Granger, Lawrence Laurent 1643
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- Birth: about 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