FOURTH GENERATION

17. Thomas GRIFFITH was born in 1759 in Menallen Twp., York, PA. He died in Mar 1826 in St. Clair Twp., Bedford, PA. SOURCE: Marriage record Menallen Monthly Meeting records, reads in part:
22nd of 5th mo. 1782. Whereas Thomas Griffith, son of Thomas Griffith Deceased
& Eve, his wife of Monalin Township County of York and Province of Pennsylvania
and Rachel Blackburn, Daughter of Thomas Blackburn and Alice his wife of the
Township County and Province aforesaid...this Twenty Second day of the Fifth
Month in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Two...at
Monalin Meeting House. WITNESSES: Thomas Blackburn, Jonathan Wright, James
McGrew, James McGrail, William Colmary, John Colmary, Mary McGrew, Rebekah
Oldham, Hannah Wright, William Griffith, William Wright, John Wright, Joseph
Hewitt, Finley McGrew, Thomas Hewitt, James Watson, George Wilson, Thomas
Oldham, Thomas Bowen, Nathan Hammond, (Groom) Thomas Griffith, (Bride) Rachel
Griffith, Thomas Blackburn, Eve Griffith, Isabel Blackburn, Alice Blackburn,
Elizabeth Blackburn, Thomas Blackburn, John Blackburn, Rebekah Mickle, Susanna
Wright, Jane Wright, Ann Wright.

ESTATE: WILL dated 28 Feb 1826, probated 23 Mar 1826, Abstracts of Bedford
County Wills, Vol. II, pages 198-201 reads:
GRIFFITH, THOMAS, late of St. Clair Twp. Wife Rachel; wife to pay Edith wife of
Eli Miller; wife to pay Mary Allison dau. of Catharine and Andrew Allison; to
children of my sister Mary Blackburn dec'd: Thomas, Elizabeth Roser widow of
Peter Roser dec'd., Margaret wife of Jacob Sink, Jesse, Ann wife of Jess Vore,
Jr., Sara wife of Elijah McGrigor; to children of my sister Ann wife of John
Wright: Samuel, Thomas, Wm., Mary wife of Jacob Harris, Rachel wife of John
Farquhar; to heirs of my sister Elizabeth dec'd. wife of Thos. Blackburn dec'd:
John, William, Elizabeth wife of John Wisegarver, Anthony, heirs of Moses
Blackburn, heirs of Eve late wife of Benj. Vore, heirs of Rebecca late wife of
Joseph Vore, Joseph Blackburn; to my brothers John, William, Jesse; to my
sister Susanna wife of Jonathan Wright; to heirs of my sister Eve Mickle dec'd;
to Thomas Mickle only child of my late sister; in trust for use of Eve
Blackburn dau. of my sister Mary; to my sister Mary; to Thomas and Jesse
Blackburn, Elizabeth Bowser, Widow Margaret (Jacob Sink), Ann (Jesse Vore);
Sarah (Elijah McGrigor); to Samuel, Thos., Wm. Wright, Mary (Jacob Harris); to
William Bowser (son of Elizabeth Bowser). Exrs.: Thos. Blackburn son of John
dec'd. and Thos. Oldham. Wits: Thos. Penrose, Jr., John Remley, Thos.
Blackburn.

He was married to Rachel BLACKBURN on 22 May 1782 in Menallen, York, PA. Rachel BLACKBURN was born in 1759 in , York, PA. She died on 15 Jul 1841 in St. Clair Twp., Bedford, PA. Marriage announcement Menallen Monthly Meeting gives parents as Thomas and
Alice Blackburn.

ESTATE: WILL dated March 30, 1840, probated November 9, 1841. St. Clair Twp.,
Bedford County, PA. (Page 205) Mentions: Thomas Griffith, late husband; Sophia
Penrose and my niece Elizabeth Way; Edith Miller; Mary Walker; Margaret Gooden;
Rachel Way dau. of Elizabeth Way; niece Elizabeth Blackburn dau. of my brother
Thomas (deceased); niece Racchel of Thomas; Thomas and Robert McCoy; to Thomas
and Rachel Miller (minor children of Eli and Edith Miller); to Abner and Thomas
Walker (minor children of Benjamin and Mary Walker); to Margaret wife of Philip
Gooden; to Thomas son of Philip and Margaret Gooden; to Henry Whitaker; to Hugh
McCoy; to Hannah Bowen daughter of Benjamin and Mary Bowen; to my nephew James
Blackburn; to Hugh McCoy. Executors: James McGrail, Hugh McCoy. Witnesses:
Alex. McGregor, Thomas Blackburn, Thomas K. Miller.