Introduction

George William Griggs, Jr. was the fifth of nine children of George William Griggs and Mary McCarty, of Oakville, Ontario, Canada and a descendant of John Griggs who was a landowner in Gravesend, Kings County, New York and who had a land transaction there as early as 1659. George, Jr.'s father, George William Griggs, and his father's brother Barnet Griggs emigrated from New Jersey to the Gore District in Ontario, Canada with a group of Loyalist friends in about 1811. I encourage anyone who reviews this file and who has an interest in this family to please email me at the address listed below with any corrections and/or additions.

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