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Griggs, of Brookline (Muddy River), then part of Boston. He was born Sept. 28, 1665. They
lived in Ko.\bury, Mass. He was a farmer. She joined the church in Roxbury, 1707, and
Mr. Griggs in 1716. He died April 21, 1718. They had nine children. Their youngest was
Ichabod, born March 18, 17 18. He settled in Norwich, Conn. After the birth of his oldest
son, Joshua, Jan. 8, 1743, he removed to Tolland, Conn., became a deacon in the church, and
died May 9, 1790. From Dea. Ichabod Griggs of Tolland, the youngest son of Ichabod and
Margaret (Bishop) Griggs, descended the Rev. Leverett Griggs, D. D., of Bristol, Conn.
Samuel Bishop, who married Sarah Forbes, settled in Norwich, Conn. His wife died
March 13, 1753. Capt. Samuel Bishop died Nov. 17, 1760, aged ninety-two yeais. Their chil-
dren were: Thomas, b. Nov. 14, 1706; Samuel, b. Feb. 13, 1709; m. Abigail Corning; d. Feb.
13, 1790; Sarah; Esther, b. Jan. i, 1712; m. Oct. 7, 1731, ijames Tyler, Jr.; m. \>- \ 6, 173S,
-Jonathan Rudd; Caleb, b. March l6. 1715; m. 'Kezia Hebard; m. '^
; d. Jan. 2^, • ;
' Joshua, b. June. 1717; m. Deborah Refolds; Sarah, b. March, 1719; m. Brown; m.
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Bushnell ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 5, 1721 ; Hannah, b. Aug. 2, 1722 ; m.
Matthew I'erkins; d.
Oct. 28, 1809; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 26, 1725; m. June 17, 1762, Tabitha Strong; d. Jan. 6, 1791 ;
Susanna, b. 1727 ; m. Tracy.
Hester Bishop, who married Aaron Burnham, lixed in Newent, and afterwards in Windham,
Conn. Mr. Burnham followed the seas. He died Aug. iS, 1727. They were both mem-
bers of the church.
Thomas Bishop probably died in infancy.
John Bishop's first wife died Nov. 17, 1724. Children of his second marriage were : Temperance,
m. Nov. 12, 1761, Capt. David Holmes, M. D. ; John, b. Oct. 15, 1735; Zeruiah, m.
Nov. 26, 1760, Bildad Curtis. Capt. David Holmes m. Feb. 17, 1754, "Mary Cabot, daughter
of Rev. Marston and Mary Dwight Cabot. Their children were : Abigail, Marston. and David.
Capt. Holmes, commanded troops, serving in Canada in 1756, and subsequently was Surgeon
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in the Continental army.
Temperance Bishop, daughter of John and ''Temperance (Lathrop) Bishop, became the
second wife of Capt. David Holmes, M. I)., of Woodstock, Conn., and was the mother of Rev.
Abiel Holmes, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass., who was the father of Prof. O. W. Holmes, M. D.,
and the grandfather of Hon. O. W. Holmes, Jr., lately, 1883, appointed Judge of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts. Dr. Holmes is a lineal descendant of John' Cogswell [ i ], since
the great-granddaughter of William- Cogswell [ 3 ], Temperance Bishop, married his grand-
father, Capt. David Holmes, M. D.
A'if. Abiel Holmes, D.D., son of Capt. David and Temperance (Bishop) Holmes, was
born Dec. 24, 1763; graduated from Vale College in 17S3, where he was tutor; became pastor
in Midway, Ga., Nov., 1785; was installed. Jan. 25, 1792. pa.sior of First Church, Cambridge,
Mass.; resigned the active duties of his office .Sept. 26, r83i, but remained pastor of the church
until his death, which occuiTed June 4, 1837. Rev. Mr. Holmes received the degree of D. I),
in 1805 from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He fulfilled a pastorate in Cambridge
of forty-five years, while his entire ministry covered a period of fifty-two years. He wrote
much for publication ; was the author of Ainials of America and other books, sermons, and
addresses. He married a daughter of Rev. Ezra Stiles, D. !)., President of Yale L ol!- ^c.
OLIVER WENDEII HOLMES. M.I).
Olizer Wendell Holmes was born .A.ug. 29, 1S09, in Cambriilge, Mass.; graduated from
Harvard College in 1S29; studied law, but soon turned his attention to medicine. He pursued
his medical studies in Europe; received the degree of M.D. in 1S36; was appointed Professor
of Anatomy and Physiology in Dartmouth College in 1S38, and was called to the same posi-
tion in Harvard College in 1847, which he resigned in the spring of 1S83. Besides atlcndini;
to the duties of his professorship, in which he has shown himself a man of science. Dr. HolnK>
has betrayed rare ability in the de])artmcnts of literature as a poet and writer of prose. His
published lyrics, poems, essays, and books have given him a world-wide rei)utation. and tanie-d
for him a place among the most graceful of .American vtriicrs. An eiigra\-ing of this nun of
science and letters :ippeais 011 the lollowiiig nagi;.