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John Gant 1734–1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 June 1734

Birth Location: in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 5 Jan 1801

Death Location: Orange, North Carolina, United States

Father: SEN Gant

Mother: Anna Brantley

Spouse(s): Susannah Phillips

Children(s): Mary Gant

John Gant was born in 1734 in in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States, the child of Sen John Spencer Gant And Anna Brantley. John Gant married Susannah Ann Gant Jr Phillips, and had children including Mary Ann Elizabeth Gant. John Gant passed away in 1801 in Orange, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • John Gant was born in 1734 in in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States, the child of Sen John Spencer Gant And Anna Brantley.
  • John Gant married Susannah Ann Gant Jr Phillips, and had children including Mary Ann Elizabeth Gant.
  • John Gant passed away in 1801 in Orange, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

SEN Gant
1713–1783
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia
SG
Anna Brantley
1712–1781
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
AB

Spouses(s)

Susannah Phillips
1735–1796
Birth Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
SP

Children(s)

Mary Gant
1768–1855
Birth Location: Orange Co, North Carolina, USA
MG

John Gant's Ancestors

Self
John Gant
1734–1801
Birth Place: in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States
Parents
SEN John Spencer Gant
1713–1783
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Anna Brantley
1712–1781
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John Gant
1687–1727
Charles City, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Sarah (Boone) Gent
1691–1744
Biddolph, Staffordshire, , England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gent
1637–1721
Mary Jennings
1668–1724
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gant
1618–1661
Elizabeth Chadwicke
1610–1715

John Gant's Descendants

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John Gant (3 June 1734–5 Jan 1801) m. Susannah ("Ann" (Gant Jr)) Phillips (22 Jun 1735–27 Jul 1796)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann Elizabeth) Gant 1768–1855 m. Littleton Riggins 1774–1843
    1. 1. William (Gant Riggins (3rd) g-uncle) 1797–1874 m. Nancy Atkinson 1807–1860
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann) RIGGINS 1820–1895 m. Alexander (Simpson) Dunlap 1809–1866
        1. 1. James (Blanton) Dunlap 1852–1915
    2. 2. Mary Henley 1808–1881

John Gant's Timeline

2 Records

1734
3 June 1734
Birth of John Gant in in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States
in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States
1801
5 Jan 1801
Age 67
Death of John Gant in Orange, North Carolina, United States
Orange, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 June 1734
    Event Place: in Isle Wight, county, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1801
    Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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