Tenth Generation

360. Roswell GRIGGS Sr. was born on 23 Sep 1767 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^{68,73,85,106,147} (His given name is listed as "Roswel" in the CT Marriage Index.)

(Tolland County was not created until 13 October 1785, so Tolland Township, which was formed in 1715, was actually part of Windham County before 1785. Also, Connecticut did not become a state until 1788, but it was an organized colony and had organized towns by 1740.) He appeared in the census in 1800 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁴⁸ His household consisted of 1 male, under age 10 (his son, Charles, 1); one male, age 26-44 (Roswell, 33); 3 females, under age 10 (his daughters, Mary, 8, Sarah, 6, and Minerva, 4); and one female, age 26-44 (his wife, Sarah, 28). He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁴⁹ His household consisted of 2 males, age under 10; 1 male age 10-15; 1 male, age 26-44; 1 female, age under 10; 1 female, age 10-15; 1 female, age 16-25; and 1 female, age 26-44. He appeared in the census in 1820 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁵⁰ His household consisted of 1 male, age under 10; 1 male, age 10-16; 1 male, age 45 and above; 1 female, age under 10; 2 females, age 16-26; two females, age 26-45; and 1 female, age 45 and above. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁵¹ His household consisted of 1 male, age 10-15; 1 male, age 60-70 (Roswell); 1 female, age 15-20; and 1 female, age 50-60 (Sarah). He died on 18 Sep 1832 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁶⁴ He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^64,152 in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "Roswell Griggs Died Sept 18 1832 Aged 65"

(His and his wife's inscriptions are on the side of an obelisk of E. D. and Mary Cowen. They were her daughter Mary and her husband, Eddy Cowen.)

Roswell GRIGGS Sr. and Sarah DUNHAM were married on 27 Oct 1791 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^68,85,147 Sarah DUNHAM (daughter of Seth DUNHAM and Eunice H. UNKNOWN (DUNHAM)) was born on 1 Aug 1772 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT.^68,147 (Her birth place may have been Mansfield, CT.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.¹³⁹ She was living by herself. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁵² She died on 23 Dec 1860 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁶⁴ She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.⁶⁴ in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "Sarah His Wife Died Dec 23 1860 Aged 88"

(She shares a gravestone with her husband.) Roswell GRIGGS Sr. and Sarah DUNHAM had the following children:

+497	i.	Mary Polly GRIGGS.
498	ii.	Sarah "Sally" GRIGGS was born on 5 Mar 1794 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68,147 (This is a map of Tolland Township, CT.) She died on 24 Aug 1851 in East Hartford, Hartford County, CT.68
+499	iii.	Minerva GRIGGS.
+500	iv.	Charles GRIGGS.
+501	v.	Eunice Hovey GRIGGS.
502	vi.	Elijah Chapman GRIGGS (1st) was born on 5 Sep 1803 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68,147,153 He died on 23 Jan 1806 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.64 He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.64 in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road. Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Elijah C. Griggs Son of Roswell and Mrs. Sarah Griggs who died Jan 23rd 1806 in the 3rd year of his Age"
503	vii.	Elijah Chapman GRIGGS (2nd) was born on 23 Jan 1806 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68
+504	viii.	Seth Dunham GRIGGS.
505	ix.	Permelia Porter GRIGGS was born on 13 Aug 1812 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68,147 (Her given name may have been spelled "Parmelia.")
+506	x.	Julia Ann GRIGGS.
507	xi.	Roswell Leonard GRIGGS Jr. was born on 6 Apr 1815 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68,147
508	xii.	Norman Brigham GRIGGS was born on 18 Jun 1816 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.68,147,153