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268. Orlando GRIFFITH
was born on 17 Oct 1688 in Anne Arundel, MD. He died on 8 Apr 1757 in Annapolis,
Anne Arundel Co., MD.
It should be the ( plain) Greenberry Griffith
married Ruth Riggs. Here is a quotefrom the FOUNDERS OF ANNE ARUNDEL AND HOWARD
COUNTIES,
MARYLAND by Warfield
p. 349 "Greenberry Griffith (of Orlando)inherited "Ward's Care"
and "Howard's Luck";
he married Ruth Riggs, his neighbor, of Riggs' Hills; he was warden and vestryman
of Queen Caroline parish...His son, Hezekiah-(mar) Catherine Warfield(of Azel);their
son,* John Riggs Griffith,-(mar) Sarah Tracey, whose daughter, Rebecca-(mar)
William Davis......." I think that "their son" means son of Greenberry
Griffith and Ruth Riggs.
Now for Charles Greenberry Griffith he should be the youngest son of Orlando
Griffith and Katherine Howard. He married Sarah Ridgely. Here is another quote
from the same book
P.350 "Colonel Charles Greenberry Griffith, youngest son of Orlando, was
Colonel of First Baltimore Flying Camp, 1776. He married Sarah Ridgely, daughter
of colonel Henry and Elizabeth (Warfield) Ridgely. Their daughter, Elizabeth-(mar)General
Jeremiah Crabb, of fourth Battalion in Continental Army, Brigadier-General of
Militia 1794, Representative in Congress 1795-1796"
He was married to Katherine HOWARD on 6 Jun 1717. 269.
Katherine HOWARD was born in 1702. She
died in 1783. Children were:
i.
Sarah GRIFFITH was born on 13 May 1718. She died on 1 Sep 1794 in MD.
ii.
Nicholas GRIFFITH was born in 1719.
iii.
Hon. Henry D. GRIFFITH Sr. was born on 14 Feb 1720. He died on 28 Sep 1794.
Note Hon. Henry Griffith was a tobacco inspector in 1740, 1753,4,5 in Queen
Caroline's Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland. He was amember of the Lower House
of the Colonial Assembly for Anne Arundel co.1768, 1769, 1770.
He was one of the Committee of Observation appointed at a meeting of the inhabitants
of Frederick Co. Jan. 24,1775 to carry the Resolves of the American Congress
and of the Provincial Convention into execution. He was a member of the Convention
of Maryland that assembled July 26, 1775, at Annapolis, Maryland and formed the
"Association of the Freemen of Maryland". He was one of the Justices
of Montgomery Co.
iv.
Greenberry GRIFFITH was born on 31 Dec 1727.
v.
Rachel GRIFFITH was born in 1729.
vi.
Joshua GRIFFITH was born on 20 Jan 1730.
134 vii.
Benjamin GRIFFITH.
viii.
Lucretia GRIFFITH was born on 5 Feb 1734.
ix.
Orando GRIFFITH Jr. was born on 27 Apr 1741.
x.
Charles Greenberry GRIFFITH was born on 17 May 1744. He died on 12 Aug 1792.
xi.
Elizabeth Ridgley GRIFFITH was born in 1746. |