Thomas Gridley, IV b. 17 Jun 1683 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 22 Jan 1754 Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

1683 - 1754 (70 years)

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Name	Thomas Gridley
Suffix	IV
Birth	17 Jun 1683	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Christening	17 Jun 1683	Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Gender	Male
Death	22 Jan 1754	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684225192	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Family	Elizabeth Bronson, b. 04 Apr 1688, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 30 Mar 1778, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, America (Age 89 years)
Marriage	29 May 1710	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Family ID	F1612	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Notes

Beware of many issues with this profile.
Feb 2021:
Beware of a mix of various wives, parents, children attached here.

For example - it shows him marrying a 2nd time while his wife Hannah is still living.
Another example - linked to 2 sets of parents, with the preferred as Samuel Gridley. But then somebody marked him as Thomas the 5th.
Another example - Per records attached here - Thomas of Farmington had a son in Sep 1711, and Thomas of Farmington had a son in Dec 1711. Probably not possible unless there are 2 Thomas' in Farmington.

The driving factor here is that brothers Thomas (the 4th) and Samuel Gridley each had boys named Thomas. And both of those first cousins named Thomas were born and died within 4 years of each other. (birth 1680-1683, death 1754-1758). So it can be easy to attach records to the wrong Thomas.

Thomas, son of Samuel, married Hannah Wilcoxson in 1704, then married Sarah Root in 1734.

Thomas, son of Thomas IV, married Elizabeth Bronson in 1710.

Then the children are even more challenging (see above as an example).

FYI - HeritageQuest has the will probate for each of the Thomas', which can help assign the correct adult children to the correct Thomas.

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FGS from Sally shell 890 Highway 18 W, Gray, Georgia 31032 Feb 2001 Congregational Church - Blacksmith -Home on Hartford Road

REF:Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vi
REF:Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records for Marriage; MSS Genealogy of Gridley Family communicated by Duane Holmes. Hinman, CONNECTICUT PURITANS for death date of Elizabeth Brownson.

GEN: !BIRTH-DEATH: BOOK - BARBOUR COLLEC
GEN: !BIRTH-DEATH: BOOK - BARBOUR COLLECTION, CT VITAL RECORDS, Farmington,
GEN: 1645-1850. "LR4 - 382 = Thomas, s Thomas, Sr., b June [ ], 1683." & LR8 - 12 =
GEN: Thomas, s Thomas, d Jan. 22, 1754."
GEN: !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: BOOK - Col. Wm. Seward GRIDLEY Manuscripts. Five pge
GEN: GRIDLEY genealogy. "b June 1683 at Farmington; m Aug. 3, 1710 Elizabeth
GEN: BROUNSON, dau of Samuel & Sarah (GIBBS) BROUNSON.; d Jan. 22, 1754; Will. They
GEN: lived in Kensington Parish as shown by his will dated July 11, 1753. Proved
GEN: Jan. 30 1754." NOTE: spouse surname should be BROWNSON.
GEN: !BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: BOOK - Col. Wm Seward GRIDLEY Manuscripts. Letter to Mrs.
GEN: Mary White. "b Jume 1683; m August 3, 1710 Elizabeth ELLSWORTH; d 1754."
GEN: !BAPTISM: Book - NEW ENGLAND HIST. GENEALOGY DIRECTORY Vol. 12, pge 147.
GEN: "Thomas GRIDLEY, son of Thomas GRIDLEY, baptized June 17, 1683."
GEN: !BIRTH: FAMILY GROUP RECORD - Source - SAVAGES 2 p 313: "Thomas GRIDLEY"
GEN: !CHILD: Extracted from GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW
GEN: ENGLAND BY JAMES SAVAGE, LITTLR, BROWN & CO., Boston, 1860 / Reprint by
GEN: HIGGINSON BOOK CO., Salem, MA, 01970 Bol. II, page 312-313: "Thomas,
GEN: Farmington, perhaps s. of preced. [Thomas] had, beside four ch. that. d. young,
GEN: Thomas bapt. 17 Jun 1683 John, 5 Oct. 1684; Samuel, 21 Mar. 1686, Mary, 5 Feb.
GEN: 1688; Jonathan, 2 Nov.160; and Eliz., 29 Oct. 1693."
GEN: !MARRIAGE: BOOK - BARBOUR COLLECTION, CT VITAL RECORDS, Farmington, 1645-1850.
GEN: "LR2 - 145 = Thomas, m Thomas, b Elizabet BROWNSON, Aug. 3, 1710."
GEN: !BIRTH: LDS IGI; Mar. 1988 edition; CT; Page 6,779; Batch 7001922 00009:
GEN: "GRIDLEY, Thomas, son of Thomas GRIDLEY & Elizabeth CLARK, born Jun. 1853,
GEN: Farmington, Hartford, CT" S Sealing date of 1971. NOTE: Next entry, Batch
GEN: 7450333 00000, Gives "Farmington Twp." as birth place. S Sealing date of 1976.
GEN: !BAPTISM-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: GENEALOGY & PERSONAL HISTORY OF NOTHERN
GEN: PENNSYLVANIA by John W. JORDAN, LL.D. Vol. III, pge 951-3, Lewis Historical
GEN: Pub. Co., 1913, New York. "(III) Thomas (3), son of Thomas (2) & Elizabeth
GEN: (CLARK) GRIDLEY, bapt. June 17, 1683; d Farmington, 1754; m Aug. 9, 1710,
GEN: Elizabet BRONAON; Among their children were Jonathan, Thomas, of whom further."
GEN: !BAPTISM-MARRIAGE-DEATH: The PIONEERS of MA, by Charles Henry POPE, pub. by
GEN: Charles H. POPE, 221 Columbus, Ave., Boston, MA, 1900. "Thomas (3), son of
GEN: Thomas (2) &Elizabeth (CLARK) GRIDLEY, bapt. June 17, 1863; d Farmington, CT,
GEN: 1754; m Aug. 9, 1710, Elizabeth BRONSON."
GEN: !Christ: N.E.Hist.Genealogy Directory Vol.12 pge 147
GEN: !BAPT - WED - DIED: Julius GAY manuscripts,CT Historical Soc.;b Farmington
GEN: Records Vol. 5 pge 45 and Vol. 2 pge 145. "BROWNSON"
GEN: !BIRTH - WED - DIED: Col. Wm. Seward GRIDLEY manuscripts. Letter to Julius GAY
GEN: of Jan.22,1880. "7 children."
GEN: !MARRIAGE: LDS IGI; Mar. 1988 edition; CT; Page 6,780; Batch 7001922 00038:
GEN: "GRIDLEY, Thomas, married Elizabeth BRONSON, 3 Aug. 1710, Farmington, Hartford,
GEN: CT"
GEN: !DEATH-WILL: BOOK - Col. Wm Seward GRIDLEY Manuscripts. Letter to Julius GAY of
GEN: Jan. 27, 1880. "one of early settlers of 'Great Swamp' Kensington Parish now
GEN: Berlin, CT. He died Jan 22, 1754 and very likely it was his will dated March 8,
GEN: 1752, but I have not seen the will, if it names his children that ought to
GEN: settle the matter."
GEN: 7450333-0 (1/22/1754 given as birth date)
GEN: !Will: Hartford Co.,Thomas (1683) will of 7/11/1753 lists Grandchildren; Seth
GEN: Gridley, Ruth ORVIS, Eunice ORVIS, & Eleanor ORVIS as well as children
GEN: not prev. known; Judith, Thomas AFN:3QBZ-KK, & Abigail AFN:G424-RG,& 3QBZ-G2.
GEN: Known Mathew (infant) AFN:3QBZ-DP, Ebenezer AFN:3QBZ-FZ w Azuba ORVIS
GEN: AFN:CC3H-31 & 3QBZ-BC, Elizabeth AFN:3QBW-VT w 1st Charles ORVIS AFN:3QBW-TN,
GEN: w 2nd Samuel STEDMAN AFN:CC3G-42 and Mathew (Died young) AFN:3QBZ-H7.
GEN: !Anc.File - AFN:3QBX-1N
GEN: !Anc.File - Spouse Elizabeth BRONSON/BROWNSON AFN:3QBX-2T
GEN: !Book - Descend. of Rev. Thomas HOOKER by Edward HOOKER pge 99
GEN: !FENTON file - He was known as Thomas of Kensington.

!MARRIAGE: HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE
!MARRIAGE: HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF OLD FAIRFIELD; comp. by Donald Lines Jacobus; Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1976; p. 691.