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  • Name Sarah Diamond 
    Born Abt 1632  Kenilworth, Warwick, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Person ID I4500  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family 1 James Bemis,   d. 1665 
    Married Bef 1665  of, , Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Bemis,   d. 27 Oct 1679, Killingworth (now Clinton), Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Edward Griswold,   b. 26 Jul 1607, Wooten Wawen, Warwick, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1690/1, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married From 1670 to 25 Dec 1672  of Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1211  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfield, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
      "Edward12 Griswold (George11, Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was christened 26 Jul 1607 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. In lieu of a will, Edward on Christmas Day, 1672, signed a conditional inheritance deed of his property to his son John, who was to pay certain legacies; 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. He married (1) Margaret (___) about 1628 in England. ["New England Genealogy," Vol. 1, p.250, cites her surname as Hicks, but the Robert Hicks family was already in Plymouth as of 1621. Records indicate Margaret and Edward were married in England after this date.] She was born about 1609. Margaret died 23 Aug 1670 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, and was buried in the cemetery behind the Congregational Church, in Killingworth (now Clinton), Middlesex, Connecticut. Her stone being the oldest marked, "M.G., 1670."
      When the Rev. Ephraim Huit arrived in Windsor, Connecticut with his congregation about 17 Aug 1639 to assist the Rev. John Warham, Edward and Margaret Griswold, their four children: Francis, George, John and Sarah; and Edward's brother Matthew, were with the company. ["Savage's Genealogical Dictionary," Vol. 2, p. 316.] In his own deposition, dated 15 May 1684, Edward stated that he was then aged about seventy-seven years and that, "about the year 1639 Mr. William Whiting, Dec'd, was Undertaker [financial sponsor] for a shipp in England, in which Shipp I came to New England." [Ferris, "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines"; Gates & Allied Families; Vol. II; p. 399.] Mr. Huit had been pastor at Knowle and Wroxall, Warwickshire, England. A writer of note upon religious subjects and a powerful preacher of the Puritan faith, he was censured for his non-conformity and silenced by the Bishop of Worcester. This no doubt was the cause of his moving to New England with the company he organized, of which both Edward and Matthew were members.
      Edward speedily became prominent in the affairs of the new community and was frequently mentioned in colonial records. He served as deputy to the General Court from 18 Aug 1658 to 14 Mar 1660 and again from 15 May 1662 to 11 Mar 1663. Edward served repeatedly on juries, at least two of which, in 1651 and 1662, deliberated on witchcraft cases and brought in verdicts of guilty. In 1659 he was one of the men from Windsor to build the fort at Springfield for Mr. Pynchon. He also served as Justice of the Peace.
      Although he was granted land at Poquonoc he did not move there until after the title of the Indians had been fully extinguished in 1642. He was resident there in 1649 with two other families, John Bartlett and Thomas Holcomb. His home stood near the highway at the top of the hill, and contained 29-1/2 acres bounded mostly south and west by Stony Brook and east by the river. His sons George and Joseph received the homestead when he moved to Hammonassett in 1663 with his son John and two daughters, Hannah Westover and Deborah Buell, with their families.
      The present Clinton, Connecticut is the original Killingworth; Main Street is the identical ground where the first settlers took their home lots. These were surveyed in 1663 by Byron Rossiter of Guiliford. Edward was one of the first settlers and doubtless suggested the name from Kenilworth Parish in England. He was the most prominent man in the new settlement and must be given full credit for first organizing this community. He was its first deputy to the General Court. He, with his two sons-in-law, were recorded as freeman in 1669.
      Edward was instrumental in organizing the first church and was its first deacon. He frequently served on important civil matters; his services, counsel and guidance evidently much sought. He also served on the committee to establish a Latin school at New London.
      Ancient land records on file at the office of the Secretary of State, Hartford, show land grants in favor of Edward: one of 200 acres; another of 100 acres given by the town of Killingworth. He showed the spirit of those early English settlers to accumulate large land holdings. They had 11 children:
      i. Francis Griswold [male], born about 1629, died 1 Oct 1671.
      ii. Sarah Griswold, christened 29 Jan 1631, died 6 Nov 1715.
      iii. George Griswold, christened 19 May 1633, died 3 Sep 1704.
      iv. John Griswold, christened 10 Jan 1635 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, died 1642 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
      v. Lydia/Liddia Griswold, christened 17 Nov 1637 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, died about 1637 in England, and was buried 1637 in England.
      vi. Ann (Hannah) Griswold, christened 19 Jun 1642, died 3 May 1714.
      vii. Mary Griswold, born 5 Oct 1644, died 1690.
      viii. Deborah Griswold, christened 28 Jun 1646, died 7 Feb 1717.
      ix. Joseph Griswold, born 12 Mar 1647, died 14 Nov 1716.
      x. Samuel Griswold, christened 18 Nov 1649 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, died 6 Jul 1672 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.
      xi. John Griswold, christened 1 Aug 1652, died 7 Aug 1717.
