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1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, pp. 52-55:
"COSSART, COSART, COSSAIRT, CASSAIRT, COSSAART, COESART, COSAT, COSSATT, KOSSART, COZAT, COZATT, CASSAT, CASSATT, COZART, ETC.
155. Johannis Cossart, son of David Cossart (9). baptised at New York City November 6, 1711. Peter and Rebecka Jacobse appeared as witnesses. As we find no further mention of him either in his father's will or elsewhere, it is supposed that he must have died in childhood.
156. Eleanor Cossart, daughter of David Cossart (9), baptised at New York City December 7, 1712. She was living but not married at the time of her father's will was made. We find no further trace of her.
158. Jannetie (Jane) Cossart, daughter of David Cossart (9), baptised at New York City, May 15, 1715. Living but not married in 1716 when her father's will was made. We find no further record of her.
159. Aefje (Eva, Effie) Cossart, daughter of David Cossart (9), bapttsed at New York City, September 23, 1719. She was 17 when her father's will was made. She was unmarried at this time. We find no further trace of her."

2. Zabriskie, George Olin, "The Jan Cornelisen Van Hoorn/Van Horne Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 3 (July 1970), pp. 170, 175-176:
"Styntje Joris Van Hoorn, daughter of Joris Jansen Van Hoorn . . . by his wife Maria Rutgers, was born in New York and baptized there in the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1677, witnesses: Mr. Evert Pieterszen Keteltas and Anna Maria _____ (second husband of child's paternal grandmother and an aunt by marriage). In the census of the North Ward taken about 1703 her husband is given as David Hoesaert, household consisting of one male and one female adult, two male children and one female. The family later moved to Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, where on 6 Nov. 1759, Styntje Cussaar witnessed a will. On 11 Oct. (banns 18 Sept.) 1696 in the New York Dutch Reformed Church, Styntje married David Cossart, born in Flushing, Long Island, baptized 18 June 1671 in the New York Reformed Church, son of Jacques Cousseau and Lydia Willems. The will of David Cosort of Somerset County, N.J., was dated 10 June 1736, proved 13 Jan. 1740 (NJW 2:114), and the inventory of the late David Casaar of Bound Brook was recorded 1 July 1741. The will mentions wife Staintiah, son George, Jacob deceased, David and Francis, daughters Leah dec'd, Mary Williamson, Susannah Canine, Elenor, Jane and Eve; grandchildren: Hendrick Harpending, son of dec'd daughter Leah, and three children, not named, of dec'd son Jacob and their mother Williamtiah.
Children: baptized New York Reformed Church
i. Leah, bapt. 21 July 1697, witnesses: Jacobus Goelet and Lidia Deniso (child's paternal grandmother and uncle by marriage); m. Johannes Harpending.
ii. Joris/George, bapt. 19 Nov. 1699, witnesses: Charel de Niso and Maria Ruthtgers (child's maternal grandmother and second husband of paternal grandmother); perhaps m. Elizabeth Hoagland.
iii. Jacob, bapt. 28 Jan. 1702, witnesses: Jan Van Hoorn and Jannetje Cosaer, wife of Jacobus Goelet (child's maternal uncle and paternal aunt): m. Willempje Kenney.
iv. David, bapt. 23 April 1704, witnesses: Willem Bogert and Hillegond Joris (child's maternal aunt and her husband).
v. Maria, bapt. 3 July 1706, witnesses: Enoch Michielse and Magdalena Van Hoorn (child's uncle by marriage and aunt by marriage); m. Peter Williamson.
vi. Susanna, bapt. 10 April 1709, witnesses: Ruthgert Jorisse V. Hoorn and Neeltje Vegte, his wife (child's uncle and his wife); m. Richard Conine.
vii. Johannes, bapt. 11 Nov. 1711; probably d.y.
viii. Neeltje/Eleanor, bapt. 7 Dec. 1712, witnesses: Frans Goelet and Neeltje Onkelbag (cousin of child's father); m. John Grant.
ix. Jannetje, bapt. 15 May 1715, witnesses: Jan Goelet and Lea Cosaar (child's sister).
x. Francis, bapt. 21 July 1717; m. Margaret Van Ness.
xi. Aefje/Eve, bapt. 23 Sept. 1719, witnesses: Adrian Bogert and Maria Montanje, his wife (child's cousin and his wife)."

3. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936:
"COSSART, COSART, COSSAIRT, CASSAIRT, COSSAART, COESART, COSAT, COSSATT, KOSSART, COZAT, COZATT, CASSAT, CASSATT, COZART, ETC.
9. David Cossart, the second son of Jacques Cossart (3) and Lydia Willems, immigrants, born in New York City, June 18, 1671, and died at or near Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, about 1740, aged about 69 years.
David married at the age of 24 years on October 11, 1696 at the Dutch Reformed Church in New York City to Styntje Joris Van Horne, the daughter of the immigrant Joris Janses Van Horne and his wife Maria Rutgers of Flushing, Long Island. David was the last of the immigrant's children to marry, his younger brother Anthony (10) having married only two months previously.
The births of all the children of David and Styntje are recorded in the list of the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City where both parents were members. This church still exists, but under the name of "Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas", now located on 5th Avenue at the corner of 48th street. A bronze plaque on the front of the building facing on 5th Avenue reads: "Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of the City of New York. Originated under Peter Minuet, Director General of the New Netherlands, A.D. 1628. Chartered by William the III, King of England. This building was erected A.D. 1872." The original church building of this denomination was located on lower Broadway in the near vicinity of the Bowling Green.
David was a stone mason and engaged in the building and contracting trade in which he became quite wealthy for that period. The New York City tax records show that he was a property owner in both the north and south wards of the city, where he purchased and deeded property. This property was located in what is now the downtown business district of Manhattan, in the vicinity of where New York City's sky-line now begins.
Records also show that during the time David was living in New York City, he purchased lands extensively between the years of 1700 and 1728 at and in the near vicinity of what is now Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey.
As early as 1700, or before that time, the lands of Rudyard, with 877 acres adjoining it, belonged to John Royce, were purchased by a company consisting of David Cossart, Samuel Thompson and Jacob de Groot, David Cossart's house stood near the corner of now East and East Main Streets, Bound Brook, N.J. His house stood until 1881 when it was destroyed by a fire that consumed several old land marks of that time. On this very same site now stands (1936) what was once the "Mansion House", later changed to the "Bound Brook Hotel", and which name has recently been changed to the "Greenbrook Tavern". David sold 300 acres to Ebenezer Trimbly, which was inherited by his son Peter, who died May 20, 1797, and left to his daughters, one of whom married Teunis Ten Eyck, and the other to Colonel Staats. In the year 1700, the 1,171 acres of the original properties were purchased by this same company of men. By 1720 Hendrick Harpending, Louis and Moses Louzanda had also become purchasers of parts of this original tract, and subsequently, in 1746, Peter Williamson, James Hude Esq., Anthony Blackford, Bartholmew Kelso, Charles McEvers, Thomas Ervine, Joseph Stansbury, David Cossart (son of David 9), occupied parts and parcels belonging to it.
In front of the "Green Brook Tavern" on East Main Street, Bound Brook is the Battle Monument, a huge stone with a bronze plaque on it reading: "Bound Brook Battle Monument, this stone marks the site of the Battle of Bound Brook, fought April 13, 1777 between 500 American soldiers under Benjamin Lincoln and 4,000 British troops under Lord Cornwallis". During the battle the American cannon were located at this point.
The Hoogland Family in America, pp. 26 and 27 has the following newspaper article which appeared in the newspapers of 1712:
"New York, April 1712 - Some Corminton Negro slaves to the number of 25 or 30 and 2 or 3 Spanish Indians, having conspired to murder all Christians here, and by that means thinking to obtain their freedom, about 2 o'clock in the morning put their bloody design into execution and setting fire to a house they stood prepared with arms to kill everybody that approached to put out, and accordingly murdered the following persons that were running to the fire, Viz., Adrian Hoogland, Adrian Beekman, son of Geradus, merchant (stabbed on coming out of his door and died in the arms of his wife); Lieutenant Corbet, August Grasset, William Echt, Marschalk Jr., Braiser Jr., and Johannes Low.
These were also wounded, Lawrence Read, merchant, Hendrick Hoogland Jr., Johannes de Honneue, John Thorp, Thomas Stersent, George Ellsworth Jr., and DAVID COESART, the first and the last 'tis feared mortally. Upon which the town was soon alarmed which occasioned the murders fleeing into the woods, where several parties are out after them. Also -
"April 14, 1712. We have 70 negroes in custody. Six of these have been their own executors by shooting and cutting their own throats, One was burnt, another broke upon the wheel, and the third hung up alive, and nine more to be executed tomorrow".
Sometime after this incident David Cossart retired with his family to his estates at and near Bound Brook, New Jersey. The exact date of his coming to Bound Brook is unknown to the writer, but the Somerset County Historical Quarterly says: "About 1719 David Cosart came over from New York and purchased considerable property along the Raritan at or near Bound Brook
In an old church list of "The Church of the River and Lawrence Brook", dated 1717 appears the name among others that of "David Cussart", Later this same church became known as "Three Mile Run", and was located in the vicinity of what is now New Brunswick, N. J.
Published in the "First Things in old Somerset", 1899, page 15, by the Rev. A. Messler, D.D. appears: "North-east of Bound Brook and between the mountains, David Cosart, Daniel Hollinshead, the heirs of Anthony Sharp and others had in possession large tracts."
The "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey", 1881, page 651, by Snell, mentions: "The tract (No. 107, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Bround Brook - 100 acres) east of the 1000 acre lot of Cordington's Now. 32 was surveyed to David Cussart, May 23, 1729. This lot also extended to the mountains on the north, east to Green Brook, and south to the "Proprietors Lott", afterwards Rudyards. The changes of titles to those lots or tracts are too numerous to mention".
The Rev. T. E. Davis in his "First Houses of Bound Brook (1893) makes mention: "The Cossart House stood on the present site of the Mansion House. It was built in 1700 by George Cussart (David Cossart), who owned all the land between Bound Brook and Mountain Avenue, fronting on the Raritan River. George Cussart (David Cossart) died about 1740, and David Cossart, probably his son, came into possession of the property. During the Revolution the Cossart House was used as a Hotel. It was known as the "Washington Hotel", from a large swinging sign in front of it, on which was painted a portrait of Washington on horseback. Peter Staats was the landlord. He was a brother of Colonel John Staats, of Revolutionary fame, and like him was a true friend to the cause of American liberty. More than one Tory who dared to uphold the British came in the presence of Peter Staats, felt the power that lay in the strong patriot's arm. As a result of his loyalty he suffered very much from the depredations of the British soldiers. When Colonel Semico with the Queens Rangers, a band of native Americans who had enlisted in the army of Great Britain, passed through Bound Brook on the memorable raid of October 26, 1777, they stopped at the Hotel and robbed it of everything valuable which they could carry with them. After many changes and improvements the old Cossart House was entirely destroyed by the great fire of 1881."
Mr. Alfred R. justice, genealogist, for the late Edward Buchanan Cassatt of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, says: "The social status of David Cossart is indicated by his will in which he is called "Gentleman", and which makes it quite certain that his father Jacques Cossart (3) belonged to a manorial family."
THE WILL OF DAVID COSSART. (The following was copied from the Original will of David Cossart by Mrs. Anna M. North, Genealogist. The original will is in Somerset Box 1712-1741 and recorded in Liber C, folio 387 in the Office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey).
"In the name of God. Amen.
The tenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, I, David Cosort of the County of Summer Set in the province of East Jersey, Gentleman, Being very weak in Body, But of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore, Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body, and the knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my Body, I recommend it to the Earth, to be Buried in a Christianlike and decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching worldy Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
IMPRIMIS
It is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied.
Item:Staintiah Cosort my Dearly Beloved Wife, all my whole Estate and all my movables As Long as She Continueath my widow, Excepting a Silver Baker and a Silver Ringed Kain.
It She marieth to another man or when She is Dead, my whole Estate Shall be devised as follows Att the Experation of one year and Six weeks.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my beloved son George Cosort att the Decease of my Body, one Silver Baker and my Silver Ringed Kain which is affore Excepted out of my Estate, likewise all my lands to him and to my son David - Excepting one hundred and ten acres which lyeth at the Back part of my land and one hundred acres of wood land. But my son George must have that half which my house and Barn And Orchard Standeth on and my son David the other half which Lyeth next to Jacob Decrotes.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my son Francis one hundred acres of Upland and ten acres of the back part of my mowing meadow which is affore Excepted and a Dutch Bible, and as far as the hundred acres of wood land It must be Divided Equilly Between George and David and Franics, and when my three sons Inherit their lands they must be an Equill Share in Building a house for David on his land, and as high and as wide and as Long as the house that now Standeth on the hundred and ten acres which is affore willed to Francis, there must a Chimney Built in the house of Brick and a Division wall of Brick Between the house and the Canter and all the floors of the house must be Laid with Boards.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto Mary Williamson my Daughter fifty pounds which must be paid thus by my son George, that is to say, twentyfive pounds at the Expiration of one year after the Lands is divided and twenty-five pounds more at ye end of another year. ..
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Susannah Canine fifty pounds which must be paid by my son George as thus - that is to say twentyfive pounds at the end of one year after the Land is Divided and twentyfive pounds more at ye end of another year.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elener fifty fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David after ye same manner afore sd.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Jane fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David in Like Manner.
Item: I give and Bequeath u nto my Daughter Eve fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David in Like Manner.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto hendrick harperding Son of my Daughter Leah Deceased fifty pounds which must be paid by my son Francis after the same manner as afore mentioned And when my Lands is Divided Between my three sons I do order household goods and moveables be sold at the Best advantage and one hundred pounds to be put at use for the three children of my son Jacob Deceased and as long as Williamtiah his former wife Continueth his widow She must have the Interest of the hundred pound and no longer and the Remainder of my moveables must be Divided Equilly Between my three sons and Six Daughters and if my Lands is taken away att any time after my Decease or after the Decease of my wife, the payments must not be made by my sons which is afore mentioned. And if payment or any part of payment Be made Before the Lands is taken away they must Return it Back to my sons again the afore said payment in money att Eight Shillings per ounce, Likewise I do hereby ordain Peter Williamson and my son David to be my only and sole Executors of this my last will and testament all and Singular the Lands Messuages and tenements to my sons their heirs and assigns for Ever and I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and Disannull ann & Every other former testament wills, Legacies and Executeds By me in any ways Before thistime named, willed and Bequeathed Rattifieing and confirming this and no other, to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written---"
DAVID COSORT (his X mark) (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed, Published Pronounced and Declared by the said David Cosort att his Last will and testament in the Presence of us the Subscribers Viz.
Marius Glanvill
John Riggs
Johannes (his X mark) hogland.
"Be it remembered that on the thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty, Marius Glanvill one of the witnesses to the within will personally appears before me Thomas Barton duly authorized to prove wills &c in the Eastern Division of New Jersey and being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did Depose that he was present and saw David Cosort the Testator within named Sign and Seal the within written Instrument and hear him publish pronounce and Declare the same to be his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof the said testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and as he believes that at the same time John Riggs and Johannes Hogland Signed as witnesses together with him in the Testators presence."
Thos. Barton.
"Be it also Rembered that at the same time Peter Williamson and David Cosort the Executors in the within will named personally appeared before me and were sworn to the due Execution and performance hereof according to law.
Thos. Barton.
"Be it remembered that on the Twentyth day of february in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and forty Johannes Hogland one of the witnesses to the within will personally appeared before me John Barton duely authorized to prove wills &c in the Eastern Division of New Jersey &c being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of the Almighty God did depose that he was present and saw David Cosort within named sign and seal the within written testament and heard him publish, pronounce & declare the same to be his Last will & Testament & that at the Doing thereof the said Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge & belief & that at the same time John Riggs & Marius Glanville Signed as witnesses together with him in the Testators presence.
John Barton."
Inventory of estate was made July 1, 1741, by Jacob De Groot and William Olden; consisting of the "Bown Broak" farm, and personal estate of 137, 10 s. 6 d. See New Jersey Archives 1st Series, volume xxx.
The burial place of David and Styntje are unknown to the writer, but it is believed that they are both buried in the old Presbyterian graveyard in Bound Brook, where other members of the Cossart family are buried, or somewhere in the near vicinity. However, the early burial places were usually small plats of ground on the different farms, most of which have been neglected and uncared for, where, in days gone by, many were buried, cultivation has encroached upon their borders year by year, as the ruthless hands of time has leveled the little mounds over the sleepers, and the humble slab that marked the spot has fallen prone to the ground.
The births of eleven of the children of David and Styntje are recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City as follows:
CHILDREN:
149. Leah Cossart, baptised July 21, 1697.
150. Joris (or George) Cossart, born August 19, 1699.
151. Jacob Cossart, born January 28, 1702.
152. David Cossart Jr., born April 25, 1704.
153. Maria Cossart, born July 3, 1706.
154. Susannah Cossart, born April 10, 1709.
155. Johannes (or John) Cossart, born November 6, 1711.
156. Elenor Cossart, born December 7, 1712.
157. Frans (or Francis) Cossart, born Ca. 1713, baptised July 21, 171[ ]
158. Jannetje (or Jane) Cossart, born May 15, 1715.
159. Aefje (Eve) Cossart, born September 23, 1719." 		Cossart, Jannetje (I1168)
 
2752 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, pp. 52-55:
"COSSART, COSART, COSSAIRT, CASSAIRT, COSSAART, COESART, COSAT, COSSATT, KOSSART, COZAT, COZATT, CASSAT, CASSATT, COZART, ETC.
157. Francis Cossart, son of David Cossart (9), baptised at the Dutch Church, New York City, July 21, 1717. Witnesses to his baptism were his uncle and aunt, Jacob Goelet and Catherine Boele.
It will be seen that Francis became of age in or about 1738 and evidently married about this time as his eldest child Madalena we find was baptised at the Raritan Dutch Church October 17, 1740. His wife Margaret Van Nest was baptised at this same church October 14, 1719, she being the daughter of Peter Van Nest and his wife (second) Catharine Jans. David Cossart (9) father of Francis had now been dead less than a year when Madelena was born. About a month later we find Francis and Margaret sold the following described tract of land in Middlesex County: "Francis Cosart and wife Margaret of Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, yeoman, to Johnathan Dunn of Elizabethtown, Essex County - Plantation of 162 acres which Cosart bought of Peter Williamson and Williamson bought of Even Drummond and James Alexamder Esqrs., May 17, 1736 it being in Piscataway Township." See Volume E2, page 479, New Jersey Deeds, Trenton, N.J.
The foregoing deed indicates that Francis and Margaret must have been housekeeping in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County where their first child was born. In the proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society (1894) 2nd Series, Volume 13, pp. 89-94; Freeholders of Middlesex County, Piscataway Township (1750) the list contains the name of Francis Cosart. Ibid 3rd Series (1896) Volume 1, pp. 105-109. Piscataway Township in Middlesex County adjoins Bridgewater Township in Somerset County and Francis owned property lying on both sides of the line. Green Brook a very small stream separates these counties on the property that was owned by Francis.
Freeholders of Middlesex County, Piscataway Township, December 14, 1752, the list again contains the name of Francis Cosart. The History of Somerset County on page 660 shows that on March 17, 1750 Francis Cosart was elected assessor for Bridgewater Township (wherein Bound Brook and Raritan, now Summerville, are located). In 1915 the late O.L. Cozad says: "Mr. Van Doren Honeyman of Plainfield, who is the present Secretary of the New Jersey Historical Society and also the editor of the Somerset Historical Quarterly, informs me that he has in his possession a Somerset County Record which shows that on May 23, 1729 David Cosart (9) purchased a 100 acre tract of land lying north-west of Bound Brook. Reference to the New Jersey Map will show that the Somerset-Middlesex County line runs almost due north-west from Bound Brook to Fairfield. My supposition is that this 100 acre tract purchased by David in 1729 must have lain on both sides of the Somerset-Middlesex County line, and that it was this same 100 acres that was devised to his son Francis (see David's will)." If this hypothesis be correct and Francis built his residence on the Bridgewater Township line while part of his land extended across the line into Piscataway Township, he could in that case be elligible to election as an Assessor in Bridgewater Township, Somerset County at the same time to listed as a Freeholder or land owner in Piscataway Township, Middlesex County. As the baptismal records of all the children of Francis and Margaret are found in the Raritan church it indicates that they remained in the vicinity of Bound Brook up until about 1764 or 1765 when they in company with other Somerset and Bergen County families set out for the Connewago Valley in what was then York (now Adams) County, Pennsylvania.
The New York Military records show that a Francis Cossart served in Captain McMaster's Company, Colonel Fisher's Regiment, New York State Troops. Many have thought that this referes to Francis then living in the Conewago Pennsylvania settlement, but he is said to have been a man of such abnormal size (being so large, it is said, that his three sons after they were grown to manhood, and large men, could be standing closely together, button their father's vest around them). I can hardly conceive of a man of this size campaigning over the New York hills with an army. The further fact that he was a member of the York County, Pennsylvania, Committee of Correspondence during the Revolutionary War is further evidence that he is not the Francis referred to on the New York records. I think the New York soldier was his nephew, Francis (174), son of David (152).
The history of the large colony which went out from New Jersey between the years of 1764 and 1775 to Conewago, York County, Pennsylvania, is quite as interesting as a romance. How many of the past or present generations of our family have ever heard of the name "Conewago" before? Or how many of those of the family now using the names of Cossairt, Cassat, Cassatt, Cozatt and Cosat (now widely scattered throughout the south, central states and west) know that it was in this Conewago Dutch church that their forefathers worshiped and that here their sons and daughters were baptised and later married. A church and colony which during the Revolutionary period from 1775 to 1780 numbered a population of about one thousand souls and yet in the year 1794 the population had been so depleted that the church ceased to exist and by the year 1817 only about five of the total number of 170 New Jersey families who had founded the colony, remained. The colony, the church, the name, all passed into oblivion for a century and it is only of recent years that its records and past history have been exhumed and revealed. Such is a brief outline of the colony which today numbers among its descendants some of the most noted men of the day and generation. Why so large a number of New Jersey families should suddenly go to this settlement 150 miles to the west, no one now living seems to know. The church was about the center of the new settlement, was attached to the Classis of New Brunswick, New Jersey. A copy of the plan of the church which is still in existence and indicates where each member of those good Dutch forefathers there sat on Sunday to hear the preaching. There was a high pulpit shaped like a wine glass. The Dutch, unlike the Germans and English neighbors, demanded warmth during their devotions and so they had in their church two large wood burning stoves. This church building was then located only a few hundred yards along the York road to the east of Guldens where the Hunterstown roads branches off from the main highway. The name Conewago, an Indian name of course, was taken from Conewago Creek to the north of the settlement. The church was built about 1768 or 1769, in the latter year its records begin. Cornelius Cosine conveyed the land for it (one acre) to Francis Cossart (157), David Van Duyn and David Demarest, trustees. Other officers of the church during its existence, seems to have been David Cossart (Cassat), sone of Francis, John Smock, Garret Van Arsdale, John Van Dyke, Henry Commingore, Isaac Van Arsdale, Luke Brinkerhoff, John Conover, Thomas Johnson and Ralph Brinkerhoff. The pastors of the church whose names appear on the records and some of whom came out from New Jersey from time to time, were Rev. J.M. Van Harlingen, Rev. John Leydt, Rev. F. R. Hardenbergh of New Jersey and Rev. Cornelius Cosine and Rev. George Crinkerhoff residents of the settlement.
The earliest deed of record at York, then the county seat, given in 1768 by a member of the Van Arsdale family, recites that the property conveyed then adjoined lands of Henry Banta, Francis Cosat (157), David Hunter, William Love and George Sebring.
Francis Cossart's land lay about two miles east of Hunterstown along the road leading to New Chester and some two miles north-west of the church.
The farms taken up by these settlers seem to have begun at a point 3 miles east of what is now Hunterstown and extended to within a few miles of Gettysburg. The public road used by these settlers in going to church they built in their community came to be known as the "Low Dutch Road", and is so known today on certain maps. It leaves the old York turnpike at a point a little to the south-west of where the church once stood and runs to what is known as Two Taverns south from Gettysburg, and it was along this road that many of the families settled, and it was on this road that the Confederate General "Zeb" Stewart's cavalry was moving on the 3rd day of July 1863 when the Union cavalry under the command of Generals Kirkpatrick and Gregg encountered them, however, the most severe fighting took place to the south-west of Gettysburg and not on the site of the Conewago Colony which was located to the east from there.
Francis Cossart was a man of great prominence and took a prominent part in the stirring events of the Revolutionary period. In 1775 he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence for York County, a member of the Provisional Assembly, and a member of the Convention that framed the first State Constitution in 1776 of which Dr. Benjamin Franklin was president. He was not present at the close of the labors of that body which met on July 15, 1776, from the fact that his services were required at home in assisting forward of the Militia to the ferseys. On the 2nd of May, 1777, he was appointed by the Pennsylvania Board of War, one of the Commissioners for York County, to collect blankets for use of the Continental troops. When a-new Committee of Safety and Observation was elected by a popular vote throughout the county, only men interested in protecting the rights of the Colonies were chosen. There were several members from each of the 26 townships, on this list of 82 names appears the name of Francis Cazart and Abraham Banta.
Deed, February 12, 1789 - Francis Cossart, of Straton Township, York County, to Jacob Cossart, of same. Recites whereas the Execution Council of the State of Pennsylvania, by three patents, one March 12, 1785, and the other two May 25, 1785, granted and confirmed to Francis Cossart following adjoining tracts situated in Straton called Frankfort, Barrenhill, and Indian Spring. Beginning at a white oak boundry line of Cornelius Van Arsdale's land and extending to lands of Henry Banta and along fames Dickson's land, 615 acres 43 perches, as recorded in Patent Book 2 in No. 4, page 23, the other in Book 4, page 226. In consideration of L 205. Confirms to said Jacob a part of said tract. Cornelius Van Arsdal's to Henry Banta, 333 acres 129 perches.
/signed/ Francis Cossaart. Witnesses present: Lawrence Monfort, Francis Cossart Jr.
Recorded in Deed Book 2 F, pages 16, 17 and 18.
In the same Book on page 19 is a transaction between Francis Cossart and his other son David on February 12, 1789. Refers to same patents, the consideration being L 252 for the balance of 615 acres consisting of 281 acres and 75 perches. Same witnesses.
In the old family bible of Francis the name is spelled "Cosar", while the maiden name of his wife is spelled "Van Ess".
Francis died sometime after 1789. By some it is claimed that he died near 1796. Descendants claim the he and Margaret are buried in the Lod Dutch graveyard located about 1 1/2 miles to the east of Hunterstown. The writer has visited this burying ground where he found the graves of two of his sons but there is no headstone to mark the resting place of either Francis or Margaret.
After their death their descendants adopted more different forms of spelling the family name than did the descendants of any other couple in America. Those remaining about York and Adams Counties took the name of Cassat and Cassatt, those going to Kentucky took the name of Cosatt, Cozatt, Cossairt, Cassairt, Cossat, Cassat, Cassatt and Cozart, etc. This change in the spelling of the family name did not take place until near the year 1800 when we find two of Francis Cossart's sons, viz., David and Jacob using the surname of Cassat. This name appears on their headstones.
CHILDREN:
178. Madelina Cossart, born in Somerset County, New Jersey, October 17, 1740, baptised at the Raritan Dutch church January 1, 1741. We assume that she died young as there is no further trace of her to be found.
179. David Cossart, born in Somerset County, New Jersey, April 11, 1743, baptised at the Raritan Dutch church June 5, 1743.
180. Peter Cossart, born in Somerset County,. New Jersey, April 30, 1746. Peter followed Daniel Boone to Kentucky where he was killed about 1781.
181. Jacob Cossart, born in Somerset County, New Jersey, April 21, 1751, baptised in Raritan Dutch church May 12, 1751.
182. Chrtsttnna Cossart, born in Somerset County, New Jersey, August 21, 1755, baptised at the Raritan Dutch Church September 7, 1755.
183. Elisabeth Cossart, born in Somerset County, New Jersey, August 29, 1758, baptised at the Raritan Dutch church November 26, 1758.

2. Zabriskie, George Olin, "The Jan Cornelisen Van Hoorn/Van Horne Family," The American Genealogist, Vol. 46, No. 3 (July 1970), pp. 170, 175-176:
"Styntje Joris Van Hoorn, daughter of Joris Jansen Van Hoorn . . . by his wife Maria Rutgers, was born in New York and baptized there in the Dutch Reformed Church on 9 May 1677, witnesses: Mr. Evert Pieterszen Keteltas and Anna Maria _____ (second husband of child's paternal grandmother and an aunt by marriage). In the census of the North Ward taken about 1703 her husband is given as David Hoesaert, household consisting of one male and one female adult, two male children and one female. The family later moved to Piscataway Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, where on 6 Nov. 1759, Styntje Cussaar witnessed a will. On 11 Oct. (banns 18 Sept.) 1696 in the New York Dutch Reformed Church, Styntje married David Cossart, born in Flushing, Long Island, baptized 18 June 1671 in the New York Reformed Church, son of Jacques Cousseau and Lydia Willems. The will of David Cosort of Somerset County, N.J., was dated 10 June 1736, proved 13 Jan. 1740 (NJW 2:114), and the inventory of the late David Casaar of Bound Brook was recorded 1 July 1741. The will mentions wife Staintiah, son George, Jacob deceased, David and Francis, daughters Leah dec'd, Mary Williamson, Susannah Canine, Elenor, Jane and Eve; grandchildren: Hendrick Harpending, son of dec'd daughter Leah, and three children, not named, of dec'd son Jacob and their mother Williamtiah.
Children: baptized New York Reformed Church
i. Leah, bapt. 21 July 1697, witnesses: Jacobus Goelet and Lidia Deniso (child's paternal grandmother and uncle by marriage); m. Johannes Harpending.
ii. Joris/George, bapt. 19 Nov. 1699, witnesses: Charel de Niso and Maria Ruthtgers (child's maternal grandmother and second husband of paternal grandmother); perhaps m. Elizabeth Hoagland.
iii. Jacob, bapt. 28 Jan. 1702, witnesses: Jan Van Hoorn and Jannetje Cosaer, wife of Jacobus Goelet (child's maternal uncle and paternal aunt): m. Willempje Kenney.
iv. David, bapt. 23 April 1704, witnesses: Willem Bogert and Hillegond Joris (child's maternal aunt and her husband).
v. Maria, bapt. 3 July 1706, witnesses: Enoch Michielse and Magdalena Van Hoorn (child's uncle by marriage and aunt by marriage); m. Peter Williamson.
vi. Susanna, bapt. 10 April 1709, witnesses: Ruthgert Jorisse V. Hoorn and Neeltje Vegte, his wife (child's uncle and his wife); m. Richard Conine.
vii. Johannes, bapt. 11 Nov. 1711; probably d.y.
viii. Neeltje/Eleanor, bapt. 7 Dec. 1712, witnesses: Frans Goelet and Neeltje Onkelbag (cousin of child's father); m. John Grant.
ix. Jannetje, bapt. 15 May 1715, witnesses: Jan Goelet and Lea Cosaar (child's sister).
x. Francis, bapt. 21 July 1717; m. Margaret Van Ness.
xi. Aefje/Eve, bapt. 23 Sept. 1719, witnesses: Adrian Bogert and Maria Montanje, his wife (child's cousin and his wife)."

3. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936:
"COSSART, COSART, COSSAIRT, CASSAIRT, COSSAART, COESART, COSAT, COSSATT, KOSSART, COZAT, COZATT, CASSAT, CASSATT, COZART, ETC.
9. David Cossart, the second son of Jacques Cossart (3) and Lydia Willems, immigrants, born in New York City, June 18, 1671, and died at or near Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey, about 1740, aged about 69 years.
David married at the age of 24 years on October 11, 1696 at the Dutch Reformed Church in New York City to Styntje Joris Van Horne, the daughter of the immigrant Joris Janses Van Horne and his wife Maria Rutgers of Flushing, Long Island. David was the last of the immigrant's children to marry, his younger brother Anthony (10) having married only two months previously.
The births of all the children of David and Styntje are recorded in the list of the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City where both parents were members. This church still exists, but under the name of "Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas", now located on 5th Avenue at the corner of 48th street. A bronze plaque on the front of the building facing on 5th Avenue reads: "Reformed Protestand Dutch Church of the City of New York. Originated under Peter Minuet, Director General of the New Netherlands, A.D. 1628. Chartered by William the III, King of England. This building was erected A.D. 1872." The original church building of this denomination was located on lower Broadway in the near vicinity of the Bowling Green.
David was a stone mason and engaged in the building and contracting trade in which he became quite wealthy for that period. The New York City tax records show that he was a property owner in both the north and south wards of the city, where he purchased and deeded property. This property was located in what is now the downtown business district of Manhattan, in the vicinity of where New York City's sky-line now begins.
Records also show that during the time David was living in New York City, he purchased lands extensively between the years of 1700 and 1728 at and in the near vicinity of what is now Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey.
As early as 1700, or before that time, the lands of Rudyard, with 877 acres adjoining it, belonged to John Royce, were purchased by a company consisting of David Cossart, Samuel Thompson and Jacob de Groot, David Cossart's house stood near the corner of now East and East Main Streets, Bound Brook, N.J. His house stood until 1881 when it was destroyed by a fire that consumed several old land marks of that time. On this very same site now stands (1936) what was once the "Mansion House", later changed to the "Bound Brook Hotel", and which name has recently been changed to the "Greenbrook Tavern". David sold 300 acres to Ebenezer Trimbly, which was inherited by his son Peter, who died May 20, 1797, and left to his daughters, one of whom married Teunis Ten Eyck, and the other to Colonel Staats. In the year 1700, the 1,171 acres of the original properties were purchased by this same company of men. By 1720 Hendrick Harpending, Louis and Moses Louzanda had also become purchasers of parts of this original tract, and subsequently, in 1746, Peter Williamson, James Hude Esq., Anthony Blackford, Bartholmew Kelso, Charles McEvers, Thomas Ervine, Joseph Stansbury, David Cossart (son of David 9), occupied parts and parcels belonging to it.
In front of the "Green Brook Tavern" on East Main Street, Bound Brook is the Battle Monument, a huge stone with a bronze plaque on it reading: "Bound Brook Battle Monument, this stone marks the site of the Battle of Bound Brook, fought April 13, 1777 between 500 American soldiers under Benjamin Lincoln and 4,000 British troops under Lord Cornwallis". During the battle the American cannon were located at this point.
The Hoogland Family in America, pp. 26 and 27 has the following newspaper article which appeared in the newspapers of 1712:
"New York, April 1712 - Some Corminton Negro slaves to the number of 25 or 30 and 2 or 3 Spanish Indians, having conspired to murder all Christians here, and by that means thinking to obtain their freedom, about 2 o'clock in the morning put their bloody design into execution and setting fire to a house they stood prepared with arms to kill everybody that approached to put out, and accordingly murdered the following persons that were running to the fire, Viz., Adrian Hoogland, Adrian Beekman, son of Geradus, merchant (stabbed on coming out of his door and died in the arms of his wife); Lieutenant Corbet, August Grasset, William Echt, Marschalk Jr., Braiser Jr., and Johannes Low.
These were also wounded, Lawrence Read, merchant, Hendrick Hoogland Jr., Johannes de Honneue, John Thorp, Thomas Stersent, George Ellsworth Jr., and DAVID COESART, the first and the last 'tis feared mortally. Upon which the town was soon alarmed which occasioned the murders fleeing into the woods, where several parties are out after them. Also -
"April 14, 1712. We have 70 negroes in custody. Six of these have been their own executors by shooting and cutting their own throats, One was burnt, another broke upon the wheel, and the third hung up alive, and nine more to be executed tomorrow".
Sometime after this incident David Cossart retired with his family to his estates at and near Bound Brook, New Jersey. The exact date of his coming to Bound Brook is unknown to the writer, but the Somerset County Historical Quarterly says: "About 1719 David Cosart came over from New York and purchased considerable property along the Raritan at or near Bound Brook
In an old church list of "The Church of the River and Lawrence Brook", dated 1717 appears the name among others that of "David Cussart", Later this same church became known as "Three Mile Run", and was located in the vicinity of what is now New Brunswick, N. J.
Published in the "First Things in old Somerset", 1899, page 15, by the Rev. A. Messler, D.D. appears: "North-east of Bound Brook and between the mountains, David Cosart, Daniel Hollinshead, the heirs of Anthony Sharp and others had in possession large tracts."
The "History of Hunterdon and Somerset Counties, New Jersey", 1881, page 651, by Snell, mentions: "The tract (No. 107, about 1 1/2 miles north-east of Bround Brook - 100 acres) east of the 1000 acre lot of Cordington's Now. 32 was surveyed to David Cussart, May 23, 1729. This lot also extended to the mountains on the north, east to Green Brook, and south to the "Proprietors Lott", afterwards Rudyards. The changes of titles to those lots or tracts are too numerous to mention".
The Rev. T. E. Davis in his "First Houses of Bound Brook (1893) makes mention: "The Cossart House stood on the present site of the Mansion House. It was built in 1700 by George Cussart (David Cossart), who owned all the land between Bound Brook and Mountain Avenue, fronting on the Raritan River. George Cussart (David Cossart) died about 1740, and David Cossart, probably his son, came into possession of the property. During the Revolution the Cossart House was used as a Hotel. It was known as the "Washington Hotel", from a large swinging sign in front of it, on which was painted a portrait of Washington on horseback. Peter Staats was the landlord. He was a brother of Colonel John Staats, of Revolutionary fame, and like him was a true friend to the cause of American liberty. More than one Tory who dared to uphold the British came in the presence of Peter Staats, felt the power that lay in the strong patriot's arm. As a result of his loyalty he suffered very much from the depredations of the British soldiers. When Colonel Semico with the Queens Rangers, a band of native Americans who had enlisted in the army of Great Britain, passed through Bound Brook on the memorable raid of October 26, 1777, they stopped at the Hotel and robbed it of everything valuable which they could carry with them. After many changes and improvements the old Cossart House was entirely destroyed by the great fire of 1881."
Mr. Alfred R. justice, genealogist, for the late Edward Buchanan Cassatt of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, says: "The social status of David Cossart is indicated by his will in which he is called "Gentleman", and which makes it quite certain that his father Jacques Cossart (3) belonged to a manorial family."
THE WILL OF DAVID COSSART. (The following was copied from the Original will of David Cossart by Mrs. Anna M. North, Genealogist. The original will is in Somerset Box 1712-1741 and recorded in Liber C, folio 387 in the Office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, New Jersey).
"In the name of God. Amen.
The tenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-six, I, David Cosort of the County of Summer Set in the province of East Jersey, Gentleman, Being very weak in Body, But of perfect mind and memory, thanks be given unto God therefore, Calling unto mind the mortality of my Body, and the knowing that it is appointed for all men once to dye, Do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say, Principally, and first of all, I give and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it, and for my Body, I recommend it to the Earth, to be Buried in a Christianlike and decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching worldy Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life. I give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
IMPRIMIS
It is my will and I do order that in the first place all my just Debts and funeral Charges be paid and Satisfied.
Item:Staintiah Cosort my Dearly Beloved Wife, all my whole Estate and all my movables As Long as She Continueath my widow, Excepting a Silver Baker and a Silver Ringed Kain.
It She marieth to another man or when She is Dead, my whole Estate Shall be devised as follows Att the Experation of one year and Six weeks.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my beloved son George Cosort att the Decease of my Body, one Silver Baker and my Silver Ringed Kain which is affore Excepted out of my Estate, likewise all my lands to him and to my son David - Excepting one hundred and ten acres which lyeth at the Back part of my land and one hundred acres of wood land. But my son George must have that half which my house and Barn And Orchard Standeth on and my son David the other half which Lyeth next to Jacob Decrotes.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my son Francis one hundred acres of Upland and ten acres of the back part of my mowing meadow which is affore Excepted and a Dutch Bible, and as far as the hundred acres of wood land It must be Divided Equilly Between George and David and Franics, and when my three sons Inherit their lands they must be an Equill Share in Building a house for David on his land, and as high and as wide and as Long as the house that now Standeth on the hundred and ten acres which is affore willed to Francis, there must a Chimney Built in the house of Brick and a Division wall of Brick Between the house and the Canter and all the floors of the house must be Laid with Boards.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto Mary Williamson my Daughter fifty pounds which must be paid thus by my son George, that is to say, twentyfive pounds at the Expiration of one year after the Lands is divided and twenty-five pounds more at ye end of another year. ..
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Susannah Canine fifty pounds which must be paid by my son George as thus - that is to say twentyfive pounds at the end of one year after the Land is Divided and twentyfive pounds more at ye end of another year.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Elener fifty fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David after ye same manner afore sd.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter Jane fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David in Like Manner.
Item: I give and Bequeath u nto my Daughter Eve fifty pounds which must be paid by my son David in Like Manner.
Item: I give and Bequeath unto hendrick harperding Son of my Daughter Leah Deceased fifty pounds which must be paid by my son Francis after the same manner as afore mentioned And when my Lands is Divided Between my three sons I do order household goods and moveables be sold at the Best advantage and one hundred pounds to be put at use for the three children of my son Jacob Deceased and as long as Williamtiah his former wife Continueth his widow She must have the Interest of the hundred pound and no longer and the Remainder of my moveables must be Divided Equilly Between my three sons and Six Daughters and if my Lands is taken away att any time after my Decease or after the Decease of my wife, the payments must not be made by my sons which is afore mentioned. And if payment or any part of payment Be made Before the Lands is taken away they must Return it Back to my sons again the afore said payment in money att Eight Shillings per ounce, Likewise I do hereby ordain Peter Williamson and my son David to be my only and sole Executors of this my last will and testament all and Singular the Lands Messuages and tenements to my sons their heirs and assigns for Ever and I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoke and Disannull ann & Every other former testament wills, Legacies and Executeds By me in any ways Before thistime named, willed and Bequeathed Rattifieing and confirming this and no other, to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written---"
DAVID COSORT (his X mark) (SEAL)
Signed, Sealed, Published Pronounced and Declared by the said David Cosort att his Last will and testament in the Presence of us the Subscribers Viz.
Marius Glanvill
John Riggs
Johannes (his X mark) hogland.
"Be it remembered that on the thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and forty, Marius Glanvill one of the witnesses to the within will personally appears before me Thomas Barton duly authorized to prove wills &c in the Eastern Division of New Jersey and being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Did Depose that he was present and saw David Cosort the Testator within named Sign and Seal the within written Instrument and hear him publish pronounce and Declare the same to be his last will and testament and that at the doing thereof the said testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge and as he believes that at the same time John Riggs and Johannes Hogland Signed as witnesses together with him in the Testators presence."
Thos. Barton.
"Be it also Rembered that at the same time Peter Williamson and David Cosort the Executors in the within will named personally appeared before me and were sworn to the due Execution and performance hereof according to law.
Thos. Barton.
"Be it remembered that on the Twentyth day of february in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven hundred and forty Johannes Hogland one of the witnesses to the within will personally appeared before me John Barton duely authorized to prove wills &c in the Eastern Division of New Jersey &c being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of the Almighty God did depose that he was present and saw David Cosort within named sign and seal the within written testament and heard him publish, pronounce & declare the same to be his Last will & Testament & that at the Doing thereof the said Testator was of sound mind and memory to the best of his knowledge & belief & that at the same time John Riggs & Marius Glanville Signed as witnesses together with him in the Testators presence.
John Barton."
Inventory of estate was made July 1, 1741, by Jacob De Groot and William Olden; consisting of the "Bown Broak" farm, and personal estate of 137, 10 s. 6 d. See New Jersey Archives 1st Series, volume xxx.
The burial place of David and Styntje are unknown to the writer, but it is believed that they are both buried in the old Presbyterian graveyard in Bound Brook, where other members of the Cossart family are buried, or somewhere in the near vicinity. However, the early burial places were usually small plats of ground on the different farms, most of which have been neglected and uncared for, where, in days gone by, many were buried, cultivation has encroached upon their borders year by year, as the ruthless hands of time has leveled the little mounds over the sleepers, and the humble slab that marked the spot has fallen prone to the ground.
The births of eleven of the children of David and Styntje are recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City as follows:
CHILDREN:
149. Leah Cossart, baptised July 21, 1697.
150. Joris (or George) Cossart, born August 19, 1699.
151. Jacob Cossart, born January 28, 1702.
152. David Cossart Jr., born April 25, 1704.
153. Maria Cossart, born July 3, 1706.
154. Susannah Cossart, born April 10, 1709.
155. Johannes (or John) Cossart, born November 6, 1711.
156. Elenor Cossart, born December 7, 1712.
157. Frans (or Francis) Cossart, born Ca. 1713, baptised July 21, 171[ ]
158. Jannetje (or Jane) Cossart, born May 15, 1715.
159. Aefje (Eve) Cossart, born September 23, 1719." 		Cossart, Frans (I1171)
 
2753 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, PP. 9-12:
"Jacques Cossart, son of Jacques (1), baptised at Leyden, Holland, May 29, 1639, and died at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Long Island, New York, about 1685. He was the first immigrant bearing the name of Cossart to come to the American Colonies. (See Baird's Huguenot Emigration to America, Volume 1, pages 182-3).
He was received into the Walloon Church in 1657 and was married subsequently to Lydia Willems (sometimes referred to as Lea Vilman) and went with his wife to Frankenthal, Pfalz Province, a small Huguenot village in the Bavaria highlands where three of his daughters were baptised; in about three years he returned to Leyden where they were received into the church, and again left there on April 7, 1660.
After taking their letter from the Huguenot Church at Leyden, Jacques with his wife and two children embarked on October 12, 1662, in the ship Pumerland Kerck, of which Captain Barentsen was skipper, and which on the 14th weighed anchor and passed the village on the Texel, bound with supplies to New Amsterdam. Of approximately ninety men, women and children passengers, the French composed a third and the Dutch colonists the remainder. Each adult was charged for passage and board 39 florins, children of ten years and under, except infants, half price, which was then considered a large sum of money. At that time a florin was worth about $1.60 of our money. The ship is said to have arrived early in 1663.
The charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of the West India Company:
"Jacques Cossaris debet - Voor vrocht en cosight day hy A 1662, 12 October pr.'t Schip de Pumerlander Kerch, Schtppr Benjamin Barentsen, is herewaerts
gecomenFl. 39
Voor syn vrou 39
En 1 kinder unter 10 jaren19 1/2
T. FI 97 1/2
Some of the other passengers who accompanied Jacques and Lydia to the "new world" were:
"Claus Paulus and wife; Nictlas du put, wife and 3 children; Arnout du Tois, wife and 1 child; Gideon Merlit, wife and 4 children; Louts Louchman, wife and 3 children; Jan de Conchilier, wife and 5 children; Jacob Clopp, from Leyden, wife and 2 children; Judith jans, from Leyden, matden; jorsten Jansen; Ferdinandus de Mulder; Isaac Vermiel, wife and 4 children; Abolts Setshorn; and Claes Jansen Van Heynengen." (See Documentary History of New York, Vol. III, p. 60).
The Latinization of the name Cossart, by the addition of the letters "is" or "ius", is not uncommon. A similiar change occured in the name of Francis Daniel Pastortus, the founder of Germantown, Pa. The late Dr. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, on visiting the town from which Pastortus came, ascertained that his name was Pastor, and the "tus" has been added.
The evolution of the name Cossart in the last 300 years makes a very interesting study in patronymics.
The Dutch in their effort to follow phonetically the spelling of French and English names, have made it quite difficult in many cases to trace families. The Christian names were nearly always recorded in the Dutch equivalent, and some surnames as well. Jacques became Jacob, Jacobus sometimes James and occasionally Jacob. Pierre was usually termed or translated Peter.
The Huguenots were generally well educated, and most of them came from the yeomanry, but as is well known, many belonged to manoral families. The social position of the Cossarts is evidenced from the will of David, son of Jacques (3), who calls himself "Gentleman".
Arrival in New Amsterdam.
The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan Island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, two hundred poorly constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The Fort loomed up broadly in front, partly hiding within the Governor's residence, and the Dutch Church. The flag of the States General and a windmill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.
Upon his arrival at New Amsterdam, as the City of New York was then called, he and his wife Lydia Willems, joined the Dutch Church on April 1, 1663. The births of their children are recorded here.
It is evident that Jacques Cossart was not a rich man; he with six other French immigrants sent in a petition March 19th, 1663, praying for a grant of land and seed grain with provision for six months.
He was among those that took the oath of allegiance to the British flag when New Amsterdam became New York. That he was an honest man, and trusted by both the Dutch and English alike, he was subsequently appointed collector of the church tithes; and it is supposed that he remained a member of this church until his death which occured about the year 1685; for his name appears on the tax books for the year 1684 and his wifes names appears in his place for 1686 and the following years. For collecting for the support of the clergy he was allowed a commission of 4%, and for collecting for the support of the soldiers he was alIowed a commission of 7 1/2% on his receipts, with the provision that he make good from his commission whatever shall fall short'. (See Court Minutes of New Amsterdam).
In October 1664 the names of Pieter G. Stuyvesart, Jacob Cossar, together with several others, swore allegiance to the British by the following oath:
"I swear by the name of the almighty God, that I will be a true subject, to the King of Great Brittaine, and will obey all such commands, as I shall receive from his Majestie, His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, and such Governors and Officers as from time to time are appointed over me, by his authority, and none other, whilst I live in any of his Majesties territoryes: So help me God." (See Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1853; Vol. III, by Broadhead).
In 1667 Jacques Cossart purchased a house and lot in New York City, the site of this property is now occupied by the New York Produce Exchange Building at the corner of Whitehall and Marketfield Streets. This is near the Bowling Green Park and Broadway. The tower of this building is directly over what was once the back yard to the property of Jacques.
The following is a description of the property acquired by him, the location of which was in Block D, Lot 1. "April 5, 1667 - Confirmed by Governor Nicolls to Jacques Cossart (Patents Albany IV: 39).
Recites transport Jacob Leenderston Vander Grift to Simon Jansen Romelin August 26, 1666 (See Liber B, New York Co. 101), and is by him since conveyed to Jacques Cossart.
Description: South Side Marketvelt Steegh joining on the east to Nicolas Boot; on the south to Jonas Bartletts (Bartelste); on the west to Frederick Aertsen; and on the North to said Lane; continuing in breadth on the north and south sides 20 feet 3 inches; on the east side in length 48 feet and on the west side 45 feet 6 inches, Wood measure. " (See The Inconography of Manhattan Island. The Dutch Grants, Vol. II, at page 375).
Sometime after 1673 Jacques removed to a small farm on Long Island at a place known as Bushwick (now in Brooklyn). After 1685 the name of his wife appears on an old church list as "Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart." The tax lists show that he first acquired about ten acres of land which was subsequently increased to about forty acres. Records show that in 1683 he paid a total tax on personal property and realestate of L 114. At this time he had 2 horses, 5 cows, 1 hog and 18 morgens of land.
There seems to be no record of the death of Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart. Her name does not appear on the census returns of 1698, she probably died before this date. The church buildings have all disappeared and with them most of the church books and documents. The burying grounds have disappeared likewise, and no one knows positively where he or his wife were buried. One might hazard the guess that the place of their burial now lies under the paving stones or skyscrapers of Brooklyn, and not be far from the truth.
In the Walloon Church records of Frankenthal, Germany, shows that Jacques Cossart and Lea Villemin were married there August 14, 1656.
There was a tradition among grand-children and great-grandchildren of Jacques to the effect that he had two brothers who came to America. One brother remained and the other renounced his Huguenot faith and returned to Europe to claim the family fortune. If this tradition is based on fact, this may account for Jan Cossart, a wealthy merchant of New York City, who died there about 1700. His will is of record. And also for a Dr. George Cossart living in New York City about this time. There was a Joris or George Cossart who, it is claimed returned to Europe on a ship that was never afterwards heard from. The writer has never been able to connect Jan and Joris Cossart up with other members of the Cossart family and assumes they are the traditional brothers of Jacques Cossart.
The children of Jacques Cossart and his wife, Lydia Willems (or Lea Villman) are of record as follows:
CHILDREN:
4. Lea Cossart, baptised at Frankenthal, Germany, in the Walloon Church, May 31, 1657. Is mentioned in the ship's log as aged five years in 1662. Her God-father was Philippe Le Febure, and her God-mother was Lea Lanoix, the wife of Elie Charteur (or Etie Chantem). This was the eldest child of the immigrants of which we can find no further record. It is presumed she died young.
5. Rachel Cossart, baptised in the Walloon Church at Frankenthal, Bavaria, November 11, 1658. Her God-father was Eli Charteur and her God-mother was Rachel Willmin, a step daughter of Eli Charteur. We can find no further record of Rachel. It is presumed that she died in Europe prior to the emigration of her parents.
6. Susanne Cossart, christened at Frankenthal, in the Walloon Church of that little town in the Bavarian highlands, February 3, 1661. Her God-father was Charles August, and her God-mother was Susanne Poland of that place. Susanne is mentioned in the ship's log as being 18 month old in 1662 when her parents took passage on the sailing ship the "Pumerland Church". We can find no further record of this child and it is presumed she died young.
7. Jannetje Cossart, baptised in the Dutch Church of New York City, N.Y. , November 28, 1665. She died Circa 1736. Married Jacobus Goelet of New York City.
8. Jacques (Jacob) Cossart, baptised April 11, 1668 in the Dutch Church at New York City. Died in 1731. Married Anna Maria Springsteen and they are the progenitors of the Coshow, Cashow, Cashaw, Kershaw and Kershow families.
9. David Cossart, born in New York City, July 18, 1671. Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place. Died Circa 1740. Married Styntje jorts Van Horne and they are the progenitors of the Cossatrt, Cozatt, Cassat, Cassatt etc. , families. One branch use Cozart.
10. Anthony Cossart, baptised November 19, 1673. Was a member of the Dutch Freformed Church. Died in Somerset County, N.J. Date of death unknown. Married 1st Elizabeth Tymensen Valentine; married 2nd Judith. Progenitors of the Cosad, Cozad, Casad and Cozart families."

2. "A New Edition of the Cossart Family History Originally Compiled and Published by the Cossart Family Association In 1939 (accessed online 21 Jul 2019 at https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/e/e4/Cozart_Name_Study-2.pdf):
"1.2.4 7 JANNETJE COSSART (Jacques 1.2; Jacques 1)
Jannetje Cossart was baptised November 28, 1665 in the Dutch Reformed Church of New York City, N.Y. She married January 10, 1688 to Jacobus Goelet who was baptised April 11, 1668 and died 1731 in New York City, N.Y. They had ten children all baptised in the Dutch Church, New York. Jacobus was the son of Francis Goelet from La Rochelle, France, who went to Amsterdam, Holland, 1621. Arrived in New Amsterdam in 1676. Returned to Holland and was lost at sea. Records of the church show that Jannetje Cosaar witnessed the baptism of Rebecca Jacobsen March 2, 1701.
CHILDREN:
1.2.4.1 (11) i. Jacob Goelet Jr., bapt 1/30/1689, married 5/11/1716 to Catherine Bole.
1.2.4.2 (12) ii. Frans (or Francis) Goelet, baptised November 29, 1691.
1.2.4.3 (13) iii. Jan (John) Goelet, bapt 2/7/1694, m. May 21,1718 to Jannetje Cannon.
1.2.4.4 (14) iv. Raphael Goelet, baptised July 25, 1696. Will dated December 23, 1747. Married April 17, 1720 to Breckie Pels. No issue.
1.2.4.5 (15) v. Phillipus GoeletI, baptised August 13,1699, died an infant.
1.2.4.6 (16) vi. Aefje GoeletI, baptised July 18,1700, died an infant.
1.2.4.7 (17) vii. Phillipus GoeletII, baptised November 8,1701,died an infant.
1.2.4.8 (18) viii. Leah Goelet, baptised November 22, 1702.
1.2.4.9 (19) ix. Aefje GoeletII, baptised December 27,1704.
1.2.4.10 (20) x. Phillipus GoeletIII, baptised February 1,1708/9.
THE WILL OF JACOBUS GOELET (HUSBAND)
“In the name of God, Amen. The 15th day of September 1722. Know all men by these presents that I Jacobus Goelet of the City of New York, Stationer, shopkeeper and now in good. health, of perfect mind and memory, “Thanks be given imto God for his great mercy”. I leave to my wife Janette all my real and personal estate, none excepted., to be possessed. during the time she remaineth my widow, with full power to trade, buy or sell all moveable estate and with the advice and consent of my three eldest children, to mortgage or sell my house or houses and lands. But if she should happen to remarry, then she shall deliver unto my dear and well beloved children by she and me begotten. My great Dutch Bible and 2/3 of my real and personal estate that is then in being and not by her disposed of. After the death of my wife if she should not remarry. I will that my dear and well beloved. children named Jacob, Jan, Raphael and Phillipus shall be my true and lawful heirs, to inherit my estate. That is to my eldest son Jacob and my old Dutch Bible as his acknowledgment of his birthright, and it is my will that my daughter Aefie if not then married shall be set out in order, furnished with mourning and wedding robes, and reasonable linen and housing stuff as becomes a young woman of our degree. And my youngest son Phillipus if his apprentice time be not ended, I will that methods be taken by my children to fund him as be agreement between his master and myself and at the expiration of his apprenticeship so much as a new suit of clothes come from top to toe, linen and woolen answerable to his reputation, and a near calculation to be made and collected out of my estate to find him with meat and drink, lodging, washing and mending, or else my married children take turn to find him as aforesaid at their houses and in their own families until he is of the age of twenty-two years. And all the rest of my estate is to be equally divided between my children. I appoint my wife Janette and my three eldest sons Jacob, Jan and Raphael Executors.
Witnesses: Cornelius Clopper, William Meyer, Jacob Bloom.
Proved. September 2, 1731.
NOTE:
Jacobus Goelet, the ancestor of the well known family first appears as a school master and. afterwards a bookseller and stationer, his place of business being the “Sign of the Bible”. This, which was also his dwelling place was in what is now Hanover Square, directly opposite No. 114 Pearl Street, New York City; here he had two dwelling houses which previously belonged to Abraham Delanoy who was also a school mater These buildings and many others around them were bought by the City in 1819. They were all removed, and Hanovor Square opened as at present. Jacobus Goelet was for many years before his death, the Clerk of the Dutch Church and the records of baptism and etc., were in his handwriting. (Reference: New York Historical Society Collection of 1894, p. 37).
JANETTJE COSSART:
“George Clarke Esq., President of the Council and Governor. Whereas JEANE GOELET of New York, widow, died intestate. Letters of Administration are granted her son Jacob Goelet, merchant, May 21, 1736.” (Reference: New York Historical Colleotions of 1894, p. 1,9.)" 		Cossart, Jannetje (I5889)
 
2754 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, PP. 9-12:
"Jacques Cossart, son of Jacques (1), baptised at Leyden, Holland, May 29, 1639, and died at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Long Island, New York, about 1685. He was the first immigrant bearing the name of Cossart to come to the American Colonies. (See Baird's Huguenot Emigration to America, Volume 1, pages 182-3).
He was received into the Walloon Church in 1657 and was married subsequently to Lydia Willems (sometimes referred to as Lea Vilman) and went with his wife to Frankenthal, Pfalz Province, a small Huguenot village in the Bavaria highlands where three of his daughters were baptised; in about three years he returned to Leyden where they were received into the church, and again left there on April 7, 1660.
After taking their letter from the Huguenot Church at Leyden, Jacques with his wife and two children embarked on October 12, 1662, in the ship Pumerland Kerck, of which Captain Barentsen was skipper, and which on the 14th weighed anchor and passed the village on the Texel, bound with supplies to New Amsterdam. Of approximately ninety men, women and children passengers, the French composed a third and the Dutch colonists the remainder. Each adult was charged for passage and board 39 florins, children of ten years and under, except infants, half price, which was then considered a large sum of money. At that time a florin was worth about $1.60 of our money. The ship is said to have arrived early in 1663.
The charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of the West India Company:
"Jacques Cossaris debet - Voor vrocht en cosight day hy A 1662, 12 October pr.'t Schip de Pumerlander Kerch, Schtppr Benjamin Barentsen, is herewaerts
gecomenFl. 39
Voor syn vrou 39
En 1 kinder unter 10 jaren19 1/2
T. FI 97 1/2
Some of the other passengers who accompanied Jacques and Lydia to the "new world" were:
"Claus Paulus and wife; Nictlas du put, wife and 3 children; Arnout du Tois, wife and 1 child; Gideon Merlit, wife and 4 children; Louts Louchman, wife and 3 children; Jan de Conchilier, wife and 5 children; Jacob Clopp, from Leyden, wife and 2 children; Judith jans, from Leyden, matden; jorsten Jansen; Ferdinandus de Mulder; Isaac Vermiel, wife and 4 children; Abolts Setshorn; and Claes Jansen Van Heynengen." (See Documentary History of New York, Vol. III, p. 60).
The Latinization of the name Cossart, by the addition of the letters "is" or "ius", is not uncommon. A similiar change occured in the name of Francis Daniel Pastortus, the founder of Germantown, Pa. The late Dr. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, on visiting the town from which Pastortus came, ascertained that his name was Pastor, and the "tus" has been added.
The evolution of the name Cossart in the last 300 years makes a very interesting study in patronymics.
The Dutch in their effort to follow phonetically the spelling of French and English names, have made it quite difficult in many cases to trace families. The Christian names were nearly always recorded in the Dutch equivalent, and some surnames as well. Jacques became Jacob, Jacobus sometimes James and occasionally Jacob. Pierre was usually termed or translated Peter.
The Huguenots were generally well educated, and most of them came from the yeomanry, but as is well known, many belonged to manoral families. The social position of the Cossarts is evidenced from the will of David, son of Jacques (3), who calls himself "Gentleman".
Arrival in New Amsterdam.
The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan Island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, two hundred poorly constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The Fort loomed up broadly in front, partly hiding within the Governor's residence, and the Dutch Church. The flag of the States General and a windmill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.
Upon his arrival at New Amsterdam, as the City of New York was then called, he and his wife Lydia Willems, joined the Dutch Church on April 1, 1663. The births of their children are recorded here.
It is evident that Jacques Cossart was not a rich man; he with six other French immigrants sent in a petition March 19th, 1663, praying for a grant of land and seed grain with provision for six months.
He was among those that took the oath of allegiance to the British flag when New Amsterdam became New York. That he was an honest man, and trusted by both the Dutch and English alike, he was subsequently appointed collector of the church tithes; and it is supposed that he remained a member of this church until his death which occured about the year 1685; for his name appears on the tax books for the year 1684 and his wifes names appears in his place for 1686 and the following years. For collecting for the support of the clergy he was allowed a commission of 4%, and for collecting for the support of the soldiers he was alIowed a commission of 7 1/2% on his receipts, with the provision that he make good from his commission whatever shall fall short'. (See Court Minutes of New Amsterdam).
In October 1664 the names of Pieter G. Stuyvesart, Jacob Cossar, together with several others, swore allegiance to the British by the following oath:
"I swear by the name of the almighty God, that I will be a true subject, to the King of Great Brittaine, and will obey all such commands, as I shall receive from his Majestie, His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, and such Governors and Officers as from time to time are appointed over me, by his authority, and none other, whilst I live in any of his Majesties territoryes: So help me God." (See Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1853; Vol. III, by Broadhead).
In 1667 Jacques Cossart purchased a house and lot in New York City, the site of this property is now occupied by the New York Produce Exchange Building at the corner of Whitehall and Marketfield Streets. This is near the Bowling Green Park and Broadway. The tower of this building is directly over what was once the back yard to the property of Jacques.
The following is a description of the property acquired by him, the location of which was in Block D, Lot 1. "April 5, 1667 - Confirmed by Governor Nicolls to Jacques Cossart (Patents Albany IV: 39).
Recites transport Jacob Leenderston Vander Grift to Simon Jansen Romelin August 26, 1666 (See Liber B, New York Co. 101), and is by him since conveyed to Jacques Cossart.
Description: South Side Marketvelt Steegh joining on the east to Nicolas Boot; on the south to Jonas Bartletts (Bartelste); on the west to Frederick Aertsen; and on the North to said Lane; continuing in breadth on the north and south sides 20 feet 3 inches; on the east side in length 48 feet and on the west side 45 feet 6 inches, Wood measure. " (See The Inconography of Manhattan Island. The Dutch Grants, Vol. II, at page 375).
Sometime after 1673 Jacques removed to a small farm on Long Island at a place known as Bushwick (now in Brooklyn). After 1685 the name of his wife appears on an old church list as "Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart." The tax lists show that he first acquired about ten acres of land which was subsequently increased to about forty acres. Records show that in 1683 he paid a total tax on personal property and realestate of L 114. At this time he had 2 horses, 5 cows, 1 hog and 18 morgens of land.
There seems to be no record of the death of Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart. Her name does not appear on the census returns of 1698, she probably died before this date. The church buildings have all disappeared and with them most of the church books and documents. The burying grounds have disappeared likewise, and no one knows positively where he or his wife were buried. One might hazard the guess that the place of their burial now lies under the paving stones or skyscrapers of Brooklyn, and not be far from the truth.
In the Walloon Church records of Frankenthal, Germany, shows that Jacques Cossart and Lea Villemin were married there August 14, 1656.
There was a tradition among grand-children and great-grandchildren of Jacques to the effect that he had two brothers who came to America. One brother remained and the other renounced his Huguenot faith and returned to Europe to claim the family fortune. If this tradition is based on fact, this may account for Jan Cossart, a wealthy merchant of New York City, who died there about 1700. His will is of record. And also for a Dr. George Cossart living in New York City about this time. There was a Joris or George Cossart who, it is claimed returned to Europe on a ship that was never afterwards heard from. The writer has never been able to connect Jan and Joris Cossart up with other members of the Cossart family and assumes they are the traditional brothers of Jacques Cossart.
The children of Jacques Cossart and his wife, Lydia Willems (or Lea Villman) are of record as follows:
CHILDREN:
4. Lea Cossart, baptised at Frankenthal, Germany, in the Walloon Church, May 31, 1657. Is mentioned in the ship's log as aged five years in 1662. Her God-father was Philippe Le Febure, and her God-mother was Lea Lanoix, the wife of Elie Charteur (or Etie Chantem). This was the eldest child of the immigrants of which we can find no further record. It is presumed she died young.
5. Rachel Cossart, baptised in the Walloon Church at Frankenthal, Bavaria, November 11, 1658. Her God-father was Eli Charteur and her God-mother was Rachel Willmin, a step daughter of Eli Charteur. We can find no further record of Rachel. It is presumed that she died in Europe prior to the emigration of her parents.
6. Susanne Cossart, christened at Frankenthal, in the Walloon Church of that little town in the Bavarian highlands, February 3, 1661. Her God-father was Charles August, and her God-mother was Susanne Poland of that place. Susanne is mentioned in the ship's log as being 18 month old in 1662 when her parents took passage on the sailing ship the "Pumerland Church". We can find no further record of this child and it is presumed she died young.
7. Jannetje Cossart, baptised in the Dutch Church of New York City, N.Y. , November 28, 1665. She died Circa 1736. Married Jacobus Goelet of New York City.
8. Jacques (Jacob) Cossart, baptised April 11, 1668 in the Dutch Church at New York City. Died in 1731. Married Anna Maria Springsteen and they are the progenitors of the Coshow, Cashow, Cashaw, Kershaw and Kershow families.
9. David Cossart, born in New York City, July 18, 1671. Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place. Died Circa 1740. Married Styntje jorts Van Horne and they are the progenitors of the Cossatrt, Cozatt, Cassat, Cassatt etc. , families. One branch use Cozart.
10. Anthony Cossart, baptised November 19, 1673. Was a member of the Dutch Freformed Church. Died in Somerset County, N.J. Date of death unknown. Married 1st Elizabeth Tymensen Valentine; married 2nd Judith. Progenitors of the Cosad, Cozad, Casad and Cozart families." 		Cossart, Susanna (I5888)
 
2755 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, PP. 9-12:
"Jacques Cossart, son of Jacques (1), baptised at Leyden, Holland, May 29, 1639, and died at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Long Island, New York, about 1685. He was the first immigrant bearing the name of Cossart to come to the American Colonies. (See Baird's Huguenot Emigration to America, Volume 1, pages 182-3).
He was received into the Walloon Church in 1657 and was married subsequently to Lydia Willems (sometimes referred to as Lea Vilman) and went with his wife to Frankenthal, Pfalz Province, a small Huguenot village in the Bavaria highlands where three of his daughters were baptised; in about three years he returned to Leyden where they were received into the church, and again left there on April 7, 1660.
After taking their letter from the Huguenot Church at Leyden, Jacques with his wife and two children embarked on October 12, 1662, in the ship Pumerland Kerck, of which Captain Barentsen was skipper, and which on the 14th weighed anchor and passed the village on the Texel, bound with supplies to New Amsterdam. Of approximately ninety men, women and children passengers, the French composed a third and the Dutch colonists the remainder. Each adult was charged for passage and board 39 florins, children of ten years and under, except infants, half price, which was then considered a large sum of money. At that time a florin was worth about $1.60 of our money. The ship is said to have arrived early in 1663.
The charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of the West India Company:
"Jacques Cossaris debet - Voor vrocht en cosight day hy A 1662, 12 October pr.'t Schip de Pumerlander Kerch, Schtppr Benjamin Barentsen, is herewaerts
gecomenFl. 39
Voor syn vrou 39
En 1 kinder unter 10 jaren19 1/2
T. FI 97 1/2
Some of the other passengers who accompanied Jacques and Lydia to the "new world" were:
"Claus Paulus and wife; Nictlas du put, wife and 3 children; Arnout du Tois, wife and 1 child; Gideon Merlit, wife and 4 children; Louts Louchman, wife and 3 children; Jan de Conchilier, wife and 5 children; Jacob Clopp, from Leyden, wife and 2 children; Judith jans, from Leyden, matden; jorsten Jansen; Ferdinandus de Mulder; Isaac Vermiel, wife and 4 children; Abolts Setshorn; and Claes Jansen Van Heynengen." (See Documentary History of New York, Vol. III, p. 60).
The Latinization of the name Cossart, by the addition of the letters "is" or "ius", is not uncommon. A similiar change occured in the name of Francis Daniel Pastortus, the founder of Germantown, Pa. The late Dr. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, on visiting the town from which Pastortus came, ascertained that his name was Pastor, and the "tus" has been added.
The evolution of the name Cossart in the last 300 years makes a very interesting study in patronymics.
The Dutch in their effort to follow phonetically the spelling of French and English names, have made it quite difficult in many cases to trace families. The Christian names were nearly always recorded in the Dutch equivalent, and some surnames as well. Jacques became Jacob, Jacobus sometimes James and occasionally Jacob. Pierre was usually termed or translated Peter.
The Huguenots were generally well educated, and most of them came from the yeomanry, but as is well known, many belonged to manoral families. The social position of the Cossarts is evidenced from the will of David, son of Jacques (3), who calls himself "Gentleman".
Arrival in New Amsterdam.
The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan Island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, two hundred poorly constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The Fort loomed up broadly in front, partly hiding within the Governor's residence, and the Dutch Church. The flag of the States General and a windmill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.
Upon his arrival at New Amsterdam, as the City of New York was then called, he and his wife Lydia Willems, joined the Dutch Church on April 1, 1663. The births of their children are recorded here.
It is evident that Jacques Cossart was not a rich man; he with six other French immigrants sent in a petition March 19th, 1663, praying for a grant of land and seed grain with provision for six months.
He was among those that took the oath of allegiance to the British flag when New Amsterdam became New York. That he was an honest man, and trusted by both the Dutch and English alike, he was subsequently appointed collector of the church tithes; and it is supposed that he remained a member of this church until his death which occured about the year 1685; for his name appears on the tax books for the year 1684 and his wifes names appears in his place for 1686 and the following years. For collecting for the support of the clergy he was allowed a commission of 4%, and for collecting for the support of the soldiers he was alIowed a commission of 7 1/2% on his receipts, with the provision that he make good from his commission whatever shall fall short'. (See Court Minutes of New Amsterdam).
In October 1664 the names of Pieter G. Stuyvesart, Jacob Cossar, together with several others, swore allegiance to the British by the following oath:
"I swear by the name of the almighty God, that I will be a true subject, to the King of Great Brittaine, and will obey all such commands, as I shall receive from his Majestie, His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, and such Governors and Officers as from time to time are appointed over me, by his authority, and none other, whilst I live in any of his Majesties territoryes: So help me God." (See Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1853; Vol. III, by Broadhead).
In 1667 Jacques Cossart purchased a house and lot in New York City, the site of this property is now occupied by the New York Produce Exchange Building at the corner of Whitehall and Marketfield Streets. This is near the Bowling Green Park and Broadway. The tower of this building is directly over what was once the back yard to the property of Jacques.
The following is a description of the property acquired by him, the location of which was in Block D, Lot 1. "April 5, 1667 - Confirmed by Governor Nicolls to Jacques Cossart (Patents Albany IV: 39).
Recites transport Jacob Leenderston Vander Grift to Simon Jansen Romelin August 26, 1666 (See Liber B, New York Co. 101), and is by him since conveyed to Jacques Cossart.
Description: South Side Marketvelt Steegh joining on the east to Nicolas Boot; on the south to Jonas Bartletts (Bartelste); on the west to Frederick Aertsen; and on the North to said Lane; continuing in breadth on the north and south sides 20 feet 3 inches; on the east side in length 48 feet and on the west side 45 feet 6 inches, Wood measure. " (See The Inconography of Manhattan Island. The Dutch Grants, Vol. II, at page 375).
Sometime after 1673 Jacques removed to a small farm on Long Island at a place known as Bushwick (now in Brooklyn). After 1685 the name of his wife appears on an old church list as "Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart." The tax lists show that he first acquired about ten acres of land which was subsequently increased to about forty acres. Records show that in 1683 he paid a total tax on personal property and realestate of L 114. At this time he had 2 horses, 5 cows, 1 hog and 18 morgens of land.
There seems to be no record of the death of Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart. Her name does not appear on the census returns of 1698, she probably died before this date. The church buildings have all disappeared and with them most of the church books and documents. The burying grounds have disappeared likewise, and no one knows positively where he or his wife were buried. One might hazard the guess that the place of their burial now lies under the paving stones or skyscrapers of Brooklyn, and not be far from the truth.
In the Walloon Church records of Frankenthal, Germany, shows that Jacques Cossart and Lea Villemin were married there August 14, 1656.
There was a tradition among grand-children and great-grandchildren of Jacques to the effect that he had two brothers who came to America. One brother remained and the other renounced his Huguenot faith and returned to Europe to claim the family fortune. If this tradition is based on fact, this may account for Jan Cossart, a wealthy merchant of New York City, who died there about 1700. His will is of record. And also for a Dr. George Cossart living in New York City about this time. There was a Joris or George Cossart who, it is claimed returned to Europe on a ship that was never afterwards heard from. The writer has never been able to connect Jan and Joris Cossart up with other members of the Cossart family and assumes they are the traditional brothers of Jacques Cossart.
The children of Jacques Cossart and his wife, Lydia Willems (or Lea Villman) are of record as follows:
CHILDREN:
4. Lea Cossart, baptised at Frankenthal, Germany, in the Walloon Church, May 31, 1657. Is mentioned in the ship's log as aged five years in 1662. Her God-father was Philippe Le Febure, and her God-mother was Lea Lanoix, the wife of Elie Charteur (or Etie Chantem). This was the eldest child of the immigrants of which we can find no further record. It is presumed she died young.
5. Rachel Cossart, baptised in the Walloon Church at Frankenthal, Bavaria, November 11, 1658. Her God-father was Eli Charteur and her God-mother was Rachel Willmin, a step daughter of Eli Charteur. We can find no further record of Rachel. It is presumed that she died in Europe prior to the emigration of her parents.
6. Susanne Cossart, christened at Frankenthal, in the Walloon Church of that little town in the Bavarian highlands, February 3, 1661. Her God-father was Charles August, and her God-mother was Susanne Poland of that place. Susanne is mentioned in the ship's log as being 18 month old in 1662 when her parents took passage on the sailing ship the "Pumerland Church". We can find no further record of this child and it is presumed she died young.
7. Jannetje Cossart, baptised in the Dutch Church of New York City, N.Y. , November 28, 1665. She died Circa 1736. Married Jacobus Goelet of New York City.
8. Jacques (Jacob) Cossart, baptised April 11, 1668 in the Dutch Church at New York City. Died in 1731. Married Anna Maria Springsteen and they are the progenitors of the Coshow, Cashow, Cashaw, Kershaw and Kershow families.
9. David Cossart, born in New York City, July 18, 1671. Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place. Died Circa 1740. Married Styntje jorts Van Horne and they are the progenitors of the Cossatrt, Cozatt, Cassat, Cassatt etc. , families. One branch use Cozart.
10. Anthony Cossart, baptised November 19, 1673. Was a member of the Dutch Freformed Church. Died in Somerset County, N.J. Date of death unknown. Married 1st Elizabeth Tymensen Valentine; married 2nd Judith. Progenitors of the Cosad, Cozad, Casad and Cozart families." 		Cossart, Rachel (I5887)
 
2756 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, PP. 9-12:
"Jacques Cossart, son of Jacques (1), baptised at Leyden, Holland, May 29, 1639, and died at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Long Island, New York, about 1685. He was the first immigrant bearing the name of Cossart to come to the American Colonies. (See Baird's Huguenot Emigration to America, Volume 1, pages 182-3).
He was received into the Walloon Church in 1657 and was married subsequently to Lydia Willems (sometimes referred to as Lea Vilman) and went with his wife to Frankenthal, Pfalz Province, a small Huguenot village in the Bavaria highlands where three of his daughters were baptised; in about three years he returned to Leyden where they were received into the church, and again left there on April 7, 1660.
After taking their letter from the Huguenot Church at Leyden, Jacques with his wife and two children embarked on October 12, 1662, in the ship Pumerland Kerck, of which Captain Barentsen was skipper, and which on the 14th weighed anchor and passed the village on the Texel, bound with supplies to New Amsterdam. Of approximately ninety men, women and children passengers, the French composed a third and the Dutch colonists the remainder. Each adult was charged for passage and board 39 florins, children of ten years and under, except infants, half price, which was then considered a large sum of money. At that time a florin was worth about $1.60 of our money. The ship is said to have arrived early in 1663.
The charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of the West India Company:
"Jacques Cossaris debet - Voor vrocht en cosight day hy A 1662, 12 October pr.'t Schip de Pumerlander Kerch, Schtppr Benjamin Barentsen, is herewaerts
gecomenFl. 39
Voor syn vrou 39
En 1 kinder unter 10 jaren19 1/2
T. FI 97 1/2
Some of the other passengers who accompanied Jacques and Lydia to the "new world" were:
"Claus Paulus and wife; Nictlas du put, wife and 3 children; Arnout du Tois, wife and 1 child; Gideon Merlit, wife and 4 children; Louts Louchman, wife and 3 children; Jan de Conchilier, wife and 5 children; Jacob Clopp, from Leyden, wife and 2 children; Judith jans, from Leyden, matden; jorsten Jansen; Ferdinandus de Mulder; Isaac Vermiel, wife and 4 children; Abolts Setshorn; and Claes Jansen Van Heynengen." (See Documentary History of New York, Vol. III, p. 60).
The Latinization of the name Cossart, by the addition of the letters "is" or "ius", is not uncommon. A similiar change occured in the name of Francis Daniel Pastortus, the founder of Germantown, Pa. The late Dr. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, on visiting the town from which Pastortus came, ascertained that his name was Pastor, and the "tus" has been added.
The evolution of the name Cossart in the last 300 years makes a very interesting study in patronymics.
The Dutch in their effort to follow phonetically the spelling of French and English names, have made it quite difficult in many cases to trace families. The Christian names were nearly always recorded in the Dutch equivalent, and some surnames as well. Jacques became Jacob, Jacobus sometimes James and occasionally Jacob. Pierre was usually termed or translated Peter.
The Huguenots were generally well educated, and most of them came from the yeomanry, but as is well known, many belonged to manoral families. The social position of the Cossarts is evidenced from the will of David, son of Jacques (3), who calls himself "Gentleman".
Arrival in New Amsterdam.
The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan Island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, two hundred poorly constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The Fort loomed up broadly in front, partly hiding within the Governor's residence, and the Dutch Church. The flag of the States General and a windmill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.
Upon his arrival at New Amsterdam, as the City of New York was then called, he and his wife Lydia Willems, joined the Dutch Church on April 1, 1663. The births of their children are recorded here.
It is evident that Jacques Cossart was not a rich man; he with six other French immigrants sent in a petition March 19th, 1663, praying for a grant of land and seed grain with provision for six months.
He was among those that took the oath of allegiance to the British flag when New Amsterdam became New York. That he was an honest man, and trusted by both the Dutch and English alike, he was subsequently appointed collector of the church tithes; and it is supposed that he remained a member of this church until his death which occured about the year 1685; for his name appears on the tax books for the year 1684 and his wifes names appears in his place for 1686 and the following years. For collecting for the support of the clergy he was allowed a commission of 4%, and for collecting for the support of the soldiers he was alIowed a commission of 7 1/2% on his receipts, with the provision that he make good from his commission whatever shall fall short'. (See Court Minutes of New Amsterdam).
In October 1664 the names of Pieter G. Stuyvesart, Jacob Cossar, together with several others, swore allegiance to the British by the following oath:
"I swear by the name of the almighty God, that I will be a true subject, to the King of Great Brittaine, and will obey all such commands, as I shall receive from his Majestie, His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, and such Governors and Officers as from time to time are appointed over me, by his authority, and none other, whilst I live in any of his Majesties territoryes: So help me God." (See Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1853; Vol. III, by Broadhead).
In 1667 Jacques Cossart purchased a house and lot in New York City, the site of this property is now occupied by the New York Produce Exchange Building at the corner of Whitehall and Marketfield Streets. This is near the Bowling Green Park and Broadway. The tower of this building is directly over what was once the back yard to the property of Jacques.
The following is a description of the property acquired by him, the location of which was in Block D, Lot 1. "April 5, 1667 - Confirmed by Governor Nicolls to Jacques Cossart (Patents Albany IV: 39).
Recites transport Jacob Leenderston Vander Grift to Simon Jansen Romelin August 26, 1666 (See Liber B, New York Co. 101), and is by him since conveyed to Jacques Cossart.
Description: South Side Marketvelt Steegh joining on the east to Nicolas Boot; on the south to Jonas Bartletts (Bartelste); on the west to Frederick Aertsen; and on the North to said Lane; continuing in breadth on the north and south sides 20 feet 3 inches; on the east side in length 48 feet and on the west side 45 feet 6 inches, Wood measure. " (See The Inconography of Manhattan Island. The Dutch Grants, Vol. II, at page 375).
Sometime after 1673 Jacques removed to a small farm on Long Island at a place known as Bushwick (now in Brooklyn). After 1685 the name of his wife appears on an old church list as "Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart." The tax lists show that he first acquired about ten acres of land which was subsequently increased to about forty acres. Records show that in 1683 he paid a total tax on personal property and realestate of L 114. At this time he had 2 horses, 5 cows, 1 hog and 18 morgens of land.
There seems to be no record of the death of Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart. Her name does not appear on the census returns of 1698, she probably died before this date. The church buildings have all disappeared and with them most of the church books and documents. The burying grounds have disappeared likewise, and no one knows positively where he or his wife were buried. One might hazard the guess that the place of their burial now lies under the paving stones or skyscrapers of Brooklyn, and not be far from the truth.
In the Walloon Church records of Frankenthal, Germany, shows that Jacques Cossart and Lea Villemin were married there August 14, 1656.
There was a tradition among grand-children and great-grandchildren of Jacques to the effect that he had two brothers who came to America. One brother remained and the other renounced his Huguenot faith and returned to Europe to claim the family fortune. If this tradition is based on fact, this may account for Jan Cossart, a wealthy merchant of New York City, who died there about 1700. His will is of record. And also for a Dr. George Cossart living in New York City about this time. There was a Joris or George Cossart who, it is claimed returned to Europe on a ship that was never afterwards heard from. The writer has never been able to connect Jan and Joris Cossart up with other members of the Cossart family and assumes they are the traditional brothers of Jacques Cossart.
The children of Jacques Cossart and his wife, Lydia Willems (or Lea Villman) are of record as follows:
CHILDREN:
4. Lea Cossart, baptised at Frankenthal, Germany, in the Walloon Church, May 31, 1657. Is mentioned in the ship's log as aged five years in 1662. Her God-father was Philippe Le Febure, and her God-mother was Lea Lanoix, the wife of Elie Charteur (or Etie Chantem). This was the eldest child of the immigrants of which we can find no further record. It is presumed she died young.
5. Rachel Cossart, baptised in the Walloon Church at Frankenthal, Bavaria, November 11, 1658. Her God-father was Eli Charteur and her God-mother was Rachel Willmin, a step daughter of Eli Charteur. We can find no further record of Rachel. It is presumed that she died in Europe prior to the emigration of her parents.
6. Susanne Cossart, christened at Frankenthal, in the Walloon Church of that little town in the Bavarian highlands, February 3, 1661. Her God-father was Charles August, and her God-mother was Susanne Poland of that place. Susanne is mentioned in the ship's log as being 18 month old in 1662 when her parents took passage on the sailing ship the "Pumerland Church". We can find no further record of this child and it is presumed she died young.
7. Jannetje Cossart, baptised in the Dutch Church of New York City, N.Y. , November 28, 1665. She died Circa 1736. Married Jacobus Goelet of New York City.
8. Jacques (Jacob) Cossart, baptised April 11, 1668 in the Dutch Church at New York City. Died in 1731. Married Anna Maria Springsteen and they are the progenitors of the Coshow, Cashow, Cashaw, Kershaw and Kershow families.
9. David Cossart, born in New York City, July 18, 1671. Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place. Died Circa 1740. Married Styntje jorts Van Horne and they are the progenitors of the Cossatrt, Cozatt, Cassat, Cassatt etc. , families. One branch use Cozart.
10. Anthony Cossart, baptised November 19, 1673. Was a member of the Dutch Freformed Church. Died in Somerset County, N.J. Date of death unknown. Married 1st Elizabeth Tymensen Valentine; married 2nd Judith. Progenitors of the Cosad, Cozad, Casad and Cozart families." 		Cossart, Lea (I5886)
 
