John Grinstead 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: Bef Jan 1656
    Christening: 
          Death: Abt 1697 - Northumberland Co., Virginia
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: William Grinstead (Abt 1632-Abt 1662)
         Mother: Elizabeth Key (1630-Bef 1667)
Spouses and Children 
       Children:
                1. Ann Grinstead (1677-      )
                2. Thomas Grinstead (1679-      )
                3. Jean Grinstead (1680-      )
                4. John Grinstead (1681-      )
                5. Rachell Grinstead (1683-      )
                6. Eliza Grinstead (1689-      )
Notes
General:
BIRTH:

VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS, Vol 1 (Beverley Fleet, reprinted in 3 volumes in 1988, originally published in 34 volumes from 1937 to 1949):

17 ***** Northumberland Co. Record Book 14, pg 67
Two children born to William Grinsted and Eliz. Kaye prior to 20 Jan 1655/6.

ADULT:

Northumberland County Orders (VIRGINIA COLONIAL ABSTRACTS, Series 2, Volume 1, Northumberland County, Virginia 1678 -- 1713; Lindsay O. Duvall, 1979):

Page 339, Book 4, Court 19 May 1686:

John Greensted appointed constable for Chiccacoane.

Page 436, Book 4, Court 16 Aug 1688:

Custody of Jno. Greensted ordered, suspected to being guilty of the violent death of his late deceased wife Eliza. Greensted.

Page 697, Book 4, Court 19 June 1695:

Joseph Hoult and Tho. Barnes to continue as overseers of ye highways. Thomas Berry also an overseer of ye highways and also Jno. Greensted.

Pg 783, Book 4, Court 18 Aug 1697:

Motion of Jane Greensteed Widow and Admx. of John Greensteed dec'd, App. of Est. ordered.

CHILDREN:

The names and birthdates of John Grinstead's 6 children appear in "Northumberland County, Record of Births, 1661 -- 1810" (Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol 1, Beverley Fleet, reprinted in 3 volumes in 1988, originally published in 34 volumes from 1937 to 1949). These birth records are from St. Stephen's Parish although the earliest records predate the existence of that parish. All records in the 90 year period until about 1750 are in the same hand, the hand of an "educated gentleman" according to Beverley Fleet. They are a copy of earlier records now lost. Beverley Fleet says, "There are many apparent errors in the original."

A case in point is the sequence

Thomas Grinstead, 29 Dec 1679
Jean Grinstead, 28 May 1680
John Grinstead, 20 Jan 1681

All are said to be the children of John Grinstead. There is only one John Grinstead that we know of in Northumberland Co. in 1680. Even without Jean a birth 13 months after a previous birth is unusual.
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Sources

1 Beverley Fleet, "Northumberland County, Record of Births, 1661 -- 1810; Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. 1," 1988 reprint; originally 34 volumes 1937 -- 1949, pg 55.

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