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Elizabeth Phelps and Elijah Grant, brother of Zilpah Grant Banister, married on November 11, 1807. Their first son Elijah was born in Norfolk, Connecticut on August 3, 1808. He graduated from Yale in 1830 and married Susan Boyd on September 7, 1836. Their first daughter, Mary Zilpah, was born on August 18, 1811. She attended Ipswich Female Seminary and married Reverend Ebenezer Burgess in 1839. They worked as missionaries in India. Elizabeth Grant was the third child, born in 1813. Joel Grant was the second son, born on January 24, 1816. He graduated from Yale in 1938 and married Abigail Fidelia Cowles, who attended Mount Holyoke (x1846), in 1845. Daniel Grant was born on June 19, 1818. Abigail Grant was born on June 5, 1820 and died on July 25, 1835. John Grant was born on August 29, 1822 and graduated from Yale in 1845. Martha Grant was born on July 13, 1824 and attended Mount Holyoke from 1842-1844. She died on September 21, 1847. James Marcus Grant was born on January 10, 1827.

From the guide to the Grant family papers MS 0543., 1836-1874., (Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Grant family papers MS 0543., 1836-1874. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections
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associatedWith Ambler, Mary Esther, fl. 1843 person
associatedWith Andover Theological Seminary - History - Sources. corporateBody
associatedWith Bedortha, Lorinda Moore, 1809-1875 person
associatedWith Burgess, Ebenezer, 1805-1870 person
associatedWith Burgess, Mary Grant, 1811-1842 person
associatedWith Grant, Abigail Cowles, 1820-1881 person
associatedWith Grant, Elizabeth Phelps, 1784-1866 person
associatedWith Grant, Joel, 1816-1873 person
associatedWith Grant, John, 1822-1878 person
associatedWith Grant, Martha, 1824-1847 person
associatedWith Grant, Susan Boyd, 1815- person
associatedWith Mount Holyoke College - English department. corporateBody
associatedWith Mount Holyoke Female Seminary - History - Sources. corporateBody
associatedWith Nichols, Mary Sargeant Gove, 1810-1884 person
associatedWith Yale University - History - 19th century - Sources. corporateBody
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India - Social conditions.
Ahmadnagar (India) - Description and travel.
India - Description and travel.
Illinois - Description and travel.
Lockport (Ill.) - Description and travel.
Richmond (Va.) - Description and travel.
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Mount Holyoke College
Thanksgiving - 1842
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