Sarah (Griswold) Pinney (bef. 1635 - 1715)

Born before 10 Jan 1635 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Phelps — married 10 Nov 1650 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Wife of Nathaniel Pinney Sr. — married 21 Jul 1670 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1715 after age 80 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

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

Sarah Griswold was born in 1638. She was the child of Edward Griswold and Margaret Blencow.

Birth 1631 to 1638 found in various sources.

Birth 10 JAN 1635 Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England

Christening 10 JAN 1635 Kenilworth, Warwick, England ^[1]

Marriage 10 NOV 1650 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband: Samuel Phelps

Wife: Sarah Griswold

2nd marriage July 21, 1670 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Husband: Nathaniel Pinney

Death 06 NOV 1715 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Burial Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Note: Some of the other Griswold sources have not had two Sarahs. It seems a bit unusual to have two daughters named Sarah, unless the older one has died.^[2] It appears two Sarahs have been merged, one who died young.

Sarah married (1) in Windsor CT on Nov. 10, 16-- Samuel Phelps, son of William Phelps of Simsbury who died 15 May 1669. They settled in Paquonoc and Samuel assisted in building the Old Fort at Springfield. His will names Sarah, widow, and children Samuel, Sarah, Timothy, Mary, William, John, Ephraim, Abigail & Josiah.

Sarah married (2) in Windsor on 21 Jul 1670, Nathaniel Pinney who was born Dec of 1640 and died 7 Aug 1667. His estate inventory of Sep 1676 names Sarah, widow, children Nathaniel age 5 and Sarah age 3.

Sarah married (3) William Pratt, son of John Pratt III and Hannah Sanford. He had 1st married a Mary, probably Mary Cadwell. William Pratt, married (3) Amy Pinney. He was buried in Center Churchyard, Hartford on 19 Jan 1753.

Death and Burial

Buried in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Kenilworth St Nicholas parish register https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/8147272?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a226652394350332f53564172583662636a383466535233436e4a536b31773664626d787971683153546649413d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d
2. ↑ "Descendants of John Greswold"
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 74357627

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• Phelps, Noah "History of Simsbury, Granby and Canton, From 1642 to 1845"
• Manwaring, Charles William. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (R. S. Peck & Co., Printers, 1904) Vol. 1, Page 225
• Arthur Hastings Grant, The Grant Family: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant, of Windsor, Conn. 1601-1898, pp. 4, 10 (Press of A.V. Haight, Poughkeepsie 1898). Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/grantfamilygenea00gran_0#page/10/mode/2up. (Nathaniel Pinney and Sarah Griswold were married and Sarah Pinney was their daughter).
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