      Edward had 1 stepchild:
      xii. Mary Bemis, born 18 Nov 1654, died 27 Oct 1679.
      Edward married (2) Sarah Diamond before 25 Dec 1672. She was born about 1632 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. She was the daughter of John Diamond and Rebecca (___). No children. Sarah also married (1) John Bemis."

      2. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
      "Samuel Phelps, b. England, about 1625, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing from there to settling of Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Sarah Griswold, and b. Kenilworth, England, and came to New England with her father in 1639. After the death of Mr. Phelps, she m. 2nd Nathaniel Pinney, 21st July, 1670, and had Nathaniel Pinney b. 11th May, 1671, and Sarah Pinney b. 11th Oct., 1673. Mrs. Pinney died 6th Nov., 1715. [Nathaniel Pinney was the brother of Sarah Pinney who married Samuel Phelps' brother William.]
      Mr. Phelps bought 1st Oct., 1657, Thomas Orton's house and land south of road separating it from his father's homestead, and brother William's: the house stood on the rear of the lot just opposite his father's house. This lot was a triangular shape, 4 rods on the rivulet, 60 rods on east and west road, 40 rods on Mill road, and 47 rods on the southeast line. The rear of this lot and house he sold to his brother Nathaniel, and removed to Poquonock, where he had received a grant of land, and where he also bought John Bartlett's place east of Stony Creek, and north of Thomas Holcomb's, and running east of the rivulet. Here he died 15th May, 1669. He witnessed a deed of land to his father by the Indians in 1666.
      January 8th, 1660, he paid rates for short slips, 7 shillings, highest amount assessed that year.
      Town Records - 24th May, 1669, 'There was a day of training; by reason of the death of Samuel Phelps, voted that Benjamin Holcomb supply his place as Way Warden.'
      (Noted - Edward and Matthew Griswold, two brothers, the latter of whom was the ancestor of the two Govs. Griswold, resided in Kenilworth, England, where they had a third brother, Thomas. These two brothers came to New England in 1639, in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whitney. Edward b. in England, 1607, settled in that part of Windsor, called Poquonock, m. 1st Margaret, and later settled in Killingworth, Ct., one of the first settlers, and a prominent man. His wife died Aug 22nd, 1670. (A slab may be seen in the Clinton, Ct., burying ground, 7 in. by 2-1/2 ft., with inscription M.G. 1670.) Had eleven children all by 1st wife. He m. 2nd Sarah Bemis, daughter of James Bemis, of New London; of his children a daughter Sarah, m. Samuel Phelps, and. m. Nathaniel Pinney. Another daughter, Mary, m. Timothy Phelps son of William the emigrant of 1630.)

      3. From the book "The Griswold Family: England-America," by Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, vols. 2 and 3, pp. 13-34:
      A. "John, bapt. Windsor, Conn., Aug. 1, 1652 (Edward) m. (1) in Killingworth, Conn., Nov. 28, 1672, Mary Bemis, daughter of James and Sarah (Dimond) Bemis, who became his stepsister by the marriage of his father to Sarah (Dimond) Bemis. Mary d. Oct. 27, 1679."
      B. "Edward married second, 1673, Sarah Bemis, widow of James Bemis, constable of New London, who died in 1665. She was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Bemis) Dimond."

      4. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago. The following is a partial quote of what is fully quoted in the notes of Edward Griswold:
      "Edward was baptized July 26, 1607 at Wooten Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He was the son of George Griswold born Nov. 6, 1574, and his first wife Dousabel (possibly Leigh, Lye, Ley) who was buried Aug. 28, 1615 at Wooten Wawen. Edward married ca. 1628 Margaret (surname unknown) who was born ca. 1609, making her age 20 at the birth of her first child and 43 when her last child was born. Margaret died Aug. 23, 1670 at Clinton, originally Killingworth, Conn. Her gravestone marked 'M.G. 1670' is the oldest stone in the cemetery behind the Congregational Church in Clinton. However it does not show the patient devotion nor the hardship endured in rearing her family in that vast wilderness...
      Edward married (2) Sarah Dimond Bemis, daughter of John and Rebecca (Bemis) Dimond and widow of James Bemis, constable of New London, who died in 1665. Her daughter married as his first wife, John, youngest son of Edward and Margaret. The date of Edward's second marriage was before Dec 25, 1672 when a deed of gift to his son John was executed 'of and for natural affection and also for divers other good causes' giving John 'my housing and land lying and being in the Township of Killingworth' for which John was to pay to:
      'Samuel son of ffrancis Griswold deceased ₤60 when he attains the age of 21 and if he dye before he be twenty-one years of age then John is to pay ₤5 a year to his six sisters the daughters of ffrancis. In case John dye childless and have no issue then the ₤60 or the ₤30 is to be returned by those that inherit the land to the widdow and relict of John Griswold or whom he shall bequeath it to. And all the above sayde land and housing so returne to the eldest sons of George, Joseph and Samuel Griswold the imediat sons of Edward Griswold Snr and if they have no sons then to their eldest daughters. Also the sayde John Griswold is to kepe all the housing in good repayre and to allow to my wife after my decease the use and benefit of the parlors and meadow to kepe two cowes during the time of her widdowhood. Also if John Griswold dye and have no issue his widdow is to enjoy the one halfe of the housing and lands during the time of her widdowhood. Witnesses: Tobias Hull, Jonas Westover. December 25, 1672.'...
      References: Parish Register, Kenilworth, England; Killingworth and Clinton, Conn. Records; Historic Families of America, p. 297; Conn. Society of Colonial Dames Register; Savage: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England II:316; Dimond Family pp. 13-14; Bemis Family p. 211; NEHGR Vol. V; Magazine of American History I:120-129; Wyllys Papers XXXI; Trumbull: Hartford County II:521, 548, 552; Hartford Probate Records; Stiles: Ancient Windsor I:71, 148, 157, 158; II:351; Anniversary of the First Church, Clinton, Conn. p. 25; Conn. Magazine VIII;489, 504; Booth and Allied Families; Caulkins: History of New London p. 283; History of Norwich, Conn. pp. 92, 176; Conn. Historical Society Collections XXII; Conn. Colony Records I, II, III; TAG 41:214."

      5. FHL film 27753 "The Ancestry of Samuel, Freda, and John Warner," by Frederick Chester Warner (Boston, 1949):
      "Edward Griswold, b. 1607, Eng., d. 23 Aug 1690, Killingworth (now Clinton), CT, m. 1, abt. 1630, Eng. Margaret ___, d. 23 Aug 1670, Killingworth, CT; m. 2, 1673, Sarah Bemis, dau. of John and Rebecca Dumond, and widow of James Bemis...
      References:
      "The Griswold Family of CT," Magazine of American Hist., 1884.
      -"History of Genealogies of Ancient Windsor," H.R. Stiles, 1892.
      -"The Griswold Family in Eng. & America," Glenn C. Griswold."
      [Lists 11 children b. from abt. 1629 to 1652-5 in Kenilworth, Eng., and others in Windsor.]"

      6. FHL book 929.273 L995m "Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Rice Lyon and his Wife Harriet Wade Rice...," by Patty Barthell Myers (2003), pp. 357-60:
      "EDWARD1 GRISWOLD, son of George Griswold and his first wife Dousubel (___) and half-brother of Matthew Griswold, was bpt. Wooten Wawen (a part of Kenilworth parish), Warwickshire, England, 26 Jul 1607 (TAG 39:179 (1963) "Griswold Ancestry in England," by Genevieve Tylee Kiepura); d. Killingworth (now Clinton), Conn., c1691 in his 84th year; m/1 England c1628/30 MARGARET (___). She was not Margaret Blencow (TAG 40:43 (1964) "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," by John G. Hunt). Margaret Griswold d. Killingworth 23 Aug 1670. Her gravestone stands in the Clinton Congregational Burying-Ground, with the letters M.G., and is called the oldest monument. He m/2 c1672 SARAH (___) BEMIS, widow of James Bemis of New London, Conn. Savage says James Bemis d. 1665 leaving widow Sarah and daughter Rebecca who m/1 Tobias Minter of Newfoundland, m/2 John Dymond of Fairfield, m/3 Benedict Satterlee of Killingworth.
      Tradition is that Edward Griswold and his brother Matthew, who settled at Saybrook, Conn., came 1639 with Rev. Huit, who had been pastor at Knowle and Wroxall, Warwickshire, England, Wroxall being a part of Kenilworth Parish.
      Edward served as deputy to the General Court 18 Aug 1658 - 14 Mar 1660, and 15 May 1662 - 11 Mar 1663. In 1659 he built the Old Fort at Springfield for Mr. Pynchon. He also served as Justice of the Peace. He was granted land at Poquonoc, but he did not remove there until after the title of the Indians had been fully extinguished in 1642. He we a resident there with two other families -- John Bartlett and Thomas Holcomb, in 1649. His home stood near the highway at the top of the hill; he had 29-1/2 acres bounded mostly south and west by Stony Brook; east by the river. His sons George and Joseph inherited the homestead.
