Griffin Stith (abt. 1784 - 1817)

Born about 1784 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Boush (Jones) Stith — married 11 Aug 1806 in Southampton, Virginia, United States

Died 10 Jul 1817 at about age 33 in Petersburg, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Griffin was likely born about 1784. He was the son of Drury Stith and Mary Jacobs. He was named as an underage son in the 1789 will of his father Drury Stith.

He married in 1806 to Margaret Jones, a daughter of Albridgton Jones. He administered upon the estate of his father-in-law in 1809 which bequeathed to him the land in Southampton where he and Margaret resided.

Griffin was appointed as an Electorate from Southampton in 1808. His Southampton household of 1810 enumerated his wife and child. Griffin Stith, Esq. of Southampton was in 1816 appointed by the Executive Council for the Judicial District of Norfolk.^[1]

Griffin Stith's death announcement was published in the Richmond Enquirer July 18, 1817 stating he had died in Petersburg on Thursday the 10th.^[2] The 1820 census enumerated Margaret Stith's Estate in Southampton, with only slaves remaining thereupon the land bequeathed by her father to Griffin. It appears his wife had passed shortly after his death.

Note: The Stith Family genealogy of Dr. Christopher Johnson published in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol 21, 1 Jan 1913 stated Griffin died in June of 1817, un-married. This does not appear to be factual.

Sources

1. ↑ Richmond Enquirer. Vol. XIII, No. 30 (Richmond, Va.), 21 Aug. 1816. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1816-08-21/ed-1/seq-3/>
2. ↑ Richmond Enquirer, Vol XIV, no. 21 (Richmond, Va.), Fri., 18 July 1817. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024735/1817-07-18/ed-1/seq-3/>

• Will of Drury Stith. Brunswick Co., VA, WB 5, pp. 329-333, w. 24 Jun 1788, codicil w. 22 Jun 1789, second codicil w. 2 Jul 1789, p. 26 Oct 1789. Digital image at Ancestry.com
• Marriage of Griffin Stith to Margaret Boush Jones, 11 August 1806, Southampton, VA. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Dodd, Jordan R., et al.. Early American Marriages: Virginia to 1850. Bountiful, UT, USA: Precision Indexing Publishers.
• [1]Griffin Stith appointed as electorate from Southampton, VA. The Enquirer. [Richmond, VA.], October 25, 1808, Image 3. Chronicling America, LVA.
• [2]Will of Albridgton Jones dated 7 July 1809, proved 20 Nov 1809 by oath of Hardy Cobb & William Hodges. Admin granted Griffin Stith & Mary Jones (widow), his named executors. Will names widow Mary; minor son Thomas C. Jones; dau. Eliza C. Jones; dau. Peggy Stith; son-in-law, Griffin Stith (appt. guard. of Thos. C. Jones.
• [3]1810 Household of Griffin Stith, Southampton, VA.
• [4]Lamented death of Judge Griffin Stith, Esq., during recess of 1817 session of Virginia Legislature. Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [Alexandria, Va.], December 05, 1817, Image 2. Chronicling America, LVA.
• [5]1820 Census listing Margaret Stith's Estate, Southampton, VA.
• [6]Johnson, Christoper. The Stith Family. The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol 21, 1 Jan 1913. Page 192.