Mary Ann (Owens) Griffith (1771 - 1852)

Born 15 Jun 1771 in Fauquier County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Willoughby Griffith — married 8 Apr 1794 in Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Dec 1852 at age 81 in Fleming, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Willoughby Griffith b 20 Mar 1766 in Fauquier Co., Va d May 26, 1841 in Fleming Co., Ky. Willoughby Griffith took out a marriage bond in Boy1e Co., Ky. on April 5, 1794 to marry Mary Ann Owens Ow6. Her brother Jeremiah Owens was bondsman. They were married Apr. 8, 1794 near Danville, Boyle Co., Ky. and left the neighborhood of Danville Ky to settle near Washington in Mason Co. Ky where they remained until 1801/2 when they moved to Fleming Co Ky about ½ mile from Flemingsburg. The moving is likely to have been caused by title problems arising from grants being sold in Virginia to planters who moved to Ky at a much later date. The settlers who cleared the land and fought off the Indians were often deposessed of the improved land which they claimed but failed to get a valid title to.

Willoughby Griffith and Mary Ann Owens are both buried in the Griffith family cemetery on their old farm. In 1954 this cemetery was still intact. Among those buried there are: Willoughby Griffith Sr., died May 26, 1841" Mary Ann (Owens) Griffith,. his, wife, died Dec. 12, 1852 Amelia Griffith, their daughter, died Aug. 9, 1880 Nancy (Griffith) Jones died Jan. 2. 1892 George Jones, Nancy´s husband died Mar. 31, 1884 Willoughby Griffith Jr. d Sept. 1, 1886 Mary E. Griffith, wife of Willoughby Jr., died Jan. 21, 1891. . Willoughby Griffith and Mary Ann Owens left the neighborhood of Danville, Ky. and settled near Washington in Mason Co., Ky. where they remained until 1801 or 1802 when they moved to Fleming Co. and settled about a mile and a half from Flemingsburg. Willoughby Griffith had gone from Fauquier Co., Va. to Boyle Co., Ky. in 1788. He fought in the Indian Wars and is believed to have served in the Army with General Anthony Wayne.

Sources

• [1], Genealogy of Evan Griffith

• [2], Find-a-grave Index

• [3], multiwords.de genealogy database profile for Mary Ann Owens