Ninth Generation

154. Deacon Ichabod GRIGGS II (!) was born on 8 March 1718 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^{104,119,138,168,180,204} (He may have been born in Brookline, MA, and his birth year may have been 1717.) He moved from Norwich to Tolland, Tolland County, CT in 1744. After 1744 he was a Selectman, Member of the Legislature and Moderator of the Town Meeting in 1775 during the Revolution in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{79,162,165,180} Deacon Ichabod Griggs is the husband of Sarah Hatch Griggs, and the son of Ichabod 1675-1726) and Margaret Bishop Griggs.

He moved to Tolland, CT in 1744. The first town meeting touching the difficulties between the colonies and England was held on the 5th day of September 1774. Ichabod Griggs was chosen moderator. He was a member of the Connecticut Assembly during the Revolutionary War.

He was deacon of the Tolland (CT) Church, deputy to the general assembly of the province three times, and selectman of the town five years. 

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He died on 9 May 1790 at the age of 72 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^165,204,205

Ichabod was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^158,206 in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Dea Ichabod Griggs who departed this life May 9th 1790 in the 72nd year of his Life"

Deacon Ichabod GRIGGS II (!) and Sarah HATCH were married about 1742 in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^86,180 This may have been the father (or uncle) of Stephen Griggs, who married Sarah Chandler. Stephen was born about 1736; so Ichabod would have been about 18 at Stephen's birth. Sarah HATCH was born in 1719 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.^138,158 She died on 18 October 1783 at the age of 64 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^14,138,205 She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^158,206 in the South Yard Cemetery on Cider Mill Road.

Gravestone Inscription: "In Memory of Mrs. Sarah wife of Deacon Ichabod Griggs who died Oct 18 1782 in the 70th year of her life"

Deacon Ichabod GRIGGS II (!) and Sarah HATCH had the following children:

Deacon Ichabod GRIGGS II (!) and Mary CRAFT were married on 13 June 1783 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^197,205,207 (Connecticut Marriages to 1800 lists their marriage date as 3 June 1783.) Mary CRAFT¹⁶² was born in 1725 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.¹⁶² She died on 19 September 1807 at the age of 82 in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^162,205,208 She was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.^162,208 in the Skungamaug (East) Cemetery.