Dan Griffin

Dan was the son of Samuel Griffin and Mercy Bailey. He made the move from Killingworth to Essex with has father and two brothers John and Samuel. His marriage in 1800 is the first to be recorded in the Essex town records. The family had moved to Essex in the late 1780's and his two older brother had previously married but it was not until about 1800 that births, deaths and marriages began to be recorded. Unfortunately some of our family history occurs during those lost years. In Dan's family during the next two generations we find a son and grandson named Daniel Almon Griffin. One went by Daniel the other Almon. It is a fair guess that our Dan shared the same name. Dan / Samuel / Samuel Griffin of Killingworth.