John Griswold

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• Immigration: 30 May 1630; Matthew came over with his half-brother, Edward. He settled in Windsor first, but soon after he became an agent for Lord Fenwick and removed to Saybrook, Connecticut.
• History: say 1640; He was said to have had a powerful build but to have been exceedingly kind and gentle.
• Land/House: 1645, Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut; Matthew obtained land which was added to for the rest of his life.
• Occupation: say 1650; While he was trained as a lawyer, he worked as a mason, furnishing many of the local gravestones.
• History: 1665; Matthew was the first settler of Old Lyme, which was set off from Saybrook in 1665 as East Saybrook.
• History: 1665; Matthew was the first settler of Old Lyme, which was set off from Saybrook in 1665 as East Saybrook.
• History: 1684; He was 66 years old in 1684.

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Matthew married Anna Wolcott on 16 Oct 1646 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. Anna (daughter of Henry Wolcott, Esq and Elizabeth Saunders) was born in 1620 in Tolland, Somersetshire, England; was christened on 27 Jul 1628 in Whitechaple, London, England; died in 1677 in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1630; Henry and his family first settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Residence: Oct 1636, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Died:
Griggs (2003) give her death date as 19 November 1704.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1607, Tolland, Somersetshire, England
• Immigration: 1630, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Henry and his family first settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Residence: Oct 1636, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut
• Offices Held: 1643; He was elected to the House of Magistrates of Connecticut, and served for the rest of his life.

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Buried:
Here under lyeth the body of
Henry Wolcot
sometimes a
Maiestrate of this jvrisdiction
who died ye 30th day of
May Anno salutis 1655
Ætatis 73

Henry married Elizabeth Saunders on 19 Jan 1606 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Saunders) was christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Lydiard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England; died on 7 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut; was buried in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1607, Tolland, Somersetshire, England
• Immigration: 1630; Henry and his family first settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
• Residence: Oct 1636, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Died:
Parsons (1851) and Griggs (2003) give her death date as 17 July 1655.

Buried:
Here under lyeth the body of
Elizabeth Wolcot
who died
ye 17 day of July
Anno salutis 1655
Ætatis 73

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 9 Feb 1571, Tolland, Somersetshire, England; He is mentioned in his father's will.
• Will: 10 Nov 1623, Tolland, Somersetshire, England; She mentions his wife, Joan, and his children: Christopher and Henry.

John married Joan Cross on 9 Feb 1578/79 in Bishops Lydeard, Somersetshire, England. Joan was born in England; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]