Thirteenth Generation


4096. Robert George GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`) was born on 20 March 1515 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.556,775,1113,1194,1195,1196,1197 (He may have been born in Stansfield, England.) Brockley Green is located 8 miles southwest of Brokley in Hundun parish. He was christened on 20 March 1515 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.1113 He died before 5 August 1562 at the age of 47 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.193,487,556,910,1053,1112,1113,1197 Life Sketch: "He owned lands in Hartest, Somerton, Boxted, etc." Robert was buried on 5 August 1562 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.193,1052,1113,1122,1197 in the St. Andrew's Churchyard. (A legible marker has not been found.) He had his estate probated on 27 September 1562 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.265,1198 He has Ancestral File Number 9J68-HP. Robert has Ancestral File Number L8TM-T2D. Joane DAVEY (*) and Robert George GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`) were married on 25 November 1538 in Suffolk County, England.775,984,987,1044,1063,1112,1113 One source indicates that he may have earlier married Emma (Unknown) and their marriage date was 15 Nov 1538 in Somerton, Suffolk County, England. She reportedly died in Dec 1557 in Somerton.

4097. Joane DAVEY (*) was born about 1520 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.910,984,1044,1112,1195,1196,1199 She died on 6 December 1557 at the age of 37 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.910,1113,1200 (This is a picture of the St. Andrew's Churchyard, Brockley, where she and her husband are buried. There are no legible markers for them.) She was buried on 16 December 1557 in Brockley, St. Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk County, England.1113,1197 in the St. Andrew's Churchyard Cemetery.
Joane has Ancestral File Number 9J68-JV. She has Ancestral File Number LYB1-HV7.

Children were:

i.

Henry GRIGGS was born about 1539 in Somerton, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.556,775,910,987,1052,1121,1201,1202 (One source says he was Christened on 30 Aug 1539.) He died on 29 October 1574 at the age of 35 in Boxted, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.556,775,987,1112 He has Ancestral File Number 93Y5-JNZ.

ii.

Rose GRIGGS was born on 22 April 1541 in Somerton, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.775,787,984,987,1112,1203 (She may have been born 22 April 1541. The "Genealogy of The Griggs Family" does not list her as a daughter of Robert and Joane. It lists their only two children as Robert and Henry.) She was christened on 2 May 1541 in Somerton, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.787 She died on 29 October 1574 at the age of 33 in Boxted, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.1203

iii.

Robert GRIGGS Jr. was born on 2 January 1543 in Somerton, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.775,787,987 He was christened on 29 January 1544 in Somerton, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.787 He died on 26 January 1577 at the age of 34 in Boxted, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.910,987 Robert has Ancestral File Number M852-VL8.

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iv.

John Robert GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) (`).