Humphrey Greggs (abt. 1615 - abt. 1657)

Husband of Grissell Cary (Fletcher) Burge — married 1 Nov 1655 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Died about 18 Aug 1657 at about age 42 in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Humphrey Greggs / Griggs

Humphrey married widow Grizzell Jewell (born Fletcher) on November 1, 1655^[1] This marriage is noted in The Great MIgration book in that Humphrey Griggs of Brantrey was suddenly to marry the relict of Thomas Jewell and he was to pay to each of the Jewell children...^[2]

Humphrey Griggs of Braintree, MA died abt. 18 August 1657 when admin was granted to his widow on his estate. Some discussion as to that his origin maybe Suffolk, England. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Braintree, Mass. to 1793, p. 716
2. ↑ page 60 in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
3. ↑ Page 665 English Origins of New England Families, Vol. III Genealogical Notes Excerpted from Our English Parent Towns https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48086/images/EnglishOrigins1Vol3-002599-665?treeid=&personid=&rc=156%2C1571%2C295%2C1594%3B342%2C1570%2C468%2C1593%3B471%2C758%2C597%2C784&usePUB=true&_phsrc=IzZ3965&_phstart=successSource&pId=191229

• Holman, Mary Lovering. Grissell of The Many Marriages, The American Genealogist (1933) Vol. 10, Page 70.