      In 1663 with his un John, Edward removed to Hammonasset, later called Killingworth. The present Clinton, Conn., is the original Killingworth; Main Street is the identical ground where the first settlers took their home lots. Edward was one of the first settlers and doubtless suggested the name from Kenilworth Parish in England. In the year 1667, as "Mr. Edw. Grissell," he is enrolled a Deputy; and as "Mr. Edward Griswold," a Commissioner "for Kenilworth." In 1674 there was a grant made to him of two hundred acres of land, which were laid out, after long delay, in 1682, "at the north end of Lyme bounds." As "Mr. Edward Griswould" he was Deputy "fr. Kellingworth" in 1678, when he was also nominated for election as Assistant, and as Commissioner; he represented his town in every Court held from that year on to 1689; and during this period was repeatedly made Commissioner. In 1678 he was on a committee for establishing a Latin School in New London. He was the first Deacon of the church of Killingworth.
      [Children:]
      i FRANCIS2 GRISWOLD, b. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng., c1629; d. Norwich, Conn., Oct 1671; m. 1652 MARY TRACY, d/o Thomas of Norwich. They lived at Saybrook and Norwich, Conn. Children: Sarah m. Robert Chapman, s/o Robert Chapman and Ann Bliss; Joseph d. inf.; Mary m/1 Jonathan Tracy, m/2 Eleazer Jewett; Hannah m. William Clark of Saybrook; Deborah m. Jonathan Crane of Norwich; Lydia d. inf.; Samuel m. Susanna Huntington, d/o Christopher Huntington; Margaret m. Thomas Buckingham; Lydia (again) m/1 Joseph Bartlett, Jr., m/2 Joseph Holmes, Jr.
      ii. SARAH GRISWOLD, bpt. Kenilworth, Eng. 29 Jan 1631/2; d. young.
      iii. GEORGE GRISWOLD, b. Kenilworth, Warwick, Eng., 1633; d. Windsor 3 Sept 1704; m. Windsor 3 Oct 1655 MARY HOLCOMB, d. 4 Apr 1708, d/o Thomas and Elizabeth Holcomb. See the Holcomb Line. Inventory of the estate of George Griswold was taken 2 Oct 1704 by Timothy Phelps, Joseph Griswold and Benajah Holcomb, and amounted to £362.08.00. His widow and children made an agreement regarding the division of his estate. Those signing the agreement were Mary Griswold (widow), Daniel Griswold, Thomas Griswold, George Griswold, John Griswold, Benjamin Griswold, Edward Griswold (grandson), Abigail Griswold (granddau.), Joseph Cooly (for Mary Griswold Cooley), Thomas Moore (for Deborah Griswold Moore. (Manwaring, Conn. Probate Recs., Vol. 2, 1700-1710, pp. 70-72). Children: Daniel m. Mindwell Bissell, d/o Nathaniel Bissell & Mindwell Moore; Thomas m. Esther Drake, d/o Job Drake & Mary Wolcott; Edward m. Abigail Williams; Mary m. Joseph Cooley, s/o Benjamin & Sarah Cooley; George d. unm; John m. Abigail Gaylord, d/o Nathaniel Gaylord & Abigail Bissell; Benjamin m. Elizabeth Cook; Deborah m. Thomas Moore; Abigail d. young; Samuel d. inf.
      iv SARAH GRISWOLD (again), b. Kenilworth 1635; d. 6 Nov 1715; m/1 when she was 15 years old, Windsor, Conn., 10 Nov 1650 SAMUEL PHELPS, b. Eng., bpt. Crewkerne, co. Somerset, Eng., 5 Aug 1621; d. Windsor 15 May 1669, s/o William Phelps and his first wife of Windsor; m/2 Windsor 21 Jul 1670 NATHANIEL PINNEY, b. Windsor Dec 1640; d. 7 Aug 1676, s/o Humphrey Pinney and Mary Hull. Children (PHELPS): Samuel m. Abigail Williams; Sarah m. Andrew Moore; Timothy m/1 Sarah Gaylord, d/o Walter Gaylord & Sarah Rockwell, m/2 Sarah Pratt, d/o Daniel; Mary m. Daniel Adams; William m. Hannah Hayden; John d. young; Ephraim m. Mary Jaggers; Abigail m. David Marshall; Josiah m. Sarah Winchell. Children (PINNEY): Nathaniel m. Martha Thrall; Sarah m. Thomas Grant.
      v LYDIA GRISWOLD, b. England 1637; d. young.
      vi JOHN GRISWOLD, b. England c1639; d. Windsor, Conn., 1642.
      vii HANNAH GRISWOLD, b. Windsor, Conn., 19 Jun 1642; m. JONAS WESTOVER. See The Westover Line.
