Henry Grinnell

Henry Grinnell (February 18, 1799 – June 30, 1874)

Personal life

On June 12, 1822, Grinnell was married to Sarah Minturn, the daughter of William Minturn Jr. and Sarah (née Bowne) Minturn from the prominent merchant and shipping family. Together, they were the parents of:

Cornelius Grinnell (1825–1869), who lived in London and died unmarried. William Minturn Grinnell (1831–1870), who died unmarried in Arkansas. In 1880, the British Government presented his widow with a lady's desk made from timbers from the recently demolished HMS Resolute. This was not the Resolute desk, but a companion desk made from other timbers from the same vessel.

Through his daughter Sylvia, he was the grandfather of Sylvia Leith-Ross, who was an anthropologist and writer who worked in Nigeria.