Eunice Jane Griffin was born on 10 November 1817, in Georgia, United States as the daughter of Joseph Griffin. She married Isaac Whittaker Jones on 25 April 1837, in Wilkes, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Madison, Mississippi, United States in 1860 and Wartrace, Bedford, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 30 October 1901, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Wartrace, Bedford, Tennessee, United States.
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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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