Person:Joel Grout (1)

Name	Joel Grout
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	6 Mar 1734/35	Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	3 Nov 1756	Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Hudson
Death^[3]	Aft 1800	probably Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

References

↑ Davis, Walter A. The Early Records of the Town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Including That Part Which is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764: a Complete Transcript of the Town Meetings and Selectmen's Records Contained in the First Two Books of the General Records of the Town; also a Copy of all the Vital Statistics of the Town Previous to the Year 1764. (Fitchburg, Massachusetts: Sentinel Printing Company; Published by authority of the City Council, 1896)
p. 294.

The Birth of ye children of John Grout and of Johannah his wife.
...
Joel born March the 6th 1734/5.
Morse, Abner. The genealogy of the descendants of Capt. John Grout. (Washington [District of Columbia]: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 19--)
p. 42, 45.

Joel Grout [#51], s/o John Grout [#10] and Joanna Boynton, b. Lunenburg 6 Mar 1734-5, d. Richmond, NH, 1797, m. 9 Oct 1756 Sarah Hudson of Petersham.
[Note: see following comment about death date.]
↑ Besides Morse's assertion of a death in 1797 in Richmond, some ancestral files list a death in 1799 in Richmond. The basis for either claim is unknown and seems contradicted by census records. In 1790, both Joel and Joel Jr. are found in Phillipston, MA. By 1800, Joel Jr. [born in 1765, so age 35] had removed to Pelham, MA where the oldest male is 26-45. Meanwhile Joel Sr. [who is about 65 in 1800] is found in Richmond, NH, where the oldest male is over 45.