Sue, I'm sorry, none of your Griffins match mine, but, I only have one so far. If you ever come across an Abigail or Abby Griffin/Griffen married Benjamin Page, I sure would like to know. The marriage would have taken place before 1809, but probably after 1795. I suspect that Abby and Benjamin are my GGG-Grandparents, but have been unable to prove it. Any help would be very much appreciated. Eileen Page Coyle At 01:37 PM 10/4/99 -0400, you wrote: >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >--------------D0D1107E89775E21FB5515E0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Hello Listers >I am new to this list. I would like to share the information >I retrieved from a book titled GRIFFINS OF FRANKLIN, NEW >HAMPSHIRE found at the NH State Library. Other sources have >been noted. Do we share any branches of this family tree? >Sue > > > >Descendants of Humphrey Griffin > > >Generation No. 1 > > 1. HUMPHREY1 GRIFFIN was born Abt. 1605 in prob. England, >and died Abt. 1661 in Ipswich, MA. He married ELIZABETH >ANDREWS Abt. 1634, daughter of ROBERT ANDREWS. > > Notes for HUMPHREY GRIFFIN: >Humphrey Griffin, immigrant, was born about 1605 and first >appears in our colonial history in 1639, in the plantation >of Ipswich, where it is written in the records: "The Town >doth refuse to receive Humphrey Griffin as an inhabitant to >provide for him as inhabitants formerly received, the Town >being full". But our Humphrey Griffin did not appear in >Ipswich in the quality of medicant, asking support, nor even >seeking a share in the division of lands there, and >notwithstanding the town's decree he soon became a commoner >by purchase, January 1641, of the house and land formerly >owned by David Denison, "near the mill which was granted to >Denison in 1635; also a meadow at "Labor in Vain" and a >planting lot at "Heartbreak Hill". His occupation was that >of a butcher and in 1655, was granted "liberty to set up a >"shamballs", or slaughterhouse, about twenty feet square, by >the pound". In 1659, "the daughter of Humphrey Griffin >presumed to indulge in a silk scarf, and her father was >fined 10s and court fees". For this offense, our ancestor >seems to have suffered more seriously than his townsmen, who >"was able to prove his pecuniary ability and his wife wore >her silk scarf henceforth unquestioned". Humphrey and his >mother-in-law apparently did not always agree and records >show two cases in court as a result. Humphrey also paid a >fine for harvesting barley before sundown on the Sabbath. >However, although refused admission to the town, he was >permitted to build a simple house among the ledges in a >nearby rough hillside known as Rocky Hill, where he >prospered. (Griffin Genealogy) > > > Children of HUMPHREY GRIFFIN and ELIZABETH ANDREWS are: > 2. i. JOHN2 GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1642, Ipswich, MA; d. March >27, 1688, Bradford, MA. > ii. ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1644; m. EDWARD DEARE, >March 03, 1659/60, Ipswich, MA. > > > iii. NATHANIEL GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1646; m. ELIZABETH RING, >August 26, 1671, Andover, MA. > > > iv. LYDIA GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1648; m. MARTIN FORD, March 05, >1683/84, Bradford, MA. > > > v. SAMUEL GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1650; m. LIDDEA. > > > > >Generation No. 2 > > 2. JOHN2 GRIFFIN (HUMPHREY1) was born Abt. 1642 in >Ipswich, MA, and died March 27, 1688 in Bradford, MA. He >married LYDIA SHATSWELL September 17, 1663 in Haverhill, MA, >daughter of THEOPHILUS SHATSWELL and SUSANNA BOSWORTH. > > Notes for JOHN GRIFFIN: >John Griffin was amember of the committee chosen by the town >of Bradford in 1670 for "ordering, setting up and >furnishing" a meeting House; also one of the committee >chosen by the town in 1681 for "settling Rev. Zacharieh >Symmens in office" and was selectman in Bradford about 1680. >According to Hodges' "Soldiers in King Phillip's War", John >Griffin of Bradford assigned his war pay in August, 1676, >thus indicating that he served in that war. (Griffin >Genealogy) > > Children of JOHN GRIFFIN and LYDIA SHATSWELL are: > i. LYDIA3 GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1664; m. WILLIAM KNOWLTON. > > > ii. THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN, b. February 02, 1665/66. > > > iii. ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, b. October 14, 1667; m. THOMAS >STAPLES. > > > iv. HANNAH GRIFFIN, b. June 13, 1671; m. DANIEL MORRISON. > > > 3. v. JOHN GRIFFIN, b. June 13, 1671, Bradford, MA; d. June >23, 1739, Amesbury, MA. > vi. SUSANA GRIFFIN, b. September 01, 1675; m. CHRISTOPHER >BARTLETT. > > > vii. NATHANIEL GRIFFIN, b. 1680. > > > viii. ABIGAIL GRIFFIN, b. 1684. > > > > >Generation No. 3 > > 3. JOHN3 GRIFFIN (JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born June 13, 1671 >in Bradford, MA, and died June 23, 1739 in Amesbury, MA. He >married (1) MARY. He married (2) MARY CAPEN August 11, >1730. > > Notes for JOHN GRIFFIN: >According to Lyford's History of Concord, "the propritors of >Penny Cook held meetings at the house of John Griffin in >Bradford in 1728 and 1729 to discuss matters relative to >laying out lots, establishing a ferry and to "amend" a new >highway between Haverhill and Penny Cook" (now Concord). >However, he does not seem to have been a settler there. >(Griffin Genealogy) > > Children of JOHN GRIFFIN and MARY are: > 4. i. PETER4 GRIFFIN, b. January 20, 1699/00, Bradford, MA; >d. Bef. 1732. > ii. THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN, b. 1695; d. 1717. > > > iii. MARY GRIFFIN, b. 1697. > > > iv. JOHN GRIFFIN, b. 1702; d. Bef. 1727. > > > v. SAMUEL GRIFFIN, b. 1704; d. 1729. > > > vi. EBENEEZER GRIFFIN, b. 1706; d. 1743. > > > vii. HANNAH GRIFFIN, b. 1708. > > > viii. JONATHAN GRIFFIN, b. 1711. > > > ix. LYDIA GRIFFIN, b. 1712; d. died young. > > > x. DANIEL GRIFFIN, b. 1715; d. Abt. 1729. > > > xi. DAVID GRIFFIN, b. 1717; d. Abt. 1729. > > > > Child of JOHN GRIFFIN and MARY CAPEN is: > xii. LYDIA4 GRIFFIN, b. 1731. > > > > >Generation No. 4 > > 4. PETER4 GRIFFIN (JOHN3, JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born >January 20, 1699/00 in Bradford, MA, and died Bef. 1732. He >married MEHITABEL EMERSON February 21, 1721/22 in Haverhill, >MA, daughter of STEPHEN EMERSON and ELIZABETH DUSTIN. > Notes for MEHITABEL EMERSON: >The grandmother of Mehitabel Emerson Griffin, Hannah Dustin, >and her baby, nurse, and a neighbor's boy were taken >prisoner by the Indians near Haverhill, Mass. in late March, >1697. A small group of Indians consisting of two men, three >women, and seven children separated from the main band after >killing the baby and took their prisoners up the Merrimack >valley to an island near Penacook. During the night, Hannah >and her companion killed ten of the sleeping Indians - one >woman and one boy escaped. Then she returned to Haverhill by >canoe and records show that she collected bounty for the ten >scalps she had taken. There are monuments to Hannah at >Haverhill and on the Penacook island. (Griffin Genealogy) > >Information on Mehitable's ancestors from Broderbund World >Family Tree, Volume 3, Mehitable is individual #218.this >sourse has birth date as Dec. 28, 1702. > > Children of PETER GRIFFIN and MEHITABEL EMERSON are: > 5. i. THEOPHILUS5 GRIFFIN, b. January 30, 1722/23, >Haverhill, MA; d. September 23, 1814, Rockingham Co., NH. > ii. SUSANNA GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1726; m. SAMUEL KENT. > >More About SUSANNA GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: January 15, 1726/27, baptized > > iii. THOMAS GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1727. > >More About THOMAS GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: March 24, 1727/28, baptized > > > >Generation No. 5 > > 5. THEOPHILUS5 GRIFFIN (PETER4, JOHN3, JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) >was born January 30, 1722/23 in Haverhill, MA, and died >September 23, 1814 in Rockingham Co., NH. He married MARY >KIMBALL February 13, 1744/45. > > Notes for THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN: >Resided in Sandown. Hammond's Revolutionary War Rolls show >Theophilus Griffin aged 50 and John Griffin aged 19 in Capt. >Hezekiah Hutchin's Company, Colonel Reed's regiment, in >1775. Batchellor's Revolutionary Documents lists as >residents of Sandown signing the Association Test of 1776 to >defend the colonies against the British, the following >Griffins (Grifen's) Theophilus, Peter, Thomas, Moses, and >Richard. Apparently John Griffin went to Northwood to live >after his marriage June 8, 1775. It should be noted that >there was another Theophilus Griffin, who was a resident of >Derryfield and sergeant in general Stark's army in the >Revolutionary War. There was also a third Theophilus Griffin >who was born in Amesbury, Mass. and resided in Deerfield. >These three Theophilus Griffins were probably cousins of >varying degrees. (Griffin Genealogy) > > Children of THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN and MARY KIMBALL are: > i. THOMAS6 GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1748. > >More About THOMAS GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: August 20, 1749, baptized > > ii. PETER GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1750. > >More About PETER GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: 1751, baptized > > iii. MOSES GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1753. > >More About MOSES GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: April 1754, baptized > > 6. iv. JOHN GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1756, Sandown, NH; d. May 26, >1833, Northwood, NH. > > >Generation No. 6 > > 6. JOHN6 GRIFFIN (THEOPHILUS5, PETER4, JOHN3, JOHN2, >HUMPHREY1) was born Abt. 1756 in Sandown, NH, and died May >26, 1833 in Northwood, NH. He married MARTHA RAND June 08, >1775 in Deerfield, NH. > > Notes for JOHN GRIFFIN: >Resided in Nottingham, NH. John and his father Theophilus, >from Sandown, were in Capt. Hezekiah Hutchin's Company, Col. >Reed's Regiment in the Revolutionary War in 1775. >Batchellor's Revolutionary Documents also records John >Griffin of Deerfield in Simeon Marston's company and Col. >John Weldon's regiment in 1776 and on the Travel Roll "when >Marcht Febrey 3th 1776 - 140 miles". Apparently John >re-enlisted from Deerfield after his marriage in that town >and later went to Northwood to reside. The Revolutionary >service of this John was accepted by the New Hampshire >Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in the >application of Trescott Griffiin, son of John William >Griffin IX, for membership. This reportedly names Theophilus >and John as father and son. Based on statements by the late >John W. Griffin of Epsom and his sister, Mrs. Mary Griffin >Walker Stevens of Wilmont, it is here accepted as correct. >(Griffin Genealogy) > >More About JOHN GRIFFIN: >Fact 13: May 29, 1757, baptized at Hampstead, NH > >More About MARTHA RAND: >Fact 13: July 22, 1750, baptized in Deerfield, NH > > Children of JOHN GRIFFIN and MARTHA RAND are: > 7. i. JOHN7 GRIFFIN, b. March 06, 1793, Northwood, NH; d. >July 25, 1881, Epsom, NH. > ii. JOB GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1795. > > > iii. THOMAS GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1797. > > > iv. THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1799; d. Abt. 1812; m. >LYDIA WILLEY, September 10, 1808. > >More About THEOPHILUS GRIFFIN: >Cause of Death: killed in War of 1812 > > v. RUTH GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1801; m. EDMUND SANBORN. > > > 8. vi. POLLY GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1803. > > >Generation No. 7 > > 7. JOHN7 GRIFFIN (JOHN6, THEOPHILUS5, PETER4, JOHN3, >JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born March 06, 1793 in Northwood, NH, >and died July 25, 1881 in Epsom, NH. He married MARY MARIA >MCDANIEL, daughter of ROBERT MCDANIEL and NANCY KENISTON. > > Notes for JOHN GRIFFIN: >Historical search of Epsom by Bunker lists John Griffin in >Capt. Samuel Collins Company in 1812 War, Three months >service, 19 years old at time of enlistment. History of >Belknap and Merrimack County also shows John to have been in >Capt. Bradberry Bartlett's Company. John was a selectman in >1835 and 1829 and representative to the General Court in >1851. John and his wife Mary are buried in the old family >cemetery on the Edminds farm in Deerfield. The writer >attended their funerals in 1881 and 1889 and revisited the >lot in 1950. The markings on the stones are still legible >although surrounded by large trees that fill the lot. >Additional reference: Dover Inquirer Mar 18, 1951 (Griffin >Genealogy) > > Notes for MARY MARIA MCDANIEL: >death reported from Northwood > > Children of JOHN GRIFFIN and MARY MCDANIEL are: > i. JOSIAH C.8 GRIFFIN, b. Bef. 1819; m. // HALL. > > > ii. MARY ANN GRIFFIN, b. Bef. 1820; d. died in infancy. > > > 9. iii. THOMAS BROWN GRIFFIN, b. February 02, 1820, NH; d. >May 16, 1894, Strafford, NH. > iv. GEORGE W. GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1822. > > > v. JACOB EASTMAN GRIFFIN, b. April 10, 1829; d. December >17, 1906, Epsom, NH, at the foot of Griffin's Hill; m. MARY >ANN HENRY. > > > 10. vi. MARY LUCY GRIFFIN, b. January 1832. > vii. ELIZA JANE GRIFFIN, b. February 06, 1836; d. February >04, 1911; m. (1) LEVI LEIGHTON; m. (2) HENRY MILLER. > >Notes for ELIZA JANE GRIFFIN: >Lived in Northwood (Griffin Genealogy) > > viii. CLARISSA GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1838; d. died young. > > > ix. MARTHA GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1840; d. died young. > > > x. EMMA FRANCIS GRIFFIN, b. Abt. 1842; d. Abt. 1859. > > > > 8. POLLY7 GRIFFIN (JOHN6, THEOPHILUS5, PETER4, JOHN3, >JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born Abt. 1803. She married (1) >JONATHAN EDMUNDS. She married (2) JOHNSON EDMUNDS. > > Child of POLLY GRIFFIN and JONATHAN EDMUNDS is: > 11. i. AARON8 EDMUNDS. > > >Generation No. 8 > > 9. THOMAS BROWN8 GRIFFIN (JOHN7, JOHN6, THEOPHILUS5, >PETER4, JOHN3, JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born February 02, 1820 >in NH, and died May 16, 1894 in Strafford, NH. He married >ELIZA JANE CASWELL April 14, 1878, daughter of TIMOTHY >CASWELL and HANNAH. > > Notes for THOMAS BROWN GRIFFIN: >1870 census, Barrinton, Strafford Co. Page 6 of book 2.: >farmer, age 50, value of land $1500, value of personal >property $300. > >alternate birth year: 1825. Thomas was a farmer in Strafford >and a deacon of the Bow Lake Baptist Church. He also did >some shoe making in his later years. Although not a large >man, he possessed unusual physical strength and had a local >reputation as a wrestler and as a cool-headed fire fighter >in the days when the "bucket brigade" from a nearby well was >the only fire protection. It is related that he saved a >building by carrying buckets aloing the top of the roof at >night and pouring water on blankets nailed on the end of the >building exposed to the fire. He was a man of excellent >character and good judgement and recognized by his fellow >townsmen as a substantial citizen. Thomas and his wife are >buried in the Northwood Ridge Cemetery. (from Griffin >Genealogy) > >More About THOMAS BROWN GRIFFIN: >occupation: 1870, farmer > > Notes for ELIZA JANE CASWELL: >alternate birth year: 1829 (from Griffin Genealogy) > >More About ELIZA JANE CASWELL: >occupation: 1870, keeping house > > Children of THOMAS GRIFFIN and ELIZA CASWELL are: > i. ALMUS FROST9 GRIFFIN, b. August 17, 1850, Strafford, >NH; d. March 13, 1918. > >Notes for ALMUS FROST GRIFFIN: >20 years old in 1870 census >Griffin Genealogy has his birth year as 1849 > >More About ALMUS FROST GRIFFIN: >occupation: 1870, works for shoe factory > > ii. GEORGE THOMAS GRIFFIN, b. January 27, 1856, Strafford, >NH; d. August 16, 1927. > > > iii. CHARLES ALVERTON GRIFFIN, b. September 02, 1860, >Strafford, NH; d. August 20, 1936. > >Notes for CHARLES ALVERTON GRIFFIN: >10 years old in 1870 census >Griffin Genealogy has his birth year as 1858 > > > iv. HERBERT E. GRIFFIN, b. October 14, 1862, Strafford, >NH; d. August 21, 1937, Barrington, NH, USA; m. MARY >ELIZABETH HANSON, June 17, 1886, Barrington, NH, USA. > >Notes for HERBERT E. GRIFFIN: >residence in 1925: Barrington, NH from Clarence W.'s >marriage certificate. > >alternate birth year: 1860. Herbert was a successful farmer >in Barrington and also a skilled shoe maker, and was >employed in Strafford, Northwood, and Tilton. Mrs Griffin >now (1951) lives om Massachusetts. (recorded in Griffin >genealogy) > >1870 census, Barrington, Strafford Co. page 6, book 2: >listed with his father's household, age 8, at school. > >More About HERBERT E. GRIFFIN: >occupation: 1925, farmer >burial location: Caverly Hill, Strafford, NH > >Notes for MARY ELIZABETH HANSON: >residence in 1925: Barrington, NH > >More About MARY ELIZABETH HANSON: >burial location: Caverly Hill, Strafford, NH > > v. JENNIE CHRISTINA GRIFFIN, b. March 08, 1868, Strafford, >NH; d. March 28, 1950. > > > vi. ELSA GRIFFIN, b. November 02, 1854; d. January 08, >1855. > > > vii. CLARA GRIFFIN, b. July 10, 1870; d. January 14, 1872. > > > > 10. MARY LUCY8 GRIFFIN (JOHN7, JOHN6, THEOPHILUS5, PETER4, >JOHN3, JOHN2, HUMPHREY1) was born January 1832. She married >AARON EDMUNDS, son of J > > >==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== >RootsWeb Mailing Lists Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/ >List Administrator: RMarston@pacbell.net > >============================== >Support free genealogy on the Internet! 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