Seventh Generation

43. Joseph GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) was born on 5 April 1624 in Boxted, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.^{13,16,41,44,45,58,59,88,91,125,126,127,128,129,130} (The FamilySearch Person Tools website lists his birth date as 5 April 1624, but the Cemetery records list the year as 1625.) He was baptized on 18 December 1625.¹³¹ He emigrated in 1639 from Boxted, Babergh District, Suffolk County, England.^78,81,132 to Roxbury, MA, less than 20 years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.

According to the "Genealogy of The Griggs Family," he emigrated in the Spring of 1639 with his parents and his brother, John. He became a "Freeman" in 1653. In 1680 Joseph was a representative in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^78,79,133 He was instrumental in the founding of New Roxbury (Woodstock), Connecticut. He was a Selectman of the Town, a Storekeeper and a Protestant Minister. He signed a will on 5 February 1715 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹³⁴ He died on 10 February 1715 at the age of 90 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{16,44,45,59,78,81,88,91,126,130,135} Joseph was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹³⁶ (His exact burial location is unknown, but his two wives are in the Kings Chapel (or Eliot) Burying Ground in Roxbury.)
He has Ancestral File Number L6Y3-MSW.

Joseph GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) and Hannah DAVIS (*) were married on 8 November 1654 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{16,44,59,78,81,88,91,119,120,132,136,137} Hannah DAVIS (*), daughter of Samuel DAVIS and Anna Chadwick NORCROSS, was born in 1635 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{30,88,128,129,138} She died on 9 January 1684 at the age of 49 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{30,39,81,88,128,129} She was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^129,139 in the Kings Chapel (or Eliot) Burying Ground.

Joseph GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) and Hannah DAVIS (*) had the following children:

Joseph GRIGGS Sr. (*) (!) and Mary CRAFT were married before June 1653 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^62,86 Mary CRAFT, daughter of Griffin CRAFT and Alice TAYLOR, was born on 10 October 1632 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{14,91,118,126,136} "Mary Craft, dau. of the immigrants Lieut. Griffin Craft & his 1st wife Alice, was b. at Roxbury, Mass. on Oct. 10, 1632. She was a member of the Roxbury Church and buried at Roxbury, childless, on June 30, 1653 (Church Rec.) She m. on an unknown date as his first wife, Joseph Griggs, who m. 2) at Roxbury on Nov. 8, 1654, Hannah Davis, by whom he had seven known children." She died on 30 June 1653 at the age of 20 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹²⁹ She was buried in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.¹²⁹ in the Eliot Burying Ground.