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)
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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)
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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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