Twelfth Generation

643. Ralph Rodolphus GRIGGS was born on 31 January 1798 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^{162,168,205,235} He appeared in the census in 1830 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁹⁰ His household consisted of 1 male, age 30-40; 1 female, age 5-10; 1 female, age 15-20; and 1 female, age 30-40. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁷⁵ Ralph died on 22 August 1874 at the age of 76 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.^158,162 He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^158,162 in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

The gravestone inscription for Ralph and his wife Marilda are on the west side of an obelisk. On the north side are the inscriptions for his parents, Captain Stephen Griggs and his wife Elizabeth.

Gravestone Inscription: "Ralph R. Griggs Aug 22, 1874 Aged 76. Marilda wife of R. R. Griggs Died July 26, 1862 Aged 71"

Ralph Rodolphus GRIGGS and Morildah "Marilda" MERRICK were married on 15 June 1821 in Willington Hill, Tolland County, CT.¹⁶⁸ Morildah "Marilda" MERRICK was born in 1801 in Willington Hill, Tolland County, CT.^158,162 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁷⁵ She died on 26 July 1862 at the age of 61 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^158,162 Marilda was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^158,162 in the South Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

She and her husband share a gravestone marker.

Ralph Rodolphus GRIGGS and Morildah "Marilda" MERRICK had the following children: