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Clarinda Griffen

Female 1776 - Bef 1818  (< 41 years)


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  • Name Clarinda Griffen 
    Born 16 Nov 1776  Hampton, Windham, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Bef 1818  Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3106  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family James Wells,   b. 4 Mar 1776, White Creek, Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1825, Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 7 Oct 1800  Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1668  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. FHL book 929.273 W462c "History and Genealogy of the Wells Family," comp. by John L. Cobb, 1999, pp. 74-75:
      "James Wells, a son of Edmund and Welthia Ann (Goodrich) W. of Cambridge, NY, born 4 Mar. 1776, White Creek, Cambridge district, NY; he married 1st, 7 Oct. 1800 at Cambridge, to Clarinda GRIFFIN, daughter of Benjamin and Chloe (HOWARD) G. of Windham and Hampton, CT, born 16 Nov. 1776, Hampton, Windham town and Co., CT and she apparently died by 1818 and he possibly married 2nd 21 Aug. 1818, to Lois SCOTT, daughter of John and Asenath (___) S. of Cambridge, NY, baptized 25 Dec. 1791 at Protestant Presbyterian Congregation, Cambridge. Clarinda had been a school teacher, he was a merchant and the family lived in Argyle, Galesville (Easton town) and then Union Village, Greenwich, on the Battenkill, Wash. Co., NY; he died 27 Mar. 1825 in the 50th year of his age, Bottskill Baptist Church record, Greenwich, Wash. Co., NY. Children by 1st marriage of James and Clarinda (GRIFFIN) Wells of Argyle and Greenwich, Wash. Co., NY: [Lists five children b. 1801-1815.]
      Refer: "Bottskill Baptist Church Records, Tombstone Inscriptions," by S.C. Wade 1901, 1995: 34; I.G.I.: NY: Wells; CT: GRIFFIN, as of Mar. 1992; A. Fitch's Notes for Hist.: Wash. Co., NY (30 Jan. 1850): 839; "Sleeper News," Nov. 1996: 4: 2: 2; Records: Prot. Presby. Church, Cambridge, NY.