Hugh Griffin, of Sudbury

Biography

The widow Elizabeth Upson married at Sudbury, Massachusetts, Hugh Griffin, widower.[1] Her maiden name is unknown.

Hugh died on June 27, 1656 at Sudbury.[2] His will mentions their children: Jonathan, Abigail, Sarah, Shemuel and Hannah (Upson), daughter of his wife Elizabeth by her previous marriage.[1][3][4][5] (Researchers should take care not to conflate this couple of Sudbury and their children with Humphrey Griffin who married Elizabeth Andrews in Ipswich whose will was probated in 19 Nov 1661 in Ipswich).[6][1]

After his death, Elizabeth married third, Philemon Whale at Sudbury on Nov. 9, 1657, as his third wife. [2][1][7] [8][6]

Sources

• 1. Mary Walton, "Upton" in Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A memorial volume: The American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Vol 1 (Wisconsin: Cuneo Press, 1931-43) p 639 -- 641 (see also Dawes-Gates Vol II, 509, 575) link
• 2. Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, MA 1903
• 3. Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America: With a Brief History of Those of the First Generation and References to the Various Local Histories, and Other Sources of Information where Additional Data May be Found By Henry Whittemore Genealogical Publishing Com, 2013 p 224 link
• 4. The Annals of Sudbury, Wayland, and Maynard, Middlesex County, Massachusetts By Alfred Sereno Hudson Higginson Book Co., 1891 p. 199
• 5. "Stephen Upson" in The Upson family in America Upson Family Association of America (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1940) p 529 link
• 6. Mary Walton Ferris, "Whale" in Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, A memorial volume: The American ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Vol 1 (Wisconsin: Cuneo Press, 1931-43): 660 -- 665 link
• 7. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985
• 8. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts. 1638-1889, by Alfred Sereno Hudson, R. H. Blodgett, 1889