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Thomas Gridley

Also Known As: "II", "Jr.", "Junior"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably England
Death: June 12, 1655 (43)
Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Gridley, I; Thomas Gridley; Elizabeth Gridley and Elizabeth Clarke
Husband of Mary Seymour Gridley; Mary Gridley and Mary Landon
Father of Samuel Gridley; Thomas Gridley, Jr; Thomas Gridley, III; Mary Root and Thomas Gridley
Brother of Samuel Gridley

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About Thomas Gridley

Biographical Summary:

Thomas Gridley, Hartford, 1639, a proprietor " by courtesie of the town;" his home-lot was on the south side of the road from George Steele's to the South Meadow; was of Windsor, September 5, 1639; had been one of the thirty men sent from Windsor to the "Pequot fight" under Capt. Mason, and his heirs received a grant of fifty acres, October 12, 1671. He married September 29, 1644, in Hartford, Mary Semmor, perhaps Seymour, and she may have been sister of Richard Seymour. He appears to have been interested in the settlement of Nonotuck (Northampton), as he was present at a meeting of the proprietors held in Springfield, October 3, 1653. But he died in Hartford; inventory June 12, 1655, £282. 12. 6. His widow, Mary, married (2) Deacon John Langdon, of Farmington.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), pages 241-242. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books


Emigrated from Braintree, England in 1630, embarked from the good ship "Griffin" and settled at or near Boston, where he lived till 1636.

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Thomas Gridley's Timeline

1612
April 10, 1612
Probably England
1647
November 25, 1647
Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut
1650
August 1, 1650
Hartford, Hartford, Ct
August 1650
Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
1652
September 29, 1652
Farmington, Hartford, Conn Colony
1655
June 12, 1655
Age 43
Hartford, Connecticut Colony
1655
Gt Waldingfield, Suffolk England