When Peter Griffin was christened on 19 April 1655, in Bishop's Itchington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Peter Griffin, was 43 and his mother, Lora Meece, was 29. He married Mary about 1676, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters.
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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’.
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