James Griffith (abt. 1783 - aft. 1839)

Born about 1783 in Fauquier County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ary (Stevenson) Griffith — married 2 Apr 1805 in Mason County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died after 1839 after about age 56 in Scott, Adams County, Ohio, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Eugenia Ketterl his fourth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 12 cM across 1 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Hope Haas his fourth cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 9 cM across 1 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Donna Stafford his fourth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 18 cM across 2 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Alfred Vanzant his fourth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 15 cM across 2 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Michelle Anthony Hamm his fourth cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 14 cM across 1 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Frances Davis his fourth cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 15 cM across 1 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Derrick Johnston his fourth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 8 cM across 1 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Ritavanorden his fourth cousin. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 41 cM across 2 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between David Roberds and Megan Kincaid-Heidel his fourth cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their 3rd-great grandparents, James Griffith and Ary Stevenson. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 5th-8th Cousins, based on sharing 11 cM across 1 segments.

Page 27 of Descendants of Edward and Mary Stevenson of Baltimore County, Maryland by Robert Barnes of Baltimore, Maryland June, 1966.

CACC. ARY STEVENSON, of Thomas and Sarah, was b. 2 March, 1785. She m. James Griffith. They were the parents of:

CACCA. Elizabeth

CACCB. Anderson

CACCC. Cassandra

CACCD. Daniel

CACCE. William

CACCF. Edward

CACCG. Sarah

CACCH. James

CACCI. Thomas

"John Griffith went with Simon Kenton on a scouting trip to Kentucky and Ohio in the fall of 1783."

James Griffith was born about 1783. "Parents of James Griffith were John Griffith and Frances Feagan - they died before 1840 in Brown County, Ohio."^[1] James Griffith passed away after 1840 Adams County, Ohio. Adams County borders Brown County Ohio and is across the river from Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky

James Griffith married Ary Stevenson, daughter of Thomas Stevenson who "removed to Kentucky in 1790. They were conveyed down the Ohio River on flat-boats, to Limestone (now Maysville), thence on their pack-horses to Washington, which was then a fort, defended by Simon Kenton and others."

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 58264285, contributor David Roberds

• Marriage Records of Mason County, Kentucky 1804-1811 Volume II
• Mason County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1804-60 Vol. II-VI

Name: James Griffith

Spouse: Ary Stevenson

Marriage Date: 02 Apr 1805

Thos. Stevenson, B.

Page 27 - CACC Descendants of Edward and Mary Stevenson of Baltimore County, Maryland by Robert Barnes, June 1996