Benjamin Griswold
d.1 Sep 1751
Facts and Events
"Benjamin Griswold, Junior, the eldest child of Captain Benjamin and Esther Griswold, of Poquonnock Society, in the northwestern part of the town of Windsor, Connecticut, and grandson of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Cook) Griswold, of Windsor, was born in that town, December 15, 1727. His mother was a daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Bissell) Gaylord, of Windsor.
"He studied theology, and was licensed to preach on the 2d of October, 1750, by the Hartford North Association of Congregational Ministers. His health, however, failed, and he died at his father's house, unmarried, September 1, 1751, in his 24th year." S2
References
- ↑ Ricker, Jacquelyn Ladd. The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut: Based on the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records and Other Statistical Sources. (Baltimore, Maryland: Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company)
5581. - ↑ Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912).
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