John GRIGGS

 

 

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1622 - 1691/2

 

 

Father:  Thomas GRIGGS

Mother:  Mary GREEN

 

Family 1 : Mary PATTEN

 

 

1.  infant

2.  George GRIGGS

3.  Sarah GRIGGS

4.  Ruth GRIGGS

5.  Hannah GRIGGS

6.  John GRIGGS

7.+John GRIGGS 

8.  Mary GRIGGS

9.  Abigail GRIGGS

10.  James GRIGGS

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                       __William GRIGGS__+

                                                                                                       ___Robert GRIGGS______|   (ca1470 - 1514)  m

                                                                                                       |      (1514 - 1562)  m               |_Katherine BROWNE__

                                                    ____John GRIGGS_______|

                                                    |   (1547 - 1624)  m                   |

                                                    |                                                  |___Joan DAVEY_______

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___Thomas GRIGGS_______|                                                                                                                        

|    (1585 - 1646)  m 1615            |                                                                                                                     

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|                                                    |____Martha ?????_______

|                                                         (1555 - 1635)  m   

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|- - John GRIGGS

|    (1622 - 1691/2)  m 1652                                                        

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|_____Mary GREEN______                                                       

 (ca1590 - 1639)  m 1615                                                                           

 

 

 

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PEDIGREE

 

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Came to America in 1639.

 

"On 14 MAR 1672/3, John Griggs of Roxbury sold to 'Samuell Dunkin Sr. of Muddy River' three acres and three score rods in the common field in Boston beyond Muddy River."

 

"Land records indicate that John Griggs continued to hold the tract on Muddy River he inherited from his father. Sometime before 1652 he abandoned the one-room house built by his father. On 'The Great Hill' he built 'the dwelling house, barn and outhousing' and planted an orchard. He added 12 acres along the road leading to Dedham and build a bridge across the Muddy River. He also acquired 18 acres in the 'Nooks next to Boston' and 2 acres of salt marsh 'near Gravelly Point.' There seems to be no doubt he was a farmer, for his will provided that his legacies could be paid in 'corn, cattle, pork or beef.'...
"Thursday, 2 DEC 1675, was designated as a day of prayer and fasting throughout the colonies, recognizing that the war which was upon them must have been God's just punishment for Puritan sins. The next day John Griggs, his son John and about 70 others from Roxbury were impressed for the Narragansett campaign. They were led by Capt. Isaac Johnson. The plan was to attack the main Indian settlement, a fort built in the middle of the Great Swamp, in what is now Rhode Island. There were 3000-4000 Narragansett and their allies, including their families, planned to spend the winter, with large stores of corn, dried fish and cured meat.
"The Roxbury militia left on 16 DEC to rendezvous with the rest of their 1150-man force, including some friendly Indians. The weather was bitterly cold, with 2-3 feet of snow. On 18 Dec they bivouacked at a ruined garrison called Pettaquamscut, about 18 miles of the swamp. After spending the night outside in the cold, they left for Great Swamp at dawn.
"No rest stops were permitted and they reached the edge of the swamp in early afternoon. Indian sentries gave sporadic fire and retreated toward a fallen tree trunk which was intended to be the only access to the village, and easily defended. However, for the first time the English found that the weather was with them. The swamp was frozen so solidly that the fort could be approached from any side. The colonists swarmed across from all directions. By chance, the Roxbury militia happened on the one weak spot in the fortifications, a wall not yet completed. With the Boston militia alongside, they swarmed through the gap and were soon at the center of the village. Before long they were in complete control, but not without cost. Capt. Johnson had been killed in the first charge, with three others slain and eleven wounded---a casualty rate of 20 %. Although John Griggs and his son must have been in the thick of it, neither were injured.
"After the victory came the massacre. The wigwams were burned, and as old men, women and children fled the flames they were shot down by the troops. Although there were protests to the killings, some inflamed colonists went on to destroy the stores. The village was completely devastated and probably over 1000 Indians killed.
"John Griggs was on the pay list of 20 DEC 1675 for 11 shillings, 2 pence. He probably mustered out soon afterward with only three weeks' service. His musket and sword were passed on to his youngest son, James. No doubt, he and his descendents remembered how these weapons originated as they followed the westward trail...
"The Griggs' children probably attended the Roxbury Grammar School...
"John Griggs' will, made in 1691, provided for his family quite well. His wife, Mary, had died in 1674, shortly after the birth of their last child. John allotted 20 pounds to each of his living daughters and 40 pounds to his eldest son, John, who received property when he married. At the time 20 pounds was the approximate wage for a hired hand for three years. The lands and improvements were divided between unmarried sons George and James, with the stipulation that 'none of these lands should be put away by any sale, but to remain with my two youngest sons and to their natural heirs.' This bequest was honored and the farm stayed with the Griggs family for over a century. John died the following January and his will was proved in Boston on 24 MAR1692."

 

 

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