Map of original, Killingworth, Connecticut

This map identifies the location of the lots assigned to the original group of settlers to occupy Killingworth. It is located on what is now East Main in Clinton. Many of the names turn up in the Griffin family tree. John Nettleton, Asahel and Joel Griffin's mother Mercy Nettleton’s grandfather. Henry Farnham, Mercy Bailey Griffin’s grandfather. John Rossiter’s granddaughter married into James Griffin’s family tree. We have recently posted a series on the Blog for the Bradleys. Ruth Meigs the wife of Stephen Bradley’s grandfather John Meigs was in Killingworth. Thankful Griffin married into Samuel Buell’s family. Lois Griffin married into the family of William Kelsey. The Griswold, Stevens, Chatfield and Hull family names are all found in the Griffin family tree.