      viii MARY GRISWOLD, bpt. Windsor 13 Oct 1644; d. 1690; m. 19 May 1661/2 TIMOTHY PHELPS, b. Windsor 1 Sept 1639; d. 1719, s/o William Phelps and his second wife, Mary Dover. Children (PHELPS): Timothy m. Martha Crow, d/o Christopher Crow and Mary Burr; Joseph m. Sarah Hosford; William m/1 Abigail Mudge, m/2 Ruth Barber, d/o Samuel Barber & Mary Coggens; Cornelius m. Sarah Mansfield; Mary d. in her teens; Samuel m. Abigail Eno, d/o James Eno and Abigail Bissell; Nathaniel m/1 Hannah Bissell, d/o Samuel Bissell & Abigail Holcomb, m/2 Abigail Pinney; Sarah m. David Marshall; Abigail m. Samuel Filer; Hannah m/1 Thomas Phelps, m/2 James3 Eno (James2,1); Ann m. David Porter, s/o John Porter & Joanna Gaylord; Martha m. Samuel Holcomb.
      ix DEBORAH GRISWOLD, b. Windsor 28 Jun 1646; d. 7 Feb 1719; m. 13 Nov 1662 SAMUEL BUELL, b. 2 Sept 1641; d. 11 Jul 1720, s/o William and Mary Buell of Windsor. Children (BUELL): Samuel m. Judith Stevens; Deborah m. Nathan Porter, s/o John Porter & Mary Stanley; Hannah d. young; Mary m. Hezekiah Porter, d/o John Porter & Mary Stanley; John m. Mary Loomis; Hannah (again) m. Joseph Potter, s/o John Porter & Mary Stanley; William m. Elizabeth Collins/Collier; David m. Phebe Fenner; Jonah d. young; Mehitable d. young; Benjamin m. Hannah Hutchinson.
      x JOSEPH GRISWOLD, b. Windsor 12 Mar 1648; d. testate 14 Nov 1716 (will made 6 Sept 1716); m. Windsor 16 Jul 1670 MARY GAYLORD, b. 10 Nov 1649, d/o Samuel Gaylord and Elizabeth Hull. Inventory of the estate of Joseph Griswold was taken 29 Nov 1716 by Daniel Griswold, Sr., Thomas Griswold and Joseph Barnard, and amounted to £508.12.08. He mentioned in his will wife Mary; sons Joseph, Francis, Matthew, Mary, wife of Joseph Gillett and Abigail, wife of Josiah Phelps. Children: Mary m. Joseph Gillett; Joseph m. Deborah (___); Francis m. Abigail Colton; Matthew m. Mary Phelps, d/o Joseph Phelps and Mary Porter; Abigail m. Josiah Phelps. (Manwaring, Conn. Probate Recs., Vol. 2, 1700-1710, p. 392-3.)
      xi SAMUEL GRISWOLD, bpt. Windsor 18 Nov 1649; d. 6 Jul 1672, unm.
      xii JOHN GRISWOLD (again), bpt. Windsor 1 Aug 1652; d. testate 7 Aug 1717; m/1 28 Nov 1672 MARY BEMIS/BEVINS, b. 18 Nov 1672; d. 27 Oct 1679; m/2 aft. 1679 and bef. 4 May 1681 BATHSHEBA NORTH, who d. 19 Mar 1763, d/o Thomas North and Mary Price. Children by Mary: Mary m. Mr. Avery; Margaret m. Mr. Chapman; Hannah m. Mr. Crane; John. Children by Bathsheba: Dorothy d. young; Bathsheba m. Daniel Clark; Samuel m. Sarah Wright; Lucy m. Allen Ball; John; Martha d. young; Joseph m. Temperance Lay; Benjamin m. Abigail Norton; Dorothy (again) m. Janna Hand; Martha (again) m. Samuel Pratt; Daniel m. Jerusha Stevens; Walter m. Sarah Wright. [?Two sons, Samuel and Walter marrying same girl?]
      (Edward Elbridge Salisbury & Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, Gen. & Biog. Monographs on the Fam. of Griswold, Wolcott, Pitkin, Ogden, et.al.; pp: 10-13; Nash, Fifty Puritan Ancestors, pp. 102-5; Ruth Lee Griswold, Griswold Family, pp. 188-9; Richard A. Wheeler, History of Stonington, Conn., p. 537; Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Conn., pp. 530-1; Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America, p. 13 et seq.; Savage sv Edward, George, Francis, Joseph Griswold; Torrey sv Edward, George, John, Joseph, Francis Griswold; James Bemis.)"

