Griffith GRIFFITH

1777 -

• Name	Griffith GRIFFITH
  Birth	1777  [1]
  Baptism	21 Jul 1777	Dolgellau, Merionethshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	V813
  Person ID	I813	VaughanDavies
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert GRIFFITH
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth GRIFFITH
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 Dec 1776	Dolgellau, Merionethshire   [2]
  Notes	Assuming that Robert and Elizabeth's marriage is in online records, and they were married in Merionethshire between 1770 and 1790, there are 2 possibilities, both with the same name for Elizabeth.Besides the one adopted, Robert Griffith married Elizabeth Griffith in Llandanwg in 1784. I have picked the Dolgellau marriage partly because their son Robert appears to say he was born several miles to the East of Dolgellau, and therefore even further from Llandanwg, and partly because son Robert is a mason, as his his presumed father Robert, according to the baptism records, which include children born before 1784. I notice they got married by licence, which did have a cost associated with it. They were both from the same parish, but it might be just snobbery, or perhaps one of them was not Anglican, but it seems the most likely might be, assuming they were the parents of Griffith (and I think they were), then she would have been pregnant, and so there was a need for speed.....
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 21 Jul 1777 - Dolgellau, Merionethshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Birthplace is not clear from the baptism register, but it is not Dolgellau, as he claims in the 1851 Census. However I think this is one of the family as there are no obvious Robert and Elizabeth Griffith's as alternative possibilities.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1019] Baptism register :- Dolgellau (1777). [S1017] Marriage register :- Dolgellau (1776).