Descendants of Francis Grissell/Griswold


Generation No. 1

1.  FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD died 02 Oct 1652 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  He married MARY.  

Notes for FRANCIS GRISSELL/GRISWOLD:
--came to New England and settled at Cambridge, Mass., --1636; it has been thought he had some connection with Edward, Matthew/Michael but - no proof 
--died Cambridge?
--the name Griswold was found often as Grissell;
	
Children of FRANCIS GRISSELL/GRISWOLD and MARY are:
2.	i.	ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, b. Abt. 1635, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts; d. 11 Feb 1692.
	ii.	MARY GRISWOLD, b. 28 Aug 1639; d. Died young.

Notes for MARY GRISWOLD:
--born 28 August or October 1639?


	iii.	HANNAH GRISWOLD, b. 03 Feb 1643; d. Apr 1643.
3.	iv.	HANNAH GRISWOLD, b. 04 Mar 1645; d. 09 Jan 1691, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.


Generation No. 2

2.  ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD (FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born Abt. 1635 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and died 11 Feb 1692.  She married JONAH PALMER 03 May 1665 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts1, son of WALTER PALMER and ANN.  He died 22 Jun 1709 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.

Notes for ELIZABETH GRISWOLD:
--although American Marriage Records say she married 1665, it must be 1655; Griswold is also written Grissell/Grissill;

Notes for JONAH PALMER:
--came to America 1629 with his parents and lived at Charlestown, Massachusetts until 1655 or 1657; removed to Rehoboth;  son of William Palmer?

	
Children of ELIZABETH GRISWOLD and JONAH PALMER are:
	i.	HANNAH3 PALMER, b. 08 Nov 1657.
	ii.	SAMUEL PALMER, b. 22 Nov 1659; m. (1) ELIZABETH KINSLEY; m. (2) ANN DURGY.
	iii.	JONAH PALMER, b. 29 Mar 1662; m. ELIZABETH KENDRICK; b. 1661.

Notes for ELIZABETH KENDRICK:
--married John Palmer?

4.	iv.	MARY PALMER, b. 23 Feb 1663.
5.	v.	MARTHA PALMER, b. 06 Jul 1666.
6.	vi.	GRACE PALMER, b. 01 Oct 1668.


3.  HANNAH2 GRISWOLD (FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 04 Mar 1645, and died 09 Jan 1691 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.  She married JOHN KENT 21 Mar 1662 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts2, son of UNKNOWN KENT.  He was born in England.

Notes for JOHN KENT:
John Kent, of Dedham and Charlestown, Massachusetts, born in England, came to America, 1645.
	
Children of HANNAH GRISWOLD and JOHN KENT are:
	i.	ELEVEN CHILDREN3 KENT.
	ii.	HANNAH KENT, b. 02 Jul 1667; m. JOSEPH CAHOON.
7.	iii.	JOHN KENT, b. 1668.
	iv.	MARY/MARIE KENT, b. 03 Feb 1670; d. Died young.
	v.	JOSHUA KENT, b. 15 Jun 1672; d. 20 Jun 1672.
	vi.	JOSHUA KENT, b. 04 Jul 1674; m. AGNES OKEMAN.
	vii.	JOSEPH KENT, b. 15 Oct 1675; m. REBECCA CHITTENDEN.
	viii.	SAMUEL KENT, b. 23 Mar 1678; d. 16 Mar 1702.

Notes for SAMUEL KENT:
--died of smallpox

	ix.	EBENEZER KENT, b. 18 Aug 1680; m. HANNAH GANNETT.
8.	x.	LYDIA KENT, b. 16 Jul 1683.
	xi.	MARY KENT, b. 12 May 1686; m. JOSEPH BARBER.
	xii.	SUSANNA KENT, b. 13 Aug 1689.


Generation No. 3

4.  MARY3 PALMER (ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 23 Feb 1663.  She married JOSEPH DAGGETT Abt. 1688, son of JOHN DAGGETT and ANNE SUTTON.  He was born Nov 1657 in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.
	
Children of MARY PALMER and JOSEPH DAGGETT are:
	i.	JOHN4 DAGGETT, m. ELIZABETH DORMAN.
	ii.	JOSEPH DAGGETT, m. MARGARET PULLEN.

Notes for MARGARET PULLEN:
--of Bristol, Rhode Island

	iii.	HEPSIBAH DAGGETT, m. NOAH CHAFFEE.
	iv.	MARTHA DAGGETT, m. NATHANIEL COOPER.
	v.	ISRAEL DAGGETT, m. HANNAH DORMAN.
9.	vi.	MARY DAGGETT, b. 1692; d. 1775.
	vii.	HANNAH DAGGETT, b. 1695; d. 1715.


5.  MARTHA3 PALMER (ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 06 Jul 1666.  She married JOSEPH TITUS 19 Jan 1687, son of JOHN TITUS and ABIGAIL CARPENTER.  He was born 17 Mar 1665.
	
Children of MARTHA PALMER and JOSEPH TITUS are:
	i.	FOUR SONS4 TITUS.
	ii.	FIVE DAUGHTERS TITUS.


6.  GRACE3 PALMER (ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 01 Oct 1668.  She married JAMES CARPENTER 15 Apr 1695, son of SAMUEL CARPENTER and SARAH READAWAY.  He was born 12 Apr 1668, and died 27 Apr 1738.

Marriage Notes for GRACE PALMER and JAMES CARPENTER:
--must have married later than 15 April 1695
	
Children of GRACE PALMER and JAMES CARPENTER are:
	i.	DOROTHY4 CARPENTER, b. 07 Oct 1695.
10.	ii.	STEPHEN CARPENTER, b. 07 Jun 1696, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 16 Feb 1778.
	iii.	RACHEL CARPENTER, b. 25 Oct 1698.
	iv.	GERSHOM CARPENTER, b. 01 Nov 1702.
	v.	EBENEZER CARPENTER, b. 21 Jul 1708.
	vi.	LUDIA CARPENTER, b. 30 Apr 1710.
	vii.	JOANNA CARPENTER, b. 07 Jul 1713.


7.  JOHN3 KENT (HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 1668.  He married SARAH SMITH 22 Dec 1692.  

Notes for JOHN KENT:
--of Marshfield, Massachusetts;
	
Children of JOHN KENT and SARAH SMITH are:
	i.	FOURTEEN CHILDREN4 KENT.
11.	ii.	JOHN KENT.
12.	iii.	ELISHA KENT, b. Abt. 1710.


8.  LYDIA3 KENT (HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 16 Jul 1683.  She married EBENEZER SIMONSON/SIMMONS 1714, son of AARON SIMONSON and MARY WOODWORTH.  He was born 1689.
	
Children of LYDIA KENT and EBENEZER SIMONSON/SIMMONS are:
	i.	ELIZABETH4 SIMONSON.
	ii.	SAMUEL SIMONSON.
	iii.	REUBEN SIMONSON.
	iv.	PELEG SIMONSON.
	v.	EBENEZER SIMONSON.
	vi.	ABIGAIL SIMONSON, b. 1715.
13.	vii.	JOSHUA SIMONSON, b. 1717.
	viii.	LYDIA SIMONSON, b. 1719.


Generation No. 4

9.  MARY4 DAGGETT (MARY3 PALMER, ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 1692, and died 1775.  She married TIMOTHY IDE 1716, son of TIMOTHY IDE and ELIZABETH COOPER.  He was born 1688, and died 1763.
	
Child of MARY DAGGETT and TIMOTHY IDE is:
	i.	TIMOTHY5 IDE, b. 1719; d. 1763; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) ESTHER BOSWORTH, 1743; b. 1719.

Notes for UNKNOWN:
--first wife of Timothy Ide


10.  STEPHEN4 CARPENTER (GRACE3 PALMER, ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 07 Jun 1696 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, and died 16 Feb 1778.  He married (1) MARTHA HUNT 08 Oct 1721.  She was born Abt. 1703, and died 13 May 1741.  He married (2) JANE THURSTON 02 Apr 1744.  She died 24 Aug 1765.

Notes for STEPHEN CARPENTER:
--one of his wives was perhaps a native Indian woman;
	
Children of STEPHEN CARPENTER and MARTHA HUNT are:
	i.	STEPHEN5 CARPENTER, b. 12 Aug 1722.
	ii.	RACHEL CARPENTER, b. 02 Feb 1723.
	iii.	GERSHOM CARPENTER, b. 13 Aug 1727.
	iv.	JOHN CARPENTER, b. 11 Sep 1729.
	v.	LYDIA CARPENTER, b. 11 Feb 1731.
	vi.	ELIZABETH CARPENTER, b. 30 Oct 1732.
14.	vii.	PETER CARPENTER, b. 18 Oct 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts; d. 1818, Putney, Vermont.
	viii.	MARY CARPENTER, b. 03 Apr 1737.
	ix.	JOHN CARPENTER, b. 12 Feb 1738.

	
Children of STEPHEN CARPENTER and JANE THURSTON are:
	x.	CHLOE5 CARPENTER, b. 30 Mar 1745.
	xi.	BENAJAH CARPENTER, b. 27 Apr 1748.
	xii.	JACOB CARPENTER, b. 25 Aug 1750.


11.  JOHN4 KENT (JOHN3, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD)  He married BATHSHEBA DAGGETT 17 Sep 1719 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, daughter of SAMUEL DOGGETT and BATHSHEBA HOLMES.  She was born 18 Jun 1695 in Marshfield, Massachusetts, and died 30 Jan 1776 in Milton, Massachusetts.

Notes for JOHN KENT:
--Captain;
	
Children of JOHN KENT and BATHSHEBA DAGGETT are:
	i.	BATHSHEBA5 KENT, b. 21 May 1721, Marshfield, Massachusetts; d. 1729, Boston, Massachusetts.
	ii.	JOHN KENT, b. 26 Jan 1730, Marshfield, Massachusetts; d. 31 Oct 1737, Boston, Massachusetts.


12.  ELISHA4 KENT (JOHN3, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born Abt. 1710.  He married SUSANNA FORD Jun 1741.  
	
Children of ELISHA KENT and SUSANNA FORD are:
	i.	TWELVE CHILDREN5 KENT.
15.	ii.	WARREN KENT, b. 20 Dec 1764.


13.  JOSHUA4 SIMONSON (LYDIA3 KENT, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 1717.  He married ELIZABETH DILLINGHAM.  
	
Children of JOSHUA SIMONSON and ELIZABETH DILLINGHAM are:
	i.	JOSHUA5 SIMMONS.
	ii.	ELIZABETH SIMMONS.
	iii.	LYDIA SIMMONS.
	iv.	EBENEZER SIMMONS.
	v.	MARY SIMMONS, m. JOHN H THACHER.
	vi.	SAMUEL SIMMONS.
16.	vii.	ELISHA SIMMONS.
	viii.	WILLIAM SIMMONS.


Generation No. 5

14.  PETER5 CARPENTER (STEPHEN4, GRACE3 PALMER, ELIZABETH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 18 Oct 1734 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, and died 1818 in Putney, Vermont.  He married (1) ELIZABETH MONROE 15 Oct 1758.  She died 31 Oct 1774.  He married (2) JEMIMA CARPENTER 03 Aug 1775, daughter of EBENEZER.  She died 1820.
	
