Luke Griffin

Male22 February 1756–20 June 1838

Brief Life History of Luke

When Luke Griffin was christened on 22 February 1756, in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, his father, Luke Griffin, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Flack, was 27. He married Sarah Wood on 23 September 1781, in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 daughters. He was buried in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England.

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Family Time Line

Luke Griffin
1756–1838
Sarah Wood
–
Marriage: 23 September 1781
Sarah Griffin
1782–
Frances Griffin
1782–
Elizabeth Griffin
1784–
Sarah Griffin
1786–
Mary Griffin
1787–
Ann Griffin
1789–
Martha Griffin
1792–1792
Frances Griffin
1794–

Sources (18)

  • Luke, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Luke Griffin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
  • Luke Griffin, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 September 1781Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England

    • Children (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (4)

    1770 · Boston Tea Party

    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    "On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."

    1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia

    The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh: from the personal name Gruffin, Griffin, a pet form of Middle Welsh Gruffudd. In the Welsh border counties this name was introduced directly from Welsh, and in the eastern counties of England by Bretons from France who came over with the Norman conquest.

    Irish: Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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