      7. The book "Emerson-Benson Saga …," by Edmund K. Swigart (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1994), pp. 248-49:
      "EDWARD GRISWOLD (GEORGEA, HENRYB) was born circa 1607 in Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and died in 1691 in Killingworth, CT. He was the oldest of three (five?) sons of GEORGEA GRISWOLD of Kenilworth and the grandson of HENRYB and DOROTHYA (JAMES) GRISWOLD of Greet, County Warwick. His family dates back to the late 13th century, when JOHN GRISWOLD of Kenilworth married (___) HUGGERFORD, circa 1290. EDWARD1 GRISWOLD marred as his first wife by 1629-20, probably in Kenilworth, MARGARET HICKS?. MARGARET1 was born circa 1610 in England and died in August of 1670 in Kenilworth, CT. "Her gravestone marked as ‘M.G. 1670' is known as the oldest monument in the Congregational graveyard at Clinton, CT (formerly part of Killingworth)" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 married circa 1672 as his second wife, probably in New London, CT, Sarah? (___) Bemus, widow of James, who died in New London in 1665. Sarah? had two daughters by her first marriage, Rebecca2 and Mary2. Mary2 married John2, EDWARD1's son, creating the interesting situation of John2 having a mother-in-law who was also his step-mother. EDWARD1's second wife Sarah? probably died in Killingworth.
      In 1639 EDWARD immigrated from Kenilworth, England, to Windsor, CT, perhaps by boat from Dorchester, MA, with Rev. Ephraim Huit (as part of his congregation), or directly from England with George Fenwick on his second visit to the Colonies. Accompanying him, whenever he came, was his wife MARGARET1. MARGARET1, "mother of eleven children, was a real pioneer pilgrim. After nine years of married life in England, with five baby children, she braved the wilderness of the New World at Windsor. Here she lived a full quarter of a century, and then lived for seven years in the new virgin town of Kenilworth," [later Killingworth] "Conn., which was named for her home town in England" (ref. 1).
      In the new world EDWARD1 was always addressed as "Mr.", a title rarely granted and indicating he had a strong financial and social background in England -- and that he had earned great respect among his peers in the New World. Between 1640 and 1642 EDWARD1 was granted 150 acres of land by the town of Windsor and was one of the first settlers of Poquonock, four miles west of Windsor. By 1649 the danger of Indian raids was still so real that 'The Gen'l Court, in view of the ‘many dangers the familyes of Edward Griswold, Thomas Holcombe," [etc.] "are in, by reason of remote living from neighbors and nearness to the Indians', frees one of them from training on each training day, provided he stand about as a sentinel" (ref. 1). EDWARD1 was a deputy to the General Court for Windsor from 1658 to 1661. In 1662 he was the foreman of a jury of 12 men who condemned Nathaniel Greensmith as "worthy of death for witchcraft. They found Rebecca, his wife, also guilty and she confessed same in open court. ...The witchcraft delusion was very light in America compared to Europe" (ref. 1).
      EDWARD1 deeded his Windsor property to sons George2 and Joseph2 shortly before he became one of the 21 subscribers in 1663, along with ancestor JOSIAH2 HULL (see JOSIAH2 HULL for details) to help found Kenilworth, CT. Most of his children were married and settled in Windsor at this point, but apparently he wanted to move once more. Thus, at the age of 56, he went with his wife and two children, plus newly married daughter DEBORAH2 and son-in-law SAMUEL2 BUELL, to help settle Kenilworth. EDWARD1 served as the first deputy from that town to the General Court in 1667 and the General Court appointed he and JOSIAH2 HULL as commissioners for Kenilworth. This post he held for 14 years. In 1672 he drew up a Conditional Inheritance Deed, which served as his will when he died. In it he made son John2 his principal beneficiary, but named his other children and their children as well. In 1678 EDWARD1 served on a committee to help set up a Latin School in New London.
      EDWARD1 and MARGARET (HICKS?) GRISWOLD had the following children, the oldest five? (six?) born at Kenilworth, county Warwick, England, and the rest in Windsor, CT:
      I Sarah2, b. 1631: d. soon, prob. at Kenilworth, Eng.
      II Sarah2, b. 1632; d. 1715: m. 1/hs 10 Nov 1650, prob. at Windsor, CT. Samuel Phelps who d. in 1669, prob. at Windsor, m. 2/hs 21 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, Nathaniel Pinney.
      III Lieut. Francis2, b. 1633; d. Oct 1671 at Norwich, CT; m. by 1653, Mary?/Sarah? Post?.
      IV George2, b. 1635; d. 3 Sep 1704, prob. at Windsor, CT: m. 3 Oct 1655, Mary2 Holcomb (Thomas1)
      V Liddia2, b. 1637.
      VI Ann2, bapt. 19 Jun 1642 at Windsor, CT.
      VII Mary2, b. 5 Oct, bapt. 13 Oct 1644; m. 19 Mar 1661, prob. at Windsor, CT, Capt. Timothy Phelps, prob. bro. of Samuel.
      VIII DEBORAH2, b. and bapt. 28 Jun 1646: d. 1717-8 at Killingworth, CT; m. 13 Nov 1662 at Windsor, CT, SAMUEL2 BUELL (see BUELL).
