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thaniel Griswold, was born at Windsor,
July 27, 1742. He resided at Poquonock,
in that town. He was a soldier in the
Revolution in Captain David Barber's
company from Windsor, in the first regiment,
sergeant in the eighth company.
His wife Abigail died April 26, 1820, aged
seventy-three years, at Windsor. Children,
born in Windsor: Friend, mentioned
below; Agnes, baptized Septem-
ber 29, 1765 ; George ; and Tirzah, died
January II, 1771, aged three days.
Friend Griswold, son of Nathaniel
Griswold was born in Windsor, and baptized
June io, 1764. He died February
4, 1831, aged sixty-seven, according to
family records. By his wife Dolly he
had children : Altissa, Bridgman, men-
tioned below; Bradford, who died in
Windsor, September 3, 1855, aged fifty-
nine years.
Bridgman Griswold, son of Friend
Griswold, was born in 1791, and died at
Windsor, October 9, 1836, aged forty-five
years. He married (first) Hannah Holcomb,
who died August 4, 1829, aged
thirty-nine years. He married (sec-
ond) Maria Holcomb. Children by first
wife : Lyman
Emerett ; Truman
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; Friend ;
Charles, mentioned below ; Bishop, died
at Windsor, July 18, 1899, aged seventy-
five years. By second wife: Agnes, Celia,
Anjanet, Marshall, Watson.
Charles Griswold, son of Bridgman
Griswold, was born in 1821, at Windsor
(Poquonock) and died at Hartford, Oc-
tober 7, 1910, aged eighty-nine years.
During his youth he resided on his fath-
er's farm at Popuonock, a village of
Windsor. He learned the carpenter's
trade and became a builder and contrac-
tor. Later, however, he engaged in business
as a general merchant. He went
West just before the Civil War and re-
ceived a government grant at Brodhead,
Wisconsin, where he opened a general
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store and also followed farming, until
1865, when he returned to Hartford.
From that time until he was seventy years
old, he was in business as a contractor in
Hartford, where he died. In politics he
was a Democrat. In religion he was an
Episcopalian. He joined the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows while in Wisconsin.
He married Louisa Holcombe, who
Frank
died at Windsor in 1894. Children : Ella,
born in Brodhead ;
Charles, men-
tioned below.
Frank Charles Griswold, son of Charles
Griswold, was born in Hartford, Febru-
ary 25, 1855. He attended the public
schools in the towns where his parents
lived during his youth. When he was
fourteen years old, he went to work as
clerk in a retail provision store in Windsor
and was employed there for about
four years. In 1872 he secured a position
as clerk in the office of the Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company of Hart-
ford, and afterwards was an agent for
that company in Connecticut; later, due
to his success as an agent, he was promoted
to the position of special agent,
traveling and appointing representatives.
In 1897 he was elected an officer of the
company with the title of superintendent
of agencies, with headquarters at the
home office, and the rapid development of
the company is due in a large degree to
his supervision and in the appointment of
men of ability as representatives of the
company. He is well known and highly
respected in insurance circles, and his
work has been specially commended by
competent critics. Mr. Griswold is a
member of Washington Lodge, No. 70,
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of
Windsor ; of Wolcott Council, Royal and
Select Masters ; and Pythagoras Chapter,
Royal Arch Masons, of Hartford. He and
his wife are communicants of Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church.