Arrived in New England in 1639 and settled in Windsor. Then in 1664 to Killingworth, CT, first called Kenilworth, and now named Clinton. First delegate to the General Court. Justice of the peace in Windsor. First Deacon of the church.
"Mr. Edward Griswold came to America at the time of the second visit of Mr. George Fenwick, at which date, also, came a large number of new settlers to the Conn. settlement. It was at a time when many of the gentry of England and wealthy persons connected with the Warwick Patent were intending removal hither; but the breaking out of the Scotch Rebellion compelled King Charles to call a Parliament, and they stayed at home to carry on their struggle with the King and Archbishop Laud. Mr. Griswold undoubtedly came in the interest of some of these patentees. He was attorney for Mr. St. Nicholas of Warwickshire, who had a house built in Windsor, and also a tract of land 'impaled' (fenced), as had Sir Richard Saltonstall. The Rev. Ephraim Huit, who came also, in 1639, was from the same parish, as, also, the Wyllys family, who settled in Hartford."
In 1630 Edward first married Margaret [Griswold], in Kenilworth. Born in 1610 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Eng. Margaret died on 23 Aug 1670 in Clinton, Middlesex, CT. Buried in Cong. graveyard, Clinton, CT.
About 17 August 1639, Rev. Ephraim Huit arrived in Windsor, Connecticut with his company, where he assisted Rev. John Warham. Rev. Huit had been pastor at Knowle and Wroxall, Warwickshire, England -- Wroxall being a part of Kenilworth parish. He was a religious writer and he was censured by the Bishop of Worcester, which, no doubt, was the main cause for organizing his company and for his removal to England. Edward Griwold and his half-brother Matthew were members of this company.
Edward seems to have been an intellectual type and he became prominent in the affairs of the new community at Windsor, and was frequently mentioned in colonial records. He served as deputy to the General Court 18 August 1658 through 14 March 1660, and 15 May 1662 through 11 March 1663. In 1659 he built the Old Fort at Springfield for Mr. Pynchon. He was granted land at Poquonoc Plain but did not remove there until the title of the Indians living there had expired in 1642. He was resident there with two other familes of John Bartlett and Thomas Holcomb, in 1649. His home stood near the highway at the top of the hill and had 29 1/2 acres bounded mostly south and west by Stony Brook and east by the Connecticut River. His sons George and Joseph inherited the homestead.
In 1663, with his son John, Edward removed to Hammonassett, later called Killingworth. The present Clinton, Connecticut, is the original Killingworth, and Main Street is the identical ground where the first settlers took their home lots. These were surveyed in 1663 by Byron Rossiter of Guilford. Edward was one of the first settlers and doubtless suggested the name from Kenilworth Parish in England, and was the most prominent man in the new settlement, given much credit for first organizing this community. He was its first deputy to the General Court.
Edward Griswold, Samuel Beull, and Jonas Westover, were among the first planters of the settlement, and in 1669 were recorded as freemen.
Edward was instrumental in organizing the first church and was its first deacon. He frequently served on important civil matters, and his services, counsel and guidance were much sought after. He 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, Connecticut, show land grants in favor of Edward; one of 200 acres, and another of 100 acres given by the town of Killingworth; he was a large landholder showing the spirit of those English settlers to accumulate large land holdings.
Margaret died 23 August 1670 and is buried in the Congregational Cemetery at Clinton, Connecticut. Her gravestone marked "M.G. 1670" is the oldest monument. For many years, it has been debated as to whether her mother was a descendant of Edward Winslow, but there seems to be no sure proof yet.
Edward married second in 1673, Sarah Bemis, widow of James Bemis, constable of New London, who died in 1665. She was the daughter of John Dimond and Rebecca Bemis.
Edward died in his 84th year, his burial place being unknown, except it may be the vacant space next to that of Margaret.Sources: SLLawson; The Griswold Family, England - America, Griswold, Glenn E. -1935; History of Norwich, Connecticut .. to the Year 1866, Calkins, Frances Manwaring - 1866; Genealogy of the Crane Family, Crane, Ellery Biicknell - 1900; Tolland and Windham CT Biographies - 1903; Saybrook CT Vital Records; Norwich CT Vital Records; Commemorative Record of New Haven County Connecticut - 1902
Margaret's gravestone, inscribed 'M. G. 1670' is the oldest monument in the Cong. graveyard, Clinton (formerly Killingworth), CT.
"Sir Paul Tracy, Bart., eventually came into possession of the manor of Stanway. He was created a baronet, 29 June, 1611, by King James I, being the thirteenth created from the institution of the order. He m. (I) Anna, daughter and heiress of Raffe (Ralph) Sharkerly of Ayne-On-the-Hill, county of North Hampton, by Alice, daughter and heiress of Hugh Radcliffe. This wife died in 1615." He had twentyone children by his first marriage.
He died in 1626 and was succeeded by his son (Tracy Gen., 1898, p19).Source: "Americans of Royal Descent: Pedigree No 86 with lineage of Hannah H. Tracy, b. July, 1677, who m. Thomas Davison, 28 Nov, 1695, and note."
Four of Matthew's children - Michael, William, George, and John - came from Yorkshire to New England in 1635. Michael had no children, but the other three left descendents. [Robert Charles Anderson, "The wifes of Michael Barstow and Richard Carver of Watertown, Massachusetts and the identity of the wives of William Randall of Scituate and William Perry of Marshfield," N.E.H.G.R., 146, (1992), 230-234.]
He was a farmer at Harrington.
He married (1st) MARCELLA RAMSDELL, b. at Harrington 1863, diede there 12 June 1883.
Married (2nd) 1884 HATTIE C. SMALL, born in July 1855, d. 1910+, of Cherryfield.
He was a farmer at Harrington.
He married (1st) MARCELLA RAMSDELL, b. at Harrington 1863, diede there 12 June 1883.
Married (2nd) 1884 HATTIE C. SMALL, born in July 1855, d. 1910+, of Cherryfield.
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