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835 ii. Edwin Hodges Grant," b. Braintrim, Wyoming Co., P'a., 27 Feb., 1831; m. Mt. Vernon, O., 16 Ang., 1853, with Sarah Thompson, b. Perry Co., O., 23 Dec., 1830, dan. Isaac and Susan Thomp. son; learned the trade of printer at Charleston, W. Vn .; grad. Kenyon Coll., O., 1850, and M. D., Miami Med. Coll., 1852; edited Pella Gazette, Iowa, 1:546; Geary City Kra, Kansas, 1856-7; St. Joseph Fre Democrat, Mo., 1859; Doniphan t'n. Patriot, Kan., 1963-1; served in d'ivil War, INGI-3; Ass't Surgeon 4th Kan. Vols., 1865, 20 Army Corps; State Geologist of Va., 1865 6; Clerk, Office Int. Rev., 1867 9.
577 Children of Asahel and Judith Sabrina (Lathrop) Grant.
836 ili. Henry Martyn Grant,8 b. oroomiah, Persia, 3 Inne, 1836; m. Cortlandville, N. Y., 19 Aug., 1863, with Mary Jane Putnam, b. Dryden, N. Y., 10 Apl., 1836, dan. Hamilton and Jeammette (Pleve- land) P'ntnain.
837 iv. Judith Sabrina Grant " (twin), b. Oroomiah, 24 Ang., 1838; d. Oroomiab, 27 Jan., 1%10.
838 v. Mary Electa Grant * (twin), b. Oroomiah, 24 Ang., 1838; d. Oroomish, 13 Jan., 1540.
595 Children of Judson L.7 and Marianna (Agard) Grant.
839 i. Defrance Grant M (daughter).
810 ii. Jared Grant."
31 ili. Judson Grant.«
598 Children of Charles William? and Jane (Boriridge) Grant.
Nig i. Anna M. Graut," m. & Mch., 1870, with Henry D Noyes, M.D , of N. Y.
843 ii. John Beveridge Grant .*
N41 iii. Jane Grunt, d. a. about 2 years.
599 Children of David McNiel and Caroline Beach (JJudd) Grant.
845 i. Charles Henry Grant,8 b. Litchfield, Conn., 23 Mch., 1862.
816 ii. Fanny Grant," b. Litchfield, 27 Aug., 1861.
602 Children of Benjamin Wooster and Eliza ( Kirtland) Grant.
812 i. Myra Grant," m. Webb Warner.
81% ii. Henry Kirtland Grant."
819 ili. Charles W. Grant."
603 Child of Lewis Beach and Julia Ann ( Forbes) Grant.
150 i. Franklin Forbes Grant, b. Fredonia, N. Y., 28 Feb., 1840; d. 9 Der., 1563.
610 Children of Elihu and Amanda M. (Gifford) Grant.
851 i. Hannah Tarcy Grant, " b. 3 May, 1415; m. with James B Albert of somerville, N. ...
1.52 ii. James Lawton Grant .* h. 19 Jan., 1847.
433 iii. Charles Loring Grant, “ b. " Det., 1848.
Sl iv. William Thomas Grant,- b. f Feb., 1-52.
855 V. Ceorge Franklin Grant,“ b. 21 Mch., 1854
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THE GRANT FAMILY.
620 Children of Elijah Phelps7 and Susan (Boyd) Grant.
S56 i. Elizabeth Grant,^ b. Canton, ()., 21 May, 1838; m. 18 May, 1858, with Thomas J. Hurford of Omaha, Nebraska.
ii. Susan Grant," b. C., 8 Jan., 1841; d. 19 July. 1811.
858 iij. Mary Grant,& b. C. 12 Sept., 1812.
859 iv. Charles Fourier Grant,» b. C., 12 Aug., 1×44; d. 25 May, 1845.
860 v. Jane Grant," b. C., 27 Nov., 1846.
vi. Martha A. Grant,8 b. ("., 30 Apl., 1819; d. 27 June, 1859
862 vii. James Boyd Grant,8 b. C., 10 Nov., 1853.
623 Children of Joel and Abigail Fidelia (Voirles) Grant.
863 i. John Cowles Grant,8 b. 21 Apl., 1848; grad. Yale College, 1869.
N64 ii. Mary Hannah Grant,& b. 18 June, 1851; d. 1 Ang., 1:53.
