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GENEALOGY
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PREFACE.
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We have the direction by divine authority, through
Moses, " Remember the days of old, consider the years
of many generations ; ask thy father and he will show
thee ; thy elders, and they will tell thee." Deut. xxxii, 7.
Much interest has been taken, during the last thirty or
forty years, in the collection and arrangement of Family
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Histories and Genealogies. As a result of these efforts
vJ there have been laid before the public many interesting
"^ compilations. Circumstances and events that must other-
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,52 wise, in the natural order of things, soon have passed
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into oblivion, are thus placed on record, for the benefit
of the present and future generations. From the events
"^ and occurrences of the past, it is the part of wisdom to
Z) derive instruction and guidance for the activities of the
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f) future.
In this volume it is intended to give a history of
Jasper Griffing, a native of Wales, who settled in
Southold, Long Island, about two centuries ago, and of
his descendants down to the present time so far as known.
Some of those who have borne the Griffing name
have risen to eminence and distinction, gaining a world-
4
wide reputation. Many more have " acted well their
parts " in the humbler walks of life, and are equally
entitled to our esteem and commendation.
The records and material for this work were collected
by Miss Clara J. Stone [Number 494 of this volume].
She devoted her time for three or four years with much
enthusiasm and energy to the accomplishment of the
work, and to that end carried on an extensive cor-
respondence with individuals in all parts of this country,
and to some extent in Europe. In addition to what is
here presented to the public, she collected much
interesting matter in connection with representatives of
the family, for which there is no room in this volume.
When her collection and compilation were substantially
completed, and the work was nearly ready for the press,
she was suddenly stricken with disease, and died, after
an illness of four days, on the 25th day of March, 1880.
Thanks are due to Dr. Alvan Talcott of Guilford,
Ct., Miss Harriet Lord of Lyme, Ct., George B. Griffin
of San Francisco, Cal., Mrs. C. G. Allen of Ravenswood,
Augusta, Ga., Mrs. N. O. Randall of Yaphank, L. I.,
and others, for the valuable assistance rendered by them
to Miss Stone in the collection of these records.
Guilford, Conn, August 1, 1881.
GENEALOGY
OF
THE DESCENDANTS OF JASPER GRIFFING.
The Gruffids of Welsh history are considered by many anti-
quarians of the present day as Griffings. A strong tradition has
come down through all the lines that the last prince of Wales,
Llewellyn ap Griffith ap Llewellyn, is the progenitor of all. A
record connected with the Tower of London calls one of these a
Griffing. The Virginia Griffings, who are descendants of Cyrus
Griffing of the Provincial Congress, and are not of the Jasper
line, have the same tradition.
Of the early history of Jasper Griffing very little is known.
He was born in Wales about 1648, and came to this country when
quite young. We have a slight notice of him in Essex Co.,
Mass., in 1670, when he is said to be twenty-one years of age.
We have still another notice in Marblehead, Mass., in 1674.
Soon after this date, and about 1675, he came, with a young wife
named Hannah, to Southold, L. I., where he spent his subsequent
life. The family name of his wife, Hannah, has not been ascer-
tained. The inscription on her tombstone reads; "Here lyeth
the body of Hannah Griffing, wife of Jasper Griffing, born at
Manchester, New England," [Mass.?] "aged 46 years and eight
months, and was the mother of eighteen children, and departed
this life in Southold the 20th day of April, 1699." Jasper
Griffing died at Southold, aged 70, April 17, 171 8.
Of their "eighteen children," some of whom doubtless died
in infancy, we have accounts of only four sons, Jasper, John,
Edward, Robert, and a daughter, Susanna.
Respecting the orthography of the name there is a decided
lack of uniformity. Jasper and his descendants at Southold, and
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also the Robert Griffing branch, of Guilford and other places,
spell the name with the final "g," Griffing. Other branches as
uniformly omit the final "g," and spell the name Griffin. But
all these are, without doubt, descendants of the same ancestor,
Jasper Griffing of Southold. For the sake of uniformity the
names of all his descendants are given in this volume in Jiis
orthography, Griffing.
