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William GRIGGS
1812 - 1851 (38 years)
Has 5 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William GRIGGS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 4 Oct 1812 St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England 
- About 1812 or early 1813 from 1851 census (where shown as aged 38)
Actual date from baptism register
Baptised 1 Nov 1812 St. Laurence’s Church, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 16 July 2019)
Gender Male Occupation 1837 Labourer - At the time his son James was baptised
Occupation Between 1839 and 1851 Store-house man - So described in the marriage PR entry for his son James as well as baptisms for some of his children, the first being for Sarah in 1839.
Also described as a 'Store H. man' in the 1841 census and a 'warehouseman' in the 1851 census.
Died Jun Q 1851 Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England - An entry in the death duties register suggests it was the death of this William, as it not only shows him as 'of Margate' but names the executor as Martha Griggs; I don't think another William of Margate would have named a Martha Griggs as his executor at this time.
GRO ref: Griggs, William q2 1851 I of Thanet RD 5 341; GRO online index shows age at death as 38
Will Abt 11 Jun 1851 Written - (transcript of will and probate statement both from the register copy, ref. PRC/17/112/239a; the original also survives, ref: PRC/16/567 G/2)
"Margate June 5.51 I William Griggs Warehouseman and now residing in Love Lane being of sound memory and understanding do by this make my last Will and Testament and by this my sd. Will do hereby give to my dear Wife all I may die posses'd of every possible description for her own use benefit and absolute disposal and subject to no contract whatever And I do by this my Will also make and appoint my sd. dear Wife sole Executrix and revoking all Wills by me made do this fifth day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty one put my hand and seal _ _ William Griggs (SS) - Signed sealed published and declared by the sd. Testator in his presence at his request and of us being all present at the same time -
Henry Holloway - John Philpott witnesses."
Buried 11 Jun 1851 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jul 2019)
Probate 7 Jul 1851 Archdeaconry Court, Canterbury, Kent, England - The index to the death duties register shows the will was proved in the PCC. However, it was actually proved in the Archdeaconry Court:
"The before registered Will of William Griggs deceased was proved the seventh day of July 1851 before the Reverend John Rickey[?] Francis Clerk Surrogate of the Worshipful Travers Twiss Doctor of Laws Official General of the Reverend the Archdeacon of Canterbury lawfully constituted by the Oath of Martha Griggs Widow the Relict of the deceased the sole Executrix named in the said Will She being first sworn duly to perform the same."
Siblings4 brothers and 6 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
George GRIGGS, b. Abt 1744, d. 1784 (Age ~ 40 years) (Grandfather)
Ann MOVERLEY, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Person ID I28998 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Jul 2019
Father William GRIGGS, b. 1 Oct 1775, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1858, Ramsgate, Kent, England (Age 82 years) Mother Sarah MOVERLEY, b. 13 Dec 1774, Kent, England , d. Jun Q 1849, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age 74 years) Married 28 Apr 1798 St. Laurence’s Church, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jul 2019)
Despite William Griggs being quite a common name on Thanet and Sarah a common Christian name there appears to have been no other marriages of a William Griggs to a Sarah in the period 1784 to 1824.
Family ID F11177 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Martha ADAMS, b. Abt 1816, Margate, Kent, England , d. Mar Q 1854, Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 38 years) Married 12 Oct 1836 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Jul 2019)
Children9 children Last Modified 17 Jul 2019 Family ID F11175 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- About 1812 or early 1813 from 1851 census (where shown as aged 38)