ID: I5743
Name: Edward GRIFFIN
Given Name: Edward
Surname: GRIFFIN 1
Sex: M
Birth: Bet 1601 and 1602 in Walton Parish, Pembroke, Wales
Death: 1698 in Flushing, Queens, New York
_UID: A8EFC249B93E4A3A88DCAAA3C0DB3E28CFBA
Change Date: 19 Oct 2009 at 08:54
Note: Older brother Edward emigrated from Wales to America 24 Oct. 1635 with John Griffin
Edward - b. 1601-2, Walton, Pembrokeshire, Wales. As a constable at London, Edward killed a man in
a tavern, an act pardoned on July 1, 1625 as justifiable manslaughter by King Charles 1. Edward was in Yorkshire in 1632, and sailed from England on August 24, 1635 aboard the ABRAHAM en route to
Virginia. He and brother John were in the employ of Capt. CLAIRBORNE, Secretary of the Virginia
Colony, when the Captain's Virginia traders were seized by Lord BALTIMORE of Maryland in June
1638. Edward was captured and taken to Maryland, later escaping to the Dutch Colony of New
Amsterdam, and settling at Flushing Long Island, NY about 1657. Edward joined the Society of Friends.
Married at Flushing, NY to Mary (b. about 1630, probably in Wales; d. after 1700, probably at Flushing, Long Island, NY). Children include: John; and Richard married Susariria HAIGHT.
Father: Johan (Griffin) PENGRUFFWND b: 1560 in Wales, England
Mother: Anne LANGFORT b: Abt 1587 in Bigander, Wales
Marriage 1
Spouse Unknown
- Married:
- Change Date:
24 Jan 2008
Sources:
- Abbrev: Griffin.FTW
Title: Griffin.FTW
Date: 12 Feb 2001
Repository: Name: Not Given
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