17, 1766, in Suffield, Hartford, CT; married Apama.
Generation 7 -- (child of Elihu Granger and Apama):
Harmon Granger
Born Apr. 2, 1790, in Suffield Township, Hartford, CT; married Sarah Jane Vanderlip about 1839 in Michigan.
Generation 8 -- (child of Harmon Granger and Sarah Jane Vanderlip):
Born Sept. 1871 in Indiana; married Margaret Wood on Jan. 10, 1900; died Jan. 9, 1948 in Hammond, IN. Margaret Wood Granger died Nov. 1965.
2. William Fayett Granger, Jr.
Married Lucy; children include Ord and Olan.
3. Edward Herman Granger
Married Bessie Curtain on Jan. 25, 1902, in Jasper County, IN; children include Edward and Forest.
4. Fred M. Granger
Married Bessie; children include Olan, Terry, Lee, Pauline, and Hazel Granger Haugh (married to Carl Haugh). Carl and Hazel had a daughter named Margie.
5. Sarah Jane Granger
Married Herman Kenner on Feb. 11, 1909; one child named Faye.
6. Almira Granger
Married Alfred Jarvis; children include Almira and Gladys Josephine. Gladys had a daughter named Rosemary Clawson. (Clawson was her married name.)
7. Sidney Granger
Married Ada; children include Faye and Jack.
8. Leon Jasper Granger
Married Emma J. Williams on Feb. 5, 1913, in Lake County, IN; child Lucy Jane.
Generation 10 -- (children of Marquis James Granger and Margaret Wood):
1. Raymond Granger
Born May 15, 1920, in Dyer, IN; married Laverne Ericson on Nov. 23, 1939 in Michigan City, IN; died Mar. 3, 1989, in South Bend, IN. Upon leaving Hammond at an early age, he changed his last name to include an "i," thus spelling it "Grainger." Laverne Ericson was the daughter of Harvey Ericson and Anna Rhordanz.
Generation 11 -- (children of Raymond Grainger and Laverne Ericson):
1. James Lewis Grainger
2. Sue Grainger
Born Aug. 27, 1945, in Michigan City, IN; married Fred Burton Samson on Aug. 19, 1966, in South Bend, IN. Fred B. Samson was the son of Rayburn Samson and Hazel Grant.
Generation 12 -- (children of Fred Burton Samson and Sue Grainger):