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own use, the well that had been dug for the first Matthew Griswold.
There he spent the rest of his life, being a silent partner of his brother
John in New York, in his large shipping-business. By the Will of his
brother he received the greater part of his estate.
Ursula (170), second child and eldest daughter of Deacon John and
Sarah (Johnson) Griswold, was born December 2, 1775
; married, Septem-
ber 10, 1794, her third cousin Richard M^Curdy (see J^aC^tttJrg) ; and
died May 25, 181 1.
Mrs. M'=Curdy was of a warm and enthusiastic nature, and perhaps
the Italian (Diodati) blood in the family-veins most fully expressed itself
in her. She was affectionate, overflowing with kind words and deeds,
devoted to her husband and children, and above all a devout Christian,
leaving behind her, on her death at the early age of thirty-five, many
religious writings.
sermon :
Rev. F. W. Hotchkiss of Saybrook, Conn., said of her, in a funeral-
"As a daughter, sister, mother and wife she was a worthy descendant of an
illustrious line of ancestors, and justly viewed as a woman of exalted spirit. . . ."
192 One of their children is Judge Charles Johnson'^ M'^Curdy of Lyme,
who, having served his country in various conspicuous and important posi-
tions at home, and as representative of the United States in Austria, retired
from the bench of the Supreme Court of Connecticut in 1867, on reaching the
constitutional limit of age ;
but still retains (1888) much of the sprightliness
and vigor of youthful years, to the delight and profit of all who come into
the sunny atmosphere of his society (see JHacCUfiTg), His only child,
193 Evelyn,^ is one of the authors of this work. Another child of Richard
194 and Ursula (Griswold) M^Curdy was the late Robert Henry ^ M^Curdy of
New York, a leading Merchant and public-spirited citizen, one of the first
and most influential movers in support of the Government in the late war
;