Do you have any data on one Marion P. Griffith I have been searching for his parents for sometime, I found in the 1880 census he came out of TN. Thank you, Frances ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Ester To: GRIFFITH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:40 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