Thomas Griffin

1741 -

• Name	Thomas Griffin
  Born	06 Feb 1741	Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Thomas Griffin, a lieutenant in a loyal colonial regiment, was captured with a number of other loyalists, among them his brother, Obadiah, and a cousin named Joseph Griffin. They were imprisoned in Albany jail. Thomas was tried by the so-called "Committee of Safety" and sentenced to be hanged for the crime of having accepted a commission in the British service. He was not a solitary case of that kind, other instances being recorded and probably many unrecorded. When the jailer announced to him that he was to be hanged next day, he said, "The man who will hang me is not born." He knocked the jailer down, with his handcuffs, took his keys, and liberated himself and his fellow loyalists. Joseph Griffin escaped to Canada and years later gave evidence at the sittings of the court appointed to adjust loyalist claims. Thomas and Obadiah made their way to Nova Scotia. They received grants of farm land, also lots in the new city of St. John. Thus they became pioneers in another new province, that part of Nova Scotia which became the province of New Brunswick.
  Person ID	I25921	Bryant
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Edward Griffin,   b. 1709, Flushing, Queens Co, New York ,   d. 1788, Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York
  Mother	Millicent Bishop,   b. Abt 1711,   d. Oct 1795, Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York
  Married	Abt 1730	New York
  Family ID	F2042	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Harris
  Married	Abt 1775	Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York
  Family ID	F2128	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 06 Feb 1741 - Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York Married - Abt 1775 - Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S80] Griffin-Bishop, Fam. Group Sheet, Linser, Jan, (P.O. Box 521, Cohasset, MN 55721, 10 May 1997). [S267] Griffin, Pioneer Family, Griffin, Justus A., (The Griffin & Richmond Co., Hamilton, Ontario, 1924), p.25.