Person:Silvanus Griswold (3)

Rev. Silvanus Griswold

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m. 22 Jun 1725

Facts and Events

Name	Rev. Silvanus Griswold
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	3 Feb 1732/33	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Degree^[3]	1757	Yale College
Living^[2]	May 1759	Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United Statesnamed in Will of George Griswold, father

References

↑ Lyme Vital Records, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
L-2:216.

GRISWOLD, Silvanus, [s. George & Hannah], b. Feb. 3, 1732/3
↑ Connecticut. Probate Court (New London District). Probate records, 1675-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982)
H:44-47, 50.

Will of "George Griswold of Lyme ... (Clerk)", dated [2?] May 1759, proved 2 Nov 1761, names:
eldest son George Jr. of Lyme
2nd son Silvanus
3rd son Samuel [land given by my Brother John Griswold]
youngest son Andrew
two eldest daughters Elisabeth Raymond and Lucretia Latimer
youngest daughter Eunice Griswold
former wife Hannah deceased her children George Silvanus Elisabeth and Lucretia
last wife Elisabeth and her 2 children Samuel and Eunice
Exors: Silvanus & Samuel
Witnesses: Matthew Griswold, Ursula Griswold, Elizabeth Lee

[p. 50]
28 Nov 1761: Inventory of Reven'd Mr George Griswold Late of Lyme in New London Deceas'd: not totaled, by John Lay 2nd, Richard Wort.
↑ 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)
1:168-170.

George Griswold ...

The second son, the Rev. Sylvanus Griswold, graduated here in 1757. ...