This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jantrevor Surnames: Griffin, Griffith, Gruffin Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.griffin/6798/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Cont. from prior list. A list of Early Griffins in Virginia. Primary sources first and then supporting sources if any follow. Hope this is helpful Owen Griffin 1684 or before Second son of John Griffith who came to Isle of Wight from Lynn, England. His will was dated 15 June 1698 and probated 9 September 1698. His legatees were: daughters Ann and Sarah Griffith, and sons Edward, Owen, and John; and grandchildren, John and Patience Griffith, and his wife's children Margaret and Judy Edwards.Wife of Owen (Mary Hunt) married 1st: Robert Edwards, 2nd Owen Griffin, 3rd William BoddieOwen's daughter Anne marries Drake Thomas in 1727Marriages of Isle of Wright County 1628-1800 by Blanche Adams ChapmanAppraises the estate of Edward Rogers September 9, 1684 Richard Griffin 1684 Indentured Servant - 10 yearsJuly 22 1684SeamanRichard Griffin of Whitechappel LondonAgent: Michaell and Thomas Petry and LaineSon of Richard Griffin, late of Whitechappel (London), seaman, deced. Bound to Michaell Petry and Thomas Laine for 10 years in Virginia www.virtualjamestown.org Thomas Griffin 1686 - settled on James River Indentured ServantTransported by William CarpenterLand awarded to William Carpenter April 1686Early Families Along the James RiverLouis Pledge Heath Foleywww.virtualjamestown.org Charles Griffin 1715 - Teacher To strengthen Virginia's borders, Alexander Spotswood convinced the colonial Board of Trade to approve the establishment of Fort Christanna between the Roanoke and Meherrin rivers, about thirty-two miles north of the present-day Haliwa-Saponi Powwow grounds. Fort Christanna was built to protect the Virginia colony in two critical ways: as a bulwark intended to ward off military assault, and as a center for the Christianization and education of the Saponi and other Southeastern groups. Fort Christanna also served as a major trading post for the corporate Virginia Indian Company. Roughly seventy Saponi children were educated and Christianized by missionary teacher Charles Griffin of North Carolina. By 1717, under charges of monopoly, the Colonial Board of Trade lost interest in the Fort and ordered the Virginia Indian Company to disband and dissolve. The Saponi Nation continued to maintain peaceful trade relations with the colony. A portion of the Saponi Nation continued livi! ng in the Fort Christanna area from 1717 to 1729. Another group of Saponi migrated into northern Virginia, near Fredericksburg.Orange County, Virginia Order Book 3 record 1741-43 "Alexander Machartoon, John Bowling, Manincassa, Capt Tom, Isaac, Harry, blind tom, Foolish Jack, Charles Griffin, John Collins, Little Jack, Indians being bought before the court for stealing Hogs. , Ordered that their Guns be taken away from them till they are ready to depart of this county, they having declared their intentions to depart this colony within a week.". On pages 309-312 of Court Record book the above named men individually put up security Col. Samuel Griffin Samuel Griffin (1746 - November 3, 1810) was a lawyer and politician from Virginia. He represented Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives.He was born in Richmond County, Virginia. He studied classical studies and law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. During the Revolutionary War he served as a colonel in the Continental Army, was an aide-de-camp to General Charles Lee, and was wounded at the Battle of Harlem Heights on October 12, 1776.Colonel Griffin was assigned to the Department of Philadelphia to recuperate from his wounds. Following the retreat of the American army behind the Delaware River in December 1776, Griffin was instructed by commanding general of Philadelphia, Israel Putnam, following directions from General Washington, to "create a distraction" for the British forces then present near Trenton, New Jersey.Griffin led about 900 militia and Virginia regulars into Mount Holly, from which he harassed the pickets of Colonel Carl von Donop at Bordento! wn. Colonel Von Donop brought all of his 2,000 or so troops to Mount Holly to punish Griffin. [1] Von Donop was now out of position to assist colonel Rall in Trenton, and on the morning after Christmas, December 26, 1776, Washington crossed the Delaware and defeated Rall at Trenton. Griffin's role was complete, but local lore says he was aided by a "certain young widow of a doctor" in detaining von Donop in Mount Holly. That widow remains anonymous.Griffin also served on the State's board of war. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1786-1788.Griffin served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1779 to 1780.Source:Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Griffin&oldid=346426882 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.