Family Group Sheet

Name Tobias Griscom47 Birth 1686/87 Death 1719/20 Father Andrew Griscom (-1694) Mother Sarah Dole (-1703)
Marriage 5 Jan 1711
Spouse Deborah Gabitas47 Birth 15 Feb 1689 Death Aug 1730 Other spouses Tobias Holloway
Children
1 M Andrew Griscom II47 Birth 25 Nov 1711 Death 3 Apr 1773
Spouse Susannah (Chambless) Hancock
Spouse Mary Bacon
2 M Tobias Griscom47 Birth 1713 Death 28 Mar 1751
Spouse Grace Rakeshaw
3 M William Griscom47 Birth 30 Jan 1715 Death 1789
Spouse Sarah Davis
4 M Samuel Griscom47 Birth 1717 Death 15 Sep 1793
Spouse Rebecca James
Notes for Samuel (Child 4)
Samuel helped build the bell tower at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall). He married Rebecca James who was a member of a prominent Quaker merchant family. It was not unusual for people in those days to have many children, so it is only somewhat surprising to learn that they had 17! 67

Last Modified 24 May 1998

Created 17 Aug 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh