James
Griffith
Born about in County Tyrone, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Griffith
and Jane (Rutledge) Griffith
Brother of
William Huggart Griffith, Jane Griffith, Robert Griffith, Catherine (Griffith) Priest, Mary Ann Griffith, Jonathan Nathan Griffith, George Griffith and Archy Henry Griffith
Husband of
Margaret Elizabeth (Fleming) Griffith
— married
1856 in Wollongong NSW Australia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 31
in Wollongong NSW Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Feb 2018
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Biography
James was born about 1830. He passed away in 1861.
James was born about 1837. He is the son of John Griffith and Jane Rutledge.
Sources
- Register BDM ON LINE 2152/1856. Griffith James married
Fleming Margaret. Wollongong
Register BDM ON LINE 5251/1861. Griffith James. [F] John [M] Jane. Wollongong
Arrived with parents & brother William 21-7-1841 ship “Helen”
- NRS5316/4_4788/Helen_21 Jul 1841/ from the Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists on the New South Wales State Archives and Records website at: http://indexes.records.nsw.gov.au/ebook/list.aspx?Page=NRS5316/4_4788/Helen_21%20Jul%201841/4_478800085.jpg&No=3
- "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2S-CJ5 : 9 March 2018), James Griffith, 21 Jul 1841; citing Ship Helen, volume 46, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,872.
- "Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL2S-CJC : 9 March 2018), James Griffith, 21 Jul 1841; citing Ship Helen, volume 46, Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood; FHL microfilm 416,872.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~0.78%
Janet Flemming
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T222297 [compare], Ancestry member Flandrensis
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A480453 [compare], FTDNA kit #385145
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~0.78%
Wade Flemming :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T440021 [compare], FTDNA kit #B6538
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Rejected matches › James Griffith (abt.1832-)
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Sources:
Shipping 21-7-1841 “Helen” John Griffith - Age 26 - Ag Lab - R&W- Prodest Native of Dromore,County Tyrone, Father Somer Alexander- Mother Somer Jane Wife. Griffith Jane - Age 25 On 25-4-1841 - House Servant - R & W - Protestant - Native Place Kilskeery, Tyrone - Father James Rutledge - Mother Catherine Neville - Children- Griffith James Age 4 On 5-1-1841 Griffith William Age 2 On 16-4-1841.
1856 Marriage of James Griffith and Margaret Fleming, NSW BDM Index, Register no 2152/1856, Groom's Name: James Griffith; Bride's Name: Margaret Fleming; Registration District: Wollongong.
1860 ‘Accident', Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW), Tuesday 20 March 1860, p. 3, viewed 17 Jun 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132229181
1861 Death of James Griffith, NSW BDM Index, Register no 5251/1861, Name: James Griffith; Father’s Given Name: John; Mother’s Given Name: Jane; Registration District: Wollongong.