Ninth Generation

136. Solomon GRIGGS Sr. (*)¹⁷¹ was born on 30 May 1707 in Woodstock Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^16,132,168 He died on 16 March 1781 at the age of 73 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^16,158,186 (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.^{64,158,166,187} 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.)

Solomon GRIGGS Sr. (*) and Hannah ALLEN (*) were married on 10 March 1736 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{39,132,188,189,190} Hannah ALLEN (*), daughter of Albin ALLEN (*) and (Unknown) UNKNOWN (ALLEN) (*), was born in 1718 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁶ She died on 24 September 1785 at the age of 67 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^158,171,191 She was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{158,166,171,187} 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-CX4.¹⁹²

Solomon GRIGGS Sr. (*) and Hannah ALLEN (*) had the following children:

229	i.	Benjamin GRIGGS (1st) was born on 19 January 1738 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.64,134,168,190,193 (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.193
230	ii.	Esther GRIGGS was born on 21 April 1740 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.168,190,194
+231	iii.	Captain Stephen GRIGGS (*).
232	iv.	Daniel GRIGGS was born on 13 May 1745 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.168,190,194 He died on 15 May 1745 at the age of 0 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.194
+233	v.	Solomon GRIGGS Jr..
234	vi.	Benjamin GRIGGS (2nd) was born on 24 October 1746 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.193 He died on 27 September 1754 at the age of 7 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.193
235	vii.	Mary GRIGGS was born on 27 September 1748 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.168,195 She died on 6 October 1754 at the age of 6 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.171,190,195 She was buried in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.171 in the Pomfret Sabin Cemetery.
+236	viii.	Nathan GRIGGS.
237	ix.	Hannah GRIGGS was born on 25 April 1753 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.168,190,194 She died on 30 September 1754 at the age of 1 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.190,194