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Burial: 1671 Oldpost-Goyercem, Norwich, CT !The Boston Transcript, August 6 1923, #817: The HuntingtonGenealogy gives thefollowing: Susannah (Huntington) Griswold, born in Norwich, inAugust, 1668.She married, Dec. 10, 1685, Captain Samuel Griswold, born Sept.16, 1665, andson of that Lieutenant Francis Griswold whom Miss Calkins styles"one of themost active and enterprising men in the first company ofsettlers." She diedin Norwich, March 6, 1727. Twenty-three of her grandchildren,and sixty-fourgreat-grandchildren, and still later descendants, are to befound in Stiles'sHistory of Windsor, under the Griswolds.!A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England,Vol. II, JamesSavage, 1965: Griswold, Francis, Norwich 1660, eldest son ofEdward, born inEngland about 1632, lived first at Saybrook ,there had Sarah,born 28 March1653; Joseph, 4 June 1655, died in few weeks; Mary, 26 Aug 1656;and Hannah, 11December 1658; and at Norwich had Deborah, May 1661; Lydia,1663, died nextyear; Samuel 1665; Margaret 1668; and Lydia, again, October1671; was freeman1657, lieut. and rep. sev. years; died October 1761. Marymarried 1672,Jonathan Tracy; and Hannah married 7 March 1678, William Clarkof Saybrook.One Bassett Family in America, Buell Burdett Bassette, 1926,page 366: childnumber 3. Lt. Francis b. 1633; m. Mary Tracy(?); he d. Oct.,1671, ae 38 shed. 9 ch. Was of Norwich, Ct., which he represented at GeneralCourt for 11sessions. Was one of 1st prop. at Norwich in 1660.!History of Norwich, Connecticut, Frances Manwaring Caulkins,1976, page 176:Lieut. Francis Griswold, the Norwich proprietor, was a son ofEdward andMargaret, born about 1632. He appears to have been a man ofcapacity andenterprise, and took an active part in the affairs of theplantation, servingas representative to the General Court for eleven sessions,beginning October,1664, and ending May, 1671.It is not known when he was married, or to whom. Not even thehouseholdname of his wife is found in the records of Saybrook or Norwich.At the formerplace is the following registry: "Children of Francis Grisell.Saraw b. 28March, 1653, Joseph, b. 4 June 1655, d. the latter end of July,the same year.Mary, b. 26 August 1656: Hanna, b. 11 December, 1658."From Norwich records: "Some of the children of Leiut. Griswolddec'd.Deborah born in May 1661. Lydia in June 1663 and died in 1664.Samuel inSept. 1665. Margaret in October 1668. Lydia in October 1671."Lieut. Griswold died the same month, October, 1671, -cut downapparentlyby some sudden attack of disease, leaving seven of theabove-named children,varying in age from an infant of days to eighteen years.Thomas Adgate and John Post, Sen., acted as guardians to theyoungerchildren. The daughters were very early provided with eligiblepartners.Sarah was married to Robert Chapman of Saybrook, June 27, 1671.Mary to Jonathan Tracy, July 11 1672; second marriage to EleazerJewett,Sept. 3, 1717.Hannah to William Clark of Saybrook, March 7, 1678.Deborah to Jonathan Crane, Dec. 19, 1678.Margaret to Thomas Buckingham, oldest son of the Rev. ThomasBuckingham ofSaybrook, Dec. 16, 1691.Samuel Griswold became a married man at the age of twenty,following hissisters in the flowing stream of youthful connections. Youngpeople in thosedays, scarcely waiting to reach maturity, chose their partnersand marched onwith rapid and joyous steps to the temple of Hymen. Thecompanion of SamuelGriswold was Susannah, daughter of Christopher Huntington, andthe weddingtook place on her 17th birth-day, Dec. 10, 1685.About the middle of the 18th century, a branch of the Griswoldfamily ofNorwich removed to Sharon, Ct. It consisted of three brothers,Francis,Daniel, and Adonijah, grandsons of Capt. Samuel Griswold. Capt.AdonijahGriswold was in the army of the Revolution.!The Boston Transcript, August 6 1923, #817: The HuntingtonGenealogy gives thefollowing: Susannah (Huntington) Griswold, born in Norwich, inAugust, 1668.She married, Dec. 10, 1685, Captain Samuel Griswold, born Sept.16, 1665, andson of that Lieutenant Francis Griswold whom Miss Calkins styles"one of themost active and enterprising men in the first company ofsettlers." She diedin Norwich, March 6, 1727. Twenty-three of her grandchildren,and sixty-fourgreat-grandchildren, and still later descendants, are to befound in Stiles'sHistory of Windsor, under the Griswolds.!A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England,Vol. II, JamesSavage, 1965: Griswold, Francis, Norwich 1660, eldest son ofEdward, born inEngland about 1632, lived first at Saybrook ,there had Sarah,born 28 March1653; Joseph, 4 June 1655, died in few weeks; Mary, 26 Aug 1656;and Hannah, 11December 1658; and at Norwich had Deborah, May 1661; Lydia,1663, died nextyear; Samuel 1665; Margaret 1668; and Lydia, again, October1671; was freeman1657, lieut. and rep. sev. years; died October 1761. Marymarried 1672,Jonathan Tracy; and Hannah married 7 March 1678, William Clarkof Saybrook.One Bassett Family in America, Buell Burdett Bassette, 1926,page 366: childnumber 3. Lt. Francis b. 1633; m. Mary Tracy(?); he d. Oct.,1671, ae 38 shed. 9 ch. Was of Norwich, Ct., which he represented at GeneralCourt for 11sessions. Was one of 1st prop. at Norwich in 1660.!History of Norwich, Connecticut, Frances Manwaring Caulkins,1976, page 176:Lieut. Francis Griswold, the Norwich proprietor, was a son ofEdward andMargaret, born about 1632. He appears to have been a man ofcapacity andenterprise, and took an active part in the affairs of theplantation, servingas representative to the General Court for eleven sessions,beginning October,1664, and ending May, 1671.It is not known when he was married, or to whom. Not even thehouseholdname of his wife is found in the records of Saybrook or Norwich.At the formerplace is the following registry: "Children of Francis Grisell.Saraw b. 28March, 1653, Joseph, b. 4 June 1655, d. the latter end of July,the same year.Mary, b. 26 August 1656: Hanna, b. 11 December, 1658."From Norwich records: "Some of the children of Leiut. Griswolddec'd.Deborah born in May 1661. Lydia in June 1663 and died in 1664.Samuel inSept. 1665. Margaret in October 1668. Lydia in October 1671."Lieut. Griswold died the same month, October, 1671, -cut downapparentlyby some sudden attack of disease, leaving seven of theabove-named children,varying in age from an infant of days to eighteen years.Thomas Adgate and John Post, Sen., acted as guardians to theyoungerchildren. The daughters were very early provided with eligiblepartners.Sarah was married to Robert Chapman of Saybrook, June 27, 1671.Mary to Jonathan Tracy, July 11 1672; second marriage to EleazerJewett,Sept. 3, 1717.Hannah to William Clark of Saybrook, March 7, 1678.Deborah to Jonathan Crane, Dec. 19, 1678.Margaret to Thomas Buckingham, oldest son of the Rev. ThomasBuckingham ofSaybrook, Dec. 16, 1691.Samuel Griswold became a married man at the age of twenty,following hissisters in the flowing stream of youthful connections. Youngpeople in thosedays, scarcely waiting to reach maturity, chose their partnersand marched onwith rapid and joyous steps to the temple of Hymen. Thecompanion of SamuelGriswold was Susannah, daughter of Christopher Huntington, andthe weddingtook place on her 17th birth-day, Dec. 10, 1685.About the middle of the 18th century, a branch of the Griswoldfamily ofNorwich removed to Sharon, Ct. It consisted of three brothers,Francis,Daniel, and Adonijah, grandsons of Capt. Samuel Griswold. Capt.AdonijahGriswold was in the army of the Revolution.
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