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ROSWELL, had Mason, b. March 30, 1787; Roswell, b. Nov. 26, 1794 ; Huldah, b. May 23, 1792; Jabish, b. March 20, 1794.
WILLIAM, had Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1835 ; d. Jan. 21, 1839 (Wp. N.) : Sarah, b. Nov. 23, 1837; William Wolcott, b. Sept. 29, 1839; Augusta Me- lina, b. Aug. 1, 1843.
SARAH, wife of Jabez, d. July 3, 1797, in 64th year. LYDIA (dau. of above), d. June 8, 1797, in 81st year.
GRIDLEY, THOMAS, at Windsor in 1639, in which year he was fined, and ordered to be whipped by the court, for " strong suspicions of drunkenness," for refusing to watch, and for striking one of Mr. Stiles's servant men; in 1648, was one of the surveyors of highways.
GRIFFIN, JOHN (of Simsbury), with Simon Wolcott, was ordered in 1673 to command the train band ; was a first settler, and the first manufacturer of tar in the colony (see Phelps' Hist. of Simsbury) ; he m. Anna Bancroft, May 13, 1647. Children-Hannah, b. July 4, 1649 ; Mary, b. March 1, 1651; Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1654; John, b. Oct. 20, 1656; Thomas, b. Oct. 3, 1658; Abigail, b. Nov. 12, 1660 ; Mindwell, b. Feb. 11, 1662; Ruth, b. Jan. 21, 1665 ; Ephraim, b. March 1, 1668-9; Nathaniel, b. May 31, 1673.
ALFRED, m. Fanny Clark, Nov. 27, 1823.
GRISWOLD .*
EDWARD and MATTHEW (the latter of whom was the ancestor of the two Governors Griswold), were brothers ; they resided in Kenilworth, Warwick- shire, England, where another brother, THOMAS, also lived .¡ They came to America in 1639, in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whiting, and in com-
* Collected and compiled by HENRY BRIGHT, Esq .. of Northampton, Mass. Arms of the Gris- wolds (or Griswolde, as anciently spelt) : Arg., a fesse, gu., betw. two greyhounds, current, sa., which corresponds with a drawing, recently in possession of a family in Simsbury, that de- scended to them from their ancestors. Seat of Griswolde, Malvern HIall, Co. Warwick, England.
t Miss Canlkins has found among papers in the clerk's office at New London, the following affidavit of George, son of Edward Griswold, the Pilgrim, which satisfactorily proves the rela- tionship and residence of the brothers.
" George Griswold, aged about 67 years, testifies as followeth : That in his youthful years, he
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pany with the Rev. Ephraim Huit, and several other members of his congrega- tion, who settled at Windsor .*
EDWARD, born in England in 1607; married while young, Margaret -; after his arrival in America he settled in a part of Windsor called Poquon- noc ; he afterwards became one of the first settlers at Killingworth, Ct., where he appears to have been a man of much enterprise and influence ; in March, 1663, he was appointed " one of a committee to lay out the undi- vided lands in Massaco (Simsbury) to such inhabitants of Windsor as desire or need them ;" in Killingworth he was a commissioner and a large land- holder ; his first wife Margaret, d. in Killingworth, Aug. 23, 1670 ;t he then m. wid. Sarah (of James) Bemis of New London. Children-Edward Gris- wold, d. about 1690; Francis,1 b. in England; George,2 b. in England ; John, b. in England : d. 1642; Sarah, b. in England ; m. 1, Samuel (son of William) Phelps, Nov. 10, 1650 ; m. 2, Nathaniel (son of Humphrey) Pin- ney, July 21, 1670 : Ann, b. in America ; bap. June 19, 1642 : Mary, b. Oct. 5 ; bap. 13, 1644; m. Timothy (of Wm.) Phelps, March 19, 1661 : Debo- rah, b. and bap. June 28, 1646; m. Samuel (of Wm.) Buel, in 1662; went to Killingworth : Joseph,3 b. and bap. March 2, 1647 ; Samuel, b. and bap. Nov. 18, 1649 ; d. July 6, 1672 : John, 4 b. and bap. Aug. 15, 1652.
FRANCIS,1 settled first at Poquonnoc, Windsor, where he was in 1649; afterwards went to Saybrook, and thence about 1659-60, with the earliest settlers to Norwich; is represented as one of the most active and enter- prising of the first settlers, and his descendants have been respectable; he d. at Norwich, Ct., Oct., 1671 ; his wife's name unknown. Children-Sarah, b. March 28, 1653; m. Robert Chapman of Saybrook, 1670; d. April 7, 1692, having had nine children : Joseph, b. June 4, 1655; "d. the last of July, 1655 :" Mary, b. Aug. 26, 1656 ; m. 1, Jonathan Tracy, July 11, 1672 ; m. 2, Eleazer Jewett, Sept. 3, 1717; d. Sept. 18, 1723 : Hannah, b. Dec. 11, 1650 ; m. Wm. Clark of Saybrook, March 7, 1677-8 : Deborah, b. May, 1661; m. Jonathan Crane, Dec. 19, 1678 : Lydia, b. June, 1663; d. 1664 : Samuel,5 b. Sept. 16, 1665 : Margaret, b. Oct., 1668 ; m. Thos. Bucking- ham, Dec. 16, 1691 ; had a son Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1693-4 : Lydia, b. Oct., 1671.
GEORGE, 2 m. Mary Holcomb, Oct. 3 ; she d. April 4, 1708 ; he settled in Poquonnoc, Windsor ; was a considerable land owner, part of which he bought
lived with his father, in England, in a town called Keillinsworth, in Warwicksbire; he did seve- ral times since bear his father Edward Griswold say that the honse they then lived in, and lands belonging thereto, was his brother Matthew Griswold's, and have lately seen und read a letter under the hand of Thomas Griswold of Keillinsworth. above described, to his brother Matthew Griswold aforesaid, wherein the said Thomas Griswold intimated that he did then live in the above suid house belonging to his said brother Matthew Griswold aforesaid.
May 9, 1700, George Griswold uppeared before me in Hartford, and made oath to the above testimony. JOSEPII CURTISS, Assist." Signed,
$ From an affidavit of George Griswold (a. about 77), dated May 15, 1684, contained in State Arebives. Private controversies, vol. 2, p. 203.
t In the burying ground at Clinton, Ct., there is a granite slab, 7 inches by 22 feet bigb, with the initials, M. G., 1670, which was probably at the grave of Edward Griswold's Ist wife, Margaret, as there was also a monument to Dea. Jobn G., wbo d. Aug. 3, 1777, a. about 70, and another to Samuel G., d. Oct. 16, 1732, a. about 58.
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from the Indians ; and was a man of high respectability ; d. Sept. 3, 1704. Children-Daniel,6 b. Oct. 1, 1656 ; Thomas,7 b. Sept. 29, 1658; Edward, 8 b. May 19, 1660 ; Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1663 ; George, b. Dec. 3, 1665 : (there was a George Griswold, d. Sept. 3, 1704 :) John,9 b. Sept. 17, 1668 ; Benja- min, 10 b. Aug. 16, 1671 ; Deborah, b. May 20, 1674; m. Thomas Moore of W., Dec. 12, 1695 ; Abigail, b. Oct. 31, 1676 ; d. May 7, 1682; Samuel, b. Nov. 5, 1681 ; d. June 1, 1682.
JOSEPH, 3 m. Mary Gaylord, July 14, 1670 ; lived in W. ; he d. Nov. 14, 1716. Children-Mary, b. March 16, 1670-1; m. Joseph Gilbert, May 17, 1692; she must have d. soon as he m. again in 1695. Children-Joseph, 11 b. Jan. 24, 1677 ; Francis,12 b. July 11, 1683 ; Matthew, 13 b. Feb. 25, 1686 ; Abigail, b. Aug. 11, 1689 ; and probably others.
JOHN, 4 m. 1, Mary -, who d, Oct. 27, 1679 ; m. 2, Bathsheba -, who d. March 19, 1736 ; he went from W. to Killingworth, probably with his father, and d. there, Aug. 7, 1717; he appears to have been a man of property, intelligence and influence ; was deacon in the church, &c. ; this inventory was presented, Oct. 7, 1717, and he gave his lands to his sons, Samuel, Joseph, Benjamin, and Walter. Children by Ist wife-Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1673 ; Mar- garet, b. Dec. 10, 1675 ; Hannah, b. Oct. 25, 1677 ; John, b. Sept. 22, 1679 ; d. Dec. 27, 1679. Children by 2d wife-Dorothy, b. May 4, 1681 ; Bathsheba, b. Dec. 5, 1682; m. Daniel Clark, Dec. 1, 1708 : Samuel,14 b. April 4, 1685 ; Lucy, b. July 4, 1686 ; Martha, b. June 1, 1689; d. March 17, 1690 : Joseph,15 Benjamin,16 twins, b. Sept. 26, 1690; Dorothy, b. Sept. 23, 1692 ; Martha, b. June 16, 1694; Daniel,17 b. Oct. 25, 1696 ; Walter, 18 b. March 7, 1700.
SAMUEL,5 m. 1, Susannah Huntington, Dec. 10, 1685 ; m. 2, Hannah -; he d. at Norwich, Ct., Dec. 2, 1740 ; his Ist wife d. March 6, 1727 ; 2d, Feb. 25, 1752. Children-Francis,19 b. Sept. 9, 1691 ; Samuel, 20 b. Feb. 8, 1693 ; Lydia, b. May 28, 1696; Hannah, b. April 30, 1699 ; Sarah, b. Jan. 19, 1700-1; John,21 b. Dec. 16; Joseph,22 b. Oct., 1706 ; Daniel, b. April 25, 1709 ; d. Dec. 22, 1724.
DANIEL,6 m. Mindwell (dau. of Nathaniel) Bissell, Feb. 3, 1680 ; who d. Dec. 31, 1728. Children-Daniel,23 Nathaniel,24 twins, b. Feb. 14, 1684 ; Peletialı, b. Sept. 13, 1689 ; Mary, b. 1692; Edward,25 b. March 8, 1695-6 ; Deborah, b. Nov. 7, 1698; David,26 b. Aug. 6, 1701.
THOMAS,7 m. Hester Drake (dau. of Job and Mary Wolcot) Drake, and grand-dau. of Hon. Henry Wolcot of Windsor, Ang. 11, 1681; she d. Feb. 19, 1691-2. Children-Thomas,27 b. Dec. 10, 1682; Samuel,28 b. Aug. 7, 1685 ; Hezekiah, b. 1688 ; Hester, b. Jan., 1690; m. Daniel Gunn of West- field, Oct. 15, 1712.
EDWARD, S m. Abigail Williams, Nov. 3, 1681 ; he d. in Westfield, May 31, 1688 ; she d. Sept. 16, 1690. Children-Edward, b. Dec. 6, 1682 ; Abigail, b. 1685.
Sgt. JOHN,9 in. Abigail (dau. of Nathaniel) Gaylord, Nov. 22, 1705 ; he d.
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June 13, 1738, in 70th yr. Children-Abigail, b. Feb. 1, 1706 ; Rachel, b. Feb. 28, 1709-10; John, b. June 16, 1712; Hezekiah,29 b. Sept. 6, 1715 ; Isaac, 30 b. Sept. 24, 1718 ; male infant, b. " middle of" April, 1721; lived four days : Abigail, b. May 21, 1727 ; probably others.
BENJAMIN, 10 m. Elizabeth Cook. Children-Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1695 ; m. Isaac Gillet, 1711 : Deborah, b. Jan. 16, 1697; d. Jan. 26, 1697-8 : Hannah, b. March 16, 1698-9 ; Benjamin,31 b. April 14, 1701 ; Zeriah, b. Dec. 26, 1703; Zaccheus, 32 b. Dec. 10, 1705 ; Ann, b. May 28, 1708; m. Dorethius Hum- phrey, May 23, 1734: Azubah, b. Aug. 2, 1710; Esther, b. April 4, 1712; Moses, 33 b. July 10, 1714.
JOSEPH,11 m. Deborah -. Children-Joseph, b. May 31, 1700 ; Shubal, 34 b. May 2, 1701 ; Josiah (or Jonah), b. April 12, 1704; Roger, b. Jan. 30, 1707-8 (or 1705 ?) ; George,35 b. Feb. 26, 1709-10 ; Abel, b. Feb., 1713-14; Deborah, b. March 10, 1715-16 ; Lois, b. Aug. 29, 1721 ; Deborah, b. Jan. 26, 1723 ; Joseph, b. Jan. 6, 1724-5.
FRANCIS, 12 m. Abigail Colton of Springfield, Mass., Dec. 7, 1703. Child- ren-Abigail, b. Dec. 23, 1704; Mary, b. July 23, 1707 ; m. Zaccheus Griswold, Nov. 15, 1728 : Margaret, b. Oct 20, 1710; Keziah, b. Sept. 1, and d. Dec. 1, 1714 ; Ann, b. July 29, 1716 ; Francis,36 b. Nov. 8, 1719.
MATTHEW, 13 m. Mary Phelps, June 6, 1709. Children-Mary, b. May 11, 1710; Jerusha, b. April 19, 1714; Lucy, b. June 10, 1716 ; Esq. Matthew, b. Jan. 27, 1717-18 ; d. Jan. 19, 1776 : Capt. Noah, b. Sept. 11, 1722-3 ; Lydia, b. Sept. 18, 1725.
SAMUEL,14 m. Sarah -; he d. in Hartford, Dec. 29, 1736 ; she d. May 9, 1735. Children-Mary, b. June 28, 1718 ; Samuel, b. July 27, 1720; d. Oct. 29, 1732 : Sarah, b. April 8, 1725 ; probably others.
JOSEPH, 15 m. Temperance Lay, Dec. 29, 1714 ; he d. April 18, 1771 ; she d. Sept. 18, 1773. Children-John, b. Oct. 12, 1715; Joseph,37 b. Oct 22, 1716 ; Nathan,38 b. April 28, 1719 ; Giles,39 b. June 3, 1723 ; John,40 Dan- iel,41 Jedidiah.42
BENJAMIN, 16 m. Abigail Norton, June 17, 1718. Children-John, 43 b. March 12, 1719 ; Lucy, b. March 23, 1721 ; Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1726 ; Ben- jamin, b. April 27, 1728 ; Amaziah, b. Sept. 7, 1731.
DANIEL, 17 m. Jerusha Stevens, March 9, 1721. Children-Daniel B., 4+ b. 1722; Bathsheba, b. Oct. 23, 1737 : Samuel, d. April 17, 1745.
WALTER, 18 m. Sarah Wight, Oct. 24, 1723, and moved to Saybrook, Ct. Children-Hannah, b. July 31, 1724 ; Martha, b. May 28, 1726 ; Walter Price, b. May, 24, 1729 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 20, 1731.
FRANCIS, 19 m. 1, Elizabeth Loomis, Nov. 30, 1714, who d. April 13, 1718 ; m. 2, Abigail Bingham, Dec. 13, 1721, who d. Feb. 18, 1754 ; m. 3, Mrs. Patience Starr, Dec. 23, 1755, who d. April 19, 1761 ; he d. April 10, 1760. Children-Francis, b. Jan. 31, 1722-3; d. Nov. 25, 1736 : Mary, b. March 2, 1724-5 ; Daniel, b. Nov. 21, 1726; Abigail, b. April 18, 1729 ; Abel, 45 b.
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March 12, 1731 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 21, 1732-3; Isaac,46 b. April 3, 1735 ; Adonijah, b. June 6, 1739.
SAMUEL,20 m. Elizabeth Abell, b. April 2, 1719. Children-Samuel, b. April 21, 1721 ; d. June, 1726 : Elisha, 47 b. May 6, 1722 ; Ebenezer, 48 b. July 29, 1725 ; Samuel, 49 b. April 7, 1728 ; Simon,50 b. Aug. 14, 1731 ; Elizabeth,* b. May 19, 1734.
JOHN, 21 m. Susannah -; he d. April 19, 1730 ; had John,51 b. Nov. 22, 1730.
Deacon JOSEPH,22 m. Sarah Durkee, Feb. 6, 1728 ; she d. Oct. 11, 1744 ; he d. in " his 90th year, venerable for age and piety." Children-Joseph,52 b. Nov. 4, 1728 ; Susannah, b. Jan. 25, 1729-30; m. Benj. Edgerton of Norwich, Oct. 31, 1754 ; had six children : Andrew, b. Nov. 7, 1731 ; John, b. Nov. 6, 1733 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 13, 1735 ; m. Elihu Hyde, March 26, 1766 : Hannah, b. Feb. 6, 1737-8 ; m. Asa Edgerton of Norwich, May 16, 1758 ; she d. Jan. 8, 1766 ; had five children : Oliver, b. Feb. 18, 1739-40 ; Jere- miah, b. Sept. 10, 1742 ; Benjamin, b. Oct. 6, 1744.
DANIEL, 23 m. Sarah White, Sept. 6, 1716; he removed to Bolton, where she d., Feb. 1, 1738, a. 43; he m. again. Children-Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1717 ; m. James Olcott of Bolton : Anne, b. March 20, 1718-19 ; m. Benj. Smith : Bathsheba, b. Dec. 2, 1720; m. Jabez Dart of Bolton ; d. Feb. 1, 1746 : Mindwell, b. Feb. 12, 1722 ; Daniel, b. May 26, 1723 ;; Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1725-6 ; probably d. Nov. 4, 1757: White, b. Oct. 22, 1727; m. Elizabeth Cheeney, 1751 ; probably removed to Harwinton, Ct. : George, b. Jan. 1, 1730 (in Bolton) ; m. 1, 1759, Sarah Jones ; m. 2, Susannah Cone ; he d. in B., April 26, 1813 : Seth, b. April 27, 1732 ; m. 1751, Susannalı Shurtleff : Adan, b. June 12, 1736; lived 10 hours : Reuben, b. Jan. 16, 1738.
Ens. NATHANIEL, 24 m. Ruth Gaylord, 1731; lived in Poquonnoc, W. ; he d. Sept. 16, 1753, a. 69 years. Children-Ruth, b. Aug. 3, 1722 ; Naomi, b. April 5, 1735 ; Azubia, b. July 14, 1736 ; Nathaniel, b. July 27, 1742.
EDWARD, 25 m. Abigail Gaylord, June 23, 1728. Children-Edward,53 b. July 13, 1729 ; Abigail, b. May 5, 1732 ; Keziah, b. July 5, 1737.
DAVID, 26 m. Huldah Brown, 1731. Children-David, b. May 25, 1733 ; d. March 6, 1736 : Ezekiel, b. Feb. 21, 1736-7; Huldah, b. April 23, 1739 ; Sybil, b. April 17, 1742; Deborah, b. March 15, 1745 ; David,54 b. Feb. 15, 1748; Asinah, b. Sept. 6, 1750.
Capt. THOMAS, 27 m. Abigail Sackett of Westfield, Sept. 5, 1725; he d. March 7, 1753. Children-Thomas, b. Jan. 5, 1728 ; m. Rhoda Tudor; had no
* Either this one or Elizabeth, dau. of Francis (19), m. Alpheus Abell, March 11, 1753, and had six children.
t This DANIEL m. 1, Elizabeth Baldwin of Coventry, in 1744; m. 2, 1771, Mrs. Judith Shaylor of Bolton ; where he d. July 27, 1803; he or his father lived in Hatfield in 1755. (Communi- cated by A. S. KELLOGG of Vernon, Ct., who is engaged in collecting the genealogy of the WHITE family.)
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children ; d. Oct. 27, 1805, a. 76 ; she d. Oct. 1, 1832, a. 98; Phineas,55 b. Nov. 15, 1725.
Esq. SAMUEL, 28 m. 1, Deborah (dau. of Benajah) Holcomb of Windsor, March 5, 1713; she d. Dec. 22, 1715 ; he m. 2, Elizabeth (dau. of Lieut. Nathaniel and Abigail) Gaylord of W., 1707; she d. Jan. 4, 1764, a. 72, and was buried in Simsbury, Ct., where her monument now stands ; he d. May 16, 1777, a. 92. His death was caused by a fall ; he was dragging in a back log for the fire, by an axe, which was struck into one end of it; the axe suddenly came out, and he fell backward, the shock causing his death. In person, he was but little above a middle height; eyes, hair, and general complexion light; he was an enterprising and influential man ; frequently moderator of town meetings, assessor, or committee man ; was representative in 1732; accumulated a large estate. His residence was on a farm of nearly 500 acres, beautifully situated in the bend of the Farmington River, in Sims- bury, where it breaks through the Talcott mountains. His dwelling was on a lovely swell of ground, commanding a romantic view of valley and mount- ain scenery, and of the river for a considerable distance above and below where it plunges into the wild gorge of the mountains, and rushes on the plains of the Connecticut River. These beauties have since been much marred by the erection of the manufacturing village of Tariffville. His estate was divided between his two youngest children ; two-thirds to Elisha, and one-third to Deborah. Children by Ist wife-Susannah, b. Jan. 15, 1714; d. inf. : Samuel,56 b. Dec. 12, 1715. Children by 2d wife-Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1718 ; m. Haynes (2d son of Timothy) Woodbridge of Simsbury, Dec. 29, 1742 ; had six children : Esther, b. Sept. 15, 1720; d. Aug. 24, 1739 : Lydia, b. Dec. 17, 1722 ; m. Dr. Phelps, who d., leaving her with one son ; m. 2, Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee, and had three daus. and two sons ; she d. Oct. 1, 1801, a. 79 : Deborah, b. July 24, 1727; m. John Robinson, who was 20 years her junior, expended most of her property, and finally left her, where- upon she obtained a divorce ; had no children; she d. June 14, 1809, a. 82: Elisha,57 b. Oct. 25, 1731.
