Twelfth Generation

645. Austin GRIGGS was born on 26 July 1805 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.^{92,162,168,235,238,408} (HIs birth date may have been 11 July 1802.) He appeared in the census in 1840 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.⁴⁰⁹ His household consisted of 1 male, age 5-10; 1 male, age 30-40 (Austin); 1 female, age 0-5; 1 female, age 5-10; 1 female, age 10-15 (his daughter, Elizabeth); and 1 female, age 30-40 (his wife, Orilla). He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁷⁵ Austin died on 7 November 1852 at the age of 47 in Tolland County, CT.^92,162 He was buried in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.¹⁶² in the South Yard Cemetery.

Austin GRIGGS and Aurelia D. DIMMICK were married on 8 December 1825 in Mansfield, Tolland County, CT.^168,207,408 Aurelia D. DIMMICK, daughter of Shubael DIMMICK and Elizabeth WRIGHT, was born on 7 December 1803 in Connecticut.^162,275,408 (Her given name may have been spelled "Orrilla.") She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.²⁷⁵ She died on 7 June 1882 at the age of 78 in Tamaroa, Perry County, IL.^162,408 Aurelia was buried in Tamaroa, Perry County, IL.¹⁶² in the Tamaroa Cemetery.

Austin GRIGGS and Aurelia D. DIMMICK had the following children:

+819	i.	Elizabeth Jane GRIGGS.
820	ii.	William W. GRIGGS (1st) was born on 6 May 1830 in Merrow, Tolland County, CT.162,408 He died on 27 October 1831 at the age of 1.162,408 He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.162 in the South Yard Cemetery.
821	iii.	Reuben M. GRIGGS was born on 18 July 1832 in Connecticut.162,275,408 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.275 He died on 30 December 1914 at the age of 82 in Knox County, MO.162 Reuben was buried in Edina, Knox County, MO.162 in the Bee Ridge Cemetery.
822	iv.	Catherine A. GRIGGS was born on 7 September 1834 in Connecticut.275,408 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.275
823	v.	Sophia A. GRIGGS was born on 10 May 1837 in Connecticut.275,408 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.275
824	vi.	William W. GRIGGS (2nd) was born on 6 January 1844 in Connecticut.275,408 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.275 He died on 23 June 1864 at the age of 20 in Piedmont, Montgomery County, VA.408 He died of gunshot wounds in the Battle of Piedmont.