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Mary "Polly" Griffith 1758–1843 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 OCT 1758

Birth Location: Sussex County, Delaware, USA

Death Date: 12 DEC 1843

Death Location: Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America

Father: John Griffith

Mother: Mary Faulkner

Spouse(s): Rev Sr

Children(s): John Willey, Mary Willey, Sarah Willey, Cornelia Willey, Amelia Willey, Curtis Willey, Ann Willey, Hiram Willey

Mary "Polly" Griffith was born in 1758 in Sussex County, Delaware, USA, the child of John Griffith And Mary Elizabeth Faulkner. Mary "Polly" Griffith married Rev John Alexander Willey Sr, and had children including Amelia Willey, Ann Willey, Cornelia Amanda Willey, Curtis Willey, Hiram Willey, John Alexander Willey, Mary Polly Willey, Sarah Sallie Willey. Mary "Polly" Griffith passed away in 1843 in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Mary "Polly" Griffith was born in 1758 in Sussex County, Delaware, USA, the child of John Griffith And Mary Elizabeth Faulkner.
  • Mary "Polly" Griffith married Rev John Alexander Willey Sr, and had children including Amelia Willey, Ann Willey, Cornelia Amanda Willey, Curtis Willey, Hiram Willey, John Alexander Willey, Mary Polly Willey, Sarah Sallie Willey.
  • Mary "Polly" Griffith passed away in 1843 in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Griffith
1737–1833
Birth Location: East Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mary Faulkner
1746–1833
Birth Location: E Nantmeal Twp, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Rev Sr
1757–1814
Birth Location: Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
RS

Children(s)

John Willey
1799–1865
Birth Location: Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
JW
Mary Willey
1793–1866
Birth Location: Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
MW
Sarah Willey
1790–1854
Birth Location: Sussex County, Delaware, USA
SW
Cornelia Willey
1788–1869
Birth Location: Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex, Delaware, USA
CW
Amelia Willey
1783–1862
Birth Location: Cedar Creek, Sussex, Delaware, USA
AW
Curtis Willey
1780–1874
Birth Location: Sussex County, Delaware, USA
CW
Ann Willey
1795–1870
Birth Location: Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA
AW
Hiram Willey
1803–1884
Birth Location: Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia, USA
HW

Mary Griffith's Ancestors

Self
Mary Griffith
1758–1843
Birth Place: Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Parents
John Griffith
1737–1833
East Nantmeal, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Faulkner
1746–1833
E Nantmeal Twp, Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Samuel (Willoughby) Griffith
1693–1758
, Dorcester County, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth ("Betty" Walker) (Evans)
1695–1767
British, Colonial, America
Great-Grandparents
Henry Griffith
1668–1709
Elizabeth Tassell
1675–1767
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Samuel Griffith
1645–1717
Elizabeth Evans
1645–1718

