Susannah Pyle

Brief Life History of Susannah

When Susannah Pyle was born on 3 December 1718, in Bethel Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Pyle, was 24 and her mother, Mary Chamberlain, was 20. She married John Griest on 18 September 1736, in York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 15 May 1776, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

John Griest
1716–1780
Susannah Pyle
1718–1776
Marriage: 18 September 1736
Margaret Levan
1736–1810
Daniel Griest
1737–1787
Martha Griest
1739–1831
Mary Griest
1739–1831
John Griest
1742–1743
John Griest
1744–1744
Mary Griest
1745–1827
Maria Magdalena Griest
1748–1838
Hannah Griest
1748–1836
John Griest
1749–1804
Thomas Griest
1752–1834
Susannah Griest
1754–1754
Joseph Griest
1755–1835
Ann Griest
1757–1757
Lydia Griest
1758–1850

Sources (12)

  • Susanna Pyle, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Susanna Pyle, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • Susannah Pyle Grist, "Find a Grave Index"

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1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English pile ‘stake, post’ (via Old English from Latin pilum ‘spike, javelin’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a stake or post serving as a landmark, or sometimes perhaps a nickname for a tall thin person.

Americanized form of Dutch Pijl: metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, from pijl ‘arrow’.

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

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