Malinda Griffin daughter of John Griffin / Mary Tyler

Our first introduction to Malinda Griffin was in her father John Griffin’s (1778-1832) probate file. In the probate file in Chittenden County, Vermont she is listed as a minor child. During the process of settling John’s affairs we find her name in the ledgers of the Essex, VT. land deeds. During the final disposition of John’s extensive land holding we find a number of deeds between John’s widow, Mary Tyler, and her children. In those land deeds Malinda usually signs with her sister, Jane, and her husband, Erastus Bentley, who are listed as being from nearby Jericho, Vermont.----------- When we conducted the original research on John Griffin and his family we were not able to find any additional information on Malinda. Unlike her sisters we did not find a record of a marriage in the Essex, Vermont records. In our analysis of the family we estimated that she was probably born in Essex, VT. in about 1816/17.---------- Recently using the Ancestry.com search engine we referenced a death record for a Mary N Nott born 15 October 1843 in Jericho, VT. the daughter of William Oaks of Jericho and Malinda Griffin of Essex.--------- In the volume, “The History of Jericho, Vermont” we find detailed entries for many of the prominent families who settled in Jericho. One of the entries is for the family of David Oaks. As part of that entry we find a description of the family of David’s son, William E Oaks, and his wife Melinda Griffin. The history lists her date of birth as 12 July 1816 and her death as 25 February 1846. ------------- William E Oaks was born 9 October 1809 in New Hampshire. He died 14 December 1868 in Jericho, VT. He and Malinda are buried in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Jericho. ------------ Their daughter Mary as born 6 October 1843 in Jericho and died 24 December 1910 in Newton, Massachusetts. It was her death record that we discovered on Ancestry.com. Mary married Albert Nott , (1846-1903). They are buried with her parents in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Jericho. The census records indicate that the couple did not have any children.----------- John Oaks was born 14 February 1846 in Jericho. He died 16 March 1916 in Windsor, Vermont. He is buried in the Ascutney Cemetery in Windsor, Vermont. John married Mary Fassett 12 May 1867 in Jericho. There is almost no information to be found on Mary. John remarried 2 June 1891 in Clinton, Massachusetts taking Hattie F Ruggles as his second wife. We find a third marriage for John. He married Emma Spaulding on 7 November 1895. John Oaks and Mary Fassett were the parents of two sons, William E and Raymond John. William was born 20 May 1869. Raymond was born 28 April 1877. The Jericho History noted that both of them lived in New York.--------------------------------- Malinda / John Griffin / Samuel Griffin / Samuel Griffin of Killingworth, CT.