Re: john griswol 4. b. 10 oct 1715
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john griswol 4. b. 10 oct 1715
2/24/99
John b. 6 Mar 1625 m. Mary Ward 13 Jan 1748 d. 27 Aug 1776.From Fred G. Field's sketch of the Griswold Family (as recorded by son Daniel):"John Griswold is said to have been a very pleasant and social man, and also, an easy, and a strict compliance with truth would compel us to say, a very indolent man.He was undoubtedly anticipating some time in the future a 'windfall' from his father, who is supposed to have been in good circumstances, but like many others, he was disappointed, for his father left his property to antoher son.John attempted by process of law to get the property from his brother, but did not succeed, and lost his own in the attempt.He was so unfortunate as to break both of his thighs at a raising, but instead of disabling him for life, it appears that his strong constitution carried him through remarkably well, for we find that afterwards when the Revolutionary War broke out he enlisted under General Israel Putnam.In August 1776, at a battle on Long Island he took cold, and died in a few weeks on York or New York Island.It is not certainly known whether he was taken prisoner or not."