Francis Griswold (1629 - 1671)

Born 1629 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Unknown) Bradford — married about 1652 in Connecticut [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Oct 1671 at about age 42 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Francis Griswold immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Francis was born about 1629, in England. He was the son of Edward Griswold and Margaret ____ his wife.^[1][2] As with any unknown date the estimate can vary for instance about 1632 from the History of Norwich.^[3]

The given name of his wife was Sarah. Her surname is unknown. She probably married Governor William Bradford (as his second wife) about 1675, and died in a couple of years.^[4]

Mary Tracy was not his wife. This has been found to be entirely untrue. Thomas Tracy had no daughter Mary.^[5][6]

Francis lived in Windsor, Poquonoc, Saybrook and Norwich CT.^[6]

He served many terms as Deputy for Norwich to the Connecticut General Court. He was Lieutenant of the Norwich Train Band Oct 1666, and was on a committee for the Indians in Stonington, that same date.^[1]

He received a Colonial grant of 100 acres May 1668.^[1]

Francis died in October 1671 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut^[2][1][7] of a sudden attack of disease.

His inventory was presented 4 June 1672, and his estate was distributed to his widow, one son and six daughters.

In Saybrook the following children are recorded: (dates should be verified in records and properly cited.

1. Sarah, 28 Mar 1653 In Saybrook;
2. Joseph, 4 Jun 1655, died the latter end of Jul same year; In Saybrook
3. Mary, 26 Aug 1656; In Saybrook
4. Hanna, 11 Dec 1658. Norwich records:
5. Deborah, May 1661; Norwich records.^[7]
6. Lydia, Jun 1663 and died in 1664; Norwich records.^[7]
7. Samuel, Sep 1665; Margaret, Oct 1668; Norwich records.^[7]
8. Lydia, Oct 1671. Norwich records.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970. The Granberry Family And Allied Families: Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry. Hartford, Conn.: E. F. Waterman, 1945. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062880992;view=1up;seq=252 pp 234/5
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Web Page: "Descendants of John Greswold" by David Thaler 18043 NE 132nd St, Redmond WA 98052 listing primary and secondary sources
3. ↑ History of Norwich, Connecticut by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, 1866, Hartford, Case, Lockwood and Co.
4. ↑ Webber, David Jay. "Major William Bradford's Second Wife: Was she the Widow of Francis Griswold?" New England Historical and Genealogical Register 155: 247
5. ↑ "Fifty Puritan Ancestors" pp 104 105 "New. Eng. Hist. Gen. Register" vol. 155 pp 248
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} The Griswold family, England-America : Edward of Windsor, Connecticut, Matthew of Lyme, Connecticut, Michael of Wethersfield, Connecticut by Griswold, Glenn E., 1871- Publication date 1900 Publisher Middleboro, Mass.:Griswold Family Association of America p. 20
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Hartford Society of Colonial Wars in Connecticut, Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Part I, 1943, p.18 https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofno01norwi/page/18/mode/1up

• Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1707-1711)
• Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part 1, Page 18 He died Oct 1671.