Display Patriot - P-171038 - Ebenezer GRISWOLD

Ebenezer GRISWOLD

SAR Patriot #: P-171038

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: VT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A048664

Birth: 29 Jul 1725 Norwich / New London / CT
Death: 30 Sep 1810 Bennington / Bennington / VT

Qualifying Service Description:

1781 in the Bennington company of Captain William Hutchins, commanded by Colonel Samuel Herrick.


Additional References:
  1. Goodrich, John E, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783, Vermont. Rutland: The Tuttle Co., 1904, pg 213
  2. Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War. Micropublication M881, roll 894. Washington: National Archives.

Spouse: Hannah Merrill
Children: Ebenezer; Eunice; Hannah; Samuel; Joshua; Alvin; Rufus;
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Burial:
Old Bennington (aka Old First Church, Old First Congregational Church) Cemetery (C-0371835)
Location:
Bennington / Bennington / VT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
641555
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
42.883930 / -73.212590
Find A Grave Memorial #:
22440138
Marker Type:
Other stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Bernard Delaney Ellis

Ebenezer Griswold was born on 29 July 1725 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut, the son of Samuel1 and Elizabeth (Abell) Griswold.

He married on 7 November 1748 to Hannah Merrill, who was born on 31 July 1725 in Norwich. Among their known children were: 

  • Ebenezer was born on 16 July 1749 and married Anna Wheeler.
  • Eunice was born on 20 April 1752 and married Thomas Abell [Patriot P-100248].
  • Hannah was born on 23 August 1754 and married Jesse Tenney [Patriot P-302970].
  • Samuel [Patriot P-171120] was born on 29 March 1759 and married Lucretia Abell.
  • Joshua was born on 19 April 1766 and married Clarissa Wright.
  • Alvin was born on 24 October 1768 and married Anna Wass.
  • Rufus Griswold was born on 8 March 1773 and married Deborah Wass.

According to his son Samuel’s pension deposition, Ebenezer moved his family to Vermont in 1776.

During the Revolutionary War, his name appeared on the roll in June 1781 in the Bennington company of Captain William Hutchins, commanded by Colonel Samuel Herrick.5 During that same month, his son Samuel served in Captain Samuel Robinson’s company of the same regiment. It is unclear how this service was attributed to the father, Ebenezer, rather than the son Ebenezer.

The Patriot died on 30 September 1810 in Bennington, Vermont, aged 85,6 and was buried in Old Bennington Cemetery.7


Sources

  1. Family Search: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  2. "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," Ebenezer Griswold, citing Birth, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272232.
  3. 3rd regiment, First Company
  4. "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch Ebenezer Griswold, 1775-1783; citing 1775-1783, Connecticut, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,306.
  5. "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch 90-Vermont (jacket 1-66) > image 718 of 892; citing NARA microfilm publication M246 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1980).
  6. Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch, Ebenezer Griswold, 1810.
  7. Find A Grave: Memorial 22440138 Old Bennington Cemetery

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