Person:Susanna Griffith (8)

Watchers
Susanna Griffith
d.Oct 1868
m. 6 Feb 1773
  1. Sarah GriffithAbt 1775 - Bef 1820
  2. Susanna Griffith1779 - 1868
  3. William Griffith1789 - 1845
m. Abt 1800
Facts and Events
Name[1] Susanna Griffith
Gender Female
Birth? 1779 Pennsylvania
Marriage Abt 1800 to John Blackburn
Death? Oct 1868
Burial? Spring Meadow FBG in East St. Clair Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

She was supposed to be married to John Griffith (parentage unknown). There is a possibility that she was not married and the John Griffith referred to was, in fact, her father. The Blackburn Database has the strange note under the John Griffith, husband of Susanna, which reads: "Father unknown for certain, other than he was a Blackburn of the Bedford County Blackburns." This note does not make sense, if Susanna's husband was really yet another John Griffith.

According to statements made by W.W. Griffith in his papers "When the husband of Susan Griffith, who was a John Griffith, signed this deed [property the father John Griffith had settled on his two daughters by his first marriage] he stated that his wife was Susan (using the past tense). the father, John Griffith, left Jesse Griffith, the son of Susan Griffith, some land stating that his mother had been his daughter, Susan Griffith. Susan Griffith is buried at Spring Meadows in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, beside her husband and near her father."

At the Friends Burial Cemetery in Spring Meadow, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, there are two stones for a Susanna Griffith, one gives death date as October 7, 1868, the other October. 2, 1868, both show her as being aged 89 yearrs , 8 months, 5 days.

References
  1. Kevin Howley <khowley@@aol.com>, 215-893-9343. Blackburn Family Association, Inc.. (www.blackburn-tree,org - 608 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146).

    608 South 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146, Kevin Howley <khowley@@aol.com>, 215-893-9343, www.blackburn-tree,org

  2.   Charles Heisterkamp, III, M.D..

    1949 Pine Drive, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, 17601-5529, kamp3genealogy@netscape.net