Gridley, Fanny, 1789-1871.

Orrin Gridley (1786-1847) was the third son of Ruth Green and Hezekiah Gridley and was born in Hanover, New York. In 1811, Orrin married Fanny Kellogg (1789-1871), daughter of Rachel Porter and Amos Kellogg, who owned land next to Hezekiah's property in Clinton, New York. Gridley joined the American Army and fought as a captain in the War of 1812. After the war, Orrin made his living as a merchant and established a bank in Clinton, New York. He was also a deacon of the Congregational Church. Orrin and Fanny had seven children: Wayne, Albert G., Henry K. (1815-1816), Adelaide, Amos Delos, Frederick, and Charles.

Wayne Gridley (1811-1846) graduated from Hamilton College in 1836. He continued his theological education at Andover Theological Seminary until 1839, when he was ordained a Congregational minister. Also in that year he was married to Juliet Hastings (1811-1848), daughter of Dr. Seth Hastings; they had a daughter Adelaide. In 1840, Wayne became the minister at the Kirkland Congregational Church in Clinton, where he remained until 1845, when he became too ill to serve the church. He traveled to Europe to recuperate from what may have been tuberculosis, but died upon his return to Clinton in November 1846.

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