William Griffin (1814 - 1880)

Born 29 Sep 1814 in Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pitts) Griffin — married 19 Aug 1839 in St. Swithen, Worcestershire, England

Husband of Eliza Penelope Thompson — married 18 May 1873 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Feb 1880 at age 65 in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States

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Biography

John and Fanny Griffin owned 82 acres of farm land in Flyford Flavel. Flyford Flavel is a small parish in the center of Worcestershire, England.

William married Mary Pitts, who lived in Inkberrow, just a few miles from his home. She was also a convert to the L.D.S. Church. After their marriage they moved to a small farming community two miles from Flyford Flavel, called Naunton Beauchamp, where William worked as a farm laborer. Here seven children were born to them. The family lived there at Naunton Beauchamp as members of the L.D.S. Church from about 1840 until 1866.

Theophenia and John came to America in about 1861. William Jr. came two years later and the rest of the family came about 1866.

In 1866 William Griffin and his wife, Mary, and family members Caroline, Walter and Thomas left England for the trip to Zion. (The other children had all come over in years before). On April 30, 1866 they sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship "John Bright". There were about 747 saints on board under the direction of C. M. Gillet. The company landed at Castle Garden in the New York harbor on June 6. They traveled by way of New Haven, Connecticut; Montreal, Canada; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago and Quincy, Illinois; and St. Joseph Missouri by cars, and then by steamboat up the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Here they joined the L.D.S. emigrating company for the trip across the plains.

Upon arriving in Utah, they made their home in Clarkston, a small town near the northern border of Utah (Cache county).

William Griffin married Eliza Penelope Thompson Coucher, a widow, on May 19, 1873. This was a plural marriage. Her first husband, William Coucher, had died and left her a widow with three small children.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 29 SEP 1814

Place: Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire, England^[1][2][3]

Note

Note: OCCUPATION: farmer

 !BIRTH: GS #465281 Flyford Flavel Par. Worc., England LDS Membership Records, Clarkston Ward, Clarkston, Utah GS#025607

 !MARRIAGE: Certified Copy of Marriage

 !MARRIAGE #2: Endowment House Sealings GS #183398

 !DEATH: Clarkston, Ut. City Cemetery GS#176054

Flyford Flavel Par. Reg., Worcs., Engl. GS #465281

 !BAPTISM: GS #25607 Clarkston, Utah Ward Records p.17 Temple Index Bureau William was baptized by E. L. Smith in England.

 !ENDOWMENT: Temple Index Bureau

 !SEALING (wife-husb.): IGI (Int. Geographic Index) Endowment House Sealings GS #183396

 !SEALING (wife-husb.) #2: Endowment House Sealings GS #183398 (time only)

 !SEALING (child-parent): IGI (Int. Geographic Index) GS #455037 Logan Temple Sealing of Children to Parent Archive Sheet

PEDIGREE CONNECTION: 25607 p.17 Clarkston Ward Record, William lists his parents as John Griffin & Fanny Barnes 183398 p.433 EH Sealings gives his birthplace as Flyret Favilla, Worcs., Engl.

Christening

Christening:

Date: 4 OCT 1814

Place: Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire, England^[4]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 6 FEB 1880

Place: Clarkston, Cache, Utah^[5]

Marriage

Husband: William Griffin

Wife: Mary Pitts

Child: Theophenia Griffin

Child: John Griffin

Child: Caroline Griffin

Child: William Hyrum Griffin

Child: Walter Griffin

Child: Sarah Elizabeth Griffin

Child: Thomas Griffin

Marriage:

Date: 19 AUG 1839

Place: St. Swithen, Worcestershire, England^[6][7]

Husband: William Griffin

Wife: Eliza Penelope Thompson

Marriage:

Date: 18 MAY 1873

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA^{[8][9][10][11]}

Husband: John Griffin

Wife: Theophania Barnes

Child: Dorothy Griffin

Child: Walter Griffin

Child: William Griffin

Child: Mary Ann Griffin

Child: Daly or Delia Griffin

Child: George Griffin

Child: Sarah Griffin

Marriage:

Date: 12 NOV 1805

Place: Bromsgrove Parish, Worcestershire, England^[12]

• Fact: Christening (21 October 1814) Flyford Flavel, Worcestershire, England
• Fact: Immigration (6 June 1866) New York, United States
• Fact: Burial (6 February 1880) Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

Find A Grave

William Griffin Birth: Sep. 15, 1816 Flyford Flavell Worcestershire, England Death: Feb. 2, 1880 Clarkston Cache County Utah, USA

Family links: Spouses: Mary Pitts Griffin (1810 - 1891)* Eliza Penelope Thompson Griffin (1840 - 1909)*

Children: John Griffin (1842 - 1927)* Caroline Griffin Thompson (1845 - 1916)* William Hyrum Griffin (1847 - 1936)* Walter Griffin (1849 - 1870)* Thomas Griffin (1856 - 1939)* Penelope Griffin Williams (1874 - 1949)* Annie Henrietta Griffin Malmberg (1876 - 1957)* Henry Alfred Griffin (1878 - 1971)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Clarkston City Cemetery Clarkston Cache County Utah, USA

Created by: Penny G. Douglass Record added: Jan 20, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17602582

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S13 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Note: GS film #465281 Flyford Flavel Par. Worc., England
2. ↑ Source: #S13 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Note: LDS Membership Records, Clarkston Ward, Clarkston, Utah GS#025607
3. ↑ Source: #S22 Page: she believes the birth is 16 Sep 1816 - no source cited. TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE she believes the birth is 16 Sep 1816 - no source cited.
4. ↑ Source: #S14Page Note: Batch #C041211; film #0465281 for Flyford Flavell Parish.
5. ↑ Source: #S18 Note: kept by Valeen Bitter of Bountiful, Utah.
6. ↑ Source: #S7 Note: Certified Copy of Marriage
7. ↑ Source: #S18 Note: kept by Valeen Bitter of Bountiful, Utah.
8. ↑ Source: #S13 Note: 1880 Census, Clarkston, Cache, Utah GS#38083 pt 1 p.5-6
9. ↑ Source: #S13 Page Note: Endowment House Sealings GS#183398 p.433; IGI
10. ↑ Source: #S11
11. ↑ Source: #S18Page Note: by Valeen Bitter of Bountiful, Utah. Valeen's marriage date for Eliza is one day off "19 Aug 1873"
12. ↑ Source: #S4 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page Note: from Marian Shipley <maship4u@msn.com> April 2003. She found the information in FH Film #0321,125 "Broomsgrove Parish Records: Marriages 1773 - 1812" Year 1805, #26, (second entry on the page) John Griffin's signature is on the document.

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• WikiTree profile Griffin-1920 created through the import of Griffiths Lineage.ged on Aug 10, 2012 by Lana Archibald. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lana and others.

• Source: S11 Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 Name: Family History Library Address: 35 N. West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
• Source: S13 Abbreviation: Microfilm Title: Microfilm
• Source: S14 Abbreviation: International Genealogical Index - Online Title: International Genealogical Index - Online
• Source: S18 Abbreviation: Family records Title: Family records
• Source: S22 Abbreviation: Research by Valeen Bitter of Bountiful, Utah Title: Valeen Bitter, ""Our Griffiths, Clark, Griffin & Thompson Lines"," ; a book, [<sc>address for private use</sc>], ; held by Lana Archibald, [<sc>address for private use</sc>]. Name: OwnerAddress FIELD Name: Provenance
• Source: S4 Abbreviation: Email Message Title: Email Message
• Source: S7 Abbreviation: Marriage Record Title: Marriage Record and License