865 iii. William Elijah Grant,8 b. 31 July, 1852; d. Lockport, Ill., 16 Oct., 1569.
866 iv. Robert Stuart Grant," b. 5 Oct., 1857; d. 1858.
624 Children of Daniel7 and Caroline (Burr) Grant.
867 i. Abigail Elizabeth Grant,8 b. Waukesha, Wis .. 1 Ang., 1815. Edward Burr Grant, b. W., 1 Oct., 1818.
626 Children of John7 and Sarah Gertrude (Day) Grant.
Gertrude Elizbeth (irant,8 b. 7 Oct., 1858; d. 26 Oct., 1860.
Số++ ii. William Marcus Grant,& b. 18 Oct., 1560.
630 Children of Ward Miles? and Mary Ann (MeKay) Grant.
869 i. Refine Borden,6 b. Winchester, Conn., 20 Oct., 1861.
$70 it. Sarah Jane Grant," b. W. 13 Feb., 1865.
635 Children of Moses Franklin and Mary Ann (filbert) Grant.
S21 i. Sarah Ann Grant," h. Norfolk, toun., 25 June, 1856.
872 ii. Lillie Elizabeth Grant,8 b. N. 16 Oct., 1:58. 873 ili. Harry Moses Grant, - b. N. f Sept .. 1861.
673 Children of Carleton' and Hannah (Fenton) Grant.
874 1. Alon Burdett Grant,9 b. Vernon, Conn., 2 July, 1815; d. 27 Feb., 1864.
875 il. Erdon Le Roy Grant,º b. V. 26 Dec., 1850; m. 19 Oct., 1820, with l-a J. Dunham of Stafford.
876 iii. Irving Duane Grant," b. V. 19 July, 1853.
$77 iv. - Grant," an infant, b. V .. -; d. 4 .1pl., 1855.
700 Children of Franklin and Francelia E. (Bean) Grant.
828 i. Benjamin L. Grant," b. Rockville, 14 Dec., 1868; Fernon Town Rec. says 20 Oct., 1868. 879 ii. Grant," b. Vernon, 26 Nov., 1870.
718 Child of Alonzo Timothy ' and Frances Betsey (Culkins) Grant.
8-0 i, Eugene Alonzo tirant," b. Providence, R. 1 .. 15 May, 1821.
714 Child of Henry" and Martha Ann (Ilubbard) Grant.
X~1 i. William Henry Grant," b. Wapping, 8 Nov., 1868. 715 Child of Clayton and Harriet E. (Chaffe) Grant.
182 i. Gertrude Mabel Grant,º b. Wapping, 3 July, 1868.
732 Children of William Curtiss" and Sarah Amelia (Dunham) Grant.
৳83 i. Abby Amelia Grant.º b. Wapping, 31 JJan., 1857; d. 17 Mch., 1858.
884 ii. William Henry Grant,º b. Wpg., 18 Feb., 1858; d. 27 Dec., 1860.
855 iii. George Wilbur Grant," b. Wpg., 7 Oct., 1×60. SS6 iv. Willis Everett (frant,9 b. Wpg., 20 July, 1862; d. 15 Mcb., 1866, w. 3 year-, > montbs.
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734 Children of Norman Owen and Mary Eliza (Dunham) Grant.
AT 1. Josephine Maria Grant," b. Wapping, 30 Apl., 1858.
ANS ii. Lewis Norman Grant,º b. Wpg., 19 Dec., 1860.
736 Child of Wilbur Fiske ' and Estella Frances (Johnson) Grant.
A$9 i. Walton Wilbur (frant.º b. Wpg., 3 May, 1860.
739 Children of Hiram' and Frances (Gregory) Grant.
500 i. Willie Hoyt Grant,9 b. Wpg., 27 Oct., 1865.
¥91 ii. Hiram Adolph Grant,º b. Wpg., 11 June, 1570.
741 Children of Sheldon James ' and Harriet Kimball (Morgan) Grant.
892 i. Ralph Morgan Grant,º b. Wpg., 11 May, 1868.
>03 ji. Clarence Sheldon Grant,º b. Wpg., 18 Dec., 1869.
747 Children of Willard and Elizabeth Louisa (Clark) Grant.
891 i. Willard Wesley Grant,º b. S. W., 11 Sept., 1859.
895 ii. Lizzie Louise Grant,º b. S. W., 12 Sept., 1861; d. 18 Meh., 1-02.
771 Children of Matthew Anderson and Chloe (('obb) Grant.
896 i. Flora Louisa Grant,º b. Torringford, Conn., 18 Jan., 1817; m. Burrville, Conn., 26 Nov., 1868, with Henry HI. Rowley of New Haven.
^97 ii. Mary Adele Grant,9 b. Torringford, 4 May, 1855.
NOS iii. Calista Isabel Grant," b. T., 6 Nov., 1858; d. 11 Apt., 1-62.
772 Child of William Allen and Lusena (Shattuck) Grant.
-99 i. Maria Lusena Grant," b. 12 Mch., 1847.
772 Child of William Allen & and Elizabeth ( Wadhams) Grant. Adah Bell Grant,P b. 21 Apl., 1865.
773 Children of Daniel Augustus ' and Elmina (Eggleston) Grant.
901 i. Howard Augustus Graut," b. Torrington, Conn., 27 Feb., Ist ?.
902 ii. Flora Roxana Grant," b. T. 30 Jan., 1850; m. T., 30 Jan., 1ses, with Orlando M. Carr of T. 785 Children of Elisha Denison " and Cordelia (Martin) Grant.
903 i. Edwin Grant.º
00.1 ii. Willie Grant.º
786 Children of Miner and Eliza A. (Perk) Grant.
Andrew Miner Grant,9 b. Man-field, Conn., 12 May, 1559.
905 i.
789 Children of Josias8 and Mary E. (Northrup) Grant.
906 i. Eugene Josias Grunt.º
007 ii. Effie Grant.v
908 iii. Sidney Grant.»
900 iv. Harris Denison Grant, " d. young.
910 1. Harris Denison Grant.º
911 vi. Edward (runt.º
912 vii. Willle Grant,P d. young.
832 Children of John Hewitt . am! Maria (Dobbinx) Grant.
913 i. Frederic Hewitt Grant,º b. Troy, Pa., 27 June, 1-58; d. 27 Jan., 1861.
914 ii. William Henry Grant,9 b. Troy, 30 Nov., 1860; res. in Kent, Ohio.
GRAY, John of W., rem. to Litchfield, Conn., 177 .- Hinman. William, m. Ann Fosbury, 8 Dec., Int .- Why. Ch. Rec.
GREGORY, E., at W., 1611 .- Hinman.
GREENLEAF, Orick H., m. Mary Ann Potwine, 31 Jan., 1847 .- S. R.
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THE GREEN FAMILY.
GREEN, Barzilla (E. W.), m. Eunice Bissell, 30 Nov., 1750, who died 12 Feb., 1795, 2. 71: he d. 23 Oct., 1795, w. 70. Ch .:
1. . Jocl, b. 3 Oct., 1761. FAM. 2.
| 2. Asahel, b. ID June, 1763. FAM. 3.
FAM. 2. Joel ? (Barzilla 1 ). m. Sally - -, who died 5 Sept., 1833, æe. 73; he died 25 Aug., 1813. 2. 62 (a probable error of 10 years too much). Ch. (E. W. C. R.):
1. -. bp. 15 Mch., 1780. | 2. - , hp. 15 Sept., 1782.
FAM. 3. Asahel? (Burz.1), m. Grace Grant, I Oct., 1778, who died 9 Feb., 1849, æ. 92: he d. 1 Sept., 1838, æ. 85. Children:
1. Martin. b. 21 Nov .. 1790. FAM. 4. served in the war of 1812, and was one of flur few 2. Roxy. b. 21 July, 1282; d. 21 Oct., 1802. surviving pensioners of that struggle. About a year 3. Thankful, b. 13 JJune, 1751; d. 17 Feb .. 1820. ago he suffered an attack of partial paralysis. and last winter he had a second attack. Since then he has been nearly helpless, but up to the time he was first stricken he retained almost perfect faculties." Hartford Courant, 27 May, 1889.
1. Asalud. b. IN Apl .. 175. ". Ixaheltireen, the old- est man in So. W. (Wpg.), literally died of old agr ou Thursday last, at the extreme age of 96 years, 1 month, and 2 days. He was a native of the town. and was born and always lived within twenty rods of the house in which he died. He
5. Dashe, b. 9 Feb .. ITSS.
6. Eli, b. 9 May, 1789.
7. Reuben, who d. 15 Feb., 1792. 3. ti days.
FAM. 4. Martin' (Asthel' Barz.1). res. W. Windsor: m. Irene Munsell.
