Brief Life History of Elizabeth Betty
When Elizabeth Betty Griffin was born on 17 March 1736, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Leroy Griffin, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Bertrand, was 21. She married Col Richard Adams Sr. on 10 April 1755, in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 December 1800, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Virginia, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Betty Griffin - Published information: birth-name: Elizabeth Betty Griffin
- Elizabeth Griffin, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- Elizabeth Griffin Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
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1758 · Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.
1775
Patrick Henry made his "Give me Liberty or Give me Death" speech in Richmond Virginia.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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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