Susanna (Brown) Griffin (1671 - abt. 1705)

Born 8 Mar 1671 in Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Griffin — married after 17 Sep 1695 (to about 1705) in Salisbury, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1705 at about age 33 in Salisbury, Essex , Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Susanna Brown was born 8 Mar 1671 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, ^[1] the daughter of Philip Brown (a tailor in Salisbury) and his wife, Mary (Buswell) Brown. ^{[2] [3]} She published her intention to marry John Griffin of Salisbury on 17 Sep 1695 ^[4] and had her first child (Philip) by him on 16 Aug 1696 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3] [5] [1]} John and Susanna had five children recorded at Salisbury: ^{[2] [1]}

• Philip Griffin, b 16 Aug 1696; m. Sarah Brown
• Mary Griffin, b 16 Oct 1697
• Isaac Griffin, b 21 Dec 1699
• Hannah Griffin, 25 Mar 1702
• Phebe Griffin, 8 Oct 1704

Susanna died about 1705 in Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.^{[6] [2] [3] [5]} She was survived by her husband, who remarried in 1706 to Hannah Davis. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Birth Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) - see Griffin - Pages 187 -189; and Brown - Pages 72 - 78
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) - Vol 3. p 1409
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Marriage Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Libby, Charles Thornton, Sybil Noyes, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, ME, USA: The Southward Press, 1928.) page 290
6. ↑ Susanna died after the birth of her fifth child on 8 Oct 1704 and before her husband published his intention to remarry on 28 Mar 1706

• "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-3VWL : 22 October 2020), Susannuh in entry for Philip Griffin, 1696.

• "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-3VCJ : 22 October 2020), Susanuh in entry for Mary Griffin, 1697.

• "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-3V65 : 22 October 2020), Susaneh in entry for Isaac Griffin, 1699.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCY4-DYMM : 9 November 2020), Susanah in entry for Hanah Griffin, 25 Mar 1702; citing Birth, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

• "Massachusetts Town Births Index, ca. 1630-1905", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-3V2F : 22 October 2020), Susanuh in entry for Phebe Griffin, 1704.

Footnotes:

Source Citations:

• Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts (Providence, Rhode Island, 1897) - see Griffin - Pages 187 -189; and Brown - Pages 72 - 78

• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) - Vol 3. p 1409

• Libby, Charles Thornton, Sybil Noyes, Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, ME, USA: The Southward Press, 1928.) page 290

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Birth Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts - showing Susana Brown, dau of Phillip and Mary, born 8: 1m: 1670-71; Philip Griffine, son John and Susanah, born Aug. 16, 1696; Mary Griffine, dau John and Susanah, born Oct. 16, 1697; Isaac Griffine, son John and Suesanah, born Dec. 21, 1699; Hanah Griffin, dau John and Susanah, born Mar. 25, 1702; Phabe Griffin, dau John and Susanah, born Oct. 8, 1704;

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - Marriage Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts - showing John Griffin, and Susanah Brown, int. Sept. 17, 1695; John Griffin and Hanah Davis ["sometime of Haverhill, now of Salisbury. " int.], Mar. 28, 1706