Margaret Griswold

Margaret

• Birth: abt 1611 - of Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
• Parents: unknown
• Married: by 1629 in England to Edward Griswold
• Death: Aug 23 1670 - Clinton, Middlesex, Connecticut
• Cemetery: Indian River Cemetery, Connecticut, USA

Children 

1. Sarah, b. 29 Jan 1631, Kenilworth, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. 6 Nov 1715, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Married 1) Samuel Phelps 2) Nathaniel Pinney
2. John,   b. 10 Jan 1632, Kenilworth, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1642, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Died young.
3. George,   b. 19 May 1633, Kenilworth, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. 3 Sep 1704, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. Married Mary Holcomb.
4. Lt. Francis,   b. 1635, Kenilworth, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1 Oct 1671, Norwich, New London Co., CT. Married Mary Tracy.
5. Lydia,   b. 17 Nov 1637, Kenilworth, , Warwickshire, England ,   d. Abt 1637. Died young.
6. Hannah,   b. 19 Jun 1642, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT,   d. 3 May 1714. Married Jonah Westover.
7. Mary,   b. 5 Oct 1644, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT,   d. 1690. Married Timothy Phelps.
8. Deborah,   b. Bef 28 Jun 1646, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT, USA ,   d. 7 Feb 1718, Kenilworth, ? Co., CT. Married Samuel Buell.
9. Joseph,   b. 2 Mar 1647, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT
10. Samuel,   b. 18 Nov 1649, Windsor, Hartford Co., CT.

notes

in "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut" (The American Genealogist 40:43-44), John G. Hunt conclusively shows that the Edward GRISWOLD who married Margaret BLENCOW is not the immigrant to CT, and Genevieve Tylee Kiepura concurs.

Documents

• http://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000021249985109
• http://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000021249985111
• http://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000021249656183

Notes

• http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?m=43&p=surnames.griswold&dc=50

See supporting documents attached.

From Bob Segar - "I have several other bits of correspondence but my (present)conclusion is:

The "Hicks" family say she wasn't a "Hicks" and the pedigree floating around for "Margaret Hicks" is untrue. Blencow is positively out because of the above studies by the Griswold Family. "Diamond/Dimond" is not accepted anymore although one correspondent claims she is Edward's second wife (?). I go along with the Griswold Family and leave her last name blank. It's hard to do with so many candidates floating around, but that is what I'm doing."

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Margaret Hicks was the daughter of Robert Hicks and Margaret Winslow Hicks Margaret Hicks married Edward Griswald. Margaret Winslow married Robert Hicks and was the daughter of Edward Winslow Sr and Eleanor Pelham.. Edward Winslow Sr married second Magdelene Ollyver.,

Northhampton, England d Aug 23, 1670, Killingworth, Middlesex Cty, CT (which is the same date as M Hicks here) ....need to verify See http://www.sprague-database.org/genealogy/pedigree.php?personID=I62...

Margaret's ancestry is not clear. She is not listed on the Winslow site as a Winslow descendant. Her parentage is listed as unknown on the Griswold site.

"Note: The Boston Transcript, June 18, 1930, (New Series): Edward's wife is given by some as Magaret Hicks, but letters addressed to those who are supposed to have the authority for this statement are as yet unanswered. Edward was born about 1607, married to first wife and mother of his children about 1630. She died Aug. 23, 1670, and her gravestone is known as the oldest in Congregational graveyard at Killingworth, Ct., now Clinton. 11 children "

from "They Came to Milton" by Jon Saunders

Margaret HICKS was born about 1609 in ENG.(11773) She immigrated about 1640.

• She died on 23 Aug 1670 in Clinton, Middlesex Co., CT.(11774)
• Parents: Robert HICKS.
• She was married to Edward GRISWOLD about 1628 in Kenilworth, Warwick Co., ENG. (11775)(11776)
• Children were:

1. Francis GRISWOLD,
2. Sarah GRISWOLD,
3. George GRISWOLD,
4. John GRISWOLD,
5. Lydia GRISWOLD,
6. Ann (Hannah) GRISWOLD,
7. Mary GRISWOLD,
8. Deborah GRISWOLD,
9. Joseph GRISWOLD,
10. Samuel GRISWOLD,
11. John GRISWOLD.

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Lived in Kenilworth, Warwick, England in 1630.

Disputed Origins

There is lack of agreement about her maiden name. The theories are as follows:

Blencow, daughter of John Blencow and Mary Walleson of Marston-St. Lawrence, Kings Sutton Hundred; "married Edward Griswold of Cubbington in Solihull, co. Warwick."[1] BUT, a later TAG article points out that the Edward Griswold of that parish died in 1633 and his wife died the same year, excluding the possibility that this was the immigrant couple to Connecticut![2] Hicks -- either daughter of a Robert Hicks, or wife/widow of a Hicks who she supposedly married in 1628, the year before she married Edward Griswold. New England Genealogy, Vol. 1, p.250, cites her surname as HICKS, but the Robert Hicks family was already in Plymouth as of 1621. Records indicate Margaret and Edward were married in England after this date. Diamond. The source for this claim appears to have been "The Compendium of American Genealogy" that states that Margaret Diamond, Edward Griswold's first wife was the daughter of John Diamond. It states that Edward's second wife was Sarah Bemis of New London, CT. However, after the death of Edward’s first wife, Margaret, he married Sarah Bemis, the widow of James Bemis. Most likely the names of Margaret and Sarah Dimond were confused. Her parentage has been disproven, so the profiles of Robert Hicks and Margaret Unknown have been removed as her parents. DO NOT ADD PARENTS TO THIS PROFILE BEFORE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON G2G ABOUT THE SOURCES YOU HAVE FOUND!!

Biography

Margaret (______) Griswold died August 23, 1670,[3] and is buried in Clinton, Connecticut, Congregational Burying Ground: gravestone marked M.G. 1670.[4] Her grave site is reportedly the oldest in the Old First Church (Indian River) Cemetery. Marked only with "M.G. 1670", it is believed to be the burial place of Margaret Griswold, wife of Killingworth (now Clinton) settler Edward Griswold. Several birth surnames have been posited for Margaret, most frequently HICKS, but all have been discredited in family literature.[5] There are no actual records of her birth or marriage, and her maiden name remains unknown.[6] [7] According to the Griswold Family Association, who have done extensive research, and "The Griswold Family: 12 Generations in England" 1999, p. 54, Edward married Margaret [__?__] about 1628 in England. She was born about 1609. Margaret died 23 Aug 1670 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut… NOTE: THE NEXT TWO PARAGRAPHS ARE PENDING INFORMATION THAT WILL BE UPDATED LATER: About Aug. 17, 1639, Rev. Ephriam Huit arrived in Windsor, Connecticut with his company. He had been pastor at Warwickshire, England of the Kenilworth Parish and of the Puritan faith. He was censured and silenced which was the moving cause of his organizing his company and for his removal to New England. Edward and Matthew Griswold were members of this company. Edward and Margaret Griswold arrived in America in 1639 with their growing family. (The Griswold family : England-America, Vol. II. about Edward Griswold)

Margaret and Edward Griswold married in England, and their first five children were baptized in Kenilwoth Parish, England; the other children were recorded in Windsor, Connecticut. They had twelve children, but three died young, or are presumed to have died young. Their children are Sarah born in 1631, but died young; George born in 1633; Francis, a son, born in 1635; Lydia born in 1637, presumably died young and no further information is available; a second daughter, Sarah born in 1638; John born in 1642 and died young; Ann or Hannah born in 1642; Mary born in 1644; Deborah born in 1646; Joseph born in 1647; Samuel born in 1672; and a second son John born in 1652. (The Griswold family : England-America, Vol. II. Edward Griswold, and Dawes-Gates)

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

(Edward Griswold,) He married (first) in England, in 1630, Margaret , who died August 23, 1670. Her gravestone is the oldest in the burial ground at Clinton, formerly Killingworth. Children of first wife: Sarah, born 1631, in England; George, mentioned below; Frances, 1635; Lydia, 1637; Sarah, 1638, married (first) November 10, 1650, Samuel Phelps, (second) July 21, 1670, Nathaniel Pomeroy; Ann, baptized June 19, 1642, at Windsor ; Mary, baptized October 1, 1644, married, March 19, 1661, Timothy Phelps; Deborah, June 28, 1646, married Samuel Buell ; Joseph, born and baptized March 12, 1647; Samuel, born and baptized November 16, 1649, died July 6, 1672; John, born and baptized August 16, 1652.

GEDCOM Note

Category:Puritan_Great_Migration

Disputed Origins

There is lack of agreement about her maiden name. The theories are as follows:

1. Blencow, daughter of John Blencow and Mary Walleson of Marston-St. Lawrence, Kings Sutton Hundred; "married Edward Griswold of Cubbingtonin Solihull, co. Warwick. "Margaret (Blencow) Griswold," in The American Genealogist, 39(1962):180, but without citing a source for this claim, unless she is citing Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1618-1619, p 69? BUT, a later TAG article points out that the Edward Griswold of that parish died in 1633 and his wife died the same year, excluding the possibility that this was the immigrant couple to Connecticut! John G. Hunt, "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," in The American Genealogist, 40:43
2. Hicks -- either daughter of a Robert Hicks, or wife/widow of a Hickswho she supposedly married in 1628, the year before she married Edward Griswold. New England Genealogy, Vol. 1, p.250, cites her surname as HICKS, but the Robert Hicks family was already in Plymouth as of 1621. Records indicate Margaret and Edward were married in England after this date.
3. Diamond. Source for this claim is not known.

• Her parentage has been disproven, so the profiles of Hicks-27|Robert Hicks and Unknown-202363|Margaret Unknown have been removed as her parents. DO NOT ADD PARENTS TO THIS PROFILE BEFORE HAVING A DISCUSSION ON G2G ABOUT THE SOURCES YOU HAVE FOUND!!

Biography

Margaret (______) Griswold died August 23, 1670,<ref>Killingworth Vital Records pg. 79 - GRISWOLD MARGARET w. Edward d: 23 Aug 1670</ref> and is buried in Clinton, Connecticut, Congregational Burying Ground: gravestone marked M.G. 1670.

Her grave site is reportedly the oldest in the Old First Church (Indian River) Cemetery. Marked only with "M.G. 1670", it is believed to bethe burial place of Margaret Griswold, wife of Killingworth (now Clinton) settler Edward Griswold. Several birth surnames have been posited for Margaret, most frequently HICKS, but all have been discredited infamily literature.

Sources

• "Margaret (Blencow) Griswold," in The American Genealogist, 39(1962):180, but without citing a source for this claim, unless she is citing Visitation of Northamptonshire, 1618-1619, p 69
• John G. Hunt, "Note on the Ancestry of the Griswolds of Connecticut," in The American Genealogist, 40:43
• Killingworth Vital Records pg. 79 - GRISWOLD MARGARET w. Edward d: 23 Aug 1670
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7604241
• Find A Grave: Memorial #7604241
• Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, (1943, 1931), viewed on Ancestry.com, page 402.
• Glenn E. Griswold, The Griswold Family, England-America (Middleboro, Massachusetts, 1935), viewed on Ancestry.com, page 16. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 December 2018, 16:06), entry for Margaret(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:MJFK-SCQ); contributed by various users. Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1707-1711)
• Please see: The Griswold family, England-America : Edward of Windsor, Connecticut, Matthew of Lyme, Connecticut, Michael of Wethersfield, Connecticut by Griswold, Glenn E; https://archive.org/details/griswoldfamilyen02gris/page/16 (Steven Ferry, February 8, 2019.)

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