Matthew GRINNELL

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Rose FRENCH

(1) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

  1. Matthew GRINNELL
  2. Thomas GRINNELL
  3. Mary GRINNELL
  4. Daniel GRINNELL
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Notes

Updated September 12, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Grinnell History via Grinnell Family Association of America, April 17, 2011.

"For nearly nearly a century, GRINNELL descendants were led to believe that they descended from French nobility. The accepted opinion was that Matthew adopted the Protestant faith, forcing him, among thousands of other Huguenots to flee France to avoid religious persecution and for that reason, he fled to America, perhaps through England. This information was published and accepted as fact for a long, long time. Exhaustive examination of the records cited by the French genealogist in the early 1990s shows no evidence of a Matthew (Matthieu?) or any other son born to the GRENELLE family in that time frame (1580-1600). Furthermore, in the late 1980s, information in British records was uncovered that show positive evidence of Matthew's presence in England, beginning around 1615, when he married Rose FRENCH; the GFA is reasonably certain that the only French connection is that of the surname of Matthew GREENELL's wife Rose."

(2) Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families, Volume I," Little Compton Historical Society, 1967.

- Page 307 (THE GRINNELL FAMILY): "Mathew GRINNELL... settled in Rhode Island. He was admitted 20 May 1638 as an inhabitant of Newport. Five years later, 10 Nov. 1643, his widow Rose made ante-nuptial agreement with Anthony PAINE, then of Portsmouth, whose wife she became. She deeded to her three sons Mathew, Thomas and Daniel, two goats apiece and to her son Mathew a cow; also it was agreed that upon the death of either the property of the one deceased should go to the children of that person.
Children:
i. Mathew.
ii. Thomas.
iii. Mary, m. John MANCHESTER
iv. Daniel, b. abt. 1635."

(3) American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) via Ancestry.com

- Name: Matthew GRINNELL
- Birth Date: 1602
- Birthplace: Fra, Rhode Island, immigr.
- Volume: 68
- Page Number: 139
- Reference: Howland heirs. By Will. Morrell Emery. New Bedford, Ms, 1919. (484p.):243-4 Directory of the anc. heads of New England fams. Comp. By Frank R. Holmes. New York, 1923. (274p.):102 Gen. Column of the "Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 9 May 1923, 2071; 3 Oct 1923, 1001; 4 Feb 1925, 2516

(4) Millennium File via Ancestry.com

- Name: Matthew GRINNELL
- Gender: Male
- Birth Date: 1590
- Birth Place: Lexden, Essex, England
- Death Date: 1643
- Death Place: of Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
- Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1615
- Marriage Place: Lexden, Essex, England
- Spouse: Rose FRENCH
- Children: Daniel GRINNELL; Rose GRENELL; Mathew GREENELL; Thomas GRENELL

(5) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Matthew GRINNELL
- Gender: Male
- Birth Place: EN
- Birth Year: 1600
- Spouse Name: Rose
- Spouse Birth Place: EN
- Spouse Birth Year: 1587
- Marriage Year: 1633
- Marriage State: RI

(6) U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via Ancestry.com

"GRINNELL, Matthew + Rose FRENCH, m2 Anthony PAINE, m3 James WEEDEN; m Leyden, Essex 27 Aug 1615/Newport, RI [REG 147:71]"

(7) Erlenkotter Family Records: "Matthew Grinnell was an inhabitant of Newport, Rhode Island, by 1638."