Eighth Generation

128. Solomon GRIGGS Sr. (*) was born on 30 May 1707 in Woodstock Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 16 March 1781 at the age of 73 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. (His date of death is listed as 16 Oct 1781 in several sources on MyHeritage.com.) He was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. in the Sabin Cemetery (also known as the Wappaquoian Burial Ground).
Gravestone Inscription: "In memory of Solomon Griggs, who died March 16, 1781, in the 74th year of his Age."

At the bottom of his gravestone is inscribed the name "Richard Kimball." His identity and relationship to Solomon are unknown.
(His given name may have been Solomon, but it is listed as "Salmon" in the Pomfret Sabin Cemetery gravestone list.) Hannah ALLEN (*) and Solomon GRIGGS Sr. (*) were married on 10 March 1736 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

129. Hannah ALLEN (*) was born in 1718 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 24 September 1785 at the age of 67 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. in the Sabin Cemetery (also known as the Wappaquoian Burial Ground).
Gravestone Inscription: "Mrs. Hannah Griggs, died Sep 24, 1785, in the 67th year of her Age." Hannah has Ancestral File Number KGYW-CX4.

Children were:

	i.	Benjamin GRIGGS (1st) was born on 19 January 1738 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. (He may have been born in 1738.) (This is a map of Pomfret Township, CT, circa 1800.) He died on 7 September 1746 at the age of 8 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	ii.	Esther GRIGGS was born on 21 April 1740 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
64	iii.	Captain Stephen GRIGGS (*).
	iv.	Daniel GRIGGS was born on 13 May 1745 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 15 May 1745 at the age of 0 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	v.	Solomon GRIGGS Jr. was born on 24 October 1746 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 16 February 1780 at the age of 33 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. in the South Cemetery.
	vi.	Benjamin GRIGGS (2nd) was born on 24 October 1746 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. He died on 27 September 1754 at the age of 7 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	vii.	Mary GRIGGS was born on 27 September 1748 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 6 October 1754 at the age of 6 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. in the Pomfret Sabin Cemetery.
	viii.	Nathan GRIGGS was born in 1750 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
	ix.	Hannah GRIGGS was born on 25 April 1753 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 30 September 1754 at the age of 1 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.