GRIFFITH ANNEX
Ernest Edric
Griffith Pedigree
(Start at generation 3, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 21 June 2026
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Origin of
the surname “Griffith:”
Generation
7
6 Samuel Griffith
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1 October 1803 in Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire. Died there 18 May 1880.
1850 US Census: Samuel Griffith, age 44 (b. NH) and employed
as a farmer, was heading a household in Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire. The household also included
his wife, Mahala Griffith, age 43 (b. NH); son, Charles G. Griffith, age 19 (b.
NH) and employed as a laborer, whose real estate was valued at $1,500; son,
George J. Griffith, age 18 (b. NH) and employed as a laborer; son, Henry A.
Griffith, age 15 (b. NH) and employed as a laborer; son, Albert Griffith, age
13 (b. NH); daughter Olive L. Griffith, age 12 (b. NH); daughter, Lucy V. Griffith,
age 11 (b. NH); son, Daniel D. Griffith, age 9 (b. NH); son, Edwin Griffith,
age 7 (b. NH); son, Joseph Griffith, age 5 (b. NH); William Hadley, age 29 (b.
MA) and employed as a laborer; Daniel F. Eddy, age 35 (b. MA) and employed as a
laborer; John H. Woodbury, age 34 (b. MA) and employed as a laborer; Daniel
Donovan, age 32 (b. Ireland) and employed as a laborer; and brother?, Abraham
Griffith, age 52 (b. NH) and employed as a laborer.
1860 US Census: Samuel Griffith, age 58 (b. NH) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Keene Township (Keene Post
Office), Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
His personal property was valued at $100. The household also included his wife, Mahala
Griffith, age 55 (b. NH); son, Edwin A. Griffith, age 18 (b. NH) and employed
as a farm laborer; son, Albert P. Griffith, age 23 (b. NH) and employed as a
teamster, whose real estate was valued at $1,500 and personal property was
valued at $340; son, Daniel D. Griffith, age 19 (b. NH) and employed as a day
laborer; son, Joseph O. Griffith, age 15 (b. NH) and employed as a day laborer;
Olive R. Barton, age 23 (b. NH) and employed as a tailoress; and Amy F. Barton,
age 1 (b. MA). Of interest, the
household headed by his son, Charles G. Griffith, age 29 (b. NH) and employed
as a cooper, was enumerated before him on the same census page.
1870 US Census: Samuel Griffith, age 73 (b. NH) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Keene Township (Keene Post
Office), Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
His real estate was valued at $5,000.
The household also included his wife, Mahala Griffith, age 66 (b. NH);
son, Henry Griffith, age 34 (b. NH) and employed as a farm laborer; son, Joseph
Griffith, age 24 (b. NH) and employed as a painter; daughter, Olive Barton, age
30 (b. NH); and Emma Barton, age 11 (b. MA).
2. Wife: Mahala T.
Grimes
Born 2 May 1804 in Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire;
daughter of John and Tryphena
(Razey) Grimes. Died there 21 May 1887. Married Samuel Griffith on
22 February 1826.
1880 US Census: (enumerated 15 Jun 1880) Mahala Griffith, age 75 (b. NH; parents b. NH) and widowed,
was heading a household in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The household also included her son, Henry L.
Griffith, age 43 (b. NH; parents b. NH), single, and employed as a farm
laborer.
3. Children:
a. John Gilman Griffith: Born 16 August 1827 in Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 15 February 1896 in
Keene Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Married Marilla
Ellen Brown (b. abt 1826 in Chesterfield Twp, Cheshire Co., NH)
on 16 April 1849 in Brattleboro Township, Windham County, Vermont and had
children.
b. Eliza Ann Griffith: Born 10/18 October 1827/28 in
Keene/Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire. Died 29 May
1901 in Keene Township, New Hampshire.
Married Benjamin Harvey Mansfield (b. 4 Nov 1828 in Keene Twp, Cheshire Co.,
NH, d. 14 Dec 1857 in Gilsum
Twp, Cheshire Co., NH) on 30 April 1850 in Swanzey
Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire and had children.
c. Charles Grimes Griffith: Born 15 August 1830 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
1860 US Census: Charles G. Griffith, age 29 (b. NH)
and employed as a cooper, was heading a household in Keene Township, Cheshire
County, New Hampshire. The household
also included his wife, Nancy L. Griffith, age 24 (b. NH); son, Frank L.
Griffith, age 6 (b. NH); son, George Griffith, age 4 (b. NH); and daughter,
Flora I. Griffith, age 10 months (b. NH).
Of interest, the household headed by his father, Samuel Griffith, age 58
(b. NH) and employed as a farmer, was enumerated below him on the same census
page.
Charles Griffith married Nancy L. Thompson (b. 31
May 1835 in Swanzey Twp, Cheshire Co., NH, d. 17 Jul 1878) and had children.
d. George Johnson Griffith: Born 5 March 1832 in Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died there 5 July 1873. Married Lucy H. Brown (b. 5 Nov 1837 in Stow
Twp, Middlesex Co., MA, d. 29 Jan 1920 in Hudson Twp, Middlesex Co., MA) on 29
November 1857 in Marlborough Township, Middlesex County, Massachusetts and had the
following son:
(1. Charles E. Griffith: Born 14 September 1859 in
Stow Township, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
Married Phoebe Clara Alger (b. 1878) on 24 November 1897 I Great Barrington
Township, Berkshire County, Massachusetts and had children.
e. Henry Alonzo Griffith: Born 5 December 1834 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 7 January 1903 in
Keene Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Apparently never married.
f. Olive Relief Griffith: Born 7 April 1836 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 25 March 1921 in Keene Township,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Married
Alfred Barton (b. abt 1834) on 24 December 1855 in Keene Township, Cheshire County,
New Hampshire and had children.
g. Albert Parker Griffith: Born 7 October 1836 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 8 July 1906 in Keene Township, Cheshire
County, New Hampshire. Married, as her
2nd husband, Mrs. Amelia R. (Strong) Carpenter (b. Jul 1840 in Lebanon Twp,
Cheshire Co., NH, d. 11 Oct 1914 in Keene Twp, Cheshire Co., NH) on 17 October
1864 in Rockingham Township, Windham County, Vermont and had the following son:
(1. Fred Orieon Griffith:
Born about 1866 in New Hampshire. Died 10 February 1886.
Married Nellie Bush (b. 1866).
h. Lucy Victoria Griffith: Born 11 June 1839 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 22 September 1920 in Keene Township,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Married
(1st) William H. Willett (b. abt 1834 in MA) on 8 August 1855 in New Hampshire
and had children. Married (2nd) George
Washington Blaisdell (b. 14 Jan 1836 in Charlestown
Twp, Suffolk Co., MA, d. 9 Sep 1908 in Keene Twp, Cheshire Co., NH) in 1873 in
New Hampshire and had children.
i. Daniel D. Griffith: Born 10 December 1841 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died 22 January 1933 in Claremont Township,
Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
1880 US Census: Daniel D. Griffith, age 36 (b. NH;
parents b. NH) and employed as a painter, was heading a household in Claremont
Township, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
The household also included his wife, Maria L. Griffith, age 34 (b. MA;
parents b. MA); daughter, Myrtia Griffith, age 10 (b. NH), who had scarlet
fever; son, Murrie D. Griffith, age 9 (b. NH); son, Winfred L. Griffith, age 8
(b. NH); daughter, Vernila E. Griffith, age 6 (b. NH); brother, Edwin A.
Griffith, age 38 (b. NH; parents b. NH) and employed as a painter;
sister-in-law, Mattie J. Griffith, age 36 (b. NH; father b. CT; mother b. NH);
niece, Nellie L. Griffith, age 16 (b. NH); niece, Agnes D. Griffith, age 14 (b.
NH); niece, Bertha M. Griffith, age 8 (b. NH); niece, Maud E. Griffith, age 6
(b. NH); and niece, Ruth B. Griffith, age 4 (b. NH).
Daniel Griffith married Sylvia Maria Leonard (b. 2
Jul 1845 in Buckland Twp, Franklin Co., MA, d. 31 May
1916 in Claremont Twp, Sullivan Co., NH) and had children.
i. Edwin Augustus Griffith: See generation
5, below.
j. Joseph E. Griffith: Born 29 January 1846 in
Swanzey Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died there 26 January 1929. Married Ella Mae Cummings
(b. 18 Dec 1855 in NH, d. 11 Nov 1918 in Keene Twp, Cheshire Co., NH) on 16
October 1872 in Keene Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
5 Edwin Augustus Griffith
"E. A."
1. Biographical notes:
Born 13 August 1843 in Winchester/Swanzey Township, Cheshire County,
New Hampshire. Died 26 February 1888 in
Claremont Township, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. Employed as a painter.
1860 US Census: Edwin A. Griffith, age 18 (b. NH)
and employed as a farm laborer, resided in the household headed by his father,
Samuel Griffith, age 58 (b. NH) and employed as a farmer in Keene Township,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
1870 US Census: Edwin A. Griffith, age 27 (b. NH)
and employed as a painter, was heading a household in Marlow Township (Marlow
Post Office), Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
The household also included his wife, Mattie J. Griffith, age 26 (b.
NH), whose personal property was valued at $100; daughter, Nellie L. Griffith,
age 5 (b. NH); and daughter, Agnes D. Griffith, age 4 (b. NH).
1880 US Census: Edwin A. Griffith, age 38 (b. NH;
parents b. NH), married, and employed as a painter, resided in the household
headed by his brother (see above), Daniel D. Griffith, age 36 (b. NH; parents
b. NH) and employed as a painter, in Claremont Township, Sullivan County, New
Hampshire. Among others, the household
also included Edwin's wife, Mattie J. Griffith, age 36 (b. NH; father b. CT;
mother b. NH); daughter, Nellie L. Griffith, age 16 (b. NH); daughter, Agnes D.
Griffith, age 14 (b. NH); daughter, Bertha M. Griffith, age 8 (b. NH);
daughter, Maud E. Griffith, age 6 (b. NH); and daughter, Ruth B. Griffith, age
4 (b. NH).
2. Wife: Mattie Jane
D. Hill
Born 31 December 1843 (per son, Ernest's birth record; also seen: b. 1
Jan 1844) in Charlestown Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire; daughter of Caleb
and Caroline (Derby) Hill. Died 24
February 1888 in Claremont Township, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. At age 19 married Edwin Griffith, age 26, on
19 August 1863 in Charlestown Township, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
3. Children:
a. Nellie L. Griffith: Born 1864 in New Hampshire. Died 15 August 1886.
b. Agnes D. Griffith: Born November 1865 in Keene
Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Died 1949.
Married Alpheus Benjamin Dewey (b. 5 Feb 1861 in Hanover Twp, Grafton
Co., NH, d. 13 Oct 1941) on 24 December 1884 in Newport Township, Sullivan County,
New Hampshire and had children.
c. Harry E. Griffith: Born 1868 in Marlow Township,
Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Died
there 31 March 1869.
d. Bertha M. Griffith: Born 12 May 1872 in Marlow
Township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Died 28 May 1961 at Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham County, Vermont.
1900 US Census: Charles E. Howard, age 47 (b. Sep
1852 in MA) and employed as a hardware merchant, was heading a household in the
Village of Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham County, Vermont. The household also included his wife of 6
years, Bertha M. Howard, age 28 (b. May 1872 in NH; father b. NH; mother b.
OH), who had had no children; sister, L. Fanny Howard, age 52 (b. Mar 1848 in
MA; parents b. MA) and single, with no record of employment; brother-in-law,
Eugene E. Griffith, age 18 (b. Oct 1881 in NH; father b. NH; mother b. OH),
single, and in school; boarder, Gustavus D. Parker, age 33 (b. Aug 1866 in MA;
parents b. MA), single, and employed as a hardware merchant; boarder, Elton W.
Winch, age 23 (b. Jan 1877 in NH; parents b. NH), single, and employed as a
hardware salesman; and servant, Annie Powers, age 19 (b. May 1881 in
English-speaking Canada; parents b. English speaking Canada) and single.
Bertha Griffith married Charles Elliott Howard (b. 19
Sep 1852 in Fitchburg Twp, Worcester Co., MA, d. 9 Sep 1919 at Bellows Falls,
Rockingham Twp, Windham Co., VT) on 17 April 1894 in Rockingham Township,
Windham County, Vermont.
e. Maud E. Griffith: Born 1874 in New Hampshire. Died 21 August 1884 in Claremont Township,
Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
f. Ruth Belle Griffith: Born 14 July 1876 in Marlow
Township, Cheshire County, New
Hampshire. Died 25
December 1922 in Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Married Frank Elmer Dewey (b. 22 Oct 1868 in
Hanover Twp, Grafton Co., NH, d. 1939) on 28 May 1910 in Springfield Township,
Hampden County, Massachusetts and had children.
g. Agnes Griffith: Born about 1878, perhaps in New
Hampshire.
h. Ernest Eugene Griffith: See generation
4, below.
4 Ernest Eugene Griffith
1. Biographical notes:
Born 22 October 1881 in Claremont Township, Sullivan County, New
Hampshire. Died 2 April 1938 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
1900 US Census: Eugene E. Griffith, age 18 (b. Oct
1881 in NH; father b. NH; mother b. OH), single, and in school, resided in the
household headed by his brother-in-law, Charles E. Howard, age 48 (b. MA) in
the Village of Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham County, Vermont.
1910 US Census: Eugene Griffith, age 30 (b. VT;
parents b. VT), single, and employed as a machinist in a machine shop, was
boarding in the household headed by Mrs. Abbie F. Covey, age 66 (b. VT) and
widowed at 61 Olive? Street in the Village of Springfield, Springfield, Windsor
County, Vermont.
1918 WWI Draft Registration: Ernest Eugene Griffith,
age 37 (b. 24 Oct 1881) and employed as a machinist for F. E. & B. A. Dewey
of Plainfield Street in the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, resided
with his wife, Alice Almira Griffith, at
73 Girard Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1920 US Census: Ernest E. Griffith, age 37 (b. NH;
parents b. US) and employed as a machinist in a factory, was heading a household
at 43 Girard Avenue in the City of Springfield, Hampden County,
Massachusetts. The household also
included his wife, Alice A. Griffith, age 27 (b. VT; parents b. VT) and not
employed; daughter, Agnes A. Griffith, age 8 (b. VT); son, Ernest E. Griffith,
age 7 (b. VT); son, William E. Griffith, age 5 (b. VT); son, Charlie E.
Griffith, age 3 years and 10 months (b. MA); and daughter, Grace M. Griffith,
age 1 (b. MA).
1930 US Census: Eugene E. Griffith, age 48 (b. NH;
parents b. NH) and employed as a janitor for a children's home, was heading a
household at 43 Girard Avenue in the City of Springfield, Hampden County,
Massachusetts. He married 1st at age
28. The household also included his
wife, Alice A. Griffith, age 39 (b. VT; parents b. VT), who married 1st at age
19; daughter, Agnes A. Griffith, age 19 (b. VT), single, and employed as an
office clerk in the memarier? industry; son, Ernest E. Griffith, age 18 (b.
VT), single, and employed doing research in a celluloid factory; son, William
E. Griffith, age 15 (b. VT); son, Charles B. Griffith, age 14 (b. MA);
daughter, Grace M. Griffith, age 11 (b. MA); daughter, Carrie L. Griffith, age
9 (b. MA); daughter, Ruth G. Griffith, age 6 (b. MA); and son, Richard
Griffith, age 1 (b. MA).
2. Wife: Alice Almira Chaffee
"Alice Elmira Chaffe" per her
marriage record)
Born 12 October 1891 in Athens Township, Windham County, Vermont;
daughter of Willie S. and Carrie
J. (Driscoll) Chaffee/Chaffe. Died 15 July 1965 in Manchester Township,
Hartford County, Connecticut. At age 19
married Ernest Eugene Griffith, age 28, on 1 June 1910 in Springfield Township,
Windsor County, Vermont.
3. Children:
a. Agnes Alice Griffith: Born 3 March 1911 in
Springfield Township, Windsor County, Vermont.
Died 25 May 1955 in Springfield Township, Hampden
County, Massachusetts. Married
Thomas W. Granville (b. 19 Aug 1904 in Madison Twp, Carroll Co., NH, d. 4 May 1974 in Chicopee Twp, Hampden Co., MA).
b. Ernest Edric Griffith: See generation 3,
below.
c. William E. Griffith: Born 4 September 1914 in
Springfield Township, Windsor County, Vermont.
d. Charles Benjamin Griffith: Born 26 February 1916
in Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died there January 1945. Married Ellen Louise Miller (b. 7 Jan 1915 in
Palmer Twp, Hampden Co., MA, d. 8 Sep 2008 in Warner
Robins Twp, Houston Co., GA) and had the following daughter:
(1. Frances Anne Griffith: Born 9 June 1936 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died there 7 November 2013. Married Paul F. Leary on 20
August 1954 in Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts.
e. Grace May Griffith: Born 25 December 1918 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died 12 June 2006 in Windham County,
Vermont. Married James William Diggins (b. 20 Apr 1912 in Rockingham Twp, Windham Co., VT,
d. 17 Sep 1955 in Bellows Falls Twp, Windham Co., VT)
and had the following children:
(1. Joseph Eugene Diggins:
Born 16 March 1939 at Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham
County, Vermont.
(2. Alice Mary Diggins:
Born 12 February 1942 at Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham
County, Vermont.
(3. James Richard Diggins:
Born 27 January 1944 at Bellows Falls, Rockingham Township, Windham
County, Vermont.
f. Carrie Louise Griffith: Born 8 August 1920 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died 24 August 2012.
g. Ruth Gladys Griffith: Born 5 December 1923 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died 20 June 1999 in
Hampden County, Massachusetts.
h. Richard Delno Griffith: Born 5 June 1928 in
Springfield Township, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Died 24 January 1985 in
Hartford County, Connecticut.
i. Dorothy Ellen Griffith: Born 1933 in
Massachusetts.
3 Ernest Edric Griffith:
Born 24 February 1912 in
Springfield Township, Windsor County, Vermont.
Died 29 November 1977 in New Bedford Township, Bristol County,
Massachusetts. Married Eleanor
Jennie Howard,
paragraph 2.(1.(a. of generation 3 the Cowen Annex, in 1938 in Springfield Township, Hampden County,
Massachusetts.
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