When Elisha Griswold was born on 26 February 1708, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ensign Michael Griswold, was 41 and his mother, Elizabeth Burnham, was 33. He married Abigail Dix on 29 May 1735, in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 15 April 1780, in his hometown, at the age of 72.
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English (Warwickshire): habitational name from Griswolds Farm in Snitterfield, Warwickshire, which is named with Old English grēosn ‘gravel’ + weald ‘woodland’.
History: Edward Griswold (1607–91) and his family were Puritans who came to the American colonies from Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, on the Mary and John, arriving on 30 May 1630. They settled first in Dorchester, MA, and in 1639 moved to Windsor, VT. Their relative, Matthew Griswold, came to New England in 1639, settling eventually in Lyme, CT.
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