Edward Griswold b. 26 Jul 1607 Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England d. 31 Aug 1691 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

1607 - 1691 (84 years)

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Name Edward Griswold [1, 2]

Birth 1607 England [2, 3]

Born 26 Jul 1607 Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England [1]

baptism date

Gender Male

Other 1640 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [4]

Among first settlers of Windsor

Reference Number 3198

Died 31 Aug 1691 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA [2]

Siblings 2 Siblings

+	1. Thomas Greswold, b. Aft 1590
+	2. Edward Griswold, b. 26 Jul 1607, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 31 Aug 1691, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 84 years) ▻ Margaret Unknown
	3. Matthew Greswold, b. 1615, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 21 Sep 1698 (Age 83 years)

Person ID I3198 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	George Greswold, b. 6 Nov 1574, Wooten Wawen, Warwickshire, England , d. 1623 (Age 48 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Dousabel Leigh, b. Abt 1575, England , d. 28 Aug 1615, Wooten Wawen, Warwickshire, England (Age ~ 40 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F597	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Margaret Unknown, b. 1610, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 23 Aug 1670, Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)

Children

+	1. Sarah Griswold, b. 1631, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England [natural]
+	2. George Griswold, b. 1633, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England , d. 3 Sep 1704 (Age 71 years) [natural]
	3. Francis Griswold, b. 1635, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England [natural]
	4. Lydia Griswold, b. 1637, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England [natural]
	5. John Griswold, b. 1642, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [natural]
	6. Ann Griswold, b. 17 Jun 1642, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [natural]
+	7. Mary Griswold, b. 5 Oct 1644, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 27 Nov 1715, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 71 years) [natural]
	8. Deborah Griswold, b. 28 Jun 1646, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [natural]
+	9. Joseph Griswold, b. 12 Mar 1647, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA , d. 14 Nov 1716, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 69 years) [natural]
	10. Samuel Griswold, b. 18 Nov 1649, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [natural]
	11. John Griswold, b. 1 Aug 1652, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA [natural]

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Family ID F821 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 1607 - England
	Born - 26 Jul 1607 - Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
	Other - Among first settlers of Windsor - 1640 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
	Died - 31 Aug 1691 - Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

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Notes

The following was copied from werelate.org:
Origins

The origin of Edward Griswold was discovered and documented by Genevieve Tylee Kiepura in the 1963 TAG article Griswold Ancestry in England, and presented again in the Griswold Family Association of America's 1999 publication, The Griswold Family: 12 Generations in England. The research found that Edward was the son of George Griswold by his first wife Dousabel (probably Leigh). See the Griswold Family publication for an explanation of Edward's relatedness to other colonial New England Griswolds.

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Life in New England

Came with Rev. Mr. HUIT from England; was in Windsor 1639; removed to Killingworth, Connecticut, called then "Kenilworth," presumably in honor of his native place. Windsor granted him twenty-nine acres, bound south and east by the brook, east by river and Indian Reservation (Indian Neck). He removed with the first settlers to Hamonoscett; George and Joseph had the homestead. In 1674, he was granted two hundred acres of land at the north end of Lyme.

Very active in the early community, serving as:
first deacon of the church
first delegate to the General Court
Justice of the Peace in Windsor
Deputy from Windsor 1658-1662
enrolled as Deputy in 1667
Deputy for Killingworth in 1678
nominated for assistant and as commissioner
representative of Killingworth in every court 1678-1689 (during which he was repeatedly made Commissioner)
committee of the County Court to see what could be done toward a Latin school at New London for the County New London (1678)

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Additional Sources
1. "Public Records of Connecticut," 1678-1689, p 293
2. 1640 Town Records at Windsor: recorded in the list of “First Settlers of Windsor, five years after their removal from Dorchester.” (NEHGR 5:365) [The list includes people who arrived after 1635, such as those who came with Huit in 1639]

References
1. Nash, Elizabeth Todd. Fifty Puritan ancestors, 1628-1660: genealogical notes, 1560-1900, by their lineal descendant. (New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1902), 103.

born 1607

2. MacKenzie, George N. Colonial families of the United States of America: in which is given the history, genealogy and armorial bearings of colonial families who settled in the American colonies from the time of the settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1912; 1966; 1995), Volume 5.
3. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862).

EDWARD, Windsor, b. at Kenilworth, in Warwicksh. 1607, as tradit. says, came, it is always said, with Rev. Ephraim Huit, tho. it is certain. wrong, for his s. George testif. that he was b. 1638, and in his youthful yrs. "with his f. and uncle Matthew at Kenilworth, Eng. Bef. com. to W. he had Francis, George, John, and Sarah, prob. all b. in Eng. and he had at Windsor, Ann, bapt. 19 June 1642, in wh. yr. John d. there; Mary, b. 5, bapt. 13 Oct. 1644; Deborah, bapt. 28 June 1646; Joseph, b. 12 Mar. 1648; Samuel, bapt. 18 Nov. 1649; John, again, 1 Aug. 1652; and prob. Edward; all by w. Margaret, wh. d. 23 Aug. 1670; rem. a. 1664 to Killingworth, so named acc. the com. pronunciat. of his native place. He m. 1673, Sarah, wid. of James Bemis of New London; was rep. 1658-61 for W. and often for K. His s. Francis, and br. Matthew, as well as hims. were reps. in one Court. His s. Samuel d. 1673, and he d. 1691. Sarah m. 10 Nov. 1650, Samuel Phelps; and next, 21 July 1670, Nathaniel Pinney; Mary m. 19 May 1661, Timothy Phelps; and Deborah m. 13 Nov. 1662, Samuel Buell.

4. #110, in French, Robert L.; Esther G. French; and Coralee (editor) Griswold. The Greswold Family: 12 generations in England. (Wethersfield, CT: Griswold Family Association of America, 1999), page 54.

'Edward GRISWOLD ... was christened 26 Jul 1607 in Wooton Wawen. Warwickshire, England.'

5. Kiepura, Genevieve Tylee. Griswold Ancestry in England. The American Genealogist. (1963), 39:177.

'WOOTEN WAWEN: "We also examined the parish register of Wooten Wawen (a chapelry of Henley) which has the baptism of EDWARD, SON OF GEORGE GRISWOLD, 26 JULY 1607. ..." '

6. 6.0 6.1 #110, in French, Robert L.; Esther G. French; and Coralee (editor) Griswold. The Greswold Family: 12 generations in England. (Wethersfield, CT: Griswold Family Association of America, 1999), page 54.

'... but Edward did not die until 30 Aug 1691, In Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, at the age of 84, and was buried in the Indian River Cemetery in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.'

Sources

[S42] Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;), Database online.
Record for Edward Griswold
[S262] The Griswold Family: England-America, Griswold, Glenn E, (Name: The Griswold Family Association of America; Date: 1935;), Griswold. Edward info.

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[S12] New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1851 Vol5 P226.
[S12] New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1851 Vol5 P365.