Griffith, Henry b. 14 Feb 1720 Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co. (Now Howard Co.), MD d. 28 Sep 1794 Anne Arundel Co., MD: Buyer, Stier, and Related Families

1720 - 1794 (74 years)

Name	Griffith, Henry [2, 3, 4, 5]
Born	14 Feb 1720	Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co. (Now Howard Co.), MD
Gender	Male
Office	Between 1749 and 1755	Prince George's Co., MD [6]
	Tobacco Inspector, Queen Caroline's Parish
Office	1750	Frederick Co., MD [7]
	Commissioner, Formation Of Montgomery County
Property	1751	Carroll Co., MD [8]
	Favour And Ease, 1466 Acres, Liber BC&Gs#2, Folio 348, Certificate In Name Of John Hammond, Liber BC&Gs#5, Folio 99
Property	1754	Anne Arundel Co., MD [8]
	Hickory Forest, 20 Acres, Liber Gs#1, Folio 255, Liber Y&S#6, Folio 399
Office	Between 1755 and 1760 [7]
	Commissioner Of Peace
Vestry	Between 1758 and 1760	Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD
	Now Howard County
Member	Between 1769 and 1770	Anne Arundel Co., MD
	Lower House, Colonial Assembly For Anne Arundel County
Member	24 Jan 1775	Frederick Co., MD
	Comittee Of Observation. Frederick County, To Carry The Resolves Of The American Congress Into Execution
Member	26 Jul 1775	Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MD
	Convention Of Maryland, Annapolis
Office	1777	Montgomery Co., MD
	Justice Of Montgomery County Who Formed First County Court
Census	1790	Montgomery Co., MD
Property	Maryland
	In Both Anne Arundel And Montgomery Counties
Occupation	Planter
Died	28 Sep 1794	Anne Arundel Co., MD
Probate	10 Oct 1794	Rockville, Montgomery Co., MD
Related to my family	Y
Residence	Laurel, Prince George's Co., MD
	Hammond's Great Branch, Near Laurel
_UID	56354B3D9A9C45FB904AA5F33F2E34C15DF1
Buried	Laytonsville Cemetery, Laytonsville, MD [9]
Person ID	I5710	Buyer, Stier and Related Families
Last Modified	24 Jan 2012

Father	Griffith, Orlando, b. 17 Oct 1688, Middle Neck Hundred, Anne Arundel Co., MD , d. Mar 1757 (Age 68 years)
Mother	Howard, Katherine, b. 1703, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co. (Now Howard Co.), MD , d. Feb 1783 (Age 80 years)
Married	6 Jun 1717	Middle Neck Hundred [10]
	AUTH Middle Neck Prsh, Anne Arundel, Md
_UID	8D5CA6F5041D49A89709021FFC263EA45B0A
Family ID	F490	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hammond, Ruth, b. Abt 1721, Maryland , d. 27 Jan 1782 (Age ~ 61 years)

Married 4 Jun 1751 Queen Caroline's Parish (Rev. James Macgill) [11]

_UID A86EEB1E9BFE4C1DA27CD8B855AC423749AC

Children

	1. Griffith, Samuel, b. 7 May 1752, d. 12 May 1833 (Age 81 years)
	2. Griffith, Philemon, b. 29 Aug 1756, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel, MD , d. 29 Apr 1838, Frederick, Frederick Co., MD (Age 81 years)
	3. Griffith, Eleanor, b. 9 Mar 1766, Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel Co. (Now Howard Co.), MD , d. 1 Oct 1821, Frederick Co., MD (Age 55 years)
	4. Griffith, Anne

Last Modified 3 Mar 2019

Family ID F1970 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Notes

Many DAR records. Example:

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 19
page 356
Miss Maria Louise Roberts.
DAR ID Number: 18995
Born in Easton, Maryland.
Descendant of Hon. Henry Griffith and of Capt. Samuel Griffith, of Maryland.
Daughter of Rev. John Roberts and Maria Louise Mathews, his wife.
Granddaughter of James B. Mathews and Catherine Griffith, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Samuel Griffith and Ruth Berry, his wife.
Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Henry Griffith and Ruth Hammond, his wife.
Henry Griffith, , was a member of the Committee of Observation of Frederick county, 1775.
Samuel Griffith, , was captain of the Seventh company of regulars, Continental army, 1777.

Other DAR records note that "a descendant of these patriots has erected at Laytonsville, Md., a monument to their memory." In Griffith Park, Laytonsville???

Also a number of SAR records; for example:
A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
WILLIAM RIDGELEY GRIFFITH, Baltimore, Md. . Son of Romulus Riggs and Rachel Howard Griffith; grandson of Henry and Mary Griffith; great-grandson of Henry Griffith, Member of Frederick Committee of Observation; great2-grandson of Henry Griffith, Member of Frederick Army Committee, Member of Maryland Assembly; grandson of Nicholas and Elizabeth Meriwether; great-grandson of Reuben Meriwether, Signer of Leeds Declaration of Independence, Member of Anne Arundel Committee of Observation.

from Ancestral REcords and Portraits vol. 2:
GRIFFITH
The history of the Griffiths of Wales, forms an exciting review of the feudal splendor of Griffith, Prince of Wales. Their descendants in Maryland fought as valiantly for independence as did their fathers in Wales.
The emigrant, William Griffith, married Sarah, the daughter of John Maccubin, who came from the Lowlands, and claimed descent from the McAlpines of the Highlands, who go back to Kenneth II, first King of Scotland, and Ellinor , his wife.
Their son, Orlando Griffith, married 1717, Katharine, the daughter of John and Katharine Ridgely Howard.
HON. HENRY GRIFFITH, their son, who died 1794, was in the Colonial Assembly from Frederick County, Md., also one of the Committee of Observation, 1777.3 He married, second, Ruth, the daughter of John and Anne Hammond, whose daughter, Anne, married CAPTAIN NICHOLAS HALL.

1790 Montgomery Co., Maryland Federal Census
Name of Head of Family Free White Males Free All other
inc. head White Free
of family Females Persons Slaves
16 & under inc. head
Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name upwards 16 of family
90 131 Griffeth Joshua 2 1 3 0 4
90 132 Griffeth Henry 1 0 0 0 18
90 133 Griffeth Henry, 3rd 1 0 2 0 17
90 134 Griffeth Samuel 2 6 3 0 8
90 121 Griffeth Benjamin 2 0 3 0 6

AUTH 39T8-ZD
AUTH Annapolis, A.a., Md
AUTH Anne Arundel, Anne Arundel, Maryland

Sources

[S337] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch.org).
[S337] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch.org), Film Number: 456915, [Q:3].
[S47] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (familysearch.org), AFN: 39T8-ZD, [Q:3].
[S47] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (familysearch.org).
[S280] GRIFFITH.ged.
[S279] Griffith Family, Stevenson, Howard Griffith, (1927), p. 67, [Q:3].
[S279] Griffith Family, Stevenson, Howard Griffith, (1927).
[S462] Maryland Patents Index, Maryland State Archives.
[S23] Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots.
[S279] Griffith Family, Stevenson, Howard Griffith, (1927), p. 34, [Q:3].
[S279] Griffith Family, Stevenson, Howard Griffith, (1927), p. 66, [Q:3].

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