Griswold, Michael

Bef 1625 - 1684  (> 59 years)

• Name	Griswold, Michael
  Born	Bef 1625  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Sep 1684	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Person ID	I1592	Colley-Garner Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family	Unknown, Ann,   d. Aft 1684
  Married	Abt 1645	Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Griswold, Thomas,   b. 22 Oct 1646, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. Aft 1731  (Age > 86 years)   2. Griswold, Hester,   b. 8 May 1648   3. Griswold, Mary,   b. 28 Jan 1651   4. Griswold, MIchael,   b. 14 Feb 1653,   d. Abt 1653   5. Griswold, Abigail,   b. 8 Jun 1655   6. Griswold, Isaac,   b. Sep 1658   7. Griswold, Jacob,   b. 15 Apr 1660   8. Griswold, Sarah,   b. Sep 1662   9. Griswold, Michael,   b. 7 Mar 1667
  Family ID	F542	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - Abt 1645 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Died - 26 Sep 1684 - Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Michael came to New England before 1640, as he owned lands in Wethersfield by that date. He was a mason by trade and yeoman in rank. He was the only freeman of the name in Wethersfield in 1659. He served as constable, assessor and appraiser of land. He was never prominent and apparently did not seek to be, never reaching the success in life that came to Edward and Matthew [unknown relationship, but not Michael's brothers]. He evidently had the confidence of his neighbors; a steady individual, content to ply his trade, yet ever ready to assist in the community welfare. He was associated in business with Emanuel Buck for a time. He had a home and two acres on New Street which street was abandoned in 1660, so that his home was located on what is now Garden Street.

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] The Griswold Family: The First Five Generations in America, Esther Griswold French and Robert Lewis French, (Name: 1990, Elmira Quality Printers, Inc.;), pp. 229-230. Michael, wife, and children