John Porter

Bef 1594 - Aft 1648  (> 54 years)

• Name	John Porter  [1, 2]
  Birth	Bef 21 Jun 1594	Felsted, Essex, England   [3, 4]
  Baptism	21 Jun 1594	Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex, England   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	21 Apr 1648	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Death	Aft 20 Apr 1648  [1]
  Person ID	I7314	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	18 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	John Porter,   b. Abt 1560   d. Aft 30 May 1623 (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Sibyl Vessey,   b. Bef 30 Nov 1561, Little Baddow, Essex, England d. Aft 26 Nov 1625 (Age > 64 years)
  Marriage	12 Sep 1587	Little Baddow, Essex, England   [3]
  Family ID	F2695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna White,   b. Bef 13 Jul 1600, Shalford, Essex, England d. Jul 1647, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 47 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1620	All Saints, Messing, Essex, England   [3, 5, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Anna Porter,   b. Bef 22 Sep 1621, Felsted, Essex, England d. 21 Jul 1653 (Age > 31 years) + 2. John Porter,   b. Bef 9 Feb 1623   d. 2 Aug 1688, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age > 65 years) + 3. Sarah Porter,   b. Bef 15 Mar 1624   d. 16 Mar 1697, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age > 73 years) + 4. Samuel Porter,   b. 22 May 1626, Felsted, Essex, England d. 6 Sep 1689, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F90	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Emigrated 1638, probably on the Susan and Ellen. [History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield] Deputy to the Connecticut legislature for Windsor, Aug 1639, Oct 1646, May 1647. John Porter and Anna White were ancestors of Ulysses S. Grant: John Porter (1590-1648) = Anna White (1600-1647) Mary Porter (b. 1638) = Samuel Grant (1631-1718) Samuel Grant (1659-1710) = Grace Minor (1670-1753) Noah Grant (1692-1727) = Martha Huntington (b. 1696) Noah Grant (1718-1756) = Susanna Delano (b. 1724) Noah Grant (1748-1819)= Rachel Kelly (d. 1805) Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873) = Hannah Simpson (1798-1883) Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) = Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902)

  
  

• Sources

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