| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Ninth Generation183. John GRIGGS III5 was born in 1686 in Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.153,157,194 About 1701 he was .153 He was a Constable. He died before 14 April 1761 at the age of 75 in Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.153,194 John had his estate probated on 14 April 1761 in Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.153 John GRIGGS III and Annetje "Anne" WILLEMSEN were married in 1713 in Long Island City, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.153,194,228 The Long Island City settlement in Kings County began in the 17th century as the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore of Long Island. It grew to be a sizable city in the 19th century and was consolidated in 1898 with New York City. Since consolidation with New York City in 1898, Brooklyn has been governed by the New York City Charter. Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. At New York Harbor, it begins approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) east of Manhattan Island and extends eastward over 100 miles (160 km) into the Atlantic Ocean. The island comprises four counties: Kings and Queens counties (the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, respectively) and Nassau County share the western third of the island, while Suffolk County occupies the eastern two thirds. Annetje "Anne" WILLEMSEN5, daughter of Willem WILLEMSEN and Mayken Pieters WYCOFF, was born in 1695.5 She was christened on 29 May 1695 in Gravesend, Long Island, Kings County, New York Colony, British Colonial America.153 She died about 1745 at the age of 50.153 John GRIGGS III and Annetje "Anne" WILLEMSEN had the following children:
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