      IX Joseph2, bapt. 12 Mar 1647-8; d. 14 Nov 1714: m. ca. 14 Jul 1670, prob. at Windsor, CT, Mary2 Gaylord (John1).
      X Samuel2, b. and bapt. 18 Nov 1649; d. 6 Jul 1672, perh. at Killingworth, CT; unm.
      XI John2, bapt. 1 Aug 1652; d. 1717, prob. at Killingworth, CT; m. as 1/wf 28 Nov 1672. perh. at Killingworth, Mary Bemis, his step-sis., who d. 27 Oct 1679, prob. at Killingworth, m. 2/wf aft. Oct 1679. bef. 4 May 1681, Bathsheba Smith?/North?.
      REFERENCES
      1) Bassette, B. B., op. cit., 158-69, 357-67.
      2) Colket, M. B., op. cit., 137.
      3) Ferris, M. W., op. cit., Dawes-Gates, II:461-2.
      3) McCracken, George E., "William Buell & Early Descendants". TAG, 54(1978):71.
      4) Pierce, R. Andrew, personal communication, research and material on the Buell and Griswold lines, 25 January 1993, LET and MAT, Swigart, E. K., Washington, CT.
      5) Savage, J., op. cit., I:288; II:316.
      6) Torrey, C. A., op. cit., 114, 329, 576, 587."

      8. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95:
      "1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England. He married in England Margaret-- and they emigrated to New England in 1639 with perhaps six children and his younger brother Matthew. Margaret died in Killingsworth, Connecticut 23 August 1670. Her gravestone marked "M. G. 1670" is the oldest in the cemetery. Edward married, second, in 1672/3 Sarah (--) Bemis, widow of James Bemis of New London. Edward may be buried in the empty space beside Margaret's stone in Clinton. He died in 1691 in his 84th year. (1)(4)(15)
      In a deposition dated 5 May 1684, Edward Griswold stated that he was about sixty-seven years old and that "about the year 1639 Mr. William Whiting, Dec'd, was Undertaker [financial sponser] for a shipp in England, in which Shipp I came to New England." He was to act as agent for Whiting in collecting £200 from a Mr. John St. Nicholas who was expected to soon be in Windsor. The Rev. Ephraim Huet of Wroxall near Kenilworth, though an eminent preacher and writer of the Puritan faith; had b6en persecuted as a non-conformist by Archbishop Laud. He emigrated with a party which undoubtedly included the Griswolds, arriving in Windsor, Connecticut 17 August 1639. Huet became the first teacher in the church there. Edward received his first share of lands at Windsor in January 1640/41. In 1642 title to Poquonack-about four miles away -- had been cleared with the Indians and a few families including the Griswolds moved there and Edward had a corner lot of twenty-nine acres bounded by Stony Creek on both the south and the west. This settlement seemed so remote to the General Court that in September of 1649 in consideration of the exposure of so many dangers it freed one "souldger" from each family from attendance on each training-day requiring that he who "tarryes at home, stands about the aforesaid howses uppon his sentinel posture." (4)(5)(15)
      Edward was deputy from Windsor to the General Court (legislature) from 1656 until the charter was received from King Charles II in 1662/3 -- except for one session. He later represented Killingsworth almost continuously from 1667 to 1689 and he was Judge at Killingsworth from 1667 through 1677. (7)
      In 1659 William Pyncheon contracted Edward Griswold to build "Old Fort," a mansion for the Pyncheon family on Main Street in Springfield in the Bay Colony. The building stood sixty or seventy-five feet back from the street, was forty-two feet long, twenty-one feet wide and was twenty-two feet from the ground to the eaves and the same distance perpendicular from the eaves to the ridge beams -- a very steep roof. The walls were red Long Meadow stone and bricks made in Northampton. The brick walls were over two feet thick on the first floor and half that on the second story. Eight by ten oak timbers supported the roof. Edward Griswold was paid €40 for the construction including both the stonework and the brickwork. A future son-in-law, Samuel Buel, prepared the hewn logs. On 5 October 1675 when Springfield was attacked and burned by the Indians, the house was one of three fortified houses. The building stood until 1831 and until 1800 was the only brick building in Springfield. Major Pyncheon held Court in one of the lower rooms and records were stored in a space above the porch. (4)(17)
      In March-1663 the General Court appointed a committee to view Hamonoscett to ascertain if it would be a fit location for a new settlement or plantation. The second report of the committee which had decided in favor of the location and that it would support thirty families included Edward Griswold's name as one of the first settlers. He was then age sixty-four. The settlement was called Kenilworth (later corrupted to Killingsworth) as a courtesy to Edward's memory of his home in England. It was specified that each settler was to stay four years -- and to build within two years. Edward deeded his lands in Windsor to his older sons, reserving a small annuity for himself, and moved in 1663. The new town was first represented on the General Court in May of 1667 and Edward Griswold was its first Deputy. He was Deacon of the First Church, as well, and Commissioner (Justice) for more than sixteen years. At this same time his son Francis sat on the General Court representing Norwich and his younger brother, Matthew, was Deputy from Lyme. Only two men, including Edward, were accorded the prefix "Mr." on the 1669 list of Freeman. He was involved with laying out land for other plantations, arranging roads and bridges and their upkeep and establishing a Latin School at New London. The General Court in appreciation granted him two hundred acres of land in 1674, laid out at the north end of the "Lyme bounds," and the town of Killings-worth followed suit with a one hundred acre grant. (4)(6)(7)
      Rather than a will he signed a conditional inheritance deed on Christmas day 1672 -- nineteen years before his death. John Griswold was to receive all the property out of which he paid certain legacies. He had, in the spirit of most .colonists, accumulated considerable land. (4)(8)
      Children of Edward Griswold and Margaret:
      i. FRANCIS, b. about 1629 in England.
