Eighth Generation

203. Austin GRIGGS was born on 26 July 1805 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.^{48,50,51,54,84,128} (HIs birth date may have been 11 July 1802.) He appeared in the census in 1840 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.¹²⁹ 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.⁸³ Austin died on 7 November 1852 at the age of 47 in Tolland County, CT.^48,84 He was buried in Tolland, Tolland County, CT.⁴⁸ in the South Yard Cemetery.

Austin GRIGGS and Aurelia D. DIMMICK were married on 8 December 1825 in Mansfield, Tolland County, CT.^51,128,130 Aurelia D. DIMMICK, daughter of Shubael DIMMICK and Elizabeth WRIGHT, was born on 7 December 1803 in Connecticut.^48,83,128 (Her given name may have been spelled "Orrilla.") She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.⁸³ She died on 7 June 1882 at the age of 78 in Tamaroa, Perry County, IL.^48,128 Aurelia was buried in Tamaroa, Perry County, IL.⁴⁸ in the Tamaroa Cemetery.

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

+277	i.	Elizabeth Jane GRIGGS.
278	ii.	William W. GRIGGS (1st) was born on 6 May 1830 in Merrow, Tolland County, CT.48,128 He died on 27 October 1831 at the age of 1.48,128 He was buried in Tolland Township, Tolland County, CT.48 in the South Yard Cemetery.
279	iii.	Reuben M. GRIGGS was born on 18 July 1832 in Connecticut.48,83,128 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.83 He died on 30 December 1914 at the age of 82 in Knox County, MO.48 Reuben was buried in Edina, Knox County, MO.48 in the Bee Ridge Cemetery.
280	iv.	Catherine A. GRIGGS was born on 7 September 1834 in Connecticut.83,128 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.83
281	v.	Sophia A. GRIGGS was born on 10 May 1837 in Connecticut.83,128 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.83
282	vi.	William W. GRIGGS (2nd) was born on 6 January 1844 in Connecticut.83,128 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Mansfield Township, Tolland County, CT.83 He died on 23 June 1864 at the age of 20 in Piedmont, Montgomery County, VA.128 He died of gunshot wounds in the Battle of Piedmont.