Grinnell, Daniel^[1]

1636 - 1703  (67 years)

• Name	Grinnell, Daniel
  Born	1636
  Gender	Male
  OCCU	Maltster- a maker of malt, hence beer or ale
  Died	1703	Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Buried	1703
  Person ID	I2004	Taylor
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2004

  
  

  Father	Greenell, Matthew,   b. Abt 1590,   d. 1642  (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	French, Rose,   b. Abt 1612,   d. 1672, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	Abt 1629	Warwick, Warwick, England
  Notes	Information from Janice Schoen Nov. 1999 Information on the Grinnell's is from the book of "The Descendants of Matthew & Rose (French) Greenell. Info on Anson is on pg. 202 generation NO. 9 Taken from a letter from James O. Coplien, 23, Nov. 1981; He was acarpenter by trade. He and family lived on a farm in the town of Adams, Green Co. He moved to the city of Monroe, Wi in 1897. Late in life, Anson had lost both legs from a bout with gangrene. He was nearly 80. He lived several years morel and refused to let the loss stop him, as the article quoted below from the MOnroe Evening Times, June 1,1936 shows: "Not every man at the age of 84 and with both legs gone would have the spirit and the strength to continue wood chopping activities, carpentry and gardening. But Anson W. Grinnell, 2002 Twelfth Avenue does. He has arranged a hig chopping block and has just the right knack of getting his wheelchair into proper position for good work with the axe. In the garden he propels himself along the rows, weilding the hoe in a way to keep the rows carefully cultivatived. And he continues his interest in his carpentry trade by placing his chair in a convenient position to his work bench. Mr. Grinnell likes to sit beside the card table, too, his favorite game being euchre..."
  Family ID	F908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wodell, Mary,   b. 1640, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 1673  (Age 33 years)
  Married	14 May 1667	Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
  Children	+ 1. Greenell, Daniel,   b. 1657, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island ,   d. 07 Jan 1740/1741, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut  (Age 84 years)  [Birth]   2. Grinnell, Richard,   b. 1669, Portsmouth, New Port, Rhode Island ,   d. 01 Jul 1725, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island  (Age 56 years)  [Birth]   3. Grinnell, Jonathan,   b. 18 May 1670, Portsmouth, New Port, Rhode Island  [Birth]
  Family ID	F906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] A Grinnell Family, geneals@earthlink.net (Reliability: 3). Daniel as a young man lived with his mother and step-father, who was a maltster. He learned the trade, and became a maltster as an adult. A maltster was a maker of malt, hence beer or ale. In 1656, Daniel bought thirty acres of land in Portsmouth, and at a town meeting that year was received formally into the community. He continued to live in Portsmouth for more than twenty years. He took an active interest in public affairs, serving on the petit and grand juries, and for several years was constable. The constable was an important man in those days, collecting taxes or "rates", acting in the capacity of trial justice and as conservator of the peace. About 1679, Daniel left the island. He moved to the mainland settlement of Little Compton, to which had also come a number of settlers from the northeast, some of them descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Intermarriages soon took place between the newcomer families and the Rhode Island families. Daniel and Mary both died in 1702-'03. Their known children were: Daniel Grinnell 1664-1740 m. Lydia Pabodie Richard Grinnell 1669-1725 m. Patience Emery Jonathan Grinnell 1670-? m. Rebecca Irish Of these, Daniel married Lydia, the granddaughter of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, legendary characters of the Pilgrim saga.