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ancestress of the late Theodore ^ Raymond Esq. of Norwich, Conn. This
John Raymond's father had married, for his second wife, Sarah Lynde, a
sister of the first wife of Rev. George Griswold.
The male line of descent from him branched out widely, constituting
what has been called the Giant's Neck branch of Griswolds, from the place
of his residence upon a large tract of land which had descended from the
first Matthew. His son George was the father of the princely brother-
merchants of New York Nathaniel Lynde^ and George'^ Griswold (b.
1773 and 1777);^' also, of Thomas^ Griswold, the father of Mrs. Eltza-
beih'' Griswold, now of Lyme, widow of Charles Chandler Griswold of
the Blackball branch, to which our attention will be presently given—the
Blackball branch, as it may be properly called, that property of the first
Matthew Griswold having been mostly held by them ever since his day.
The brothers Nathaniel Lynde and George Griswold, at an early
age, went into the shipping business in New York, and became eminent
and successful merchants. They may well be classed among its merchant-
princes. During the latter part of their lives they were largely engaged in
the India trade. They were physically as well as intellectually strong men",
and Mr. George Griswold was of an elegant person and commanding
presence. They were far-seeing, public-spirited, patriotic and particularly
interested in every enterprise tending to the prosperity of New York.
The younger brother George was an intimate friend of Daniel Webster,
and his trusted adviser in matters of commercial importance. They both
left children who themselves became leaders in business and society, in
the city of New York and elsewhere.
One of the children of Mr. Nathaniel Lynde Griswold, the elder of
the eminent merchants of New York just named, was Johit Lynde'' Gris-
*' The Old Merchants of New York City. By Walter Barrett. . . . New
York, 1872, i. 31-
32 ; ii. 158-68. The initials of this firm of brothers, N. L. & G. G., suggested to some humorist the
reading " No Loss and Great Gain."
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