I.
Jasper Griffing, born 1648, married Hannah , of Man-
chester, New England, who was born 1653 and died 1699; Jasper
died 17 April, 171 8.
CHILDREN :
2. Jasper Griffing,2 b. about 1675.
3. John Griffing,2 b. probably a year or two later.
4. Edward Griffing,2 b.
5. Susanna Griffing,2 b,
6. Robert Griffing.2 b. 1685.
2d GENERATION.
2.
Jasper Griffing, Jun., probably eldest son of Jasper Griffing
of Southold (1) 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 Eng-
land, 1603.] It is said in "Griffin's Journal," that Jasper Griffing,
Jun., purchased a tract of land in Lyme and settled there. By ref-
erence to "Southold Index of 1698," by Chas B. Moore, Esq., we
find a note of Jasper, at the time of his father's death, 171 8, 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.
SECOND GENERATION. y
CHILDREN :
7. Jasper Griffing, 3d,3 b. 28 Jany., 1698.
8. Hannah Griffing,3 b. 1700. Nothing further found.
9. Lemuel Griffing,3 b.
10. Nathan Griffing,3 b. ? . Nothing further found.
n. Joseph Griffing,3 b. . Nothing further found.
3-
John Griffing, son of Jasper Griffing of Southold (1) and
Hannah, his wife, probably died 1714 or 1715. Dates of birth
and marriage not found.
CHILDREN :
12. John Griffing,3 Jun., b. 1710.
13. Deborah Griffing,3 } These joined the Church at Acquebogue, 24
14. Phoebe Griffing,3 ) April, 1768. Nothing further.
4-
Edward Griffing, son of Jasper Griffing (1) and Hannah, his
wife, married, 1st, Irene , who died 8 Nov., 1716; 2d, Sarah
Meaker, on the 1 Oct., 171 7. Nothing further found.
5-
Susanna Griffing, daughter of Jasper Griffing (1) and Hannah,
his wife, married 4 Oct., 1704, Joseph Peck, Jun., born 20 March,
1680, son of Joseph and Sarah Peck of Lyme, Ct. Probably the
name of the children of this union are recorded in the " History
of the Descendants of Wm. Peck of New Haven," by Judge
Darius Peck of Hudson, N. Y. None are found in the records of
the Griffings. Joseph and Susanna Peck lived at Lyme, Ct.
Robert Griffing, born 1685, son of Jasper Griffing (1) and
Hannah, his wife, was born at his father's homestead " at the foot
of town harbor lane " leading from the main street to the harbor.
He married about 1708 Lydia Kirkland, born 11 Oct., 1685,
daughter of Lieut. John Kirkland of Saybrook, Ct., and Lydia
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(Pratt) Kirkland, daughter of Lieut. Wm. Pratt, also of Saybrook.
It is said of Robt. Griffing that he was " a man of most agreeable
conversation and greatly beloved."
Although Robert was the fourth son yet we find him at last in
possession of the homestead, and it seemed to come about in this
way : As Jasper, Jun., had removed to Lyme, Ct., a deed of sale
was executed I June, 1718, about two months after his father's
death, by which Jasper of Lyme transferred all the real estate he
owned to his brother Edward. The same year we find that
Edward and Sarah (Meaker) Griffing gave a deed of the homestead
and lands he possessed at Southold to his brother Robert. Again
referring to " Griffin's Journal :" " Where Edward settled, what
family he had, how long he lived, we are not able to say. So
Robert settled down on his father's estate and homestead on the
pleasant banks of Peconic Bay, at Southold Harbor." Besides
cultivating his patrimonial land at Hallock's Neck and the islands
near by.
We find incidentally that in 1725 Robert Griffing kept an
" Inn," that dernier resort of so many of our ancestors who came
to do, and finding a sterile soil did whatever was honest to eke
out an independent living. Robert Griffing died at the home-
stead 28 March, 1729. His wife Lydia made a second marriage
with Joseph Conkling of Southold, who died 1740; she died in
1742.
CHILDREN :
15. Lydia Griffing,3 b. early part 1709; d. 2 April, 1718.
16. Samuel Griffing,3 b. 25 Sept., 1710, O. S.
17. Elizabeth Griffing,3 b.
18. William Griffing,3 b. 171 5 (about).
19. John Griffing,3 b. 1717 (about).
20. Robert Griffing,3 b. 1720 (about).
21. Jasper Griffing,3 b. 7 March, 1722, O. S.
THIRD GENERATION. g
3d GENERATION.
7-
Jasper Griffing, 3d, born 28 J any., 1698, son of Jasper Griffing
(2) and Ruth (Peck) Griffing, married 7 J any., 1725, Mary Reed,
probably of Lyme. He died 1783, and doubtless lies buried in the
burying ground of North Lyme.
CHILDREN :
22. Jasper Griffing, 4th,4 b. 3 Oct., 1725 ; d. 10 Dec, 1725.
23. Jasper Griffing,4 b. 10 Dec, 1726.
24. Mary Griffing,4 b. 22 Nov., 1728 ; d. 2 Sept., 1738.
25. Ruth Griffing,4 b. 29 Oct., 1730; d. 19 Aug., 1738.
26. John Griffing,4 b. 10 Jany., 1733 ; d. 10 April, 1737.
27. Deborah Griffing,4 b. 7 Feby., 1735 ; d. 19 Sept., 1738.
28. John Griffing,4 b. 16 May, 1737. Nothing more found.
29. Abner Griffing,4 b. 29 March, 1741. Nothing more found.
9-
Lemuel Griffing, born about 1704, son of Jasper Griffing (2)
and Ruth (Peck) Griffing, married (date not found) Phcebe Corn-
stock. She is said to have been a " woman of rare grace and
artistic taste."
CHILDREN :
30. George Griffing,4 b. 10 July, 1734, at East Haddam, Ct.
31. Lemuel Griffing,4 b. , at East Haddam, Ct.
12.
John Griffing, Jun., born 17 10, son of John Griffing (3), an
early settler of what is now Riverhead, L. I., married, 13 Feby.,
1735, Sarah Paine (probably sister of Alsop Paine), born 17 16,
and died 12 Sept., 1761. He married as second wife Anna Sweezey,
daughter of Richard and Abiah Sweezey of Riverhead.
John Griffing with his family removed during the war of the
Revolution to Lyme or Middletown, Ct., it is not known which.
He died while in exile, and tradition says at Guilford, Conn., and
was buried there. Anna Griffino; united with the Church at
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GRIFFING GENEALOGY.
Upper Acquebogue 18 Feby., 1767; her husband with same
Church 10 April, 1767. She died 3 Jany., 1803.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE :
32. Prudence Griffing,4 b. 1735.
33. John Griffing,4 b. 1737.
34. Sarah Griffing,4 b. 1739; d. young.
35. Anna Griffing,4 b. 1741.
36. Sarah Griffing,4 b. 1744; d. 1761.
37. James Griffing,4 b. 1746.
38. Mehitable Griffing,4 b. 1748.
39. Nathaniel Griffing,4 b. 1750.
40. Thankful Griffing,4 b. 1752.
41. Stephen Griffing,4 b. 1754.
42. Joseph Griffing,4 b. 1756.
43. Mary Griffing,4 b. 1758.
44. Jasper Griffing,4 b. 1760. Lost at sea; died single.
BY SECOND WIFE :
45. Infant, died without a name.
46. Infant, died without a name.
47. Infant, died without a name.
48. Infant, died without a name.
49. William Griffing,4 b. 1770.
50. Bartlett Griffing,4 b. 1773.
51. David Griffing,4 b. 1775.
52. Anna Griffing,4 b. 1777.
16.
