Deacon John Griswold

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Deacon John Griswold

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Birthplace: Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
Death: November 22, 1812 (60)
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Son of Matthew Griswold IV, Governor & Chief Justice of Connecticut and Ursula Griswold
Husband of Sarah Griswold
Father of Diodate Johnson Griswold; Ursula Wolcott McCurdy; Elizabeth Gurley; Sarah Johnson Gardiner; John Griswold, Jr. and 2 others
Brother of Marian Chandler; Ursula McCurdy; Matthew Griswold, V and Roger Griswold, Governor, U.S. Representative

Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
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About Deacon John Griswold

Deacon John Griswold "He was the eldest son of the first Governor Griswold & brother of the second. As a friend and a neighbour he was hospitable and generous, honest, and honorable as a man, and in his faith and life exemplary as a Christian, to tell to those who knew him the place that he was burried and to offer his character for imitation to those who knew him not, This stone to his memory is erected."

The son of Gov. Matthew & Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold, he married Sarah Johnson on Nov. 5, 1772.

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Deacon John Griswold's Timeline

1752
February 20, 1752
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut
1773
December 16, 1773
1775
December 2, 1775
Lyme, CT, United States
1778
October 15, 1778
1781
August 12, 1781
1783
August 14, 1783
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1786
February 25, 1786
1787
November 9, 1787
1812
November 22, 1812
Age 60
Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States