2757 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book "The Cossart Family," by Joseph A. Cossairt, 1936, PP. 9-12:
"Jacques Cossart, son of Jacques (1), baptised at Leyden, Holland, May 29, 1639, and died at Bushwick (Brooklyn), Long Island, New York, about 1685. He was the first immigrant bearing the name of Cossart to come to the American Colonies. (See Baird's Huguenot Emigration to America, Volume 1, pages 182-3).
He was received into the Walloon Church in 1657 and was married subsequently to Lydia Willems (sometimes referred to as Lea Vilman) and went with his wife to Frankenthal, Pfalz Province, a small Huguenot village in the Bavaria highlands where three of his daughters were baptised; in about three years he returned to Leyden where they were received into the church, and again left there on April 7, 1660.
After taking their letter from the Huguenot Church at Leyden, Jacques with his wife and two children embarked on October 12, 1662, in the ship Pumerland Kerck, of which Captain Barentsen was skipper, and which on the 14th weighed anchor and passed the village on the Texel, bound with supplies to New Amsterdam. Of approximately ninety men, women and children passengers, the French composed a third and the Dutch colonists the remainder. Each adult was charged for passage and board 39 florins, children of ten years and under, except infants, half price, which was then considered a large sum of money. At that time a florin was worth about $1.60 of our money. The ship is said to have arrived early in 1663.
The charges for their passage stand thus in the accounts of the West India Company:
"Jacques Cossaris debet - Voor vrocht en cosight day hy A 1662, 12 October pr.'t Schip de Pumerlander Kerch, Schtppr Benjamin Barentsen, is herewaerts
gecomenFl. 39
Voor syn vrou 39
En 1 kinder unter 10 jaren19 1/2
T. FI 97 1/2
Some of the other passengers who accompanied Jacques and Lydia to the "new world" were:
"Claus Paulus and wife; Nictlas du put, wife and 3 children; Arnout du Tois, wife and 1 child; Gideon Merlit, wife and 4 children; Louts Louchman, wife and 3 children; Jan de Conchilier, wife and 5 children; Jacob Clopp, from Leyden, wife and 2 children; Judith jans, from Leyden, matden; jorsten Jansen; Ferdinandus de Mulder; Isaac Vermiel, wife and 4 children; Abolts Setshorn; and Claes Jansen Van Heynengen." (See Documentary History of New York, Vol. III, p. 60).
The Latinization of the name Cossart, by the addition of the letters "is" or "ius", is not uncommon. A similiar change occured in the name of Francis Daniel Pastortus, the founder of Germantown, Pa. The late Dr. Learned of the University of Pennsylvania, on visiting the town from which Pastortus came, ascertained that his name was Pastor, and the "tus" has been added.
The evolution of the name Cossart in the last 300 years makes a very interesting study in patronymics.
The Dutch in their effort to follow phonetically the spelling of French and English names, have made it quite difficult in many cases to trace families. The Christian names were nearly always recorded in the Dutch equivalent, and some surnames as well. Jacques became Jacob, Jacobus sometimes James and occasionally Jacob. Pierre was usually termed or translated Peter.
The Huguenots were generally well educated, and most of them came from the yeomanry, but as is well known, many belonged to manoral families. The social position of the Cossarts is evidenced from the will of David, son of Jacques (3), who calls himself "Gentleman".
Arrival in New Amsterdam.
The little town of New Amsterdam, nestled upon the lower end of Manhattan Island, presented a curious appearance to the strangers. Inclosed within the limits of Wall Street and Broadway, two hundred poorly constructed houses gave partial comfort to some fourteen hundred people. The Fort loomed up broadly in front, partly hiding within the Governor's residence, and the Dutch Church. The flag of the States General and a windmill on the western bastion, were notable indications of Holland rule.
Upon his arrival at New Amsterdam, as the City of New York was then called, he and his wife Lydia Willems, joined the Dutch Church on April 1, 1663. The births of their children are recorded here.
It is evident that Jacques Cossart was not a rich man; he with six other French immigrants sent in a petition March 19th, 1663, praying for a grant of land and seed grain with provision for six months.
He was among those that took the oath of allegiance to the British flag when New Amsterdam became New York. That he was an honest man, and trusted by both the Dutch and English alike, he was subsequently appointed collector of the church tithes; and it is supposed that he remained a member of this church until his death which occured about the year 1685; for his name appears on the tax books for the year 1684 and his wifes names appears in his place for 1686 and the following years. For collecting for the support of the clergy he was allowed a commission of 4%, and for collecting for the support of the soldiers he was alIowed a commission of 7 1/2% on his receipts, with the provision that he make good from his commission whatever shall fall short'. (See Court Minutes of New Amsterdam).
In October 1664 the names of Pieter G. Stuyvesart, Jacob Cossar, together with several others, swore allegiance to the British by the following oath:
"I swear by the name of the almighty God, that I will be a true subject, to the King of Great Brittaine, and will obey all such commands, as I shall receive from his Majestie, His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, and such Governors and Officers as from time to time are appointed over me, by his authority, and none other, whilst I live in any of his Majesties territoryes: So help me God." (See Documents relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, 1853; Vol. III, by Broadhead).
In 1667 Jacques Cossart purchased a house and lot in New York City, the site of this property is now occupied by the New York Produce Exchange Building at the corner of Whitehall and Marketfield Streets. This is near the Bowling Green Park and Broadway. The tower of this building is directly over what was once the back yard to the property of Jacques.
The following is a description of the property acquired by him, the location of which was in Block D, Lot 1. "April 5, 1667 - Confirmed by Governor Nicolls to Jacques Cossart (Patents Albany IV: 39).
Recites transport Jacob Leenderston Vander Grift to Simon Jansen Romelin August 26, 1666 (See Liber B, New York Co. 101), and is by him since conveyed to Jacques Cossart.
Description: South Side Marketvelt Steegh joining on the east to Nicolas Boot; on the south to Jonas Bartletts (Bartelste); on the west to Frederick Aertsen; and on the North to said Lane; continuing in breadth on the north and south sides 20 feet 3 inches; on the east side in length 48 feet and on the west side 45 feet 6 inches, Wood measure. " (See The Inconography of Manhattan Island. The Dutch Grants, Vol. II, at page 375).
Sometime after 1673 Jacques removed to a small farm on Long Island at a place known as Bushwick (now in Brooklyn). After 1685 the name of his wife appears on an old church list as "Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart." The tax lists show that he first acquired about ten acres of land which was subsequently increased to about forty acres. Records show that in 1683 he paid a total tax on personal property and real estate of L 114. At this time he had 2 horses, 5 cows, 1 hog and 18 morgens of land.
There seems to be no record of the death of Lydia Willems, widow of Jacques Cossart. Her name does not appear on the census returns of 1698, she probably died before this date. The church buildings have all disappeared and with them most of the church books and documents. The burying grounds have disappeared likewise, and no one knows positively where he or his wife were buried. One might hazard the guess that the place of their burial now lies under the paving stones or skyscrapers of Brooklyn, and not be far from the truth.
In the Walloon Church records of Frankenthal, Germany, shows that Jacques Cossart and Lea Villemin were married there August 14, 1656.
There was a tradition among grand-children and great-grandchildren of Jacques to the effect that he had two brothers who came to America. One brother remained and the other renounced his Huguenot faith and returned to Europe to claim the family fortune. If this tradition is based on fact, this may account for Jan Cossart, a wealthy merchant of New York City, who died there about 1700. His will is of record. And also for a Dr. George Cossart living in New York City about this time. There was a Joris or George Cossart who, it is claimed returned to Europe on a ship that was never afterwards heard from. The writer has never been able to connect Jan and Joris Cossart up with other members of the Cossart family and assumes they are the traditional brothers of Jacques Cossart.
The children of Jacques Cossart and his wife, Lydia Willems (or Lea Villman) are of record as follows:
CHILDREN:
4. Lea Cossart, baptised at Frankenthal, Germany, in the Walloon Church, May 31, 1657. Is mentioned in the ship's log as aged five years in 1662. Her God-father was Philippe Le Febure, and her God-mother was Lea Lanoix, the wife of Elie Charteur (or Etie Chantem). This was the eldest child of the immigrants of which we can find no further record. It is presumed she died young.
5. Rachel Cossart, baptised in the Walloon Church at Frankenthal, Bavaria, November 11, 1658. Her God-father was Eli Charteur and her God-mother was Rachel Willmin, a step daughter of Eli Charteur. We can find no further record of Rachel. It is presumed that she died in Europe prior to the emigration of her parents.
6. Susanne Cossart, christened at Frankenthal, in the Walloon Church of that little town in the Bavarian highlands, February 3, 1661. Her God-father was Charles August, and her God-mother was Susanne Poland of that place. Susanne is mentioned in the ship's log as being 18 month old in 1662 when her parents took passage on the sailing ship the "Pumerland Church". We can find no further record of this child and it is presumed she died young.
7. Jannetje Cossart, baptised in the Dutch Church of New York City, N.Y. , November 28, 1665. She died Circa 1736. Married Jacobus Goelet of New York City.
8. Jacques (Jacob) Cossart, baptised April 11, 1668 in the Dutch Church at New York City. Died in 1731. Married Anna Maria Springsteen and they are the progenitors of the Coshow, Cashow, Cashaw, Kershaw and Kershow families.
9. David Cossart, born in New York City, July 18, 1671. Was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of that place. Died Circa 1740. Married Styntje jorts Van Horne and they are the progenitors of the Cossatrt, Cozatt, Cassat, Cassatt etc. , families. One branch use Cozart.
10. Anthony Cossart, baptised November 19, 1673. Was a member of the Dutch Freformed Church. Died in Somerset County, N.J. Date of death unknown. Married 1st Elizabeth Tymensen Valentine; married 2nd Judith. Progenitors of the Cosad, Cozad, Casad and Cozart families." 		Willems, Lijdia (I3669)
 
2758 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Roger10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) was born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Roger was buried 15 Mar
1617/1618 in Ederstone, England. His spouse has not been identified They had 5 children:.
i. William Greswold, christened 17 May 1563 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. Definitely not the owner of Broad Oaks house, now Ron Herd's home The geography is wrong and, in his will, Ron Herd's William mentions a brother Henry and a sister Ann for whom there are no records to connect them to Roger William is mentioned as a son of Roger in the will of 27 John9 the Elder (1578), when he received a heifer
ii. Margerie Greswold, christened 27 Oct 1566 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England n fr
iii. Isabell Greswold, mentioned as a daughter of Roger in the will of 27.John9 the Elder (1578) when she also received a heifer, but there is no birth record, unless she was the one christened 10 Feb 1572 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
iv. George Greswold, christened 6 Nov 1574.
v. Thomas Greswold, christened 8 Nov 1579 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth (___). Elizabeth was buried 25 Jun 1634 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died after Feb 1620 in Stoneleigh, England, his family is in his will.
 		Griswold, Isabell (I4849)
 
2759 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Roger10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) was born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Roger was buried 15 Mar
1617/1618 in Ederstone, England. His spouse has not been identified They had 5 children:.
i. William Greswold, christened 17 May 1563 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. Definitely not the owner of Broad Oaks house, now Ron Herd's home The geography is wrong and, in his will, Ron Herd's William mentions a brother Henry and a sister Ann for whom there are no records to connect them to Roger William is mentioned as a son of Roger in the will of 27 John9 the Elder (1578), when he received a heifer
ii. Margerie Greswold, christened 27 Oct 1566 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England n fr
iii. Isabell Greswold, mentioned as a daughter of Roger in the will of 27.John9 the Elder (1578) when she also received a heifer, but there is no birth record, unless she was the one christened 10 Feb 1572 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
iv. George Greswold, christened 6 Nov 1574.
v. Thomas Greswold, christened 8 Nov 1579 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth (___). Elizabeth was buried 25 Jun 1634 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died after Feb 1620 in Stoneleigh, England, his family is in his will.
 		Griswold, Margerie (I4848)
 
2760 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Roger10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) was born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Roger was buried 15 Mar
1617/1618 in Ederstone, England. His spouse has not been identified They had 5 children:.
i. William Greswold, christened 17 May 1563 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. Definitely not the owner of Broad Oaks house, now Ron Herd's home The geography is wrong and, in his will, Ron Herd's William mentions a brother Henry and a sister Ann for whom there are no records to connect them to Roger William is mentioned as a son of Roger in the will of 27 John9 the Elder (1578), when he received a heifer
ii. Margerie Greswold, christened 27 Oct 1566 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England n fr
iii. Isabell Greswold, mentioned as a daughter of Roger in the will of 27.John9 the Elder (1578) when she also received a heifer, but there is no birth record, unless she was the one christened 10 Feb 1572 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
iv. George Greswold, christened 6 Nov 1574.
v. Thomas Greswold, christened 8 Nov 1579 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth (___). Elizabeth was buried 25 Jun 1634 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died after Feb 1620 in Stoneleigh, England, his family is in his will.
 		Griswold, William (I4847)
 
2761 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) the Weaver was born about 1536. He married Isabell (SAUNDERS ?) and the family lived at Lapworth, Warwickshire, England. In 1582, they moved to South Rookery farm. John died 1587. Overseers of his will were William SAUNDERS (?-1614) [Possibly John's brother-in-law] and John's sons, George and Ambrose. Isabell was born about 1538 and died after 1606. They had 9 children [David Patterson's Chart and Family History Library, IGI.]:
i. John Greswold, born before 1560.
ii. George Greswold.
iii. William Greswold, christened 27 Mar 1562, will 1637 at Worcester, England, died 1641 in Worcester, at the age of 79. Also a weaver.
iv. Christian Greswold, male, born 1565 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England.
v. Richard Greswold [Gryssold] christened 20 Jan 1566/1567 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England.
vi. Henry Greswold [Grissold], christened 19 May 1572 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England. Died young.
vii. Robert Greswold, the Martyr, born 1574, died 1604, at the age of 30."
viii. Ambrose Greswold [Grissold], christened 6 Jun 1574, (Patterson says b. 1576) died 1614.
ix. Henry Greswold [Grissold], christened 16 Jun 1577 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England."
 		Saunders, Isabell (I4846)
 
2762 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold (I4845)
 
2763 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold (I4844)
 
2764 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold (I4843)
 
2765 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold, Henry (I4842)
 
2766 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold, Ambrose (I4841)
 
2767 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."
 		Greswold, Robert (I4840)
 
2768 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Thomas9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born about 1495 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died 1578 in Rowington, Warwickshire; England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 3 children:
i. George Greswold, born about 1528, died 1599/1600. [See Chapter 5]
ii. Clement Greswold. Presumably it is he who witnessed the will of his uncle, John the Elder. (He was probably the father of William ?-1614).
iii. girl Greswold. She married William SAUNDERS. William died 1614."
 		Greswold, Thomas (I4839)
 
2769 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John9 Greswold (John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) the Elder, was born about 1510. He took over the South Rookery farm by 1548. He made his will there in 1578 and died 15 May 1583 in South Rookery, England. His spouse has not been identified. They had 8 children:
i. John Greswold, the Weaver, born about 1536, died 1586. [See Chapter 6]
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1540, died before 15 Mar 1617/1618.
iii. Robert Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
iv. Ambrose Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
v. Henry Greswold. (Bachelor uncle of the Martyr.)
vi. girl Greswold
vii. girl Greswold.
viii. girl Greswold."

2. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95. Apparently this author has the opinion that this person is William, but the source above appears more modern:
"GRISWOLD
…The English ancestry of Edward has been the subject of much careful scholarly discussion (sometimes apparently heated). This solution appears to have the best documentation.
Roger Griswold of Rowington - Margaret
William Griswold
Roger Griswold of Kenilworth
George Griswold of Wooten Wawen - Dousabel
Edward Griswold, emigrant - Margaret
Francis Griswold (1st son of Edward)…
John Griswold (6th son of Edward) - Mary Bemis (See) …
D. ROGER GRISWOLD of Rowington, county Warwickshire, England died in 1545 leaving a will dated 9 June 1545 mentioning wife Margaret; sons Robert, William, John and Richard; and brother John. (1)
C. WILLIAM GRISWOLD was born about 1515 to 1520. He was the second son of Roger. He appears to be the father of Thomas of Rowington and Roger of Kenilworth. (1)(3)
B. ROGER GRISWOLD of Kenilworth was born about 1545-50 anti died before 1607. In a Chancery proceeding in 1602/3 involving certain lands, the relationship of this Roger to his father William is indicated. There were three sons: the second Roger of Kenilworth, Thomas of Stonley and George. (1)(2)(3)
A. GEORGE GRISWOLD was baptized at Wooten Wawan in Warwickshire in 1574. He married, first, Dousabel and had a son Edward. Dousabel was buried at Wooten Wawen, wife of George, 28 August 1615 and George remarried, a wife whose name is unknown. Sons Matthew and Thomas were born of this marriage. Edward and his half-brother Matthew emigrated to New England. (1)(2)(3)(9)
1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England...
References:
(1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura.
(2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus.
(3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt.
(9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II."
 		Greswold, John (I4838)
 
2770 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) the Weaver was born about 1536. He married Isabell (SAUNDERS ?) and the family lived at Lapworth, Warwickshire, England. In 1582, they moved to South Rookery farm. John died 1587. Overseers of his will were William SAUNDERS (?-1614) [Possibly John's brother-in-law] and John's sons, George and Ambrose. Isabell was born about 1538 and died after 1606. They had 9 children [David Patterson's Chart and Family History Library, IGI.]:
i. John Greswold, born before 1560.
ii. George Greswold.
iii. William Greswold, christened 27 Mar 1562, will 1637 at Worcester, England, died 1641 in Worcester, at the age of 79. Also a weaver.
iv. Christian Greswold, male, born 1565 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England.
v. Richard Greswold [Gryssold] christened 20 Jan 1566/1567 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England.
vi. Henry Greswold [Grissold], christened 19 May 1572 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England. Died young.
vii. Robert Greswold, the Martyr, born 1574, died 1604, at the age of 30."
viii. Ambrose Greswold [Grissold], christened 6 Jun 1574, (Patterson says b. 1576) died 1614.
ix. Henry Greswold [Grissold], christened 16 Jun 1577 in Lapworth, Warwickshire, England."
 		Greswold, John (I4837)
 
2771 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Roger10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) was born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Roger was buried 15 Mar
1617/1618 in Ederstone, England. His spouse has not been identified They had 5 children:.
i. William Greswold, christened 17 May 1563 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. Definitely not the owner of Broad Oaks house, now Ron Herd's home The geography is wrong and, in his will, Ron Herd's William mentions a brother Henry and a sister Ann for whom there are no records to connect them to Roger William is mentioned as a son of Roger in the will of 27 John9 the Elder (1578), when he received a heifer
ii. Margerie Greswold, christened 27 Oct 1566 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England n fr
iii. Isabell Greswold, mentioned as a daughter of Roger in the will of 27.John9 the Elder (1578) when she also received a heifer, but there is no birth record, unless she was the one christened 10 Feb 1572 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
iv. George Greswold, christened 6 Nov 1574.
v. Thomas Greswold, christened 8 Nov 1579 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth (___). Elizabeth was buried 25 Jun 1634 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died after Feb 1620 in Stoneleigh, England, his family is in his will.

2. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"Thomas (son of Roger, gson of William). Born ca. 1572, his will is dated the last day of Feb 1620. In his will, he mentioned the same property that was disputed in the Chancery Court proceedings of Roger [his father]. It also identifies his children as a son Gregory, son Thomas (under 21), three daughters: Agnes, Elizabeth, Alice; and two youngest sons Richard and David.
Children:
Gregory, b. ca. 1598.
Thomas, b. ca. 1600 or later (under 21 in will) bur. 5 May 1644.
Agnes, b. ca. 1602.
Elizabeth, b. ca. 1604.
Alice, b. ca. 1606.
Richard, b. ca. 1608.
David, b. ca. 1610."

3. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"Roger (son of William). Born probably between 1540 and 1545, died bef. 1605, Roger was married ca. 1568-9 to an unknown wife. The following Chancery Proceedings (TAG 41:100) explains the relationship and location of three generations of Griswolds, as well as placing Roger as the eldest of the three sons of Roger. Their birthdates are computed from the known baptismal date of George.
'Chancery Proceedings. 2 Jas I, G 11/26. Public Record Office. (No date in body of the document, but in a later hand written on 17 Nov. 1607.) The Bill (i.e. petition: wording badly worn away on one edge.)
'Roger Greswold of Kenilworth yeoman says that about March 44 Eliz (1602/3) there was... between him on one part and Thos Braband, Ann mother of the said Thomas then wife of Thomas Hart, the same Thomas Hart, Richard Holmes and Alice on the other part, Certain closes or fields called Broomfields and other lands then in their possession to be purchased by Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
'The lands were entailed to the heirs male of William Greswold father of the said Roger Greswold deceased.
'There was an arbitration before Sir Thomas Leigh. The petitioner 'being in great necessity and need of money' showed the award to one Thomas Greswold who was then about to buy the lands.
'He alleges that Roger senior had thought wrongfully that the land was not entailed and sold it to Thomas Braband and Co.
'The reply is that the defendant's father John Brabonde bought the property from Roger senior deceased.'
Children of Roger:
Roger, b. ca. 1570.
Thomas, b. ca. 1572.
George, bp. 6 Nov. 1574 at Wooten Wawen."

4. The booklet "The Griswold Family in England before 1639 - A Report of the Findings of Bonnie Boone Day Griswold and James Wells Griswold," 1984, Exeter, NH, copy in the library of the Windsor CT. Historical Society. The authors went to England to look up actual records. Quote from pp. 10-13:
"The search for hard facts about our direct Griswold ancestors in England has yielded information only on Edward. This we found in the Warwickshire County Records Library. Even this information is evidently not new because the names and accurate dates are given in Glen E. Griswold's Vol. II of the Griswold Family. But since he does not cite the source of his information, maybe the following will add a bit...[See notes for Edward for full transcription of records found of his children.]
The publication, the "American Genealogist," Volumes 39, 40, and 71 reports the extensive work of Genevieve Kiepura and John Hunt. Since their findings take 12 pages of close print, we will attempt to summarize it here. None of the original documents reported here have we seen personally, but the source reported in these articles suggest other areas for investigation.
The articles clearly represent the extensive and careful work they have done and further dramatize the difficulties encountered because there were so many Griswolds in the area and so many of the families used the traditional first names.
Mrs. Kiepura reports that the parish regester for Wootten Wawen lists the baptism of "Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptisms of George, son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574; and to the burial of Dousabele, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
For their research, Mrs. Kiepura and Mr. Hunt had copies of 11 wills that were on file at the Worcester Records Office. Piecing the fragments of facts given in each will to create a sequential chart is like a detective story. However, as a summary, the following is given by Mr. Hunt:
Roger Griswold of Rowington. Will 1545 [had son:]
William, b. ca. 1515-20? [had son:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. before 1607 [had sons:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.
Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620. House in Kenilworth.
George, bp. 1574 at Wootten Wawen [had sons:]
Edward, bp. 1607 Wootten Wawen.
Matthew, b. 1620.
Thomas of Kenilworth [had sons:]
Thomas.
Matthew of Stonley. Will of 1701/2.
(BDG and JWG Note: We still have not found an English source that proves that Matthew is a brother of Edward. The listing given above is based on the testimony given by George Griswold in 1700 for a court in Connecticut as to what he remembers.)
In Volume 71 of the 'American Genealogist', Mr. Hunt reports on a copy of a will of 'Thomas Griswold of Stonley, Warwickshire dated the last day of Feb. 1620 wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and gorunds in the town and parish of Kenilworth, names his close called Beggerspath and the ground called Broomfield, alias Thickthorn clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.'"
 		Griswold, Thomas (I4595)
 
2772 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Roger10 Greswold (John9, John8, John7, 8.John6, 6.John5, 5.William4, 4.Richard3, 2.Ralph2, John1) was born about 1540 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Roger was buried 15 Mar
1617/1618 in Ederstone, England. His spouse has not been identified They had 5 children:.
i. William Greswold, christened 17 May 1563 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. Definitely not the owner of Broad Oaks house, now Ron Herd's home The geography is wrong and, in his will, Ron Herd's William mentions a brother Henry and a sister Ann for whom there are no records to connect them to Roger William is mentioned as a son of Roger in the will of 27 John9 the Elder (1578), when he received a heifer
ii. Margerie Greswold, christened 27 Oct 1566 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England n fr
iii. Isabell Greswold, mentioned as a daughter of Roger in the will of 27.John9 the Elder (1578) when she also received a heifer, but there is no birth record, unless she was the one christened 10 Feb 1572 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
iv. George Greswold, christened 6 Nov 1574.
v. Thomas Greswold, christened 8 Nov 1579 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. He married Elizabeth (___). Elizabeth was buried 25 Jun 1634 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Thomas died after Feb 1620 in Stoneleigh, England, his family is in his will.

2. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"William. Among all the Griswold families studied in England going back to the 13th century, the first progenitor we can be sure of for the emigrants, Edward and Matthew, is William, born c. 1513-1515, died before 1571; married c. 1535 Elizabeth, who died after 1571.
(There is another William, son of Roger, who died in 1545; but he was less than 16 years of age at his father's death. TAG 41:100-101.)
Five known children were born to them. The order of their birth is taken from the will, which lists males first, then females, each in order of birth. They were probably intermixed, and Roger could have been anywhere from second to fifth Child:
Thomas, b. 1540.
Roger, b. ca. 1542.
Isabel, b. ca. 1543.
Margaret, b. ca. 1546.
Mary, b. ca 1549."

3. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"Roger (son of William). Born probably between 1540 and 1545, died bef. 1605, Roger was married ca. 1568-9 to an unknown wife. The following Chancery Proceedings (TAG 41:100) explains the relationship and location of three generations of Griswolds, as well as placing Roger as the eldest of the three sons of Roger. Their birthdates are computed from the known baptismal date of George.
'Chancery Proceedings. 2 Jas I, G 11/26. Public Record Office. (No date in body of the document, but in a later hand written on 17 Nov. 1607.) The Bill (i.e. petition: wording badly worn away on one edge.)
'Roger Greswold of Kenilworth yeoman says that about March 44 Eliz (1602/3) there was... between him on one part and Thos Braband, Ann mother of the said Thomas then wife of Thomas Hart, the same Thomas Hart, Richard Holmes and Alice on the other part, Certain closes or fields called Broomfields and other lands then in their possession to be purchased by Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
'The lands were entailed to the heirs male of William Greswold father of the said Roger Greswold deceased.
'There was an arbitration before Sir Thomas Leigh. The petitioner 'being in great necessity and need of money' showed the award to one Thomas Greswold who was then about to buy the lands.
'He alleges that Roger senior had thought wrongfully that the land was not entailed and sold it to Thomas Braband and Co.
'The reply is that the defendant's father John Brabonde bought the property from Roger senior deceased.'
Children of Roger:
Roger, b. ca. 1570.
Thomas, b. ca. 1572.
George, bp. 6 Nov. 1574 at Wooten Wawen."

4. The booklet "The Griswold Family in England before 1639 - A Report of the Findings of Bonnie Boone Day Griswold and James Wells Griswold," 1984, Exeter, NH, copy in the library of the Windsor CT. Historical Society. The authors went to England to look up actual records. Quote from pp. 10-13:
"The search for hard facts about our direct Griswold ancestors in England has yielded information only on Edward. This we found in the Warwickshire County Records Library. Even this information is evidently not new because the names and accurate dates are given in Glen E. Griswold's Vol. II of the Griswold Family. But since he does not cite the source of his information, maybe the following will add a bit...[See notes for Edward for full transcription of records found of his children.]
The publication, the "American Genealogist," Volumes 39, 40, and 71 reports the extensive work of Genevieve Kiepura and John Hunt. Since their findings take 12 pages of close print, we will attempt to summarize it here. None of the original documents reported here have we seen personally, but the source reported in these articles suggest other areas for investigation.
The articles clearly represent the extensive and careful work they have done and further dramatize the difficulties encountered because there were so many Griswolds in the area and so many of the families used the traditional first names.
Mrs. Kiepura reports that the parish regester for Wootten Wawen lists the baptism of "Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptisms of George, son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574; and to the burial of Dousabele, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
For their research, Mrs. Kiepura and Mr. Hunt had copies of 11 wills that were on file at the Worcester Records Office. Piecing the fragments of facts given in each will to create a sequential chart is like a detective story. However, as a summary, the following is given by Mr. Hunt:
Roger Griswold of Rowington. Will 1545 [had son:]
William, b. ca. 1515-20? [had son:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. before 1607 [had sons:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.
Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620. House in Kenilworth.
George, bp. 1574 at Wootten Wawen [had sons:]
Edward, bp. 1607 Wootten Wawen.
Matthew, b. 1620.
Thomas of Kenilworth [had sons:]
Thomas.
Matthew of Stonley. Will of 1701/2.
(BDG and JWG Note: We still have not found an English source that proves that Matthew is a brother of Edward. The listing given above is based on the testimony given by George Griswold in 1700 for a court in Connecticut as to what he remembers.)
In Volume 71 of the 'American Genealogist', Mr. Hunt reports on a copy of a will of 'Thomas Griswold of Stonley, Warwickshire dated the last day of Feb. 1620 wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and gorunds in the town and parish of Kenilworth, names his close called Beggerspath and the ground called Broomfield, alias Thickthorn clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.'"

5. The following are various articles in the publication "The American Genealogist" concerning Griswold ancestry in England, which I include for reference purposes. They appeared together over about three years and represent an evolution of research with the later articles clarifying or refuting elements of earlier articles. The 1999 book "The Greswold Family: 12 Generations in America," which appeared about 30 years later, incorporated and supplanted much of this data – so the following must be used with some caution:
A. TAG 39:176-80: "Griswold Ancestry in England," by Genevieve Tylee Kiepura:
"Descendants of the Griswold clan have contributed greatly to American life in every field. The ancestry of the pioneers should be recorded in greater detail, and the identity of the wives, who braved the unknown New World, is equally important. The contributor has had a more thorough search of English records made than has previously been undertaken.
The reliable record facts in American sources which serve as clues were long ago cited in full in Edward Elbridge Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, "Family-Histories and Genealogies" (1892), 2:2-5, so here we need only abstract them briefly for reference:
1. Testimony given 15 May 1684 by Edward Griswold, aged about 77, that he came to New England in 1639 [hence born ca. 1607], and by Matthew Griswold, aged about 64, to the same effect [hence born ca. 1620].
2. George Griswold, aged about 67, testified 9 May 1700 that in youth he lived with his father, Edward Griswold, in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and had heard his father say that the house they lived in there belonged to Edward's brother Matthew, and he had seen a letter from Thomas Griswold of Kenilworth intimating that Thomas lived in said house belonging to his brother Matthew [proving there was a third brother, Thomas].
3. On 19 Jan. 1737/8, Capt. George Griswold, aged about 72, and Mr. John Griswold, aged about 69, sons of George Griswold, both of Windsor, Conn., testified that their grandfather's name was Edward Griswold, that their great-grandfather was George Griswold who had three sons, the eldest named Edward, the second named Matthew, and the third or youngest named Thomas, of whom the first two came to New England from "Killingsworth" in Warwickshire; also that said Edward's eldest son has always been reputed to be Francis Griswold.
4. Margaret wife of Edward Griswold died 23 Aug. 1670.
5. The will of John Riley named in his will of 13 May 1674 his brother John Belding, his brother Emanuel Buck, and his cousin Michael Griswold [see "The American Genealogist," supra, 10:51-52].
The following data came from England from various officials – county archivists, parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts, photostats and copies of wills, and paid researchers.
Wanting first to verify the statement (3 above) that Edward was the son of George, we first checked the George, son of Henry of Grete and Yardley, given in the Visitation of Warwickshire, and found that the marriage bond of Henry Griswold and Dorothy James is dated 1592 (bond 1026), hence their son George could not have been old enough to have been Edward's father. The following sources were searched, with the results stated below:
Kenilworth: The parish registers, before 1676, were destroyed by fire.
Solihull: "The only mention of an Edward Griswold in the index relates to birth of children of Edward beginning 1609, and the burial of one in 1617. The index shows a George Griswold (no parents were then stated) bapt. 23 April 8, 1548 and a George bapt. 13 June 1577. No 0ther entry for George until 1644. The index has no Matthew or Michael."
Wills: The wills of the district are filed at Worcester and eleven were sent to me. Among them was that of Clement Griswold of Henley-in-Arden, who named eldest son Frank and second son George; probated 1611. The parish register of Henley shows that Francis son of Clement was baptized 10 Jan. l605; hence George son of Clement cannot be Edward's father.
Wooten Wawen: "We also examined the parish register of Wooten Wawen (a chapelry of Henley) which has the baptism of Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptism of George son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574 and the burial of Dousabel, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
There are no wills of the above George, Roger, or Dousabel in Worcester Archives. However, we have here the baptism of Edward son of George in the right year and think he is surely the emigrant. The death of Dousabel in 1615 necessitates the supposition that Matthew and Thomas were by a later wife and half-brothers of Edward, since we know from the evidence digested above that Matthew was born about 1620 and that Thomas was still younger. Among the wills obtained, the following seem important:
Roger Griswold of Rowington, will dated 9 June named wife Margaret, brother John Griswold, sons Robert, William, John, and Richard.
Thomas Griswold of Rowington, husbandman, will dated 23 Feb. 1570, proved 23 Apr. 1571, named son Roger Griswold, his mother Elizabeth, daughters Marye, Margaret, Isabel (after attaining the age of 21) and Elizabeth my wife.
Rowington is about four miles east of Henley and Wooten Wawen, where Roger had George baptized in 1574, and about eight miles west of Kenilworth
John Benford of Henley in the parish of Wooten Wawen, will 14 May 1597, named wife Elizabeth, son Baldwyn, son John and daughter Joan; overseers, my brother Buck and my son [i.e. stepson] Roger Griswold.
Will of Roger Griswold of Rowington, 2 Feb. 1613, gave to wife Joan, sons Thomas, William, Henry, John, Roger, Richard, daughter Katherine, and mother Elizabeth Benford; witnessed by Wyllme Seth, Robert Griswold, John Hinde, and others.
Will of Elizabeth Benford, late of Rowington, widow, 12 Sept. 1614, no legatees named; "my natural son John to be administrator." Witnessed by William Kerbye and Johannes Pennell, notary public. John Benford of Henley-in- Arden and William Kerbye of the same parish were bound to administer the goods.
Rowington printed parish registers (1612, 1617, 1618 and 1626 are copied from the Bishops' Transcripts and are in the appendix) begin in 1616 and contain no reference to George or Dousabel Griswold. The marriage bonds 1553-1645 were checked for the surnames Griswold, Kirby and Benford. The only entry found was Roger Griswold to Joan Sadler, dated 15 July 1601. Presumably this pertains to Roger above whose 1613 will names wife Joan, but she may have been a second wife since the will names seven children only twelve years later.
Only three parishes mentioned in the wills above were not checked: Tamworth, which is extant but not indexed, Lapworth, and Wroxall. They may contain further Griswold, Buck or Kirby data. A few miscellaneous items call for mention.
John Benford's will named "Brother Buck." There is only one Buck will in Worcester archives that of Thomas Buck of Wroxhall, proved 1601, which named Katherine Buck, daughter, kinsman John Buck, and two children of Gregory Kyrbey of Lapworth. Possibly the widow Elizabeth Griswold who married John Benford was a sister of Thomas Buck, for note the Kirby mention in connection with her own estate. And it may be significant that the will of John Riley of Wethersfield (see the American evidences, no. 5 above) indicates his relationship to both Emanuel Buck and Michael Griswold.
John Kirby of Hartford and Middletown, Conn., was baptized in Rowington, Warwickshire, 4 Jan. 1624/5, son of Humphrey Kirby, for whom no estate was found. The only Kirby wills reported were those of John of Tanworth, 1612; William of Henley-in-Arden 1625; and William of Tanworth, 1629, none of which mentions a Griswold.
An attempt was made to find apprentice records, but it was reported that there were none for the early seventeenth century.
The contributor suggest the following line of descent:
Roger Griswold of Rowington, d. 1545. His will names brother John; if John of Langdon Hall is meant, this would place him as of the sixth generation of the Visitation family. Sons Robert, John, William and Richard, one of whom was probably father of:
Thomas Griswold of Rowington, probably grandson of the above Roger, d. 1571, wife Elizabeth, daughters Mary, Margaret, and Isabel, and son Roger.
Roger Griswold of Rowington, removed to Wooten Wawen, married Elizabeth (Buck?), who after his death married John Benford of Wooten Wawen. They had at least George, bapt. 6 Nov. 1574 and Roger, d. 1613.
George Griswold, bapt. 6. Nov. 1574 married Dousable ___, bur. 28 Aug. 1615, by whom he had: Edward; married second, an unknown, by whom he had: Matthew, b. 1620, and Thomas.
Edward Griswold, bapt. at Wooten Wawen 26 July 1607; married, as we shall presently show, Margaret Blencow of Marston St. Lawrence, co. Northampton, daughter of John Blencow and his wife Mary Wallison.
Editor's Note: Mrs. Kiepura deserves high credit for the discovery of the baptism of Edward Griswold in England, the burial of his mother, and the baptism of George Griswold as son of Roger. The pedigree back of this George may be as she suggests, but it does not appear to be fully proved. It should be noted that the Thomas who died in 1571 was apparently quite a young man, with three girls under age and the one son Roger who may also have been very young in 1571; and Thomas left a widow Elizabeth who may well have remarried. If it was Elizabeth the widow of Thomas who married John Benford, we know from Benford's will that she had a son Roger. In that event, it may have been Roger the son of Thomas and Elizabeth who died 1613; for this Roger left seven children (apparently the eldest son was named Thomas, which would be for his father), and for all we know he may have had other children who died young. So this Roger who died 1613 may have been as old as 45 or even older, and if so, was born before the death of Thomas and could have been his son.
This is suggested merely as an alternative hypothesis. If it should be the correct one, then who was the Roger who had the son George (father as we think of the American Edward) baptized at Wooten Wawen in 1574? Conceivably he could have been brother of Thomas who died 1571 leaving four young children; that would make him a grandson (probably) and namesake of the early Roger with whom the pedigree starts. Either conjecture could be true; but this one would explain the lack of mention of George in the Benford will, although the stepson Roger was mentioned.
Whatever solution is adopted, the records obtained by Mrs. Kiepura will have to serve as the basis for all future studies of the family. She has discovered also the identity and parentage of the wife of Edward Griswold the colonist, as will appear in what follows.)"
B. TAG 39:180-81: "Margaret (Blencow) Griswold"
"In the Visitation of Northamptonshire, "Harleian Society Publications," 87:19, is found a pedigree of Blencow of Marston-St. Lawrence, Kings Sutton Hundred. (For earlier generations, see Metcalfe, "Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1618-19, p. 69.) John Blencow of the said Marston-St. Lawrence, Esq., living in 1618, died about 1613, married first, Mary, daughter of John Walleson of Rislip in the County of Middlesex, and second, Joyce, daughter of Thomas Cooper of Powick, co. Warwick, widow of Francis Savage, D.D. There were nine sons and three daughters, all by the first wife, of whom Thomas, the eldest son, was aged 16 in 1618 and so born ca. 1602. Among the children was Margaret who niarried Edward Griswold of Cubbington in Solihull, co. Warwick.
No parish records have been found at Marston-St. Lawrence. Turning to Middlesex pedigrees in "Harleian Society Publications," 65:136 [MS Harl. 1551, we find a pedigree of Wallison according to which John Wallison of Rislip, co. Middlesex, 1595, had three daughters and coheiresses: wife of John Blencow of Marsten, co. Northampton; Elizabeth wife of Maximillian Emyly of Hemeldon, co. Northampton; and Margaret wife of Thomas Bethon of Rowington, co. Warwick.
It will thus be seen that the Margaret Blencow who married Edward Griswold of Cubbington had an aunt who lived in Rowington, where we found so many records of Griswolds, and as already shown, our Edward son of George was born in 1607 in Wooten Wawen, about four miles from Rowington. Most probably after the death of his first wife, the mother of Edward, George Griswold moved to Cubbington or Kenilworth, places which on map 37 of "A Genealogical Atlas of England and Wales" (Gardner-Harland-Smith) Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1960) are no more than three miles apart; and on the same map, Kenilworth is no more than six miles east of Rowington.
In view of the large amount of research that has now of been done in this small section of Warwickshire, the apparent closeness in age of our Edward Griswold and of Margaret Blencow, and the fact that the colonist's wife was named Margaret, we conclude that her identity is clearly indicated by the above records. The contributor has invested considerable thought, energy and money in the search thus far, and if further confirmatory evidence is to be sought, it will have to be undertaken by other interested descendants.
C. TAG 41:43-44: "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," by John G. Hunt:
"In her Griswold article, "The American Genealogist," 39:176-180, Mrs. Kiepura contributed valuable data, probably identifying the parents of Edward Griswold (c.1607-c.1691), the early Connecticut settler. She shows that the parish registers of Kenilworth, co. Warwick, were destroyed by fire. Some Griswold items from these registers seem to have been extant about a hundred years ago, and after some discussion of this matter with Mr. Jacobus, it has been left to him to comment on this matter in a note which follows this.
Mrs. Kiepura's paper, near its close, indicates that the colonist, Edward Griswold, married Margaret Blencow. The "Victoria County History of Warwickshire, vol. 6, passim, reveals, sub Cubbington, that Edward Griswold of that parish which adjoins Kenilworth died in 1633. His I.p.m. shows that his wife Margaret died the same year. That she who died 1633 was born Margaret Blencow is suggested by the following circumstances.
(1) Letters Patent, 3 Dec. 1633, by which Charles I granted to John Blinco of Marston St. Lawrence houses and lands in Cubbington, Tanworth, Solihull, and Lapworth in Warwickshire, during the minority of John, son and heir of Edward Greswold, gent., dec'd (this record was obtained by Ralph D. Phillips of Nassau, New York State, from the Northants Record Office).
(2) I.P.M., wards 7/84-211: On death of Edward Greswold taken 20th Aug. 9 Chas. I [1633] – Margaret wife of Edward Greswold died at Cubbington 16 June last. John Greswold gent is heir aged l4 on June 5th last.
(3) In Bridge's "History of Northamptonshire," I:183, sub Merston St. Lawrence, one may find the inscription on the brass in the church copied, in Latin. It shows that Thomas and John, sons of Edward Greswould, Esq., died by May 1640.
(4) The pedigree of Blencow of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants, in the 1618 Visitation of Northamptonshire, shows that Margaret Blencow had married Edward Greswould of Cubbington by that year. Our colonist, born c. 1607, would have been under twelve in 1618, so it is extremely unlikely that he could have been husband of Margaret Blencow.
In view of the foregoing facts, we must conclude that Edward Griswold of Cubbington, husband of Margaret Blencow, was not the New England settler, and Mrs. Kiepura writes that she now concurs and withdraws that part of her paper which relates to the Blencow marriage. The parentage of Edward Griswold of Cubbington, and his place in the Griswold pedigree, are known, but until a connection can be established with the branch of the family which produced the New England colonists, it seems unwise to devote further space to the Cubbington group.
The following items, taken from "Descriptive Calendar of Ancient Deeds" [of Great Britain] may well relate to members of the branch of the family with which the main part of Mrs. Kiepura's article deals:
Vol. III, no. D-798: grant by Bennet Medeley of Whitnash to [three other men] and Roger Greswold of lands in Radeway... (1495).
Vol. II, no. B-2981: [in 1496] lic. granted to... Roger Greswold to grant lands [to abbot of Stonley] in Radeway [Stoneleigh Abbey lay next to Kenilworth."
Vol. II, no. B-3376: Release dated 1472 by which John Greswold, son and heir of John Greswold of Rowing ton, gave to Richard Greswold his son, rights in Olton in Solihull which formerly belonged to said releasor, by demise of Thomas Benham of Henley.
Vol. II, no. B-3378: Grant by John, son and heir of John Greswold of Rowinton, to Richard Greswold his brother, vicar of Toneworth, a messuage in Solihull which he inherited on his father's death. 1485."
D. TAG 41:44-46: "Further Griswold Notes," by Donald Lines Jacobus:
"As mentioned in Mr. Hunt's note above, items from the Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Parish Registers relating to Griswolds have appeared in prints and it seems advisable to comment on these. So far as ascertained, these items first appeared in print in "Family-Histories and Genealogies," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, 1892, where they were attributed (see Vol. 2, pp. 1, 9, and footnote 23 on p. 11) to the papers of the then deceased Rev. F. W. Chapman of Rocky Hill, Conn. That gentleman was a prolific compiler of family histories (such as Chapman, Bulkeley and Trowbridge), and the English Griswold entries sound authentic. We can only suppose that he obtained them from someone in England who had access to what remained a century ago of the Kenilworth registers or to a copy of them.
The cited footnote on page 11 states: "The existing records of Kenilworth give baptisms of children of Edward Griswold, as follows: Sarah, 1631; George, 1633; Sarah, 1635; Liddie, 1637." Only year dates are given, and in the supplemental volume of charts no dates are stated, not even the year dates.
Also in 1892 Henry R. Stiles published his "History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor" which inc1udes (2:346-362) an account of the Griswold family. This refers to the Salisbury work on the family, and also, in a footnote on page 350 states: "We learn from Dr. Rufus W. Griswold of Wethersfield, Conn., that the late Rev. F. W. Chapman, prior to his death, had ready for collection [sic: publication must be meant] a very large genealogical collection of the Griswold family. We have not been able to obtain access to this collection. - H.R.S."
Dr. Stiles therefore did not see the worth records which the Rev. Mr. Chapman had obtained, nor is there any reason to suppose from his account that he himself had procured any English research. Yet his account of the older children of Edward Griswold differs from the Salisbury account.
Stiles states the first five children, with year dates of birth, as Sarah, 1631; George, 1633, Francis, 1635; Liddia, 1637; and Sarah, 1638. Four of them – all except Francis – are marked with an asterisk to indicate that the dates were from Kenilworth records. It will be seen that the 1635 date for the second Sarah was misread and misprinted as 1638. This left a gap between 1633 and 1637, and into this gap the unrecorded son Francis was fitted, in 1635. Now Sarah married at Windsor in 1650, and would have been only twelve at her date of marriage if born in 1638. Actually, she was born in 1635 and was fifteen at marriage. Another consequence of the error is a fictitious birth date of 1635 for Francis; since the first child of Francis was born 28 Mar. 1653, he surely was married in 1652, and the 1635 birth date would make him marry at seventeen. The Salisburys correctly list Francis as older than George, and I suggest that he may have been born about 1629, two years before the first recorded child. Edward was born 1607, so may well have married by 1628 or 1629. Several later writers, whom we need not name, have followed the Stiles errors.
It seems to have been overlooked that other Griswold entries were found in the "yet existing Kenilworth records (as appears from Mr. Chapman's papers)," cited by the Salisburys. Apparently two men named Thomas "Grissold" appear in these entries from 1632 to 1636, and one Thomas Griswold was buried 5 May 1644. This was too early for these entries to relate to Thomas Griswold, the younger brother mentioned in the American depositions as remaining in England; since he was younger than both Edward and Matthew, and Matthew by his stated age was born about 1620, he himself was born not much if any earlier than 1622. Surely he was the Thomas Griswold who had a son Matthew born [sic] at Kenilworth on 1 May 1649.
Undoubtedly this Matthew Griswold, son of Thomas and nephew of the colonists Edward and Matthew, is the man of this name whose will dated 20 Feb. 1701/2 describes him as of Tilehil1 in the parish of Stonleigh in the County of Warwick, yeoman. A photostatic copy of this will was obtained by Mrs. J.J. Kiepura and sent to me to copy, and the following abstract is presented with her permission. After stating that he is sick and weak in body and commending his soul to God, he refers to a bargain made with his brother Thomas to purchase "certaine Houses & Lands in Killingworth," the bargain to be sealed "at May day next" when the remaining balance of £65 is to be paid to the brother; and these houses and lands are to go, together with "the new stable," to the life use of his daughter Sarah Corbett and at her death to the heirs of her body, and for want of such issue then to his own "right heirs." This applied only to the part of the housing that was in the tenure of John Kirke and Joseph Moreton, the garden and stable. The balance of the housing "with all the ffeilds of Killingworth was to go to his wife Mary for life, then to his "other two daughters," Elizabeth and Hester. To his wife Mary, his house and lands at Beggars path with the commons, for life and then to said Elizabeth and Hester. His wife to be executrix of the personal estate, and the remainder to be divided between her and Elizabeth and Hester. There was a well belonging to the houses in Killingworth; this was to be held and used in common, with a right of way from each house.
It is of some interest to learn that the Kenilworth housing, to which the colonists Edward and Matthew seem to have felt they had some claim, descended from their brother Thomas to his son Matthew (who bought out his brother Thomas, Jr.), and by will from Matthew to his eldest daughter Sarah (Griswold) Corbett. The earlier history of the Kenilworth housing, if it can be ascertained, may aid in further exploring the ancestry of the New England brothers of Thomas Griswold.
The evidence set forth by Mr. Hunt in his note above makes it necessary to give up Margaret Blencow as wife of the emigrant Edward Griswold, since she was wife of a different Edward and died in England. However, it seems reasonably certain that Mrs. Kiepura in her paper has given us the baptismal record and parentage of the emigrant Edward, for it is highly improbable that in the same region and in the same year two George Griswolds would each name a son Edward. With this to build on, perhaps others can now obtain additional evidence and push the line further back."
E. TAG 41:100-101: "Further Griswold Notes," by John G. Hunt
"In an earlier article [TAG, supra, 40:46], reference was made to a will of Matthew Griswold of Stonleigh (near Kenilworth), Warwickshire, dated 1701/2, wherein his lands in Beggarspath are named.
Mr. Ralph D. Phillips of Nassau, N.Y., obtained from England a photostatic copy of the will of Thomas Grishold of "Stonley," Warwickshire, dated the last day of Feb. 1620, wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and grounds in the town and parish of Kennelworth, named his close called Beggarspath and ground called Broomfield alias Thickthorne, clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.
While neither of these wills tells us anything of the ancestry of our early Griswolds of Connecticut, they become more meaningful when the following Chancery Proceeding is studied:
"Chancery Proceedings
Public Record Office
C2 Jas I, G 11/26
[No date in the body of the document, but in a later hand written on 17 Nov. 1607.]
The Bill [i.e, petition wording badly worn away on one edge]
Roger Greswold of Kenilworth yeoman says that about March 44 Eliz [1602/3] there was... between him on one part and Thos Braband, Anne mother of the said Thomas then wife of Thomas Hart, the same Thomas Hart, Richard Holmes & Alice on the other part, Certain closes or fields called Broomfields & other lands then in their possession to be purchased by Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
The lands were entailed to the heirs male of William Greswold father of the said Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
There was an arbitration before Sir Thomas Leigh. The petitioner "being in great necessity and need of money" showed the award to one Thomas Griswold who was then about to buy the lands.
He alleges that Roger senior had thought wrongfully that the land was not entailed and sold it to Thomas Braband & Co.
The Reply is that the defendant's father John Brabonde bought the property from Roger senior deceased."
In the light of this chancery proceeding, and of the above cited wills, it seems clear that both Matthew and Thomas Griswold, the above testators, had some kinship to William Griswold, the father of the elder Roger Griswold of Kenilworth. The Thomas of the 1620 will may be identical with the Thomas named in the Chancery Proceedings. It now seems probable, as inferred by Mr Jacobus in his comment on Mrs. Kiepura's findings [TAG, supra, 39:179], that Roger Griswold (father of George who was father of the New England colonists) was brother, not son, of the Thomas Griswold who died in 1571. Further, it seems that William was father of this Roger. The following pedigree, suggested by Mr. Jacobus, may well be the closest to the facts of the case that we are likely to assemble, unless further documentary evidence should come to light.
A. Roger Griswold of Rowington, will 1545.(1)
B. William, b. ca. 1515-20?(2)
C. Thomas of Rowington, b. ca. 1540?, will pr. 1571; m. Elizabeth, will 1614, m. (2) John Benford.(3)
D. Roger of Rowington, b. ca. 1565? will 1613.(4)
C. Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. bef. 1607.(5)
D. Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.(6)
D. Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620, house in Kenilworth.(7)
D. George, bp. 1574 at Wooten Wawen.(8)
E. Edward, bp. 1607 Wooten Wawen.(9)
E. Matthew(10)
E. George(11) [Next article below deletes this individual noting he was erroneously shown.]
E. Thomas of Kenilworth(12)
F. Thomas(13)
F. Matthew of Stonley, will 1701/2.(14)
In explanation, and to sum up the will of Roger (1) named his son William (2). In the Chancery record, Roger(6) is called son of Roger (4) who was son of William (2). Thomas (7) is not a proved son of Roger (4) but his will refers to land called Broomfield, and so does the Chancery record of Roger (6). The American settlers are Edward (9), Matthew (10) and George (11). The will of Matthew (14) refers to land in Beggarspath, and so does the will of Thomas (7). George (8) was baptized as son of Roger (4)."
F. TAG 41:249: "Griswold Erratum," by D.L. Jacobus:
"On the Griswold chart, TAG 41:101 (April 1965), omit the George who is numbered 11; the emigrants Edward and Matthew Griswold had no such known brother, and the American George was of course the son of Edward and named for his grandfather. It was a slip on my part to place George in this position on the chart, which was originally not intended for publication but which I drew up somewhat hastily to submit to Mr. Hunt. He returned it to me some time later, asking me to include it at the end of his article; and neither of us caught this slip!"

6. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95:
"GRISWOLD
…The English ancestry of Edward has been the subject of much careful scholarly discussion (sometimes apparently heated). This solution appears to have the best documentation.
Roger Griswold of Rowington - Margaret
William Griswold
Roger Griswold of Kenilworth
George Griswold of Wooten Wawen - Dousabel
Edward Griswold, emigrant - Margaret
Francis Griswold (1st son of Edward)…
John Griswold (6th son of Edward) - Mary Bemis (See) …
D. ROGER GRISWOLD of Rowington, county Warwickshire, England died in 1545 leaving a will dated 9 June 1545 mentioning wife Margaret; sons Robert, William, John and Richard; and brother John. (1)
C. WILLIAM GRISWOLD was born about 1515 to 1520. He was the second son of Roger. He appears to be the father of Thomas of Rowington and Roger of Kenilworth. (1)(3)
B. ROGER GRISWOLD of Kenilworth was born about 1545-50 anti died before 1607. In a Chancery proceeding in 1602/3 involving certain lands, the relationship of this Roger to his father William is indicated. There were three sons: the second Roger of Kenilworth, Thomas of Stonley and George. (1)(2)(3)
A. GEORGE GRISWOLD was baptized at Wooten Wawan in Warwickshire in 1574. He married, first, Dousabel and had a son Edward. Dousabel was buried at Wooten Wawen, wife of George, 28 August 1615 and George remarried, a wife whose name is unknown. Sons Matthew and Thomas were born of this marriage. Edward and his half-brother Matthew emigrated to New England. (1)(2)(3)(9)
1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England...
References:
(1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura.
(2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus.
(3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt.
(9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II."

~ORDINANCES:
BAPTISM:
ENDOWMENT:
SEALING TO PARENTS:
SEALING TO SPOUSE: 		Greswold, Roger (I4586)
 
2773 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"George11 Greswold (Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was christened 6 Nov 1574 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. George died 1623 [Maybe died as late as 1643, but no reference can be found for this date.] He married (1) Dousabel (LEIGH ?) about 1606. She was born about 1575. Dousabel was buried 28 Aug 1615 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. They had 1 Child:
i. Edward Griswold, christened 26 July 1607, at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, died 30 Aug 1691.
George married second (2) Honora (PAWLEY ?) about 1616, apparently in connection with his purchase of a cottage and garden in Kenilworth from Hugh Underhill and Lettice, his sister. Honora was probably a connection of the Underhill's, and possibly their (Hugh and Lettice) mother. Their father, (Honora's first husband) John Underhill had died in Holland in 1608. No record of Honora has been discovered until her remarriage at the Klooster Kerk at the Hague on 28 Nov 1628 to Dirck Thomaszen so she may have returned to Kenilworth during the 1609-1621 truce, after her husband died. They had 2 children:
ii. Matthew Griswold, born 1620, died 27 Sep 1698
iii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1622, died 1699.
Richard Morris (Dirck Thomaszen) was a sword cutler, christened Jan 1582 at St. Nicholas Church, Warwickshire, England to Thomas and Elizabeth (___) Morris. Elizabeth was buried at St. Nicholas in Nov 1591. Richard Morris had a daughter, Katherine, christened at Wooton Wawen 25 Mar 1613 (the record shows only the father's name). Katherine married (1) (___) Wright and (2) Edward Greswold on 11 Jun 1635, at Kenilworth [not the immigrant, Edward of Windsor, Connecticut and IGI gives his name as Thomas Grissold, same place and date].
After the truce, many military men returned to the continent and in 1625, John Underhill, the younger, became a cadet in the service of the Prince of Nassau. By then, George11 had died also. The Greswold, Morris and Underhill families were connected but the records are not complete enough to show exactly how."

2. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"George (son of Roger, gson of William) was baptized 6 Nov 1574 at Wooten Wawen, died after 1620. Married (1) Dousabel, possibly Leigh (Lye, Ley) who was buried at Wooten Wawen 28 Ag 1615 (TAG 39:177). Her only known child is Edward.
A letter of Ralph Phillips of Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York, to Donald Lines Jacobus gives the information from the Wooten Wawen parish register that Richard Lye and his wife Dousabelle had a son Richard bp. 1549 and a son Thomas bp. 1552. It is conjectured that one of these sons was the father of Dousabel who married George Griswold. It is also noted that Sir Thomas Leigh was the arbitrator of the entailed land dispute of Roger Griswold.
George Griswold married (2) about 1616 an unknown wife by whom he had two sons, Matthew and Thomas. "On Nov. 12, 1616 George Grissold purchased from Hugh Underhill and his sister Lettice with her husband, a cottage and garden at Kenilworth." (TAG 41:214) This is undaoubtedly a move taken upon the occasion of his second marriage. There is also the possibility that his second wife was a connection of the Underhills.
This possibility is further enhanced by the recollection of Edward's son, George, in a disposition taken 9 May 1700 stating that as a youth he had lived with his father Edward in Kenilworth, Warwickshire and had heard that the house they lived in belonged to Edward's brother Matthew.
If George had settled the property upon his second wife at the time of their marriage, it would have become the property of her oldest son, Matthew, at her death. If both parents had died, Matthew may have been under Edward's guardianship.
Child by first wife:
Edward, bp. 26 July 1607 Wooten Wawen.
Children by second wife:
Matthew, b. ca. 1620.
Thomas, b. ca. 1622 at Kenilworth, married c. 1644 to an unknown wife. Death date is also unknown. He remained in England. Children:
Thomas, b. ca. 1645.
Matthew, bp. 1 May 1649 Kenilworth, will dated 20 Feb. 1701/2."

3. The booklet "The Griswold Family in England before 1639 - A Report of the Findings of Bonnie Boone Day Griswold and James Wells Griswold," 1984, Exeter, NH, copy in the library of the Windsor CT. Historical Society. The authors went to England to look up actual records. Quote from pp. 10-13:
"The search for hard facts about our direct Griswold ancestors in England has yielded information only on Edward. This we found in the Warwickshire County Records Library. Even this information is evidently not new because the names and accurate dates are given in Glen E. Griswold's Vol. II of the Griswold Family. But since he does not cite the source of his information, maybe the following will add a bit...[See notes for Edward for full transcription of records found of his children.]
The publication, the "American Genealogist," Volumes 39, 40, and 71 reports the extensive work of Genevieve Kiepura and John Hunt. Since their findings take 12 pages of close print, we will attempt to summarize it here. None of the original documents reported here have we seen personally, but the source reported in these articles suggest other areas for investigation.
The articles clearly represent the extensive and careful work they have done and further dramatize the difficulties encountered because there were so many Griswolds in the area and so many of the families used the traditional first names.
Mrs. Kiepura reports that the parish regester for Wootten Wawen lists the baptism of "Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptisms of George, son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574; and to the burial of Dousabele, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
For their research, Mrs. Kiepura and Mr. Hunt had copies of 11 wills that were on file at the Worcester Records Office. Piecing the fragments of facts given in each will to create a sequential chart is like a detective story. However, as a summary, the following is given by Mr. Hunt:
Roger Griswold of Rowington. Will 1545 [had son:]
William, b. ca. 1515-20? [had son:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. before 1607 [had sons:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.
Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620. House in Kenilworth.
George, bp. 1574 at Wootten Wawen [had sons:]
Edward, bp. 1607 Wootten Wawen.
Matthew, b. 1620.
Thomas of Kenilworth [had sons:]
Thomas.
Matthew of Stonley. Will of 1701/2.
(BDG and JWG Note: We still have not found an English source that proves that Matthew is a brother of Edward. The listing given above is based on the testimony given by George Griswold in 1700 for a court in Connecticut as to what he remembers.)
In Volume 71 of the 'American Genealogist', Mr. Hunt reports on a copy of a will of 'Thomas Griswold of Stonley, Warwickshire dated the last day of Feb. 1620 wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and gorunds in the town and parish of Kenilworth, names his close called Beggerspath and the ground called Broomfield, alias Thickthorn clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.'"

4. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95:
"GRISWOLD
…The English ancestry of Edward has been the subject of much careful scholarly discussion (sometimes apparently heated). This solution appears to have the best documentation.
Roger Griswold of Rowington - Margaret
William Griswold
Roger Griswold of Kenilworth
George Griswold of Wooten Wawen - Dousabel
Edward Griswold, emigrant - Margaret
Francis Griswold (1st son of Edward)…
John Griswold (6th son of Edward) - Mary Bemis (See) …
D. ROGER GRISWOLD of Rowington, county Warwickshire, England died in 1545 leaving a will dated 9 June 1545 mentioning wife Margaret; sons Robert, William, John and Richard; and brother John. (1)
C. WILLIAM GRISWOLD was born about 1515 to 1520. He was the second son of Roger. He appears to be the father of Thomas of Rowington and Roger of Kenilworth. (1)(3)
B. ROGER GRISWOLD of Kenilworth was born about 1545-50 anti died before 1607. In a Chancery proceeding in 1602/3 involving certain lands, the relationship of this Roger to his father William is indicated. There were three sons: the second Roger of Kenilworth, Thomas of Stonley and George. (1)(2)(3)
A. GEORGE GRISWOLD was baptized at Wooten Wawan in Warwickshire in 1574. He married, first, Dousabel and had a son Edward. Dousabel was buried at Wooten Wawen, wife of George, 28 August 1615 and George remarried, a wife whose name is unknown. Sons Matthew and Thomas were born of this marriage. Edward and his half-brother Matthew emigrated to New England. (1)(2)(3)(9)
1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England...
References:
(1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura.
(2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus.
(3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt.
(9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II."
 		Leigh, Dousabel (I4585)
 
2774 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Matthew12 Griswold (George11, Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born 1620 in England. Matthew died 27 Sep 1698 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, at the age of 78. There is no stone for Matthew's grave, nor do we know exactly where he is buried. There are records which lead us to believe that he is probably buried in the Old Saybrook Cemetery. Although he removed to Lyme, he remained a member of the Saybrook church and was brought there for interment.
He married Anna WOLCOTT 16 Oct 1646. She was born 1620 She was the daughter of Henry WOLCOTT and Elizabeth SAUNDERS. She was living in Sept 1700 when she and Abraham Bronson were summoned before the court at New London as administrators of the estate of Matthew. Abraham Bronson was summoned alone to the court in May 1701, so Anna evidently died in the interim (1700/1701). There is no record of her death or burial.
He came to Windsor in 1639 with Edward Griswold, his older half brother, and the congregation of the Rev Ephraim Huit, but did not remain there long He moved to Saybrook where he received a grant of land in 1645, which became the foundation of a large fortune
Old Lyme was first settled in 1664 as East Saybrook, and Matthew was the pioneer and its first settler He was one of the signers of the Articles of Separation in 1665. This was an age when distinctions of rank were accorded universal respect, and Matthew, established his family among the leading ones in the community
It is said that Matthew built a log cabin for one of his Negroes which became known as "Blak's Hall" or "Blackhall" and that this explains the origin of the name of Matthew's ancestral estate. It is unlikely because the early English settlers rarely, if ever, built log buildings and would also be unlikely to name an estate after a slave's cabin. In any event, the early houses built upon Blackhall lands have all disappeared and the earliest house now standing (1935) was built in 1796 by Matthew the fifth. It is an exact replica of an earlier house built on the same spot by his grandfather, Judge John.
Although Matthew was a lawyer, he also followed the trade of a mason, furnishing the stones for many of the graves of the early settlers.
Matthew was apparently somewhat in advance of his time in his view of the rights of women. His wife had some twelve acres of meadow land in Windsor Great Meadows which came to her as an inheritance from her brother Christopher Wolcott. In a deed dated 23 Apr 1663, Matthew made over to her this parcel, "to remain to her and to her children and her dispose forever." It was not usual for a woman with a husband living to have property in her own right.
The terrible consequences of the witchcraft delusion and the opportunity which it provided for the poor and unscrupulous members of the community to harass people of wealth and character cannot be better illustrated than by the following account, although the outcome was more fortunate than for some.
In 1667 John Tillerson charged the wife of Matthew Griswold of Lyme with being a witch and induced others to suspect her of witchcraft, for which Matthew caused him to be arrested and arraigned before the court. This John stated the cause of his suspicions and jealousies. The court decided that she was not a witch and that he had no cause to be jealous of her, that he had greatly sinned in harboring such jealousy against so good a neighbor who had done him so many favors. To clear Mrs. Griswold all suspicion of the offense the Court ordered that its opinion should be published by the constables at Saybrook and Lyme at some public meeting. To recompense her for the wrong, and because Tillerson was poor, he was ordered to pay 7 shillings for the express warrant and 5 shilling for the constable. They had 5 children:
i. Elizabeth Griswold, born about 1648, died before 1700.
ii. Anna Griswold, born about 1651, died 13 Apr 1721.
iii. Matthew Griswold, born 1653, died 13 Jan 1716
iv. Sarah Griswold, born about 1656, died 12 Sep 1690.
v. John Griswold, christened 15 Sep 1668 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, died after 168?."

2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353:
"Whatever their local antecedents and connections in England, it is certain that the emigrant brothers Griswold were men of education and property' and, after their arrival in the new colony, were always styled 'Mr.,' which was then equivalent to 'gentleman,' as distinguished from yeomen or tradesmen. Both brothers, though young men when they came to this country (Edward being then 32 and Matthew 19 years old), speedily allied themselves with the best social element of Windsor, took positions of commanding influence, and quickly became prominent in colonial affairs. 'Besides, if it be a principle of heredity that the characteristics, physical, intellectual, moral, and social, of a strongly marked ancestor are repeated in his descendants, so that form the offsrping may be inferred what was the progenitor, then, apart form all we know of the first generation of the Griswolds of New England, the qualities developed by succeeding generations of the family have been an accumulating proof that its emigrant ancestors were high-minded, intelligent, Chirstian 'gentlemen.''' [See footnote #1.]
Matthew Griswold, the younger brother, did not long remain at Windsor, though (see page 75, Vol. I.) he came very near being a permanent resident here, and we will therefore discuss his history first. Coming to Windsor, 1639, being then 19 years old, he m. 16 Oct 1646, Anna (dau. of Henry Sr. and Elizabeth Saunders) Wolcott of Windsor, and, between that date and 1649/50, removed to Saybrook as agent for Col. Fenwick. He speedily assumed a prominence at that place; was Deputy to the General Court in 1654, and, in the same year, was directed by the Court to go with Capt. Mason to Pequitt and join with Gov. Winthrop to draw the lines between that towne and Uncas, etc. He was largely instrumental in the movements which led up to the settlement of Lyme, on the other side of the Great River, and became the leading and wealthiest man in that town, which was set off from Saybrook in 1665/6. He was frequently a Deputy and Commisioner, Justice of the Peace, Lieutenant of the Trainband, etc. His landed possessions soon assumed baronial proportions, especially upon the shores of Long Island Sound, where, near the mouth of the Connecticut River, he establisd 'Backhall,' since the family seat of the Griswolds of Lyme.
He died at Lyme, Conn, 27 Sep 1698, and was buried at Saybrook. His wid. survived him, and was living in Sep 1700, age about 80 yrs. Their children were (1) Elizabeth, b. about 1652; m. (1) John Rogers of N. London; m. (2) Peter Pratt; m. (3) Matthew Beckwith. (2) 'Mr.' Mattews. (3) John, d. young. (4) Sarah, b. abt. 1655; m. Thos. Colton. (5) Anna, b. about 1656; m. Lieut. Abraham Bronson, and was the ancestress of Hon. Henry Matson Waite, until 1854 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and of the late U.S. Cheif Justice Morrison Remick Waite.
Through their only surviving son, Mr. Matthew, b. 1653, who followed in the footsteps of his father in public life, and died full of honors in 1715, they founded a family 'that has been unusually free from the vicissitudes which are apt, in the course of many generations of a family, to occur to lower the social standing of some of its persons, or branches.' Those who would study a singular and (in American family history) an almost unparalleled prominence in public affairs and in intellectual ability, are referred to the Appendix to the Wolcott Genealogy in this work, and to 'The Griswold Family of Conncticut' (already referred to), by Prof. Edward E. Salisbury of New Haven, Conn., an exceedingly interesting and gracefully penned contribution to Connecticut genealogy. [See footnote #2.]
Footnotes:
1. The large views of Matthew, very much in advance of his time, are well illustrated by the following item from 'Windsor Town Records': 'April 23d 1663, Hannah Griswold, wife of Matthew Griswold, has a portion of meadow-Land in Windsor Great Meadow, twelve acres more or less... this comes to her as part of her portion that fell to her by the Last will of her brother Christopher Wolcott Dec'd, out of his Estate that was to be Devided among his Relations; and this parcel of meadow is allowed by her Husband Mattew Griswold to be Recorded and made over to Hannah his wife, to remain to her and her children, and their Dispose forever.'
2. Prof. Salisbury, also, disposes satisfactorily of the tradition that Matthew Griswold was a stone-mason, and that he cut the tombstone of Henry Wolcott in Old Windsor Cemetery.

3. Ancestry.com's "Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33":
"HENRY WOLCOTT:
Origin: Lidyard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire.
Migration: 1630 on Mary & John.
First Residence: Dorchester.
Removes: Windsor.
1636 RETURN TRIPS: Travelled to England in 1640 and returned in 1641 [Lechford 324-25].
Church Membership: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 1 April 1634 implied by freemanship.
Freeman: Requested 19 October 1630 and admitted 1 April 1634 [MBCR 1:79, 368].
Education: His inventory included "the books and other things in the closet" valued at £11.
Offices: Dorchester assessor, 3 November 1633 [DTR 4]. Fenceviewer, 20 May 1634, 10 February 1634/5 [DTR 6, 10]. Selectman, 28 October 1634 [DTR 7]. Deputy for Windsor to Connecticut General Court, April 1639 [CT Civil List 64]. Assistant, April 1643, April 1644, April 1645, April 1646, May 1647, May 1648, May 1649, May 1650, May 1651, May 1652, May 1653, May 1654, May 1655 [CT Civil List 64]. Windsor constable, 26 April 1636 [CCCR 1:1]. Tax collector, 9 February 1637/8 [CCCR 1:12]. Jury, 1644 [CCCR 1:102]. Committee on highway between Windsor and Hartford, 10 April 1645 [CCCR 1:125].
Estate: On 3 April 1633 ordered to maintain sixty feet of fence at Dorchester, for three cows [DTR 1]. Granted fourteen acres in the meadow beyond Naponset [DTR 322]. In the Windsor land inventory on 11 January 1640[/1] "Henry Woolcott the elder" held eleven parcels: a twelve acre homelot; twenty-two acres in the Great Meadow; eight acres in Plimouth Meadow; fifty-eight acres toward Hartford; twenty-four acres over the Great River; a parcel over the Great River twenty rods in breadth and three miles in length; a parcel over the Great River ten rods in breadth and three miles in length; eighteen acres over the Great River; a parcel "upon Plimouth Meadow bank"; fifty acres over the Great River; and eight acres and fifty rods in swamp [WiLR 42]. For settling the estate of Thomas Marshfield, Henry Wolcott received seventeen acres of upland and six acres of swamp, and purchased of the overseers of Thomas Marshfield a parcel over the Great River, thirteen rods in breadth and three miles in length [WiLR 42]. In his will, dated 30 May 1655 and proved 4 October 1655, "Henry Wolcot" bequeathed to "my wife ... all my houselot, orchard, garden, hopyard and my lot in Plimmouth Meadow during the term of her life, also ... two of my cows and half the household goods in my dwelling house"; "I leave my land in England to Henry my eldest son without encumbrances, also I give unto him my two Books of Martyrs"; to "Christopher my second son my lot in the great meadow after my death and my houselot and housing upon it after the death of my wife he paying out of it thirty pounds after my wife's decease as I shall further appoint"; to "George my third son the five pounds he owes me and five pounds more"; to "Simon my youngest son all my land on the easterly side of the Great River and my lot at Arramummett"; to "the children of Henry my eldest son five pounds to Henry the eldest of them and to the rest of them forty shillings apiece"; residue to be equally divided "amongst all my children"; "Henry Wolcot my son" to be overseer; to "Christopher my son ... my lot in Plimmouth Meadow after the decease of my wife" [Hartford PD Case #6179; Manwaring 1:167-68]. The inventory of the estate of "Mr. Henry Wolcot deceased," taken 13 June 1655, totalled £764 8s. 10d., of which £351 5s. was real estate: "the houselot, housing, orchard, gardens, press, garner [granary] and things thereto belonging," £135; "twenty-two acres in the Great Meadow," £88; "8 acres in Plimmouth Meadow," £32; "24 acres at Podunk ... with a barn," £54; "Marshfield's lot and house," £24; "the lot at Arramomets," £10; and "four other lots not fenced," £8 5s. [Hartford PD Case #6179]. In her will, dated 5 July 1655 and proved 4 October 1655, "Elizabeth Wolcot" bequeathed to "my son George" £10 in moveables; to "Simon my son" some cloth; "the rest of my household goods to be equally divided betwixt Christopher and Simon my sons"; "the rest of my clothes to be equally divided betwixt my two daughters Anna and Mary"; "I would entreat Christopher to let Simon to dwell in the house and to have the use of it a while"; "my two cows to be equally divided amongst all my grandchildren" [Hartford PD Case #6167; Manwaring 1:166].
Birth: Baptized at Lidyard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, 6 December 1578, son of John Woolcott [Wolcott Gen 2].
Death: Windsor 30 May 1655 [CTVR 43; Grant 82 (day and month not given)]. MARRIAGE: Lidyard St. Lawrence, Somersetshire, 19 January 1606 Elizabeth Saunders [Wolcott Gen 2]. She died at Windsor on 5 July 1655 [CTVR 43; Grant 82 (day and month not given)].
Children:
i. John, bp. Lidyard St. Lawrence 1 October 1607 [Wolcott Gen 2]; living in 1631 [NEHGR 4:23-23]; no further record, and died without surviving issue before 10 March 1642 (when "Henry Woolcot of Windsor" deeded to "Henry Woolcot mine oldest son" the family inheritance in Tolland and Lidyard St. Lawrence [Wolcott Gen 39]).
ii. Henry, b. say 1616; m. Windsor 8 November 1641 Sarah Newberry [Grant 69], daughter of Thomas Newberry.
iii. George, b. say 1622; m. by about 1649 Elizabeth ____ (said to be Elizabeth Treat, daughter of Richard, but without evidence [Hale, House 767]).
iv. ANNE, b. say 1624; m. Windsor 16 October 1646 Mathew Griswold (so stated in all secondary sources, but no evidence provided).
v. Mary, b. say 1626; m. Windsor 25 June 1646 Job Drake, son of John Drake [Grant 32].
vi. CHRISTOPHER, b. say 1628; d. Windsor 7 September 1662, unmarried [Manwaring 1:166]. In his nuncupative will Christopher Wolcott asked that "his estate should be divided among his brothers and sisters, only that Henry should have something more than the others" [Manwaring 1:166].
vii. SIMON, b say 1630; m. (1) Windsor 19 March 1656/7 Joanna Cooke, daughter of AARON COOKE [CTVR 42], and she d. Windsor 27 April 1657 [CTVR 43]; m. (2) Windsor 17 October 1661 Martha Pitkin [Grant 69].
Associations: "John Woolcott heretofore of Glaston in the County of Somerset, yeoman, and late of Watertowne in New England, planter, deceased," left behind two minor daughters. One of those chosen to be guardian was "Henry Woolcott of Windsor in N.E." [Lechford 39-41]. The exact degree of kinship between this John and Henry has not been determined, but they were probably not-too-distant cousins.
Comments: On 22 July 1631 "John Wollcott," writing from Wellington, Somersetshire, addressed "his loving cousin Henry Wollcott Junior in Matapan (Dorchester) these in New England," asked to be remembered to "your father and mother [and] to your brothers," and reported that "your brother Simon hath been very sick of late and so hath your sisters also.... Your brother John continues in his old course of living" [NEHGR 4:23-24]. The addressee was the younger Henry Wolcott, the eldest son in New England of the immigrant. On 15 April 1639 "John Wollcott" of Bishop's Lydyard wrote to "my loving brother Hennory Wollcott dwelling in Winsor by Quenattecott River in New England" to inform him that "our dear brother C[hris]topher Wollcott of Wellington" had died on the 25th of March 1639 [NEHGR 2:373-74]. The statement has been made that Henry Wolcott lived at Ash Priors, Somersetshire, after 1607, and baptisms are given for sons Henry and Simon, but the parish where these events took place is not stated with assurance [M&JCH 17:176]. Further evidence is needed on this point. In 1640 Henry Wolcott was in partnership with Thomas Marshfield and Samuel Wakeman in the voyages of two ships across the Atlantic, and he presumably made the voyage himself in one of these vessels [Lechford 324-25].
SOURCES:
A. Lechford: Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638, to July 29, 1641, Edward Everett Hale, Jr., ed. (Cambridge 1885; rpt. Camden, Maine, 1988). Citations herein refer to the pagination as printed (and not to the manuscript pagination) and will therefore differ from the index entries of the 1885 edition.
B. MBCR: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854).
C. DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883).
D. CT Civil List: List of Officials Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Colony... and New Haven Colony..., Donald Lines Jacobus, comp. (New Haven 1935).
E. CCCR: The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776, 15 volumes (Hartford 1850-1890).
F. WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut).
G. Hartford PD: Hartford Probate District, original files, Connecticut State Archives (and on microfilm).
H. Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904).
I. Wolcott Gen.: Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy[:] The Family of Henry Wolcott (Rochester 1912).
J. Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930).
K. NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1 through present (1847+).
L. Hale, House: Donald Lines Jacobus and Edgar Francis Waterman, Hale, House and Related Families, Mainly of the Connecticut River Valley (Hartford 1952; rpt. Baltimore 1978).
M. M&JCH: Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John 1630, Volume 1 through present (Toledo, Ohio, 1985+)."

4. Ancestry.com's "Wolcott Genealogy: the Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut," p. 34:
"Henry Wolcott, who emigrated form England and was the ancestor of the family in this country of which a record is here given, was the second son of John Wolcott of Tolland in Somersetshire, England, and was baptized in the adjoining parish of Lydiard St. Lawrence, Dec. 6, 1578. He m. Jan. 19, 1606 Elizabeth dau. of Thomas Saunders, of Lydiard St. Lawrence. She was baptized, Dec. 20, 1584...
Anna. She came over with her sister and youngest brother after the family had become settled; m. Oct. 16, 1646, Matthew Griswold, of Windsor."

5. The following is a from the Windsor, CT, Historical Society from the Griswold family file. It is attributed to the "Dutchess County Farmer" (no date) and is entitled "Recollections of Some Old New England Families. It is a single sheet of paper from which I provide the following partial quote:
"...We now turn to Matthew Griswold, a man who numbers descendants by thousands and of this number very many have attained unusual prominence. He was born in 1618, and was a stone-cutter by trade. In 1645 he was granted a tract of land at Lyme, Conn., and here has since been the Griswold homestead, 'Black Hall.' It is a cluster of half a dozen houses, surrounded by a dense grove of trees, which slopes toward the sound. Mr. Griswold built a log-hut on his grant, which was the first house in Lyme, and dug a well which is still in existence and has been used by successive generations. The Indians were too hostile for him to remove his family so far from the fort of Saybrook, and he therefore sent a negro to occupy the hut, and tradition says hence the pleasant sounding name of Black Hall. Mr. Griswold was the first Justice of the Peace in Lyme, and the first magistrate of the Saybrook Colony. He married Hannah, daughter of Henry Wolcott, and died in June, 1699, at a ripe old age.
His daughter Ann, married Abraham Bronson. She was the great-great-grandmother of Chief Justice Henry Watson Waite, of Connecticut, whose son, Morrison R.Waite, is Chief Justice of the United States. She was also a greet-great grandmother of Hon. John Turner Waite, a prominent Judge and lawyer of Norwich, Conn., and now member of the House of Representatives.
The fifth Child, Matthew Griswold, Jr., was born at East Saybrook, Conn., in 1653. At one time there was a troublesome controversy between New London and Lyme about a tract of land, about four miles in width, which both towns claimed. After much wrangling and expense it was agreed to 'leave it to the Lord,' in other words settle it by single combat, and Matthew Griswold and William Ely, were chosen contestants from Lyme, and they fought so valorously that New London was compelled to relinquish her claim to the ground.
Matthew Griswold, Jr., had ten children. [Children listed.]
Mrs. Griswold died Nov. 29th, 1704, and May 30th, 1705, the disconsolate widower consoled himself by marrying Mary, widow of Thomas Lee. Mr. Griswold died Jan. 19, 1716, age 63, and lies buried in the old cemetery below the hill at Lyme. His widow survived him eight years..."
[Article continues about the descendants of Matthew Griswold, Jr. and has no further bearing on my research.]

6. From "The Griswold Family England-America" 1943, p 190:
"The Griswold Family.
The terrible consequence of the witchcraft delusion, and the opportunity of the ignorant and unscrupulous to harass people of wealth and character cannot be better illustrated than by the following account:
In 1667 John Tillerson charged the wife of Matthew Griswold of Lyme of being a witch and induced others to suspect her of witchcraft; for which Matthew caused him to be arrested and arraigned before the court. This John stated the cause of his suspicions and jealousies. The court decided that she was not a wtich and that he had no cause to be jealous of her; that he had greatly sinned in harboring such jealousy against so good a neighbor who had done him many favors. But as he was poor, the Court to recompense Mrs. Griswold for the wrong, and to clear her of all suspicions of the offense, ordered that the opinion of the court should be published by the constables of Saybrook and Lyme, at some public meeting, and ordered Tillerson to pay 7 shillings for the express warrant, and 5 shillings for the constable.
How truly some of this could apply to the recipients of charity in our present day."

7. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library. The book contains many prime sources not found in other Griswold publications. Pp. 6-7:
"...The large views of Matthew Griswold, very much in advance of his time, are illustrated b a record which has just come to light, as follows:
'April 23d 1663, Hannah Griswold, wife of Matthew Griswold, has a portion of meadow-Land in Windsor, Great Meadow, Twelve acres more or less... this comes to her as part of her portion that fell to her by the Last will of her borther Christorpher Wolcott Dec'd, out of his Estate that was to be Devided among his Relations; and this parcell of meadow is allowed by her Husband Matthew Griswold to be Recorded and made over to Hannah his wife, to remain to her and her children, and their Dispose, forever.'
(Author's note: 'Copied by the Town Clerk of Windsor from Records there, in August 1882.')
We can only wonder at the enterprise, courage and energy of these early pioneers, Matthew Griswold, at the early age of nineteen years, came with his brother Edward to Windsor, among its earliest settlers, then struck out from there to find a new home in Saybrook; then, as if that spot had become too narrow, crossed the 'Great River,' and made his final settlement as the first man who took up land in Lyme. Perhaps this may have been partly due to the English passion for landed possessions - also, perhaps, to a hereditary longing which could be fully gratified only by first occupation.
In this connection I may most appropriately dispose of a statement, distinctly made or hinted at in different quarters, that the first Matthew Griswold followed the trade of a stone-cutter. The only proofs alleged of this are, first, a receipt given by him, Apr. 1, 1679, now registered at Saybrook, for seven pounds sterling, 'in payment for the tombstone of the lady Alice Bottler (Lady Fenwick), late of Saybrook;" and, secondly, the tradition that the tombstone of his father-in-law, Henry Wolcott of Windsor (who died in 1655) - similar in form and material to that of Lady Fenwick - was obtained by his agency. (Author's noted source: 'History of New London, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, New London, 1852, pp. 173-74; and Memorial of Henry Wolcott, New York, 1881, pp. 12, note, and 32.') As to the receipt, nothing is more likely than that he gave it for money which he had long before paid out as Agent ot Gov. Fenwick; and as to the Wolcott tradition, that by no means necessarily means that the monument of Henry Wolcott was a work of his hands. Still, it is possible that Matthew Griswold may have learned the art of stone-cutting in preparation for his emigration - perhaps as a disguise in aid of his expatriation; and that he practiced the art occasionally, as the exigencies of colonial life in a new country made it useful for him to do so, is also possible. But that stone-cutting was his occupation, or trade, there is not the slightest reason to believe; indeed, the supposition is a variance with all that we know of his prominence in the public affairs of his time, and inferable education, or are led to conjecture, from his large acquistions of land at an early period, of his having given himself, from the first to agriculture. Evidently he was skilled in laying foundations, and in sculpturing monuments, but it was with material, and in forms, far more enduring than stone - nay, more lasting than the brass of the mechanic artificer: 'Momumentum aere perennius.'"

