Simeon Griswold Explained
Simeon Griswold (May 16, 1752 – December 7, 1843) was a Massachusetts Representative from Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and a member of the political Griswold Family.
Early life
Griswold was born in Bolton, Connecticut, on May 16, 1752. He was one of three children born to Seth Griswold (1723–1810) and Susanna (née Shurtleff) Griswold (1732–1757),[1] who married in 1751 in Bolton.[2]
His paternal grandparents were Daniel Griswold and Sarah (née White) Griswold.[3] His maternal grandparents were John Shurtleff and Sarah Carver Lucas (herself the daughter of Benoni Lucas and Repentance Harlow).[4]
Career
At the age of 22, he volunteered to serve in the Connecticut Line during the American Revolution,[5] after which he moved to Pittsfield and opened the Pittsfield Hotel as a meeting a lodging place for members of opposing political parties.[6]
Public office
Griswold was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature from the town of Pittsfield five times, serving from 1805 to 1807, 1809, 1814.[7] Griswold died in Nassau, New York.[8] [9]
Personal life
On May 7, 1778, Griswold was married to Ann Hutchinson (1755–1836).[10] Together, they were the parents of:
- Justin Griswold (1779–1841)
- Chester Griswold (1781–1860), a New York representative who married Abby Moulton, daughter of Howard and Mary (née White) Moulton of Troy, on June 23, 1813.[11]
He died on December 7, 1843, in Nassau, New York.
Descendants
Through his son Chester, he was the grandfather of U.S. Congressman John Augustus Griswold (1818–1872).[12]
Notes and References
- Book: Shurtleff . Nathaniel Bradstreet . Descendants of William Shurtleff of Plymouth and Marshfield, Massachusetts . 1912 . 38 . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Rosenberg . Chaim M. . Yankee Colonies across America: Cities upon the Hills . 2015 . Lexington Books . 9781498519847 . 20 . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Townsend . Edna Waugh . Townsend . Charles Delmar . The Griswold Family, England-America: Edward of Windsor, Connecticut, Matthew of Lyme, Connecticut, Michael of Wethersfield, Connecticut . 1935 . Griswold Family Association of America . 116 . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Shurtleff . William . The Shurtleff and Lawton Families: Genealogy and History . 2005 . Pine Hill Press . 15 . 9780942515107 . registration . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Allen, William. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary . Boston. John Jewett and Company .
- Book: Smith, Joseph. 1876 . History of Pittsfield, Volume II . Springfield . CW Bryan and Co .
- Book: Field, David Dudley . A History of Pittsfield, in Berkshire County, Massachusetts . 1844 . Hartford . Case, Tiffany, and Burnham . 77. June 13, 2018 .
- Book: Allen, William. 1844. An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary . Boston. John Jewett and Company .
- Book: The History of Pittsfield (Berkshire County), Massachusetts: From the year 1800 to the year 1876 . 1876 . Lee and Shepard . 184 . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Sergeant William Harlow Family Association . Harlow family: descendants of Sgt. William Harlow (1624/5-1691) of Plymouth, Massachusetts . 1997 . Gateway Press . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Hughes . Thomas Patrick . Munsell . Frank . American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence, A . 1889 . Munsell . 213 . 13 June 2018 . en.
- Book: Hough, Frank. 1875 . American Biographical Notes . Boston.