HEZEKIAH, 29 m. Sarah Barnard, Dec, 14, 1738. Children-Sarah, b. June 5, 1740; d. July 14, 1740 : Hezekiah, b. Feb. 28, 1741-2; Mary, b. June 29, 1744 ; Frederick, b. June 6, 1748 ; d. April 1, 1751.
Is A AC, 30 m. Mindwell Phelps, May 19, 1748 ; he d. Oct. 17, 1755. Child- ren-Isaac, 58 b. Aug. 8, 1749 ; Abiel,59 b. June 14, 1755 ; Prudence, b. Nov. 26, 1751; d. Nov. 27, 1752.
Capt. BENJAMIN, 31 m. Esther Gaylord, July 6, 1726 ; who d. Sept. 3, 1774 ; a. 70 .* Children-Rev. Benjamin, b. Dec. 15, 1727; was liberally educated,
# The sermon preached at his funeral from the text, Job, xiv, 12, was printed, and from it we make the following extracts :
Capt. Benjamin Griswold was born in Windsor, of an ancient and honorable family, April 14, 1701. July 22, 1726, he married Esther Gaylord of Windsor, with whom he lived in great peace and uuity until his death, which was July 26, 1772, in the 72d year of bis age, and 46th of his
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grad. at Y. C. ; was a minister of the gospel ; d. Sept. 1, 1751 ; a.24 : [Tepzi- bah, b. May 31,1730 ; m. Phineas (son of Thomas) Griswold ; m. 2,-Per- kins : had by Ist husband 2 sons, and 2 sons by 2d husband : Silvanus, 60 b. 1733.
ZACCHEUS, 32 m. Mary (dau. of Francis) Griswold, Nov. 15, 1828 ; had Zaccheus, b. Nov. 15, 1730.
MosEs, 33 m. 1, -; m. 2, Mary (dau. of Capt. Cyprian and Mary Spen- cer) Nicholas of Hartford. Children-Moses; Mary, b. 1742; m. Augustine Drake of Windsor ; he d. May 6, 1777; she d. Jan. 22, 1816, a. 73 : Lucy, b. 1753; m. Joseph Alvord of Windsor, 1772; who d. Nov. 1, 1826, a. 79 ; she d. April 10, 1835, a. 82.
SAUBAL, 34 m. Phebe Cornish, Nov. 3, 1723 ; d. March 6, 1732-3 ; had Shu- bal, b. Dec 18, 1724.
GEORGE,35 m. Zeruiah (dau. of J.) Griswold, March 6, 1734-5 ; he d. Feb. + 1, 1749-50 ; she d. 1748, a. 48. Children-Zermah, b. Dec. 22, 1735 ; George, jr.,61 b. Sept. 28, 1837; Joab,62 b. Sept. 11, 1740.
FRANCIS, 36 m. Jerusha Griswold ; he d. Nov. 9, 1796, a. 78. Children- Francis, b. April 23, 1740-1; Aaron, b. Oct. 23, 1743 ; Jerusha, b. Dec. 6, 1747.
