Person:John Grozier (2)

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John Grozier
b.22 Apr 1759 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 Apr 1801 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. John Grozier1759 - 1801
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  1. John Grozier1791 - 1877
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Name John Grozier
Gender Male
Birth? 22 Apr 1759 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Mary Pepper
Death? 27 Apr 1801 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial? Copp's Hill Cemetery, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

John was baptized May 13, 1759. He died at age 42, his gravestone is in Copp's Hill Cemetery to the left as you enter the rear gate. He resided in Boston on Fleet Street in a wooden house of two stories, 13 windows, the lot containing 2660 Sq. Ft., a value of $1000 in 1798. John was a sea Captain. Revolutionary War Records of Massachusetts Solders and Sailors has two listings for John, they are:

"Grozier, John, Truro. Matross, Capt. John Gill's (6th) Co., Col. Thomas Crafts's (Artillery) Regt.; Abstract for advance pay, etc., Sworn to at Boston, June 8, 1776; service to Nov. 1, 1776, 5mos. 16 days; also, same Co. and Regt.; service from Feb1, 1777, to May 8, 1777, 3 mos. 7 days."


"Grosier, John. List of Prisoners to be received in exchange for British prisoners sent to Halifax in the cartel "Swift," as attested by Robert Pierpont, Commissary, dated Oct. 9, 1777; said Grosier, a Seaman, to be exchanged for Daniel Sullivan, a Seaman."

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