 1607 - 1690 (83 years)
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| Name |
Edward Griswold [1] |
| Born |
1607 |
England  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| BAPM |
26 Jul 1607 |
Wooten Wawen, Warwickshire, England [1] |
| Died |
1690 [1] |
| Person ID |
I15998 |
Jerry Milo Johnson |
| Last Modified |
29 Mar 2015 |
| Father |
George Henry Griswold, b. 06 Nov 1574, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 28 Aug 1615, Wooten Wawwn, Warwickshire, England (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Dousabel Leigh, b. 1575, d. 1615 (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Family ID |
F5544 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Hicks, b. 1609, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 23 Aug 1670, Killingworth, Middlesex County, Connecticut (Age 61 years) |
| Married |
1628 |
England [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Samuel Griswold, b. Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 06 Jul 1672 [Natural] |
| | 2. John Griswold, b. Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 07 Aug 1717 [Natural] |
| | 3. H. Griswold |
| | 4. Mary Griswold, b. 05 Oct 1644, Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 27 Nov 1715, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 71 years) [Natural] |
| | 5. Deborah Griswold, b. Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 07 Feb 1717, Killingworth, Connecticut [Natural] |
| | 6. George Griswold, b. 19 May 1633, Kenilworth, England , d. 03 Sep 1704, Poquonock, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 71 years) [Natural] |
| | 7. L. Griswold |
| | 8. Francis Griswold, b. 1629, Kenilworth, England , d. Oct 1671 (Age 42 years) [Natural] |
| | 9. Sarah Griswold, b. Kenilworth, England , d. 06 Nov 1715 [Natural] |
| | 10. Joseph Griswold, b. 12 Mar 1647, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut , d. 14 Nov 1716, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 69 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F5543 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Mr. Edward Griswold came to America at the time of the second visit of Mr. George Fenwick, at which date, also, came a large number of new settlers to the Conn. settlement. It was at a time when many of the gentry of England and wealthy persons connected with the Warwick Patent were intending removal hither; but the breaking out of the Scotch Rebellion compelled King Charles to call a Parliament, and they stayed at home to carry on their struggle with the King and Archbishop Laud. Mr. Griswold undoubtedly came in the interest of some of these patentees. He was attorney for Mr. St. Nicholas of Warwickshire, who had a house built in Windsor, and also a tract of land "impaled" (fenced), as had Sir Richard Saltonstall. The Rev. Ephraim Hit, who came, also in 1639, was from the same parish, as, also, the Wyllys family, who settled at Hartford.
His first location in Windsor is not known; but he had a grant of land in Poquonock, to which re removed, in 1649, accompanied by a few families, who there found an "outpost" settlement. His residence at Poquonock was on the site of the present dwelling of the heirs of the late Eliphalet S. Ladd, and who, on the female side, are Griswold descendants. The spot is a beautiful knoll which overlooks the brook on the west, and the Tunxis River on the south and east. As soon as he had fairly established his home, he began to take that active part i public matters which was natural to a man of his character. In 1650 he built the "Old Fort" at Springfield for Mr. Pyncheon; in 1656 he was a deputy from Windsor to the General Court, and continued, with the exception of one session, to represent the town until the reception of the charter from King Charles. At this time he was the principal promoter of a new settlement authorized by the court, called Hommonoscett, which lay immediately west of Saybrook, and to which, about 1663, he removed with his younger children, deeding to his sons, George and Joseph, who remained behind, his Windsor lands, reserving a small life annuity therefrom. The settlement was organized as a town in 1667 and received,probably from him, the name of his old English home Kenilworth, afterwards corrupted to Killingworth, and now known as clinton. He was the first deputy from Kenilworth and continued to be its magistrate and representative for more than 20 years, 1662 to 1678-89, and 2was succeeded by his son John.
The Colonial Records show him to have been a very active, influential member of the legislature -- pre-eminently one of those men who, in the first half-century, did so much to make the small colony of Connecticut so important a factor in American affairs. As a member of Sessions, he had the pleasure of meeting with his brother Matthew and his own son Francis; and there has, since that time, rarely been an Assembly of Conn., in which some of their lineal descendants have not been members. He was frequently a commissioner; and in 1678, was on a committee for establishing a Latin school in New London, and was first deacon of the Kenilworth church.
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