JOSEPH, 37 m. 1, Rebecca Ruty, who d. May 31, 1747 ; he m. 2, Sarah Hurd, Sept. 22, 1748 ; his estate was settled 1774. Children by Ist wife-Gulden, b. July 24, 1742 ; d. Dec. 31, 1742 : Joseph, b. Dec. 29, 1743; Samuel, b. July 6, 1745. Children by 2d wife-Elnathan, b. Jan. 24, 1749 ; Rebecca, b. Nov. 14, 1753 : Daniel, b. July 18, 1755 ; Gulden, b. Feb. 3, 1757 ; Lydia, b. March 20, 1759 ; Guilbord, b. June 6, 1761; Lydia, b. Dec. 6, 1763; Eli- sha, b. Oct. 1, 1765 ; Stephen and Asahel, twins, b. June 24, 1768 ; Ellen, b. Feb. 25, 1771.
married life. Ile was a man for whom nature had done great things; he had a very considerable depth of thought, a regular mind, and steady judgment, and a mind well poised ; not at all apt to be governed by fancy, or the inferior faculties of his soul, but seemed to choose that his rea- son and the superior faculties of his mind should bear rule. By great industry, prudence and frugality, he had attained a very ample fortune.
He had a good understanding of the moro important doctrines of the gospel ; he very much delighted in reading ; and in his youth he read a great many excellent hooks. lle was consider- ably acquainted with history, especially church history, that of the reformation from popery in particular.
Ile loved orthodox, sound and rational preaching, was a true son of the glorious Calvin, as to the fundamentals of our holy religion. Ile was averse to all misguided zeal and wild sallies of enthusi- asm, and loved a regular, sound, manly and constant religion. Ile lived a regular rural life, was just and upright in his dealings with his fellow men. Ile lived in good harmony and agree- ment with his wife. They were a remarkable instance for the good agreement and understand- ing that ever existed between them without any, or with very few oxceptions. lle professedly looked for an investiture with eternal life and glory, through the free mercy and grace of God in Christ Jesus, his Lord; and very often did he in his last sickness, when I was present, iu most solemn and affecting manner, recommend his soul to God, through tho glorious Mediator, Jesus Christ, lle was a pattern of patience and resignation through his whole sickness, so long as he enjoyed his reason entire.
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NATHAN, 38 m. Sarah Hull, May 2, 1745. Children-Temperance, b. Dec. 14, 1748 ; George, b. Nov. 5, 1752; Nathan, b. Sept. 27, 1756; Joel, b. May 21, 1759 ; Sarah, b. April 10, 1760 ; d. Oct. 5, 1762 : Jared, b. Aug. 11, 1764; d. Oct. 30, 1784; Sarah, b. Feb. 20, 1766; d. Oct. 26, 1784 : Martin, b. Feb. 14, 1770 ; d. Oct. 4, 1795.
GILES, 39 m. Mary Chatfield, Nov. 17, 1746. Children-Mary, b. April 18, 1747 ; Giles, b. Oct. 28, 1748 ; Mercy, b. Oct. 19, 1751; Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1753; Jesse, b. Aug. 28, 1756 ; d. Sept. 21, 1777 : Ezanus, b. May 10, 1759 ; Abner, b. March 31, 1762 ; Drusilla, b. Jan. 21, 1764 ; d. in March : Drusilla, b. May 21, 1766; David, b. Nov. 20, 1768 ; Charity, b. Feb. 12, 1774.
JOHN,40 m. Mary -. Children-John, b. Aug. 4, 1749 ; Mary, b. Aug. 4, 1752 ; Jerusha, b. Jan. 25, 1755 ; Grace, b. Nov. 25, 1756 ; John, b. July 10, 1758 ; m. Hannah -; had one dau., Hannah, b. Dec. 21, 1789.
DANIEL, 41 m. Lydia Hull, April 26, 1751. Children-Daniel, Josiah, Sybel, Sarah, Grace ; Samuel, d. a minor.
JEDEDIAH, 42 m. Patience --. Chlidren-Patience, b. Jan. 21, 1759; Sub- mit, b. May 9, 1761 ; Jedidiah, b. May 20, 1763 ; Edmund, b. Feb. 9, 1766.
JOHN, 43 m. Elizabeth -; he d. Aug. 3, 1777. Children-Darius, b. Aug. 1, 1744; d. 1748 : Noah, b. Aug. 10, 1746 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 29, 1749 ; Darius, b. Feb. 4, 1751; d. 1753.
