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Griswold, Edward

Male 1607 - 1690  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Griswold, Edward  
    Christened 26 Jul 1607  Wooten Wawen,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1690  Killingworth,Middlesex,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CHR: Wooten Wawen par reg (FHL #557151). Evidence that this chr belongs to the ancestor is found in several documents in New England. Edward stated that he was 77 years old in a deposition dated 15 May 1684 (Connecticut Archives, Private Controversies, 2:203, abstract published in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-1906], 1:60 [FHL #974.6 P2m]). This provides for a birth about the year 1607. On 9 May 1700 George Griswold, son of Edward, deposed that as a youth he lived with his father in Kenilworth, Warws and that the house belonged to his uncle Matthew Griswold (Estate file of Matthew Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut, New London Disrict Probate Files, #2333 [FHL #1025021]). Kenilworth is near the parish of Wooten Wawen. In another deposition, dated 19 Jan 1737/8, George Griswold and John Griswold, sons of George Griswold deceased, stated that they were grandsons of Edward Griswold of Kenilworth, Warws, and that it was accepted in the family that Edward was one of three brothers, sons of George Griswold (Edward E. Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, FAMILY HISTORIES AND GENEALOGIES, 3 vols. [Privately printed, 1892], 2:5 [FHL #873825]).
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Edward Griswold and wife Margaret are recorded in Kenilworth par reg, 1631-37 (FHL #555347). Also, Margaret, wife of Edward Griswold, died at Killingworth, Conn. ("Killingworth Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1667-1850," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1924; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 41 [FHL #002972]).
      MAR #2: No mar rec found. Sarah, widow of Edward Griswold, is mentioned in agreement of the heirs of Edward Griswold of Kenilworth, 7 Jun 1694 (New London Deeds, 5:195 [FHL #005084]). The document shows that she is the mother of Rebecca Bemis who married Tobias Minter. The mar rec of Tobias Minter and Rebecca Bemis indicates she is the dau of James Bemis ("New London Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1646-1854," Barbour Collection [typescript, 1919; Conn. State Library, Hartford], 215 [FHL #005082]). Sarah was apparently the widow of James Bemis of New London who died in Jul 1665 (Elwood M. Avery, ed, "Marriage, Birth and Death Records from theTown Records of New London" [typescript, n.d.], 74 [FHL #974.65/N2 V2a]). Sarah's maiden surname is unknown. She is not the dau of John and Rebecca Dimond as alleged in Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, THE GRISWOLD FAMILY (Wethersfield, CT, 1990), 13 (FHL #929.273 G889fe).
      DEATH: No death rec found. Edward's death in 1690 is mentioned in French, THE GRISWOLD FAMILY, 13. Although no proof has been found, this date is widely accepted. He was certainly dead before 7 Jun 1694 when his widow Sarah made agreement with Joseph Wickham, above. He was living on 15 May 1684 when he made the deposition, above.
      OCC: Deputy to CT General Court, builder of fort at Springfield, Justice of the Peace.

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      BEPS1,2: IGI
    Person ID I7219  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2004 

    Father Grissold, George,   c. 6 Nov 1574, Wootton-Wawen,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Dousabell,   bur. 28 Aug 1615, Wootton-Wawen,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah 
    Family ID F3185  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret,   b. Abt 1609, of Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1670, Killingworth,Middlesex,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married Abt 1628 
    Children 
     1. Griswold, Francis,   b. Abt 1629, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng(?) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1671, Norwich,New London,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
     2. Griswold, Sarah,   c. 29 Jan 1631/1632, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Dec 1634, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 2 years)
     3. Griswold, George,   c. 19 May 1633, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1704, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     4. Griswold, Sarah,   c. 10 Jan 1635/1636, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Nov 1714, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years)
     5. Griswold, Lydia,   c. 17 Dec 1637, Kenilworth,Warws,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Griswold, John,   b. Abt 1639,   d. 1642, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     7. Griswold, Anna or Hannah,   c. 19 Jun 1642, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1714, Simsbury,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     8. Griswold, Mary,   b. 5 Oct 1644, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location
    +9. Griswold, Deborah,   b. 28 Jun 1646, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Feb 1717/1718, Killingworth,Middlesex,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     10. Griswold, Joseph,   c. 12 Mar 1647, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 1716, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years)
     11. Griswold, Samuel,   c. 18 Nov 1649, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. (inv) 26 Feb 1672, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years)
     12. Griswold, John,   c. 1 Aug 1652, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1717, Killingworth,Middlesex,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    Family ID F3166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart