1758 - 1842 (83 years)
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Name |
Griffith, Jeremiah |
Born |
28 Jul 1758 |
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
10 Jun 1842 |
Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, USA |
Buried |
Fluvanna Cemetery, Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York, USA |
Person ID |
I23992 |
Sackett |
Last Modified |
18 Jan 2009 |
Family |
Crapsey, Mary Parable, b. 8 Feb 1764, d. 12 Apr 1854 (Age 90 years) |
Children |
| 1. Griffith, Alexander Hamilton, b. 17 Jul 1805, Madison County, New York, USA , d. 30 Jun 1879, Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, USA (Age 73 years) |
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Last Modified |
18 Jan 2009 |
Family ID |
F1285 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 28 Jul 1758 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Child - Griffith, Alexander Hamilton - 17 Jul 1805 - Madison County, New York, USA |
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| Died - 10 Jun 1842 - Ellery, Chautauqua County, New York, USA |
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| Buried - - Fluvanna Cemetery, Ellicott, Chautauqua County, New York, USA |
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Notes |
- Griffith, Jeremiah (2). b. July 28, 1758, at Norwich, Conn. d. June 10, 1842. Age 83 years and 10 months. s/o Seth (1) & Polly (Wescott) Griffith. He enlisted in the American Army in 1775 and served for five months as private in the company of Captain Hezekiah Baldwin, Connecticut Militia. Re-enlisted and served under Capt. Beebe, Connecticut Militia, for six months, and again in 1776 under Capt. Link Hanford, and in 1777 was on the northern frontier in the winter campaign in Canada. Again re-enlisted and served in 1778 under Capt. Hamcrack, N. Y. State Militia. At the time of his application for pension, which was granted, he was 68 years old, and it is recorded that he made the trip from Griffith's Point, Chautauqua County, N. Y., to Washington, D. C., on horseback. In February, 1806, with his wife and six children, and all his family possessions stowed away on a wood-sled, drawn by oxen, he took up his line of march from Madison County, N. Y., for the west. He reached Chautauqua in due time and leaving his wife and children at Mayville proceeded down the east shore of Chautauqua Lake where he found William Bemus who had made a settlement near what is now known as Bemus Point. On the advice of Bemus he decided to settle at the place now known as Griffith's Point. At that time it was an unbroken wilderness from that section to Warren, Pa. Returning to Mayville he started with his family down the lake side and was for a time lost in a blinding snow storm, but finally reached the log cabin of Wm. Bemus. The next day they all started for Griffith's Point, and in three days' time had erected a log house. He married Mary Parable Crapsy, who was born Feb. 8, 1764. They had six children: John, Seth, Samuel, Mary "Polly", Jeremiah, and Alexander. He is mentioned in the Pension List of 1840, aged 82, residing with A. Griffith in the town of Ellery.
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Griffith, Jeremiah b. d. 10 Jun 1842 age 83-10-0
Griffith, Mary b. d. 12 Apr 1854 age 90-2-0
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