John Grindle was baptized on 1 Aug 1714 in Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. He died in 1794 in Brooksville, Hancock Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. He was a chairmaker. He married first, Mary Downes, about 1739.

Mary Downes was born about 1720. Children were:

i. Elizabeth Grindle was baptized in Jan 1742 in Berwick, York Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.
ii. Sarah Grindle was born about 1740. She was baptized in Sep 1742 in Berwick, York Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts. She died on 7 Dec 1837 in Castine, Hancock Co., Maine.
iii. John Grindle was baptized on 13 Jan 1742 in Berwick, York Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.
iv. Capt. Ichabod Grindle.

John Grindle married second, Elizabeth Dorr, in 1745 in Berwick, York Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.

John Grindle married third, Dorothy Webber, on 19 Jan 1762 in Berwick, York Co., Province of Maine, Massachusetts.