We're all having trouble with the apparent gaps in generations. We have to remember that wills were written long before the person writing them passed on and things can change re names and locations, especially of female offspring. For example a testator can mention his daughter by her given birth name knowing that she may marry or remarry and change her last name by the time he dies. Still, to him, she is still his daughter "Mary Griffith". With regard to our own griffith ancestor, Jonas Griffith it appears there were two of them, or so it would seem at first blush. When the older one in the town would die, the younger then would become Sr., before when both were alive the younger was Jr. ...etc...... Also many of the griffiths were members of indian tribes, mostly cherokee from what I know, and when on the indian rolls, if successful in enrolling upon them, they became non citizens in the sense that they could not vote, were not counted in the Federal census, etc....so some may have indian connection and that means names can change when the subject moves from one family to another, etc... Robert Stacey descendent of Jonas G. Griffith His daughter, Rebecca Griffith married my ancestor, and great great grandfather William Stacy around 1820 in Jackson County, Tennessee. They later moved to the Springfield Rotary in Greene County Missouri and settled in for a long and happy life with many children at Little Beaver Creek on what is now called the Anderson place. --- GRIFFITH-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > GRIFFITH-D Digest Volume 04 : Issue 8 > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 20:52:07 -0400 > From: Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net> > To: GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <409ED237.3080102@fltg.net> > Subject: Mary Griffith m. William Willett (1700s, > MD) > > Hi all, > > I'm looking for any documentation of the origins of > Mary Griffith, b. > ca. 1710 probably in Maryland, who married William > Willett. References > differ as to her origin, and no one seems to have > much primary > documentation on her. I've seen her listed as the > child of George > Griffith, b. late 1600's, d. 1756 in Dorchester Co. > MD; others say she > is the child of John and Mary (Stevens) Griffith. > > I don't have any further information on either > George or John's family > which might help narrow the search. One piece of > information which > would argue against the "George hypothesis" is that > in George Griffith's > will, 1756, his daughter Mary is still called "Mary > Griffith" and not by > what would be her married name of Willett -- Mary > (Griffith) Willett > was married in the 1730's. This would seem to > indicate that George's > daughter Mary is not the Mary Griffith who married > William Willett. > > Some sources indicate that the John Griffith who > married Mary Stevens is > of the William Griffith/Sarah MacCubbin line, but > this seems unlikely -- > there isn't enough time between William Griffith and > Mary (Griffith) > Willett to fit in the required number of > generations. > > Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm > happy to send more > details on any of this information if anyone's > interested. > > cheers, > > Gordon Bonnet > Trumansburg NY > ===== Robert Stacey is accompanied at all times by his dog, Miss Charlie now almost 6 years old. She runs this house. Taken in at 8 weeks of age, as a delightful but precocious puppy, she knows no other life. She takes the center of our kingsized bed, wants a bite whenever we eat, demands walks and water,and likes her daily trips to the Silverlake Dog Park. If you have a dog Miss Charlie would most certainly want to be your friend. If you have a cat , we'll see. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover