Granger, Lawrence Laurent 1643
- Birth: 1637 vs c. 1643 - Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
- Immigration: late 1650s
- Marriage: 19 December 1667 - Port-Royal, Acadia, New France - Marie-Marguerite Henriette Landry
- Death: 3 September 1689 - Port Royal, Acadia, Perished At Sea During A Storm
- Burial: Garrison Graveyard, Port Royal, Acadia
He was an English protestant colonist, originally from Plymouth, England. He arrived in Acadia around 1657 and became Catholic in order to marry Marie Landry around 1660.
- From the well researched book,Les famille Maillet du Comté de Kent & du sud-est du N.-B. by Julien Belley. ISBN 0-9681050-0-9 , Copyright 1996
Laurent Granger, a young sailor from Plymouth, England, came to Acadia in the late 1650s during the English occupation. He married Marie, 17-year-old daughter of René Landry l'âiné and Perrine Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1667. Laurent had to convert to Catholicism to marry his Acadian girl. She gave him nine children, including five sons, all born in Port-Royal, who created families of their own.
Occupation 1655, England, United Kingdom - Matelot is British slang for "Sailor" for Sir Thomas Temple
According to one note Family Search, his parents are:
- John Granger IV 1574 and Grace Membartou 1684 and his sibling are:
- Grace Micmac 1600, Eleanor 1609, and Launcelot 1609 (named for a granduncle?)
- George 1631, Jane/Jeanne 1635, and Mary 1639.
It seems unlikely that Grace Membartou would have had children at the age of 47, 51, 55 and 59. The second set of siblings seems like a different generation.
Alternately, the Family Search Family Tree sets his parents as possibly:
- John Granger 1600 and Grace Yeaton 1655
But obviously his mother can't have been born after he was. Typo for 1605 for her DOB? It also has John's father as John, but born 1631, so the Granger genealogy has some serious problems.
"Lawrence Granger, naquit en 1637, à Plymouth, Angleterre. II vient en Acadie entre 1659 et 1664. Peut-être avait-il d'abord émigré dans les colonies de la Nouvelle-Angleterre? En 1662, Sir Thomas Temple avait été créé baronet de la Nouvelle-Ecosse, nom que les Anglais avait donné à l'Acadie, dont ils s'étaient emparés en 1654, sans y laisser de garnison, toutefois. Temple, qui demeure à Boston, y recrute des colons pour sa nouvelle baronnie. Lawrence Granger, que le recensement de 1671 qualifiera de matelot, vint peut-être sur le navire de Temple, qui mènera des colons anglais, écossais et hollandais à Port-Royal en 1664. Sur ce navire viennent également Geyrets (Michel) de Forest, Jan Pietr (Jehan Pître) et Roger Kessy (Quessy).
[“Lawrence Granger, was born in 1637, in Plymouth, England. He came to Acadia between 1659 and 1664. Perhaps he had first emigrated to the colonies of New England? By 1662, Sir Thomas Temple had been established baronet of Nova Scotia, name which the English had given to Acadia, which they had seized in 1654, without leaving there a garrison, however. Temple, which remains in Boston, recruited there colonists for its new barony. Lawrence Granger, whom the census of 1671 qualified as a sailor, perhaps came on the ship from Temple, which would take English, Scottish and Dutch settlers to Port-Royal in 1664. On this ship also came Geyrets (Michel) de Forest , Jan Pietr (Jehan Pître) and Roger Kessy (Quessy).]
"L'un des premiers recensements de Port-Royal en 1671 indique que Laurent Granger est matelot et âgé de trente-quatre ans. Marie Landry, son épouse a vingt-quatre ans. Ils ont alors deux enfants: Marguerite, trois ans et Pierre 9 mois. Ils possèdent cinq bêtes à cornes, six brebis et ont quatre arpents labourables. Cette année-là, Colbert envoie en Acadie une cinquantaine de nouveaux colons et on assiste à la fondation de Beaubassin, Grand-pré, la Rivière aux Canards, Pisiguit et Cobéquid qui sont des lieux que l'on retrouve encore actuellement en Nouvelle- Ecosse. En 1693, le recensement de Port-Royal précise que cinq enfants de ce couple GRANGER / LANDRY vivent encore au foyer. Ils possèdent alors 15 bêtes à cornes, 20 brebis, 12 cochons, 12 arpents et 2 fusils. La guerre entre la France et l'Angleterre continue, et l'Acadie est rendue à la France par le traité de Ryswick (1697). C'est durant cette période que décède Laurent GRANGER. Son épouse décède en 1719 à l'âge de 70 ans".
[One of the first censuses of Port-Royal in 1671 indicates that Laurent Granger is a sailor and is thirty-four years old. Marie Landry, his wife is twenty-four years old. They then have two children: Marguerite, three years old and Pierre 9 months old. They own five horned animals, six sheep and have four arable acres. That year, Colbert sent some fifty new settlers to Acadia and we witness the founding of Beaubassin, Grand-Pré, Rivière aux Canards, Pisiguit and Cobéquid which are places that can still be found in Nova Scotia today. . In 1693, the census of Port-Royal specifies that five children of this GRANGER / LANDRY couple still live at home. They then own 15 horned animals, 20 sheep, 12 pigs, 12 arpents and 2 guns. The war between France and England continues, and Acadia is returned to France by the Treaty of Ryswick (1697). It was during this period that Laurent GRANGER died. His wife died in 1719 at the age of 70 ".]
