29th Generation

197. Elizabeth Jane GRIGGS was born on 29 September 1826 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^51,52,53 She died on 6 August 1886 at the age of 59 in Palmyra, Marion County, MO.⁵² Elizabeth Jane Griggs, eldest child of Austin Griggs and Orilla Dimock, b. of record Sept. 29, 1826 at Tolland, Conn. She d. Aug. 6, 1886 at Palmyra, Missouri.

On Sept. 10, 1845 of record at Mansfield, Conn., Elizabeth m. Henry DeWitt. He d. Jan. 21, 1885 at Palmyra, Missouri. An enlarged background of the family, including a summary of their children, is contained in Henry DeWitt's memorial.

Through their mother, all of the subsequent Dewitt children were multiple Mayflower descendants. Elizabeth Jane's father Austin Griggs was a descendant of Richard Warren and her mother Orilla Dimock a descendant of John Howland, both passengers of the 1620 Mayflower passage. In addition, Elizabeth was the writer's ancestral cousin, a shared descendant of George Partridge and Sarah Tracy of Duxbury, Mass., latter whose father Stephen Tracy arrived at Plymouth, Mass. in 1621 aboard the Fortune. She was buried in Palmyra, Marion County, MO.⁵² in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Elizabeth Jane GRIGGS and Henry DE WITT were married on 10 September 1845.^51,54 They had 6 or 7 children. Henry DE WITT¹⁶, son of John H. DE WITT and Cornelia WYNKOOP, was born on 5 December 1811 in Ulster County, NY.⁹¹ He died on 12 January 1885 at the age of 73.⁹²

Elizabeth Jane GRIGGS and Henry DE WITT had the following children: