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a /ess Gu. between two greyhounds courant Sa. (Greswold of Warwickshire).
OR the following sketch we have been favored with the use
of all the family-papers preserved by several generations of the
Griswolds of Blackball ; together with some interesting original
papers of Rev. George Griswold of Giant's Neck, now owned by Deacon
George Griswold of Niantic ; and with some notes for family-history by
James Griswold Esq. of Lyme.
We have also had several valuable documents copied for us from
the Probate Records of New London and the State Archives at Hart-
ford, the latter through the courtesy of Charles J. Hoadly Esq., State
Librarian. An examination of the collections on the Griswold family
made by the late Rev. F. W. Chapman of Rocky Hill, Conn., which
were put into our hands by his son Mr. Henry A. Chapman of Hartford,
has led to one important discovery ;
father have given us some valuable hints.
and
a few private letters from the
Some of the statements respecting Edward Griswold and his descend-
ants were furnished by Judge S. O. Griswold of Cleveland, Ohio, and
the late Hon. William H. Buell of Clinton, Conn., descended from him.
The printed sources of information, so far as known, have been,
of course, freely drawn upon.
It must be understood, however, that we have not undertaken to
write a complete genealogy of the Griswolds ; this monograph has
reference, especially, to the male line, and to those of the name most
closely associated with Lyme.
The earliest English settlements on the Connecticut River were
nearly contemporaneous, of the same parentage, being all offshoots from
the Bay Plantation, and bound together by many ties of intercourse and