Samuel Griffing, born 25 Sept., 17 10, O. S., son of Robert
Griffing (6) and Lydia ( Kirkland) Griffing, married, 1732, Elizabeth
Landon, born 14 June, 17 10, O. S., daughter of Nathan Landon
of Southold, who came from Herefordshire, England ; born 1664;
came to America; married; and died at Southold 1 718, aged 54
years.
Samuel Griffing was but nineteen years of age when his
father died, and we find him soon after this event as eldest son
in possession of the homestead, assuming charge of the family and
THIRD GENERATION.
II
the guardianship of his youngest brother Jasper, who was at his
father's death but seven years old. The mother, Lydia (Kirkland)
Griffing, married, 1732, a second husband.
Elizabeth (Landon) Griffing was the mother of thirteen
children, eleven of whom survived her. The entry in the family
Bible, made by her husband at the time of her death, reads thus :
"Aug. 19, 1755, departed this life my own wife, Elizabeth." He
married as second wife, 25 May, 1756, Martha Vaill, by whom he
had four children.
In the large family which Samuel Griffing reared, there was
the most marked loyalty to parents, and the most devoted love
preserved between the numerous brothers and sisters even to old
age. The grandmother of the writer always prefaced everyone of
these, to her, precious household names, with " brother," " sister,"
down to her dying day. The father's was an iron will, as was
wont in those Puritan days ; but there was perfect love and
veneration for him notwithstanding. The step-mother, too, filled
in a wonderful way the place of the beloved Elizabeth Landon,
and the writer knows, by her own remembrance, that no two
sisters ever loved one another more fondly than the step-sisters
who both married in Guilford.
In the autumn of 1776, as the British were taking possession
of Long Island, many families fled panic-struck at their approach,
and left their homesteads to the mercy of the invaders. Hon.
Ezra L'Hommedieu and Samuel Griffing, whose houses stood not
more than thirty rods apart, and who were closely attached by
ties of neighborhood and friendship, both left with their immediate
families for Connecticut.
By reference to the incidents of Jasper Griffing's life in a
succeeding page, it will be seen that he had settled down in the
town of Guilford, Ct., some thirty years previous to this; had
become a prosperous citizen, owning houses and lands ; and
more, had just completed the purchase of the Whitfield House,
or Stone House as it is called in common parlance to this day,
and in this house our exile, with his wife, two daughters and two
sons, found a home for a year or more. By this time a farm was
j 2 GRIFFING GENEALOGY.
found to his liking and purchased in the town of Branford, but
a few miles west of Guilford, to which he soon removed. In 1787
his two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, both married and settled
in Guilford. Solomon Stone, a descendant of John Stone from
England, marrying Elizabeth, and Medad Stone, a descendant of
William Stone (John's brother) from England, marrying Mary.
Samuel Griffing died 1789; Martha (Vaill) Griffing died 1791.
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE:
53. Samuel Griffing,4 b. 20 July, 1733.
54. Seth Griffing,4 b. 12 Oct., 1734.
55. Daniel Griffing,4 b. May, 1736.
56. Lydia Griffing,4 b. 13 Nov., 1737; d. 1 Oct., 1754.
57. James Griffing,4 b. 14 Oct., 1739.
58. Experience Griffing,4 b. — — , 1741.
59. Peter Griffing,4 b. 2 Sept., 1742.
60. David Griffing,4 b. 1743 ; d. 1 1 Aug., 1763, at St. Johns,
Antigua.
61. Moses Griffing,4 b. 6 Sept., 1745.
62. Joshua Griffing,4 b. 20 Aug., 1749; d. 15 Sept., 1771 , at
Cape May.
63. Aaron Griffing,4 b. 15 Feby., 1752; d. 21 Oct., 1754.
64. Infant,4 b. ; lived but a few days.
65. Elizabeth Griffing,4 b. 17 Feby., 1755.
BY SECOND WIFE:
66. Mary Griffing,4 b. 20 April, 1758.
67. Parnal Griffing,4 b. 1 Sept., 1759; d. 27 July, 1764.
68. Jared Griffing,4 b. 16 June, 1762.
69. Aaron Griffing,4 b. 10 June, 1764.
Samuel Griffing never returned to live in his Long Island
home after he went to Connecticut — only returned to see his
house a wreck, a " cannon planted in the window," and the like.