8. "The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, publ. by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pp. 185-187:
"Matthew married 16 Oct 1646 Anna Wolcott, b. 1620 in England; daughter of the first Henry Wolcott of Windsor, son of John Wolcott of Tolland, England, baptized in 1578. Henry came in the ship Mary and John and was made a freeman of Massachusetts on the first day of the General Court, 19 Oct 1630 in Boston. Anna with her sister and younger borther came over after the family was settled. She was living in Sep 1700 when she and Abraham Bronson were summoned before the court at New London as administrators of the estate of Matthew who had died at his home 27 Sep 1698. Abrham Bronson was summoned alone to he court in May 1701, so Anna evidently died in the interim,. There is no record of her death or burial.
Matthew was apparently somewhat in advance of his time in his view of the rights of women. His wife had some twelve acres of meadow land in Windsor Great Meadows which came to her as an inheritance from her brother Christopher Wolcott. In a deed dated 23 April 1663, Matthew made over to her this parcel "to remain to her and to her children and her dispose forever." It was not usual for a woman with a husband living to have property in her own right.
The terrible consequences of the witchcraft delusion and the opportunity which it provided for the poor and unscrupulous members of the community to harass people of wealth and character cannot be better illustrated than by the following account, although the outcome was more fortunate than for some.
In 1667 John Tillerson charged the wife of Matthew Griswold of Lyme with being a witch and induced others to suspect her of witchcraft, for which Matthew caused him to be arrested and arraigned before the court. This John stated the cause of his suspicions and jealousies. The court decided that she was not a witch and that he had no cause to be jealous of her; that he had greatly sinned in harboring such jealousy against so good a neighbor who had done him so many favors. To clear Mrs. Griswold of all suspicion of the offense the Court ordered that its opinion should be published by the constables at Saybrook and Lyme at some public meeting. To recompense her for the wrong and because Tillerson was poor, he was ordered to pay 7 shillings for the express warrant and 5 shillings for the constable.
The Middletown Congregational Church records show the baptism of John and Sara, children of Matthew Griswold of Lyme on Sept. 15, 1668.
The order of birth for the children is taken from Vol. II:122; however because of the marriage dates and birth dates of the husbands, it would seem there is a descrepancy:
Sarah
Matthew, b. 1653.
John. No records, probably died unmarried.
Elizabeth
Anna
References: Town and church records of Lyme, Middletown and Saybrook, Conn.; Wolcott Memorial; Conn. Colony records, Vol. I, II; Hist. Soc. Collections; Particular court records; Court of Assistants Records, Office Secretary of State."

9. The book "Dorset Pilgrims," 1989, p. 210: "... prominent among the Windsor families … were the Wolcotts … Anna had long been married to Matthew Griswold of Saybrook..."

~ORDINANCES: Verified 23 Dec 2007.
BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index.
ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 184186, p. 285, ref. 7918.
SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239635; parents Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth Saunders.
SEALING TO SPOUSE: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 170519, ref. 4693; Matthew Griswold and Anna Wolcott (region of British Isles). 		Wolcott, Anna Elizabeth (I4506)
 
2775 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Matthew12 Griswold (George11, Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born 1620 in England. Matthew died 27 Sep 1698 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, at the age of 78. There is no stone for Matthew's grave, nor do we know exactly where he is buried. There are records which lead us to believe that he is probably buried in the Old Saybrook Cemetery. Although he removed to Lyme, he remained a member of the Saybrook church and was brought there for interment.
He married Anna WOLCOTT 16 Oct 1646. She was born 1620 She was the daughter of Henry WOLCOTT and Elizabeth SAUNDERS. She was living in Sept 1700 when she and Abraham Bronson were summoned before the court at New London as administrators of the estate of Matthew. Abraham Bronson was summoned alone to the court in May 1701, so Anna evidently died in the interim (1700/1701). There is no record of her death or burial.
He came to Windsor in 1639 with Edward Griswold, his older half brother, and the congregation of the Rev Ephraim Huit, but did not remain there long He moved to Saybrook where he received a grant of land in 1645, which became the foundation of a large fortune
Old Lyme was first settled in 1664 as East Saybrook, and Matthew was the pioneer and its first settler He was one of the signers of the Articles of Separation in 1665. This was an age when distinctions of rank were accorded universal respect, and Matthew, established his family among the leading ones in the community
It is said that Matthew built a log cabin for one of his Negroes which became known as "Blak's Hall" or "Blackhall" and that this explains the origin of the name of Matthew's ancestral estate. It is unlikely because the early English settlers rarely, if ever, built log buildings and would also be unlikely to name an estate after a slave's cabin. In any event, the early houses built upon Blackhall lands have all disappeared and the earliest house now standing (1935) was built in 1796 by Matthew the fifth. It is an exact replica of an earlier house built on the same spot by his grandfather, Judge John.
Although Matthew was a lawyer, he also followed the trade of a mason, furnishing the stones for many of the graves of the early settlers.
Matthew was apparently somewhat in advance of his time in his view of the rights of women. His wife had some twelve acres of meadow land in Windsor Great Meadows which came to her as an inheritance from her brother Christopher Wolcott. In a deed dated 23 Apr 1663, Matthew made over to her this parcel, "to remain to her and to her children and her dispose forever." It was not usual for a woman with a husband living to have property in her own right.
The terrible consequences of the witchcraft delusion and the opportunity which it provided for the poor and unscrupulous members of the community to harass people of wealth and character cannot be better illustrated than by the following account, although the outcome was more fortunate than for some.
In 1667 John Tillerson charged the wife of Matthew Griswold of Lyme with being a witch and induced others to suspect her of witchcraft, for which Matthew caused him to be arrested and arraigned before the court. This John stated the cause of his suspicions and jealousies. The court decided that she was not a witch and that he had no cause to be jealous of her, that he had greatly sinned in harboring such jealousy against so good a neighbor who had done him so many favors. To clear Mrs. Griswold all suspicion of the offense the Court ordered that its opinion should be published by the constables at Saybrook and Lyme at some public meeting. To recompense her for the wrong, and because Tillerson was poor, he was ordered to pay 7 shillings for the express warrant and 5 shilling for the constable. They had 5 children:
i. Elizabeth Griswold, born about 1648, died before 1700.
ii. Anna Griswold, born about 1651, died 13 Apr 1721.
iii. Matthew Griswold, born 1653, died 13 Jan 1716
iv. Sarah Griswold, born about 1656, died 12 Sep 1690.
v. John Griswold, christened 15 Sep 1668 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, died after 168?."

2. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
"Samuel Phelps, b. England, about 1625, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing from there to settling of Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Sarah Griswold, and b. Kenilworth, England, and came to New England with her father in 1639. After the death of Mr. Phelps, she m. 2nd Nathaniel Pinney, 21st July, 1670, and had Nathaniel Pinney b. 11th May, 1671, and Sarah Pinney b. 11th Oct., 1673. Mrs. Pinney died 6th Nov., 1715. [Nathaniel Pinney was the brother of Sarah Pinney who married Samuel Phelps' brother William.]
Mr. Phelps bought 1st Oct., 1657, Thomas Orton's house and land south of road separating it from his father's homestead, and brother William's: the house stood on the rear of the lot just opposite his father's house. This lot was a triangular shape, 4 rods on the rivulet, 60 rods on east and west road, 40 rods on Mill road, and 47 rods on the southeast line. The rear of this lot and house he sold to his brother Nathaniel, and removed to Poquonock, where he had received a grant of land, and where he also bought John Bartlett's place east of Stony Creek, and north of Thomas Holcomb's, and running east of the rivulet. Here he died 15th May, 1669. He witnessed a deed of land to his father by the Indians in 1666.
January 8th, 1660, he paid rates for short slips, 7 shillings, highest amount assessed that year.
Town Records - 24th May, 1669, 'There was a day of training; by reason of the death of Samuel Phelps, voted that Benjamin Holcomb supply his place as Way Warden.'
(Noted - Edward and Matthew Griswold, two brothers, the latter of whom was the ancestor of the two Govs. Griswold, resided in Kenilworth, England, where they had a third brother, Thomas. These two brothers came to New England in 1639, in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whitney. Edward b. in England, 1607, settled in that part of Windsor, called Poquonock, m. 1st Margaret, and later settled in Killingworth, Ct., one of the first settlers, and a prominent man. His wife died Aug 22nd, 1670. (A slab may be seen in the Clinton, Ct., burying ground, 7 in. by 2-1/2 ft., with inscription M.G. 1670.) Had eleven children all by 1st wife. He m. 2nd Sarah Bemis, daughter of James Bemis, of New London; of his children a daughter Sarah, m. Samuel Phelps, and. m. Nathaniel Pinney. Another daughter, Mary, m. Timothy Phelps son of William the emigrant of 1630.)

3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353:
"The Connecticut Griswolds are descended from Edward and Matthew, who came to Windsor in 1639, and from Michael, who, some years later, came to Wethersfield. There appears to have been no relationship between the latter and the brothers Griswold of Windsor. [See footnote #1 below.]
Edward and Matthew came from Kenilworth, Co. Warwick, Eng., in the year 1639, in company with Rev. Mr. Huit's party, who came to Windsor that year. [See footnote #2 below.] They had lived at Kenilworth [see footnote #3 below] and owned property there; but we know not whether it was their birthplace. They had a brother Thomas [see footnote #3 below], who continued to reeside there, and the record of his marriage, in 1634, is still to be found in the old Kenilworth Church records, also the baptisms of several of the children of Edward, and the burial of a daughter, but the old church records of K. suffered greatly from the ravages of the War of the Great Rebellion, it has been found impossible to find any other connecting links between that parish and the two emigrant brothers. [See footnote #4 below.]
It has been claimed that they belonged to the ancient county family of Solihull, near Kenilworth,and, as such, entitiled to the use of the family arms, but there exists no evidence to prove the claim. Indeed, all that has been said in regard to their relationship to Humphrey Greswold, lord of the manor of Greet in Yardley, and also rector of Yardley parish; or of their connection with the Greswolds who held Malvern Hall in Solihull, has no foundation in fact, and can be proved untrue.. There is a tradition that the name of their father was George, concerning which see Prof. Salisbury's genealogical article referred to on... [see footnote #6].
Whatever their local antecedents and connections in England, it is certain that the emigrant brothers Griswold were men of education and property' and, after their arrival in the new colony, were always styled 'Mr.,' which was then equivalent to 'gentleman,' as distinguished from yeomen or tradesmen. Both brothers, though young men when they came to this country (Edward being then 32 and Matthew 19 years old), speedily allied themselves with the best social element of Windsor, took positions of commanding influence, and quickly became prominent in colonial affairs. 'Besides, if it be a principle of heredity that the characteristics, physical, intellectual, moral, and social, of a strongly marked ancestor are repeated in his descendants, so that form the offsrping may be inferred what was the progenitor, then, apart form all we know of the first generation of the Griswolds of New England, the qualities developed by succeeding generations of the family have been an accumulating proof that its emigrant ancestors were high-minded, intelligent, Chirstian 'gentlemen.'''
Matthew Griswold, the younger brother, did not long remain at Windsor, though (see page 75, Vol. I.) he came very near being a permanent resident here, and we will therefore discuss his history first. Coming to Windsor, 1639, being then 19 years old, he m. 16 Oct 1646, Anna (dau. of Henry Sr. and Elizabeth Saunders) Wolcott of Windsor, and, between that date and 1649/50, removed to Saybrook as agent for Col. Fenwick. He speedily assumed a prominence at that place; was Deputy to the General Court in 1654, and, in the same year, was directed by the Court to go with Capt. Mason to Pequitt and join with Gov. Winthrop to draw the lines between that towne and Uncas, etc. He was largely instrumental in the movements which led up to the settlement of Lyme, on the other side of the Great River, and became the leading and wealthiest man in that town, which was set off from Saybrook in 1665/6. He was frequently a Deputy and Commisioner, Justice of the Peace, Lieutenant of the Trainband, etc. His landed possessions soon assumed baronial proportions, especially upon the shores of Long Island Sound, where, near the mouth of the Connecticut River, he establisd 'Backhall,' since the family seat of the Griswolds of Lyme.
He died at Lyme, Conn, 27 Sep 1698, and was buried at Saybrook. His wid. survived him, and was living in Sep 1700, age about 80 yrs. Their children were (1) Elizabeth, b. about 1652; m. (1) John Rogers of N. London; m. (2) Peter Pratt; m. (3) Matthew Beckwith. (2) 'Mr.' Mattews. (3) John, d. young. (4) Sarah, b. abt. 1655; m. Thos. Colton. (5) Anna, b. about 1656; m. Lieut. Abraham Bronson, and was the ancestress of Hon. Henry Matson Waite, until 1854 the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and of the late U.S. Cheif Justice Morrison Remick Waite.
Through their only surviving son, Mr. Matthew, b. 1653, who followed in the footsteps of his father in public life, and died full of honors in 1715, they founded a family 'that has been unusually free from the vicissitudes which are apt, in the course of many generations of a family, to occur to lower the social standing of some of its persons, or branches.' Those who would study a singular and (in American family history) an almost unparalleled prominence in public affairs and in intellectual ability, are referred to the Appendix to the Wolcott Genealogy in this work, and to 'The Griswold Family of Conncticut' (already referred to), by Prof. Edward E. Salisbury of New Haven, Conn., an exceedingly interesting and gracefully penned contribution to Connecticut genealogy. [See footnote #6.]
Footnotes:
1. Michael Griswold's Eng. origin is unknown; he d. 1684, his will and the wills of his sons being now on file in 'Htfd. Co. Prob. Rec.' One of the grandsons, Capt. Jacob, was a first settler in Litchfield; another, Maj. Josiah, was famous as a soldier in the French War.
2. See pp. 74 and 75. The affidavit of Edward, then aged about 77 yrs., as given May 15, 1684, in the celebrated case of Henry Whiting's sons vs. John Bissell, says; 'About the yeare 1639, Mr. Wm. Whiting (deceased) was undertaker for a shipp in England, in which shipp I came to New England': and his brother Matthew (then aged 64) in his affidavit made in the same suit, says: 'Further I testifie that, when I came over to New England about the year 1639.' - 'State Archives, Private Controversies,' Vol. II, Doc. 203, 204.
3. From 'New London Prob. Rec.': Georg Griswold, aged about 67 yeares, testifyeth as follows: that in his youthfull years he lived with his father in England, in a town called Keillinsworth (Kenilworth was, in Queen Elizabeth's time, called Killingworth), in Warrackshire; he did severall times since hear his father Edward Griswould say that the house they then lived in, and lands belonging thereto, was his brother Mathew Griswold's; and have lately seen a letter under the hand of Thomas Griswould of Keilinsworth aboves'd, directed to his brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid, wherein the said Thomas Griswould intimated that he did then live in the abovesaid house belonging to his said brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid.
'May 9th, 1700. George Griswould appeared before me in Hartford, and made oath to ye above testimony. Joseph Curtiss, Assistant.'
4. The reference to one Francis Grissell by Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull, mentioned in 'Calend. State Papers, Col. Series,' 1474-1660, 'Lond., and Mag. Am. History,' pp. 121-22, Vol. XI, is all founded on a mistake in spelling.There was no Francis or other Grissell among the Dorchester settlers, and the fact mentioned refers to a person of another name.
5. The large views of Matthew, very much in advance of his time, are well illustrated by the following item from 'Windsor Town Records': 'April 23d 1663, Hannah Griswold, wife of Matthew Griswold, has a portion of meadow-Land in Windsor Great Meadow, twelve acres more or less... this comes to her as part of her portion that fell to her by the Last will of her brother Christopher Wolcott Dec'd, out of his Estate that was to be Devided among his Relations; and this parcel of meadow is allowed by her Husband Mattew Griswold to be Recorded and made over to Hannah his wife, to remain to her and her children, and their Dispose forever.'
6. Prof.Salisbury, also, disposes satisfactorily of the tradition that Matthew Griswold was a stone-mason, and that he cut the tombstone of Henry Wolcott in Old Windsor Cemetery.

4. From the book "The Griswold Family: England-America," by Glenn E. Griswold, 1935, vols. 2 and 3:
A. Pps. 120-122:
"MATTHEW Griswold. Came to New England 1639 with Edward Gris­wold and Rev. Ephraim Huit, and eventually arrived in Windsor, Conn., but did not long remain there, having become an agent of Lord Fenwick, removed to Saybrook, Conn. Received a grant of land 1645 which became the foundation of a large fortune.
Matthew was a typical Englishman, hardy and venturesome, and with a lusty desire to accumulate large land holdings and a vigorous method of accomplishing it. Full of energy and was held in high esteem by the early settlers, and he was counselor and friend to all. He possessed very largely those traits of phy­sique and character, so often met with in men of the Griswold Clan. Large community spirit, genial and easy-going, yet forceful when required. A man of powerful build and used his strength in the combat with the wilderness to found a home and fortune. It is said he was exceedingly kind and gentle in his family.
Old Lyme was first settled in 1664 as East Saybrook, and Mat­thew was the pioneer and its first settler, which was set off from Saybrook in 1665, and he was one of the signers of the Articles of Separation. This was in an age when distinctions of rank and caste were held in severe respect, and Matthew, by his constant contact with the more aristocratic families, through his associa­tion with Lord Fenwick, became more or less embued with this, and the family of Griswold being constantly in the public eye gradually became part of the leading families. However the family were devoted to the public cause and exercised all their powers to build a substantial and lasting community.
Matthew built a log cabin. One of his Negro men occupied it and it became known as "Blackhall" or "Blak's Hall," and doubtless this is the origin of the name Blackhall which has come down to the present time as a name for the ancestral estate.
The early houses built upon Blackhall lands have entirely disappeared. The oldest house now standing was built in 1796 by Matthew fifth. It is an exact reproduction of an earlier house built on the same spot by his grandfather Judge John.
Matthew was a lawyer, but by trade a mason and he furnished the stones for many of the graves of the early settlers. There is a receipt dated Apr. 1, 1679, registered at Saybrook for 7 pounds sterling "paid M. Griswold in pay't for tombstone of Lady Alice Boteler (Lady Fenwick), late of Saybrook." He also furnished the stone for his father-in-law Henry Wolcott which is almost intact after all these years. That of Lady Fenwick, by reason of its removal from the point where the railroad crosses to its present site has sadly lost its ancient symmetry. And no stone marks his own grave nor do we know exactly where he was buried. There are records which lead us to believe in all probability that he was buried in old Saybrook cemetery. Although he removed to Lyme he retained his connection with Saybrook church as a member until his death, and from the church records we find that he was brought thither for interment. During his lifetime he presented to the church the first silver cup used in the observance of the Lord's Supper. The inscription upon it is: "S.C. ex dono domini Matthai Griswold." The S.C. evidently is the initials of Sacra­mentales Calix.
Matthew had many views far in advance of his time and con­cerning the rights of women was one of them. There is an ancient deed Apr. 23, 1663, Hannah or Anna Gris­wold, wife of Matthew, has a portion of meadow land in Windsor Great Meadows - "Twelve akers more or less - " this comes to her as part of the portion that fell to her by the last will and testament of her brother Christopher Wolcott out of his estate which was to be divided among his relations, and this parcel of meadow is allowed by her husband Matthew Griswold to be recorded and made over to Anna, his wife, "to remain to her and to her children and her dispose forever."
Matthew served as deputy 1654, 1667, 1678, and 1685; also as J.P. Was trusted with many important affairs of the Colony in its struggle with those matters which always beset the forma­tion of a new community.
He was married Oct. 16, 1646, to HANNA WOLCOTT, daughter of the first Henry Wolcott, of Windsor, who emigrated from England and was the ancestor of the Wolcott family in America; son of John Wolcott of Tolland, England, bapt. 1578. Came in the ship Mary and John and was made a freeman on the first day of the first General Court, Oct. 19, 1630, in Boston. Hanna came over with her sister and youngest brother after the family were settled. She was living in Sept. 1700 when she and Abraham Bronson were summoned before the court at New London as administrators of the estate of Matthew. She probably died before May 1701, when he was summoned alone. We have no record of her death and the place of her burial is unknown. Matthew died at his home Sept. 27, 1698.
The children as named in the family records:
Sarah.
MATTHEW, b. 1653.
John, b. ___.No records. Probably d. unm.
Elizabeth.
Anna.
Records of Lyme and Saybrook, Conn.; Wolcott Mem. Conn. Colony records, Vol. I, 158, 161, 162., 205, 352, 404; Vol. II, 43, 46, 48, 70, 83, 109, 294, 317, 557; Vol. III, 24, 43, 66, 92, 121, 139, 158, 159, 201, 482; Hist. Soc. Coll., Particular court records; Court of Assistants records, Office Secretary of State."

B. 1943 Edition, pp. 152-153:
"MATTHEW Griswold has come to be considered as a brother of Edward, largely from his coming to New England with Edward and the Rev. Huit company, but without definite proof. We have also come to consider him as a tall, heavy man, full of strength and vigor; forceful and above the average in intelligence, and having the full confidence of the community; fully capable of pursuing his efforts for the best interests of the community.
Like all forceful men he was involved in some controversies with his neighbors, but in those matters brought to the attention of the Court, he was usually held in the right (Vol. I, Colonial records).
He, with Ensign Waller and Thomas Minor, was evidently employed to layout the bounds of New London, the town being ordered to pay them for this service.
He was ordered to assess the true valuation of all rateable estates in Lyme, and was directed to sign for all amounts due to their plantation.
He also subscribed for Lyme to the settlement of a land controversy between New London and Lyme. By this agreement of 1668, a portion of meadow at Black Point was reserved by Lyme for the use of the ministry in that town. A similar reserva­tion had been made by New London at the same place and for a like purpose. It was upon this tract of "ministry land" that the affray between the two towns took place in 1671. About 30 New London men (with whom were Major Palmer and Ensign Clement Minor), going to Black Point meadow to mow grass for their minister, were met and resisted by a party who had come from Lyme on a similar errand. A good many hard words were indulged in, and some blows were exchanged between the parties. The Lyme constable, provided with a warrant from Mr. Matthew Griswold, carried Ensign Minor away prisoner, and in return, Major Palmer gave to the constable of New London a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Griswold. After a con­ference, however, it was agreed that they would let the law de­cide the controversy. "Soe drinking a dram together, with som seeming friendship," every man departed to his home (Vol. II, Colonial records).
Matthew served as deputy to the General Court:
Oct. 1667 May 1682
May 1668 May 1683
Oct. 1677 Oct. 1683
May 1678 Oct. 1684
May 1680 May 1685
Oct. 1680 Oct. 1685
Oct. 1681
Appointed commissioner: May 1680, May 1681, May 1682, May 1683, May 1684. May 1685, Oct. 1686, May 1687, May 1689.
He was granted 100 acres in 1681.
In 1670 he evidently had been given the right to perform marriage ceremonies, for he is said to have performed the cere­mony at the marriage of his daughter Elizabeth to John Rogers.
He was a member of the important committee appointed by the Court to compose differences between the Pequots and Uncas in love and peace (Caulkins' History of New London).
In 1679 he was appointed commissioner with power to grant warrants and perform marriages in Lyme. The right of the state to solemnize this rite was thus recognized at a very early day and for a time this led to many controversies between the ministry and state officials.
Matthew continued to be a first citizen until his death, and he laid the foundation for a strong and valued posterity."

5. The following is a from the Windsor, CT, Historical Society from the Griswold family file. It is attributed to the "Dutchess County Farmer" (no date) and is entitled "Recollections of Some Old New England Families. It is a single sheet of paper. From more modern research, we now know the father of the emigrants Edward and Matthew is George Griswold without any apparent connection with Humphrey Griswold, Lord of the Manor of Greet. Also one should discount that Matthew proceded his older brother to New England from Old England. The following is as printed:
"There is no name more talismanic in the brave old State of Connecticut than Griswold; and in that quaint New England town, Lyme, they swear by it. The family were of the English gentry, and have always borne 'Without abuse the Grand old name of Genetleman.'
Senator Stephen M. Griswold, Brooklyn, traces the descent from Humphrey Griswold of Greet, Lord of the Manor, and say they are mentioned as an honorable family in English history early in the sixteenth century. Malvern Hall, and its estates, came into the family about 1600, and still remain in their possession. The Coat of Arms, together with Malvern Hall, in 1659 belonged to Humphrey Griswold, who died in 1671. He was succeeded by his brother, Rev. Henry Griswold, who died about 1720, the title then passing to his son Humphrey, who, dying left it to his brother Henry. The latter left no male heir, and the representative of the family then devolved upon the Rev. Matthew Griswold. He had an only daughter who survived him, and who became the wife of David Lewis, Esq. One of their daughters married the fourth Earl of Dysart, and the other, the fifth Earl. Again a male descendant was wanting, and so the tiltle passed to Henry Griswold Lewis, a son of David Lewis by a second wife. The estates were then inherited by Lieutenant Edmund Meysey Griswold of the English Army, and at his decease by his uncle Henry Griswold Wigley, M.A., who assumed the surname of Griswold, and his descendant now owns the old Hall.
Matthew Griswold, Esq. of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, was an uncle of Humphrey Griswold of Greet, and had three sons, Matthew, Edward and Thomas. Matthew was the youngest, and while a mere boy, he joined a company of pilgrims for America. This compnay sailed from England under the leadership of Rev. John Wareham, a prominent preacher of Exeter. It was during the reign of Charles the first, and they landed on the shores of Massachusetts, the 30th of May, 1630, ten years later than the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth. Edward Griswold joined his brother Matthew nine years later, and settled at Windsor on the Farmington River, Connecticut, his brother being at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut River. Windsor was the first white settlement in the State, and closely associated with its origin were the names of Griswold, Wolcott and Ellsworth. Edward had married in England and had a large family. In 1664, together with his son John, he moved to Killingworth, Conn., so named form his native place, his descendant intermarried with the Phelps, Buels, Gaylords, Holcombs and Veits. His son Squire Samuel Griswold was the grandfather of the celebrated Bishop Alexander Veits Griswold, of the Episcopal Church, the second Bishop of Pennsylvania and senior Bishop for the United States, who was for ten years Chancellor of Brown University. Bishop Griswold was a great uncle of C.C.Griswold, the landscape painter. Another son of Squire Samuel, Ezra, was instrumental in organizing the first Episcopal Church in the state of Ohio.
We now turn to Matthew Griswold, a man who numbers descendants by thousands and of this number very many have attained unusual prominence. He was born in 1618, and was a stone-cutter by trade. In 1645 he was granted a tract of land at Lyme, Conn., and here has since been the Griswold homestead, 'Black Hall.' It is a cluster of half a dozen houses, surrounded by a dense grove of trees, which slopes toward the sound. Mr. Griswold built a lug-hut on his grant, which was the first house in Lyme, and dug a well which is still in existence and has been used by successive generations. The Indians were too hostile for him to remove his family so far from the fort of Saybrook, and he therefore sent a negro to occupy the hut, and tradition says hence the pleasant sounding name of Black Hall. Mr. Griswold was the first Justice of the Peace in Lyme, and the first magistrate of the Saybrook Colony. He married Hannah, daughter of Henry Wolcott, and died in June, 1699, at a ripe old age.
His daughter Ann, married Abraham Bronson. She was the great-great-grandmother of Chief Justice Henry Watson Waite, of Connecticut, whose son, Morrison R.Waite, is Chief Justice of the United States. She was also a greet-great grandmother of Hon. John Turner Waite, a prominent Judge and lawyer of Norwich, Conn., and now member of the House of Representatives.
The fifth Child, Matthew Griswold, Jr., was born at East Saybrook, Conn., in 1653. At one time there was a troublesome controversy between New London and Lyme about a tract of land, about four miles in width, which both towns claimed. After much wrangling and expense it was agreed to 'leave it to the Lord,' in other words settle it by single combat, and Matthew Griswold and William Ely, were chosen contestants from Lyme, and they fought so valorously that New London was compelled to relinquish her claim to the ground.
Matthew Griswold, Jr., had ten children. [Children listed.]
Mrs. Griswold died Nov. 29th, 1704, and May 30th, 1705, the disconsolate widower consoled himself by marrying Mary, widow of Thomas Lee. Mr. Griswold died Jan. 19, 1716, age 63, and lies buried in the old cemetery below the hill at Lyme. His widow survived him eight years..."
[Article continues about the descendants of Matthew Griswold, Jr. and has no further bearing on my research.]

6. The booklet "The Griswold Family in England before 1639 - A Report of the Findings of Bonnie Boone Day Griswold and James Wells Griswold," 1984, Exeter, NH, copy in the library of the Windsor CT. Historical Society. The authors went to England to look up actual records. Quote from pp. 10-13:
"The search for hard facts about our direct Griswold ancestors in England has yielded information only on Edward. This we found in the Warwickshire County Records Library. Even this information is evidently not new because the names and accurate dates are given in Glen E. Griswold's Vol. II of the Griswold Family. But since he does not cite the source of his information, maybe the following will add a bit...[See notes for Edward for full transcription of records found of his children.]
The publication, the "American Genealogist," Volumes 39, 40, and 71 reports the extensive work of Genevieve Kiepura and John Hunt. Since their findings take 12 pages of close print, we will attempt to summarize it here. None of the original documents reported here have we seen personally, but the source reported in these articles suggest other areas for investigation.
The articles clearly represent the extensive and careful work they have done and further dramatize the difficulties encountered because there were so many Griswolds in the area and so many of the families used the traditional first names.
Mrs. Kiepura reports that the parish regester for Wootten Wawen lists the baptism of "Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptisms of George, son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574; and to the burial of Dousabele, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
For their research, Mrs. Kiepura and Mr. Hunt had copies of 11 wills that were on file at the Worcester Records Office. Piecing the fragments of facts given in each will to create a sequential chart is like a detective story. However, as a summary, the following is given by Mr. Hunt:
Roger Griswold of Rowington. Will 1545 [had son:]
William, b. ca. 1515-20? [had son:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. before 1607 [had sons:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.
Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620. House in Kenilworth.
George, bp. 1574 at Wootten Wawen [had sons:]
Edward, bp. 1607 Wootten Wawen.
Matthew, b. 1620.
Thomas of Kenilworth [had sons:]
Thomas.
Matthew of Stonley. Will of 1701/2.
(BDG and JWG Note: We still have not found an English source that proves that Matthew is a brother of Edward. The listing given above is based on the testimony given by George Griswold in 1700 for a court in Connecticut as to what he remembers.)
In Volume 71 of the 'American Genealogist', Mr. Hunt reports on a copy of a will of 'Thomas Griswold of Stonley, Warwickshire dated the last day of Feb. 1620 wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and gorunds in the town and parish of Kenilworth, names his close called Beggerspath and the ground called Broomfield, alias Thickthorn clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.'"

7. From "The Griswold Family England-America" 1943, p 190:
"The Griswold Family.
The terrible consequence of the witchcraft delusion, and the opportunity of the ignorant and unscrupulous to harass people of wealth and character cannot be better illustrated than by the following account:
In 1667 John Tillerson charged the wife of Matthew Griswold of Lyme of being a witch and induced others to suspect her of witchcraft; for which Matthew caused him to be arrested and arraigned before the court. This John stated the cause of his suspicions and jealousies. The court decided that she was not a wtich and that he had no cause to be jealous of her; that he had greatly sinned in harboring such jealousy against so good a neighbor who had done him many favors. But as he was poor, the Court to recompense Mrs. Griswold for the wrong, and to clear her of all suspicions of the offense, ordered that the opinion of the court should be published by the constables of Saybrook and Lyme, at some public meeting, and ordered Tillerson to pay 7 shillings for the express warrant, and 5 shillings for the constable.
How truly some of this could apply to the recipients of charity in our present day."

8. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library. The book contains many prime sources not found in other Griswold publications. In the previous part of the book, Mr. Salisbury documents that Edward, Matthew, and Thomas are brothers (see these individuals' notes for a transcription). Pp. 3-5:
"With regard to the ancestry of the three brothers whom we thus distinctly trace, we have no certain information reaching beyond their father. A deposition lately found among the papers of Rev. F.W. Chapman, 'a full and true copy' of an original now lost, enables me to begin the Griswold pedigree one generation further back than it has been hitherto traced. This valuable document is in these words:
'The testimony of Captain George Griswold, aged about 72 years, and the testimony of Mr. John Griswold, aged about 69 years, they both being sons of George Griswold, The Deponents being both of Windsor in the county of Hartford and colony of Connecticut in New England, is as follows;
'Viz., that our Grandfather's name was Edward Griswold, and it was formerly and has ever since been always accepted and reputed that our said Grandfathers's father's name was George Griswold, and the said George Griswold our Great Grandfather had three sons, the eldest named Edward, the second named Matthew, and third or youngest son named Thomas, and the said Edward the eldest son, and the said Matthew the second son, came into new England from Killingsworth in Warwickshire in England; and in all our discourses amongst the families of said Griswolds in New England, together with other elderly observing gentlemen, they are and have ever been so accepted and reputed to be, without contradiction or gainsaying, according to the best of our rememberance.
'And the Deponents further add and say that the above named Edward Griswold's eldest son has always been called and reputed to be Francis Griswold, without any contradiction or gainsaying as aforesaid that we know of.
'Windsor in Hartford county in Connecticut, New England personally appeared on the 19th day of January Anno Dom. 1737-8, Captain George Griswold and John Griswold the above named Deponents, and made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above written testimony, before me. Henry Allyn, Justice Peace.'
(Author notes: This copy was given to Mr. Chapman by Mr. J.S. Griswold of Benson, Vt., whose brother Mr. W.D. Griswold, now of St. Louis, Mo., writes to me respecting the original paper as follows: 'As regards the original paper, I remember to have seen it on occasion of a visit I made to my native home in 1841. My Father, then alive, showed it to me, and I read it over and over with great interest, and I then took a copy of it, which I think I have sent to some inquirer, without retaining a copy of the copy. The affidavit was evidently taken in aid of some pending legal proceeding, and in anticipation of some legal use. It was inherited by my Father with the old papers and muniments of his Father, and that is all that can be said of its history.' In anothre letter Mr. Griswold says: 'I read it over repeatedly, and critically observed the paper, old and faded, and the writing of style verifying its age.' These two Griswolds brothers are descendants of Edward Griswold, through his son Francis.)"

9. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library. The book contains many prime sources not found in other Griswold publications. Pp. 6-7:
"...The large views of Matthew Griswold, very much in advance of his time, are illustrated b a record which has just come to light, as follows:
'April 23d 1663, Hannah Griswold, wife of Matthew Griswold, has a portion of meadow-Land in Windsor, Great Meadow, Twelve acres more or less... this comes to her as part of her portion that fell to her by the Last will of her borther Christorpher Wolcott Dec'd, out of his Estate that was to be Devided among his Relations; and this parcell of meadow is allowed by her Husband Matthew Griswold to be Recorded and made over to Hannah his wife, to remain to her and her children, and their Dispose, forever.'
(Author's note: 'Copied by the Town Clerk of Windsor from Records there, in August 1882.')
We can only wonder at the enterprise, courage and energy of these early pioneers, Matthew Griswold, at the early age of nineteen years, came with his brother Edward to Windsor, among its earliest settlers, then struck out from there to find a new home in Saybrook; then, as if that spot had become too narrow, crossed the 'Great River,' and made his final settlement as the first man who took up land in Lyme. Perhaps this may have been partly due to the English passion for landed possessions - also, perhaps, to a hereditary longing which could be fully gratified only by first occupation.
In this connection I may most appropriately dispose of a statement, distinctly made or hinted at in different quarters, that the first Matthew Griswold followed the trade of a stone-cutter. The only proofs alleged of this are, first, a receipt given by him, Apr. 1, 1679, now registered at Saybrook, for seven pounds sterling, 'in payment for the tombstone of the lady Alice Bottler (Lady Fenwick), late of Saybrook;" and, secondly, the tradition that the tombstone of his father-in-law, Henry Wolcott of Windsor (who died in 1655) - similar in form and material to that of Lady Fenwick - was obtained by his agency. (Author's noted source: 'History of New London, by Frances Manwaring Caulkins, New London, 1852, pp. 173-74; and Memorial of Henry Wolcott, New York, 1881, pp. 12, note, and 32.') As to the receipt, nothing is more likely than that he gave it for money which he had long before paid out as Agent ot Gov. Fenwick; and as to the Wolcott tradition, that by no means necessarily means that the monument of Henry Wolcott was a work of his hands. Still, it is possible that Matthew Griswold may have learned the art of stone-cutting in preparation for his emigration - perhaps as a disguise in aid of his expatriation; and that he practiced the art occasionally, as the exigencies of colonial life in a new country made it useful for him to do so, is also possible. But that stone-cutting was his occupation, or trade, there is not the slightest reason to believe; indeed, the supposition is a variance with all that we know of his prominence in the public affairs of his time, and inferable education, or are led to conjecture, from his large acquistions of land at an early period, of his having given himself, from the first to agriculture. Evidently he was skilled in laying foundations, and in sculpturing monuments, but it was with material, and in forms, far more enduring than stone - nay, more lasting than the brass of the mechanic artificer: 'Momumentum aere perennius.'"

10. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library. Some of the information is dated and has since been updated with more modern research; but the book contains many prime sources not found in other Griswold publications. I do not quote the portions wherein Mr. Salisbury dismisses that the two other Griswolds in New England, Francis and Michael, were not brothers of Edward, Matthew, and Thomas. Pp. 3-4:
"From a valuable document in the New London Probate Office (relating to a lawsuit in which the only son of our first Matthew Griswold was involved), we obtain proof that, beside Edward and Matthew, there was another brother, Thomas by name, who remained in the old English homestead; and the same paper gives documentary evidence as to what part of England the emigrants came from. It deserves to be quoted here, exactly and in full:
'George Griswold, aged about 67 years, testifyeth as followeth - that in his youthfull years he lived with his father in England, in a town called Keillinsworth (Author's note: 'In Queen Elizabeth's time Kenilworth was called Killingworth.') in Warrackshire; he did severall times since hear his father Edward Griswould say that the house they then lived in, and lands belonging thereto, was his borther Mathew Griswould's; and have lately seen a letter under the hand of Thomas Griswould of Keillinsworth abovesd, direct to his brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid, wherein the said Thomas Griswould intimated that he did then live in the above said house belonging to his said brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid.
'May 9th 1700. George Griswould appeared before me in Hartford, and made oath to ye above testimony.' 'Joseph Curtiss, Assistant.'
"...To come, then, to the two emigrants, a tradition remains to be alluded to, that their emigration was in company with the Rev. Ephraim Huet of Windsor, who 'had been a minister of Wraxall, near Kenilworth, in Warwickshire, was proceeded against by Archbiship Laud, 1638, for neglect of ceremonies, came next year.' ('Geneal. Dict.,' by James Savage, Boston, 1860, ii. 490') Savage thought this tradition plainly erroneous, for the reason that George, son of Edward Griswold, in his deposition above cited, testified that he lived with his father in England 'in his youthfull years,' which, according to Savage, must have extended later than to the year 1639. But the year of Huet's emigration, this very year 1639, being now fixed, independently, as the date of the emigration of Edward and Matthew Griswold, the tradition of their companionship with Huet gains in probability; while Savage's objection is quite set aside by the fact that George Griswold, having been 67 years old in 1700 (as he himself affirmed) was born about 1633, not in 1638 - as Savage says - and could, therefore, well speak, when advanced in life, of a time prior to 1639 as having been in the days of his youth."

11. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library, pp. 3-4:
"Matthew Griswold, having come to Windsor, married, October 16, 1646, Anna daughter of the first Henry Wolcott of Windsor, an emigrant from Tolland, Co. Somerset, by Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Saunders, of the adjacent parish of Lydiard St. Lawrence (Memorial of Henry Wolcott, ut supra, p.II. The Wolcott family of Windsor were of the old English gentry). Either before or after the date of his marriage he removed to Saybrook, in the capacity of Agent to Governor Fenwick. The exact year of his removal to the river's mouth cannot now be fixed, but he is said to have been the earliest actual occupant of land within the bounds of Lyme (set off as separate from Saybrook in 1665-66), implying that he had settled there long before this separation. Indeed, his original grant is believed to have emanated from Fenwick, (Caulkins' History of New London...ut supra, p.72) which would carry us back to 1645, at least, when Fenwick's rights under the Warwick Patent were extinguished by agreement with the colony of Connecticut (The History of Conn...By G.H. Holister. New Haven, 1855, i. 135). Another indication of his having very early become a resident of Saybrook is given by his testimony of 1684, quoted above; for in that he speaks of having thought to leave Saybrook and purchase land in Windsor ("beeing not accomodated to my mind where I then liued at Saybrook"), (see above, p. 121) at a time when land up the river had depreciated in value by reason, as is plain enough, of the prevalence of Parliamentarian rule in England lessening the inducements to emigration, before the progress of events in the old country, culminating in Cromwell's military usurpation, had again tempted the more conservative Englishmen to expatriate themselves-from all which it would appear that he was a resident of Saybrook as early as within the fifth decade of the seventeenth century, though after the middle of October, 1646, because he was already married when he contemplated returning to Windsore.
By the colonial records we find him at Saybrook, first, on the 20th of March, 1649-50, reference being made, under that date, to an answer to a "petition from the inhabitants of Saybrook, presented by Matthew Griswold and Tho. Leppingwell" (Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut...1636-1665. Hartford, 1850, p.205). He was a Deputy to the General Court in 1654. In the same year Major Mason was deputed to take with him "Matthew Griswold of Seabrooke," and "goe o Pequett and joyne with Mr. Winthrop to draw the line between Pequett and Vncus according to the bounds granted that towne,"...and indeavor to compose differences bet: Pequett & Vncus in loue and peace" (Id., p. 257). At a court held May 17th, 1660, it was "granted that ye Dep: Gouernor & Math: Griswold shal lend vnto N. London two great Guns from Sea brooke with shot" (Id., p. 352). In 1661 he headed a committee "to try the bounds of N. London" (Id., p.366). Under the year 1663 it is recorded that "Matthew Griswold" and others were to lay out certain bounds "to fruent future in-conueniences" (Id., p.418). About 1664-65, when Lyme was soon to be set off from Saybrook as a separate town, there arose a dispute between New London and Saybrook as to the westward extent of the former town-whether or not the land between Niantic Bay and Bride Brook, including Black Point and Giant's Neck, belonged to New London. This lasted for several years, when at length in 1671, "the town [of New London] annulled all former grants...except.."but set apart, at "our west bounds at Black Point," a tract of three hundred and twenty-five acres "for the use of the ministry forever," which same tract had been reserved, three years earlier, for the same use, by the town of Lyme. In August, 1671, "the people of both New London and LYme were determined to mow the grass on a portion of the debatable land...Large parties went out from both towns for the purpose, and, having probably some secret intimation of each other's design, they went on the ground at the same time...The Lyme men, under their usual leaders, Matthew Griswold and William Waller, were in possession of the ground when the party advanced...Constables were in attendance on either side, and Messrs. Griswold and Palmes were in the commission of the peace, and could authorize warrents of apprehension on the spot. As the New London men approached, and, swinging their scythes, began to mow," the Lyme constable attempted to do his office, supported by his fellow-townsmen, "who came rushing forward waving their weapons; and he succeeded; when "a general tumult of shouts, revilings, wrestlings, kicks and blows followed." A warrant was issued for the arrest of Griswold, "but he was not captured." The noisy encounter was terminated "by an ageement to let the law decide;" and the General Court ordered a division of the land in dispute, by which the matter was settled (Caulkins' Hist. of New London, ut supra, pp. 166-69). Such, in substance, is the account of this affair given by the historian of New London, on the authority of testimony taken at the trial of the rioters in March, 1671-72. Family tradition among the Griswolds, however, runs to the effect that the rights of the respective parties were finally made to depend upon the issue of a personal combat between chanptions chosen on both sides, a son of our first Matthew Griswold, the second of the name, who was noted for his athletic form and great strength, being the representative of Lyme; and that the result was in favor of his own. But this tradition may be only a mythical amplification of the recorded historical facts (The tradition is alluded to, as authentic history, by Dr. Dwight in his Travels in New England. New Haven and New York, 1821, ii, 522).
On the 13th of February 1665-66 the articles of separation between Saybrook and Lyme were signed by Matthew Griswold as one of the committee for the east side. In 1666 he and William Waller were ordered by the General Court "within the space of one month to send up to he Tresurer a true valuation of all ye rateable estate of the persons that haue estate in that place called Lyme" (Public Records of Conn....1665-1677. Hartford, 1852, p. 48). He was a Deputy to the General Court in 1667 (Id., p. 70), and again in 1668, his name having then, first, on the colonial records, the prefix of "Mr.," at that time distinctive of "gentleman," which afterwards they always give to it (Id., p. 83). He was chosen Commissioner for Lyme, in 1669, for the ensuing year (Id., p. 106); in 1676 was appointed with others "to signe bills in theire respectiue plantations, for what is due from the country" (Id., p. 48); and in 1677 was temporary Lieutenant of the train-bands of Lyme (Id., p. 317). In May 1678 he was a Deputy for Lyme (Public Records of Conn....1678-1689. Hartford, 1859, p. 3); and the next year was appointed "to grant warrants and marry persons in Lyme for the yeare ensueing" (Id., p. 27). One hundred acres of land were granted to him by the General Court in 1681, "provided he take it up where it may not prejudice any former grants" (Public Records of Conn....1678-1689. Hartford, 1859, p. 93). He was a Deputy for Lyme in 1685 (Id., p. 181). On the 14th of May 1685 ("in the first year of our Sovereign Lord James the Second of England") the township of Lyme received a patent of confirmation, when it was granted, ratified and confirmed "unto Mr. Matthew Griswold, Senior, Mr. Moses Noyes, Mr. Wm. Measure, Mr. Wm. Ely, Ln't Abraham Brunson, Sargeant Thomas Lee and John Lay, Jr., and the rest of the said present proprietors of the Township of Lyme, their heirs, successors and assigns forever." In 1686 the General Court confirmed to him and others a tract of land eight miles square, "lyeing and being near unto Connecticut River, about twelve or thirteen miles up the said River," which had been deeded to them in 1674 by "Captain Sannup (or Sanhop)" of the Niantics (Id., pp. 200-01). The Court chose him in 1689 to be a Justice of the Peace, or Commissioner, for Lyme, and he held the same office the five following years, successively (Id., p 252; and Public Records of Conn....1689-1706. Hartford, 1868, pp. 24, 43, 66, 92, 121).
To these notes from colonial records, mainly showing the public trusts conferred on the first Matthew Griswold, I add a few others from the public records of Lyme and the family-archives, illustrative of the growth of the Griswold landed domain within his time. He was reputed to be the richest man in Lyme. After his death the landed property of the family was increased yet more, until it came, at length, to be an estate almost baronial in extent, stretching along Long Island Sound and elsewhere. So early as in the third generation, as appears from a paper preserved in the family, dated November 2, 1724, Patience Griswold released to her brothers John and George, and to several sisters, her proportion of right and title, as one of her father's legatees, to "about four thousand five hundred and fifty acres, be ye same more or Less, situate, Lying and being in ye Township of Lyme." From a plea in answer to a charge of trespass, of the year 1781, by Governor Matthew Griswold- which is among the family papers- we learn that by "the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands in the Township of Saybrook...on or about ye Year 1655...were duely sever'd and laid out to Matthew Griswold Senior, then of said Saybrook, who then was one of said propriators...for him to hold in severalty as part of his share and interest in said common and undivided lands," certain lands including a fishery at the mouth of the Connecticut River, on the east side: "and the said Matthew Griswold Senior soon after enclosed the same in a good sufficient fence, and continued so seized and possessed of the place...till the time of his death...and the same lands...with all the appurtenances to the same belonging, by sundry legal descents descended from the said Matthew Griswold Senior to his Great Grandson Matthew Griswold Esq..."
There can be no doubt that this document refers to a part of the estate, at the mouth of the "Great River," which has been occupied by the family for seven generations; and it probably fixes the date of the first Matthew Griswold's beginning to occupy that site as a place of residence. This family home has been always known by the name of Blackhall-a memorial, doubtless, of some familiar English locality. There are several places of the name in England. Here, then, not in the rich alluvial meadows of Windsor, nor on the breezy, but sandy, plain of Saybrook-as limited to the western side of the Connecticut, after the setting off of Lyme-did Matthew Griswold fix his home. He settled upon the extreme point of land that stretches out between Connecticute River and Long Island Sound. It was all "made land," under the slow processes of nature: the sea had washed up its sand to meet, and be mingled with, the alluvial deposits brought down by the "Great River," in its progress from Canada to the sea. After all these centuries, the modeling of nature's forces still appears in the roll and swell of the ground, the hillocks and the eddies. This lower level is near the sea. The land begins to rise toward the north-west; the nearest spur of the northern mountains is to be seen just above the present railroad-station, and follows the Connecticut, with hills, sometimes rolling, often well-wooded, sometimes rocky and precipitous. Another range-the so-called Meetinghouse-Hills- further eastward, runs toward the north. Between these ranges is the tract on which the village of Lyme now stands, in a position much sheltered from the cold winds on the east, north and west, while lying open, on the south, to winter-sunshine and summer-breezes. Long Island stretching along, some miles away, between the main land and the open ocean, cuts off the violence of storms, while not shutting out the freshness of the ocean-air. The seasons are tempered along the shore. Frosts come late, and melt away earlier in the spring than in any other part of New England. The autumn usually lingers long under the golden light radiated from the sun, and reflected from the sea, which, from Newport all along the shore, fills the atmosphere with a halo of beauty.
The land-records of Lyme show an indenture of March 8, 1664, by which the first Matthew Griswold then had deeded to him "A parcell of Land Lying and beeing uppon Blackhall point, near the dwelling-house of Matthew Griswold aforesaid (showing that Matthew Griswold had a dwelling-house at Blackhall point before March 8, 1664. The original well belonging to it is believed to exist still, within the grounds of Mrs. Charles C. Griswold, a little to the south of whose residence the first dwelling of the first Matthew Griswold is said to have stood)...the upland beeing by estimation forty akers...with all the meadow or marsh-lands thereto belonging, part of which meadow is adjoining to the upland, and part thereof is lying and beeing on the southwest end of the Great Island or Marsh..."
Among the family-papers is an original deed of Thomas Leffingwell to Matthew Griswold, dated February 18, 1674, conveying his "whole accommadations of Lands att Seabrooke, situate, lyeing and being on both side of Connecticott River, except...The particulars of which is sold unto the said Matthew Griswell being as followeth: Imprs, on the west side of the above said River the whole right of Commonage belonging unto one hundred & fifty pound Allottment withe the ox-pas-tour, house & home-Lott; Seconds, on the east side of the said River the whole accommadations belonging unto a two hundred pound Allottment which was bought of ffrancis Griswell (This is, undoubtedly, Francis son of Edward, mentioned p.122)...only excepted twenty acers of Land of the first Division where the house stands...Resigned unto ffrancis Griswell..."
Another private paper, dated July 11, 1674, records the laying out to Matthew Griswold of "fifty acres more or Less of upland...bounded west by the Sea and Bridebrook, East by the land bought of Richard Tousland, south by the Sea, north by the Commons," which seems to be a description of the promontory of Giant's Neck, the home of the Rev. George Griswold, of the third generation, and of a branch of rhe family descended from him. On the 28th of February, 1676, as Lyme records show, Matthew Griswold gave in a statement of certain lots of land then owned by him, as follows: "Matthew Griswold Senior, his lotts in the first division of upland & meadow, whar his new dwelling house doth stand, Containing in Generall about one hundred and fourty aight akers and a half...and is bounded Northerly by Blackhall river, Easterly by the highway as far as his dwelling house, southerly by Sea, westerly by the Great River..."
Of the church, or ecclesiastical society, of Lyme, there are no existing records early enough to show whether the first Matthew Griswold was concerned, or took an interest, in the organization of either. But the First Church of Saybrook possessed, within a few years, a silver communion-cup which was his gift, as the inscription on it: "S.C.C. dono domini Matthew Griswold," attests; though the three initials at the head, probably standing for "Saybrook Congregational Church," would seem to prove the inscription to be of a much later date than the fact it commemorates (This cup now belongs to the family of the late Deacon William R. Clark of Saybrook).
"Matthew Griswold died in his house at Lyme [September 27, 1698], was buried at Saybrook; his gravestone is not to be found." Mrs. Griswold survived him, and was living September 17, 1700, when she and her son-in-law Abraham Brownson were both cited to appear before the New London County Court, as administrators of her husband's estate; but she had, probably, died before May 22, 1701, when Brownson was summoned alone as administrator, by the same Court. Her age in 1699 was seventy-nine years (See her testimony of Jan. 5, 1699, in Col. Records, Private Controversies, v. doc. 145, MS.).
Matthew and Anna (Wolcott) Griswold had five children, named in the following order in a family-record: Sarah, Matthew, John, Elizabeth, Anna. But neither the family-papers nor the existing public records of Windsor, Saybrook, or Lyme (all of which have been consulted) give us their birth-days, excepting that of Matthew, who was born in 1653. This date being given, it is immediately evident that the order of names, at one point at least, should be changed; for, if Elizabeth was the second child born after Matthew, her birth could not have occurred before 1655, whereas she was first married in 1670 - which is quite improbable. Accordingly, I shall assume an order which seems likely to be nearer the truth, as follows:
1. Elizabeth; born, according to corrected order of names, not later than 1652, and, very likely, from the date of her marriage (early marriages being then usual), in that year; who married: 1st, October 17, 1670, John Rogers of New London, Connecticut; 2d, August 5, 1679, Peter Pratt; and 3d, soon after 1688, Matthew Beckwith. She had two children by her first husband: 1. Elizabeth, born Nov. 8, 1671; 2. John, born March 20, 1674; by her second husband she had a son Peter; and by her third marriage, a daughter, Griswold Beckwith (Caulkins' Hist. of New London, ut supra, pp. 203-09.) In 1674 John Rogers, her first husband, departed from the established orthodoxy of the New England churches by embracing the doctrines of the Seventh Day Baptists; and, having adopted, later, "certain peculiar notions of his own," though still essentially orthodox as respects the fundamental faith of his time, became the founder of a new sect, called after him Rogerines, Rogerene Quakers, or Rogerine Baptists. Maintaining "obedience ot the civil government except in matters of conscience and religion," he denounced, "as unscriptural, all interference of the civil power in the worshp of God." (Caulkins' Hist. of New London, ut supra, pp. 204-05.) It seemed proper to give here these particulars with regard to Rogers's views, because they were made the ground of a petition by his wife for a divorce, in May 1675, which was granted by the General Court in October of the next year, (Public Records of the Col. of Conn...1665-1677. Hartford, 1852, p. 292.) and was followed in 1677 by another, also granted, for the custofy of her children, her late husband "being so hettridox in his opinion and practice." ((Public Records of the Col. of Conn...1665-1677. Hartford, 1852, p. 326.) The whole affair reminds us of other instances, more conspicuous in history, of the narrowness manifested by fathers of New England towards any deviations from establish belief; and of their distrust of individual conscience as a sufficient rule of religious life without the interference of civil authority. There is no reason to believe that the heterodoxy "in practice," referred to in the wife's last petition to the Court, was aught else than a non-conformity akin to that for the sake of which the shores of their "dear old England" had been left behind, forever, by so many of the very men who forgot to tolerate it, themselves, in their new western homes. Of course, like all persecuted, especially religious, parties, the Rogerenes courted, gloried in, and profited by, distresses. John Rogers always claimed that the Court had taken his wife away from him without reason; both of his children eventually sympathized with their father, and lived with him.
2. Matthew (see below).
3. John; who died young, s.p. (Anna Griswold and John Griswold appear as witnesses to a deed of sale, among Lyme records, dated Apr. 26, 1681. The association of names and the date identify this John as the son of Anna Griswold - showing that, if not born later than 1654, he lived as long as to his 27th year.)
4. Sarah; born, according to corrected order of names, not earlier than 1655; who married, probably by 1675 [someone has penciled in 11 Sep 1677], Thomas Colton (not George 		Griswold, Matthew (I4505)
 
2776 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"George11 Greswold (Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was christened 6 Nov 1574 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. George died 1623 [Maybe died as late as 1643, but no reference can be found for this date.] He married (1) Dousabel (LEIGH ?) about 1606. She was born about 1575. Dousabel was buried 28 Aug 1615 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. They had 1 Child:
i. Edward Griswold, christened 26 July 1607, at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, died 30 Aug 1691.
George married second (2) Honora (PAWLEY ?) about 1616, apparently in connection with his purchase of a cottage and garden in Kenilworth from Hugh Underhill and Lettice, his sister. Honora was probably a connection of the Underhill's, and possibly their (Hugh and Lettice) mother. Their father, (Honora's first husband) John Underhill had died in Holland in 1608. No record of Honora has been discovered until her remarriage at the Klooster Kerk at the Hague on 28 Nov 1628 to Dirck Thomaszen so she may have returned to Kenilworth during the 1609-1621 truce, after her husband died. They had 2 children:
ii. Matthew Griswold, born 1620, died 27 Sep 1698
iii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1622, died 1699.
Richard Morris (Dirck Thomaszen) was a sword cutler, christened Jan 1582 at St. Nicholas Church, Warwickshire, England to Thomas and Elizabeth (___) Morris. Elizabeth was buried at St. Nicholas in Nov 1591. Richard Morris had a daughter, Katherine, christened at Wooton Wawen 25 Mar 1613 (the record shows only the father's name). Katherine married (1) (___) Wright and (2) Edward Greswold on 11 Jun 1635, at Kenilworth [not the immigrant, Edward of Windsor, Connecticut and IGI gives his name as Thomas Grissold, same place and date].
After the truce, many military men returned to the continent and in 1625, John Underhill, the younger, became a cadet in the service of the Prince of Nassau. By then, George11 had died also. The Greswold, Morris and Underhill families were connected but the records are not complete enough to show exactly how."

2. The book "The Griswold Family, the First Five Generations in America," comp. and ed. by Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, May 1990, printed by The Griswold Family Association, 116 Garden St., Wethersfield, CT, 06109, pages 6-24. The authors note that their book updates Vol. II, "The Griswold Family England - America," which was published 50 years ago:
"George (son of Roger, gson of William) was baptized 6 Nov 1574 at Wooten Wawen, died after 1620. Married (1) Dousabel, possibly Leigh (Lye, Ley) who was buried at Wooten Wawen 28 Ag 1615 (TAG 39:177). Her only known child is Edward.
A letter of Ralph Phillips of Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York, to Donald Lines Jacobus gives the information from the Wooten Wawen parish register that Richard Lye and his wife Dousabelle had a son Richard bp. 1549 and a son Thomas bp. 1552. It is conjectured that one of these sons was the father of Dousabel who married George Griswold. It is also noted that Sir Thomas Leigh was the arbitrator of the entailed land dispute of Roger Griswold.
George Griswold married (2) about 1616 an unknown wife by whom he had two sons, Matthew and Thomas. "On Nov. 12, 1616 George Grissold purchased from Hugh Underhill and his sister Lettice with her husband, a cottage and garden at Kenilworth." (TAG 41:214) This is undaoubtedly a move taken upon the occasion of his second marriage. There is also the possibility that his second wife was a connection of the Underhills.
This possibility is further enhanced by the recollection of Edward's son, George, in a disposition taken 9 May 1700 stating that as a youth he had lived with his father Edward in Kenilworth, Warwickshire and had heard that the house they lived in belonged to Edward's brother Matthew.
If George had settled the property upon his second wife at the time of their marriage, it would have become the property of her oldest son, Matthew, at her death. If both parents had died, Matthew may have been under Edward's guardianship.
Child by first wife:
Edward, bp. 26 July 1607 Wooten Wawen.
Children by second wife:
Matthew, b. ca. 1620.
Thomas, b. ca. 1622 at Kenilworth, married c. 1644 to an unknown wife. Death date is also unknown. He remained in England. Children:
Thomas, b. ca. 1645.
Matthew, bp. 1 May 1649 Kenilworth, will dated 20 Feb. 1701/2."

3. The booklet "The Griswold Family in England before 1639 - A Report of the Findings of Bonnie Boone Day Griswold and James Wells Griswold," 1984, Exeter, NH, copy in the library of the Windsor CT. Historical Society. The authors went to England to look up actual records. Quote from pp. 10-13:
"The search for hard facts about our direct Griswold ancestors in England has yielded information only on Edward. This we found in the Warwickshire County Records Library. Even this information is evidently not new because the names and accurate dates are given in Glen E. Griswold's Vol. II of the Griswold Family. But since he does not cite the source of his information, maybe the following will add a bit.
The above-mentioned library, located in Warwick, is well staffed and has a good catalog. However, the novice finds it confusing at the beginning. It takes several visits to learn how to use the available resources. We learned that there have been many visitors inquiring about he Griswolds.
Of great interest is the Kenilworth Parish Register. This is a leather-bound book, about 13 inches long and 5 inches wide. Originally it was a bound blank book with about 200 pages. Entries were made chronologically in ink in four sections: Baptisms (not births), Marriages, Burials, and finally in the back of the book, the 'Beneficences" of Lady Dudley of Kenilworth Castle to the members of the parish at the time of Christmas (read the book 'Kenilworth' by Scott). The librarian had to help us by translating archaic terms of some entries. The handwriting of the book changed from period to period indicating a different recorder. We are sorry to report that an earlier Griswold researcher had marked each of te relevant entries with a penciled X in the margin.
All the entries that relate to the family of Edward Griswold are listed below. Please note that even for the entries for the same family the spelling of the last name may be different.
In the section on Baptisms:
Sarah daughter of Edward Grissold was baptised Jan 29 1631.
George the sone of Edward Griswold was baptised may 19 1633.
Sarah the daughter of Edward Grissold and Margaret his wife was baptized Jan 10 1635.
Liddia the daughter of Edward Grissold and Marg-t his wife was baptised Dec 17 1637.
In the section for Burials:
Sarah the daughter of Edward Grissold was burried Dec 28 1634.
It is interesting to note tha the family names their second daughter Sarah in honor of her older sister who had died only two weeks before the second daughter was baptized.
These were the only references we could find that apply directly to our family, even though there were many other entries for other Griswold families.
It was exciting to hold this parish record book in our hands, but it was also frustrating to be so close to the facts we wanted and yet could not find. If the book could only talk, there would be so many answers to our questions.
The publication, the "American Genealogist," Volumes 39, 40, and 71 reports the extensive work of Genevieve Kiepura and John Hunt. Since their findings take 12 pages of close print, we will attempt to summarize it here. None of the original documents reported here have we seen personally, but the source reported in these articles suggest other areas for investigation.
The articles clearly represent the extensive and careful work they have done and further dramatize the difficulties encountered because there were so many Griswolds in the area and so many of the families used the traditional first names.
Mrs. Kiepura reports that the parish regester for Wootten Wawen lists the baptism of "Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptisms of George, son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574; and to the burial of Dousabele, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
For their research, Mrs. Kiepura and Mr. Hunt had copies of 11 wills that were on file at the Worcester Records Office. Piecing the fragments of facts given in each will to create a sequential chart is like a detective story. However, as a summary, the following is given by Mr. Hunt:
Roger Griswold of Rowington. Will 1545 [had son:]
William, b. ca. 1515-20? [had son:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. before 1607 [had sons:]
Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.
Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620. House in Kenilworth.
George, bp. 1574 at Wootten Wawen [had sons:]
Edward, bp. 1607 Wootten Wawen.
Matthew, b. 1620.
Thomas of Kenilworth [had sons:]
Thomas.
Matthew of Stonley. Will of 1701/2.
(BDG and JWG Note: We still have not found an English source that proves that Matthew is a brother of Edward. The listing given above is based on the testimony given by George Griswold in 1700 for a court in Connecticut as to what he remembers.)
In Volume 71 of the 'American Genealogist', Mr. Hunt reports on a copy of a will of 'Thomas Griswold of Stonley, Warwickshire dated the last day of Feb. 1620 wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and gorunds in the town and parish of Kenilworth, names his close called Beggerspath and the ground called Broomfield, alias Thickthorn clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.'"

4. The book "The Phelps Family of America and their English Ancestors," comp. by Oliver Seymour Phelps of Portland, Oregon and Andrew T. Servin of Lenox, Massachusetts, 1899, pp. 88-89:
"Samuel Phelps, b. England, about 1625, emigrated to New England with his father, in ship Mary and John, settling with his father in Dorchester, removing from there to settling of Windsor, Ct., in 1635-6, where he m. Sarah Griswold, and b. Kenilworth, England, and came to New England with her father in 1639. After the death of Mr. Phelps, she m. 2nd Nathaniel Pinney, 21st July, 1670, and had Nathaniel Pinney b. 11th May, 1671, and Sarah Pinney b. 11th Oct., 1673. Mrs. Pinney died 6th Nov., 1715. [Nathaniel Pinney was the brother of Sarah Pinney who married Samuel Phelps' brother William.]
Mr. Phelps bought 1st Oct., 1657, Thomas Orton's house and land south of road separating it from his father's homestead, and brother William's: the house stood on the rear of the lot just opposite his father's house. This lot was a triangular shape, 4 rods on the rivulet, 60 rods on east and west road, 40 rods on Mill road, and 47 rods on the southeast line. The rear of this lot and house he sold to his brother Nathaniel, and removed to Poquonock, where he had received a grant of land, and where he also bought John Bartlett's place east of Stony Creek, and north of Thomas Holcomb's, and running east of the rivulet. Here he died 15th May, 1669. He witnessed a deed of land to his father by the Indians in 1666.
January 8th, 1660, he paid rates for short slips, 7 shillings, highest amount assessed that year.
Town Records - 24th May, 1669, 'There was a day of training; by reason of the death of Samuel Phelps, voted that Benjamin Holcomb supply his place as Way Warden.'
(Noted - Edward and Matthew Griswold, two brothers, the latter of whom was the ancestor of the two Govs. Griswold, resided in Kenilworth, England, where they had a third brother, Thomas. These two brothers came to New England in 1639, in a vessel sent out by Mr. William Whitney. Edward b. in England, 1607, settled in that part of Windsor, called Poquonock, m. 1st Margaret, and later settled in Killingworth, Ct., one of the first settlers, and a prominent man. His wife died Aug 22nd, 1670. (A slab may be seen in the Clinton, Ct., burying ground, 7 in. by 2-1/2 ft., with inscription M.G. 1670.) Had eleven children all by 1st wife. He m. 2nd Sarah Bemis, daughter of James Bemis, of New London; of his children a daughter Sarah, m. Samuel Phelps, and. m. Nathaniel Pinney. Another daughter, Mary, m. Timothy Phelps son of William the emigrant of 1630.)

5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353:
"The Connecticut Griswolds are descended from Edward and Matthew, who came to Windsor in 1639, and from Michael, who, some years later, came to Wethersfield. There appears to have been no relationship between the latter and the brothers Griswold of Windsor. [See footnote #1 below.]
Edward and Matthew came from Kenilworth, Co. Warwick, Eng., in the year 1639, in company with Rev. Mr. Huit's party, who came to Windsor that year. [See footnote #2 below.] They had lived at Kenilworth [see footnote #3 below] and owned property there; but we know not whether it was their birthplace. They had a brother Thomas [see footnote #3 below], who continued to reside there, and the record of his marriage, in 1634, is still to be found in the old Kenilworth Church records, also the baptisms of several of the children of Edward, and the burial of a daughter, but the old church records of K. suffered greatly from the ravages of the War of the Great Rebellion, it has been found impossible to find any other connecting links between that parish and the two emigrant brothers.
It has been claimed that they belonged to the ancient county family of Solihull, near Kenilworth, and, as such, entitiled to the use of the family arms, but there exists no evidence to prove the claim. Indeed, all that has been said in regard to their relationship to Humphrey Greswold, lord of the manor of Greet in Yardley, and also rector of Yardley parish; or of their connection with the Greswolds who held Malvern Hall in Solihull, has no foundation in fact, and can be proved untrue... There is a tradition that the name of their father was George...
Footnotes:
1. Michael Griswold's Eng. origin is unknown; he di. 1684, his will and the wills of his sons being now on file in 'Htfd. Co. Prob. Rec.' One of the grandsons, Capt. Jacob, was a first settler in Litchfield; another, Maj. Josiah, was famous as a soldier in the French War.
2. See pp. 74 and 75. The affidavit of Edward, then aged about 77 yrs., as given May 15, 1684, in the celebrated case of Henry Whiting's sons vs. John Bissell, says; 'About the yeare 1639, Mr. Wm. Whiting (deceased) was undertaker for a shipp in England, in which shipp I came to New England': and his brother Matthew (then aged 64) in his affidavit made in the same suit, says: 'Further I testifie that, when I came over to New England about the year 1639.' - 'State Archives, Private Controversies,' Vol. II, Doc. 203, 204.
3. From 'New London Prob. Rec.': Georg Griswold, aged about 67 yeares, testifyeth as follows: that in his youthfull years he lived with his father in England, in a town called Keillinsworth (Kenilworth was, in Queen Elizabeth's time, called Killingworth), in Warrackshire; he did severall times since hear his father Edward Griswould say that the house they then lived in, and lands belonging thereto, was his brother Mathew Griswold's; and have lately seen a letter under the hand of Thomas Griswould of Keilinsworth aboves'd, directed to his brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid, wherein the said Thomas Griswould intimated that he did then live in the abovesaid house belonging to his said brother Mathew Griswould aforesaid.
'May 9th, 1700. George Griswould appeared before me in Hartford, and made oath to ye above testimony. Joseph Curtiss, Assistant.'

6. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, pp. 346-353:
"Griswold. (The following statesments concerning the English Griswolds are furnished by Hon. Seneca O. Griswold of Windsor, Conn., as the results of his own personal examination, in England.)
The English Griswolds were an ancient county family established at Solihull, in Warwickshire, prior to the year 1400. The name was usually written Greswold; but, without doubt, the 'e' in the first sylllable had the latin sound as 'i' short, for it is often written Griswold, or Gryswold, and sometimes with a terminal 'e.' This family had a pedigree and were entitiled ot a coat-of-arms, viz.: 'Arg., a fesse Gu. betw. two greyhounds current Sa.' They traced their descent from a certain John Greswold, who, about the middle of the 14th century, came from Kenilworth and married the dau. and heiress of Henry Hughford of Huddersly Hall, in Solihull; and, in Burke's 'Landed Gentry,' they are styled the Greswolds of Kenilworth and Solihull. This latter place is on the northwestern border of Warwickshire, with Knowle on the East, and Yardley in Worcestershire on the South and West, and is about 8 miles westerly of Kenilworth,and twelve northwesterly of Stratford-on-Avon. It was a place of note in Saxon times, and was the site of a holy fountain much resorted to for its miraculous cures, and called the Well of St. Alpherge. After the Conquest it came into the possession of a Norman family named Limsie, who had a tower there and, it is supposed, built a church, though the exact date of its building is not certain. From them it passed, by marriage, to the Knights of Odingsell. Will De Odingsell, in the time of Edward I., built a chantry, i.e., a chapel attached to the church, requiring, by the terms of its foundation, that daily masses should be said for the souls of himself and wife, their progenitors and descendants. From failure in the male line of descent, the estate became a Royal desmesne and was granted to different favorites. It was held, at his death, by Hugh De La Spencer, who was killed at Agincourt. King Henry VI, in 1436, granted the estate for the term of seven years, to one Thomas Greswold, jointly with one Sheldon. The chantry, erected by De Odingsell, having fallen somewhat into decay, this Thomas rebuilt it and added some valuable gifts to its support. He must have been a devout adherent of that unfortunate monarch, as the condition of his gifts was, that the chantry priest should daily pray for the good estate of King Henry, and at his death and the death of himself (Thos. Greswold), should daily say masses for their souls. At the termination of this grant, the king gave the estate to his son, the Prince of Wales; but, doubtless, there was no transfer of possession for we find that, in King Henry the Eighth's time, Richard Greswold of Solihull became the owner of the estate in fee, as also of other lands in the vicinity. From him sprang the other branches of the family, viz.: the Greswolds of Langdon Hall and those of Yardley.
Part of the estate of Langdon Hall was in the adjoining parish of Knowle. Upon this estate, within the bounds of Solihull, Malvern Hall was built. It is a stately Manor-house, in the style of Inigo Jones, in the midst of a large park, surrounded by a moat; and over the stone gateway is carved the family crest. John Greswold of Langdon Hall married the daughter of Richard Varney of Compton, made notorious by Scott's romance of 'Kenilworth.' He was, undoubtedly, a strong adherent of the great Earl, and was member of Parliament from the county; but the story of his villainy is, as it purports to be, a pure remance. A large portion of this estate passed, by marriage, to the Dabrigecourts, a local family of distinction.
In Yardley, a grandson of the above-named Richard became possessed of the Manor of Greet; and, for several generations, his descendants were lords of this manor and rectors of the parish. The most famous of these was Rev. Humphrey, who was born 1621. In the church at Yardley there is a costly engraved funeral monument to his memory and that of his father, on which is inscribed a record of their virtues, learning, and charities to the poor and to the parish. The Rev. Henry Greswold, who was rector of the Solihull church from 1660 to the end of the century, was his second son. In the Solihull church is a beautiful allabaster slab to the memory of the aforesaid Richard, on which the date of his death is given as 1547. There is also another similar slab to Thomas Greswold and his three wives; he died in 1577. The chantry, built by Thomas, as above-mentioned, is still in good repair; and the church itself is noted for the beauty and fineness of its interior architecture. Around the chancel was a wooden screen which was characteristic of church adornment at the close of the 13th century. In the north transept, in raised position to be reached by a flight of steps, was the Greswold pew, also granted with a wooden screen. The present rector is the Rev. Charles Evans, disinguished for his archaeological learning and whose history of this church has been published by the Birmingham Archaelological Society.
About the middle of the 18th century there occurred a failure in the male line of these families, and the estate fell to the grd.-dau. of the Rev. Marshall Greswold of Yardley. In the meantime the manor-house at Solihull had been alienated, as also a large part of the Langdon-Hall estate; but the union of the balance of these properties rendered the heiress quite rich. She married a Mr. David Lewis of Solihull, who assumed also the name of Greswold. The Greswold-Lewis family are quite noted, the daughters marrying into the nobility, and Mr. Henry Greswold-Lewis, the last of the name in the male line, marrying the daughter of an earl. He died in 1829 without issue and in the Yardley Church is an elaborate tablet to his virtues, etc. The estate fell to his niece, or grand-niece, Mary Greswold-Lewis, and she married a Mr. Williams of Worcestershire, who also assumed the Greswold name; and her son, Mr. John Greswold-Williams, is the present owner of the estate, which includes Malvern Hall and park and adjoining lands, with considerable property both in Knowle and Yardley.
At Knowle there is a very ancient inn, a part of the estate called 'The Greswold Arms'; and at Solihull, an endowed grammar-school of ancient foundation, the mastership of which is valuable for its salary. In Boswell's 'Life of Dr. Johnson' there is a copy of a letter written in 1735 by a Mr. Henry Greswold of Solihull as one of the Feoffees fo the Trust, in reply to a letter written them soliciitin the appointment of Mr. Johnson as master of the school. He states they have inquired as to his standing, and, though they found him to be a most excellent scholar, he had a haughty temper and also was afflicted with an involuntary twitching of the muscles of his face, and hence the gentlemen delcined to give him the appointment.
The family was one of local distinction; they held county offices; were summoned by sheriffs, with the other gentlemen of the county, to be present at the proclamation of the Acts of Parliament, and sworn to sustain them. They sought and obtained wives from the leading local families, and an alliance with their daughters was considered honorable. As primogeniture prevailed, it follows that, in a family extending through so long a period, there would be poor as well as rich, and they spread into number of the adjoining parishes. They were not of the nobility, but belonged to the middle class landed gentry, - that devout, patient, and above all, valiant race, which has contributed so much to make England, for centuries, the foremost of nations."

7. The following is a from the Windsor, CT, Historical Society from the Griswold family file. It is attributed to the "Dutchess County Farmer" (no date) and is entitled "Recollections of Some Old New England Families. It is a single sheet of paper. From more modern research, we now know the father of the emigrants Edward and Matthew is George Griswold without any apparent connection with Humphrey Griswold, Lord of the Manor of Greet. Also one should discount that Matthew proceded his older brother to New England from Old England. The following is as printed:
"There is no name more talismanic in the brave old State of Connecticut than Griswold; and in that quaint New England town, Lyme, they swear by it. The family were of the English gentry, and have always borne 'Without abuse the Grand old name of Genetleman.'
Senator Stephen M. Griswold, Brooklyn, traces the descent from Humphrey Griswold of Greet, Lord of the Manor, and say they are mentioned as an honorable family in English history early in the sixteenth century. Malvern Hall, and its estates, came into the family about 1600, and still remain in their possession. The Coat of Arms, together with Malvern Hall, in 1659 belonged to Humphrey Griswold, who died in 1671. He was succeeded by his brother, Rev. Henry Griswold, who died about 1720, the title then passing to his son Humphrey, who, dying left it to his brother Henry. The latter left no male heir, and the representative of the family then devolved upon the Rev. Matthew Griswold. He had an only daughter who survived him, and who became the wife of David Lewis, Esq. One of their daughters married the fourth Earl of Dysart, and the other, the fifth Earl. Again a male descendant was wanting, and so the tiltle passed to Henry Griswold Lewis, a son of David Lewis by a second wife. The estates were then inherited by Lieutenant Edmund Meysey Griswold of the English Army, and at his decease by his uncle Henry Griswold Wigley, M.A., who assumed the surname of Griswold, and his descendant now owns the old Hall.
Matthew Griswold, Esq. of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, was an uncle of Humphrey Griswold of Greet, and had three sons, Matthew, Edward and Thomas. Matthew was the youngest, and while a mere boy, he joined a company of pilgrims for America. This compnay sailed from England under the leadership of Rev. John Wareham, a prominent preacher of Exeter. It was during the reign of Charles the first, and they landed on the shores of Massachusetts, the 30th of May, 1630, ten years later than the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth. Edward Griswold joined his brother Matthew nine years later, and settled at Windsor on the Farmington River, Connecticut, his brother being at Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connecticut River. Windsor was the first white settlement in the State, and closely associated with its origin were the names of Griswold, Wolcott and Ellsworth. Edward had married in England and had a large family. In 1664, together with his son John, he moved to Killingworth, Conn., so named form his native place, his descendant intermarried with the Phelps, Buels, Gaylords, Holcombs and Veits. His son Squire Samuel Griswold was the grandfather of the celebrated Bishop Alexander Veits Griswold, of the Episcopal Church, the second Bishop of Pennsylvania and senior Bishop for the United States, who was for ten years Chancellor of Brown University. Bishop Griswold was a great uncle of C.C.Griswold, the landscape painter. Another son of Squire Samuel, Ezra, was instrumental in organizing the first Episcopal Church in the state of Ohio.
We now turn to Matthew Griswold, a man who numbers descendants by thousands and of this number very many have attained unusual prominence. He was born in 1618, and was a stone-cutter by trade. In 1645 he was granted a tract of land at Lyme, Conn., and here has since been the Griswold homestead, 'Black Hall.' It is a cluster of half a dozen houses, surrounded by a dense grove of trees, which slopes toward the sound. Mr. Griswold built a lug-hut on his grant, which was the first house in Lyme, and dug a well which is still in existence and has been used by successive generations. The Indians were too hostile for him to remove his family so far from the fort of Saybrook, and he therefore sent a negro to occupy the hut, and tradition says hence the pleasant sounding name of Black Hall. Mr. Griswold was the first Justice of the Peace in Lyme, and the first magistrate of the Saybrook Colony. He married Hannah, daughter of Henry Wolcott, and died in June, 1699, at a ripe old age.
His daughter Ann, married Abraham Bronson. She was the great-great-grandmother of Chief Justice Henry Watson Waite, of Connecticut, whose son, Morrison R.Waite, is Chief Justice of the United States. She was also a greet-great grandmother of Hon. John Turner Waite, a prominent Judge and lawyer of Norwich, Conn., and now member of the House of Representatives.
The fifth Child, Matthew Griswold, Jr., was born at East Saybrook, Conn., in 1653. At one time there was a troublesome controversy between New London and Lyme about a tract of land, about four miles in width, which both towns claimed. After much wrangling and expense it was agreed to 'leave it to the Lord,' in other words settle it by single combat, and Matthew Griswold and William Ely, were chosen contestants from Lyme, and they fought so valorously that New London was compelled to relinquish her claim to the ground.
Matthew Griswold, Jr., had ten children. [Children listed.]
Mrs. Griswold died Nov. 29th, 1704, and May 30th, 1705, the disconsolate widower consoled himself by marrying Mary, widow of Thomas Lee. Mr. Griswold died Jan. 19, 1716, age 63, and lies buried in the old cemetery below the hill at Lyme. His widow survived him eight years..."
[Article continues about the descendants of Matthew Griswold, Jr. and has no further bearing on my research.]

8. From the book "The Griswold Family," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury, privately published 1884, copy in Windsor, Conn. Historical Society Library. Some of the information is dated and has since been updated with more modern research; but the book contains many prime sources not found in other Griswold publications. In the previous part of the book, Mr. Salisbury documents that Edward, Matthew, and Thomas are brothers (see these individuals' notes for a transcription). Note the references to Visitations were surveys of those worthy to be counted among the heraldic. Pp. 3-5:
"With regard to the ancestry of the three brothers whom we thus distinctly trace, we have no certain information reaching beyond their father. A deposition lately found among the papers of Rev. F.W. Chapman, 'a full and true copy' of an original now lost, enables me to begin the Griswold pedigree one generation further back than it has been hitherto traced. This valuable document is in these words:
'The testimony of Captain George Griswold, aged about 72 years, and the testimony of Mr. John Griswold, aged about 69 years, they both being sons of George Griswold, The Deponents being both of Windsor in the county of Hartford and colony of Connecticut in New England, is as follows;
'Viz., that our Grandfather's name was Edward Griswold, and it was fromerly and has ever since been always accepted and reputed that our said Grandfathers's father's name was George Griswold, and the said George Griswold our Great Grandfather had three sons, the eldest named Edward, the second named Matthew, and third or youngest son named Thomas, and the said Edward the eldest son, and the said Matthew the second son, came into new England from Killingsworth in Warwickshire in England; and in all our discourses amongst the families of said Griswolds in New England, together with other elderly observing gentlemen, they are and have ever been so accepted and reputed to be, without contradiciton or gainsaying, according to the best of our rememberance.
'And the Deponents further add and say that the above named Edward Griswold's eldest son has always been called and reputed to be Francis Griswold, without any contradiction or gainsaying as aforesaid that we know of.
'Windsor in Hartford county in Connecticut, New England personally appeared on the 19th day of January Anno Dom. 1737-8, Captain George Griswold and John Griswold the above named Deponents, and made solemn oath, in due form of law, to the truth of the above written testimony, before me. Henry Allyn, Justice Peace.'
(Author notes: This copy was given to Mr. Chapman by Mr. J.S. Griswold of Benson, Vt., whose brother Mr. W.D. Griswold, now of St. Louis, Mo., writes to me respecting the original paper as follows: 'As regards the original paper, I remember to have seen it on occasion of a visit I made to my native home in 1841. My Father, then alive, showed it to me, and I read it over and over with great interest, and I then took a copy of it, which I think I have sent to some inquirer, without retaining a copy of the copy. The affidavit was evidently taken in aid of some pending legal proceeding, and in anticipation of some legal use. It was inherited by my Father with the old papers and muniments of his Father, and that is all that can be said of its history.' In anothre letter Mr. Griswold says: 'I read it over repeatedly, and critically observed the paper, old and faded, and the writing of style verifying its age.' These two Griswolds brothers are descendants of Edward Griswold, through his son Francis.)
But who was this George Griswold, the father of Edward, Matthew, and Thomas, we know not. It has been assumed that our Griswolds belonged to the heraldic fmaily of Greswolds of Solihull, near Kenilworth, co. Warwick, one of whom, Humphrey Greswold, deceased in 1746, unmarried, was the first of this family who possessed Malvern Hall; and the arms of that family: 'Arg. a fesse Gu. betw. 2 greyhounds curent Sa.,' have been used as right belonging to Griswolds of America.
A statement has gained some credence, that our Griswold brothers came from Lyme Regis, Co. Dorset, probably for no better reason than because this would afford a plausible explanaiton of the name of Lyme in Connecticut. But careful search in the records of Lyme Regis, by the Rector in 1874, failed to show that any person of the name ever lived there; while the affidavits of Edward and Matthew Griswold fully establish the fact that their old home was at Kenilworth, co.Warwick. Now, the Visitation of Warwickshire made in 1619, published by the Harleian Society, gives us twelve generations of the Greswold family, of which the first-named representaive was John Greswold 'of Kenelworth,' who married the daughter of William Hugford of Hulderly Hall in Solihull; and the Greswolds continued to be seated at Kenilworth down to the time of the last male descendants mentioned in 1619. (The Publications of the Harl. Soc., vol. xii. the Visitation of the Conty of Warwick in the year 1619... Ed. by John Fetherston... London, 1877, p. 60-62.) Moreover, John Greswold, of the fifth generation in this Visitation, is named Griswold [instead of Greswold] in the Visitations of Nottingham for 1569-1614 published by the Harlean Society, where the marriage of his daughter Allice to Thomas Dabridgecourt is recorded - showing that the two forms of the name were at an early period interchangeable; and, what is still more, in the Visitation of Warwickshire for 1619 occurs the name of a George Griswold, in the latest generation there recorded, who may possibly have been the father of our two emigrants. But diligent investigations by Colonel Chester (to whom, however, the fact of the immediate parentage of the emigrants was unknown), by the Rector of Kenilworth in 1874, and among American records, have not enabled us as yet to trace back the line of descent of our Edward and Matthew beyond their father. The parish-register of Kenilworth prior to 1630 was destroyed under Cromwell, and the name of Greswold does not occur in it after 1651. So that, while there is ground for believing that the emeigrant brothers belonged to the heraldic family of Greswolds, or Griswolds, there seems to be little probablitliy of its being proved. Colonel Chester concluded that they may have come of a younger branch of that family, but says: 'The only possible remaining chance there is for discovering any thing further would be an examination of the wills in the local registry of Lichfield.'"

