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Griggs and Coolidge (Tomb w)

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Tomb w, Griggs and Coolidge
GRIGGS
 
1716THOMAS1782
HIS WIFE
1723MARGARET WILLIAMS1800
1747MOSES1818
1753SAMUEL1814
1763JOSHUA1832
HIS WIFE
1763MARTHA WILSON1808
HIS WIFE
1777LYDIA LEVERETT1842
1781JOSEPH1827
1813GEORGE1898
Soldier of the RevolutionSamuel Griggs.

Moses, Samuel, and Joshua were sons of Thomas and Margaret W. Griggs. Joseph and George Griggs were sons of Joshua and Lydia Leverett Griggs. George Griggs was one of the most picturesque characters that Brookline ever produced. H. N. B. p. 24.

David Coolidge, b. March 23, 1789. d. Nov. 30, 1876. His wife:
Susanna Griggs Coolidge, dau. of Joshua and Martha Wilson Griggs. b. Sept. 2, 1793. d. May 29, 1886.
Mrs. Sarah Coolidge, d. Feb. 21, 1884, aged 45 yrs. 11 mos. 27 dys. J. D. G.
James Winchel Coolidge, b. July 23, 1826, d. Dec. 30, 1901. (unmar.)

By oversight these names are not on the stone. This tomb will probably never be opened again. Ellen G. Coolidge, Brookline.

Text from Harriet Alma Cummings. Burials and Inscriptions in the Walnut Street Cemetery. Brookline: The Riverdale Press, 1920.

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