Sarah Grenier1

b. 1868
Family
Father*Henry A. Grenier1 b. Feb 1843
Mother*Aurelia Tetreau1 b. 1848
Birth*1868Sarah Grenier was born about 1868 in Wisconsin.1 
(Daughter) Census US 188024 June 1880Sarah was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 24 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Eagle Point, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. She was 12 years old and attending school.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Aurelia Grenier, Year: 1880; Census Place: Eagle Point, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1419; Page: 294B; Enumeration District: 184. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Tracie Barbara Grenier1

b. 7 August 1879, d. 7 August 1954
Family
Father*Henry A. Grenier1 b. Feb 1843
Mother*Aurelia Tetreau1 b. 1848
Birth*7 August 1879Tracie Barbara Grenier was born on 7 August 1879 in Eagle Point, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.2,1,3 
(Daughter) Census US 188024 June 1880Tracie B. was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 24 June 1880 in the household of her parents in Eagle Point, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. She was recorded correctly as having been born the previous August, and reported mistakenly as being 3 months old on the official census date of 1 June 1880, when she was actually 9 months old on that date.4 
(Daughter) Census US 190020 June 1900Tracie was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 20 June 1900 in the household of her widowed father in Sampson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. She was 20 years old.2 
Death*7 August 1954She died of breast cancer on 7 August 1954 in Evergreen, Flathead County, Montana, at age 751,3 
Burial* and was buried in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana.1,3 

Citations

  1. [S2156] Montana, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Tracie Barbara Grenier, age 75, single, died of breast cancer on 7 August 1954 in Evergreen, Flathead, Montana, USA, born on 7 August 1879 in Eagle Point, Wisconsin, USA, daughter of Henry Grenier and Aurelia Tetreau, informant Mrs. Delvena Pierce, burial in Conrad Memorial Cemetery, Kalispell, Montana, citing Certificate# 14050, referencing Montana State Historical Society, Helena, Montana. Hereinafter cited as Montana, U.S., County Births and Deaths, 1830-2011.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry Grenier, Year: 1900; Census Place: Sampson, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241780. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Tracie Barbara Grenier, Memorial# 17870769. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Aurelia Grenier, Year: 1880; Census Place: Eagle Point, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1419; Page: 294B; Enumeration District: 184. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

William J. Grenier1

b. July 1872
Family
Father*Henry A. Grenier2 b. Feb 1843
Mother*Aurelia Tetreau2 b. 1848
Birth*July 1872William J. Grenier was born in July 1872 in Wisconsin.2,3 
Name VariationHe was called Willie.2 
(Son) Census US 188024 June 1880Willie was enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 24 June 1880 in the household of his parents in Eagle Point, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was 8 years old and had attended school within the census year.2 
(Son) Census US 190020 June 1900William was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 20 June 1900 in the household of his widowed father in Sampson, Chippewa County, Wisconsin. He was single, 27 years of age and worked on his father's farm.3 

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry A. Grenier, his surname spelled "Greenier" by the census taker, Year: 1910; Census Place: Sampson, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: T624_1703; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1375716. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry and Aurelia Grenier, Year: 1880; Census Place: Eagle Point, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Roll: 1419; Page: 294B; Enumeration District: 184. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Henry Grenier, Year: 1900; Census Place: Sampson, Chippewa, Wisconsin; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1241780. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.

Esther Grethead1

Family
Marriage*7 June 1605She married Edward Heaton, son of Edward Heaton, on 7 June 1605.1 

Family

 Edward Heaton b. 21 Jul 1587
Children 1.Soloman Heaton1 b. 1606
 2.Anthony Heaton1 b. 1611
 3.Daniel Heaton1 b. 1612
 4.Mary Heaton1 b. 1618
 5.Frances Heaton1 b. 1621

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 1, pages 2-3. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Malissa Grevengoed1

b. 17 February 1858
Family
Father*Jan Van Grevengoed2
Mother*Zwerussina Blijkshof2
Birth*17 February 1858Malissa Grevengoed was born on 17 February 1858 in Putten, Putten Municipality, Gelderland Province, Netherlands.1,2 
Name VariationHer birth name was Melisje Van Grevengoed.2 
Marriage*13 August 1876She married, as his first wife, Harris J. Hill, son of Levi A. Hill and Laura Niles, on 13 August 1876 in Olive, Ottawa County, Michigan.1 
Census US 1880*1 June 1880Malissa and Harris J. Hill were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 1 June 1880 in Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan. Harris was 28 years of age and worked as a teamster, and Malissa was 22 years of age and keeping house. No children or other individuals were enumerated with them in 1880.3 

Family

 Harris J. Hill b. 17 Sep 1851, d. 26 Feb 1912

Citations

  1. [S2090] Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Harris J Hill of Olive, Michigan, age 24, laborer, born in USA, and Malissa Grevengoed of Holland, Michigan, age 18, born in Europe, married on 13 August 1876 in Olive, Ottawa County, Michigan, USA, record# 134, citing Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, MI, USA, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Film# 13, "1876 Gladwin-1876 Washtenaw". Hereinafter cited as Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  2. [S3008] Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1923, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Melisje Van Grevengoed on 17 February 1858 in Putten, residence age 0, residence year 1858, daughter of Jan Van Grevengoed and Zwerussina Blijkshof, referencing Gelders Archief; The Hague, Netherlands; Burgerlijke stand. Hereinafter cited as Netherlands, Birth Index, 1784-1923.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Harris J. and Malissa Hill, (their surname transcribed as "Hall" by Ancestry), Year: 1880; Census Place: Fruitport, Muskegon, Michigan; Roll: 597; Page: 117a; Enumeration District: 189. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Hannah Grey1

Family
Marriage*She married Enoch Williams.1 

Family

 Enoch Williams
Children 1.Hannah Williams1 b. 1767, d. 29 Jul 1844
 2.Margaret Williams+2 b. 24 May 1771, d. 15 Feb 1823

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 7, pages 245-246. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 7, page 246.

Sophia Grey1

Family
Marriage*She married Samuel Hayden.1 
Residence*Sophia and Samuel Hayden lived in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio.1 

Family

 Samuel Hayden
Child 1.Daniel Hayden+1 b. 8 Sep 1806, d. 28 Jan 1881

Citations

  1. [S1416] Gilbert Cope, Henry Fishwick and Joseph Lemuel Chester, Genealogy of the Sharpless Family, descended from John and Jane Sharples, settlers near Chester, Pennsylvania, 1682 : together with some account of the English ancestry of the family, including the results of researches by Henry Fishwick, and the late Joseph Lemuel Chester, and a full report of the bi-centennial reunion of 1882, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. John Sharples (d.1685) married Jane Moor and, as Quakers, the family emigrated in 1682 from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania. Descendants (spelling the surname Sharpless) and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere. Includes ancestry in England to the 1200s A.D. Includes index. (Washington DC: Photoduplication Service, 1968 ( a microreproduction of the original published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the family, under the auspices of the Bi-centennial committee, in 1887), , pages 1114-1115. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Sharpless Family.

Abigail Gridley1

Family
Marriage*She married Joseph Dudley, son of Colonel William Dudley and Elizabeth Davenport.1 
Children* From this collection, we learned Joseph's wife's full name. The couple had three children born in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England). All three died in infancy, but Joseph was survived by his widow Abigail Gridley, who married John Gray in Boston in 1768. The Dudleys lived first in Roxbury, but had moved to Boston by 1763. Receipts for that year and the following year indicate he was renting "the mansion house in Cold Lane" from Thomas Fayerweather.1 
(Wife) Death27 September 1767Abigail became a widow when Joseph Dudley died on 27 September 1767.2 
Marriage*16 August 1768She married second John Gray on 16 August 1768 in Boston.1,3,4 

Family 1

 Joseph Dudley b. 1732, d. 27 Sep 1767

Family 2

 John Gray

Citations

  1. [S1014] Joseph Dudley (1732-1767), NEHGS Manuscripts Collection, DUDLEY PAPERS (MSS 77, 1 Box, 146 items), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
  2. [S1013] Unidentified author, "Gov. Thomas Dudley and his Descendants", New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 10, pages 133-142 and pages 337-340, (April and October 1856): page 339. Hereinafter cited as "Thomas Dudley and his Descendants."
  3. [S337] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850.
  4. [S979] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.

Ann Grier1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Hinds, including our Walters and Ralphs
Father*James Grier1
Residence*The Grier family lived in Creevy, County Longford, Ireland.2 
Marriage*14 April 1774She married John Bell, son of Andrew Bell and Ann Clarke, shortly after 14 April 1774 according to a marriage settlement agreement. Note: The Kilmore Diocese transcription recorded the year as 1775 and the Andrew Bell source noted it as 1774.1,3 
(Wife) Court Action9 April 1779A serious disagreement between Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove and his eldest son John Bell of Creevy, who was encouraged by his wife Ann Bell and father-in-law James Grier, developed into a legal dispute in 1774 and ended up in the Court of Exchequer in Dublin. The plaintiff's Chancery Bill was filed on 9 April 1779. At the end of the court document a note was written which stated: "N.B. The Bill is very long, being 15 feet, took me nearly two hours to read it -- clauses repeated over and over again.-- P.C." What follows is a transcribed version of our understanding of the Chancery Bill:

Plaintiff Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan, Esq. showed:

     That he, plaintiff, being in and before 1774 was seized of an estate of one part of the town and lands of Bellsgrove alias Aghacreevy, County Cavan containing 70 acres including bog land, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops, and pasture land, and also another part or half of said lands containing 70 like acres by virtue of lease made to plaintiff by John Maxwell Esq., since Lord Farnham, dated 08 August 1749 for lives of Bernard Parr, his brother John Bell and the plaintiff Andrew Bell, and the survivor of them, at £20, 10 shillings yearly rent; and being also seized in and before 1774 as of fee simple the lands of Kilnahard, County Cavan containing 18 acres.

     That a discussion of marriage was begun between John Bell, then of Bellsgrove, the plaintiff's eldest son, with Anne Grier, elder daughter of James Grier of Creevy, County Longford, gentleman, wherefrom a marriage agreement was to be made between the plaintiff and his son and James Grier and his daughter.

     That James Grier was reputed in County Longford, where he lived, to be a man of good landed and real property and also possessed of a personal fortune of a considerable amount and, having but two daughters and no sons, the daughters of said James Grier were reputed to be entitled to a considerable fortune each, which induced the plaintiff, Andrew Bell, to agree to the marriage between his son John and Anne Grier.

     That pending said treaty of marriage, James Grier offered to give John Bell part of the portion he intended for his daughter Anne within 10 days after the marriage took effect, viz: £1,000 and to support and maintain John and Anne after the marriage in his own house at Creevy, and during such time as John and Anne should live and reside with James at Creevy, in as much as James was an infirm old man and not fit to attend to the care and labour of managing his family affairs, that John should manage them.

     That plaintiff, from his paternal love and affection for his son John and in order to advance him early in life, he (John) being at the time of the marriage only 18 years of age, agreed to settle said lands of Bellsgrove and Kilnahard on John and his male heirs, subject to a jointure for Anne and a provision for younger children of the marriage, with remainder over to the plaintiff and his heirs.

     That Plaintiff also agreed to give Jon an annuity of £100 for his support until 01 May 1778.

     That in 1774 when the said treaty of marriage was depending, plaintiff was then married to Mary Bell alias Booth, his wife, the stepmother to said John, and plaintiff remembered having often mentioned to Mary, his then wife, that he intended by will or otherwise to leave Kilnahard to her for her life should she survive the plaintiff.

     That plaintiff, after he had entered into the discussions with James Grier, having considered over the promise he had made to his wife Mary of leaving Kilnahard to her for life, did not therefore think it right, proper or prudent to settle Kilnahard on John during Mary's lifetime.

     That plaintiff communicated to James Grier the difficulty he was under in regard to settling Kilnahard on his son John and absolutely told James Grier and John Bell he would not settle Kilnahard on John until after the death of his wife Mary.

     That when plaintiff informed James Grier and John Bell of said reason, they declared the reason was very proper and sufficient and were satisfied with the written agreement that John should have Kilnahard after the death of plaintiff's wife Mary.

     That in order to carry out this agreement, plaintiff executed a bond to James Grier and John Bell for £413 being the purchase money paid by the plaintiff for Kilnahard on the condition that said James and John should have possession of Kilnahard after the death of Mary, viz: that part of Kilnahard called Heney's part.

     That under the aforesaid covenant and before the marriage of John and Anne, articles of marriage were executed dated 14 April 1774 between said James Grier of Creevy, County Longford, gentleman of the first part, plaintiff Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan and said John, his eldest son, of the second part and said Anne Grier, elder daughter of James of the third part, reciting said marriage to take place between John and Anne and her marriage portion of £1,000 to be paid by James to John whereby in consideration of same, plaintiff did agree to give to John his son the town and lands of Bellsgrove alias Aghacreevy, County Cavan as from 01 May 1778, that being in four years time, during which period plaintiff would pay John £100 per year for his support, said lands then to enure to John and his male heirs, chargeable with a jointure of £60 a year for Anne with remainder over to plaintiff and his heirs.

     That plaintiff did also execute a bond dated 14 April 1774 whereby plaintiff bound himself in the amount of £413 to James Grier and John Bell, the condition being that after the death of plaintiff's wife Mary Bell alias Booth, John Bell should enjoy that part of Kilnahard called Heney's part situate in County Cavan and containing about 18 acres.

     That for the aforesaid promise of plaintiff to his wife Mary, and for no other reason, was it that Kilnahard was not inserted in the marriage articles.

     That in a very short time after the perfection of the marriage articles the marriage took place.

     That plaintiff relied upon James Grier's promise to pay John Bell said £1,000 in 10 days after the marriage in as much as James Grier's property from his situation in life, having no other children but Anne and another daughter, that John would in the future receive a considerable fortune exceeding said £1,000 from Grier, and that was the reason which induced plaintiff to make the aforesaid settlement on John.

     That notwithstanding said marriage articles, James Grier did not pay the £1,000, nor to this hour has not paid same to John Bell and for that reason John Bell was often distressed for money to carry on his business.

     That owing to a desire to settle John favourably in life and relying upon the promise of James Grier to pay said £1,000 to John, that was the consideration which induced plaintiff to settle the lands on John, although plaintiff had a wife and a family of numerous children male and female so that the aforesaid settlement on John was not fair to the other children.

     That plaintiff did not doubt the honesty of the attorney who drew up the marriage articles and bond, who was a personal friend to both the plaintiff and James Grier. Neither did plaintiff doubt the honesty of Grier and John Bell to abide by said marriage articles.

     That plaintiff having a mind to provide for his wife Mary Bell alias Booth, the stepmother of John, and in order to keep it a secret from her that she would only have a life interest in Kilnahard, was the reason plaintiff executed said bond to James Grier and John Bell.

     That plaintiff's wife Mary Bell alias Booth died on 10 November 1774.

     That plaintiff paid the greater part of said £100 annuity to John Bell.

     That plaintiff, in order to carry out the covenants of the marriage articles and bond, did in September 1777 deliver to John Bell the several deeds, leases and other papers relative to plaintiff's title to the lands in order to draw up proper deeds of settlement, and often requested of both James Grier and John Bell to have said deeds executed pursuant to the marriage articles.

     That John Bell at length in January 1778 came to the plaintiff's house at Bellsgrove, when plaintiff was very indisposed and ill in bed and in danger of his life and produced to plaintiff a deed of marriage settlement consisting of many sheets of paper and told plaintiff same was drafted by Thomas Bond, gentleman, the attorney for said John Bell and James Grier in the suits they have since that time severally commenced against the plaintiff at the insistence of and by the direction of Reverend Frederick Grier of Street, County Westmeath, clerk, the brother of said James Grier.

     That plaintiff from his weak state of health was not then able to read the deed until sometime after and John left it with the plaintiff.

     That when plaintiff got better he read the draft and found it was not agreeable to the marriage articles, purporting to be a deed of conveyance of plaintiff's lands and estates from plaintiff to John Bell and to said James and Frederick Grier in trust for John Bell and his heirs and assigns forever, and that it was prepared to defraud plaintiff and such of his other children as might survive John in case John should die without male issue.

     That plaintiff then objected to execute such deed it being contrary to the marriage articles.

     That plaintiff had lost his own counterpart of the marriage articles and James Grier sent word that John Bell would bring their copy of it to the Cavan Court in April 1778, where they would lay it before council for his opinion.

     That plaintiff, though in a very feeble state of health and at peril of his life, went to the Cavan Court of April 1778 and there met John, but John had not brought the marriage articles, but said he would go back home and fetch it back to Cavan the next day.

     That John went back to his house in County Longford and did not return to Cavan the next day, nor has he ever provided said marriage articles to the plaintiff for purposes aforesaid, despite plaintiff's repeated requests to do, and plaintiff pleads that had they done so he would give John possession of Bellsgrove and Kilnahard and pay up the arrears of the annuity according to the marriage articles and bond.

     That John Bell acting under the influence of James Grier refused to bring the marriage articles.

     That notwithstanding the influence James Grier exercised over John and the expensive litigation which has since ensued, plaintiff from the affection to John, his eldest son, and in compassion for his youth, thinks it his duty to compel James Grier to pay the said £1,000 notwithstanding they have both harassed the plaintiff with litigation.

     That James Grier and James Bell on 03 July 1778 pled a declaration in the Court of Exchequer in an attempt to recover said £413 bond.

     That John Bell, Anne Bell alias Grier his wife and James Grier on 23 July 1778 filed their Bill in the Court of Exchequer against plaintiff claiming damages regarding the marriage articles.

     That they are still proceeding with their suits against plaintiff.

     That on 01 May 1778 plaintiff found his own counterpart of the marriage articles stowed away in an unsuspected place.

     That plaintiff attempted to have the dispute adjusted by friendly arbitration but James Grier has such ascendancy over John that same failed.

     That plaintiff, in Hilary (Spring) 1779, came to Dublin to put in his answer to said bill and also prepare his defense and, after his answer to said bill was engrossed, plaintiff's agent, Patrick Corbett informed plaintiff he had had some conversation with Thomas Bond, the attorney for James Grier and John Bell in order to come to an amicable compromise to restore peace and friendship between plaintiff and his son John.

     That accordingly plaintiff on 27 January last proposed to Thomas Bond that he would execute a deed of settlement of Bellsgrove to John Bell with remainder over to his male heirs, with remainder over to plaintiff and his male heirs, and charged with a jointure of £60 for Anne and a £500 portion for younger children, and Thomas Bond was well satisfied with the agreement and recommended John Bell to execute same and end the dispute.

     That on 01 February last John Bell came to plaintiff in the Fair of Kilnaleck, County Cavan and said he would not accept the proposal unless plaintiff left Bellsgrove with his family and gave full possession thereof to him (John) and then he would think of executing such deed.

     That plaintiff was very much surprised at such conduct of John and represented to John the extra ordinary terms he wanted from Plaintiff, viz: to turn plaintiff and his wife, who was then great with child and would deliver up in a few days after, and a numerous family of children, the brothers and sisters of John, and the season of the year, out of their dwelling house and oblige plaintiff with his family, furniture and cattle to leave Bellsgrove and find a habitation elsewhere was very unnatural as plaintiff had no other residence.

     That plaintiff told John to have patience until 01 May next and he would give up possession of Bellsgrove, but John would not comply and plaintiff had to refuse his request which was most unreasonable.

     That then James Grier and John Bell prosecuted their suit against plaintiff on 12 February 1779, entered rules in the Court of Exchequer as the compromise could not be arrived at, pressed for plaintiff's answer and on 01 March served plaintiff with notice threatening to eject him out of Bellsgrove.

     That plaintiff made another attempt for a peaceful settlement, but John Bell this time swore violent oaths and would have none of them.

     Prays for writs of subpoena directed against John Bell, Anne Bell alias Grier, his wife, and James Grier to answer in the premises.2 
No Issue*Ann and John Bell had no children.1 
(Wife) Death1807Ann became a widow when John Bell Esq. died in the first half of 1807.4 
(Widow) Probate30 June 1807Probates for the estates of father and son, Andrew Bell and Ann's husband John Bell, were both granted on 30 June 1807 with John's brother, Andrew's third son, Andrew Bell as executor for both. Andrew had been named sole executor in the will of his father dated in 1797 and John's will named both his wife Ann Bell and his brother Andrew as executors. Andrew, the father, had likely died shortly after writing his will in 1797 and his son Andrew delayed requesting probate until his brother John's death because of the serious dispute over his father's lands that had existed between his father and brother.4,5 
(Widow) Estate and LandHer husband's will directed that his estate in Kilnahard, County Cavan, his lands or farm of upper Creevy in County Longford which he held in lease from Thomas Marley Esq. deceased, his lands and farm of Aghaboy, County Cavan which he held under Lord Farnham, the town and lands of Moyleroe, County Westmeath which he held under the Marquis of Buckingham, and his two freehold lands of Creeve being a lease of lives renewable forever, all be put in trust, and named Matthew Crawford Esq. and Reverend James Bond as trustees.

His beloved wife Ann Bell was to receive, for life, the profits from his estate in Kilnahard, his farm in upper Creevy and his farm of Aghaboy. After her death the line of succession was to begin with John's brother, their father's third son, Andrew Bell of Creevy, County Longford Esq. for his life, and then to John's nephew John Bell and his heirs, described in the will as the "now eldest son of his brother Andrew". The remaining succession was to be to the male heirs of his brother Andrew with "his present wife" Sarah Bell as his brother Andrew shall by will direct, with the further instruction that such son of his brother Andrew was to pay to his mother Sarah Bell an annuity of £20 per year for life. If his brother Andrew should die without male issue, then next in line was to be John's brother, their father's second son, Robert Bell Booth of Drumcarban, County Cavan and his heirs subject to the payments already mentioned.

His lands of Moyleroe in County Westmeath and Creeve in County Longford he left to his brother Andrew for his life and then to his eldest son John and his heirs, but also to be subject to an annuity of £20 per year to Andrew's wife Sarah for her life. As with the other lands, the remaining succession was to be to the male heirs of his brother Andrew, or with that failing then to his brother Robert and his heirs, subject to the payments mentioned. Later in the will, John stated again that should his brother Robert Bell Booth become possessed in succession, Robert was to pay Sarah, the wife of Andrew, £20 per year for her life.

John's will confirmed that his wife Ann Bell was entitled by their marriage settlement to an annuity of £60 per year for her life charged on his estate of Bellsgrove alias Aghacreevy in County Cavan. Subject to that annuity, his will then devised the lands to his brother Robert Bell Booth and his heirs.

Then outside the trust, John left his title to his lands of Clooneen in County Longford to his wife Ann; £150 to his nieces Alicia Bell and Lettice Bell, the eldest and second daughters of his brother Andrew; his title to the farm of Clonoose in County Cavan which he held by lease from William Welch of Hilltown, County Westmeath, Esq. to his brother Andrew and his assigns forever, subject to Andrew paying the sum of £300 to their brother Robert; his title in Upper and Lower Ballinulty in County Longford to his brother Andrew and James Daly, attorney, son of John Daly of Granard, County Longford, merchant, for their own sole use; his title to his two fields at Cartrons in County Longford which he held under William Felk Grenville, containing about 12 acres, and also the profits accruing to him out of a field in Rathcronan in County Longford which he held under Richard Webb of Lisryan, Esq., and also the profits due to him out of the lands of Coolnagun in County Westmeath which he held by lease from Robert Sproule Esq. to his two nieces Mary Irwin and Margaret Irwin, daughters of John Irwin of Killeshandra, apothecary by his sister Mary Anne Irwin alias Bell, deceased. John directed in his will that the legacies to Mary and Margaret were to be used for their education until age 21 or marriage; and his title to his lands of Derrymacegan and Moneybeg in County Westmeath to his brother-in-law George Kerr of Clareisland, County Westmeath and his heirs.

Additional heirs included James Daly, Hugh Kerr, Simon Griffith, William Stratford, Francis Wise, John Keirnan and Mary Keirnan. To Hugh Kerr of Granard in County Longford, and his assigns forever, he bequeathed back the title to his farm of Bracklin in County Cavan which he held from Hugh Kerr; to Simon Griffith, also of Granard, he gave his title to the two fields of the lands of Cartrons in County Longford now in his possession containing 6 acres, and also his wearing apparel; to William Stratford and Francis Wise, as a token of their faithful service to him, he gave his title to the lands of Rathcronan now in their possession which was held by lease under Edmund Reilly of Ballaghgowla, County Longford; to John Keirnan, his servant, and his wife Mary Keirnan alias Wisal, he bequeathed £50.

The residue of his estate, real and personal, he bequeathed to his beloved wife Ann Bell and her heirs, and added that should counsel advise that his wife shall, after his decease, execute a release of title to her dower which she is entitled to out of his lands, and should she refuse to execute such release, then the bequests left to her shall be void.

John's will appointed his beloved wife Ann Bell and his brother Andrew Bell executors and was witnessed by L. R. Robertson, John Beatty and Richard Webb.

He added a codicil to his will that same day bequeathing all his furniture and concerns, and his carriages and concerns, to his beloved wife Ann Bell, and also her watch and ornaments, stating none of those items shall be subject to any debts.4 

Family

 John Bell b. 1756, d. 1807

Citations

  1. [S497] Marguerite Clayton (Michigan), compiler, "Hinds Family Research Collection" (Research results and analysis, letters and photos, in the possession of Shirley Ertz of Nebraska), Andrew Bell (d. 1755) Family Tree obtained from Beverley Mackey. Hereinafter cited as "Hinds Family Research Collection."
  2. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Chancery Bill, 1779, Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan, Ireland, Plaintiff, John Bell, Anne (Grier) Bell and James Grier, Defendants. Hereinafter cited as Crossle Genealogical Abstracts.
  3. [S769] Listing of the Church of Ireland Index of Marriage License Bonds for the Diocese of Kilmore and Ardagh, online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adrian/…. Transcribed by Adrian Donley from the LDS FHL Film# 0100869 (Index to Church of Ireland diocesan marriage licenses). The register on the film contains 184 pages, each page with 16 entries, or approximately 2940 entries in total. It is in alphabetic order, indexed by surname of both bride and groom. Note: The site contains a partial transcription only. It contains approximately 68 of the 184 pages on the film. Hereinafter cited as Diocese of Kilmore and Ardagh Marriage Bond Index.
  4. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Prerogative will, John Bell, 1806, Creevy, County Longford, Ireland.
  5. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at www.findmypast.com, Prerogative will, Andrew Bell, 1797, Cottage, County Cavan, Ireland.

James Grier1

Family
Residence*The Grier family lived in Creevy, County Longford, Ireland.2 
(Father-in-Law) Court Action9 April 1779A serious disagreement between Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove and his eldest son John Bell of Creevy, who was encouraged by his wife Ann Bell and father-in-law James Grier, developed into a legal dispute in 1774 and ended up in the Court of Exchequer in Dublin. The plaintiff's Chancery Bill was filed on 9 April 1779. At the end of the court document a note was written which stated: "N.B. The Bill is very long, being 15 feet, took me nearly two hours to read it -- clauses repeated over and over again.-- P.C." What follows is a transcribed version of our understanding of the Chancery Bill:

Plaintiff Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan, Esq. showed:

     That he, plaintiff, being in and before 1774 was seized of an estate of one part of the town and lands of Bellsgrove alias Aghacreevy, County Cavan containing 70 acres including bog land, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops, and pasture land, and also another part or half of said lands containing 70 like acres by virtue of lease made to plaintiff by John Maxwell Esq., since Lord Farnham, dated 08 August 1749 for lives of Bernard Parr, his brother John Bell and the plaintiff Andrew Bell, and the survivor of them, at £20, 10 shillings yearly rent; and being also seized in and before 1774 as of fee simple the lands of Kilnahard, County Cavan containing 18 acres.

     That a discussion of marriage was begun between John Bell, then of Bellsgrove, the plaintiff's eldest son, with Anne Grier, elder daughter of James Grier of Creevy, County Longford, gentleman, wherefrom a marriage agreement was to be made between the plaintiff and his son and James Grier and his daughter.

     That James Grier was reputed in County Longford, where he lived, to be a man of good landed and real property and also possessed of a personal fortune of a considerable amount and, having but two daughters and no sons, the daughters of said James Grier were reputed to be entitled to a considerable fortune each, which induced the plaintiff, Andrew Bell, to agree to the marriage between his son John and Anne Grier.

     That pending said treaty of marriage, James Grier offered to give John Bell part of the portion he intended for his daughter Anne within 10 days after the marriage took effect, viz: £1,000 and to support and maintain John and Anne after the marriage in his own house at Creevy, and during such time as John and Anne should live and reside with James at Creevy, in as much as James was an infirm old man and not fit to attend to the care and labour of managing his family affairs, that John should manage them.

     That plaintiff, from his paternal love and affection for his son John and in order to advance him early in life, he (John) being at the time of the marriage only 18 years of age, agreed to settle said lands of Bellsgrove and Kilnahard on John and his male heirs, subject to a jointure for Anne and a provision for younger children of the marriage, with remainder over to the plaintiff and his heirs.

     That Plaintiff also agreed to give Jon an annuity of £100 for his support until 01 May 1778.

     That in 1774 when the said treaty of marriage was depending, plaintiff was then married to Mary Bell alias Booth, his wife, the stepmother to said John, and plaintiff remembered having often mentioned to Mary, his then wife, that he intended by will or otherwise to leave Kilnahard to her for her life should she survive the plaintiff.

     That plaintiff, after he had entered into the discussions with James Grier, having considered over the promise he had made to his wife Mary of leaving Kilnahard to her for life, did not therefore think it right, proper or prudent to settle Kilnahard on John during Mary's lifetime.

     That plaintiff communicated to James Grier the difficulty he was under in regard to settling Kilnahard on his son John and absolutely told James Grier and John Bell he would not settle Kilnahard on John until after the death of his wife Mary.

     That when plaintiff informed James Grier and John Bell of said reason, they declared the reason was very proper and sufficient and were satisfied with the written agreement that John should have Kilnahard after the death of plaintiff's wife Mary.

     That in order to carry out this agreement, plaintiff executed a bond to James Grier and John Bell for £413 being the purchase money paid by the plaintiff for Kilnahard on the condition that said James and John should have possession of Kilnahard after the death of Mary, viz: that part of Kilnahard called Heney's part.

     That under the aforesaid covenant and before the marriage of John and Anne, articles of marriage were executed dated 14 April 1774 between said James Grier of Creevy, County Longford, gentleman of the first part, plaintiff Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan and said John, his eldest son, of the second part and said Anne Grier, elder daughter of James of the third part, reciting said marriage to take place between John and Anne and her marriage portion of £1,000 to be paid by James to John whereby in consideration of same, plaintiff did agree to give to John his son the town and lands of Bellsgrove alias Aghacreevy, County Cavan as from 01 May 1778, that being in four years time, during which period plaintiff would pay John £100 per year for his support, said lands then to enure to John and his male heirs, chargeable with a jointure of £60 a year for Anne with remainder over to plaintiff and his heirs.

     That plaintiff did also execute a bond dated 14 April 1774 whereby plaintiff bound himself in the amount of £413 to James Grier and John Bell, the condition being that after the death of plaintiff's wife Mary Bell alias Booth, John Bell should enjoy that part of Kilnahard called Heney's part situate in County Cavan and containing about 18 acres.

     That for the aforesaid promise of plaintiff to his wife Mary, and for no other reason, was it that Kilnahard was not inserted in the marriage articles.

     That in a very short time after the perfection of the marriage articles the marriage took place.

     That plaintiff relied upon James Grier's promise to pay John Bell said £1,000 in 10 days after the marriage in as much as James Grier's property from his situation in life, having no other children but Anne and another daughter, that John would in the future receive a considerable fortune exceeding said £1,000 from Grier, and that was the reason which induced plaintiff to make the aforesaid settlement on John.

     That notwithstanding said marriage articles, James Grier did not pay the £1,000, nor to this hour has not paid same to John Bell and for that reason John Bell was often distressed for money to carry on his business.

     That owing to a desire to settle John favourably in life and relying upon the promise of James Grier to pay said £1,000 to John, that was the consideration which induced plaintiff to settle the lands on John, although plaintiff had a wife and a family of numerous children male and female so that the aforesaid settlement on John was not fair to the other children.

     That plaintiff did not doubt the honesty of the attorney who drew up the marriage articles and bond, who was a personal friend to both the plaintiff and James Grier. Neither did plaintiff doubt the honesty of Grier and John Bell to abide by said marriage articles.

     That plaintiff having a mind to provide for his wife Mary Bell alias Booth, the stepmother of John, and in order to keep it a secret from her that she would only have a life interest in Kilnahard, was the reason plaintiff executed said bond to James Grier and John Bell.

     That plaintiff's wife Mary Bell alias Booth died on 10 November 1774.

     That plaintiff paid the greater part of said £100 annuity to John Bell.

     That plaintiff, in order to carry out the covenants of the marriage articles and bond, did in September 1777 deliver to John Bell the several deeds, leases and other papers relative to plaintiff's title to the lands in order to draw up proper deeds of settlement, and often requested of both James Grier and John Bell to have said deeds executed pursuant to the marriage articles.

     That John Bell at length in January 1778 came to the plaintiff's house at Bellsgrove, when plaintiff was very indisposed and ill in bed and in danger of his life and produced to plaintiff a deed of marriage settlement consisting of many sheets of paper and told plaintiff same was drafted by Thomas Bond, gentleman, the attorney for said John Bell and James Grier in the suits they have since that time severally commenced against the plaintiff at the insistence of and by the direction of Reverend Frederick Grier of Street, County Westmeath, clerk, the brother of said James Grier.

     That plaintiff from his weak state of health was not then able to read the deed until sometime after and John left it with the plaintiff.

     That when plaintiff got better he read the draft and found it was not agreeable to the marriage articles, purporting to be a deed of conveyance of plaintiff's lands and estates from plaintiff to John Bell and to said James and Frederick Grier in trust for John Bell and his heirs and assigns forever, and that it was prepared to defraud plaintiff and such of his other children as might survive John in case John should die without male issue.

     That plaintiff then objected to execute such deed it being contrary to the marriage articles.

     That plaintiff had lost his own counterpart of the marriage articles and James Grier sent word that John Bell would bring their copy of it to the Cavan Court in April 1778, where they would lay it before council for his opinion.

     That plaintiff, though in a very feeble state of health and at peril of his life, went to the Cavan Court of April 1778 and there met John, but John had not brought the marriage articles, but said he would go back home and fetch it back to Cavan the next day.

     That John went back to his house in County Longford and did not return to Cavan the next day, nor has he ever provided said marriage articles to the plaintiff for purposes aforesaid, despite plaintiff's repeated requests to do, and plaintiff pleads that had they done so he would give John possession of Bellsgrove and Kilnahard and pay up the arrears of the annuity according to the marriage articles and bond.

     That John Bell acting under the influence of James Grier refused to bring the marriage articles.

     That notwithstanding the influence James Grier exercised over John and the expensive litigation which has since ensued, plaintiff from the affection to John, his eldest son, and in compassion for his youth, thinks it his duty to compel James Grier to pay the said £1,000 notwithstanding they have both harassed the plaintiff with litigation.

     That James Grier and James Bell on 03 July 1778 pled a declaration in the Court of Exchequer in an attempt to recover said £413 bond.

     That John Bell, Anne Bell alias Grier his wife and James Grier on 23 July 1778 filed their Bill in the Court of Exchequer against plaintiff claiming damages regarding the marriage articles.

     That they are still proceeding with their suits against plaintiff.

     That on 01 May 1778 plaintiff found his own counterpart of the marriage articles stowed away in an unsuspected place.

     That plaintiff attempted to have the dispute adjusted by friendly arbitration but James Grier has such ascendancy over John that same failed.

     That plaintiff, in Hilary (Spring) 1779, came to Dublin to put in his answer to said bill and also prepare his defense and, after his answer to said bill was engrossed, plaintiff's agent, Patrick Corbett informed plaintiff he had had some conversation with Thomas Bond, the attorney for James Grier and John Bell in order to come to an amicable compromise to restore peace and friendship between plaintiff and his son John.

     That accordingly plaintiff on 27 January last proposed to Thomas Bond that he would execute a deed of settlement of Bellsgrove to John Bell with remainder over to his male heirs, with remainder over to plaintiff and his male heirs, and charged with a jointure of £60 for Anne and a £500 portion for younger children, and Thomas Bond was well satisfied with the agreement and recommended John Bell to execute same and end the dispute.

     That on 01 February last John Bell came to plaintiff in the Fair of Kilnaleck, County Cavan and said he would not accept the proposal unless plaintiff left Bellsgrove with his family and gave full possession thereof to him (John) and then he would think of executing such deed.

     That plaintiff was very much surprised at such conduct of John and represented to John the extra ordinary terms he wanted from Plaintiff, viz: to turn plaintiff and his wife, who was then great with child and would deliver up in a few days after, and a numerous family of children, the brothers and sisters of John, and the season of the year, out of their dwelling house and oblige plaintiff with his family, furniture and cattle to leave Bellsgrove and find a habitation elsewhere was very unnatural as plaintiff had no other residence.

     That plaintiff told John to have patience until 01 May next and he would give up possession of Bellsgrove, but John would not comply and plaintiff had to refuse his request which was most unreasonable.

     That then James Grier and John Bell prosecuted their suit against plaintiff on 12 February 1779, entered rules in the Court of Exchequer as the compromise could not be arrived at, pressed for plaintiff's answer and on 01 March served plaintiff with notice threatening to eject him out of Bellsgrove.

     That plaintiff made another attempt for a peaceful settlement, but John Bell this time swore violent oaths and would have none of them.

     Prays for writs of subpoena directed against John Bell, Anne Bell alias Grier, his wife, and James Grier to answer in the premises.2 

Family
Child 1.Ann Grier1

Citations

  1. [S497] Marguerite Clayton (Michigan), compiler, "Hinds Family Research Collection" (Research results and analysis, letters and photos, in the possession of Shirley Ertz of Nebraska), Andrew Bell (d. 1755) Family Tree obtained from Beverley Mackey. Hereinafter cited as "Hinds Family Research Collection."
  2. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Chancery Bill, 1779, Andrew Bell of Bellsgrove, County Cavan, Ireland, Plaintiff, John Bell, Anne (Grier) Bell and James Grier, Defendants. Hereinafter cited as Crossle Genealogical Abstracts.

Etta Griffin1

b. 17 October 1873
Family
ChartsDescendants of Nicholas Boulton, The Immigrant
Descendants of John Bolton and Zilpah Peirce
Birth*17 October 1873Etta Griffin was born on 17 October 1873.1 
Marriage*8 January 1893She married Clarence Herbert Webb Spicer, son of Alexander Russell Webb and Laura Cordelia Conger, on 8 January 1893.1 

Family

 Clarence Herbert Webb Spicer b. 25 May 1873
Children 1.Everett Spicer1 b. 4 Mar 1894, d. 19 Jan 1895
 2.Senia Ray Spicer1 b. 4 Apr 1897
 3.Laurie Russell Spicer1 b. 10 Sep 1900

Citations

  1. [S616] Charles G.B. Conger, Descendant, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, A Record of the Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Descendants of John Conger of Woodbridge, N.J. (Chicago, Illinois: Shea Smith, Descendant, 1903), page 114. Hereinafter cited as John Conger Descendants, BMD.

James Griffin1

b. October 1878
Family
Birth*October 1878James Griffin was born in October 1878 in Ireland.2 
Marriage*6 October 1893He married Mary O'Sullivan on 6 October 1893 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey.1,3 

Family

 Mary O'Sullivan b. May 1876
Child 1.Thomas E. Griffin1 b. 18 May 1894

Citations

  1. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Anna Chrisup, daughter of Robert Chrisup and Mary Weatherford, and Thomas Griffin, son of James Griffin and Mary Sullivan, on 27 January 1916 in Marion County, Indiana, referencing FHL Film# 499407, Reference ID Page 308. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of James, (transcribed as John), and Mary Griffin, Year: 1900; Census Place: Bayonne Ward 4, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: 971; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0011. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S1598] New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of James Griffin and Mary O'Sullivan on 6 October 1893 in Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, USA, referencing FHL Film# 004210074. Hereinafter cited as New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965.

Jane Griffin1

Family
Marriage*14 March 1748She married as his first wife Ebenezer Edson, son of Samuel Edson and Mary __?__, on 14 March 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1,2 

Family

 Ebenezer Edson b. 7 Dec 1727

Citations

  1. [S474] Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family Register. Note: page numbers differ slightly between publications used in our research, including FHL copy, Google Books, Boston Public Library eBooks online and our personal library reprint published by Heritage Books. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., original publication date was 1840; reprinted for the third and fourth times in 1970 and 1975; first reprinted in 1897 by Henry T. Pratt, Bridgewater, Massachusetts; originally printed in 1840 by Kidder and Wright, Boston, Massachusetts), Edson, pages 153-160. Hereinafter cited as History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater.
  2. [S836] New England Historic Genealogical Society, compiler, downloaded from Google Books, Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. In two Volumes: Volume I. Births and Volume II. Marriages and Deaths. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916), Volume II, Marriages, page 122. Hereinafter cited as Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to 1850.

Susan T. Griffin1

b. 3 December 1855, d. 27 January 1921
Family
Birth*3 December 1855Susan T. Griffin was born on 3 December 1855 in Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia.2 
Marriage*7 July 1872She married Walter Flemming Gorham on 7 July 1872 in Paulding County, Georgia.3,2 
Death*27 January 1921She died on 27 January 1921 in Holly Pond, Cullman County, Alabama, at age 652 
Burial* and was buried in Holly Pond Cemetery, Holly Pond.2 

Family

 Walter Flemming Gorham b. 1840, d. 1931
Child 1.Janie Gorham+4,2 b. 6 Jul 1885, d. 13 Jun 1924

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Susan T (Griffin) Gorham, Memorial# 58346117.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Walton Fleming Gorham, Memorial# 69711233.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Janie (Gorham) McGinnis, Memorial# 58346378.

Thomas E. Griffin1

b. 18 May 1894
Family
Father*James Griffin2 b. Oct 1878
Mother*Mary O'Sullivan2 b. May 1876
Birth*18 May 1894Thomas E. Griffin was born on 18 May 1894 in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey,3,4 
Christening3 June 1894 and was christened there on 3 June 1894.4 
Marriage*27 January 1916He married Anna L. Crisup, daughter of Robert G. Crisup and Mary E. Weatherford, on 27 January 1916 in Marion County, Indiana.1,2 
(Brother-in-Law) Marriage22 June 1941He attended the wedding of his wife's sister, Mae Sayre, when she married Marvin Prather on Sunday afternoon, 22 June 1941, in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana. The Kokomo Tribune published a long and detailed article about the couple's wedding, which was performed at 317 East Hoffer, Kokomo, the home of Mae's sister and brother-in-law, Alean and Clarence R. Cornwell, with Alean attending her sister as matron of honor, and Clarence as best man. Mae's mother and stepfather, Mary L. and Otis Uptgraft, and Marvin's widowed mother, Iva A. Prather, were in attendance, as were other members of Marvin's family and Mae's other sister and brother-in-Law, Anna and Thomas E. Griffin, who lived in Indianapolis. The newlyweds were planning to live "for the present" at 317 East Hoffer with Alean and Clarence Cornwell.5,6,7 

Family

 Anna L. Crisup b. 1897

Citations

  1. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas E. and Anna L. Griffin, Year: 1920; Census Place: Indianapolis Ward 9, Marion, Indiana; Roll: T625_454; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 161. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Anna Chrisup, daughter of Robert Chrisup and Mary Weatherford, and Thomas Griffin, son of James Griffin and Mary Sullivan, on 27 January 1916 in Marion County, Indiana, referencing FHL Film# 499407, Reference ID Page 308. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Thomas E. and Anna L. Griffin, Year: 1920; Census Place: Indianapolis Ward 9, Marion, Indiana; Roll: T625_454; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 161; reporting Thomas's place of birth as New York.
  4. [S1851] New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Thomas Griffin on 18 May 1894 at Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey, son of James Griffin and Mary Sullivan of Bayonne; Christening on 3 June 1894 at the same place. Hereinafter cited as New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Marvin Joseph Prather, Memorial# 45516658. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Alta Mae Prather, Memorial# 45516655.
  7. [S2868] Mae Sayre and Marvin Prather 1941 Wedding, Indiana, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Kokomo Tribune, (Kokomo, Indiana), Tuesday, June 24, 1941, Page 5, (Downloaded on May 25, 2025), under the title, "Prather-Sayre", and within quite a long and detailed article about the wedding, reporting in part that Miss Mae Sayre and Marvin Prather were married in a lovely service at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. C. R. Cornwell, 317 East Hoffer, on Sunday afternoon; that the bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Uptegraft of Bluffton, and that Mr. Prather was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Prather of Miami; that, "for the present", Mr. and Mrs. Prather would make their home with the Cornwells at 317 East Hoffer. Hereinafter cited as Mae Sayre and Marvin Prather 1941 Wedding, Indiana.

Zedonia Griffin1

Family
ChartsDescendants of John Heaton of Lincolnshire, including the Immigrant Nathaniel
Marriage*He married, as her first husband, Rachel Heaton, daughter of Daniel Heaton and Ruth Wadsworth.1 

Family

 Rachel Heaton b. 1740, d. 1790

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 4, pages 122-123. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Beatrice Waltrude Griffis1,2

b. 1907, d. 1968
Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Birth*1907Beatrice Waltrude Griffis was born in 1907.1 
Marriage*31 January 1946She married Paul Jefferson Heaton, son of Ulysses S. Grant Heaton and Clara B. Williams, [on D] in Washington DC.3,4,2 
Death*1968She died in 1968 at about age 611 
Burial* and was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, Feasterville, Bucks County. We surmise from the gravestone photo that she was buried in Section 523, Block R, Grave #2, and that her husband would join her there n Grave #1 at his death in 1985.3,4 

Family

 Paul Jefferson Heaton b. 2 Aug 1904, d. 9 Dec 1985

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Beatrice G. Heaton, Memorial# 108551868. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2035] District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Beatrice Waltrude Griffis, age 38, born about 1908 and Paul Jefferson Heaton on 31 January 1946 in District of Columbia, USA, referencing Film# 002319554. Hereinafter cited as District of Columbia, Marriage Records, 1810-1953.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Beatrice G. Heaton, Memorial# 108551868, with photo of gravestone attached.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Paul Jefferson Heaton, Memorial# 104680688, with photo of gravestone attached.

A. Griffith1

(Witness to Will) Estate George’s will bequeathed 5 shillings to his eldest son Richard Bell, explaining that Richard had already been provided for by his marriage settlement. To his dearly beloved wife Essey Bell alias Archer he bequeathed the remainder of his property whatsoever, real and personal, and all monies, lands and concerns he was entitled to, to be by her divided and disposed of among his younger children as she thinks proper, and should she die without making such dispositions, the same equally between his said younger children. George appointed his said wife sole executrix, and his will was witnessed by George Johnston, Edmond Gould and A. Griffith.1 

Citations

  1. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Prerogative will, George Bell, 1809, Killynure, County Cavan, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Crossle Genealogical Abstracts.

Ann Griffith1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*John Griffith1
Marriage*7 July 1696She married James Heaton, son of Robert Heaton and Alice Ricroft, on 7 July 1696.1 
Relocation*After their marriage, Ann and James Heaton moved to New Jersey where James operated a mill and ferry in Hopewell Township, Burlington County.1 

Family

 James Heaton b. 25 Feb 1674/75, d. 1709

Citations

  1. [S1399] Heaton. A well-researched and partially documented work on the earliest Heaton immigrants to Pennsylvania, from Yorkshire, England, in 1682. Some of the information from the website is presented here in acknowledgement that not all of the early Heatons to America were "our" Heatons, and specifically to remind us of the reasons for the confusion expressed by our Heaton family researchers over the years as they tried to distinguish between the Lincolnshire John Heaton and the Yorkshire John Heaton, the two John Heatons of Loudon County, Virginia. Online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/…, MJP Grundy (email: e-mail address); viewed on 7 July 2015.

Ann Griffith1

b. 1744, d. 17 July 1821
Family
Father*Nathaniel Griffith1
Birth*1744Ann Griffith was born in 1744 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.1 
Marriage*1763She married William Morris, son of Morris Morris and Gwently Thomas, in 1763.1 
(Wife) Death22 April 1821Ann became a widow when William Morris died on 22 April 1821 at age 82.1 
Death*17 July 1821She died at age 77 on 17 July 1821, less than three months after her husband, at the home of their son Isaac in Line Lexington, Bucks County.1 

Family

 William Morris b. 1739, d. 22 Apr 1821
Child 1.Isaac Morris+1 b. 1764, d. 13 Sep 1843

Citations

  1. [S2037] Edward Mathews, The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Landsdale, Pennsylvania: Arthur K. Thomas, 1884), Chapter XVI. The children of Gwently Thomas, pages 62-64, William Morris. Hereinafter cited as The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a.

Ellen Griffith1

b. 1820
Family
Birth*1820Ellen Griffith was born in 1820.1 
Marriage*14 August 1850She married, as his second wife, Grant Ford, son of Lloyd Ford Jr. and Mary Wood, on 14 August 1850 in Washington County, Tennessee.1,2 
Census US 1850*7 December 1850Ellen and Grant Ford were enumerated on the 1850 census taken on 7 December 1850 in Subdivision 4, Washington County, Tennessee. Grant was 58 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $300, and Ellen was 30 years of age. Grant was unable to read or write. The couple was enumerated with John, their 2-year-old son.3 

Family

 Grant Ford b. 1792, d. Jun 1860
Child 1.John Ford3 b. 1848

Citations

  1. [S2244] Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog, online at https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/… .Caution: This is a beautifully presented collection of "Person Pages" containing a variety of information about specific ancestors submitted by individual contributors -- often, unfortunately, with no sources. If the information we have chosen to pass along here is accurate, we are extremely grateful to the contributor(s) who have shared it. Without documentation, however, we researchers are always forced to question the validity of information. We hope what we have selected to include was originally obtained from family Bible records, or other reliable sources, and is accurate. Although, even when we have found contributed information to be unreliable, inaccurate or incomplete, we consider the information useful as possible clues as we research, viewed online at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZPN-5LN. Hereinafter cited as Family Search Ancestry Discovery Blog.
  2. [S1704] Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 14 August 1850 in Washington County, Tennessee, USA, of Grant Ford and Ellen Griffith. Hereinafter cited as Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002.
  3. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Grant and Ellen Ford, Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 4, Washington, Tennessee; Roll: 898; Page: 232b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

James Griffith1

(Witness to Will) Estate and LandJames Griffith witnessed the will of John Bell of Killynure, County Cavan, Ireland, on 14 June 1786.1 

Citations

  1. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Prerogative will, John Bell, 1786, Killynure, County Cavan, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Crossle Genealogical Abstracts.

John Griffith1

Family

Family
Child 1.Ann Griffith1

Citations

  1. [S1399] Heaton. A well-researched and partially documented work on the earliest Heaton immigrants to Pennsylvania, from Yorkshire, England, in 1682. Some of the information from the website is presented here in acknowledgement that not all of the early Heatons to America were "our" Heatons, and specifically to remind us of the reasons for the confusion expressed by our Heaton family researchers over the years as they tried to distinguish between the Lincolnshire John Heaton and the Yorkshire John Heaton, the two John Heatons of Loudon County, Virginia. Online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/…, MJP Grundy (email: e-mail address); viewed on 7 July 2015.

Leslie R. Griffith1

Family
Marriage*15 January 1915He married Ida Marie Cooper, daughter of Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, on 15 January 1915 in Albany, Gentry County, Missouri.1 
(Brother-in-Law) Death18 November 1950Leslie's brother-in-law, Whitney Logan Cooper, was shot and killed by his wife, Viola Irene Cooper, during an argument in their home near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, on 18 November 1950. Whitney was 66 years of age.2,3,4,5 
(Brother-in-Law) Murder18 November 1950Coverage of his brother-in-law's murder appeared in newspapers in Stanberry and Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and as far south as Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with much of the reporting overlapping with the same information, especially in Gentry County. We've selected two articles that, in spite of some duplicate information, appear to provide as much of the complete story as we've found. Our transcriptions of those two articles follow:


Springfield Leader and Press, Springfield, Missouri, Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11


Woman Faces Murder Charge
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Shoots Her Husband Following Argument


OSCEOLA. November 20 (Special) -- A 46-year old farm wife is being held in St. Clair County jail here today, accused of the gun slaying of her 58-year-old husband during a Saturday night argument in their home seven miles west of Collins.

Prosecuting attorney E. W. Mills said a second degree murder charge had been filed against Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, Whitney Logan Cooper.

The charge was drawn against Mrs. Cooper, Mills said, after the woman signed a statement admitting the slaying.

An inquest has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m. tomorrow in the courthouse. Mills said Mrs. Cooper won’t be arraigned until after the inquest.
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According to Sheriff Logan Perry, the shooting occurred about 11:15 p.m. Saturday after the Coopers and Mr. and Mrs. James Buck, (James A. Buck and Dolores J. (Walker) Buck), son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Cooper, returned to their 80-acre hill farm after a drinking party in Humansville and nearby Collins.

Perry said the Coopers and Bucks drove to Humansville early Saturday evening and spent some time in a tavern there. They also stopped in Collins for more drinks, Mrs. Cooper told the sheriff.

Mrs. Cooper, authorities added, said her husband became jealous over a man she was talking to at one of the taverns.
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And after they returned to their farm home, Cooper allegedly threatened to kill his wife. Mrs. Cooper then related she ran into a bedroom to get her husband’s .38 caliber revolver. When Cooper, the woman said “came at her” threateningly she pulled the trigger. The bullet went through the left side of his chest and out his back. Cooper died instantly.

The Bucks, who had lived with the Coopers for the past six weeks, confirmed Mrs. Cooper’s account of the slaying.

Surviving Cooper, who had lived near Collins “for a couple of years”, Perry said, are a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Lester, of Kansas City, and a sister.

Funeral arrangements are under direction of Goodrich of Osceola.
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The Albany Ledger, Albany, Missouri, Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1


Whit Cooper Was Buried Here Last Friday Afternoon
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Remains Brought to Albany for Interment Following Inquest
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Funeral services for Whitney Logan Cooper, a former citizen of this community, were held here last Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Brooks Funeral Home. The service was conducted by the Rev. A. Lee Hughes, pastor of the Albany Methodist Church, and interment was in the Grandview cemetery.

The remains reached Albany last Thursday morning from Collins, Missouri, where Mr. Cooper had lived. The body was held there pending an inquest held on Tuesday of last week.

Mr. Cooper was shot in the chest at 11:15 o’clock on Saturday night, November 18. The shooting took place in his home and he was killed instantly. His wife, Mrs. Viola Irene Cooper, who formerly lived near Stanberry, gave herself up to St. Clair County authorities.

Members of the family knew little of the murder. Some of the relatives who were there for the funeral knew that Mrs. Cooper had surrendered but none of them knew the circumstances leading up to the fatal shooting. It was said that Mrs. Cooper refused to testify at the inquest.

Mr. Cooper will be remembered by many persons here. He had lived in this vicinity over a period of several years. He was associated with his brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck, who now lives in Denver, Colorado.

The two brothers had worked over a period of several years at the time the Cousins Lumber Company was in operation here. Whit Cooper had charge of the construction of the present Gentry County jail here and, as far as his brother knew, it was about his last construction work in this vicinity.

The following obituary was read at the funeral here last Friday:

Whitney Logan Cooper, the son of the late Coleman and Josephine Cooper, was born on December 12, 1883 in Appleton City, Missouri, and departed this life at his home near Collins, Missouri, on November 18, 1950. He was past 65 years of age.

He lived in and near Albany the early part of his life, leaving here about 25 years ago. Most of that time since he has lived in the southern part of Missouri.

He was converted when a young man at a revival at the old Gentryville church and was baptised, taking membership in the Baptist Church.

He is survived by his widow, by one daughter born to that marriage, by one brother, Walter V. Cooper, Charles E. Buck and Lewis Deloyd Buck of Denver, Colorado, and by two sisters, Ida, Merle, Gertrude, Thelma, Docia, Luella and Ethyl, wives of Leslie R. Griffith, Walter E. Smith, John Pleasant Warden, Thomas Arthur Johnson and Fred C. Cox, respectively, of Englewood, Colorado, and Maryville. There are other relatives and friends left to morn his tragic death.
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Family

 Ida Marie Cooper b. Apr 1894

Citations

  1. [S2161] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Miss Ida Marie Cooper and Leslie R. Griffith on 15 January 1915 at Albany, Missouri, USA, referencing Albany Ledger, published on 21 January 1915 in Albany, Missouri, USA, citing https://www.newspapers.com/image/211795760/,0.39514574,0.9574984,0.49285746&xid=3398. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current.
  2. [S2178] Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971, online at www.ancestry.com, death on 18 November 1950 in St. Clair County, Missouri, USA, of Whitney Logan Cooper, age 66, carpenter, building industry, married to Irene Cooper, born 12 December 1883 in Missouri to Coleman Cooper and Josephine Logan, autopsy, cause of death homicide in home, rural Collins, Washington Township, St. Clair County, gunshot wound, gun fired by Irene Cooper, informant Merle Smith, Maryville, burial on 24 November 1950 in Albany, referencing Missouri Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri, Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969, Certificate# 38190. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1971.
  3. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11, reporting the location of is death as seven miles west of Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  4. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1, reporting his place of death as near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Whitney Logan “Leck” Cooper, Memorial# 18233247, reporting his place of death as Osceola, St. Clair County, Missouri. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  6. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, Springfield Leader and Press, (Springfield, Greene County, Missouri), Monday, 20 November 1950, page 11.
  7. [S2312] Newspaper Stories Regarding the 1950 Murder of Whitney Logan Cooper near Collins, St. Clair County, Missouri, online at www.newspapers.com, The Albany Ledger, (Albany, Gentry County, Missouri), Thursday, 30 November 1950, page 1.

Nathaniel Griffith1

Family

Family
Child 1.Sarah Griffith1

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 647. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.

Nathaniel Griffith1

Family

Family
Child 1.Ann Griffith+1 b. 1744, d. 17 Jul 1821

Citations

  1. [S2037] Edward Mathews, The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. (Landsdale, Pennsylvania: Arthur K. Thomas, 1884), Chapter XVI. The children of Gwently Thomas, pages 62-64, William Morris. Hereinafter cited as The Thomas family of Hilltown, Bucks County, Penn'a.

Sarah Griffith1

Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Nathaniel Griffith1
Marriage*15 November 1749She married Robert Heaton, son of Robert Heaton and Margaret Davis, on 15 November 1749.1 
(Wife) Death1787Sarah became a widow when Robert Heaton died in 1787 at about age 47.2,1 

Family

 Robert Heaton b. 24 Nov 1740, d. 1787

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, page 647. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, page 646.

Simon Griffith1

Residence*8 December 1806He was identified on 8 December 1806 as of Granard, County Longford, Ireland.1 
(Heir) Estate and LandSimon Griffith was named as an heir in the will of John Bell of Creevy, dated 08 December 1806. John gave him his title to the two fields of the lands of Cartrons in County Longford now in Simon's possession containing 6 acres, and also his wearing apparel.1 

Citations

  1. [S1618] Crossle Genealogical Abstracts, online at Find My Past, www.findmypast.com, Prerogative will, John Bell, 1806, Creevy, County Longford, Ireland. Hereinafter cited as Crossle Genealogical Abstracts.

Susanna Griffith1,2

b. 1681, d. 30 December 1770
Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Birth*1681Susanna Griffith was born in 1681 in England.3 
Marriage*She married first James Carter in Pennsylvania.3 
(Wife) Deathbefore 3 November 1720Susanna became a widow when James Carter died.1 
Marriage*3 November 1720She married second, as his second wife, Robert Heaton, son of Robert Heaton and Alice Ricroft, on 3 November 1720 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.4,5,6 
Children*May 1721Susanna and Robert Heaton were disciplined by the Society of Friends for delivering a full-term child six months after their marriage. No information about the child was found in the meeting records.2 
(Wife) Death17 March 1743Susanna became a widow when Robert Heaton Jr. died on 17 March 1743.2,1 
Death*30 December 1770She died on 30 December 1770 in Bucks County.1 

Family 1

 James Carter b. 1675, d. b 3 Nov 1720

Family 2

 Robert Heaton Jr. b. 3 Aug 1671, d. 17 Mar 1743

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 643-644. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S1399] Heaton. A well-researched and partially documented work on the earliest Heaton immigrants to Pennsylvania, from Yorkshire, England, in 1682. Some of the information from the website is presented here in acknowledgement that not all of the early Heatons to America were "our" Heatons, and specifically to remind us of the reasons for the confusion expressed by our Heaton family researchers over the years as they tried to distinguish between the Lincolnshire John Heaton and the Yorkshire John Heaton, the two John Heatons of Loudon County, Virginia. Online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/…, MJP Grundy (email: e-mail address); viewed on 7 July 2015.
  3. [S1612] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, online at www.ancestry.com. Hereinafter cited as U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
  4. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Middletown Monthly Meeting, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Minutes, 1683-1892, transcribing the date of their marriage from the original Quaker entry of "3 of the Ninth 1720" which would have been 3 November 1720. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.
  5. [S1399] Heaton, online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paxson/…, noting the date of their marriage as October 1720.
  6. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 643-644, noting the date of their marriage as 6 August 1720.

Gwyneth Merlyn Griffiths1

b. 31 March 1912, d. June 1998
Family
Birth*31 March 1912Gwyneth Merlyn Griffiths was born on 31 March 1912 in Monmouthshire, Wales.1 
Marriage*1935She married Patrick Willoughby Mant Martin, son of Robert Collins Martin and Angela Mary Turner, about 1935 in Somerset County, England.1 
(Wife) DeathSeptember 1983Gwyneth became a widow when Patrick Willoughby Mant Martin died in September 1983 at age 73.1 
Death*June 1998She died in June 1998 in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, at age 86.1 

Family

 Patrick Willoughby Mant Martin b. 19 Mar 1910, d. Sep 1983

Citations

  1. [S1982] Martin Notcutt, "Descendant Chart for Robert Collins (1800-1868)", with accompanying email of information and clarification, received 25 April 2020 (e-mail address). . Hereinafter cited as "Descendant Chart for Robert Collins (1800-1868)", with accompanying email of information and clarification.