Category: Griswold
Thankful Griswold married Thomas Starr, connecting the Griswold branch to my family tree
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US Presidents in my Family Tree
By connecting your family tree to the giant family tree on Family Search . com you can see how you’re related to all sorts of famous people from history. Some of the connections are iffy, but I found several that seem likely, including more than 2 dozen US presidents: Twenty one are via the Starr…… Read more
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The “Madman” of Cubbington, Gilmore Girls and the Battle of Long Island
My 11th great grandfather earned this moniker of “Madman” in Cubbington, England in the 1630s. Cubbington is a small village south of Birmingham on Welsh Road, an old sheep drovers’ route connecting London and Wales. Edward was the son of Thomas Greswold and Elizabeth Shuckburgh. He was christened 5 Aug 1594 in Tanworth-In-Arden, Warwickshire, England.…… Read more
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Captain David Starr
Recently at the retirement activity center there was a display for Daughter’s of the American Revolution which got me thinking about my 6x great grandfather in the Starr line, Captain David Starr. David Starr was the only son of Thankful Griswold Starr and Thomas Starr, born 21 Mar 1738 in Salisbury, Connecticut. This is the…… Read more