1. Roxanna. m. Wm. Hunt,
2. Vanry. m. (1) Elijah Rockwell; (?) Nath'} Newell.
3. Maria Therese. m Jason Taintor.
1. Martin, died, ;e. about 11.
Jabish (" of West W."), m. Mary McCarty of Canterbury, 1 Nov., 1797. (h .:
1. Olive. h. 5 May. 1;90. d. 16 Oct .. 1501.
9. Daniel b. 2 Dec., ING.
3. Huldah, b. 93 May, 1792.
4. Jabish, h. 20 MMch., 1791.
William ? ( William," William 1), b. Swanzee, N.H., 28 Dec., 1808; went to Thompson, Conn., when 11 yrs. old; m. 19 Apl., 1834, Jane M. (dau. Lawrence) Bissell, and settled in Wpg .. No. W .; he d. & Apl., 1878; she d. 20 Jan., 1814. Ch .:
1. Elizabeth J., b. 14 Sept., 1835: d 21 Jan., 1839. 3. William Wolcott. 6. 29 Sept .. 1839; m.
4. Angusta M .. h. 1 Ang., 1843; m. 17 May, 1870, William Vinton.
William Wolcott (Win., W'in.,2 Ww.1), m. Harriet B. Skinner, 28 Sept., 1865. Children :
F Alice E .. b. 30 May, 1860; m. 25 Dec .. 1844, Car- 1886; (2) Clayton. h. 7 June, 1859: (3) Gertrude, h. In Kibbe, and had: (1) T'heron E., b. 3 Feb., 6 Apl., 1891.
Sarah (wife Jabez), d. 3 July, 1197, in Gth yr. Lydia (da. above). d. 8 June, 1797. in 31st yr. Alford, m. Mehitable Manning, 17 Mch., 1800. - W. C. R. John, wife of, d. 12 Feb., 1829, æ. 26 .- S. B. James, wife of, d. 10 Apl., 1827, æ. 71. -S. B. Eli and Chilor had (E. W. C. R.) of Wpg .: (1) Joel Utley, bp. 14 July, 1816; (2) Charles Reuben, bp. 4 Nov., 1821.
Samuel (Col.), of So, Windsor; native of New London, Conn .; once editor of N. L. (matte ; m. (1) Sarah Pool of N. L .; (2) Mary Starr of N. L. They both died lifd., he :. 91, she a. 88; both bu. N. L. Child (by 1st mar.):
1. William, d. in N. L., a. 25: unmarried.
4. ,Jared Starr: in. Sarah O' Reilly ; settled Mo bill. Ala. Issue :
1. John ti. 1. Charles .I.
4. Mary. 5. Sarah.
3. Vincent P.
3. Sarah Elizabeth, m. David M. Tudor of So. W.
4 Robert Starr. d :0. 21. New London.
5. Samuel Henry. m. Mary Dennison of Ston- ington, Conn .; res. Itfd .; no jour.
6. t harke. b. 17 Det .. 1 12; m. sophia Il. Tudor of So. W. Fax. 2.
". Ihrbrera A .. m. M. W Chapin, widower, of Hartford, Conn. INaute : 1. sephine ('hapin).
6. Fred P. (Chapin).
7. Charhs S. (Chapin).
S. William M. (Chapin).
4. Albert D. (C'hapin). 1 9. Grorgr (Chapin).
5. Merrick W (Chapin). | 10 Robert (Chapin). VOL. II .- 4-4
S. Mary A .. m. John De Camp, U. S N., and d. St. Louis, Mo. JegHte : 1. Charles. 4. John. 3. Mary.
9. George Starr, m. Mrs. Catharine Whipple ; sett. at Htfd., where he was a prominent honuits pathic physician : had 5 ch,, of whom 2 d. inf
10. Gilbert & , d. by accident. a. I yts .. in N. 1 ..
11. Abby Louise. m. Dr. Henry C. Preston, ho mwopathic physician. who -e tled at Windsor; St. John, N. B. Leatt :
1. Heury (Preston), sett. at Albany, N. Y .: homo' opathie physician.
2. William (Preston), soft, at Albany, N. Y : plus tographer.
3. George (Preston, dieel infancy.
4. Edward (Prestoni, sett, N. B
5. Loni- (P'reston). 7. Aune ( Prestou).
6. Thomas (Preston).
14. Frederick P., went to tal. : wifed there: no issue
Ch .:
5. . hu'l B., married (1) Mary Hovey; (2) Nancy
Crosby ; was a builder in Hartford. 6. Julia, m. Fitch Stoughton. , dan. ; died young.
