Name Meaning - Griffin
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 (partly translated) form of Gaelic Ó Gríobhtha ‘descendant of Gríobhtha’, a personal name from gríobh ‘gryphon’.
Meet the Griffin Family
James Griffin
Born - 1758
Finsbury, Islington, London, England
Death -
Marriage
-
23 October 1782
-
St Margaret Pattens, London, England
Lydia Davey
Born - 1760 England
Death -
1847
St. Luke, London, England
Children
William Griffin
Born - 1758 Finsbury, Islington, London, England
Death - 1783
Baptism - 12 October 1753 St Mary, Whitechapel, London
Family Information
James Griffin was born in 1758, in Finsbury, London, England, United Kingdom. He married Lydia Davey on 23 October 1782, in St Margaret Pattens with St Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons.
Lydia Davey was born in 1760, in England. She married James Griffin on 23 October 1782, in St Margaret Pattens with St Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died in 1847, in St Luke's Church, Canning Town, Newham, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87.
Brief Life History of William
When William Griffin was christened on 12 October 1783, in Whitechapel, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Griffin, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Davey, was 23.
Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Griffin was born on 15 May 1784, in City Road St Matthew, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Griffin, was 26 and his mother, Lydia Davey, was 24. He married Sarah Yates on 22 May 1809, in Barking and Dagenham, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1805. In 1843, at the age of 59, his occupation is listed as tradesman, a gunsmith, also a shoemaker in South Africa. He died on 24 September 1843, in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa, at the age of 59, and was buried in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
