Lt. Matthew Griswold

1620 - 1698  (78 years)

• Name	Matthew Griswold
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1620	Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England   [1]
  Immigration	30 May 1630 (Age 10)  [1]
  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 (Age 25)	Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  Matthew obtained land which was added to for the rest of his life.
  Occupation	say 1650 (Age 30)
  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.
  Death	21 Sep 1698	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1]
  Burial	Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut   [1]
  Person ID	I1612	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	George Griswold   d. Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
  Family ID	F1382	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Wolcott,   b. 1620, Tolland, Somersetshire, England d. 1677, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1646	Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years and 10 months - She : ~ 26 years and 10 months.
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Griswold,   b. 1640, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut d. East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut   2. Matthew Griswold,   b. 1653, East Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut   3. Anna Griswold,   b. Abt 1656   4. Sarah Griswold,   b. Lyme, New London County, Connecticut   5. John Griswold
  Family ID	F932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1620 - Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England Child - Elizabeth Griswold - 1640 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Land/House - 1645 - Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut Marriage - 16 Oct 1646 - Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Child - Matthew Griswold - 1653 - East Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut Death - 21 Sep 1698 - Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut Burial - - Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S241] Griggs, Dan. McNall Genealogy, (manuscript, 2003). [S1229] Wolcott, Frederick. "Genealogies - The Wolcott Family", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume I, July 1847). [S705] Keatley, Vivien Bulloch. The Cooley Genealogy, the Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1941).