Matthew Grinnell (abt. 1590 - 1643)

Born about 1590 in England

Husband of Rose (French) Weeden — married 27 Aug 1615 in Lexden St Leonard, Essex, England

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1643 at about age 53 in Newport, Rhode Island

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Matthew Grinnell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 141) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

The connection to France and Jean Grenelle has been removed. For years, descendants of Matthew Grinnell have accepted a French origin. However, Jean Rumsey, F.A.S.G., in an article, “Descendants of Daniel Grinnell for Three Generations’ in The Genealogist 7-8 [1986-87:144-277] at p. 146, pointed out that at least one major authority on the families of the region in France from which Matthew is said to have come does not acknowledge the existence of a Matthew or Mathieu anywhere in the Grenelle pedigree. A chance encounter in Boyd’s Marriage Index for Essex, while she was seeking something else, revealed the marriage record of Matthew Grinnell and his wife Rose, and proved that although he did indeed have a French connection, it appears to have been in the surname of his wife rather than his origin.^[1]

"We know the names of his three sons only because, after his death, his widow Rose made a prenuptial agreement on 10 November 1643 with Anthony Paine in which she names her sons Matthew, Thomas, and Daniel (and a fourth child, not named, who may have been a daughter). On 29 October 1649, a widow again, she and her son Matthew surrendered eight acres in Portsmouth to Lot Strange. By 18 March 1650/1 she had married, as her third husband, James Weeden of Portsmouth. She was still alive 17 December 1673 when, as Rose Weeden, she sold her property in Portsmouth to her son Matthew Grennell for 30 pounds and a promise of maintenance for life. We do not know when she died." "His [Matthew Grinnells] wife, named Rose, survived him, being in 1643 the wife of Anthony Paine and later marrying James Weeden. There were three sons and a daughter." ^[2]

He and Rose came to the colonies after 1638 per the listing of inhabitants of Newport.^[2]

Marriage: image of the entry is available - The digital images of the Lexden Parish Register D/P 273/1/1 maybe viewed by subscription at: https://www.essexarchivesonline.co.uk/

Research Notes

Disputed Parents:

1. Thomas Grenel & Joane Gee no supporting evidence
2. Jean Grenelle de Pymont http://ellis-pagoria.com/getperson.php?personID=I19992&tree=ellis

Sources

1. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of ...By John Osborne. page 308

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Grinnell-112 created through the import of Towne-Weeden.ged on May 29, 2011 by J X. .
• This person was created through the import of Watkins.ged on 04 April 2011
• Thank you to Linda Carr for creating WikiTree profile Grinnell-194 through the import of 81f525_538965h29s15w3g532hf36.ged on Jul 28, 2013.