Hugh Griffen (abt. 1630 - 1691)

Husband of Dorothy (Skidmore) Griffen — married 25 Jul 1652 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1691 at about age 61 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Biography

Hugh Griffin was born abt 1630 and died between 9 Sept 1690 (Will) and 3 Nov 1691 (Inventory)^[1] at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America; parents unidentified; married 1st 25 Jul 1652 at Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Colony to Dorothy Skidmore, b. abt bout 1634 in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England, died 30 Apr 1670 at about age 36 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, daughter of Thomas Skidmore (abt. 1605-1684) and Ellen (Unknown) Skidmore (abt. 1605-abt. 1656; married 2nd, after 1670, to Mary (Andrews) Norton (1645-1687), parents unidentified, widow of Peter Norton (Born 1645 at Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Colony; burial unidentified.

He was one of the first settlers of Stratford, Connecticut Colony.

The Will of "Hugh Grifen of Orinage" 9 Sept 1690 lists seven of the children below; two others are listed but were not in his will, as indicated: Children:^{[2] [3]} By first wife, at Stratford (Dorothy (Skidmore) Griffin):

1. John, b. 25 Sept 1654, m. Sarah ____, and had Samuel, Hugh, John
2. Samuel, b. 22 Feb 1656, married and had Elizabeth and Phebe
3. Mary, b. 26 April 1659
4. Thomas, b. 2 May 1662
5. Son, b. 14 Nov 1764 (not in wIll)
6. Sarah, aka Dorothy; name apparently changed after death of mother Dorothy two years after birth.
7. Hannah b. 12 Jan 1669, bur. Apr. 1670. (not in wIll)

By second wife (Mary (Andrews) Norton Griffin):

1. Francis, b. abt 1672 ae. 19 in will.
2. Hannah, b. abt 1675 ae. 16 in will.

Of these children, only John has recorded sons, John and Samuel, who are the ancestors of the Griffins of Newtown and Redding, Connecticut, just north of Stratford.

Research Note

Jacobus reported that this Hugh Griffin may be related to the early Hugh Griffin of Sudbury Mass. [Griffin-1626],^[4] who died there 27 June 1656,^[5] though no further connection between the two has ever been published, and they are considered unrelated or not closely related. The will of the Sudbury Hugh Griffin does not mention any son Hugh.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Part II (Stratford CT: Stratford Historical Society, 1886), p. 1209
2. ↑ Orcutt, Rev. Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Part II (Stratford CT: Stratford Historical Society, 1886), p. 1209.
3. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 1, Page 241.
4. ↑ Hugh Griffin listed as possible Sudbury Mass original proprietor in 1640, in NEHGS Register, Vol. 13, p. 261, (July 1859): Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) : https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21077/261/45631110
5. ↑ Hugh Griffin who died at Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in1656: Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) Vol. 17, p. 254 (July, 1863): https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/60861/254/10001335418
6. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14472/9921-co3/38269594

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