3. Olive, b. 19 Apl., 1805.
Roswell, had:
1. Mat-on. h. 30 Mch., 175;
2. Howwell, b. 26 Nov., 1991.
2. Saralı S .. b. 23 Nov , 1837; m. Henry W Sadd ; slur d. 29 Fan .. 1871.
2. Henry (Chapin).
3. Ann M. Chapini.
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Fax. 2. Charles" (Col. Sam.), then an officer, since a commodore, in U. S. Navy; in. 16 Dee., 1840, Sophia Haskell (dau. Oliver and Abigail MeClaro Tudor of So. M' .; res, several years in Erie, Pa., then at So. W. on the Dr. Elihu Tudor place, where he moved the okl ho, back and built anew, 1851, and oreup. till 1824; she d. 17 May, 1886; he d. 7 Apl., 1887. Ch. (6. So. H.):
1 Charles Lanman (M.D.), b. So. W., 24 sept., 1811; surgeon in D' S. N. during Civil War; is a ho. wwropathie physician at Hartford. Conn .; m. (1) Maria Stuber Spooner of Hempstead, 1. 1 . 25 Sept., 1882; he died 02 May, 148; (2) la Trimble of Philadelphia, 5 Jan., 18%. Isante : 1. Maria Spooner. b. 5 .Jan., 1885.
2. Eleanor A., h. in Ohio, 23 Mch., 1844; m. 27 Der., 1843, Henry Butterfield of Eric, P'a .; she'd 13 001., 185.
3. Samuel Tudor, b. in Ohio, 26 Oct., 1815; cell. : Chicago, Ill .: commission meht .; m. 1 Nov., 1571. Helen Fields of ottumwa, lowa, where he res mocht. in ING1. /xxHP :
1. Eleanor T., b. 10 Oct., 18223.
3. Charles Joseph, b. 25 Oct., 1874.
3. William Percival, b. 17 Dec., 1876.
.1. Pauline Firkl. b. ~ Feb., 18-2.
5. Sammuel Srabury, b. 22 JJuly, 15$4.
Chauncey, m. Alice (dau. Samuel) Rathbone, who d. IS Nov., 1852, æ. 70; he d. 19 Feb., 1858, w. 75. Children :
1 Mary Ann. m. May. 1-36, John M. Doty.
2. Leonard. in. () Louisa (dan. Shubael and Eliz- aleth) Parsons, who d. 13 June, 1556, ær. 37;
(2) a wid. with 3ch . Ixque (by Ist wife): 1. Austin. 2. Erastus.
8 Lucy, a cripple, d. 27 Ang., 1861, P. 33.
GRIDLEY, Thomas, was a prop'r of Hfd. "by courtesie of the town" 1639; (IItfd. ('o. Mem. Ilist .. i. 212); was at W. 5 Sept., 1639, when he was fined and ord. by the ('1. to be whipped for "strong suspicions of drunkenness," for refusing to watch, and for striking one of Mr. Stiles's servant men; in 1618 was one of highway sur- veyors; no rec. of land or family; was res. prob. Farmington, 1671, and his heirs had grant of land for services in Pequot War, 12 Oet., 1611; he d. at Ilifd ; inv. 12 June, 1655, 5252. 12x. 60.
GRIFFIN, John, had no lands rec. at W., and could hardly have owned a house John Fuffi there; in 1648 was engaged in mfg. tar, and his candlewood, etc., being burned by an Indian who was unable to pay the damage. his friends transferred to Grillin the land at Massaco (Simsbury), which he transferred to the town, and afterwards became a settler there (freeman there 1669). Hle first appears at W. 13 May, 1647, when he m. Anna (prob. sist. of and res. nr. John) Bancroft. At the time of John Drake, Sen'r's, death, 1659, 0. either res, in the Henry Stiles house, north of that of Wm. Gaylord, Jr., deed, or that of Francis Stiles, south of Gaylord's. Sept. 6, 1655, W'm. Hayden makes complaint of the riotous conduct of John Griffin, John Ban- croft, and Jacob Drake in his family, thereby frightening his wife - G. seeming to have been the chief offender, as he ouly was fined (£20), the others as well as he hound over in 920 each for good behavior until the next Court (Ree. Purt. Ct., &c. State's Office). [Wm. Hayden's wife d. July 17, 1655; it may be in consequence of this fright | In 1663 he was gr. by the Gen. Ct. 200 acres of land at Massacor. in consideration " that he was the first that perfected the art of making pitch and tar in these parts." In 1623, with Simon Wolcott, was ordered to command the train - band. Children (O. C. R.) :
1. Hannah, b. 1 Jnty, 1619. 5. Thomas. b. 3 Oct., 1658. 2. Mary, b. 1 Mch., 1651. v6. Abigail, b. 12 Nov., 1660. 8. Ruth. b. 21 Jan .. 1665. 9. Ephraim, b. 1 Mch., 166> 9. 3. Sarab, b. 3 Dec., 1651. 10. Nathaniel. b. 31 May. 16:3.