DANIEL B., 44 m. Mary Bushel, Oct. 22, 1750. Children-Jerusha, b. Aug. 20, 1750 ; Mary, b. March 25, 1752 ; Daniel, b. Jan. 17, 1756 ; Edward, b. Feb. 11, 1758 ; probably moved to Cayuga, N. Y. : Beulah, b. Oct. 20, 1760 ; Francis, b. Aug. 11, 1762; John, b. June 7, 1764 ; Ann, b. April 12, 1766 ; Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1768 ; Aaron, b. Nov. 1, 1770; Simeon, b. Oct. 13, 1771 ; William, b. March 14, 1776.
ABEL, 45 m. Ruth Avery of New London, Dec. 4, 1757 ; who d. Feb. 1, 1772. Children-Lucy, b. Sept. 16, 1758; d. Aug. 24, 1759 : Daniel, b. Oct. 26, 1760; d. Jan. 14, 1782: Abel, b. Sept. 26, 1762; Lucy, b. Feb. 26, 1765 ; Ruth, b May 6, 1767 ; d. July 5, 1770 : Lydia, b. Oct. 22, 1768 ; Francis, b. Sept. 20, 1771; d. Jan. 9, 1773.
ISAAC, 46 m. Abigail Latham, July 1, 1760. Children-Abigail, b. Nov. 1, 1761; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 5, 1764; Patience, b. Oct. 28, 1765 ; d. Feb. 22, 1776 : Molly, b. April 11, 1768 ; Lucretia, b. Sept. 21, 1772; Sarah, b. May 11, 1776 ; Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1779 ; Patience, b. Nov. 9, 1781.
ELISHA, 47 m. 1, Susannah Merrill, Nov. 8, 1748 ; she d. April 26, 1769 ; he m. 2, Lydia Burchard, Dec. 13, 1772. Children by Ist wife-David, b. Sept. 2, 1749 ; Mehitable, b. June 14, 1751 ; Jonathan, b. Dec 30, 1753; Sybel, b. April 24, 1757 ; Abiah, b. Oct. 23, 1758; Betty, b. Aug, 20, 1765. Child by 2d wife-Susannah, b. Nov. 7, 1773.
EBENEZER, 48 m. Hannah Merrill, Nov. 7, 1748. Children-Ebenezer, b. July 16, 1749 ; Eunice, b. April 20, 1752; Hannah, b. Aug. 23, 1754; m. Jesse Fenne, Sept. 30, 1773 : Rhodilla, b. Oct. 31, 1756 ; Samuel, b. March
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GRISWOLD.
29, 1759 ; Ruth, b. July 16, 1761 ; Jedidah, b. March 11, 1764; Joshua, b. April 19, 1766 ; Alvin, b. Oct. 24, 1768 ; Rufus, b. March 8, 1773.
SAMUEL,49 m. Mary Abell, Feb. 15, 1759. Children-Elizabeth, b. Nov. 2, 1759 ; Samuel, b. Aug 5, 1761 ; Elijah, b. Sept. 5, 1763 ; Anna, b. April 13, 1766; Tryphena, b. May 4, 1768 ; Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1770; John, b. Feb. 10, 1773 ; Caleb, b. July 2, 1775 ; James, b. April 14, 1778.
SIMON,50 m. Priscilla Morgan, March 9, 1756. Children-Alice, b. Dec. 3, 1756 ; Lydia, b. Oct. 23, 1758 ; Andrew, b. May 10, 1761 ; Azul, b. May 21, 1763 ; Amavera, b. Jan. 24, 1765 ; Wyllys, b. Sept. 7, 1766.
JOHN, 51 m. Ruth Hewil, Nov. 23, 1756. Children-Ruth, b. Sept. 3, 1757; Sarah, b. March 18, 1759.
JOSEPH, 52 m. Lydia Humphrey, July 10, 1750. Children-Esther, b. Sept. 14, 1750 ; Lieut. Andrew, b. Oct. 13, 1753 ; a brave and spirited soldier ; was at Bunker Hill and several other severe engagements, until discharged at the battle of Germantown, where he received a ball in his knee; he d. in 1827, a. 74 : Ebenezer, b. April 7, 1755 ; Peter, b. Feb. 8, 1757 ; Eda, b. July 2, 1759.
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