In searching the internet, I have yet to uncover parish records on Alice Turberville baptism, her marriage to John Grant, or her death.
A few sources given a death dates of 17 January 1606 or 1607 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England.
If the same John Grant married both Jane Watson and Alice Turberville, then there had to have been a dissolution of the Grant-Watson marriage - provided Jane's death date is accurate.
That Thomas and Jane [Haburne] Grant were an immigrant family is fact. The family is recorded in Massachusetts Colonial records. In 1698, Samuel Stickney stated in a deposition that he came from England to New England on the same ship with Thomas and Jane Grant and their four children, John, Hannah, Frances and Anne.
That Mathew Grant was the son of John and Alice is open to question. The Find A Grave entry for Mathew emphasizes this. That Mathew was a New England immigrant is also fact.
John Grant traveling 300 miles to get married to Alice is the biggest detractor. In the 1600s, people seldom traveled more than a few miles to a neighboring parish or village.
For the moment I think the Grant lineage of Hannah, Thomas, George, et. al. is safe.
Unfortunately, the family trees with Mathew as son to John and Alice are still roaming the internet.
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