Norwich Connecticut – The Griswold’s

P 10-433        Norwich Connecticut – The Griswold’s

5/16/2014 Ver. 0
Frances Griswold b. 1635, d. 1671 was born in England and came to the New World circa. 1650.  Here he married (perhaps) Mary Tracy and came to reside in Norwich Connecticut circa. 1655. Here they raised a family of 7, after losing 2 of their children.  Of these 7 children, Samuel Griswold b. 1665 d. 1740 raised a family of 11 children in Norwich.  Of his children, Captain Samuel Griswold b. 1693 d. 1740 raised a family of 8 children in Norwich.  His son Samuel b. 1758 d. 1795 raised a family of 9 in Norwich and in Franklin, CT.  Samuel’s daughter, Anna Griswold b. 1766 d. 1838 married Daniel Sampson and removed to Grand Isle, VT. 

When considering the density of Hewitt’s and Griswold’s in central Connecticut, one would expect a relationship to be local, not so.   Anna and Daniel’s daughter, Lucinda Sampson marries Barnabus Minkler.  She dies in Bureaux, Illinois.  Their son, Manley M Minkler (separately posted story) is a grandfather of Ila Mae Schoonover-Green.

Who would predict that the connection between the Griswold’s and Green’s did not occur in Connecticut?  Perhaps it did through the other cousins who populated the area but I have not traced down those branches.

So, four generations of Griswold’s in Norwich are in your direct lineage.  How many subsequent generations of distant cousins remain in the Norwich area?  It is also very likely that any time you see the Griswold name in Connecticut; it is likely a distant relative.  The town of Griswold, CT, the Florence Griswold Museum, the Griswold Inn, and Fort Griswold may all be connected to the Green surname.   

The following letter also reinforces the important role the dictionary filled.

 

 

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