- Born: 18 Jan 1692, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA 4346,4907
- Christened: 6 Jun 1696, Bristol, Bristol Co., Rhode Island, USA 4908
- Marriage: Hope BROWN on 20 Mar 1719 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA 4351,4899,4907
- Died: 26 Sep 1744 at age 52 4907
- Buried: Coddington Burial Ground, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 4344
Cause of his death was death by explosion.
General Notes:
Letter of Katherine Malbone to son Godfrey, Oct. 6, 1745,
...the unhappy accident that happened ye 19 of Sept. 44 of Mr. Grant Gidley, N. Codington, and a stranger being blown up by gunpowder in a ware house by which they all lost their lifes.
and,
" The owners of the privateer, Capt. Sueton Grant, Mr. Nathaniel Grant Jr., and John Gidley, Esq. together with Mr. Taylor, a stranger employed to look after the stores of privateers, were surveying stores in Taylor's warehouse when a pistol was accidently discharged setting fire to about 500wt. of gunpowder in several casks. The blast blew away the roof and the planks on the sides and end and discharged 50 grenades and 60 powder flasks, a large jar filled with 50 wt. of powder, and all manner of instruments of death and number of muskets and pistols.
All of the men were blown out of the building and Captain Grant, Mr. Coddington, and Mr. Gidley, three of the town's principal citizens, were either killed outright or later died of their wounds." p. 854 4909
Noted events in his life were:
• Fact: Listed as Freeman, 1714, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA. 4346
Nathaniel married Hope BROWN, daughter of James BROWN and Ann CLARK, on 20 Mar 1719 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA 4351,4899.,4907 (Hope BROWN was born about 1700 in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA 4907 and died after 23 Apr 1739 4907.)
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