Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Griffin Or Griffing was born on 3 April 1793, in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Nathaniel Griffin, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Landon, was 25. She died on 26 September 1794, in Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in West Side Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Mary Griffing, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Mary Griffing, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"
- Mary Griffing, "Find a Grave Index"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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