Matthew GRISWOLD

1620 - 1698  (78 years)

• Name	Matthew GRISWOLD  [1, 2, 3]
  	Matthew Griswold was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, the home of his father, George Giswold, in 1620, and immigrated to America with his elder brother, Edward, in 1639. Both settled Windsor. Another brother, Thomas, remained in the old English homestead. Matthew was then only nineteen years of age. In 1646, October 16th, he married Anna, daughter of Henry Wolcott of Windsor, also born in 1620, and soon after removed to Saybrook as agent for Governor Fenwick. He took up the first lands in Lyme, among which was the large tract on Long Island Sound, east of the Connecticut River, know as "Black Hall." Later on he became one of the largest landholders and wealthiest men in that town. He was deputy to the General Court in 1654, and again in 1697-8. the Griswold family of Lyme is believed to be descended from the ancient heraldic family of Greswolds, in Warwickshire, and entitled to use the same arms. Matthew died in 1698 and was buried at Saybrook. His wife did about 1701. [1]
  Birth	1620	Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Dec 1698  [4]
  Person ID	I26397	Main Tree
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	George GRISWOLD,   b. Solihull, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	? UNKNOWN
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F01670	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna WOLCOTT,   b. 1620   d. Jan 1700 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1646  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Elizabeth GRISWOLD,   b. Abt 1652   d. Jul 1727 (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Matthew GRISWOLD,   b. 03 Nov 1653, East Saybrook, Connecticut d. 15 Jan 1716 (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F03650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Dec 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1620 - Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12076] Charles S. Hall, HALL Ancestry A Series of Sketches of the Lineal Ancestors of the children of Samuel Holden Parsons Hall and his wife Emeline Bulkeley. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S12069] Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy The Family of Henry Wolcott One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut. [S00059] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. I, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;).