17-
Elizabeth Griffing (no date), daughter of Robert Griffing (6)
and Lydia (Kirkland) Griffing, married (no date) Martin Bates of
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Hanover, New Jersey. The time of their deaths not found.
Mrs. Bates is said to have died in Morristown, N. J.
CHILDREN :
•jo. Abigail Bates,4 b. 1750.
71. Parnal Bates,4 b. 2 Sept., 1751.
72. Norton Bates,4 b.
It will be seen that in 1794 Parnal Bates married her first
cousin, Timothy Griffing of Guilford, Conn. [No. 84]. Of Norton
Bates nothing more is known but that he settled in Massachusetts,
and was a most excellent man.
18.
William Griffing, born about 171 5, son of Robert Griffing (6)
and Lydia (Kirkland) Griffing, losing his father when a lad, left
Long Island when young and went, according to " Griffin's
Journal," first to New Jersey, afterward to Western Pennsylvania,
where he became a clergyman, and where he died. No further
account.
19.
John Griffing, born about 1717, son of Robert Griffing (6)
and Lydia (Kirkland) Griffing, went, it is said, to Connecticut,
but none of his descendants have as yet been found.
20.
Deacon Robert Griffing, born about 1720, son of Robert
Griffing (6) and Lydia (Kirkland) Griffing, removed when a young
man to Guilford, Ct., where he married, 25 Aug., 1744, Rhoda
Parmele, daughter of Daniel Parmele and Widow Anna (Ward)
Rossiter. She died 11 Oct., 1767. About this time he removed
to North Guilford, where, 15 Aug., 1770, he married Sarah
Fowler, who died 28 March, 1785. He married as third wife
Elizabeth Baldwin.
Deacon Griffing died in North Guilford 6 Dec, 1796. His
home while in Guilford was on the north side of Guilford Green,
in the so-called " two-chimneyed red house," lately removed.
T. GRIFFING GENEALOGY.
CHILDREN :
73. Robert Griffing,4 b. 25 July, 1745; d. 18 Nov., 1765.
74. Rossiter Griffing,4 b. 26 Dec, 1746 ; m. Lyons ; went
South.
75. Lydia Griffing,4 b. 6 Jany., 1748.
76. Rachel Griffing,4 b. 8 Nov., 1750; m. 18 May, 1772,
David Parks, probably of North Guilford.
77. Kirkland Griffing,4 b. 23 Oct., 1752.
78. Billy Griffing,4 b. 15 Aug., 1755 ; d. 26 Aug., 1756.
79. William Griffing,4 b. 15 June, 1757.
80. Marcia Griffing,4 b. 10 July, 1760; m. John Adkins.
21.
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Jasper Griffing, born 7 March, 1722, O. S., son of Robert
Griffing (6) and Lydia (Kirkland) Griffing, married, 14 Jany., 1746,
Mindwell Stone, born 22 Sept., 1720, daughter of Serjeant Joseph
and Mary (Scranton) Stone of Guilford, Ct. Mindwell Griffing
died 22 April, 1760. He married second, about 1761, Rachel
Lee, born 23 Feby., 1727, daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah
(Chidsey) Lee. Jasper Griffing died at Guilford I Nov., 1800.
Rachel Lee, his wife, died 4 March, 181 1, aged 84 years.
The early life of Jasper Griffing was an eventful one. As we
have seen, his father died when he was a little child ; at fifteen
or sixteen he seems to have become a sailor, going to the West
Indies, &c. Wrhen about twenty-three years of age he was
impressed into Commodore Warren's fleet, then lying at New
York. Tradition hath it that intercession was made by the
relatives, to the Commodore for his release, through Samuel
Landon, Esq., the brother of Mrs. Samuel Griffing of Southold,
and that a promise was made that he should be returned in the
pilot-boat from Sandy Hook, a promise that was not kept. But
the reader is here referred to notes from the Journal of Rev.
Henry Robinson of Guilford, who writes as follows :
" On the 10th Aug., 1837, when I was at the house of Mr. Russell
Griffing, in Richmond, Mass., the following story was told me by
Mr. G. respecting his father, Capt. Jasper Griffing: In the year
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1745, when young Griffing was about 23, he was pressed on board
Com. Warren's fleet at New York, together with a number of others.
Through the entreaty of friends, Griffing was promised by the
Commodore that he should be set ashore at Sandy Hook, but
the promise was disregarded. Afterwards, while on the West
India Station, he, with two others, deserted, swam ashore in the
night, and soon got on board an American vessel. Not long after
the English fleet hove in sight, and a boat was sent alongside of
the American vessel with an officer, who at once recognized the
deserters. They were taken on board the Commodore's ship and
condemned to be hung. On the morning of the fatal day, Griffing
summoned up courage to write a note to the Commodore to this
effect ; that if the Commodore had been as good as his word he
(Grifring) should not be hung that day. Immediately after they
were ordered to be brought forth to execution. Griffing fell on his
knees and pleaded for his life. The Commodore asked him what
he meant by sending him such a note. He replied that he had
written nothing but the truth, that it was promised he should be
set ashore or sent back by the pilot-boat to New York. On being
asked if he could show proof of this, he referred to an American
lieutenant on board, who confirmed the truth of his story. The
Commodore then asked him if he would swear — on his knees —
to be true to his sovereign, and serve him faithfully in the future
in case his life was spared, to which he gladly assented, and was
discharged, while the other two were swung from the yard-arm."
It is well known that during the war called in America " King
George's War" — which took place between 1744 and 1748 — Com.
Warren, in 1745, received orders from England to co-operate with
the land forces from the New England colonies in the attempt to
take Louisburg, on the island of Cape Breton. A company of
men commanded by Col. Andrew Ward went from Guilford, Ct.
Jasper Griffing's brother Robert from Southold was already
settled in this place, and he (Robert) requested Col. Ward to look
for his brother. Col. Ward made inquiries among the sailors as
he met them, found the very man, and devised at once a way of
escape for him. After his escape the Colonel had him dressed as
j 5 GRIFFING GENEALOGY.
a " countryman soldier, without uniform and with a flapped hat."
In this disguise he soon met an officer who, with his glass, was
making observations upon the works of the enemy. The officer
called upon our friend to steady his glass for him, which he did
but without discovery. It was so managed that he was sent to
the hospital as a sick soldier, and finally to Boston on the sick
list, whence he came to Guilford, and soon marrying Mindwell
Stone, settled down and ultimately became one of its wealthiest
citizens. On account of his hairbreadth escapes from Commodore
Warren's fleet, he was in his lifetime and ever after called " The
Commodore."
In an historic letter written by Mr. Jared Griffing in 1839,
he says : " My uncle Jasper told me that he sat on the main top-
gallant truck of Warren's ship when it entered the harbor of
Louisburg under the fire of the French."
[An item of historical interest may be added here, viz. : That
Jasper Griffing became, by purchase in 1776, the fifth owner of
the " Old Stone House," still standing and in fine condition in
Guilford. It was built by the first settlers about 1640; was
owned and occupied by Rev. Henry Whitfield of historic memory.
Rev. Mr. Whitfield returned to England about 165 1, and sold it
to Major Robert Thompson of London, in 1659 All the Whit-
field land was acknowledged by letters from his brother, Nathaniel
Whitfield of London, 20 Sept., 1659. Wyllis Elliott of Guilford
bought the house in 1772; Thomas Pyncheon of Guilford in
1772; and Jasper Griffing bought it of him in 1776. From him
it descended to his son Judge Nathaniel Griffing; at the death
of his widow, Mrs. Sarah (Brown) Griffing, in 1865, it came to
their only remaining child, Mrs. H. W. Chittenden, and at her
death, in 1878, her only child, Mrs. Sarah B. Cone of Stockbridge,
Mass., became the possessor of it.]
CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE:
81. Jasper Griffing,4 b. 29 March, 1748, at Guilford.
82. Mindwell Griffing,4 b. 19 Feby., 1750, at Guilford.
83. Elizabeth Griffing,4 b. 19 May, 1752, at Guilford.
84. Timothy Griffing,4 b. 1 Dec, 1754.
FOURTH GENERATION. T j
BY SECOND WIFE:
85. Joel Griffing,4 b. 10 May, 1762.
86. Russell Griffing,4 b. 1 Nov., 1764.
87. Nathaniel Griffing,4 b. 26 Jany., 1767.
4th GENERATION.
23-
Jasper Griffing, born 10 Dec, 1726, son of Jasper Griffing, 3d,
(7) of Lyme, Ct., and Mary (Reed) Griffing, married, 9 May, 175 1,
Eunice Rogers of Lyme. This Jasper Griffing died 21 Jany.,
1818, aged 91 years. "Eunice Rogers, consort of Jasper Griffing,
died 11 Sept., 1794, aged 60 years." Both lie buried at North
Lyme.
CHILDREN :
88. Joshua Griffing,5 b. 25 Feby., 1752.
89. Jasper Griffing,5 b. 28 Feby., 1754, ; died single, 19 Jany.,
1777.
90. Joseph Griffing,5 b. 3 Feby., 1756.
91. David Griffing,5 b. 24 April, 1758; d. at Newark, N. J.,
13 Oct., 1774.
92. Nathan Griffing,5 b. 13 Aug., 1760 ; m. Catharine Johnson.
93. Mary Griffing,5 b. 8 Aug., 1762.
94. Samuel Griffing,5 b. 30 Aug., 1764.
95. Ruth Griffing,5 b. 17 Oct., 1766; m. Daniel Johnson.
96. Esther Griffing,5 b. 13 Dec, 1768.
97. Benjamin Griffing,5 b. 10 Dec, 1774.
98. Lucy Griffing,5 b. 27 May, 1778.
30.
George Griffing, born 10 July, 1734, son of Lemuel Griffing
(9) and Phoebe (Comstock) Griffing, married, 9 March, 1762, Eve
Dorr, born 4 March, 1733, daughter of Edmund Dorr.*
* Edmund Dorr was born at Roxbury, Mass., 16 Oct., 1692, settled at Lyme, Ct.,
and married, 4 Sept., 17 19, Mary Griswold, daughter of Matthew and Phoebe (Hyde)
Griswold, daughter of Samuel and Jane (Lee) Hyde of Norwich, Ct. Edmund Dorr
was sixth son of Edward and Elizabeth (Hawley) Dorr of Roxbury. This Edward
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jg GRIFFING GENEALOGY.
" George Griffing was a man of strong mental ability, of rare
judgment, and decided character, one who could command his
children and his household after him. He endeavored to develop
the mental powers of his children by giving them subjects to write
upon, and not infrequently required from them poetical effusions.
I well remember the dreaded ordeal I sometimes passed in my
early childhood in his critical examinations of my progress in my
studies." Spragues Memoirs of Rev. E. D. Griffing.
Eve (Dorr) Griffing died 3 April, 1814. George Griffing died
6 Aug., 1814.
CHILDREN :
99. Mary Griffing,5 b. 15 June, 1763.
100. Livia Griffing,5 b. 12 Oct., 1764.
101. Josiah Griffing,5 b. 7 June, 1766.
102. Phoebe Griffing,5 b. 4 May, 1768.
103. Edward Dorr Griffing,5 b. 6 Jany., 1770.
104. Lucy Griffing,5 b. 21 March, 1773.
105. Elizabeth Griffing,5 b. 23 Feby., 1775.
106. George Griffing,5 b. 14 Jany., 1778.
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Lemuel Griffing, Jun., son of Lemuel Griffing (9) and Phoebe
(Comstock) Griffing, married, probably about 1764, Lydia Wiley.
Dorr is sup
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