      ii. Sarah, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1631, died young.
      iii. George, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1633; d. at Windsor, Conn. 3 Sept. 1674; m. 3 Oct. 1655 Mary Holcomb, daughter of Thomas.
      iv. Sarah, bapt. at Kenilworth, England 1635, d. at Windsor 6 Nov. 1715, m. (1st) at Windsor 10 Nov. 1650 Samuel Phelps, son of William, who d. 15 May 1669. They settled at Windsor, had nine children. She m. (2nd) at Windsor 21 July 1670 Nathan Pinney.
      v. Lydia, bapt. 1637. Kenilworth, England.
      vi. John, d. at Windsor, 1642.
      vii. Ann, bapt. at Windsor, 19 June 1642; known as Hannah; d. at Simsbury, 3 May 1714; m. at Windsor 19 Nov. 1663 Jonas Westover of Killingsworth and Simsbury.
      viii. Mary, bapt. at Windsor, 13 Oct. 1644; m. at Windsor 19 Mar. 1661 Timothy Phelps, son of William.
      ix. Deborah, bapt. at Windsor 28 June 1646; d. at Killingsworth 7 Feb. 1717; m. at Windsor 13 Nov. 1662, Samuel Buell, son of William.
      x. Joseph, bapt. at Windsor 12 Mar. 1647/8; d. at Windsor 14 Nov. 1716; m. 10 or 14 June or July 1670, Mary Gaylord.
      xi. Samuel, bapt. at Windsor 18 Nov. 1649; d. 6 July 1672. Inventory taken 26 Feb. 1672/3. Administered by George Griswold.
      xii. JOHN, bapt. at Windsor 1 Aug 1652. (4)(6)(8)
      References:
      (1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura.
      (2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus.
      (3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt.
      (4) Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Mary Walton Ferris 1931-43, vol. II.
      (5) Colonial Records of Connecticut, vols. I, II, III.
      (6) Waterman Family, D. L. Jacobus, 1939.
      (7) A List of Civil, Military and Ecclesiastical Officers, Donald Lines Jacobus.
      (8) The Griswold Family, England and America, Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, 1942.
      (9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II.
      (10) History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Henry R. Stiles, 1892.
      (11) Saybrook Vital Records
      (12) Norwich Vital Records.
      (13) Lebanon Vital Records.
      (14) Killingsworth Vital Records, TAG, vol. 12.
      (15) Griswold Family of Connecticut, Edward Elbridge Salisbury, 1884.
      (16) Soldiers in King Philip's War, George M. Bodge, 1896.
      (17) One Branch of the Booth Family, Chas. E. Booth, 1910."

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Transcription of letter on file in the Griswold family file at Windsor CT. Historical Society dated 26 Mar 1998 from Robert T. Silliman, Director, to Ms. Nora Wolfe, 1785 Dalton Place, San Jose, CA, 95124:
      "I'm afraid we cannot solve your problem regarding the name of Edward Griswold's wife. With the exception of the Edward Griswold listing in 'New England Marriages Prior to 1700' (and this has a question mark), all other genealogical references regarding Edward's wife is that her maiden name is unknown."
      He lists the references that he consulted as:
      "New England Marriages," p. 326-327, 116-117.
      "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers," Vol. II, p. 316-317, 410-411.
      "Directory of Ancestral Heads," p. cxvi-cxvii, xxxvi-xxxvii.
      Stiles, Vol. II, p. 350-351.
      "The Griswold Family," p. 11-14.
      He includes a copy from the first reference which provides the following:
      "Griswold, Edward (1607-1691), Kenilworth, Warwickshire and 1/wf Margaret (Hicks?) in Eng., b. 1629; Windsor, CT."
      "Griswold, Edward (-1691) and 2/wf Sarah? (Bemas), w. James: ca 1672, in Killingworth, CT."