Hezekiah Griffith (1789 - 1872)

Born 10 Sep 1789 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Millicent (Beers) Griffith — married before 1810 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York

Descendants

Died 1872 at about age 82 in West Seneca, Erie, New York, United States

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Biography

Hezekiah Griffith, son of Samuel Griffith and Martha Rogers, was born on 10 Sep. 1789 in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York.^[1][2]

Hezekiah married Millicent Beers prior to 1810 and they had ten children - Jonathan, William Joseph, Esther, Lydia, Simeon, Electa, Robert, David E., Peter, and Alvira.

Hezekiah appeared aged 16-25 (he was 20), along with a female, aged 16-25 (his wife, Millicent Beers) in the census for Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, His father, Samuel Griffith, appears on the line above Hezekiah's entry and he heads a household with his wife, and seven children.^[3]

By 1830, Hezekiah lived in Concord, Erie, New York with his wife and 7 children ranging in age from 19 to 4.^[4]

Hezekiah and Millicent continued to live in Concord in 1840 when their household was comprised of three sons and two daughters. Their older children were no longer living at home.^[5]

In 1850, Millicent and Hezekiah lived in Concord with three of their sons - Robert, Peter, David - and grandson, Lucius Flint, son of daughter, Lydia Griffith Flint, who died in 1843. ^[6]

In 1855, Millicent, age 62, and Hezekiah, age 66, continued to be residents of Concord. In their household were their children, Peter and Elizabeth and grandson, Lucius Leroy Flint.^[7]

Hezekiah and Millicent, and their son, Robert, and grandson, Lucius Flint, lived together in Concord in 1860. Lucius died in 1860 at age 20. ^[8]

In 1865, Hezekiah and Millicent's home in Colden, Erie, New York included son, David Griffith and his wife, Sarah, and their daughter, Flora. In the New York Census of 1865, Hezekiah reported that he was born in Rensselaer County.^[9]

In 1870, Hezekiah, age 80, and Millicent, age 76, lived with their son Jonathan Griffith and his family - wife, Cynthia, and their children, Luther, Ellen, Betsey and Edward, and a grandson, Eugene Culp, Ellen's child.^[10]

Hezekiah died in 1872 in West Seneca, Erie, New York, and was buried in the Griffith Cemetery in East Concord, Erie, New York. ^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Beverly Houghtling. Descendants of Cary Rogers At Stephentown Genealogy.com
2. ↑ Strait - Griffith Bible Abstract by Ruth Gray - 1993, Family Info: Alfred Cole Strait son of George W. Strait & Emily Cole
3. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York; Roll: 35; Page: 563; Image: 00138; Family History Library Film: 0181389 1810 US Census. Hesckian Griffin. & "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2X-ZJD : accessed 26 January 2018), Hesckian Griffin, Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States; citing p. 563, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 35; FHL microfilm 181,389.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPV-3H7 : 18 August 2015), Hezikiah Griffith, Concord, Erie, New York, United States; citing 195, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 114; FHL microfilm 17,174.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY4-6M5 : 15 August 2017), Hezekiah Griffith, Concord, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 32, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 280; FHL microfilm 17,186.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY4-1P8 : 9 November 2014), David Griffith in household of Hezekiah Griffith, Concord, Erie, New York, United States; citing family 721, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K63T-QWB : 19 November 2014), Hezekiah Griffith, E.D. 3, Concord, Erie, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 825,681.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQJ-MVR : 30 December 2015), Hezekiah Griffith, 1860.
9. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-L2MK : accessed 26 January 2018), Hezekiah Griffith, , Colden, Erie, New York, United States; citing source p. 1, line 11, household ID 4, county clerk, board of supervisors and surrogate court offices from various counties. Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York; FHL microfilm 825,686.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FT-BP7 : 17 October 2014), Hesekiah Griffith in household of Jonathan Giffeth, New York, United States; citing p. 38, family 297, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,430.
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #36776460 Hezekiah Griffith
12. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-QMBS : 13 December 2015), Hezekiah Griffith, ; Burial, , Erie, New York, United States of America, Griffith Cemetery (East Concord-Town of Concord); citing record ID 36776460, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36776460.

• "History of the Original Town of Concord, Being the Present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins and Sardinia, Erie County, New York", by Erasmus Briggs. Rochester N.Y.: Union and Advertiser Company's Print, 1883, p. 371. History of the Original Town of Concord

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3463-1N6 : accessed 2016-08-29), entry for Hezekiah /Griffith/.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Phil Smith for creating WikiTree profile Griffin-2693.