Alice (Sibtharp) Griggs (1603 - 1662)

Born 1603 in Lavendon, Buckinghamshire, England

Wife of George Griggs — married 11 May 1618 in Buckinghamshire , England

Descendants

Died 19 Jul 1662 at about age 59 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Lavendon Parish Register^[1]

George Griggs and Alice Sibthorpe married 11 May 1616

• Thomas, son of George Griggs, bp. 2 Aug 1618
• William, son of George Griggs, bp. 27 Feb. 1619/20
• Elizabeth, dtr of George Griggs, 10 March 1623/4
• James sonne of George Griggs bp Dec. 16 1632 {Bishops Transcripts of Olney}

• Children Marie and Ann are named in the will of maternal grandmother Elizabeth Edge (or Hedge), widow of Olney.

Elizabeth Edge, widow of Olney and mother of Alice Sibthorpe: her Will dtd 26 Jan 1629/30, proved 20 Dec 1633. Mentions various Sibthorpe children, and children of son in law, George Griggs of Olney and her dtr Alice ie: Thomas, William, Elizabeth, Marie and Ann (so Ann born before this will). Elizabeth Edge was buried at Lavendon, Bucks co. England 26 Oct 1633.

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More Children from "Records of Boston" NEHGR 2:189

• Elizabeth the Daughter of George Griggs & Alice his wife was borne 14 (3) 1636 {May 14, 1636}
  
• Sarah the Daughter of Georg Griggs & Alice his wife was borne the 15 (3) 1637 {May 15, 1637}
  
• Wm the sonne of George Griggs buried in the 10th mo 1638 {Dec 1638}
  
• Elizabeth Griggs aged foure yeares dyed in the 3rd month 1640 {May 1640}

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Alice Griggs died as a widow the 19th of July 1662.^[2]

Will: Abstract of the will of Alice Griggs^[3]

"Allice Greegss, of Boston. Will. 20th: 5: 1662. Being now sick, In case my son, James Greegss, Come not, my will is that I giue to my grand Child, William King, one half of the ground, that half the barnes stands, on, by the Widow plantons [Blantons?] ground, and my will is that my dau. Sarah Burgiss, shall haue the new end of the house and three rodd broad quite throw the loatt, alsoe the other old end of the house and the rest of all the ground belonging to it. My will is, that it shall be equally giuen to my daughters; children; and my dau. Sarah Burgiss, shall haue the Cow, & in Case the Cow haue a Calfe the said Sarah Burgiss, is to keep him 5 weeks and then to giue it vp to her sister, Ann Joaness. And all the rest of the moueables, wich are nott in my husbands will, doe I giue equally to my tow daus and to their Children, and my dau. Sarah is to haue the Better partt wich is to the vallue of 40s. 20: 5: mo. 1662"

Alice +(her mark) Greegss

Witness to these, Gamoliell Waite, Richard Price, Richard + Gredle.

1 May 1663. Administration of Alice's estate (using the imperfect will as a guide) was granted to Robert Lattimore, in the right of Anne, his wife, & to Roger Burgis, in the right of Sarah, his wife, daughter of ye late Alice Griggs.

George Griggs, husband of Alice, left part of his estate to son, James. James never appeared to claim said estate, and was believed dead. 5 Sep 1665, the magistrates gave administration of his estate to Robert Lattimore and Roger Burgiss, for the benefit of Ann Lattimore and her children (Jones and Lattimore) and for the benefit of the children (King and Burgiss) of Sarah Burgiss, deceased.

Sources

1. ↑ Cooper, Thomas W. II. "The Cooper-Pierson-Griggs Connection" The American Genealogist 64:193-199
2. ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699. Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1883. Page 85. GoogleBooks
3. ↑ Suffolk County Wills: Abstracts of the Earliest Wills Upon Record in the County of Suffolk, Massachusetts. The New England Historical and Genealogical Society. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1984. p. 216

• Anderson, Robert Charles, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol III G-H. "George Griggs". Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2003.
• Cooper, Thomas W. II. "The Cooper-Pierson-Griggs Connection." The American Genealogist. Vol. 64, no. 4, October 1989, pg. 199-200.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Liza Miller for creating WikiTree profile Sibtharp-1 through the import of Liza_s Family Tree.ged on Dec 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Liza and others.