Mary Griffith's Descendants

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Mary ("Polly") Griffith (10 OCT 1758–12 DEC 1843) m. Rev (John Alexander Willey) Sr (3 Jul 1757–3 April 1814)
  1. 1. John (Alexander) Willey 1799–1865 m. Nancy Chapman 1799–1862
    1. 1. Mary (Emelia) Willey 1820–1900 m. William (Jorden) Farmer 1817–1894
      1. 1. Samuel Farmer 1844– m. Sarah (Catherine “Sally”) Gray 1851–1894
        1. 1. Otho (Abner) Farmer 1875–1941 m. Stella (Cora) Watson 1889–1955 m. Eifrezena (Seney) Dittmar 1880–1918
        2. 2. Nora (Loueila) Farmer 1871–1938 m. Wm (J) Myers 1874–1948 m. Fitz (Henry Warren) Drummond 1861–1927
        3. 3. Myrtle (Anna) Farmer 1876–1933
        4. 4. Pearl (Mahalia) Farmer 1878–1961 m. Charles Allen 1874–1942
        5. 5. Nellie (Frances) Farmer 1880–1962 m. Melford Maloney 1895– m. Aaron (T) Kain 1877–1957
        6. 6. Nancy (Floy) Farmer 1883–1971 m. Christopher (Theodore) Poshard 1872–1948
        7. 7. John (William) Farmer 1884–1968 m. Annie (Gladys) Williams 1886–1952
        8. 8. Ethel (Mary) Farmer 1886–1962
        9. 9. Hazel (Gloria) Farmer 1888–1979
        10. 10. Claude (Loran) Farmer 1889–1960
        11. 11. Howard (Cooper) Farmer 1890–1969
        12. 12. Florence Farmer 1872–1872
      2. 2. Safrona (C) Farmer 1857–1926 m. Charles (W) Fossett 1851–1918
        1. 1. William (W) Fossett 1884–1910
        2. 2. Lena (Ethel) Fossett 1879–
        3. 3. Maude (M.) Fossett 1876–1905
      3. 3. Lloyd (Fener) Farmer 1847– m. Diadema Baird 1853–1877
        1. 1. Mertie (Jane) Farmer 1876–1969 m. James (Alpheus) Booth 1879–1909
      4. 4. Viola (Samantha) Farmer 1853–1934 m. James (Madison) Hudson 1850–1920
        1. 1. Guida (Marie) Hudson 1891–1978 m. Clare (Thompson Ireland) Sr. 1893–1967
        2. 2. Clair (Dewitt) Hudson 1893–1944
        3. 3. Cecil (Rhodes) Hudson 1893–1933 m. Velma (Elvoy) Rogers 1900–1997
      5. 5. Mary (Armina) Farmer 1845–1869 m. Francis (Marion "Frank") Archer 1843–1913
        1. 1. Steven (Ellsworth) Archer 1867–1914 m. Sarah (Cordelia "Delia") Lambach 1872–1952 m. Mary (Ann) Willford 1870–1898
        2. 2. Francis (Marion) Archer 1868–1930
        3. 3. Grace (Truman) Archer 1869–
      6. 6. Lleven (Sebastian) Farmer 1848–1909 m. Mary (Rilla) Allison 1865–1922
        1. 1. Minnie (Inez Lavinia) Frantz 1895–1971 m. John (Daniel) Smith 1892–1971 m. George (Wayne (Shug)) Thomas 1892–1941 m. James (Alfred) Holmes 1885–1919
      7. 7. Matilda (Elizabeth) Farmer 1850–1928 m. George (Washington) Archer 1846–1913
        1. 1. Edith (Adeline) Archer 1877–1919
        2. 2. Mary (Ethel) Archer 1880–1945
        3. 3. Frank Archer 1894–
      8. 8. William (Silas) Farmer 1842–1904
      9. 9. Sarah (Cornelia) Farmer 1841–1923 m. Thomas Stockdale 1847–1938 m. George (D) Beam 1846–1874
        1. 1. Cora (B) Beam 1872–1931 m. Charles Buhrns 1876–1902
        2. 2. Clara (Olive) Beam 1870–1949 m. Charles (William) Warnock 1865–1939
        3. 3. Thomas Stockdale 1880–1923
      10. 10. Otho (Harrison) Farmer 1854–1894 m. Mary (Isabelle) Scott 1861–1949
        1. 1. William (Howell Scott) Farmer 1892–1997
        2. 2. Lilla (C) Farmer 1889–1933
        3. 3. Martha Farmer 1894–1975
        4. 4. Gertrude (V.) Farmer 1885–1983 m. Ralph (Waldo) Hankins 1884–1966
        5. 5. Anna (May) Farmer 1887–1982 m. Ralph Benedict 1903– m. George (Washington) Manning 1881–1981
      11. 11. Walker Farmer 1858–1916
    2. 2. Mary (Lois) Willey 1835–1910
    3. 3. Robert (Spencer) Willey 1841–1895
      1. 1. Carolyn (Elizabeth Theresa) Willey 1881–1965
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) HARTLAGE 1908–1982
      2. 2. Carolyn (Elizabeth Theresa) WILLEY 1881–1965
      3. 3. Carolyn Wiley 1883–1965
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) Hartlage 1908–1982
      4. 4. Carolyn (Elizabeth Theresa) WILLEY 1881–1965
        1. 1. Robert (Lee) HARTLAGE 1908–1982
    4. 4. Moses (Hinkle) Willey 1822–1887
    5. 5. Lou (Sarah) Willey 1828–1908