4. John. b. 200et., 1956.
7. Mindwell, b. 11 Feb., 1662.
Alfred, m. Fanny Clark, 27 Nov., 1823; had dan. Sally, who d. 23 Dec., 1599, at. 2.
GRIMES, Joseph, had Strah, bp. 23 Feb., 1745, 6 .- H. C. R.
GRISWOLD. (The following statements concerning the English Griswolds are fur- nished by Hon. SENECA O. GRISWOLD of Windsor, Conn., as the results of his own personal examinations, in England.)
The English Griswohls were an ancient county family established at Solihull, in Warwickshire, prior to the year 1400. The name was usually written Greswold;
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but, without doubt, the "e " in the first syllable had the Latin sound as "i" short. for it was often written Griswohl, or Gryswoll, and sometimes with a terminal " e." This family had a pedigree and were entitled to a coat-of-arms, viz .: Arg., a fosse Gu. beter. tiro greyhounds current Sa. They traced their descent from a certain John Greswold, who, about the middle of the 14th century, came From Kenilworth and married the dau. and heiress of Ilenry Hughford of Huddersly Hall, in Solihull; and, in Burke's Lunded Gentry, they are styled the Greswolds of Kenilworth and Solihull. This latter place is on the northwestern border of Warwickshire, with Knowle on the East, and Yardley in Worcestershire on the South and West, and is about 8 miles westerly of Kenilworth, and twelve northwesterly of Stratford on- Avon. It was a place of note in Saxon times, and was the site of a holy fountain much resorted to for its miraculous cures, and called the Well of St. Alphege. After the Conquest it came into the possession of a Norman family named Linsic, who had a tower there and, it is supposed, built a church, though the exact date . of its building is not certain. From them it passed, by marriage, to the Knights of Odingsell. Will De Odlingsell, in time of Edward 1., built a chantry, i. e., a chapel attached to the church, requiring, by the terms of its foundation, that daily masses should be said for the souls of himself and wife, their progenitors and descendants. From failure in the male line of descent, the estate became a Royal desmesne and was granted to different favorites. It was held, at his death, by Hugh De La Spen- cer, who was killed at Agincourt. King Henry VI., in 1436, granted the estate, for the term of seven years, to one Thomas Greswold, jointly with one Sheldon. The chantry, erected by De Odingsell, having fallen somewhat into decay. this Thomas rebuilt it and added some valuable gifts to its support. He must have been a devout adherent of that unfortunate monarch, as the condition of his gifts was, that the chantry priest should daily pray for the good estate of King Henry, and at his death and the death of himself (Thos. Greswold), should daily say masses for their souls. At the termination of this grant, the King gave the estate to his son, the Prince of Wales; but, doubtless, there was no transfer of possession, for we find that, in King Henry the Eighth's time, Richard Greswold of Solihull be- came the owner of the estate in fer, as also of other lands in the vicinity. From him sprang the other branches of the family, viz .: the Greswolds of Langdon Hall and those of Yardley.
Part of the estate of Langdon Hall was in the adjoining parish of Knowle. Upon this estate, within the bounds of Solihull, Malvern Hall was built. It is a stately Manor house, in the style of luigo Jones, in the midst of a large park, sur- rounded by a moat; and over the stone gateway is carved the family crest. John Greswold of Langdon Hall married the daughter of Richard Varney of Compton, made notorious by Scott's romance of Kenilworth. He was, undoubtedly, a strong adherent of the great Earl, and was member of Parliament from the county; but the story of his villainy is, as it purports to be, a pure romance. A large portion of this estate passed, by marriage, to the Dabrigecourts, a local family of dis- tinction.