Children of PETER CARPENTER and ELIZABETH MONROE are:
	i.	SAMUEL6 CARPENTER, b. 07 May 1760.
	ii.	RACHEL CARPENTER, b. 14 Mar 1762.
	iii.	ASA CARPENTER, b. 16 Oct 1763.
	iv.	ABEL CARPENTER, b. 20 Jun 1766, Rehoboth; d. 08 Aug 1862; m. (1) J MARTIN, Abt. 1788; m. (2) LUCY PEARCE, Abt. 1802.

	
Children of PETER CARPENTER and JEMIMA CARPENTER are:
	v.	REMEMBER6 CARPENTER, b. Apr 1776.

Notes for REMEMBER CARPENTER:
Gazateer of Washington County,Vermont:
Nathaniel Peck came to Montpelier from Royalston, Mass., and---married Jane Taggart, dtr of James Taggart.  Only Mary and Laura, children of this marriage, grew to maturity.  Mary died unmarried, in 1877, and Laura married Stephen Wright, of Berlin.
The second wife of Nathaniel Peck was the widow of REMEMBER CARPENTER, of Barre, nee Phebe Smith, formerly of Rehoboth, Mass.  Children who reached maturity- Addison, Russel and Sharlock.  Nathaniel Peck died April 10, 1827, aged sixty-two years.

	vi.	BENAJAH CARPENTER, b. 08 Sep 1778.
	vii.	STEPHEN CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1780.
	viii.	LYDIA CARPENTER, b. Abt. 1781, adopted.

Notes for LYDIA CARPENTER:
--adopted;


15.  WARREN5 KENT (ELISHA4, JOHN3, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born 20 Dec 1764.  He married BETHIAH TURNER.  
	
Child of WARREN KENT and BETHIAH TURNER is:
17.	i.	WARREN6 KENT, b. Abt. 1785.


16.  ELISHA5 SIMMONS (JOSHUA4 SIMONSON, LYDIA3 KENT, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD)  He married MARTHA HENSEY.  
	
Children of ELISHA SIMMONS and MARTHA HENSEY are:
	i.	WILLIAM6 SIMMONS, m. LUCIA HAMMATT.
18.	ii.	EBENEZER SIMMONS.
	iii.	MARTHA SIMMONS.
	iv.	ELISHA SIMMONS.
	v.	BENJAMIN H SIMMONS.

Notes for BENJAMIN H SIMMONS:
removed to New Orleans

	vi.	GEORGE W SIMMONS.
	vii.	ELIZABETH SIMMONS.
	viii.	JOANNA SIMMONS, m. THOMAS STEPHENSON.
	ix.	FRANKLIN SIMMONS.


Generation No. 6

17.  WARREN6 KENT (WARREN5, ELISHA4, JOHN3, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD) was born Abt. 1785.  He married (1) LOIS DORRILL, daughter of WILLIAM DORRILL and MARY CHASE.    He married (2) UNKNOWN.  
	
Child of WARREN KENT and LOIS DORRILL is:
	i.	OLIVIA7 KENT, b. 25 Dec 1810, Rome, Oneida, New York; d. 11 Aug 1880, Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania; m. MORRIS NORTON, 08 Sep 1833, Buffalo, New York; b. 09 Jun 1807, Richfield, Otsego, New York; d. 23 Oct 1878, Jamestown, New York.


18.  EBENEZER6 SIMMONS (ELISHA5, JOSHUA4 SIMONSON, LYDIA3 KENT, HANNAH2 GRISWOLD, FRANCIS1 GRISSELL/GRISWOLD)  He married (1) SOPHIA RICHMOND.    He married (2) MARY HITCHCOCK.  
	
Child of EBENEZER SIMMONS and SOPHIA RICHMOND is:
	i.	PEREZ7 SIMMONS, m. ADELINE JONES.

	
Child of EBENEZER SIMMONS and MARY HITCHCOCK is:
	ii.	EBENEZER7 SIMMONS.



Endnotes

1.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), Grissell, Elizabeth and Jonah Palmer 3 May 1665 Charlestown, Mass.
2.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), 21 March 1662 Dedham, Mass.