FIFTH GENERATION

39. William GRIFFITH Jr. was born on 15 Mar 1777 in , York (now Adams), PA. He died on 29 Jun 1857 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. OCCUPATION: Farmer

BIOGRAPHY: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson
Storey (1907):
He took up 360 acres of new land along the Johnstown and Somerset turnpike,
near Glessner in Jenner township and began the pioneer work of clearing it and
opening a farm for cultivation. Subsequently his brothers came and took lands
near his own. He led an exemplary life and was buried in the cemetery of the
old Free Will Baptist church near the present town of Boswell.

MARRIAGE: Menallen Monthly Meeting records, reads in part:

26th of 6th mo. 1799. Whereas William Griffith son of William griffith and
Sarah his wife of Bedford Township in the County of Bedford and State of
Pennsylvania and Sarah Owen daughter of John Owen and Sarah his wife of Tyrone
Township in the County of York and State aforesaid...the twenty sixth day of
the sixth month seventeen hundred ninety nine...at Meeting House at Monallen.
WITNESSES: Benjamin Wilson, William Wright, Stephen Hendricks, George Wilson,
John Wright, Samuel Wright, Benjamin Wright Jr, Eliza Wright, Mary Owen, Sarah
Wilson, Jane Mickle, Sarah Hendricks, Mary Wright, Sarah Hendricks, Mary Harr,
Alice Wright, (Groom) William Griffith, (Bride) Sarah Griffith, John Owen,
Jesse Griffith, John Wright, Benjamin Wright, John Morton, John Wright Jr,
Finly McGrew, Nathan Hendricks, Nathan Wright.

He was married to Sarah OWEN (daughter of John OWEN and Sarah KIRK) on 26 Jun 1799 in Menallen M.M., York (now Adams), PA. Sarah OWEN was born on 10 Feb 1779 in , York co., PA. She died on 25 Feb 1852 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She was buried in Baptist Ch. Cem., near Boswell, Somerset, PA. BURIAL: Inscription: wife of William Griffith, aged 73 yr. 15 das.

SOURCE: Menallen Monthly Meeting records give parents' names in marriage
record. William GRIFFITH Jr. and Sarah OWEN had the following children:

120 i. Mary (Polly) GRIFFITH was born about 1802 in , Bedford, PA. She died in , , PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey, 1907

MARRIAGE: Monthly Meetings of Women Friends, Dunnings Creek, Bedford County, PA:
Mary Richards, nee Griffith, married by magistrate, 6-16-1819.

CENSUS: Jenner Twp., Somerset County, PA, page 192, family 211, shows Mary
Richard age 48 years.
121 ii. John GRIFFITH was born on 29 May 1804 in , Bedford, PA. He died on 11 Jun 1885 in Latrobe, Westmoreland, PA. He was buried in Jenner Twp., Baptist Church, Somerset, PA. OCCUPATION: Farmer

BIRTH: Computed from elapsed time on tombstone.

RESIDENCES:Lived at Latrobe, PA.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, William Wilson Storey (1907)

DEATH: Cambria Tribune 12 Jun 1885 (Friday): Died in Latrobe on the 11th,
John Griffith, aged 81 years, 14 days.

BURIAL: Inscription: In Memory of / John Griffith / died / June 11 1885 / Aged
/ 81 yrs. & 18 days.
122 iii. Ann GRIFFITH was born about 1805 in , Bedford, PA. She died in , , MO. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

SOURCE: Minutes of Dunnings Creek Meeting (Quaker):
6/13/1827 Ann Cable, nee Griffith, married out of membership.
123 iv. William W. GRIFFITH was born on 9 May 1809 in , Bedford, PA. He died on 14 May 1893 in Jenner Twp., near Glessner, Somerset, PA. He was buried in Jenner Twp. Bapt, Jenner Township, Somerset, PA. OCCUPATION: Farmer

BIRTH/DEATH: Birth and Death dates listed on tombstone

MARRIAGE: Date from Somerset County, PA marriage records

SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)
He was the fourth child and second son of William and Sarah (Owens) Griffith,
and was one year old when his father moved over into Somerset county from
Bedford county and took up his residence in Jenner Township. In making the
journey with his family, William Griffith passed the site of the present city
of Johnstown and at that time just one log cabin was to be seen standing there;
all else was unsettled and unoccupied land, not particularly inviting to
prospective settlers, and so the family passed along and located on the
Somerset and Johnstown turnpike, near where Glessner now stands. William W.
spent his entire life on the old home farm in Jenner Twp. and died there at the
age of 85 years. He remained true to the religious convictions of his
ancestors, who were of the Society of Friends, until a short time before his
death, when he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

ESTATE: WILL dated 3 Jan 1891, on file Somerset County, PA.
Names daughter Mary A., grandsons Griffith Morgan and Griffith Walter, and
other children Edward H., Rebecca J., Norman B. and Sarah Louisa.
124 v. Ruth GRIFFITH was born on 19 Dec 1811 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She died on 29 Mar 1838 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She was buried in Jenner Twp., Baptist Church, Somerset, PA. BURIAL: Inscription: wife of John Walter, aged 26 yr. 3 mo. 10 das.
125 vi. Jesse GRIFFITH was born on 6 Aug 1816 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. He died on 29 Mar 1855 in , Somerset, PA. He was buried in Hopewell ME Cem., Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. BIRTH: Computed from elapsed time on tombstone.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

SOURCE: Research done on this line by Clifford L. Sayre, Jr., 1415 Ladd Street,
Silver Spring, MD 20902. (A copy of his research in files of Sara Leslie
Griffith Jacoby.) Research includes a search of the census records for Cambria
and Somerset County, notes of his grandmother, Mary Magdalene Griffith
Dunmyer, daughter of Nelson Griffith and other research as noted.
126 vii. Lydia GRIFFITH (Twin) was born in 1818 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She died in Johnstown, Cambria, PA. Twin to Rebecca

SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)
127 viii. Rebecca GRIFFITH (Twin) was born in 1818 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She died in 1884 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. She was buried in Jenner Twp. Bapt, Jenner Township, Somerset, PA. BURIAL: (with husband) reads: Rebecca / His Wife / 1818-1884.

CENSUS: 1850, Jenners Township, Somerset County, PA, page 184, family 160, age
listed as 36 years.
128 ix. Hiram (Levi) GRIFFITH was born about 1819 in Jenner Twp., Somerset, PA. SOURCE: HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA by Henry Wilson Storey (1907)

CENSUS: 1850, Jenners Township, Somerset County, PA, page 187-88, family 181,
age listed as 31 years, occupation: Miller.