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Btotratt<br />

daughter Sarah ^^ became the wife <strong>of</strong> Dea. John Griswold, son <strong>of</strong> the first<br />

Governor <strong>of</strong> Connecticut <strong>of</strong> that name by his wife Ursula Wolcott (see<br />

©^fiStoOllr <strong>and</strong> 3|ftWn=212^0ltOtt)» For her it was reserved to h<strong>and</strong><br />

down the precious legacy <strong>of</strong> " blood that tells," in cultured manners, warm<br />

affections, noble aspirations <strong>and</strong> quick intelligence, betokening, in the<br />

case <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the generations which have succeeded, in no doubtful<br />

manner, the hereditary influence <strong>of</strong> Italian genius <strong>and</strong> temperament. It is<br />

a singular coincidence that her great gr<strong>and</strong>daughter Eleanora Lorillard<br />

Spencer, daughter <strong>of</strong> Mrs. Sarah (Griswold) Spencer, returned, several<br />

years ago, to Italy, the native country <strong>of</strong> the Diodatis, as the wife <strong>of</strong><br />

Prince Virginio Cenci, <strong>of</strong> Vicovaro, Chamberlain to King Humbert. An<br />

earlier paper on the Diodati family, by one <strong>of</strong> the writers, showed to the<br />

Prince his wife's ancient <strong>and</strong> high Italian ancestry.<br />

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