Patriot: Griffiths, Samuel (2, p.138(4)(5)(6)(N)

SAR #: P-170845 (5)

DAR #: A048405 (6)

Birth

Date: 1752 (5) May 7, 1752 (2)(4)(6)

Location: Frederick Co. MD (6)


Marriage

Date: April 1, 1779 (Berry) (2)

Spouse: #1) Rachel Warfield (5)(6) #2) Ruth Berry (2)(5)(6)

Location:

Children: Israel (4)(6), Catherine, Henry Berry, Richard Henry, Jefferson, Horatio, Alfred, Sarah, Michael Berry. (6) Ruth H., Betsy Matthews, Philemon (2)


Support for American Revolution

Military Service: Captain. (5) Captain 3rd Regt. under Col. Mordecai Gist. Quartermaster in Col. Charles G. Griffith’s Maryland Regt. (2)(6) Commissioned Captain 3rd Maryland Regulars Continental Army Dec. 10, 1776. (4)

Public Service:

Civilian Aid:

Oath of Allegiance:

Residency: Newfoundland MC (2)


Death

Date: 1833 (5) May 12, 1833 (2)(4)(6)

Cemetery: Laytonsville United Methodist Cemetery, Laytonsville (2)(3)(4)(5)(N)

Find-A-Grave #: 130694827 (4)

Headstone GPS Coordinates:

Marked:


Notes: Surname spelled Griffith in DAR records and Peden. Pension W4214 1818. (2)(6) Cemetery location listed in DAR Magazine Vol. 51 #4 Oct. 1917 p. 205.


Last Updated: 1 / 4 / 2015


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(1) MDSSAR Patriot Index (no longer active)

(2) "Revolutionary Patriots of Montgomery County, Maryland 1776-1783" by Henry C. Peden, Jr.

(3) Montgomery County Cemetery Inventory

(4) Find A Grave

(5) NSSAR Patriot Research System

(6) NSDAR Genealogical Research System

(N) See Notes section of record for additional information about this field.

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