Lynn, what part of NC do you have your Griffith's traced to? I have my line back to Daniel Griffith b.1788 from southwest Virginia (Franklin,Patrick,Floyd County area) specifically Endicott in Franklin County. Gary Griffith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Ester" <griffith851@hotmail.com> To: <GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 10:40 AM Subject: RE: [GRIFFITH] Mary Griffith m. William Willett > Gordon, > > Sorry I can't help. I have my Griffith's in NC documented back to 1780's. > Prior to that nothing. Only specualation. I have kept your e-mail and if I > find anything I'll let you know. > > Lynn Ester > > > >From: Gordon Bonnet <jaggy227@fltg.net> > >Reply-To: GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com > >To: GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com > >Subject: [GRIFFITH] Mary Griffith m. William Willett > >Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:28:08 -0500 > > > >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 -- and 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 > > > > > >==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > > > >Space provide by Rootsweb.com > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > >go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's our best dial-up Internet access offer: 6 months @$9.95/month. Get it > now! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup > > > ==== GRIFFITH Mailing List ==== > Get more from your posts, include who, what, when where... > > Please remember to change the subject line, when the subject changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237