When David Griffin was born on 24 April 1758, in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jasper Griffing V, was 31 and his mother, Eunice Rogers, was 24. He died on 13 October 1774, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 16.
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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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