Eleventh Generation

355. Benjamin GRIGGS was born on 5 April 1767 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{39,168,188,193,218} (This is a map of Pomfret Township, CT.) He appeared in the census in 1790 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^185,202 (The 1800 Census for Pomfret, Windham County, CT, contained the household of a Benjamin Griggs, with the following residents: 1 male, age 16-25; 1 male, age 26-44; 2 females, age under 10; 1 female, age 16-25; 1 female, age 26-44; and 1 female age 45 and over. That could have been his household.) He appeared in the census in 1810 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.²²¹ His household consisted of 2 males, age under 10 (Solomon and Noah); 1 male, age 26-44 (Benjamin); 1 female, age 16-25 (Polly); and 1 female, age 45 and over (his second wife, Lurene). Benjamin died on 15 October 1831 at the age of 64 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^{159,217,218,246} He was buried in Woodstock Township, Windham County, CT.¹⁸¹ in the Quasset Cemetery.

Benjamin GRIGGS and Laurenah CLEVELAND were married after 1805 in Canterbury, Windham County, CT.^{39,181,218,246} (They reportedly had four children.) Laurenah CLEVELAND¹⁸¹, daughter of Silas CLEVELAND and Elizabeth HYDE, was born on 15 May 1761 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{39,181,218,246} She appeared in the census in 1810 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.²²¹ She died on 16 May 1831 at the age of 70 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^218,246 (According to the FamilySearch Person website, she also used the name "Elizabeth Hyde," which was her mother's maiden name.)

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Benjamin GRIGGS and Selah HOWE were married on 21 November 1792 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^{39,159,168,181,188,218} Selah HOWE, daughter of John HOWE and Mary WHEELER, was born on 27 April 1762 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.^{39,181,193,218,246} (Her given name may have been "Sarah") She died on 28 January 1805 at the age of 42 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.^{39,181,189,218,246}

Benjamin GRIGGS and Selah HOWE had the following children: