Lt. Matthew Griswold

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

1. Elizabeth Griswold was born in 1640 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died in East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A..
2. Matthew Griswold was born in 1653 in East Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
3. Anna Griswold was born about 1656.
4. Sarah Griswold was born in Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
5. John Griswold