Eleventh Generation


383. Parley GRIGGS was born on 16 September 1790 in Ashford Township, Windham County, CT.162,168,223 (His gravestone lists 1788 as his birth year, but Ashford vital records and other sources list it as 1790.)

(According to the LDS Church IGI Index, he was a relative of Joseph Smith, the Prophet.) He died in 1872 at the age of 82.162 He was buried in Eastford, Windham County, CT.162 in the Grove Cemetery.

Parley GRIGGS and Molly "Waity" PHILLIPS were married on 10 April 1815 in Ashford, Windham County, CT.167,168,188,196,276 (She was listed as "Waity" on her gravestone.) (According to the research of James Welch, they also had another daughter--Mary S., 1822-1878.) Molly "Waity" PHILLIPS was born on 27 December 1787 in Ashford Township, Windham County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.162 She died on 6 September 1869 at the age of 81 in Pomfret Township, Windham County, CT.162 She was buried in Eastford, Windham County, CT.162 in the Grove Cemetery.

Parley GRIGGS and Molly "Waity" PHILLIPS had the following children:

541

i.

John Phillip GRIGGS was born in 1816.188

542

ii.

Olive Maria GRIGGS was born on 18 April 1818.188,196

543

iii.

Florine Loisa GRIGGS was born in 1820.188