    6. 6. Henry (Bascom) Willey 1824–1877 m. Sarah Glasford 1832–
      1. 1. Sarah Willey 1860–
      2. 2. Geo (A) Willey 1863–
    7. 7. John (Alexander) Willey 1830–1870
    8. 8. Frederick (Merrick) Willey 1844–1915
    9. 9. Charles (Tatman) Willey 1832–1902
    10. 10. Lutherious Willey 1846–
    11. 11. Kate Willey 1851–
    12. 12. Elizabeth (Louisa) Willey 1838–1910
  2. 2. Mary (Polly) Willey 1793–1866
    1. 1. Curtis (Wiley) Boydston 1817–1898
      1. 1. Frank Boydston 1856–1903
        1. 1. Everett (Michael Leroy) Boydston 1882–1968
    2. 2. George (Nelson) Boydston 1821–1872
      1. 1. William (Clarence) Boydston 1862–
        1. 1. Malcolm (Oscar) Boydston 1886–1967
    3. 3. Thornton (Elsworth) Boydston 1833–1913
      1. 1. Emma Boydston 1861–1931
        1. 1. Walter (James) Evans 1890–1951
  3. 3. Sarah (Sallie) Willey 1790–1854
    1. 1. John Hawkins 1820–
      1. 1. Mary (Celetta) Hawkins 1848–1928
        1. 1. Samuel (O.) Davidson 1877–1939
    2. 2. John (W) Hawkins 1822–1895
      1. 1. Mary (Celetta) Hawkins 1848–1928
        1. 1. Samuel (Ormiston) Davidson 1877–1939
  4. 4. Cornelia (Amanda) Willey 1788–1869 m. Abraham Allman 1842–1893 m. John (Waitman) Willey 1786–1885
    1. 1. John (Wesley) Willey* 1806–1867
      1. 1. John (Wesley Willey) Jr 1838–1915
        1. 1. Elnora ((Nora) Elizabeth) Willey 1876–
      2. 2. John (Wesley Willey) Sr 1839–1915
        1. 1. Elnora ((Nora) Elizabeth) Willey 1876–
      3. 3. Eliza (Ann) Willey 1841–1925
        1. 1. Wesley Snook 1857–1948
      4. 4. Cornelia (Amanda) Willey 1842–1937
        1. 1. Iva (Leona) Rowland 1869–1951
        2. 2. Daisy (Elsie) Roland 1881–1960
    2. 2. Waitman Willey 1819–1900
    3. 3. Matilda Willey 1825–
    4. 4. Cornelia (Amanda) Willey 1823–1880
    5. 5. Silas Willey 1813–1859 m. Susan Gard 1818–1897
      1. 1. William (B) Willey 1840–1924
      2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Willey 1842–1933
      3. 3. Amelia Willey 1844–1874 m. Janus Weeks 1844–1908
        1. 1. James (S) Weeks 1863–1917
        2. 2. Maude (A) Thompson 1870–1963
        3. 3. Ernst Weekes 1866–
        4. 4. Stephen (John) Weekes 1868–1941
        5. 5. Charles Weekes 1870–
        6. 6. Harry Weeks 1873–1906 m. Ida (May) Mancle 1879–1953
      4. 4. Esther (Ann 'Hester') Willey 1846–1902 m. John (William) Briggs 1838–1920 m. Darius (Beebe) West 1834–1886
        1. 1. Charles (Kennett) West 1879–1965
        2. 2. Norris (Norman) West 1876–1938
        3. 3. Frank (Winsor) West 1881–1949
        4. 4. Mary (J) West 1870–1880
        5. 5. Henry (Beebe) West 1868–1930
        6. 6. Gertrude (Julia) West 1874–1902
      5. 5. John Willey 1849–1875
      6. 6. Margaret (Louisa Jane) Willey 1853–1905
    6. 6. James (W) Willey 1805–1867
    7. 7. Hiram (F.) WILLEY 1825–1858
    8. 8. Elizabeth WILLEY 1811–1856
  5. 5. Amelia Willey 1783–1862
    1. 1. Mary Colvin 1813–1889
      1. 1. Charles (C) Handley 1855–1938
        1. 1. Mary (Christina) Handley 1895–1986
  6. 6. Curtis Willey 1780–1874 m. Margaret Colvin 1783–1874
    1. 1. Hannah Willey 1806–1881
    2. 2. Rachel Willey 1808–1847
    3. 3. Jesse (Griffith) Willey 1811–1883
    4. 4. Elizabeth Willey 1814–1881
    5. 5. Curtis Willey 1817–1895
    6. 6. Milton (Y) Willey 1817–1857
  7. 7. Ann Willey 1795–1870
  8. 8. Hiram Willey 1803–1884

Mary Griffith's Timeline

2 Records

1758
10 OCT 1758
Birth of Mary "Polly" Griffith in Sussex County, Delaware, USA
Sussex County, Delaware, USA
1843
12 DEC 1843
Age 85
Death of Mary "Polly" Griffith in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America
Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 OCT 1758
    Event Place: Sussex County, Delaware, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 DEC 1843
    Event Place: Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 164 : 1921

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Muskingum County, Ohio, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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