In Yardley, a grandson of the above-named Richard became possessed of the Manor of Greet; and, for several generations, his descendants were lords of this manor and rectors of the parish. The most famous of these was Rev. Humphrey. who was born 1621. In the church at Vardley there is a costly engraved funeral monument to his memory and that of his father, on which is inscribed a record of their virtues, learning, and charities to the poor and to the parish. The Rev. Henry Greswold, who was rector of the Solihull church from 1660 to the end of the century, was his second son. In the Solihull church is a beautiful alabaster slab to the memory of the aforesaid Richard, on which the date of his death is given as 1547. There is also another similar slab to Thomas Greswold and his three wives; he died in 1577. The chantry, built by Thomas, as above mentioned, is still in good
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GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR.
repair, and the church itself is noted for the beauty and tineness of its interior ar- chitecture. Around the chancel was a wooden screen which was characteristic of church adormment at the close of the 13th century. In the north transept, in raised position to be reached by a flight of steps, was the Greatold pete, also fronted with a wooden screen. The present rector is the Rev. Charles Evans, distinguished for his archeological learning, and whose history of this church has been published by the Birmingham Archivological Society.
About the middle of the ISth century there occurred a failure in the male line of these families, and the estate fell to the grd .- dau. of the Rev. Marshall Greswold of Yardley. In the meantime the manor house at Solihull had been alienated, as also a large part of the Langdon Hall estate; but the union of the balance of these properties rendered the heiress quite rich. She married a Mr. David Lewis of Soli hull, who assumed also the name of Greswold. The Greswold Lewis family are quite noted, the daughters marrying into the nobility, and Mr. Henry Greswohl- Lewis, the last of the name in the male line, marrying the daughter of an carl. lle died in 1829 without issue, and in the Yardley Church is an elaborate tablet 10 his virtues, etc. The estate fell to his niece, or grand-niece, Mary Greswoll Lewis, and she married a Mr. Williams of Worcestershire, who also assumed the Greswold name; and her son, Mr. John. Greswold-Williams, is the present owner of the estate, which includes Malvern Hall and park and adjoining lands, with considera ble property both in Knowle and Yardley.
At Knowle there is a very ancient inn, a part of the estate called " The Gres wold Arms" ; and at Solihull, an endowed grammar school of ancient foundation, the mastership of which is valuable for its salary. In Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson there is a copy of a letter written in 1735 by a Mr. Henry Greswold of Solihull as one of the Feoffers of the Trust, in reply to a letter written them soliciting the appointment of Mr. Johnson as master of the school. He states they have inquired as to his standing, and, though they found him to be a most excellent scholar. he had a haughty temper and also was afflicted with an involuntary twitching of the muscles of his face, and hence the gentlemen declined to give him the appointment.
The family was one of local distinction; they held county offices; were sam- moned by the sheriff's, with the other gentlemen of the county, to be present at the proclamation of the Acts of Parliament, and sworn to sustain them. They sought and obtained wives from the leading local families, and an alliance with their daughters was considered honorable. As primogeniture prevailed, it follows that, in a family extending through so long a period, there would be poor as well as rich, and they spread into a number of the adjoining parishes. They were not of the nobility, but belonged to the middle class landed gentry, - that devout. patient, and, above all, valiant race, which has contributed so much to make Eng land, for centuries, the foremost of nations.
The Connecticut Griswolds are descended from EDWARD and MATTHEW, who came to Windsor in 1639, and Trom Micnagi, who, some years later, came 10 Wethersfield. There appears to have been no relationship between the latter and the brothers Griswold of Windsor .*
Edward and Matthew came from Kenilworth, Co. Warwick, Eng., in the year 1629, in company with Rev. Mr. Huit's party, who came to Windsor that year. t
* MICHARE. GRISWOLD's Eng. origin is unknown; he d. 1684, his will and the will of his sons being now on ile in Mil. Co. Prod. Rec. One of his grandsons. Capt. Jacob, was a first seller of Litchfield; an. other. Maj, Josiah, was famous as a soldier in the French War.
+ NY pp. 71 and 65. The affidavit of Edward, then aged about ft yrs .. as given May 15, 16st. in the celebrated case of Henry Whiting's sons rs. John Bissell, says: "About the yeare 1099, Mr. Win. Whiteing ue- reason was undertaker for a shipp in Enghind. in which shipp I came to New England "; amt his brother
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