1766 - 1844

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• Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	12 Oct 1766	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Jul 1844	Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Person ID	I43147	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	09 May 2005 00:00:00
  Family	Mary BROWN, b. 1771, Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Married	3 Nov 1790	Stonington,New London,Connecticut
  Children	> 1. Polly GRIFFIN, b. 2 Oct 1791, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 2. Thomas GRIFFIN, b. 17 Oct 1793, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 3. Anna GRIFFIN, b. 22 Aug 1795, Stonington,New London,Connecticut   4. Simeon Brown GRIFFIN, b. 8 Oct 1797, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 5. Avery Francis GRIFFIN, b. 19 Aug 1799, Stonington,New London,Connecticut > 6. Nathan Brown GRIFFIN, b. 20 Feb 1801, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   7. Phoeby GRIFFIN, b. 2 Oct 1802, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   8. Lucretia GRIFFIN, b. 1 Jun 1804, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York > 9. James Chipman GRIFFIN, b. 28 Feb 1806, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   10. Jerusha GRIFFIN, b. 27 Apr 1808, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   11. Albert GRIFFIN, b. 29 Jul 1810, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York > 12. Ashbel H. GRIFFIN, b. 18 May 1812, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   13. Samuel Chipman GRIFFIN, b. 28 Jun 1814, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York   14. John Brown GRIFFIN, b. 31 Jul 1817, Brookfield,Madison Co.,New York
  Family ID	F17712	Group Sheet

• Notes

  VITAL RECORDS OF STONINGTON, CT., Book 3, page 96. Thomas son " & Jerusha " " Oct 12" 1766 THE BROWN GENEALOGY, Vol. I, Boston, The Everett Press Company 1907, byCyrus Henry Brown, page 127. Thomas Griffin, Jr., was in the War of the American Revolution,stationed at Fort Griswold, Groton, Conn., when it was captured by theBritish in Sept 1781; but in some way he marvellously escaped when nearlythe whole garrison was massacred. He married after the war, and in theyear 1800 moved with his family to Brookfield, Madison Co., New York. The colony that emigrated at that time consisted of twelve or morefamilies. Simeon Brown, Jr.'s family preceded this colony to the sametown by eight years. The common phrase then was, "Going out West", whichwas to the wilderness"of the great State of New York. When No.Stonington, Conn., was set off from Stonington, in 1897, there were inthe north town 2,700 inhabitants; now (1905) 1,200. Thomas Griffin, Jr., and his wife attended the Second Baptist Churchin No. Stonington, Elder Simeon Brown, pastor, and after the year 1800,the Baptist Church in Brookfield, Elder Simeon Brown, Jr., pastor. From the Stonington town records: Thomas Griffin and Mary Brownmarried, Stonington, Nov. 3, 1790, by Simeon Brown, Elder.