Thomas Griffith

https://archive.org/details/annearundelgentr00newm_0/page/160/mode/2up Colonel Henry Griffith 4 (1745-1809)

Henry Griffith, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Dorsey) Griffith, was born March 16, 1744/5, in Queen Caroline Parish, Anne Arundel County. His first wife was Elizabeth [not Sarah] Warfield, whom he married on November 13, 1766.

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After the death of his first wife on January 21, 1776, Henry Griffith married Sarah, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Gaither) Davis.

Children of Henry and Sarah {Davis) Griffith

6 . Thomas Griffith married Harriet W. Simpson, q.v.

https://archive.org/details/annearundelgentr00newm_0/page/178/mode/2up Thomas Griffith 5 (17[78]-1838)

Thomas Griffith, the son of Henry and Sarah (Davis) Griffith, was born in Anne Arundel County. On January 17, 1811, he married Harriet W. Simpson.

Children of Thomas and Harriet ( Simpson ) Griffith

1. Sarah Davis Griffith married — Iglehart.

2. Thomas Davis Griffith, born Mar. 23, 1814.

3. Harriet Simpson Griffith, born Dec. 6, 1815, married Thomas J.

White, Mar. 12, 1835.

The will of Thomas Griffith was dated September 6, 1837, and probated in Anne Arundel County, May 26, 1838. He bequeathed to his daughter, Sarah Davis Iglehart, the tract known as “ Venson Park ”, and to Thomas Davis Griffith, a portion of “ Griffith’s Purchase ”. He devised several be- quests to his daughter, Harriet S. White. All children were to have equalled rights in the family burying ground.