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John GRIGSBY (b. 1660, d. 1750)

John GRIGSBY (son of ) , was born 1660 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , , and died 1750 in Stafford, VA, USA , . He married

“John Grigsby, born in England, was a follower of Oliver Cromwell (a controversial Brittish politician and military (1) . He married (3) on 1678 in St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

leader who supported a parliamentary government over royalty). When Oliver died in 1658, John Grigsby immigrated,

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retreated or fled to Virginia Colony (the royalists had again taken power in England and Cromwell and his followers were Date born 2: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

considered enemies to the crown). It is not known when John married, but his wife was JANE PROSSER. “

Date born 3: 1680, Stafford, VA, USA.

Flavius Foster in “Seedlings of William Foster,” in “The Grigsby-Foster Connections” (found after page 48 in Book I), pg.

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1 paragraph 1;

Marriage: 1678, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA.

6 DEC 1599 — 1650

m. 1607 — 1675

Children of John GRIGSBY and Jane Redmond are:

i.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 1804, Gibson, IN, USA.

John Grigsby

ii.

, b. 1704, King George, VA, USA, d. 1764, King Geo, VA, USA.

Birth 8 AUG 1624

iii.

, b. 1703, VA, USA, d. date unknown.

Death 11 OCT 1730

iv.

, d. date unknown.

Aged: 106.2 years

v.

, d. 1747.

vi.

, d. Oct 1740, Stafford, VA, USA.

Flavius Foster wrote in “Seedlings of William Foster,” in “The Grigsby-Foster Connections” (found after page 48 in Book I), vii.

, d. 1752.

pg. 1 paragraph 1;

viii.

, b. 1686, Stafford, VA, USA , , d. 11 Apr 1752, Stafford, VA, USA ,

m. Sarah Jane Prosser

Children of John GRIGSBY are:

Birth 1660 Essex, VA

i.

, b. 1720, Stafford, VA, USA, d. 07 Apr 1794, Rockbridge, VA, USA.

Death 1709

ii.

, b. 1688, St Pauls, Stafford, VA, USA , d. 30 May 1782, King George, VA, USA , , .

Aged: 49 years

Charles Grigsby

Many American families, particularly Virginians trace their descent from John Grigsby, whose ancestors were

Wilkerson, Sarah [I0740]

unquestionably of Welch origin, and who settled in this Country at a very early day, and were a potent factor in the social and intellectual development of the Communities in which they lived. As a people, they have been noted for their refined Charles Grigsby

tastes, gracious manners, broadmindedness and liberality, and entire absence of anything like narrow clannishness, in Birth 1720-04-17 at

religion or political matters, and for unswerving devotion to the interests of higher education. The members of this family Death 1794-04-07 at

with which the present records deal, were two brothers, James and John, who emigrated to America about 1660, and