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Minus Minus Griggs Sr. (abt. 1715 - bef. 1760)

Minus Minus Griggs Sr.
Born about in Orange, Virginia, British Colonial Americamap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of , and
Died before before about age 45 in Granville, North Carolinamap
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Biography

Minus Griggs was born about 1710. This estimate makes him about 25 years old at the birth of his earliest connected child.

Minus was married to Jane.[1][2]

Children of Minus and Jane include:

Minus was living in Granville County, North Carolina in 1755.[3]

He passed away about 1760 in Granville, North Carolina.[4]

Will

The following appears to be the will of our John “Minus” Griggs Sr. proved 10 Feb 1761 at Granville County Court.[1][2]

WIll of Minus Griggs, Sr.

In the Name of God Amen. I Minus Griggs being Sick and weak But in perfect Sense [?] & memory do make this my last will & Testament Imprimis, I Bequeath my Soul to god that First gave it me, and my Body to the Earth from whence it was Taken in full expectation of the resurection from thence at the last day as for my Burial I De sire it may [be] Decent.

Item I give Unto my son Minus Griggs the Upper Part of my Land three hundred and & Twenty Acres And the Other part of my land where my Plantation now is I Bequeath to my Son John Griggs to them & their heirs for Ever. It is my wfll & Desire that my Lawful Debts & Funeral Charges be Discharged out of my Personal Estate by my Executors hereafter mentioned:

Item I give unto my loving wife Jane Griggs an Equal Share of my personal Estate with my Daughters After my Lawful Debts be paid to them and their heirs for Ever. I appoint my Loving wife Jane Griggs and Jonathan White my whole & Sole Executors of this my Last will and testament, Disanuling and making Void all Other wills & Testaments by me made or Caused to be made and this Only and Alone to be my last will. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 7th Day of Oct: 1760.

Interlind before signd [signed] Minus Griggs Seal & Delivered

in presence of us

[signed] Andrew Hampton " Jurat Ephraim Hampton " William Berry

Research Notes

Brown-13495 10:08, 6 November 2019 (UTC) As all of John and Elizabeth's other children were born in Dover I doubt very much that ''Minus'' was born in North Carolina. And I believe "Minus" to be a nickname for John Minor. Hence the baptism I have used as a source. If there are records to prove I am wrong then my adjustments can be reversed.

M Johnson 7 Apr 2021 - The baptism records referred to above belong to a different John Griggs who died as an infant. I have detached the parents and adjusted an estimated birth year based on birth of earliest connected child.


Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sparks Family Association website, accessed 7 Apr 2021
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
    Wills, 1746-1943; Index, 1749-1943; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Granville County); Probate Place: Granville, North Carolina Ancestry Record 9061 #100445
  3. ↑ Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Ancestry Record 3566 #16688738
  4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZRBB-XFW2 : 10 June 2021), Minor Minus Griggs, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 210284184, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.


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Tom Goldrup
I am a descendant of Minus and Jane Griggs. Was wondering where Jane's middle name of Broderbund was found. Thanks.
posted by Tom Goldrup
Mark Browder
Someone made a mistake on ancestry some time ago and it was simply copied. There never was aa surname "Broderbund". That is a made-up name for a software company. Broderbund should be dismissed as a name or a surname in all instances. Thanks.
posted by Mark Browder

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