Samuel Griffith

- Bef 1717

• Name	Samuel Griffith  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 3 Sep 1717	"Welshpool", Calvert County, Maryland   [2]
  Person ID	I27097	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth   d. Bef 16 Dec 1718, Calvert County, Maryland
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Griffith   d. Bef 16 Jun 1752, Prince George's County, Maryland
  Family ID	F16185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He is said to have emigrated with his wife and two servants to Maryland prior to June 1651. His plantation "Welshpool" (sometimes called "Welch Poole") was on the Patuxent River. On 21 Nov 1717, Samuel Griffith's will was contested by his son-in-law John Giles, who asserted that it had been dictated by Samuel's wife Elizabeth in order to override Samuel's previous will to the detriment of children other than Samuel Jr. Abstract of the will of Samuel Griffith: Samuel Griffith, sr., Calvert Co.; probate 3 Sep 1717 To daughters Martha Evans, Elizabeth Miles, Mary Bowers, Sarah Duvall, Rebecca Mobberly and Rachel Giles each 10 shillings sterling or £1 To grandchildren each a cow and a calf: Elizabeth Evans, d/o Martha; Mary Bowers, d/o Mary, Elizabeth Griffith, d/o Samuel, Jr.; and Rachel Giles, d/o Rachel To son Samuel Griffith dwelling plantation including all land and buildings Extxs: Wife and son Samuel Griffith, Jr. as executors and all residue

  
  

• Sources

  [S3780] Raymond Martin Bell, "Ancestors of Richard Milhous Nixon." The American Genealogist 46:85, 1970. [S3776] Colonial Families of the United States of America ed. George Norbury Mackenzie and Nelson Osgood Rhoades. 1912.