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Granger Family Tree

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): Generation 9 -- (children of William Fayette Granger and Lucy Minerva McAllister):
      1. Marquis James Granger
        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.
      2. Clyde Granger
      3. Effie Granger
      4. Virgil Granger
    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):
      1. Wil Burton Samson
        Born Jan. 6, 1983, at Ft. Collins, Colorado.
      2. Wesley Carroll Samson
        Born Nov. 7, 1979.
Last updated on March 20, 2009.

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