9. The following are various articles in the publication "The American Genealogist" concerning Griswold ancestry in England, which I include for reference purposes. They appeared together over about three years and represent an evolution of research with the later articles clarifying or refuting elements of earlier articles. The 1999 book "The Greswold Family: 12 Generations in America," which appeared about 30 years later, incorporated and supplanted much of this data – so the following must be used with some caution:
A. TAG 39:176-80: "Griswold Ancestry in England," by Genevieve Tylee Kiepura:
"Descendants of the Griswold clan have contributed greatly to American life in every field. The ancestry of the pioneers should be recorded in greater detail, and the identity of the wives, who braved the unknown New World, is equally important. The contributor has had a more thorough search of English records made than has previously been undertaken.
The reliable record facts in American sources which serve as clues were long ago cited in full in Edward Elbridge Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, "Family-Histories and Genealogies" (1892), 2:2-5, so here we need only abstract them briefly for reference:
1. Testimony given 15 May 1684 by Edward Griswold, aged about 77, that he came to New England in 1639 [hence born ca. 1607], and by Matthew Griswold, aged about 64, to the same effect [hence born ca. 1620].
2. George Griswold, aged about 67, testified 9 May 1700 that in youth he lived with his father, Edward Griswold, in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, and had heard his father say that the house they lived in there belonged to Edward's brother Matthew, and he had seen a letter from Thomas Griswold of Kenilworth intimating that Thomas lived in said house belonging to his brother Matthew [proving there was a third brother, Thomas].
3. On 19 Jan. 1737/8, Capt. George Griswold, aged about 72, and Mr. John Griswold, aged about 69, sons of George Griswold, both of Windsor, Conn., testified that their grandfather's name was Edward Griswold, that their great-grandfather was George Griswold who had three sons, the eldest named Edward, the second named Matthew, and the third or youngest named Thomas, of whom the first two came to New England from "Killingsworth" in Warwickshire; also that said Edward's eldest son has always been reputed to be Francis Griswold.
4. Margaret wife of Edward Griswold died 23 Aug. 1670.
5. The will of John Riley named in his will of 13 May 1674 his brother John Belding, his brother Emanuel Buck, and his cousin Michael Griswold [see "The American Genealogist," supra, 10:51-52].
The following data came from England from various officials – county archivists, parish registers, Bishop's Transcripts, photostats and copies of wills, and paid researchers.
Wanting first to verify the statement (3 above) that Edward was the son of George, we first checked the George, son of Henry of Grete and Yardley, given in the Visitation of Warwickshire, and found that the marriage bond of Henry Griswold and Dorothy James is dated 1592 (bond 1026), hence their son George could not have been old enough to have been Edward's father. The following sources were searched, with the results stated below:
Kenilworth: The parish registers, before 1676, were destroyed by fire.
Solihull: "The only mention of an Edward Griswold in the index relates to birth of children of Edward beginning 1609, and the burial of one in 1617. The index shows a George Griswold (no parents were then stated) bapt. 23 April 8, 1548 and a George bapt. 13 June 1577. No 0ther entry for George until 1644. The index has no Matthew or Michael."
Wills: The wills of the district are filed at Worcester and eleven were sent to me. Among them was that of Clement Griswold of Henley-in-Arden, who named eldest son Frank and second son George; probated 1611. The parish register of Henley shows that Francis son of Clement was baptized 10 Jan. l605; hence George son of Clement cannot be Edward's father.
Wooten Wawen: "We also examined the parish register of Wooten Wawen (a chapelry of Henley) which has the baptism of Edward, son of George Griswold, 26 July 1607. There are references to the baptism of George son of Roger, 6 Nov. 1574 and the burial of Dousabel, wife of George Griswold, 28 Aug. 1615. No Matthew or Michael in the index."
There are no wills of the above George, Roger, or Dousabel in Worcester Archives. However, we have here the baptism of Edward son of George in the right year and think he is surely the emigrant. The death of Dousabel in 1615 necessitates the supposition that Matthew and Thomas were by a later wife and half-brothers of Edward, since we know from the evidence digested above that Matthew was born about 1620 and that Thomas was still younger. Among the wills obtained, the following seem important:
Roger Griswold of Rowington, will dated 9 June named wife Margaret, brother John Griswold, sons Robert, William, John, and Richard.
Thomas Griswold of Rowington, husbandman, will dated 23 Feb. 1570, proved 23 Apr. 1571, named son Roger Griswold, his mother Elizabeth, daughters Marye, Margaret, Isabel (after attaining the age of 21) and Elizabeth my wife.
Rowington is about four miles east of Henley and Wooten Wawen, where Roger had George baptized in 1574, and about eight miles west of Kenilworth
John Benford of Henley in the parish of Wooten Wawen, will 14 May 1597, named wife Elizabeth, son Baldwyn, son John and daughter Joan; overseers, my brother Buck and my son [i.e. stepson] Roger Griswold.
Will of Roger Griswold of Rowington, 2 Feb. 1613, gave to wife Joan, sons Thomas, William, Henry, John, Roger, Richard, daughter Katherine, and mother Elizabeth Benford; witnessed by Wyllme Seth, Robert Griswold, John Hinde, and others.
Will of Elizabeth Benford, late of Rowington, widow, 12 Sept. 1614, no legatees named; "my natural son John to be administrator." Witnessed by William Kerbye and Johannes Pennell, notary public. John Benford of Henley-in- Arden and William Kerbye of the same parish were bound to administer the goods.
Rowington printed parish registers (1612, 1617, 1618 and 1626 are copied from the Bishops' Transcripts and are in the appendix) begin in 1616 and contain no reference to George or Dousabel Griswold. The marriage bonds 1553-1645 were checked for the surnames Griswold, Kirby and Benford. The only entry found was Roger Griswold to Joan Sadler, dated 15 July 1601. Presumably this pertains to Roger above whose 1613 will names wife Joan, but she may have been a second wife since the will names seven children only twelve years later.
Only three parishes mentioned in the wills above were not checked: Tamworth, which is extant but not indexed, Lapworth, and Wroxall. They may contain further Griswold, Buck or Kirby data. A few miscellaneous items call for mention.
John Benford's will named "Brother Buck." There is only one Buck will in Worcester archives that of Thomas Buck of Wroxhall, proved 1601, which named Katherine Buck, daughter, kinsman John Buck, and two children of Gregory Kyrbey of Lapworth. Possibly the widow Elizabeth Griswold who married John Benford was a sister of Thomas Buck, for note the Kirby mention in connection with her own estate. And it may be significant that the will of John Riley of Wethersfield (see the American evidences, no. 5 above) indicates his relationship to both Emanuel Buck and Michael Griswold.
John Kirby of Hartford and Middletown, Conn., was baptized in Rowington, Warwickshire, 4 Jan. 1624/5, son of Humphrey Kirby, for whom no estate was found. The only Kirby wills reported were those of John of Tanworth, 1612; William of Henley-in-Arden 1625; and William of Tanworth, 1629, none of which mentions a Griswold.
An attempt was made to find apprentice records, but it was reported that there were none for the early seventeenth century.
The contributor suggest the following line of descent:
Roger Griswold of Rowington, d. 1545. His will names brother John; if John of Langdon Hall is meant, this would place him as of the sixth generation of the Visitation family. Sons Robert, John, William and Richard, one of whom was probably father of:
Thomas Griswold of Rowington, probably grandson of the above Roger, d. 1571, wife Elizabeth, daughters Mary, Margaret, and Isabel, and son Roger.
Roger Griswold of Rowington, removed to Wooten Wawen, married Elizabeth (Buck?), who after his death married John Benford of Wooten Wawen. They had at least George, bapt. 6 Nov. 1574 and Roger, d. 1613.
George Griswold, bapt. 6. Nov. 1574 married Dousable ___, bur. 28 Aug. 1615, by whom he had: Edward; married second, an unknown, by whom he had: Matthew, b. 1620, and Thomas.
Edward Griswold, bapt. at Wooten Wawen 26 July 1607; married, as we shall presently show, Margaret Blencow of Marston St. Lawrence, co. Northampton, daughter of John Blencow and his wife Mary Wallison.
Editor's Note: Mrs. Kiepura deserves high credit for the discovery of the baptism of Edward Griswold in England, the burial of his mother, and the baptism of George Griswold as son of Roger. The pedigree back of this George may be as she suggests, but it does not appear to be fully proved. It should be noted that the Thomas who died in 1571 was apparently quite a young man, with three girls under age and the one son Roger who may also have been very young in 1571; and Thomas left a widow Elizabeth who may well have remarried. If it was Elizabeth the widow of Thomas who married John Benford, we know from Benford's will that she had a son Roger. In that event, it may have been Roger the son of Thomas and Elizabeth who died 1613; for this Roger left seven children (apparently the eldest son was named Thomas, which would be for his father), and for all we know he may have had other children who died young. So this Roger who died 1613 may have been as old as 45 or even older, and if so, was born before the death of Thomas and could have been his son.
This is suggested merely as an alternative hypothesis. If it should be the correct one, then who was the Roger who had the son George (father as we think of the American Edward) baptized at Wooten Wawen in 1574? Conceivably he could have been brother of Thomas who died 1571 leaving four young children; that would make him a grandson (probably) and namesake of the early Roger with whom the pedigree starts. Either conjecture could be true; but this one would explain the lack of mention of George in the Benford will, although the stepson Roger was mentioned.
Whatever solution is adopted, the records obtained by Mrs. Kiepura will have to serve as the basis for all future studies of the family. She has discovered also the identity and parentage of the wife of Edward Griswold the colonist, as will appear in what follows.)"
B. TAG 39:180-81: "Margaret (Blencow) Griswold"
"In the Visitation of Northamptonshire, "Harleian Society Publications," 87:19, is found a pedigree of Blencow of Marston-St. Lawrence, Kings Sutton Hundred. (For earlier generations, see Metcalfe, "Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1618-19, p. 69.) John Blencow of the said Marston-St. Lawrence, Esq., living in 1618, died about 1613, married first, Mary, daughter of John Walleson of Rislip in the County of Middlesex, and second, Joyce, daughter of Thomas Cooper of Powick, co. Warwick, widow of Francis Savage, D.D. There were nine sons and three daughters, all by the first wife, of whom Thomas, the eldest son, was aged 16 in 1618 and so born ca. 1602. Among the children was Margaret who niarried Edward Griswold of Cubbington in Solihull, co. Warwick.
No parish records have been found at Marston-St. Lawrence. Turning to Middlesex pedigrees in "Harleian Society Publications," 65:136 [MS Harl. 1551, we find a pedigree of Wallison according to which John Wallison of Rislip, co. Middlesex, 1595, had three daughters and coheiresses: wife of John Blencow of Marsten, co. Northampton; Elizabeth wife of Maximillian Emyly of Hemeldon, co. Northampton; and Margaret wife of Thomas Bethon of Rowington, co. Warwick.
It will thus be seen that the Margaret Blencow who married Edward Griswold of Cubbington had an aunt who lived in Rowington, where we found so many records of Griswolds, and as already shown, our Edward son of George was born in 1607 in Wooten Wawen, about four miles from Rowington. Most probably after the death of his first wife, the mother of Edward, George Griswold moved to Cubbington or Kenilworth, places which on map 37 of "A Genealogical Atlas of England and Wales" (Gardner-Harland-Smith) Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, 1960) are no more than three miles apart; and on the same map, Kenilworth is no more than six miles east of Rowington.
In view of the large amount of research that has now of been done in this small section of Warwickshire, the apparent closeness in age of our Edward Griswold and of Margaret Blencow, and the fact that the colonist's wife was named Margaret, we conclude that her identity is clearly indicated by the above records. The contributor has invested considerable thought, energy and money in the search thus far, and if further confirmatory evidence is to be sought, it will have to be undertaken by other interested descendants.
C. TAG 41:43-44: "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," by John G. Hunt:
"In her Griswold article, "The American Genealogist," 39:176-180, Mrs. Kiepura contributed valuable data, probably identifying the parents of Edward Griswold (c.1607-c.1691), the early Connecticut settler. She shows that the parish registers of Kenilworth, co. Warwick, were destroyed by fire. Some Griswold items from these registers seem to have been extant about a hundred years ago, and after some discussion of this matter with Mr. Jacobus, it has been left to him to comment on this matter in a note which follows this.
Mrs. Kiepura's paper, near its close, indicates that the colonist, Edward Griswold, married Margaret Blencow. The "Victoria County History of Warwickshire, vol. 6, passim, reveals, sub Cubbington, that Edward Griswold of that parish which adjoins Kenilworth died in 1633. His I.p.m. shows that his wife Margaret died the same year. That she who died 1633 was born Margaret Blencow is suggested by the following circumstances.
(1) Letters Patent, 3 Dec. 1633, by which Charles I granted to John Blinco of Marston St. Lawrence houses and lands in Cubbington, Tanworth, Solihull, and Lapworth in Warwickshire, during the minority of John, son and heir of Edward Greswold, gent., dec'd (this record was obtained by Ralph D. Phillips of Nassau, New York State, from the Northants Record Office).
(2) I.P.M., wards 7/84-211: On death of Edward Greswold taken 20th Aug. 9 Chas. I [1633] – Margaret wife of Edward Greswold died at Cubbington 16 June last. John Greswold gent is heir aged l4 on June 5th last.
(3) In Bridge's "History of Northamptonshire," I:183, sub Merston St. Lawrence, one may find the inscription on the brass in the church copied, in Latin. It shows that Thomas and John, sons of Edward Greswould, Esq., died by May 1640.
(4) The pedigree of Blencow of Marston St. Lawrence, Northants, in the 1618 Visitation of Northamptonshire, shows that Margaret Blencow had married Edward Greswould of Cubbington by that year. Our colonist, born c. 1607, would have been under twelve in 1618, so it is extremely unlikely that he could have been husband of Margaret Blencow.
In view of the foregoing facts, we must conclude that Edward Griswold of Cubbington, husband of Margaret Blencow, was not the New England settler, and Mrs. Kiepura writes that she now concurs and withdraws that part of her paper which relates to the Blencow marriage. The parentage of Edward Griswold of Cubbington, and his place in the Griswold pedigree, are known, but until a connection can be established with the branch of the family which produced the New England colonists, it seems unwise to devote further space to the Cubbington group.
The following items, taken from "Descriptive Calendar of Ancient Deeds" [of Great Britain] may well relate to members of the branch of the family with which the main part of Mrs. Kiepura's article deals:
Vol. III, no. D-798: grant by Bennet Medeley of Whitnash to [three other men] and Roger Greswold of lands in Radeway... (1495).
Vol. II, no. B-2981: [in 1496] lic. granted to... Roger Greswold to grant lands [to abbot of Stonley] in Radeway [Stoneleigh Abbey lay next to Kenilworth."
Vol. II, no. B-3376: Release dated 1472 by which John Greswold, son and heir of John Greswold of Rowing ton, gave to Richard Greswold his son, rights in Olton in Solihull which formerly belonged to said releasor, by demise of Thomas Benham of Henley.
Vol. II, no. B-3378: Grant by John, son and heir of John Greswold of Rowinton, to Richard Greswold his brother, vicar of Toneworth, a messuage in Solihull which he inherited on his father's death. 1485."
D. TAG 41:44-46: "Further Griswold Notes," by Donald Lines Jacobus:
"As mentioned in Mr. Hunt's note above, items from the Kenilworth, Warwickshire, Parish Registers relating to Griswolds have appeared in prints and it seems advisable to comment on these. So far as ascertained, these items first appeared in print in "Family-Histories and Genealogies," by Edward Elbridge Salisbury and Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury, 1892, where they were attributed (see Vol. 2, pp. 1, 9, and footnote 23 on p. 11) to the papers of the then deceased Rev. F. W. Chapman of Rocky Hill, Conn. That gentleman was a prolific compiler of family histories (such as Chapman, Bulkeley and Trowbridge), and the English Griswold entries sound authentic. We can only suppose that he obtained them from someone in England who had access to what remained a century ago of the Kenilworth registers or to a copy of them.
The cited footnote on page 11 states: "The existing records of Kenilworth give baptisms of children of Edward Griswold, as follows: Sarah, 1631; George, 1633; Sarah, 1635; Liddie, 1637." Only year dates are given, and in the supplemental volume of charts no dates are stated, not even the year dates.
Also in 1892 Henry R. Stiles published his "History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor" which inc1udes (2:346-362) an account of the Griswold family. This refers to the Salisbury work on the family, and also, in a footnote on page 350 states: "We learn from Dr. Rufus W. Griswold of Wethersfield, Conn., that the late Rev. F. W. Chapman, prior to his death, had ready for collection [sic: publication must be meant] a very large genealogical collection of the Griswold family. We have not been able to obtain access to this collection. - H.R.S."
Dr. Stiles therefore did not see the worth records which the Rev. Mr. Chapman had obtained, nor is there any reason to suppose from his account that he himself had procured any English research. Yet his account of the older children of Edward Griswold differs from the Salisbury account.
Stiles states the first five children, with year dates of birth, as Sarah, 1631; George, 1633, Francis, 1635; Liddia, 1637; and Sarah, 1638. Four of them – all except Francis – are marked with an asterisk to indicate that the dates were from Kenilworth records. It will be seen that the 1635 date for the second Sarah was misread and misprinted as 1638. This left a gap between 1633 and 1637, and into this gap the unrecorded son Francis was fitted, in 1635. Now Sarah married at Windsor in 1650, and would have been only twelve at her date of marriage if born in 1638. Actually, she was born in 1635 and was fifteen at marriage. Another consequence of the error is a fictitious birth date of 1635 for Francis; since the first child of Francis was born 28 Mar. 1653, he surely was married in 1652, and the 1635 birth date would make him marry at seventeen. The Salisburys correctly list Francis as older than George, and I suggest that he may have been born about 1629, two years before the first recorded child. Edward was born 1607, so may well have married by 1628 or 1629. Several later writers, whom we need not name, have followed the Stiles errors.
It seems to have been overlooked that other Griswold entries were found in the "yet existing Kenilworth records (as appears from Mr. Chapman's papers)," cited by the Salisburys. Apparently two men named Thomas "Grissold" appear in these entries from 1632 to 1636, and one Thomas Griswold was buried 5 May 1644. This was too early for these entries to relate to Thomas Griswold, the younger brother mentioned in the American depositions as remaining in England; since he was younger than both Edward and Matthew, and Matthew by his stated age was born about 1620, he himself was born not much if any earlier than 1622. Surely he was the Thomas Griswold who had a son Matthew born [sic] at Kenilworth on 1 May 1649.
Undoubtedly this Matthew Griswold, son of Thomas and nephew of the colonists Edward and Matthew, is the man of this name whose will dated 20 Feb. 1701/2 describes him as of Tilehil1 in the parish of Stonleigh in the County of Warwick, yeoman. A photostatic copy of this will was obtained by Mrs. J.J. Kiepura and sent to me to copy, and the following abstract is presented with her permission. After stating that he is sick and weak in body and commending his soul to God, he refers to a bargain made with his brother Thomas to purchase "certaine Houses & Lands in Killingworth," the bargain to be sealed "at May day next" when the remaining balance of £65 is to be paid to the brother; and these houses and lands are to go, together with "the new stable," to the life use of his daughter Sarah Corbett and at her death to the heirs of her body, and for want of such issue then to his own "right heirs." This applied only to the part of the housing that was in the tenure of John Kirke and Joseph Moreton, the garden and stable. The balance of the housing "with all the ffeilds of Killingworth was to go to his wife Mary for life, then to his "other two daughters," Elizabeth and Hester. To his wife Mary, his house and lands at Beggars path with the commons, for life and then to said Elizabeth and Hester. His wife to be executrix of the personal estate, and the remainder to be divided between her and Elizabeth and Hester. There was a well belonging to the houses in Killingworth; this was to be held and used in common, with a right of way from each house.
It is of some interest to learn that the Kenilworth housing, to which the colonists Edward and Matthew seem to have felt they had some claim, descended from their brother Thomas to his son Matthew (who bought out his brother Thomas, Jr.), and by will from Matthew to his eldest daughter Sarah (Griswold) Corbett. The earlier history of the Kenilworth housing, if it can be ascertained, may aid in further exploring the ancestry of the New England brothers of Thomas Griswold.
The evidence set forth by Mr. Hunt in his note above makes it necessary to give up Margaret Blencow as wife of the emigrant Edward Griswold, since she was wife of a different Edward and died in England. However, it seems reasonably certain that Mrs. Kiepura in her paper has given us the baptismal record and parentage of the emigrant Edward, for it is highly improbable that in the same region and in the same year two George Griswolds would each name a son Edward. With this to build on, perhaps others can now obtain additional evidence and push the line further back."
E. TAG 41:100-101: "Further Griswold Notes," by John G. Hunt
"In an earlier article [TAG, supra, 40:46], reference was made to a will of Matthew Griswold of Stonleigh (near Kenilworth), Warwickshire, dated 1701/2, wherein his lands in Beggarspath are named.
Mr. Ralph D. Phillips of Nassau, N.Y., obtained from England a photostatic copy of the will of Thomas Grishold of "Stonley," Warwickshire, dated the last day of Feb. 1620, wherein the testator, besides mentioning the rent of his house and grounds in the town and parish of Kennelworth, named his close called Beggarspath and ground called Broomfield alias Thickthorne, clearly in the vicinity of Kenilworth.
While neither of these wills tells us anything of the ancestry of our early Griswolds of Connecticut, they become more meaningful when the following Chancery Proceeding is studied:
"Chancery Proceedings
Public Record Office
C2 Jas I, G 11/26
[No date in the body of the document, but in a later hand written on 17 Nov. 1607.]
The Bill [i.e, petition wording badly worn away on one edge]
Roger Greswold of Kenilworth yeoman says that about March 44 Eliz [1602/3] there was... between him on one part and Thos Braband, Anne mother of the said Thomas then wife of Thomas Hart, the same Thomas Hart, Richard Holmes & Alice on the other part, Certain closes or fields called Broomfields & other lands then in their possession to be purchased by Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
The lands were entailed to the heirs male of William Greswold father of the said Roger Greswold deceased father of the petitioner.
There was an arbitration before Sir Thomas Leigh. The petitioner "being in great necessity and need of money" showed the award to one Thomas Griswold who was then about to buy the lands.
He alleges that Roger senior had thought wrongfully that the land was not entailed and sold it to Thomas Braband & Co.
The Reply is that the defendant's father John Brabonde bought the property from Roger senior deceased."
In the light of this chancery proceeding, and of the above cited wills, it seems clear that both Matthew and Thomas Griswold, the above testators, had some kinship to William Griswold, the father of the elder Roger Griswold of Kenilworth. The Thomas of the 1620 will may be identical with the Thomas named in the Chancery Proceedings. It now seems probable, as inferred by Mr Jacobus in his comment on Mrs. Kiepura's findings [TAG, supra, 39:179], that Roger Griswold (father of George who was father of the New England colonists) was brother, not son, of the Thomas Griswold who died in 1571. Further, it seems that William was father of this Roger. The following pedigree, suggested by Mr. Jacobus, may well be the closest to the facts of the case that we are likely to assemble, unless further documentary evidence should come to light.
A. Roger Griswold of Rowington, will 1545.(1)
B. William, b. ca. 1515-20?(2)
C. Thomas of Rowington, b. ca. 1540?, will pr. 1571; m. Elizabeth, will 1614, m. (2) John Benford.(3)
D. Roger of Rowington, b. ca. 1565? will 1613.(4)
C. Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1540-45?, d. bef. 1607.(5)
D. Roger of Kenilworth, b. ca. 1570? of age by 1607.(6)
D. Thomas of Stonley, d. 1620, house in Kenilworth.(7)
D. George, bp. 1574 at Wooten Wawen.(8)
E. Edward, bp. 1607 Wooten Wawen.(9)
E. Matthew(10)
E. George(11) [Next article below deletes this individual noting he was erroneously shown.]
E. Thomas of Kenilworth(12)
F. Thomas(13)
F. Matthew of Stonley, will 1701/2.(14)
In explanation, and to sum up the will of Roger (1) named his son William (2). In the Chancery record, Roger(6) is called son of Roger (4) who was son of William (2). Thomas (7) is not a proved son of Roger (4) but his will refers to land called Broomfield, and so does the Chancery record of Roger (6). The American settlers are Edward (9), Matthew (10) and George (11). The will of Matthew (14) refers to land in Beggarspath, and so does the will of Thomas (7). George (8) was baptized as son of Roger (4)."
F. TAG 41:249: "Griswold Erratum," by D.L. Jacobus:
"On the Griswold chart, TAG 41:101 (April 1965), omit the George who is numbered 11; the emigrants Edward and Matthew G 		Griswold, George (I4504)
 
2777 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"George11 Greswold (Roger10, John9, John8, John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was christened 6 Nov 1574 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. George died 1623 [Maybe died as late as 1643, but no reference can be found for this date.] He married (1) Dousabel (LEIGH ?) about 1606. She was born about 1575. Dousabel was buried 28 Aug 1615 in Wooton Wawen, Warwickshire, England. They had 1 Child:
i. Edward Griswold, christened 26 July 1607, at Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, died 30 Aug 1691.
George married second (2) Honora (PAWLEY ?) about 1616, apparently in connection with his purchase of a cottage and garden in Kenilworth from Hugh Underhill and Lettice, his sister. Honora was probably a connection of the Underhill's, and possibly their (Hugh and Lettice) mother. Their father, (Honora's first husband) John Underhill had died in Holland in 1608. No record of Honora has been discovered until her remarriage at the Klooster Kerk at the Hague on 28 Nov 1628 to Dirck Thomaszen so she may have returned to Kenilworth during the 1609-1621 truce, after her husband died. They had 2 children:
ii. Matthew Griswold, born 1620, died 27 Sep 1698
iii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1622, died 1699.
Richard Morris (Dirck Thomaszen) was a sword cutler, christened Jan 1582 at St. Nicholas Church, Warwickshire, England to Thomas and Elizabeth (___) Morris. Elizabeth was buried at St. Nicholas in Nov 1591. Richard Morris had a daughter, Katherine, christened at Wooton Wawen 25 Mar 1613 (the record shows only the father's name). Katherine married (1) (___) Wright and (2) Edward Greswold on 11 Jun 1635, at Kenilworth [not the immigrant, Edward of Windsor, Connecticut and IGI gives his name as Thomas Grissold, same place and date].
After the truce, many military men returned to the continent and in 1625, John Underhill, the younger, became a cadet in the service of the Prince of Nassau. By then, George11 had died also. The Greswold, Morris and Underhill families were connected but the records are not complete enough to show exactly how."

2. The book "The Ancestry of Allen Grinnell Cleaver and Martha Irene Jessup," by William Jessup Cleaver (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), pp. 486-90, 494-95:
"GRISWOLD
…The English ancestry of Edward has been the subject of much careful scholarly discussion (sometimes apparently heated). This solution appears to have the best documentation.
Roger Griswold of Rowington - Margaret
William Griswold
Roger Griswold of Kenilworth
George Griswold of Wooten Wawen - Dousabel
Edward Griswold, emigrant - Margaret
Francis Griswold (1st son of Edward)…
John Griswold (6th son of Edward) - Mary Bemis (See) …
D. ROGER GRISWOLD of Rowington, county Warwickshire, England died in 1545 leaving a will dated 9 June 1545 mentioning wife Margaret; sons Robert, William, John and Richard; and brother John. (1)
C. WILLIAM GRISWOLD was born about 1515 to 1520. He was the second son of Roger. He appears to be the father of Thomas of Rowington and Roger of Kenilworth. (1)(3)
B. ROGER GRISWOLD of Kenilworth was born about 1545-50 anti died before 1607. In a Chancery proceeding in 1602/3 involving certain lands, the relationship of this Roger to his father William is indicated. There were three sons: the second Roger of Kenilworth, Thomas of Stonley and George. (1)(2)(3)
A. GEORGE GRISWOLD was baptized at Wooten Wawan in Warwickshire in 1574. He married, first, Dousabel and had a son Edward. Dousabel was buried at Wooten Wawen, wife of George, 28 August 1615 and George remarried, a wife whose name is unknown. Sons Matthew and Thomas were born of this marriage. Edward and his half-brother Matthew emigrated to New England. (1)(2)(3)(9)
1. EDWARD GRISWOLD, son of George and Dousabell--, was baptized 26 July 1607 in Wooten Wawen, a chapelry of Henley in Warwickshire, England...
References:
(1) TAG, vol. 39, 1963. Mrs. Genevive Tvlee Kiepura.
(2) TAG, vol. 40, 1946, John G. Hunt and Donald Lines Jacobus.
(3) TAG, vol. 41, 1965, John G. Hunt.
(9) Family Histories and Genealogies, E. E. and E. M. Salisbury, 1892, vol. II."
 		Pawley, Honora (I4267)
 
2778 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John8 Greswold (John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born about 1472 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. John died 20 Jun 1515 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. [The IPM is at Warwick 26 Feb 1516/17. (My notebook says this is in Glenn Griswold's notes but I cannot find it. It should give the heirs).] His will was dated 9 Dec 1511.
In the 1993 draft of this genealogy, Robert French had another generation in here which was omitted in the two subsequent drafts and the 1996 printing. It is now restored. John9 [son of this John] of South Rookery who lived until 1582 must have been born pretty close to 1510. The generation which includes him, Roger9, 1504-1545 [son of this John] and Thomas9 1495-1578 [son of this John] seems to fit the material we have but they require a parent, a John8 who was of Rowington, but not of South Rookery. He would be the younger brother of Richard8 and their children were roughly contemporary. It is highly unlikely that their father was John6 Greswold who was definitely born in 1414 (i.e. age 86 at the birth of his oldest grandchild, 15.Richard8). There are two (or three) Rowington Greswolds who were born at the turn of the century between 1490-1510 who are too young to be the children of John.6 John8 had 3 children:
i. Thomas Greswold, born about 1495, died 1578.
ii. Roger Greswold, born about 1504, died before 27 Jan 1545/1546.
iii. John Greswold, the Elder born about 1510, died 15 May 1583."
 		Greswold, John (I3268)
 
2779 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Kyneton Hall, was born about 1390, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret Bromley about 1413. [Warks "Antiquarian," p. 951 says Isabell, Glenn Griswold notes say Mary, but Woodall 3 Oct 1997, confirms Margaret.] She was the daughter of Henry Bromley and Alice Hawes of Longdon Hall, a manor just east of Ulverley. John died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, before the 1459 deed from John6, his son, to Richard6, the vicar.
Since John went to Longdon Hall after marrying the daughter of Henry Bromley, he may have been the younger. [The "Radford-Semele" article says they were married in 1480, a highly improbable date which probably was taken from the Pemberton chart indication that John "fl. 1480."]
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1414, died about 1473. [Venn, Alumni Cantabridgensis shows a John Greswold, about this time.]
ii. Richard Greswold, born 1417, [Source: Woodall] Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden from 1441 until his death in 1465 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
iii. Christian Greswold, female, born about 1420. She married John West. [Carpenter says she was a great-niece of Thomas5 and married John West after he became associated with Thomas Greswold in the decade between 1440-1450, so she was born c. 1420 and probably was a niece, not a great-niece.]"
 		Bromley, Henry (I3267)
 
2780 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Ralph2 (Rudolphus [Rudolphus, in Latin records.]) Greswold (John1) was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret DADLEY. Pemberton says (p.33) the "Manor House" [Twentieth century pretension promoted it to a manor house] so called was the original seat of the Greswolds in Solihull. [Joy Woodall says the Manor House was built about 1485 which would be 100 years or more after the time of Ralph.] Before the present century, it was called the "Lime Tree House" from several lime trees which stood near the front door. Also, the neighboring house was built by Richard Greswold in 1571. The closest available Richard in Solihull was Richard10, son of Roger9 (c.1504-1545) [See Chapter 4, p. 43]. They had 1 Child:
i. Richard Greswold, of Solihull."
 		Greswold, Ralph or Rudolphus (I3266)
 
2781 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John1 Greswold was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England and is the earliest Greswold who can be related to the family of Kenilworth. He married a daughter of William HUGGEFORD of Hulverle Hall, Solihull, Warwickshire, England. John died in Solihull,
Warwickshire, England. They had 2 children:
i. Ralph (Rudolphus) Greswold.
ii. Ann Greswold, born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. She married Thomas HAWES of Shirley about 1311. Thomas fl. (flourished) 1311. [Warwickshire Antiquarian, quoted by Glenn Griswold, also by Pemberton, pp. 38, 39. It is interesting to note that 300 years later, the Greswolds returned to Kenilworth.]"
 		Huggeford (I3265)
 
2782 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Thomas5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born about 1390/95 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. An alumnus check may set his birthdate more accurately. He married Christian BIRCHES about 1425/1429. She was the daughter of John BIRCHES. Thomas was King's Sergeant and clerk of the King's Bench when, on 1 Oct 1422, he was appointed Coroner and King's Attorney ["Calendar of Patent Rolls"] (this date would put his birth prior to 1400 or about 1395). Philpott (p.30) quotes Calendar of Fine Rolls 12 Jul 1423, "The King granted lease and custody of the Manor of Solihull to Henry Bromley and Thomas Greswold for 15 years." On 25 May 1438, "as last, to Thomas Greswold alone for 7 years." Since the King was born in 1421, it was one of his uncles, brothers of Henry V, either John, Duke of Bedford or Humphrey, Duke of Somerset. John, the Regent, was in Normandy so it probably was Humphrey, Protector of the Realm, who granted the lease in the King's name.
Philpott also quotes "Ancient Deeds," C 212, Friday after Christmas, 9 Henry VI, 1431: "Grant by Richard, son and heir of John Birches of Solihull, to Thomas Greswold, John Greswold and William Birches, his brother, of all his estate in Solihull and elsewhere in the County of Warwick." This seems a strong indication that Richard Birches, William Birches and Christian, the wife of Thomas Greswold, were the children of John Birches. Woodall suggests that the marriage of Thomas to Christian Birches, (c. 1425/29) indicates the acquisition by Thomas of Solihull Hall, a Birches property. Thomas succeeded in taking over "both halves" of the Hore/Hawes inheritance in two successive generations." [Carpenter, pp.118, 183.] Apparently what came to his brother, John, through his mother-in-law, Alice (Hawes) Bromley, probably as a dowry, and what was to come to his niece, Anne, from her husband, Thomas Hawes. Thomas Greswold was a lawyer and his "coup" may have occurred when his joint lease with Henry Bromley was changed to one for him alone in 1438. Presumably, Henry Bromley had died. before that date.
Meanwhile, the English leaders in France, Bedford, Salisbury and Suffolk suffered a series of reverses beginning with the appearance of Joan of Arc in 1429. Salisbury was killed, Suffolk was taken prisoner by Joan of Arc who was in turn, captured by the French and turned over to the English. Then Henry VI was crowned King of France at Paris in 1430 and Joan of Arc was burned by the English in 1431. Peace came in 1435 with Cardinal Beaufort and the Earl of Suffolk promoting it and Humphrey of Gloucester in opposition. In 1447, Humphrey of Gloucester died, France was lost for good and Suffolk became the leading advisor to King Henry VI. He had rewarded his follower, Sir James Fiennes, by granting him the Manor of Solihull in 1445 and making him 1st Lord Say & Sele in 1448.
Thomas certainly owed much to King Henry VI because, when the support of the Chantry Priest gave out in 1438, Thomas Greswold gave 3₤ yearly rent [Pemberton, p.83] so the gPriest officiating there should say Mass every day for the good estate of King Henry VI, and of the said Thomas Greswold and for their souls after their departure hence, as also for the souls of the Father and Mother of the said Thomas and all the benefactors thereunto.h [The chantries were suppressed under King Henry VIII in 1547.]
In 1443, the King granted the manor (two years before the expiration of the lease to Thomas) to John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, who committed suicide in the Spring of 1444 after the failure of his expedition to France. The lease to Thomas Greswold was not disturbed, apparently, as Pemberton quotes the Parish Magazine of 1885, "Among the names of the gentry of the County of Warwick returned by the Commissioners in 12 Henry VI (1443/44) are the following Edw Odingsells, Miles, Bald Montford, de Hampton; Thomas Hugford, arm.; Thos. Grene de Solyhull, arm.; Tho. Greswold de Solyhull; Rich Briches (Birches) de Longedon." The next year (1445) the manor of Solihull was granted to Sir James Fiennes, a supporter of the Duke of Suffolk, favorite of the King. [Pemberton's chart shows Thomas as the 25th Lord of the Manor from 1437-1443, so apparently he did not stay as tenant beyond the expiration of his lease although he did remain as Coroner and King's Attorney.]
In 1448, Sir James became Treasurer of England and was created 1st Lord Say & Sele. Next came the military debacle of 1449, resulting in the loss of France. This precipitated the downfall of Suffolk in 1450 when he was blamed for everything, the loss of France, the bankruptcy of the King and Cade's rebellion. He was sent into exile but the ship was overtaken, Suffolk was taken off and killed in July 1450. Very soon afterward, Lord Say was taken from the Tower by the rebels and beheaded.
There is not yet enough information, at this time, to determine whether Thomas or his possible son, Richard, may have played a larger part in all this turmoil but Thomas kept his positions as coroner and attorney to the King until just before his own death in 1458. The successor to Thomas as coroner and attorney was appointed 1 May and 11 Jun 1458, and Thomas Greswold had died before 10 Oct of that year in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. [Justice of Peace 1442-1458, Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, "Antiquarian." Confirmed in Carpenter, p. 655.] In 1458, apparently from an inquisition Post Mortem at his death or from the "Writ of diem clausit extremum" dated 10 Oct 1458, he had £5 in gold, 10s in silver and £100 in goods. [Philpott, p.30, "Calender of Fine Rolls."] He had moved his family into the gentry in ways which Carpenter suggests were somewhat unscrupulous. [I am reminded of a story I once read about an English solicitor whose colleagues were discussing how he "managed" an estate. He was so ineffective that "the entire estate was frittered away among the heirs."]
Philpott says that Pemberton "does not mention any issue, probably because such were irrelevant to the succeeding pedigree." It seems more likely that there weren't any living when Thomas died. It is unlikely that Thomas would have made the property over to his nephew if he had any surviving children of his own.
It seems quite possible that Thomas and Christian (Birches) Greswold had a son; 1 Child:
i. Richard Greswold, born 1430, admitted to Eton, age 14 in 1444, also King's College. Both of these schools were founded by Henry VI who surely had an influence on those admitted in those first few years. According to the record, Richard Greswold left before 1456 (i.e. apparently died without issue before his father, in 1458). [Philpott, p.31, quotes Emden, "Cambridge Register before 1500" which records Ricgard Greswold/Griswald/Gryswold/Grysoll who was of Solihull.] He may have been a victim in the early days of the struggle which eventually drove Henry from his throne in 1461."

2. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
Of the four emigrants, my Sadler genealogy has the immigrant Francis Griswold as an ancestor and my Petersen genealogy has the immigrant Edward as an ancestor. This is the only example I have found where both my and my wife's family descend from a common ancestor, who is John7 in this case. This same book also ties the immigrant Michael back to the same ancestry through several generations; however, I do not transcribe that part of the book since he is not a directly ancestor. The fourth immigrant, Matthew, was step-brother to the immigrant Edward.
"John7 Greswold, Esq. (John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) born about 1440, is a critical link in the family because his parents, John and Elizabeth (Beynham) Greswold were born too early to be parents of Richard8 who died at Solihull in 1537 and who is buried in St. Alphege at Solihull. John7 was the chief beneficiary of the maneuvers of his father's uncle Thomas5. John is not mentioned in Pemberton but is given in Philpott (p.31) as, "John Greswold, Esq., grantor of a release to Robert Greswold of Solihull." This 1481 transaction was just prior to the issuance of the writ on 5 Feb 1482. Part of the Hawes estate which his father, John6 inherited from his grandfather, John5 went to Richard6, the Vicar of Tanworth in 1459. What John7 inherited from his grandfather, Thomas Beynham of Henley was conveyed to his son Richard8 in 1472. [TAG 40:44 quoting "Descriptive Calendar of Ancient Deeds" II:3376 (this source was unknown to me and there is an additional reference to #3378. It appears that the Descriptive Catalogue, published in 4 Volumes by UMSO is available at Chancery Lane and was consulted by John G. Hunt, who quotes it in TAG. It is also cited by Pemberton p. 41 and by Philpott p.30. All three cite it as "Calendar" which made it difficult to find).]
This 1472 deed referring to what he inherited from Thomas Beynham provides additional support for the identity of his mother, Elizabeth, wife of John6. In 1473, "John7 Greswold, son and heir of John6 Greswold of Rowington, and Richard8 Greswold, his son, released to Robert7 Greswold of Solyhull all their rights to messuages, etc. in Olton." [Patent Roll, Nov 12 Edward IV (1473).]
Further, at "Feast of St. Catherine 20 Edward IV, 25 Nov 1481, grant by John7 Greswold of Solihull, the elder, Esq. to Robert7 Gresweld of a croft in the same." This looks like a deed in anticipation of his impending death. [Philpott, p. 30, cites "Calendar of Fine Rolls," "5 Feb 1482, Writ of diem clausit extremum following the death of John Greswold, Esq. of Warwickshire."] John7 Greswold lived in Rowington in 1473 and 1481, but not late enough to live at South Rookery Farm in 1548. John died 1481 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
His spouse has not been identified but they were married about 1465/68.
They had 2 children:
i. Richard Greswold, born about 1470, oldest son and heir. His birthdate has been a problem because he has to be the oldest son. He died 17 Sep 1537.
ii. John Greswold, of Rowington born about 1472, died 20 Jun 1515."
 		Greswold, Thomas (I3264)
 
2783 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Kyneton Hall, was born about 1390, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret BROMLEY about 1413. [Warks "Antiquarian," p. 951 says Isabell, Glenn Griswold notes say Mary, but Woodall 3 Oct 1997, confirms Margaret.] She was the daughter of Henry BROMLEY and Alice HAWES of Longdon Hall, a manor just east of Ulverley. John died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, before the 1459 deed from John6, his son, to Richard6, the vicar.
Since John went to Longdon Hall after marrying the daughter of Henry Bromley, he may have been the younger. [The "Radford-Semele" article says they were married in 1480, a highly improbable date which probably was taken from the Pemberton chart indication that John "fl. 1480."]
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1414, died about 1473. [Venn, Alumni Cantabridgensis shows a John Greswold, about this time.]
ii. Richard Greswold, born 1417, [Source: Woodall] Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden from 1441 until his death in 1465 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
iii. Christian Greswold, female, born about 1420. She married John WEST. [Carpenter says she was a great-niece of Thomas5 and married John West after he became associated with Thomas Greswold in the decade between 1440-1450, so she was born c. 1420 and probably was a niece, not a great-niece.]"
 		Greswold, Christian (I3257)
 
2784 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John1 Greswold was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England and is the earliest Greswold who can be related to the family of Kenilworth. He married a daughter of William HUGGEFORD of Hulverle Hall, Solihull, Warwickshire, England. John died in Solihull,
Warwickshire, England. They had 2 children:
i. Ralph (Rudolphus) Greswold.
ii. Ann Greswold, born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. She married Thomas HAWES of Shirley about 1311. Thomas fl. (flourished) 1311. [Warwickshire Antiquarian, quoted by Glenn Griswold, also by Pemberton, pp. 38, 39. It is interesting to note that 300 years later, the Greswolds returned to Kenilworth.]"

2. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. They also note:
"This booklet covers the Greswold-Griswold families from 1311 to the departure of the 4 members of the family who left England, Francis in 1636, Michael about 1638, Edward and Matthew in 1639. Together with the First Five Generations in America, and Volumes IV-VII of the Griswold Genealogy and the Griswold Family Bulletin, it covers almost 700 years and has taken almost 70 years to reach this point."
Of the four emigrants, my Sadler genealogy has the immigrant Francis Griswold as an ancestor and my Petersen genealogy has the immigrant Edward as an ancestor. This is the only example I have found where both my and my wife's family descend from a common ancestor, who is John8 in this case. This same book also ties the immigrant Michael back to the same ancestry through several generations; however, I do not transcribe that part of the book since he is not a directly ancestor. The fourth immigrant, Matthew, was step-brother to the immigrant Edward.
As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. The authors note:
"Several predecessors have diligently sought the English ancestry of the American Griswolds including Glenn Griswold, the author of Volumes II and III of the Griswold Family who left Volume I for that purpose and accumulated extensive notes for that project, Charles Griswold, Ralph Philips, Genevieve Tyler Kiepura, and John G. Hunt. Some of them worked under the guidance of Donald Lines Jacobus, the Dean of American genealogy, editor of "The American Genealogist" (TAG) and author of the basic text on the subject. The TAG articles are now about 30 years old [as of 1999]... In 1990, in the "First Five Generations," we attempted to summarize with the result that some errors of earlier searchers were compounded. In this publication, we have attempted to straighten out what we could and, to do so, we studied additional material developed by four people whose perspective is primarily historical: David Patterson, historian of St Alphege Church in Solihull; Joy Woodall, historian of Rowington; and Bonnie and Jim Griswold who have regularly visited Warwickshire and have published two booklets describing the English Greswolds in the context of their time and place..."
The authors also provide the following bibliography of the various sources they have used:
Bridge, "History of Northamptonshire."
Burman, John, "The Story of Tanworth," 1930, quoted by Joy Woodall.
Carpenter, Christine, "Locality and Polity, A study of Warwickshire Landed Society, 1401-1499," Cambridge University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-521-370167 hardback. This is the ultimate source and has an exhaustive bibliography.
Cooper, William, "Wooton Wawen: It's History & Records," Leeds, J. Whitehead & Sons, Ltd., 1936.
CP 25 (2) Mich. 14 Jas. 1/Warw. This reference is quoted in The American Genealogist (TAG) from
Morrison, J.H., "The Underhills of Warwickshire," 1932; pp. 70-71; concerns the purchase of the cottage at Kenilworth by George Grissold. No one at the desk in either the PRO at Warwick or at
Chancery Lane could explain the reference or find the document.
"A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office," 6 Vol, London, HMSO, 1890-1915. Various items therefrom are cited in "The American Genealogist," and are quoted by John G. Hunt in Vol 40:44 (It has several times been cited as "A Descriptive Calendar" which made it hard to find and it has not been consulted.) Deeds of related families like Saunders, Bromley, Hawes, Beynham, Birches and others might be enlightening.
French, Robert L. and Esther L., "The Griswold Family, The First Five Generations in America," Elmira, NY 1990. The preliminary portions on English ancestry have been superseded.
Griswold, Bonnie Day and James Wells, "Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," 2nd Edition, Exeter, NH, 1992. This has the most complete description of the time and place where the American immigrants, Edward and Matthew, lived before coming to America.
Griswold, Charles, "Griswold Family Research in England," a pamphlet published about 1932 by the Griswold Family Association. This has abstracts and transcriptions of many wills and a list of some at "The Probate Registry" in Birmingham which have not yet, to my knowledge, been copied or transcribed, together with suggestions for further research. This pamphlet was apparently not widely circulated and deserves closer scrutiny.
Harleian Society Publications, "Visitations of Northamptonshire," 89:17 has the pedigree of Blencow. (Not seen as of 1998).
Hunt, John G., "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," in TAG Vols. 40 & 41.
Jacobus, Donald Lines, editorial comments in TAG Vols. 39-41. His comments on material submitted by Hunt, Kiepura and Philips should be noted but are not always accurate.
Kiepura, Genevieve Tyler, "Griswold Ancestry in England," in TAG Vol. 39. This gives sources for the maternal ancestry of Margaret Blencow. It will be very useful if she proves to be the mother of Michael, the immigrant. Kiepura thought she was the mother of Edward of Windsor. Hunt proved that to be implausible but went no further and never thought of Michael.
Patterson, David R., et al, "The Parish Church of St. Alphege, Solihull," Beric Tempest & Co., St. Ives, Cornwall, MCMLXXXIX. A beautifully illustrated introduction to the church and its history.
Pemberton, Rev. Robert, M.A., "Solihull and its Church," Wm. Pollard, Exeter, 1905.
This is based on Dugdale's "Antiquities of Warwickshire." "Thomas's Edition 1730" and provides on p. 42 the chart of early English Greswolds and their descendants which forms the basis of this paper.
Philips, Ralph, his genealogical papers, Public Library at Nassau, Columbia County, NY.
They contain correspondence with Mrs. Kiepura and with Miss Alice Stanley of the PRO in Warwick. His findings are quoted by Hunt.
Philpott, L.C., "Griswold of Malvern Hall," M.A. (Cantab.) 1976-6, pp. 1-14, 30 and 31. [typescript]
This is more comprehensive than Pemberton and more recent by far. Like Pemberton, it treats only English families.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PPC) 1641-1648 (p.175) Edward Greswold Gobington (Cubbington) Warwickshire to John Blinco, maternal grandfather of John and Thomas Greswold during their min. 15 July 1633 (p. 180). This would seem to indicate that no others were mentioned.
Ryland, Jno William, "Records of Rowington," Vol I, "Extracts from the Deeds" and Vol II, "Sixteenth Century Manuscript of Church and Parish Accounts," Chas. Cooper and Co, Birmingham, n.d. This is almost certainly where Pemberton found his material on Deeds.
Salisbury, Edward Elbridge and Evelyn Mcurdy, "Family Histories and Genealogies," quoted by Donald Lines Jacobus in TAG, Vol 40:44-5.
"Victoria County History of Warwickshire," (VCH), quoted in TAG, Vol 40.
Woodall, Joy, "From HROCA to ANNE," Shirley, W. Midlands, 1974. 1000 years in the:life of Rowington. This has a description of the Catholics of Rowington at the time of the Martyrdom of the Blessed Robert Greswold in 1604.
Before beginning the Griswold genealogy, the authors include the following statement without explaining how William and Walter de Grousewold fit in; I include the statement for future reference use:
"The earliest record that appears to relate to the Greswold family is in Vol II of the Feet of Fines, 1284-1385 and was discovered in 1997 by Joy Woodall, Historian of Rowington, Warwickshire:
Solihull, Kineton Green: (month) 11, (year) 4, reign of (King) Edward II [who reigned from 1307 to 1327]. Quinz of St Martin (15th day of the feast of St Martin).
William, son of Walter de Grousewold, plaintiff. Walter de Grousewold, defendant.
A messuage, 30 acres of meadow in Solihull and Kyngton juxta (next to) Solihull. Plea of covenant. Defendant recognized right of plaintiff.
Consideration - Plaintiff grants to defendant to hold for life of defendant of plaintiff and his heirs by a rose rent yearly at Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all service to them and doing the services due to the chief lord.
In a letter of 2 Feb 1996, Joy cites a Lay Subsidy Roll [GE 3 (1332) Dugdale Society Publication, Vol. VI, published 1926.], "William de Grousewold paying 6s under Kyneton Lyndon and an Agnes Grome paying 10d." This William was probably the chaplain at St. Alphege in 1349. ["Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," p.5.] (Richard3 Greswold married a daughter of William Grome of Kyneton)."
 		Greswold, John (I3256)
 
2785 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"William (vel Thomas)4 Greswold (Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Isabell Grange (heir of Thomas). [Glenn Griswold has John Grange but p. 6 of Woodall, 3 Oct 1997, confirms Thomas.] (The Grange family seat was at Grange Green, adjoining Kyneton. William died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. Note: At this time (about 1380), the old parish contained three manors, Ulverley, Longdon and Kineton. Ulverley was the largest and included the town and the church. Malvern Hall was part of Longdon. Kineton was long and narrow, squeezed between Ulverley and Worcestershire near Kineton Green Road. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alius} is more frequent but means the same.] They had 2 children ["Warwickshire Antiquarian"; Woodall, 2 Feb 1996, says they were born at Kyneton.]:
i. John Greswold, born about 1390, at Kyneton, died about 1459.
ii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1390/95, at Kyneton, died before 10 Oct 1458."
 		Grange, Isabell (I3250)
 
2786 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Richard3 Greswold (Ralph2, John1). Richard married a daughter of William GROME, of Kyneton (this is a small manor, west of Ulverley in Solihull and bordering on Worcestershire, not the hundred of Kyneton in the, southern part of the county). Pemberton's chart says he was of Kimenhall, and Philpott apparently picked it up. Glenn Griswold says "___ Grome, Lord of Kimmenhall and Burch Furlongs." Richard died before the 13 Henry IV which is 1411/12 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England." [Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, but Woodall says this is a very improbable date and the source is uncertain.] They had 1 Child:
i. William (vel Thomas) Greswold. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alias} is more frequent but means the same.]
The earliest record that appears to relate to the Greswold family is in Vol II of the Feet of Fines, 1284-1385 and was discovered in 1997 by Joy Woodall, Historian of Rowington, Warwickshire:
Solihull, Kineton Green: (month) 11, (year) 4, reign of (King) Edward II [who reigned from 1307 to 1327]. Quinz of St Martin (15th day of the feast of St Martin).
William, son of Walter de Grousewold, plaintiff. Walter de Grousewold, defendant.
A messuage, 30 acres of meadow in Solihull and Kyngton juxta (next to) Solihull. Plea of covenant. Defendant recognized right of plaintiff.
Consideration - Plaintiff grants to defendant to hold for life of defendant of plaintiff and his heirs by a rose rent yearly at Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all service to them and doing the services due to the chief lord.
In a letter of 2 Feb 1996, Joy cites a Lay Subsidy Roll [GE 3 (1332) Dugdale Society Publication, Vol. VI, published 1926.], "William de Grousewold paying 6s under Kyneton Lyndon and an Agnes Grome paying 10d." This William was probably the chaplain at St. Alphege in 1349. ["Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," p.5.] (Richard3 Greswold married a daughter of William Grome of Kyneton)."
 		Greswold, Richard (I3249)
 
2787 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"William (vel Thomas)4 Greswold (Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Isabell Grange (heir of Thomas). [Glenn Griswold has John Grange but p. 6 of Woodall, 3 Oct 1997, confirms Thomas.] (The Grange family seat was at Grange Green, adjoining Kyneton. William died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. Note: At this time (about 1380), the old parish contained three manors, Ulverley, Longdon and Kineton. Ulverley was the largest and included the town and the church. Malvern Hall was part of Longdon. Kineton was long and narrow, squeezed between Ulverley and Worcestershire near Kineton Green Road. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alius} is more frequent but means the same.] They had 2 children ["Warwickshire Antiquarian"; Woodall, 2 Feb 1996, says they were born at Kyneton.]:
i. John Greswold, born about 1390, at Kyneton, died about 1459.
ii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1390/95, at Kyneton, died before 10 Oct 1458."
 		Grange, Thomas (I3238)
 
2788 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John6 Greswold (Jobn5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull (and Longdon Hall, home of his mother [Dugdale, quoted by Glenn Griswold]) and Rowington was born about 1414 (age 44 at death of his uncle Thomas in 1458).
In 1459, John6 conveyed to his brother Richard (who died in 1465) the property he inherited from their father John5. He married Elizabeth BEYNHAM, probably just before 1440. [Her surname does not appear on Pemberton's chart but support for this identity is on p.1 of the Woodall "Notes." It also is shown in Dugdale's "Antiquities" under Dabridgecourt in the pedigree of his great-granddaughter, Alice, wife of Thomas Dabridgecourt.] She was the daughter of Thomas BEYNHAM of Henley. John died about 1473 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth also died in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
In the next two generations, the Greswolds divided among Solihull, Longdon and Rowington.
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1440. He is the John Greswold, Esq. who died 1481, for whom the writ was issued in Feb 1482 (according to the 1473 deed [see p. 16], he then lived in Rowington).
ii. Anne Greswold, born about 1442/1445 . She married Thomas4 HAWES (Thomas3, John2, Richard1) of Edlicott in 1465. [Carpenter always refers to this family under the surname, HORE. The name HAWES does not appear in her index.] He was born 1440. Thomas died 1540, at the age of 100. They were namesakes (five generations later) of the couple who married 150 years earlier. [See the "Hawes Genealogy" with David Patterson letter and the Pemberton chart. The "Hawes Genealogy" says this Thomas lived from 1440-1540!?! This would also mean that Anne was the oldest of this generation and it would place her father's birth about 1415. Glenn Griswold's notes there are inscriptions in the Hawes mansion in Solihull regarding this marriage which are in a "Bridges Manuscript" in the Bodleian Library.]
iii. Robert Greswold, born about 1450, as he received property in 1473 and in 1481. He presumably stayed at Olton in Solihull. He may have been of the next generation as he appears first in 1473, in records that also include John7 and Richard8. The only other record so far is the release mentioned showing him at Olton in 1481."
 		Greswold, Robert (I3199)
 
2789 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John6 Greswold (Jobn5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull (and Longdon Hall, home of his mother [Dugdale, quoted by Glenn Griswold]) and Rowington was born about 1414 (age 44 at death of his uncle Thomas in 1458).
In 1459, John6 conveyed to his brother Richard (who died in 1465) the property he inherited from their father John5. He married Elizabeth BEYNHAM, probably just before 1440. [Her surname does not appear on Pemberton's chart but support for this identity is on p.1 of the Woodall "Notes." It also is shown in Dugdale's "Antiquities" under Dabridgecourt in the pedigree of his great-granddaughter, Alice, wife of Thomas Dabridgecourt.] She was the daughter of Thomas BEYNHAM of Henley. John died about 1473 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth also died in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
In the next two generations, the Greswolds divided among Solihull, Longdon and Rowington.
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1440. He is the John Greswold, Esq. who died 1481, for whom the writ was issued in Feb 1482 (according to the 1473 deed [see p. 16], he then lived in Rowington).
ii. Anne Greswold, born about 1442/1445 . She married Thomas4 HAWES (Thomas3, John2, Richard1) of Edlicott in 1465. [Carpenter always refers to this family under the surname, HORE. The name HAWES does not appear in her index.] He was born 1440. Thomas died 1540, at the age of 100. They were namesakes (five generations later) of the couple who married 150 years earlier. [See the "Hawes Genealogy" with David Patterson letter and the Pemberton chart. The "Hawes Genealogy" says this Thomas lived from 1440-1540!?! This would also mean that Anne was the oldest of this generation and it would place her father's birth about 1415. Glenn Griswold's notes there are inscriptions in the Hawes mansion in Solihull regarding this marriage which are in a "Bridges Manuscript" in the Bodleian Library.]
iii. Robert Greswold, born about 1450, as he received property in 1473 and in 1481. He presumably stayed at Olton in Solihull. He may have been of the next generation as he appears first in 1473, in records that also include John7 and Richard8. The only other record so far is the release mentioned showing him at Olton in 1481."
 		Greswold, Anne (I3192)
 
2790 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Kyneton Hall, was born about 1390, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret BROMLEY about 1413. [Warks "Antiquarian," p. 951 says Isabell, Glenn Griswold notes say Mary, but Woodall 3 Oct 1997, confirms Margaret.] She was the daughter of Henry BROMLEY and Alice HAWES of Longdon Hall, a manor just east of Ulverley. John died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, before the 1459 deed from John6, his son, to Richard6, the vicar.
Since John went to Longdon Hall after marrying the daughter of Henry Bromley, he may have been the younger. [The "Radford-Semele" article says they were married in 1480, a highly improbable date which probably was taken from the Pemberton chart indication that John "fl. 1480."]
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1414, died about 1473. [Venn, Alumni Cantabridgensis shows a John Greswold, about this time.]
ii. Richard Greswold, born 1417, [Source: Woodall] Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden from 1441 until his death in 1465 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
iii. Christian Greswold, female, born about 1420. She married John WEST. [Carpenter says she was a great-niece of Thomas5 and married John West after he became associated with Thomas Greswold in the decade between 1440-1450, so she was born c. 1420 and probably was a niece, not a great-niece.]"
 		West, John (I3175)
 
2791 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Richard3 Greswold (Ralph2, John1). Richard married a daughter of William GROME, of Kyneton (this is a small manor, west of Ulverley in Solihull and bordering on Worcestershire, not the hundred of Kyneton in the, southern part of the county). Pemberton's chart says he was of Kimenhall, and Philpott apparently picked it up. Glenn Griswold says "___ Grome, Lord of Kimmenhall and Burch Furlongs." Richard died before the 13 Henry IV which is 1411/12 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England." [Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, but Woodall says this is a very improbable date and the source is uncertain.] They had 1 Child:
i. William (vel Thomas) Greswold. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alias} is more frequent but means the same.]
The earliest record that appears to relate to the Greswold family is in Vol II of the Feet of Fines, 1284-1385 and was discovered in 1997 by Joy Woodall, Historian of Rowington, Warwickshire:
Solihull, Kineton Green: (month) 11, (year) 4, reign of (King) Edward II [who reigned from 1307 to 1327]. Quinz of St Martin (15th day of the feast of St Martin).
William, son of Walter de Grousewold, plaintiff. Walter de Grousewold, defendant.
A messuage, 30 acres of meadow in Solihull and Kyngton juxta (next to) Solihull. Plea of covenant. Defendant recognized right of plaintiff.
Consideration - Plaintiff grants to defendant to hold for life of defendant of plaintiff and his heirs by a rose rent yearly at Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all service to them and doing the services due to the chief lord.
In a letter of 2 Feb 1996, Joy cites a Lay Subsidy Roll [GE 3 (1332) Dugdale Society Publication, Vol. VI, published 1926.], "William de Grousewold paying 6s under Kyneton Lyndon and an Agnes Grome paying 10d." This William was probably the chaplain at St. Alphege in 1349. ["Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," p.5.] (Richard3 Greswold married a daughter of William Grome of Kyneton)."
 		Grome, William (I3127)
 
2792 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John1 Greswold was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England and is the earliest Greswold who can be related to the family of Kenilworth. He married a daughter of William HUGGEFORD of Hulverle Hall, Solihull, Warwickshire, England. John died in Solihull,
Warwickshire, England. They had 2 children:
i. Ralph (Rudolphus) Greswold.
ii. Ann Greswold, born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. She married Thomas HAWES of Shirley about 1311. Thomas fl. (flourished) 1311. [Warwickshire Antiquarian, quoted by Glenn Griswold, also by Pemberton, pp. 38, 39. It is interesting to note that 300 years later, the Greswolds returned to Kenilworth.]"
 		Hawes, Thomas (I3126)
 
2793 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Richard8 Greswold (John7, John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born about 1470. Richard died 17 Sep 1537 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, and was buried in St.
Alphege Church Cemetery in Solihull. He married (1) Joan Stockley about 1498. She was born about 1476 in Yoxall, England. Joan died after 1517 in Solihull and is also buried at St. Alphege Church Cemetery.
The senior line of Griswolds from this generation forward descend from Richard who is in the Visitation of 1619 and is so prominent in the history of St. Alphege.
They had 8 children: [John and Thomas are followed in Pemberton, pp. 42-44, the other children are followed by Philpott. Philpott pp. 2, 3 describes these in the order John, Thomas, George, Humphrey, Roger. This makes the birth years rather uncertain (John was surely the eldest and Thomas clearly was next).]
i. John Greswold, born about 1500, died after 19 Jul 1536.
ii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1502, died 8 Jul 1577.
iii. Roger Greswold, born about 1504, died 8 Jul 1551. [The memorial of Roger's daughter calls him the 3d son, the Visitation says 5th, which would put his birth about 1511, just ahead of George and seems more reasonable as his children were christened in 1550/51.]
iv. Humphrey Greswold, of Mosely born about 1506. He married Isabel Greves 20 Feb 1552 in King's Norton, Warwickshire, England. [Family History Library, IGI.] Humphrey died 8 Sep 1570 in King's Norton, Warwickshire, England. He left a detailed will dated 5 Sep, proved 30 Sep 1570, but had no children of his own.
v. Peter Greswold, born about 1510, died without a record nor children.
vi. Alice Greswold, born about 1512. She married John Hardie/Haddup. Alice died after 1577.
vii. George Greswold, born April 1513, in Worcestershire, England. He was a cleric. At Corpus 28 Sept 1850, from Diocese of Worcester; sup. for BA 1533, fellow All Souls 1535, sup. for. MA 1537, ordained 1538, Rector of Michelmarsh, Hants, by 1545 till death. Vicar of Wingrave, Bucks, 1556, prebendary of Itchen Abbas, Hants, admitted 14 Jan 1858, died before Jan 1559 (1558/59). [Oxford University Records, Registrum Universitatis Oxon, p. 176; photocopies provided by Sonia Howson.]
viii. Joan Greswold, born about 1517. She married Hugh Tandie 14 Jun 1539 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. Joan died after 1577.
Richard married (2) Alice (___) but they had no children. She was buried 8 April 1547. Her will was proved 4 May at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It mentions (step) sons Thomas, Humphrey, John (deceased), John's daughters, Anne and Alice. It mentions also her brothers, Roger Stonley & Richard Salt. [Philpott, p. 2 "one of these may give a clue to her maiden name." The Visitation of 1619 (p. 61) says Richard Salle of Poxley married Elizabeth Stockley, youngest sister of Joan. (Was their brother, Roger Stockley, the priest, Alice's brother Roger Stonley, the heir, whose name was mistranscribed? If so, who was Alice? There is a hint that her name at some point was Stockley, an unmentioned sister of Joan and Elizabeth or possibly the widow of John Stockley who had died without issue before Alice married Richard?).]"
 		Alice (I3088)
 
2794 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John6 Grewold (Jobn5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull (and Longdon Hall, home of his mother [Dugdale, quoted by Glenn Griswold]) and Rowington was born about 1414 (age 44 at death of his uncle Thomas in 1458).
In 1459, John6 conveyed to his brother Richard (who died in 1465) the property he inherited from their father John5. He married Elizabeth Beynham, probably just before 1440. [Her surname does not appear on Pemberton's chart but support for this identity is on p.1 of the Woodall "Notes." It also is shown in Dugdale's "Antiquities" under Dabridgecourt in the pedigree of his great-granddaughter, Alice, wife of Thomas Dabridgecourt.] She was the daughter of Thomas Beynham of Henley. John died about 1473 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth also died in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
In the next two generations, the Greswolds divided among Solihull, Longdon and Rowington.
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1440. He is the John Greswold, Esq. who died 1481, for whom the writ was issued in Feb 1482 (according to the 1473 deed [see p. 16], he then lived in Rowington).
ii. Anne Greswold, born about 1442/1445 . She married Thomas4 Hawes (Thomas3, John2, Richard1) of Edlicott in 1465. [Carpenter always refers to this family under the surname, Hore. The name Hawes does not appear in her index.] He was born 1440. Thomas died 1540, at the age of 100. They were namesakes (five generations later) of the couple who married 150 years earlier. [See the "Hawes Genealogy" with David Patterson letter and the Pemberton chart. The "Hawes Genealogy" says this Thomas lived from 1440-1540!?! This would also mean that Anne was the oldest of this generation and it would place her father's birth about 1415. Glenn Griswold's notes there are inscriptions in the Hawes mansion in Solihull regarding this marriage which are in a "Bridges Manuscript" in the Bodleian Library.]
iii. Robert Greswold, born about 1450, as he received property in 1473 and in 1481. He presumably stayed at Olton in Solihull. He may have been of the next generation as he appears first in 1473, in records that also include John7 and Richard8. The only other record so far is the release mentioned showing him at Olton in 1481."
 		Beynham, Thomas (I3087)
 
2795 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Kyneton Hall, was born about 1390, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret BROMLEY about 1413. [Warks "Antiquarian," p. 951 says Isabell, Glenn Griswold notes say Mary, but Woodall 3 Oct 1997, confirms Margaret.] She was the daughter of Henry BROMLEY and Alice HAWES of Longdon Hall, a manor just east of Ulverley. John died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, before the 1459 deed from John6, his son, to Richard6, the vicar.
Since John went to Longdon Hall after marrying the daughter of Henry Bromley, he may have been the younger. [The "Radford-Semele" article says they were married in 1480, a highly improbable date which probably was taken from the Pemberton chart indication that John "fl. 1480."]
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1414, died about 1473. [Venn, Alumni Cantabridgensis shows a John Greswold, about this time.]
ii. Richard Greswold, born 1417, [Source: Woodall] Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden from 1441 until his death in 1465 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
iii. Christian Greswold, female, born about 1420. She married John WEST. [Carpenter says she was a great-niece of Thomas5 and married John West after he became associated with Thomas Greswold in the decade between 1440-1450, so she was born c. 1420 and probably was a niece, not a great-niece.]"
 		Greswold, Richard (I3086)
 
2796 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John6 Greswold (Jobn5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull (and Longdon Hall, home of his mother [Dugdale, quoted by Glenn Griswold]) and Rowington was born about 1414 (age 44 at death of his uncle Thomas in 1458).
In 1459, John6 conveyed to his brother Richard (who died in 1465) the property he inherited from their father John5. He married Elizabeth BEYNHAM, probably just before 1440. [Her surname does not appear on Pemberton's chart but support for this identity is on p.1 of the Woodall "Notes." It also is shown in Dugdale's "Antiquities" under Dabridgecourt in the pedigree of his great-granddaughter, Alice, wife of Thomas Dabridgecourt.] She was the daughter of Thomas BEYNHAM of Henley. John died about 1473 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth also died in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
In the next two generations, the Greswolds divided among Solihull, Longdon and Rowington.
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1440. He is the John Greswold, Esq. who died 1481, for whom the writ was issued in Feb 1482 (according to the 1473 deed [see p. 16], he then lived in Rowington).
ii. Anne Greswold, born about 1442/1445 . She married Thomas4 HAWES (Thomas3, John2, Richard1) of Edlicott in 1465. [Carpenter always refers to this family under the surname, HORE. The name HAWES does not appear in her index.] He was born 1440. Thomas died 1540, at the age of 100. They were namesakes (five generations later) of the couple who married 150 years earlier. [See the "Hawes Genealogy" with David Patterson letter and the Pemberton chart. The "Hawes Genealogy" says this Thomas lived from 1440-1540!?! This would also mean that Anne was the oldest of this generation and it would place her father's birth about 1415. Glenn Griswold's notes there are inscriptions in the Hawes mansion in Solihull regarding this marriage which are in a "Bridges Manuscript" in the Bodleian Library.]
iii. Robert Greswold, born about 1450, as he received property in 1473 and in 1481. He presumably stayed at Olton in Solihull. He may have been of the next generation as he appears first in 1473, in records that also include John7 and Richard8. The only other record so far is the release mentioned showing him at Olton in 1481."
 		Hawes, Thomas (I3085)
 
2797 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Kyneton Hall, was born about 1390, in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Margaret BROMLEY about 1413. [Warks "Antiquarian," p. 951 says Isabell, Glenn Griswold notes say Mary, but Woodall 3 Oct 1997, confirms Margaret.] She was the daughter of Henry BROMLEY and Alice HAWES of Longdon Hall, a manor just east of Ulverley. John died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, before the 1459 deed from John6, his son, to Richard6, the vicar.
Since John went to Longdon Hall after marrying the daughter of Henry Bromley, he may have been the younger. [The "Radford-Semele" article says they were married in 1480, a highly improbable date which probably was taken from the Pemberton chart indication that John "fl. 1480."]
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1414, died about 1473. [Venn, Alumni Cantabridgensis shows a John Greswold, about this time.]
ii. Richard Greswold, born 1417, [Source: Woodall] Vicar of Tanworth-in-Arden from 1441 until his death in 1465 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
iii. Christian Greswold, female, born about 1420. She married John WEST. [Carpenter says she was a great-niece of Thomas5 and married John West after he became associated with Thomas Greswold in the decade between 1440-1450, so she was born c. 1420 and probably was a niece, not a great-niece.]"

2. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Thomas5 Greswold (William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) was born about 1390/95 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. An alumnus check may set his birthdate more accurately. He married Christian BIRCHES about 1425/1429. She was the daughter of John BIRCHES. Thomas was King's Sergeant and clerk of the King's Bench when, on 1 Oct 1422, he was appointed Coroner and King's Attorney ["Calendar of Patent Rolls"] (this date would put his birth prior to 1400 or about 1395). Philpott (p.30) quotes Calendar of Fine Rolls 12 Jul 1423, "The King granted lease and custody of the Manor of Solihull to Henry Bromley and Thomas Greswold for 15 years." On 25 May 1438, "as last, to Thomas Greswold alone for 7 years." Since the King was born in 1421, it was one of his uncles, brothers of Henry V, either John, Duke of Bedford or Humphrey, Duke of Somerset. John, the Regent, was in Normandy so it probably was Humphrey, Protector of the Realm, who granted the lease in the King's name.
Philpott also quotes "Ancient Deeds," C 212, Friday after Christmas, 9 Henry VI, 1431: "Grant by Richard, son and heir of John Birches of Solihull, to Thomas Greswold, John Greswold and William Birches, his brother, of all his estate in Solihull and elsewhere in the County of Warwick." This seems a strong indication that Richard Birches, William Birches and Christian, the wife of Thomas Greswold, were the children of John Birches. Woodall suggests that the marriage of Thomas to Christian Birches, (c. 1425/29) indicates the acquisition by Thomas of Solihull Hall, a Birches property. Thomas succeeded in taking over "both halves" of the Hore/Hawes inheritance in two successive generations." [Carpenter, pp.118, 183.] Apparently what came to his brother, John, through his mother-in-law, Alice (Hawes) Bromley, probably as a dowry, and what was to come to his niece, Anne, from her husband, Thomas Hawes. Thomas Greswold was a lawyer and his "coup" may have occurred when his joint lease with Henry Bromley was changed to one for him alone in 1438. Presumably, Henry Bromley had died. before that date.
Meanwhile, the English leaders in France, Bedford, Salisbury and Suffolk suffered a series of reverses beginning with the appearance of Joan of Arc in 1429. Salisbury was killed, Suffolk was taken prisoner by Joan of Arc who was in turn, captured by the French and turned over to the English. Then Henry VI was crowned King of France at Paris in 1430 and Joan of Arc was burned by the English in 1431. Peace came in 1435 with Cardinal Beaufort and the Earl of Suffolk promoting it and Humphrey of Gloucester in opposition. In 1447, Humphrey of Gloucester died, France was lost for good and Suffolk became the leading advisor to King Henry VI. He had rewarded his follower, Sir James Fiennes, by granting him the Manor of Solihull in 1445 and making him 1st Lord Say & Sele in 1448.
Thomas certainly owed much to King Henry VI because, when the support of the Chantry Priest gave out in 1438, Thomas Greswold gave 3₤ yearly rent [Pemberton, p.83] so the gPriest officiating there should say Mass every day for the good estate of King Henry VI, and of the said Thomas Greswold and for their souls after their departure hence, as also for the souls of the Father and Mother of the said Thomas and all the benefactors thereunto.h [The chantries were suppressed under King Henry VIII in 1547.]
In 1443, the King granted the manor (two years before the expiration of the lease to Thomas) to John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, who committed suicide in the Spring of 1444 after the failure of his expedition to France. The lease to Thomas Greswold was not disturbed, apparently, as Pemberton quotes the Parish Magazine of 1885, "Among the names of the gentry of the County of Warwick returned by the Commissioners in 12 Henry VI (1443/44) are the following Edw Odingsells, Miles, Bald Montford, de Hampton; Thomas Hugford, arm.; Thos. Grene de Solyhull, arm.; Tho. Greswold de Solyhull; Rich Briches (Birches) de Longedon." The next year (1445) the manor of Solihull was granted to Sir James Fiennes, a supporter of the Duke of Suffolk, favorite of the King. [Pemberton's chart shows Thomas as the 25th Lord of the Manor from 1437-1443, so apparently he did not stay as tenant beyond the expiration of his lease although he did remain as Coroner and King's Attorney.]
In 1448, Sir James became Treasurer of England and was created 1st Lord Say & Sele. Next came the military debacle of 1449, resulting in the loss of France. This precipitated the downfall of Suffolk in 1450 when he was blamed for everything, the loss of France, the bankruptcy of the King and Cade's rebellion. He was sent into exile but the ship was overtaken, Suffolk was taken off and killed in July 1450. Very soon afterward, Lord Say was taken from the Tower by the rebels and beheaded.
There is not yet enough information, at this time, to determine whether Thomas or his possible son, Richard, may have played a larger part in all this turmoil but Thomas kept his positions as coroner and attorney to the King until just before his own death in 1458. The successor to Thomas as coroner and attorney was appointed 1 May and 11 Jun 1458, and Thomas Greswold had died before 10 Oct of that year in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. [Justice of Peace 1442-1458, Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, "Antiquarian." Confirmed in Carpenter, p. 655.] In 1458, apparently from an inquisition Post Mortem at his death or from the "Writ of diem clausit extremum" dated 10 Oct 1458, he had £5 in gold, 10s in silver and £100 in goods. [Philpott, p.30, "Calender of Fine Rolls."] He had moved his family into the gentry in ways which Carpenter suggests were somewhat unscrupulous. [I am reminded of a story I once read about an English solicitor whose colleagues were discussing how he "managed" an estate. He was so ineffective that "the entire estate was frittered away among the heirs."]
Philpott says that Pemberton "does not mention any issue, probably because such were irrelevant to the succeeding pedigree." It seems more likely that there weren't any living when Thomas died. It is unlikely that Thomas would have made the property over to his nephew if he had any surviving children of his own.
It seems quite possible that Thomas and Christian (Birches) Greswold had a son; 1 Child:
i. Richard Greswold, born 1430, admitted to Eton, age 14 in 1444, also King's College. Both of these schools were founded by Henry VI who surely had an influence on those admitted in those first few years. According to the record, Richard Greswold left before 1456 (i.e. apparently died without issue before his father, in 1458). [Philpott, p.31, quotes Emden, "Cambridge Register before 1500" which records Ricgard Greswold/Griswald/Gryswold/Grysoll who was of Solihull.] He may have been a victim in the early days of the struggle which eventually drove Henry from his throne in 1461."
 		Hawes, Alice (I3084)
 
2798 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"William (vel Thomas)4 Greswold (Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull, Warwickshire, England. He married Isabell GRANGE (heir of Thomas). [Glenn Griswold has John Grange but p.6 of Woodall, 3 Oct 1997, confirms Thomas.] (The Grange family seat was at Grange Green, adjoining Kyneton. William died in Solihull, Warwickshire, England. NOTE: At this time (about 1380), the old parish contained three manors, Ulverley, Longdon and Kineton. Ulverley was the largest and included the town and the church. Malvern Hall was part of Longdon. Kineton was long and narrow, squeezed between Ulverley and Worcestershire near Kineton Green Road. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alius} is more frequent but means the same.] They had 2 children ["Warwickshire Antiquarian"; Woodall, 2 Feb 1996, says they were born at Kyneton.]:
i. John Greswold, born about 1390, at Kyneton, died about 1459.
ii. Thomas Greswold, born about 1390/95, at Kyneton, died before 10 Oct 1458."

2. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"Richard3 Greswold (Ralph2, John1). Richard married a daughter of William GROME, of Kyneton (this is a small manor, west of Ulverley in Solihull and bordering on Worcestershire, not the hundred of Kyneton in the, southern part of the county). Pemberton's chart says he was of Kimenhall, and Philpott apparently picked it up. Glenn Griswold says "___ Grome, Lord of Kimmenhall and Burch Furlongs." Richard died before the 13 Henry IV which is 1411/12 in Solihull, Warwickshire, England." [Glenn Griswold quoting Dugdale, but Woodall says this is a very improbable date and the source is uncertain.] They had 1 Child:
i. William (vel Thomas) Greswold. ["vel" is the Latin term for "or" and William is almost always termed thus. In later records the term "als" {alias} is more frequent but means the same.]
The earliest record that appears to relate to the Greswold family is in Vol II of the Feet of Fines, 1284-1385 and was discovered in 1997 by Joy Woodall, Historian of Rowington, Warwickshire:
Solihull, Kineton Green: (month) 11, (year) 4, reign of (King) Edward II [who reigned from 1307 to 1327]. Quinz of St Martin (15th day of the feast of St Martin).
William, son of Walter de Grousewold, plaintiff. Walter de Grousewold, defendant.
A messuage, 30 acres of meadow in Solihull and Kyngton juxta (next to) Solihull. Plea of covenant. Defendant recognized right of plaintiff.
Consideration - Plaintiff grants to defendant to hold for life of defendant of plaintiff and his heirs by a rose rent yearly at Nativity of St. John the Baptist, for all service to them and doing the services due to the chief lord.
In a letter of 2 Feb 1996, Joy cites a Lay Subsidy Roll [GE 3 (1332) Dugdale Society Publication, Vol. VI, published 1926.], "William de Grousewold paying 6s under Kyneton Lyndon and an Agnes Grome paying 10d." This William was probably the chaplain at St. Alphege in 1349. ["Our Griswold Family in England before 1639," p.5.] (Richard3 Greswold married a daughter of William Grome of Kyneton)."
 		Greswold, William or Thomas (I3080)
 
2799 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
Of the four emigrants, my Sadler genealogy has the immigrant Francis Griswold as an ancestor and my Petersen genealogy has the immigrant Edward as an ancestor. This is the only example I have found where both my and my wife's family descend from a common ancestor, who is John7 in this case. This same book also ties the immigrant Michael back to the same ancestry through several generations; however, I do not transcribe that part of the book since he is not a directly ancestor. The fourth immigrant, Matthew, was step-brother to the immigrant Edward.
"John7 Greswold, Esq. (John6, John5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) born about 1440, is a critical link in the family because his parents, John and Elizabeth (Beynham) Greswold were born too early to be parents of Richard8 who died at Solihull in 1537 and who is buried in St. Alphege at Solihull. John7 was the chief beneficiary of the maneuvers of his father's uncle Thomas5. John is not mentioned in Pemberton but is given in Philpott (p.31) as, "John Greswold, Esq., grantor of a release to Robert Greswold of Solihull." This 1481 transaction was just prior to the issuance of the writ on 5 Feb 1482. Part of the Hawes estate which his father, John6 inherited from his grandfather, John5 went to Richard6, the Vicar of Tanworth in 1459. What John7 inherited from his grandfather, Thomas Beynham of Henley was conveyed to his son Richard8 in 1472. [TAG 40:44 quoting "Descriptive Calendar of Ancient Deeds" II:3376 (this source was unknown to me and there is an additional reference to #3378. It appears that the Descriptive Catalogue, published in 4 Volumes by UMSO is available at Chancery Lane and was consulted by John G. Hunt, who quotes it in TAG. It is also cited by Pemberton p. 41 and by Philpott p.30. All three cite it as "Calendar" which made it difficult to find).]
This 1472 deed referring to what he inherited from Thomas Beynham provides additional support for the identity of his mother, Elizabeth, wife of John6. In 1473, "John7 Greswold, son and heir of John6 Greswold of Rowington, and Richard8 Greswold, his son, released to Robert7 Greswold of Solyhull all their rights to messuages, etc. in Olton." [Patent Roll, Nov 12 Edward IV (1473).]
Further, at "Feast of St. Catherine 20 Edward IV, 25 Nov 1481, grant by John7 Greswold of Solihull, the elder, Esq. to Robert7 Gresweld of a croft in the same." This looks like a deed in anticipation of his impending death. [Philpott, p. 30, cites "Calendar of Fine Rolls," "5 Feb 1482, Writ of diem clausit extremum following the death of John Greswold, Esq. of Warwickshire."] John7 Greswold lived in Rowington in 1473 and 1481, but not late enough to live at South Rookery Farm in 1548. John died 1481 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
His spouse has not been identified but they were married about 1465/68.
They had 2 children:
i. Richard Greswold, born about 1470, oldest son and heir. His birthdate has been a problem because he has to be the oldest son. He died 17 Sep 1537.
ii. John Greswold, of Rowington born about 1472, died 20 Jun 1515."
 		Greswold, John (I3061)
 
2800 RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.242 G868f "The Greswold Family, 12 Generations in England," researched and edited by Robert L. and Esther G. French, comp. by Coralee Griswold [Wethersfeld, CT; 1999]. The authors standardize spelling as Greswold for England and Griswold for America. As of 2012, it appears that this book is the most current evolution of the Griswold ancestry and includes all previous research up to 1999 when it was published. (It also supersedes the author's own work in 1990 for the later English generations). See notes in this database of the original Griswold for a more detailed explanation of the various sources and a bibliography of previously published books that the authors include in this genealogical compilation.
"John6 Greswold (Jobn5, William4, Richard3, Ralph2, John1) of Solihull (and Longdon Hall, home of his mother [Dugdale, quoted by Glenn Griswold]) and Rowington was born about 1414 (age 44 at death of his uncle Thomas in 1458).
In 1459, John6 conveyed to his brother Richard (who died in 1465) the property he inherited from their father John5. He married Elizabeth BEYNHAM, probably just before 1440. [Her surname does not appear on Pemberton's chart but support for this identity is on p.1 of the Woodall "Notes." It also is shown in Dugdale's "Antiquities" under Dabridgecourt in the pedigree of his great-granddaughter, Alice, wife of Thomas Dabridgecourt.] She was the daughter of Thomas BEYNHAM of Henley. John died about 1473 in Rowington, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth also died in Rowington, Warwickshire, England.
In the next two generations, the Greswolds divided among Solihull, Longdon and Rowington.
They had 3 children:
i. John Greswold, born about 1440. He is the John Greswold, Esq. who died 1481, for whom the writ was issued in Feb 1482 (according to the 1473 deed [see p. 16], he then lived in Rowington).
ii. Anne Greswold, born about 1442/1445 . She married Thomas4 HAWES (Thomas3, John2, Richard1) of Edlicott in 1465. [Carpenter always refers to this family under the surname, HORE. The name HAWES does not appear in her index.] He was born 1440. Thomas died 1540, at the age of 100. They were namesakes (five generations later) of the couple who married 150 years earlier. [See the "Hawes Genealogy" with David Patterson letter and the Pemberton chart. The "Hawes Genealogy" says this Thomas lived from 1440-1540!?! This would also mean that Anne was the oldest of this generation and it would place her father's birth about 1415. Glenn Griswold's notes there are inscriptions in the Hawes mansion in Solihull regarding this marriage which are in a "Bridges Manuscript" in the Bodleian Library.]
iii. Robert Greswold, born about 1450, as he received property in 1473 and in 1481. He presumably stayed at Olton in Solihull. He may have been of the next generation as he appears first in 1473, in records that also include John7 and Richard8. The only other record so far is the release mentioned showing him at Olton in 1481."
 		Greswold, John (I3060)
 

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