Eleventh Generation

502. Roswell Leonard GRIGGS Sr.²¹⁹ was born on 23 September 1767 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{184,198,216,257,323} (His given name is listed as "Roswel" in the CT Marriage Index.)

(Tolland County was not created until 13 October 1785, so Tolland Township, which was formed in 1715, was actually part of Windham County before 1785. Also, Connecticut did not become a state until 1788, but it was an organized colony and had organized towns by 1740.) He appeared in the census in 1800 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁴ His household consisted of 1 male, under age 10 (his son, Charles, 1); one male, age 26-44 (Roswell, 33); 3 females, under age 10 (his daughters, Mary, 8, Sarah, 6, and Minerva, 4); and one female, age 26-44 (his wife, Sarah, 28). He appeared in the census in 1810 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁵ His household consisted of 2 males, age under 10; 1 male age 10-15; 1 male, age 26-44; 1 female, age under 10; 1 female, age 10-15; 1 female, age 16-25; and 1 female, age 26-44. Roswell appeared in the census in 1820 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁶ His household consisted of 1 male, age under 10; 1 male, age 10-16; 1 male, age 45 and above; 1 female, age under 10; 2 females, age 16-26; two females, age 26-45; and 1 female, age 45 and above. He appeared in the census in 1830 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁷ His household consisted of 1 male, age 10-15; 1 male, age 60-70 (Roswell); 1 female, age 15-20; and 1 female, age 50-60 (Sarah). He died on 18 September 1832 at the age of 64 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^174,224 Roswell was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^174,328 in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "Roswell Griggs Died Sept 18 1832 Aged 65"

(His and his wife's inscriptions are on the side of an obelisk of E. D. and Mary Cowen. They were her daughter Mary and her husband, Eddy Cowen.)

Roswell Leonard GRIGGS Sr. and Sarah DUNHAM were married on 27 October 1791 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^{184,216,224,323} Sarah DUNHAM, daughter of Seth DUNHAM and Eunice H. UNKNOWN (DUNHAM), was born on 1 August 1772 in Coventry Township, Tolland County, CT.^184,323 (Her birth place may have been Mansfield, CT.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.³¹² She was living by herself. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.³²⁸ Sarah died on 23 December 1860 at the age of 88 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁷⁴ She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁷⁴ in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "Sarah His Wife Died Dec 23 1860 Aged 88"

(She shares a gravestone with her husband.)

Roswell Leonard GRIGGS Sr. and Sarah DUNHAM had the following children:

+712	i.	Mary Polly GRIGGS.
713	ii.	Sarah "Sally" GRIGGS was born on 5 March 1794 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^184,224,323 (This is a map of Tolland Township, CT.) She died on 24 August 1851 at the age of 57 in East Hartford, Hartford County, CT.¹⁸⁴
+714	iii.	Minerva GRIGGS.
+715	iv.	Charles GRIGGS.
+716	v.	Eunice Hovey GRIGGS.
717	vi.	Elijah Chapman GRIGGS was born on 5 September 1803 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^{151,184,261,323} He died on 23 January 1806 at the age of 2 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^174,261 He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.¹⁷⁴ in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road. Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Elijah C. Griggs Son of Roswell and Mrs. Sarah Griggs who died Jan 23rd 1806 in the 3rd year of his Age"
718	vii.	Roswell Leonard GRIGGS Jr. was born on 11 March 1806 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^184,224,323 He died on 6 April 1815 at the age of 9 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²²⁴
+719	viii.	Seth Dunham GRIGGS.
720	ix.	Parmelia Porter GRIGGS was born on 13 August 1812 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^184,261,323 (Her given name may have been spelled "Permelia.") She died on 13 February 1813 at the age of 0 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁶¹
+721	x.	Julia Ann GRIGGS.
+722	xi.	Norman Brigham GRIGGS.