Eleventh Generation

512. Captain Stephen GRIGGS (!) was born on 2 October 1769 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{23,184,223,224,258} He appeared in the census in 1800 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^70,324 His household consisted of 3 males, age under 10 (his sons Chauncey, 4, Ralph, 2, and Solomon, 1); 1 male, age 10-15 (unknown); 1 male, age 26-44 (Stephen, 31); 1 female, under age 10 (his daughter Harriette, 8); and 1 female, age 26-44 (his wife Elizabeth, 30).

(He was not listed in the 1790 Census in Tolland Township.) About 1800 he was a Selectman in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.⁸⁴ Stephen appeared in the census in 1830 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁷ His household consisted of 1 male, age 20-30 (his son, Leverette); 1 male, age 50-60 (Stephen); and 1 female, age 50-60 (his wife, Elizabeth). He appeared in the census in 1850 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³¹² He was living with his son Ralph and his family. He died on 14 December 1856 at the age of 87 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^{23,98,223,258} Stephen was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁷⁴ in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

He and his wife share an obelisk with their son Ralph and his wife Marilda.

Gravestone Inscription: "Capt Stephen Griggs Died Dec 14 1856 Aged 87. Elizabeth wife of Capt Stephen Griggs Died Feb 11 1845 Aged 74."

Captain Stephen GRIGGS (!) and Elizabeth "Betsey" LOTHROP were married on 8 March 1792 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^{184,216,223,224,258,332}

Their family bible is in the possession of Kathy Nelson. The bible originally belonged to Elizabeth's mother. Elizabeth "Betsey" LOTHROP, daughter of Solomon LOTHROP and Elizabeth ROLLO, was born on 4 December 1770 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{15,23,223,258} She died on 11 February 1845 at the age of 74 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^178,223,258 She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^23,174 in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road. She shares the north side of the gravestone with her husband. Their son Ralph is on the west side.

Captain Stephen GRIGGS (!) and Elizabeth "Betsey" LOTHROP had the following children: