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James Evans Griffin 1707 – 1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1707

Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 20 Jan 1761

Death Location: Chowan, North Carolina, USA

Father: James Griffin+

Mother: Sarah Erskine

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

James Evans Griffin III was born in 1707 in Nansemond, Virginia, United States, the child of James Richard Griffin+ and Sarah Erskine. James Evans Griffin III passed away in 1761 in Chowan, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • James Evans Griffin III was born in 1707 in Nansemond, Virginia, United States, the child of James Richard Griffin+ and Sarah Erskine.
  • James Evans Griffin III passed away in 1761 in Chowan, North Carolina, USA.

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James Griffin's Ancestors

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James Griffin
1707 – 1761
Birth Place: Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Parents
James Richard Griffin+
1680 – 1749
New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia, USA
Sarah Erskine
1680 – 1780
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
James Griffin
1650 – 1716
Catherine Creek, Chowan, North Carolina, United States
Mary Griffin
1650 – 1706
Chowan, North Carolina, USA
Richard Erskine
1630 – 1703
Perthshire, Scotland
Mary Erskine
1665 – 1718
Suffolk, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Ensign War)
1607 – 1681
Anna Griffin
1627 – 1684
Sir Erskine
1606 – 1671
Ann Seton
1634 – 1653
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Griffin
1583 – 1655
Ann\Hannah Potter
1555 – 1659
John Bancroft
1592 – 1637
Jane Bonython
1601 – 1662
Sir Erskine
1580 – 1633
Lady Seton
1593 – 1630
George Seton
1584 – 1650
Lady Errol
1592 – 1628

James Griffin's Timeline

2 Records

1707
1707
Birth of James Evans Griffin III in Nansemond, Virginia, United States
Nansemond, Virginia, United States
1761
20 Jan 1761
Age 54
Death of James Evans Griffin III in Chowan, North Carolina, USA
Chowan, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1707
    Event Place: Nansemond, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Jan 1761
    Event Place: Chowan, North Carolina, USA

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