John Henry Grant lived in St Helens
St Helens
Godshill Isle of Wight
Both William Grant and Maria and his parents Jacob Grant and Mary lived in Godshill.
The 16th Century on the Isle of Wight
The Grants were originally yeomen farmers and have been on the Isle of Wight since the 16th century. John Grant born around 1530 married Agnes Downer in Northwood. They are mentioned in a Royal Survey of 1559/60 and the Lay Subsidy returns of 1565-71
Alice Grant, a widow of Northwood left a will dated 1558
William Grant was a rent collector of St Cross in 1525-26.
His son William Grant, born about 1525 married Christian Godbeyre in 1547 and Isbell Lovyn in1559. From 1573 to 1583 he held a property in Northwood called Dyrlinge.
Medina Rosina Grant – family tree
Medina Rosina Grant’s grave
Medina Rosina Grant (1851-1921) is buried with her husband, Samuel Joseph Joy (1848-1932), in St Helens Church graveyard. I’ve located the grave but it is buried beneath weeds – horse tails, thistles and brambles. It seems that St Helens Church do not bother to maintain some sections of their churchyard.
Join the navy
Currently finding out more about Edwin Grant’s grandchildren, many of whom joined the navy around the turn of the 19th century and went on to serve in the first wotld war. One died in Haslar hospital from enteric fever before the war but the others seem to have survived. It was much less dangerous than being on the western front, I expect.
Edwin Grant (1824-1900), was born in Godshill but lived most of his life in Seaview and Nettlestone.
John Henry Grant
John Henry Grant was born in Nettlestone in 1848. After getting married to Elizabeth Phillips at St Helens in 1869 he lived at St Helens, Nettlestone and later on in Ryde. He died in Ryde at the age of 66 in 1914, just after the outbreak of World War 1.
Fairy Hill Cottages
A picture of Fairy Hill Cottages as they are today There are three cottages here with front doors below the modern street level.
Fairy Hill Cottages
When Edwin Nicholas Grant moved to Seaview around 1850 he lived in one of the Fairy Hill Cottages. These cottages are still standing, much improved since 1851. The large Fairy Hill House is on one side across the main road, Seaview Lane, and the cottages are surrounded on the other sides by a new housing development called Saview Heights
Today
Currently working on the serge weavers in Devon and my great aunt who had three husbands.
The Isle of Wight Grant Family 