GRIFFING, Benjamin

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• Census: 9 Sep 1850, Rome, Ashtabula, OH USA

Notes:

Both on Benjamin’s death notice in 1866 in Michigan and in the 1850 census the age given would indicate he was born around December 1770, not December 1774 as documented in Clara Stone’s Griffing genealogy record from 1881. The source of Stone’s assertion of 1774 as birth year is unclear, and remains an open question for me.

Census:
Benjamin Griffin / Age 79 / M / Farmer / Place of Birth CT

Died:
On the 14th inst, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. S. G. Byrne, Benjamin Griffing, aged 95 years 4 months

Benjamin married MATHER, Clarissa on 20 Dec 1798 in East Haddam, Middlesex, CT USA. Clarissa (daughter of MATHER, Unknown) was born about 1774 in Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. GRIFFING, Sarah S was born on 24 Sep 1801 in Lyme, New London, CT, USA; died on 3 Jan 1887 in 137 Maple Avenue, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA; was buried on 6 Jan 1887 in Mount Evergreen Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson, MI, USA.
2. GRIFFING, Lucia was born about 1808 in CT, USA.

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• Obituary: From the Connecticut Gazette, 11 Feb 1818: At Lyme, 21st of Jan, Mr. Jasper Griffing, aged 91. He was a member of the Christian church, upwards of 70 years, and we trust has gone to his Father in peace, in hopes of a glorious immortality beyond the Grave.

Jasper married ROGERS, Eunice. Eunice was born about 1734; died on 11 Sep 1794 in Lyme, New London, CT, USA; was buried in North Lyme, New London, CT USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jasper married REED, Mary on 7 Jan 1725. Mary was born in Lyme, New London, CT, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Research Notes: From Clara Stone’s geneaology of the Griffing family: Jasper Griffing, Jun., probably eldest son of Jasper Griffing of Southold and Hannah, his wife; married, 29 April, 1696, Ruth Peck, born 19 August, 1676, daughter of Joseph Peck of Lyme, Ct., and Sarah, his wife. In Lyme all the children of Joseph and Sarah Peck were born. [This Joseph Peck was the son of Deacon Wm. Peck of New Haven, who was born in England, 1603.] It is said in "Griffin's Journal," that Jasper Griffing, Jun., purchased a tract of land in Lyme and settled there. By reference to "Southold Index of 1698," by Chas B. Moore, Esq., we find a note of Jasper, at the time of his father's death, 1718, where he is spoken of as a son and heir reciting his father's will, etc., and at the same time disposing of his possessions at Southold to his brother Edward Griffing. It is also said in the "Journal" that he lived to be more than 90 years old, but the date of his death does not appear.

Jasper married PECK, Ruth on 29 Apr 1696. Ruth (daughter of PECK, Joseph and Sarah) was born on 19 Aug 1676 in Lyme, New London, CT, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]