John Griffin

John Griffin, son of John Griffin and Lydia Shatswell, was born in Bradford 13 Jun 1671 and died 28 Jun 1739. He married 1) Mary __, who died March 16, 1728, aged 54; 2) August 12, 1740, widow Mary (Capen) Baker of Topsfield.

4. John Griffin

John and Hannah Griffin were twins.

John’s first wife Mary Green was born 13 Nov 1673 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. Her parents were Peter Green (1644 – 1672) and Elizabeth Duston (1648 – 1677). Mary died 16 Mar 1727 in Bradford, Essex, Mass.

John’s second wife Mary Capen was born 1688 in Bradford, Mass. Her parents were Joseph Capen and Priscilla Appleton. She first married 5 Jan 1710 in Topsfield, Essex, Mass. to Thomas Baker (b. 17 Feb 1687 in Topfield – d. 1725 in Boxford) Many sources say Mary died 16 Mar 1728 in Boxford, Essex, Mass., but that conflicts with her marriage date with John Griffin of 11 Aug 1730

• 'The Essex antiquarian: an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the ..., Volume 5 edited by Sidney Perley
• http://books.google.com/books?id=15NSWaHOze4C&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq...
• Pg. 159
  • BAKER GENEALOGY.
• 15
• CAPT. THOMAS BAKER3, born in Topsfield Feb. 17, 1688. He was a husbandman, and lived in Ipswich until 1715, when he removed to Topsfield, buying, in 1722, what is now known as the Batchelder farm on the south side of Pye Brook. he married 'Mary Capen Jan. 5, 1709-10; and died in Topsfield Sept. __, 1725. She married, secondly, John Griffin of Bradford Aug. 11, 1730.'
• Children: --
  • 19-I. THOMAS4, b. Nov. 20, 1710, in Ipswich. See below (19).
  • 20-II. MARY4, b. 13: 5: 1712, in Ipswich; living in 1729.
  • 21-III. JACOB4, bapt. 28: 9: 1714, in Ipswich; carpenter (?); lived in Boxford; m. Kezia Smith Aug. 5, 1736; no children; administration on his estate granted Aug. 22, 1737; and she m., secondly, Abner Hale of Boxford Nov. 24, 1738.
  • 22-IV. JOSEPH4, b. May 3, 1716, in Topsfield. See below (22).
  • 23-V. PRISCILLA4 , b. April 14, 1718, in Topsfield; d. May 17, 1719.
  • 24-VI. JOHN4, b. Dec. 18, 1719, in Topsfield. See below (24).
  • 25-VII. MARTHA4, b. about 1715 (?); m. John Whipple, jr., of Ipswich May 14, 1735.
  • 26-VIII. ELIZABETH4, b. March 23, 1723, in Topsfield; m. John Low of Hamlet parish, Ipswich, cooper, Feb. 4, 1740-1; and was living in 1752.
  • 27-IX. PRISCILLA4, b. Aug. 4, 1724, in Topsfield; m. Tarrant Putnam of Salem, yeoman, Dec. 9, 1742; and they were living in Sutton in 1753.

    ---

References

• Davis, Walter Goodwin. The Ancestry of Annis Spear, 1775-1858, of Litchfield, Maine (1945) Page 145-8 < Archive.Org >
• https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Bradford/aBirthsG.shtml “GRIFFIN (Grefen, Grefin, Grifen, Griffen, Griffing, Grifing) John, s. twin, John, June 13, 1671.”
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 26 2016, 16:50:21 UTC
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Nov 26 2016, 16:57:47 UTC
• https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/25/john-griffin/
• https://troutwind.tripod.com/griffin.html