RELATIONSHIP: Copy of EXCERPT FROM GENEALOGIES AND HISTORIES OF EARLY DAY
GRIDLEY'S attached to E. Percy GRIDLEY letter in posession of Hubert GRIDLEY:
"All in the United States and England bearing the name of GRIDLEY are
descendants of Albertus GRESLET who entered England from Normandy with the army
of William the Conqueror and was present at the Battle of Hastings which took
place in 1066. Ralph de GRESLI, a son of albertus, took up arms against King
Henry, 111, 1207-1272. Robert de GRIEDLY was one of the barons who took up
arms against King John and witnessed the confirmation of the Magna Carta in
Westminister in 1225. Thomas de GRIEDLY, son of Robert, did military service
in Gascony in 1243 and against Scotts in 1244 and with the Army of Wales in
1260. Thomas de GREDLEY, grandson of Thomas, performed military service
against the Scotts in 1299 and 1300 and against Robert BRUCE and the Scotts in
1308-10. He was granted a charter, dated May 14, 1301, to Manchester,
constituting it as a free Burrough, which is to be found in the archives of the
Manchester Corporation. Richard and Thomas GRIDLEY, lineal descendants of
Thomas de GREDLEY, emmigrated from Essex, England, in 1630-1 and settled in
Boston, Mass. Thomas GRIDLEY, the American ancestor of Capt. Charles V.
GRIDLEY killed in the battle before Manila, was a member of the flock of Thomas
HOOKER, who came from England and settled in Hartford, CT, in 1632. He was a
member of john MASON's Company in the fight against the PEQUOTS in the war of
1636-7. Richard GRIDLEY, about 1650, became Captain of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company. Richard, the son of Richard, was born in Boston.
He was Captain of Artillery at the seige of Louisburg, Cape Briton Island,
1745. Later, when trouble with the mother country seemed inevitable, on being
asked on which side he would fight, replied, "I shall fight for my country and
justice". However when war broke out he cast his lot with the Colonists and
was appointed to command of the artillery. The only artillery in the province
at that time. Now a Colonel he laid out the fortifications at Breeds Hill,
June 16, 1776 and was at the battle there the following day. On the 20th of
September he received from the Provincial Congress the rank of Major General.
The battle roll of the war contains the names of many GRIDLEYS of whom little
or nothing is known or ever will be known."CHILD: Extracted from GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW
ENGLAND BY JAMES SAVAGE, LITTLR, BROWN & CO., Boston, 1860 / Reprint by
HIGGINSON BOOK CO., Salem, MA, 01970 Bol. II, page 312-313: Joseph, Boston,
perhaps s. of Richard, had w. Eliz., s. Richard, ds. Eliz. and Mary, w of ....
Perrin; but he had sec. w. 9 Jun. 1654, Lydia, widow of Richard FLOYD or FLOOD;
and by her had Mary, b. 22 Mar. 1655, and d. early in 1687. His will of 19 Mar.
was pro. 14 Apr. of that year."MARRIAGE: TORREY'S NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700, Film M2313. "Richard
GRIDLEY (m Feb. 27, 1694/5) & Hannah MORSE (Widow DAWES); Residence BOSTON;
Hannah 1st m Jonathan DAWES; References - Fellows DAVIS Anc. 79 - 808; Am. Anc.
24 - 155."QUESTION: Should spouse be "Anna"?
MARRIAGE: American Marriage Records Before 1699 by Wm. Montgomery CLEMENS,
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984. :GRIDLEY, Richard and Hannah DAWES, 27 February
1694, Boston, MA." NOTE: See TORREY'S ref. above.RELATIONSHIP: Copy of a letter of E. Percy GRIDLEY (undated) with outline of
"CHAIN OF DESCENT OF JOHN SEELY GRIDLEY, II SON OF JOHN SEELY GRIDLEY AND
DOROTHEA STEWART." In posession of Hubert GRIDLEY. "I. Capt. Richard GRIDLEY
(landed in Boston in 1630-32), father of II. Joseph GRIDLEY (born in Boston),
father of III. Capt. Richard GRIDLEY (born in Boston), father of IV. (Deacon)
Samuel GRIDLEY (born in Boston, Jan. 5, 1695), father of V. Samuel GRIDLEY
(born in Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 5,1750 - a twin born with Lois), father of VI.
John GRIDLEY (born in Sprngfield, Mass., Sept. 26, 1781), father of VII. George
GRIDLEY (bor Onangoga Ho;;ow, July 16, 1821), father of VIII. John Seely
GRIDLEY (born near Half Day, IL, Sept. 28, 1862), father of IX. John Seely
GRIDLEY, II, (born at St Petersburg, Fla., July 18, 1932 father of X. John
Seely GRIDLEY, III, (born at Ft Benning, Ga, Jan. 10, 1966.)RELATIONSHIP: Copy of EXCERPT from GENEALOGIES AND HISTORIES OF EARLY DAY
GRIDLEY'S attached to E. Percy GRIDLEY letter in posession of Hubert GRIDLEY:
"All in the United States and England bearing the name of GRIDLEY are
descendants of Albertus GRESLET who entered England from Normandy with the army
of William the Conqueror and was present at the Battle of Hastings which took
place in 1066. Ralph de GRESLI, a son of Albertus, took up arms against King
Henry, III, 1207 - 1272." Check dates "Robert de GRIEDLY was one of the barons
who took up arms against King John and witnessed the confirmation of the Magna
Carta in Westminister in 1225. Thomas de GRIEDLY, son of Robert, did military
service in Gascony in 1243 and against Scotts in 1244 and with the Army of
Wales in 1260. Thomas de GREDLEY, grandson of Thomas, performed military
service against the Scotts in 1299 and 1300 and against Robert BRUCE and the
Scotts 1308 - 10. He was granted a charter, dated May 14, 1301, to Manchester,
constituting it as a free Burrough, which is to be found in the archives of the
Manchester Coporation. Richard and Thomas GRIDLEY, lineal descndants of Thomas
de GREDLEY, emmigrated from Essex, England, in 1630-1 and settled in Boston,
Mass.. Thomas GRIDLEY, the American ancestor of Capt." Charles "V. GRIDLEY
killed in the battle before Manila, was a member of the flock of Thomas HOOKER
who came from England and settled in Hatford, Connecticut, in 1632. He was a
member of John MASON'S Company in the fight against the PEQUOTS in the war of
1636-7. Richard GRIDLEY, about 1650, became Captain of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company. Richard, the son of Richard, was born in Boston.
He was Captain of Artillery at the seige of Louisburg, Cape Briton Island,
1745. Later, when trouble with the mother country seemed inevitable, on being
asked on which side he would fight, replied, I shall fight for my country and
justice. However when war broke out he cast his lot with the Colonists and was
appointed to command of the artillery. The only artillery in the province at
that ime. Now a Colonel he laid out the fortifications at Breeds Hill June 16,
1776 and was at the battle there the following day. On the 20th of September he
received from the Provincial Congress the rank of Major General. The battle
roll of the war contains the names of many GRIDLEY"S of whom little or nothing
is known or ever will be known."
MARRIAGE: TORREY'S NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700, Film M2313. "Richard
GRIDLEY (m Feb. 27, 1694/5) & Hannah MORSE (Widow DAWES); Residence BOSTON;
Hannah 1st m Jonathan DAWES; References - Fellows DAVIS Anc. 79 - 808; Am. Anc.
24 - 155."MARRIAGE: American Marriage Records Before 1699 by Wm. Montgomery CLEMENS,
Genealogical Pub. Co., 1984. "GRIDLEY, Richard and Hannah DAWES, 27 February
1694, Boston MA."
SOURCE: From Seeley Gen. Society.
!BIRTH: LDS IGI
5th Seeley generation in America.