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Oliver Griffin (1739 - 1815)

Sgt. Oliver Griffin
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Died at age 75 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Sergeant Oliver Griffin served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Biography

Sergeant Oliver Griffin, the son of Samuel, 3d and Mary (York) Griffin was born on December 26,1739 in Gloucester.[1] His parents, Mary Yorke and Samuel Griffen, 3d, had married on January 1, 1735-6.[2][3]

According to Babson's history,
"Samuel Griffin first appears in Gloucester on his marriage to Elizabeth York, Dec. 15, 1703... Our first Samuel had, in 1707, two acres of land where he had set up his house, near Benjamin York's land ; and four acres on the east side of the way leading from Lobster Cove to Sandy Bay. He had sons Samuel, Adoniram, and Daniel. Samuel Griffin, jr., for many years a member of the church at Annisquam, and a useful citizen, died Jan. 15, 1781 ; and Deacon Samuel Griffin, of the same church, died about Jan. 1, 1794, aged eighty. The family has long been numerous in Squam. Four Samuels were living there in 1754. Josiah, born there, settled in Sandy Bay ; was a representative in 1833 and 1834 ; and died in 1858, aged about seventy. " (The first Samuel Griffin in Gloucester might be postulated to be Oliver Griffin's grandfather.)

Olive Griffin and Mary Wise married in Gloucester on March 22, 1763.[4] Theirs was a seafaring family, with at least five of their seven sons going to sea. Of their seven (7) sons, four (4) died at sea {three drowned & one was lost in combat with an English privateer}. Of the three who died ashore, one died shortly after birth, one was 36 years of age, while the other reached 62 years of age. They had the following children born in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts:

  1. Oliver Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1762. He is assumed to have died young, as the next born was also named Oliver two years later.[5]
  2. Oliver Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1764.[6] This Oliver also died young. He was killed in an engagement at sea by a musket ball from an English privateer, on board a brig 40 leagues from Bilboa, on November 25, 1779, at the young age of 15 years.[7]
  3. Elizabeth Griffin, the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester on 1765.[8]
  4. Eliphalet Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was baptized in Gloucester on November 10, 1765.[9] Captain Eliphalet Griffin drowned at the Vineyard coming in from the southard, in October 1813.[10]
  5. Gustavus Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1770 and baptized on Oct. 14.[11] Captain Gustavus Griffin, the husband of Anna, died Feb. 10, 1807 (at the age of 36 years).[12]
  6. Hannah Griffin, the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1772 and baptized on October 18.[13]
  7. Epes Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1775. and baptized on Jan. 29.[14] Epes Griffin, the husband of Lucy, died in January 1837.[15]
  8. Rhoda Griffin, the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1776.[16]
  9. Mary Griffin, the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester on March 31, 1779.[17]
  10. Oliver Griffin, the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester on August 30, 1780. This is the third son named Oliver, as a result of both previous Olivers dying young.[18] Oliver, drowned - expected lost on their passage from Providence, RI, towards Charlestown, SC., on December 17, 1827.[19]
  11. Esther Griffin, a twin and the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1781.[20]
  12. Tristram Griffin, a twin and the son of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester in 1781.[21] Tristram Griffin drowned' on his passage to the Isle of St. Thomas, West Indies, in February 1822.[22]
  13. Elizabeth Griffin, the daughter of Oliver and Mary Griffin, was born in Gloucester after 1781.[23] It is assumed her older sister of the same name had passed away.

Sergeant Oliver Griffin served under Lieutenant Joseph Lane in Captain Joseph Whipple's company during the revolution. GRIFFIN, OLIVER Ancestor #: A048217 [24] Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): SERGEANT Birth: 9-9-1739 GLOUCESTER MASSACHUSETTS Death: 6-21-1815 GLOUCESTER MASSACHUSETTS Service Description: 1) CAPT JOSEPH WHIPPLE GRIFFIN, OLIVER Ancestor #: A048217 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): SERGEANT Birth: 12-26-1739 GLOUCESTER ESSEX CO MASSACHUSETTS Death: 6-21-1815 GLOUCESTER ESSEX CO MASSACHUSETTS Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 6, P 885 Service Description: 1) LT JOSEPH LANE; CAPT JOSEPH WHIPPLE

Oliver passed away on 23 Jun 1815 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts.[25]

Sources

  1. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Oliver, s. Samuel, 3d and Mary [(York). PR401], Dec. 26, 1739. Gloucester - Births; Image of page 304
  2. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Marriages: Mary, and Samuel Griffen, 3d, Jan. 1,1735-6.* Gloucester - Marriages; Image of page 597
  3. ↑ Oliver Griffin's birth at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265520-00304?pId=80312585
  4. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Gloucester - Marriages: Image of page 247
  5. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Oliver, s. Oliver and Mary, , 1762. PR405 page 304
  6. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Oliver, s. Oliver and Mary, , 1764. PR405 page 304
  7. ↑ Gloucester deaths: Oliver, s. Oliver and Mary, killed in an engagement at sea by a musket ball from an English privateer, on board a brigg 40 leagues from Bilboa, Nov. 25, 1779, a. 15 y. CR3 Gloucester - Deaths - Image of page 151
  8. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Elizabeth, d. Oliver and Mary, , 1765. PR405 page 301
  9. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Eliphalet, s. Oliver and Mary, bp. Nov. 10, 1765. CR3 page 301
  10. ↑ Eliphalet, Capt., at the Vineyard coming in from the southard, Oct. , 1813. CR3 Gloucester - Deaths: Image of page 150
  11. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Gustavus, s. Oliver and Mary, , 1770. PR405 bp. Oct. 14. CR3 page 302
  12. ↑ Gloucester deaths: Gustavus [Capt. GR2], h. Anna, Feb. 10, 1807. [a. 36 y. CR3] Gloucester - Deaths: Image of page 149
  13. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Hannah, d. Oliver and Mary, , 1772. PR405 bp. Oct. 18. CR5 page 302
  14. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Epes, s. Oliver and Mary, , 1775. PR405 bp. Jan. 29. CR3 page 301
  15. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester: Epes, h. Lucy, Jan. , 1837. PR410 Gloucester - Deaths: Image of page 150
  16. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Rhoda, d. Oliver and Mary, , 1776. PR405 page 301
  17. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Mary, d. Oliver and Mary, . 1779. PR405 [Mar. 31. PR40] page 304
  18. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Oliver, s. Oliver and Mary, Aug. 30, 1780. page 299
  19. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Deaths: Oliver, drowned [expected lost on their passage from Providence, RI, towards Charlestown, SC. PR408], , 1827. CR3 Dec. 17. PR410; Mar. PR408 Gloucester - Deaths - Image of page 151
  20. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Esther, d. twin, Oliver and Mary, , 1781. PR405 page 301
  21. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Tristram, s. twin, Oliver and Mary, , 1781. PR405 page 306
  22. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester : Tristram, on his passage to the Isle of St. Thomas, West Indies, Feb. , 1822. CR3 Gloucester - Deaths - Image of page 152
  23. ↑ Early Vital Records of Massachusetts From 1600 to 1850 - Gloucester Births: Elizabeth, d. Oliver and Mary, [after 1781?]. PR405 [ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Gloucester/Images/Gloucester_B301.shtml page 301]
  24. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2 Dec 2022), "Record of Oliver Griffin", Ancestor # A048217.
  25. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1Y-MZV : 23 October 2020), Oliver Griffin, Jun 1815.




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Griffin-14928 and Griffen-317 appear to represent the same person because: Same names, dates, and family. LNAB spelling needs to be decided.
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