GROSVENOR, JOHN, Roxbury, came, as the fam. tradit. tells, from Co. Chester, by w. Esther had William, b. 8 Jan. 1673, H. C. 1693; Susanna, 9 Feb. 1681; a ch. 4 Sept. 1683, d. soon; Ebenezer, 9 Oct. 1684; Thomas, 30 June 1687, d. soon; and Joseph, 1 Sept. 1689, and he d. 26 Sept. 1691. The name is Norman, meaning great hunter, and the Eng. peerage is rich with it. Twelve more of this name had, in 1828, been gr. at other N. E. coll.
Note: Roxbury VR list Ebenezer as son of John & Elizabeth. Error for Esther ? Also, in Pomfret VR a death listing for an Esther in 1738, mother of Thomas. An unrecorded son of John & Esther ?