Matthew GRISWOLD

Matthew married Phebe HYDE on 21 May 1683. Phebe (daughter of Samuel HYDE and Jane LEE) was born in Jan 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Nov 1704 in Lyme, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Phebe GRISWOLD was born on 15 Aug 1684 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died in 1702.
2. Elizabeth GRISWOLD was born on 19 Nov 1685 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died in 1704.
3. Sarah GRISWOLD was born on 19 Mar 1687 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 04 Jan 1760.
4. Matthew GRISWOLD was born on 15 Sep 1688 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died in 1712.
5. John GRISWOLD was born on 22 Dec 1690 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 29 Sep 1764 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
6. George GRISWOLD was born on 13 Aug 1692 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 14 Oct 1761.
7. Mary GRISWOLD was born on 22 Apr 1694 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 21 Feb 1776.
8. Deborah GRISWOLD was born in 1696 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 24 Dec 1731.
9. Samuel GRISWOLD was born in 1699 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 10 Jan 1728.
10. Thomas GRISWOLD was born in 1701 in Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut; died on 27 Jun 1716.
11. Patience GRISWOLD was born about 1702 in Lynn, Connecticut; died on 08 Nov 1776; was buried in Old Lyme Cemetery.

Matthew married Mary DE WOLF on 30 May 1705. Mary (daughter of Balthasar DE WOLF and Alice ?) was born about 1656; died on 27 Oct 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

Matthew married Anna WOLCOTT on 16 Oct 1646. Anna (daughter of Henry WOLCOTT, Sr. and Elizabeth SAUNDERS) was born in 1620; died in Jan 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact: Daughter of Henry Wolcott of Windsor, Conn.

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"Families of Early Guilford Connecticut": Five brothers, born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, four came to America. They are Thomas, of Kenilworth, England - Esquire; Edward, born 1607 of Windsor and Killingworth, Conn; Francis, Cambridge, Mass.; Michael of Wethersfield, Conn.; and Matthew of Windsor and Lyme,. Conn.

George married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of John Wolcott of Tolland near Taunton, Somersetshire, England

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By the decease of his elder brother, Christopher, in 1639, he inherited the family estate including the manor house Galdon Hall, but this occurred after his removal to America. The earlier part of his life was spent in the ordinary pursuits of a country gentleman, but becoming converted to Puritanism, he, like hundreds of others, sought refuge in America. Although past 52 years of age at the time and with a family of young children, he joined the part of Maverick and Warham, which emigrated in 1630. it is said he had visited New England two years earlier and returned for his family. He took with him his wife and three sons, leaving behind two daughters and the youngest son, aged 5. On October 19th of this same year, his name appears in a list of those desiring to be made Freemen of Boston and he was sworn May 14, 1634. May 14, 1634, the General Court of Massachusetts granted him and two others liberty "to looke out fiermes for themselves," etc. He first settled at Dorchester, but in 1636 left that place with Warham's party to found Windsor. In February, 1637-8 he was appointed collector of the Rates for Windsor and April 11, 1639, he was one of the so-called Committee of the General Court. At the court of Election held april 13, 1643, he became a magistrate or Assistant, to which office he was annually chosen until his death. After the pastor, he was the most important citizen of Windsor. he is one of the twelve whom Trumbull calls the civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut. It has been said that he inherited a considerable estate in England, but these accounts have doubtless been exaggerated. At his death, his property was inventoried at L764-8-10. In the ancient "Family Chronologie," it is recorded of him and his wife, "these both dyed in hops and Ly buried under one tomb in Windsor." (N.E. reg., 9 p. 338; Ibid., 5, pp. 463-4; Stiles' Ancient Windsor, 2, p. 799; N.E. Reg., I, p. 251; Address by the Rev. Peter Clark Wolcott, Aug. 1911, before the Society of the Descendants of Henry Wolcott.)

Henry married Elizabeth SAUNDERS on 19 Jan 1606. Elizabeth was christened on 20 Dec 1584; died on 7 Jul 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of Thomas Saunders of Lydiard, St. Lawrence Somersetshire, England

John married ? UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]