Samuel Griffin Jr. (1728 - 1800)

Born 27 Sep 1728 in New London, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Crary) Griffin — married 28 Mar 1753 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 71 in Searsport, Waldo, Maine, United States

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Biography

Samuel Griffin, son of Samuel Griffin and Ann Avery, was born 27 Sep 1728 at New London, Connecticut.^[1],^[2] Samuel married 28 Mar 1753, Desire, daughter of Peter Crary, at Stonington, Connecticut.^[3],^[4] and christened on 29 Sep 1728 in the First Church of Christ in New London.^[5] Note slight variation in spelling between two recordations.

Samuel Griffin served in Capt. Lattimore's company of militia, 1757 (French and Indian War Rolls, 1:238).^[1]

On 28 Mar 1753, Samuel married Desire/Desier Crary in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.^[6] They probably had at least six children, three per the FindAGrave Memorial, two identified in the Nathan Hale source, and one already attached to this profile:

1. Elisha b. 1757
2. Eben Griffin, 1758-1849
3. Nathan Crary Griffin, 1764-1854
4. Thomas Griffin, Jr., b. 1766
5. [see Research Notes] Peleg G. Griffin, 1792-1827
6. Alice, no dates given

Two infant daughters are also mentioned.

Samuel died in 1800 at Searsport, Waldo, Maine. He is buried at Bowditch Cemetery, Searsport, where a monument to Samuel and wife, Desire, call them "Pioneers of the Penobscot [Maine] Region" ^[7].

Research Notes

The Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection source gives additional information, notably that the son Peleg was born about 1765 and died in boyhood. The dates given above for Peleg came from FindAGrave and do not synch with the other dates of birth in this family. Possibly, the Nathan Hale information is correct, and the Peleg mentioned above is the son of one of the siblings, in other words, Samuel's grandson. On the other hand, Desire, if not deceased, was still of childbearing age. The other thing worth noting on the Nathan Hale card is that the reader is referred to the Patriarch, Peleg Griffin who died in 1827. His card (reached by clicking backward to Image 794) contains 47 names (it's three pages long), without any clear indication of relationships in most cases.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Groton Avery Clan (Avery & Avery, 1912), p. 192, no. i pg. 192
2. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. "New London." p. 187. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ New London County CTGenWeb : It's About Time - Colonial History Timeline Compiled by Bill DeCoursey 1727 - Samuel Griffing : Citing COLLECTIONS of the NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, vol. VI, Part II, "Register of Pedigrees", v.II, p.134-135; Wurts' MAGNA CHARTA, v.5, pp.1368-1370.
4. ↑ "Connecticut and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch ( : 7 January 2020), Samuel Griffing, 1728.
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941", database, FamilySearch ( : 9 June 2020), Samuel Griffin, 1728.
6. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch ( : 15 April 2022), Samuel Griffin, ; citing Marriage, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272232.
7. ↑ Samuel Griffen Find A Grave: Memorial #15449653