Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol. III, Part 107

Author: Stearns, Ezra S; Whitcher, William F. (William Frederick), 1845-1918; Parker, Edward E. (Edward Everett), 1842-1923
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: New York : Lewis Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 876


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(V) John Griffin, who was without doubt a son of Theophilos (2) and Hannah ( Fowler ) Griffin, resided for a time in Kingston, where part of his children were born. He was married September S, 1743. in .Kingston, to Hannah Bean, and they settled in time in Derryfield. The births of some of their children are recorded in both Kingston and Derry- field. Probably the first four were born in Kings- ton. They were : Hannah, "Ane," Sarai, John, Theophilus and Mary.


( VI) Theophilus (4), second son and fifth child of John and Hannah ( Bean) Griffin, was born October 25, 1754, in Derryfield ( now Manchester), and lived and died in that town. He married Sarah Martin. and their children were: James. John, Susanna. Polly, William, Sarah and Betsy.


(VII) James, eldest child of Theophelus (4) and Sarah ( Martin ) Griffin, was born January 24, 1785, in Derryfield where he passed his life, and was probably a farmer. His wife's name was Je- ru ia and their children were: George. James, Al- fred, Caroline ( died young ), Caroline, Edmund and Mary Jane.


(Vill) George, eldest child of James and Je- rucia Gridd'n, was born September 7, 1808, in Derry- field, where he grew up. In early manhood. he en- gged in the manufacture of woolen goods and fol- lowed it successfully in both his native state and in Massachusett. until about 1858, when he estab- lished himself in mercantile business at Manches- ter and continued in trade for a period of twenty year. In ISS5 he erected a summer hotel at York Beach. Maine, known as the Agamenticus Ilouse, and he made it a very popular resort, conducting it until his death, which occurred January 27, 1889. On September 20, 1820. he married Alice Clark (born January 15. 1808), and had a family of six children, namely: William Henry, born July 29, 1830 (died in i8;1) : Almenah J. born August 19, 1834 (died October 17, 1899) ; Claramond .A., born May 9, 1836; George W .. and Georgianna (twins), born April 2, 1839: Heber, born June 18, 1843.


(IX) George W. fourth child and second son of George and Alice (Clark) Griffin, was born in Lis- bon. New Hampshire, April 2, 1830. At the un- usually early age of seven years he began working in a woolen mill. and he continued his connection with the textile industry until he was twenty years old, and then became associated with mechanical work. In 1870 he became associated with Parker C. Hancock in the manufacture of patent scroll and hack saws at Franklin, under the firm name of G. W. Griffin & Company, and this concern has continued in business there ever since with excel- lent financial results. Although the production of these appliances was an innovation in New England,


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the enterprise has prospered and its annual output has reached large proportions. During the first year of the Civil war Mr. Griffin served as a musician in the First Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers. Under the old town government he served as a member of the board of selectmen, and since the in- corporation of Franklin as a city he has represented his ward in the common council. Ile is a Master Mason, and also a member of the Pilgrim Fathers. He married Adelaide M. Burgess, daughter of Bethuel and Mary ( Sturtevant ) Burgess. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin have had three children: Georgi nna, who died in infancy; Ralph B .. born August 4, 1866; and Ernest L., born June 20, 1870. Ralph, B. married for his first wife Ida J. Silver, who bore him two children: Dorothy A., born March 12. 1891; and Ellen, who died in infancy. His second wife was Lillian M. Lampron, and the children of this union are: Frances E., born November 27, 1899: and George R. Torn January 20, 1903. Ernest L., married Ellen V. Stewart.


( Second Family. )


GRIFFIN


The previous family treats of the de- scendants of Humphrey Griffin, of


who Ipswich, Massachusetts, was among the early English immigrants and left a numerous progeny. The founder of this line may have been a younger brother of Humphrey, but there is nothing in the records to show such rela- tionship. Descendants of both are now numerous in New Hampshire, bearing their due proportion of the responsibilities of civili. ation.


(I) Philip Griffin is styled a "planter" in the records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he bought a houselot in in57. and was subsequently killed by lightning. His widow. Ann (or Agnes), married again, and died November 24, 1682. Their children were: Hannah, Mary, and John.


(11) John, youngest child and only son of Phil- ip and Ann Griffin, was born November 4. 1756, in Salisbury, where he evidently passed his life. He subscribed to the cath of fidelity and allegiance there December. To77. was a resident in 1682, and was admitted to the Salisbury Church, August 26, 1716. He probally died carly in 1734. as his will, executed June IT. 1730, was proved May 7, 1734. He was married (first. published September 17, 1605 in Salisbury ). : ยป Susannah Brown, daughter of Philip and Mary ( Buswell) Brown of Salisbury. She was born March 8 1671. and died about 1705. He was married ( serend) March 28, 1706, to Han- nah Davis, of Salisbury, formerly of Haverhill, probably the daughter of Ephraim and Mary (John- son) Davis. She was born in February 15, 1676. There were five children of the first wife, and five of the second. namely: Philip. Mary. Isaac. Han- nah. Phebe, Arn, J hn, Ephraim, Su-annah and Jonathan.


(III) Isaac. third child and second son of John and Susanna ( Brown) Griffin, was born Decem- ber 21. Ifn, and was baptized and received in the Second Salisbury Church, December 12 1719. He resided in Kingston. New Hampshire, where record of the births of three children appear There were probably other children bern before his re- moval to Kingston. He was married in the latter place January 7. 1725. to Susanna Choongh, daugh- ter of John and Elizabeth (Long) Clough, of Salis- bury. She was born December 10, 1704, and bap- tized at the First Salisbury Church September 23, 1705. Their children recorded in New Hampshire


were: Phebe. Elizabeth. Isaac and Mary.


(IV) Isaac (2), only recorded son of Isaac (1) and Susanna (Clough) Griffin, was born Au- gust 5. 1731, in Kingston, and lived in what is East Kingston. He married Mary Rowell, and the rec- ords of East Kingston show the birth of two of their children, namely: Richard and Dorothy. (V) Richard. son of Isaac (2) and Mary ( Row- (ll) Griffin, was born March 26, 1753. in East Kingston, and was in late life a prominent citizen of Weare, this state.


"Richard Griffy" was a private in Captain Rob- ert Crawford's company. stationed on Great Island, New Hampshire, November 5, 1775 as shown by the Revolutionary Rolls. Richard Griffin was one of Captam Gordon's company, raised and muistered in the Seventh Regiment. December 16 and 17, 1776, to be under the command of Colonel David Gilman to recruit the American army till March 1, 1777. An account of the bounties advancement to Con- tinental soldiers by the town of Kingston between January 1, 1,77, and January. 1780, shows that there was piid into the treasury for the hire of one Berkherth and Richard Griffing in the year 1778, May 20, the sum of 154 pounds. Richard Griffin, of Captain Ben. Stone's company, Colonel Scam- mel's regiment, mustered March 21, 1777. w's re- ported dead June and July, 1778. Evidently the Richard of Kingston, was not dead at that time. as his name appears on the list of tax payers in Weare, between the year- 1788 and 1793. The "anabaptix" meeting house in South Weare having gotten very much out of repair. a new one fifty-six feet long and forty-five feet wide, with floor and gallery. was Onilt. and October 2, 1788, thirty-six men bid off the pews in the body of the house ranging from right pounds seven shillings to eighteen pounds, twelve shillings. Pew No. I. next the fore door, was bid off by Richard Griffin at fifteen pounds, cleven shillings, and only two pews brought more. Mr. Griffin was better off financially than his neighbors generally, or he was more liberal than most of them. By the articles of this sale one- fourth part of the price was to be paid in cash, and the rest in such material as the building community may want to furnish the house-"Either glass, nails, Rum, or lime will be excepted by them in place of cash." Richard Griffin married Sally Batchelder. of ITawk, and they had: Isaac, Nathan, whose sketch follows: Richard. Betsy and Polly.


(VD) Nathan, son of Richard and Sally { Batch- elder) Griffin, was born in Kensington, October 3. 1788. He was a farmer, and varied his employment hy sawing deck plank for ships built or repaired at Portsmouth. In ISIo he settled in Auburn. where he bought a one-half acre of land with a homise upen it, and worked for Jack Clark (with whom he came to Auburn) six years for fifty cents a day. Ile was very economical. and invested every dollar he could spare in land. He was a Democrat. and served as selectman. In religious faith he was a Methodist. He married, March 15, 1818. Sally Frans. of Weare, daughter of Samuel Evans She clied. 1873 aged seventy-eight years. They had four children: Paige S, George G., French 1, and Sebastine S.


(VII) George Gould, second son and chil of Nathan and Sally (Evans) Griffin, was born in Anburn. June 18, 1823, and died there March o. 1801. Ile owned a farm and saw mills, which he operated, and also dealt in real estate He was a Democrat, was selectman, and filled minor offices. Ile married. March, 1840, Jane C. Mead, who was


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born in Candia, January 13, 1823, daughter of Jacob and Lois (Johnson ) Mead. Their children were: Willard H., and John P., who is the subject of the next paragraph.


(VIII ) John Page, son of George B. and Jane C. ( Mcad) Griffin, was born in Auburn. July 1, 1853. and got his education in the common schools. For reven summers he teamed in Manchester. He then went into the grocery business, built a store and was postmaster at Auburn Village two years. He sold out his business in 1800 to Thomas Emery, and has since farmed the homestead and lumbered. He was a Democrat in politics until the tariff and free silver questions filled the political field, and since 1896 he has been a Republican. He was treasurer of Auburn four years, selectman two years and a member of the board of education three years. He is a member of Rockingham Lodge No. 76. Free and Accepted Ma ons of Candia: Ada Chapter. No. 0. Order of Eastern Star: Massabesic Grange. No. 127. Patrons of Husbandry, of Auburn, and of the Amoskeag Veterans of Manchester. He married, September 6, 1881, Levina Reynolds, who was born December 1. 1850 daughter of Joshua and Elizabeth ( Thatcher) Reynolds, of Patton, Province of Que- bec. She is a Methodist, a member of Ada Chap- ter No. 9. Order of the Eastern Star, and of Massa- besic Grange, No. 127, Patrons of Husbandry. They have four children: Jennie. Abbie G., Charles N .. and Angie L. Jennie married Clarence Drayton, resides in Manchester, and has a son Clarence. Ab- bie G., married Augustus Clark, of Manchester, and has a son Charles. Charles N. married Rose Stu- ber, resides with his parents. Angie L. is at school. ( Third Family. )


This name is of Welsh origin, but GRIFFIN the traditions of the family which is the subject of this sketch. point to a Scotch ancestry. As a surname Griffin is found in some form in most modern languages of Europe. The figure of the fabulous Griffin of antiquity is very common in coats-of-arms, usually represented with the body and feet of a lion, and the head and wings of an eagle or a vulture, signifying the union of strength with agility. In some instances the name Griffin may have been bestowed on a man because of his strength and agility.


(I) Daniel Griffin was a resident of Tewks- bury, Massachusetts, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary army. He was probably a scion of one of the early Scotch families which came to Mas- sachusetts in 1718 or soon thereafter. His wife's name was Beulah.


( II) Uriah, son of Daniel and Beulah Griffin, was born Angust 0. 1744. in Tewksbury, Massa- chusetts, where he resided. His wife, Mercy, died February 18, 1807. He was selectman of Tewks- bury in 1779.


(III) George, one of the younger sons of Uriah and Mercy Griffin was horn December 20, 1780, in Tewksbury. Massachusetts. He was a blacksmith by trade and a man of sterling character, a member of the Congregational Church, and the holder of a captain's commission in the militia. He married Judith Chase, a descendant of the Hannah Dustin, who was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts. February 15, 1788. Their children were: Harriet, George H .. Ann M., Mary J., Henry D., and Walter.


(IV) Henry Dustin Griffin, son of George and Judith ( Chase) Griffin, was born in Bradford (now South Groveland), Massachusetts, December 5,


1822, and died March 20, 1862. He was educated in the common schools and at Topsfield Academy. He was a teacher in the earlier and later portions of his life, and during middle age he was a shoe- maker and dealer. For years he was a member of the school committed. In religion he was a Con- gregationalist. He married. August 26, 1850, at Limerick, Maine, Sabrina Knight Carr, born April 12, 1830, who was the daughter of John and Mary ( Smith ) Carr. They had three children: Ellen Frances, Annie Estelle, and Willard Henry. Ellen F, born August 5. 1851, married Daniel Augustus Caldwell (since deceased ) shoe manufacturer of Lynn, Massachusetts. Annie E., November 8,


. 1852, married Charles Edward Poor, shoe con- tractor, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Willard H .. is mentioned in the next paragraph.


(V) Willard Henry, only son and third child of Henry D. and Sabrina Knight ( Carr) Griffin, was born in Groveland, Massachusetts, April 28, 1857. He was educated in the common schools of Grove- land and at the high school in Georgetown, Massa- chusetts. . At seventeen years of age he commenced work as a shoemaker in Danvers Massachusetts, where he remained until he was twenty. In 1878 with his brother-in-law. Charles E. Poor, Mr. Griffin, under the firm name of Poor & Griffin, contracted shoes, that is, they took the ready made uppers and turned them out finished shoes. This partnership employed from twenty-five to fifty persons. and continued until 1884. the factory being situated at South Groveland and Haverhill. After disposing of his interest to his partner. Mr. Griffin spent the following year superintending the shoe factory of Chase & Chamberlain at Strafford Bow Lake, New Hampshire. In 1885 the firm of Chase, Chamber- lain & Company, of which Mr. Griffin was the company, was formed, and the following eight years manufactured shoes at Henniker, New Hamp- shire, and employed from one hundred to one hun- dred and fifty persons. The business was removed in 1873 to Raymond, where it was continued until 1875. when Mr. Griffin disposed of his interest and settled in Manchester, and with Leander A. Cogs- well formed the firm of Griffin & Cogswell which continued until June 15, 1906, when Mr. Griffin's purchased his partner's interest. Mr. Griffin now carries on this industry alone, and employs from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty operatives and turns out about three hundred and fifty thousand pairs of shoes annually.


He married. 1878. Jennie Greenwood, born at West Boxford, Massachusetts, 1857. daughter of Samuel M. and Sarah (Gamir) Greenwood. They have had five children: Gertrude S., Wayne W .. Helen F., Vaughn D., and Dorothy.


As this family did not come to Amer-


GRIFFIN ica till the middle of the nineteenth century. it cannot be considered a branch of the families of the same name whose history has previously been traced through eight


generations The American founder of the family. Griffin was born in 1822, in county Cork. Ire-


land. After such school advantages as the neigh- borhood afforded. he came to America in 1848 and settled on a farm near Walpole, New Hampshire. where he remained ten years. He then moved to Alstead where he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, one of the best in town, which he suc- cessfully cultivated till 1001, when he moved into Alstead village, where he died. He was a Democrat


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and a Catholic. He married Bridget O'Connor, daughter of Patrick O'Connor, who was born in county Clare. Ireland, about 1822. They had one child, Patrick Edward, whose sketch follows. Mr. Griffin died in January, 1905, and his widow now lives with her son at North Walpole.


Patrick Edward, only child of - and Bridget (O'Connor) Griffin, was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, October 11. 1856. He attended the pub- lic schools in Alstead, and then acquired the car- penter's trade, working for three years for D. C. Ordway, a contractor and huilder of Bellows Falls, Vermont. Mr. Griffin then learned the manufac- ture of paper in the Fall Mountain Company of Bellows Falls, where he remained for thirty-one years. During the last twenty years of that time he was foreman of the shipping, finishing, cutting and stock department. and had charge of from thirty to forty men. On April 21, 1906, he left this busi- ness and bought the Manilla Bottling Company. Mr. Griffin remodelled the store, and the business is now known as the Crescent Bottling Company, a wholesale bottling establishment of which he is the junior partner. with C. J. O'Neil. He is also one of the proprietors of the Red Cross Pharmacy, which was purchased in June, 1906. He has handled real estate to a considerable extent, and done much. building. In politics Mr. Griffin is a Democrat with a leaning toward independence. He was a member of the school board four years. and was selectman for two terms. He represented Walpole in the legis- lature of 1883-85-87, serving on the roads, bridges and canals committee and various others. In 1893- 94, he was deputy sheriff for Cheshire county, and has the honor of being the only Democrat to hold the office. He has been a member of the Bridge Memorial Library committee since its organiza- tion. He was one of the promoters of the North Walpole Aqueduct Company, and for five years was treasurer and manager of the company which was finally sold to the town in 1890. He has been treasurer of the North Walpole precinct; a director and stockholder in the Fall Mountain Brewing Company, and its clerk for eighteen years; and pres- ident of the Bellows Falls Driving Club, which he helped establish in 1005. He was instrumental in securing the charter and otherwise promoting the Alstead and Acworth Railway system which was sold to Copely-Amory. Mr. Griffin belongs to the Catholic Church, and for twenty-five years was treasurer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division No. 2, of North Walpole. He also belongs to the Foresters, Court William French of Bellows Falls, and to the Bellows Falls Board of Trade. He was chairman of the original new bridge committee, and worked hard for the bridge.


On December 10, 1870, Patrick Edward Griffin married Annie Shechan, daughter of William Shee- ban, who was born in Wisconsin, September. 1858. They have four children: Edward, Annie, George and Fred. Edward is a graduate of the Bellows Falls high school, and is now with the Vermont Farm Machinery Company of that place: he mar- ried Lula McCloud, and they have one child, Ken- neth. Annie is a graduate of the Bellows Falls high school. and married Joseph Forsier: they have one child. Edward. George is at present a student in the Bellows Falls high school. Fred is a pupil in high school at North Walpole.


According to Savage the earliest Berry BERRY to arrive in this country was William. who was in Portsmouth in 1631. sent there by Mason for his plantation, but who in 1635 removed to Newbury, Massachusetts, where he was iv -- 11


made a freeman, May 18, 1642. Several other emi- grants of the name came later. Some if not all came from England. The Berry family of Chi- chester and vicinity trace their lineage back to William.


(1) William Berry emigrated to this country with fifty of Mason's men. He died in 1654. His children were : Elizabeth, who married John Locke; John, who married Susannah -; Joseph. who married Rachel -, of Portsmouth; James and William.


(11) William (2), fourth son and youngest child of William (1) Berry, married and had Thomas, and probably other children.


(III) Thomas, son of William (2) Berry, was born in 1688. He resided in Greenland, and built the house on the north side of the road which was occupied in 1878 by Thomas Jefferson Berry. He married Mehitable -, by whom he had: \Vil- liam, born February 29. 1720: Mary. September 1, 1725, and Thomas. February 27, 1731. He may also have had other children.


(IV) Thomas (2), son of Thomas and Mehit- able Berry, was born February 27. 1731. He was a captain in the army of the Revolution. He lived in Greenland on the west side of the road. He mar- ried Abigail, daughter of Deacon John Lane, of Ilampton. Their children were: Joshua. born Sep- tember 27. 1755, married Mary Cate, of Pittsfield. and died September 27, 1828; Mary, March 23. 1757. died 5,


March 1760; Mehitable, February 16, 1759. married her cousin, Lieu- tenant Thomas Berry. and died November 16. 1823; Isaiah, April 6, 1761, married Bath- sheba Shaw, and died June 9, 1845: Thomas, June 20. 1764. died January 26. 1767: Major William, of whom later: Thomas February 27. 1768. married Mary Lane, and died October 25. 1847; Abigail. September 16, 1771, married Jacob Brown, of Hamp- ton Falls. and died December 20, 1833: Elizabeth, April 15. 1773. married William, a brother of Ja- cob Brown, and died January 31, 1844; and John, April 20, 1780. (The last named and descendants receive mention in this article.)


(V) Major William (3), third son and fifth child child of Thomas (2) and Abigail (Lane) Berry, was born June 20, 1766, and died July 8. 1847. He married Rachel Ward, by whom he had children: Edward, born July 16, 1787, married (first) Susan Brown, and (second) Annie Coe : Thomas, horn November 1. 1788, married Nancy Shaw: William, born March 13, 1790. married ( first ) Mary French, April 10. 1817. and (second) Lucretia (French) Swett. February 7. 1844, and died August 20. 1869: John, born October 18, 1701; Ilannah. married Cotton M. Drake, of Pittsfield : Mchitable, married John Sherburn, of Northwood ; Cotton who died December 22. 1831: Isaiah, mar- ried Rhoda, daughter of Deacon John Lane, and died April, 1870: Gilman, who died near Mason. Michigan: and Abigail, married Samuel Gilman.


(VI) John. fourth son and child of Major Wil- liam and Rachel (Ward) Berry, was born October 18, 1791, and died September 1.4, 1880. He mar- ried Marianna Hogan, and their children were : Marianna McDonough, horn November 22. 1825, died March 18, 1853: John M .Donough, Sept. 18, 1827. married Alice Parker, and died November 8, 1887: Fdward llogan, May 11, 1829. married. September 25. 1854. Maria Harvey, and died December IS, 1808: Susan B .. April 22, 1831, died May 6. 1854: Elizabeth Hogan. February 13. 1833. married John P Nutter. April 3. 1856, and died in Concord, June 10. 1800: Edwin, July 3, 1835, died Angest 20, 1836 : William Fdwin, July 3 18. 7, is ot ] farther in


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this article; Ellen. July 28, 1839, died October S, IS41 ; Albert Frank, September 1. 1841, died August 17. 1874. and was buried in the United States cem- etery in Pembina, and Frederick Benton, January 28, 1844. died September 14. 1877. Of these children John McDonough Berry was the most distinguished and at the time of his death was the senior associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota.


(VII) William Edwin, fourth son and sixth child of John and Marianna ( Hogan ) Berry, was born in Pittsfield, July 3. 1837. and died April 10, ISSI. He had one child, Clarence Edwin Berry.


(VIII) Clarence Edwin, son of William Edwin Berry, was born in Pittsfield, February 18, 1866. He received his education in the public schools of his native town. Gilmanton Academy, and Pittsfield Academy under the instruction of Professor D. K. Foster. He is a farmer. and also has charge of the Floral Park cemetery. In his religious affilia- tion he is a Congregationalist. He married, May 12, 1898, Susan, daughter of Reuben Lowell and Mary J. (Nutter) French. His wife was educated in the public schools and academy of Pittsfield and Bradford Academy. They have one child, Janet French, born August 14. 1902.


(V) John (2), sixth son and tenth child of Thomas and Abigail (Lane) Berry, was born in Greenland. April 26, 1780. He married Sarah, daughter of Major James Drake, Pittsfield, Feb- ruary 16, 1803. His wife was born August 7. 1785, and died April 7. 1869. He died November 6, 1857. Their children were: Abigail, born May 3. 1804. married. December 23. 1825. Joshua Lane. (born April 1. 1708, died August 28, 1883) and died December 30, 1891 : Thomas, born October 13, 1805: Hannah. born October 24. ISO ;. married, January 29, 1828. Joseph Brown thorn February 7, 1796, and died November 28, 1838), and died Oc- tober 12, 1802: John Calvin. born February IS, 1815, married. May 8. 1836, Sarah Ann Bean (born May 27. 18:6, and died April 11, 1856) and died April 28, 1881: and Sarah Jane. born September 14. 1818, married Sylvester H. French, April 24, 1839 (born June 12, 1812, and died September 15, 1888).




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