Seventh Generation

53. Thomas GRIGGS was born on 2 August 1618 in Lavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.^{5,80,100,108,117} Lavendon is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of the City of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the northernmost village in the Milton Keynes UA and South East England, near Olney, about 8 miles (13 km) WNW of Bedford and 9 miles (14 km) NNE of Central Milton Keynes.

Nearby places are Warrington, and Cold Brayfield in the Milton Keynes UA, and Harrold and Carlton over the border in Bedfordshire. He was christened on 2 August 1618 in Lavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.⁵³ He emigrated on 1 April 1635 from Lavendon, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.^{100,107,109,110} Thomas died on 23 May 1646 at the age of 27 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,53 (The MyHeritage website lists his year of death as 1639.) He was buried on 23 May 1646 in Roxbury Neighborhood, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹¹⁷

Thomas GRIGGS and Mary GREENE were married on 26 August 1640 in Roxbury Neighborhood, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,27,108,149 (They may have gone back to England, because, according to the research of Ian Griggs, their son George was born there.) Mary GREENE^5,115, daughter of Major GREENE and (Unknown) UNKNOWN (GREENE), was born in 1622.¹¹⁵ She died on 17 January 1666 at the age of 44 in Roxbury Neighborhood, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^5,115

Thomas GRIGGS and Mary GREENE had the following children: