Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for William GRIFFITTS

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William Griffitts, of Welsh descent, said to have been a son of James Griffitts,of Swanset, South Wales, and nephew of Thomas Griffitts, who came from Jamaica to Philadelphia and engaged in the shipping trade with Isaac Norris, whose daughter Mary he married in 1717. Thomas Griffitts became prominent
in the community; was a Provincial Councillor 1733-42; Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province 1732-4; Judge of Supreme Court from 1739 to his death in 1743; Mayor of Philadelphia from October, 1729, to October, 1730, and from October I, 1733, to October 1, 1737. William Griffitts was a prominent business
man of Philadelphia.

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