Biographical Sketch of John GRIFFITH (1881); Chester County, PA

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from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881);

"JOHN, Griffith, son of John, Phillips and Ellen, his wife, was born in 
Pembrokeshire in Wales, in the year 1683, and arrived in Pennsylvania 2, 11, 
1709; married 7, 20, 1714, Ann, daughter of Robert and Gwen Williams, of Goshen, 
where she was born in 1700. They settled in Uchlan, where he died 6, 29, 1778, 
and his widow 6, 17, 1782. He was a minister among Friends near seventy years. 
His children were Joshua, b. 1, 31, 1720; Hannah, b. 1, 19, 1723; Jane, b. 2, 5, 
1725; Abel, b. 7, 22, 1727; Griffith, b. 8, 26, 1729; Esther, b. 1, 3, 1731; 
Robert, b. 7, 22, 1734; Sarah, b. 8, 31, 1736; and Reuben, who married Lydia, 
daughter of John and Joanna Townsend."

. There was, however, another Griffith John, "whose children bore the name of 
Jones." He  came from Wales about 1712, settled in Tredyffrin, and died in 1753.