Griffith-Wright Family Bible Record, Lancaster County, Chester County, and Philadelphia

GRIFFITH-WRIGHT FAMILY BIBLE RECORD LANCASTER COUNTY, CHESTER COUNTY, AND PHILADELPHIA* This Bible record is on three preprinted pages. The Philadelphia marriage united a groom from Lancaster County and a bride from Waynesburg, Honey Brook Township, Chester County. The marriage and first three births appear to have been entered at the same time. The other two births are in the same handwriting. The deaths are in various handwritings. FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES George Griffith and Mary Wright was joined together in Holy Matrimony in the city of Philadelphia on the second day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty one by Revd Ii R Williams minister of the M Ii Church. |new page| FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS George Griffith was born in Lancaster County Penn* on the Fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty. (1820) Mary Wright was born in Waynesburg Chester County Penn'1 on the Ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Thirty one. (183 1 ) Charles Edwin Griffith Son of George and Mary Griffith was born on the Fourth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and Fifty Two: in the city of Philad'1 [ new column ] BIRTHS Wright in Philad'1 Griffith was on the Nineteenth day of June in the born John year of our Lord AD one thousand eight hundred and Fifty Six ( 1 856). Sahrah [s/c] Annie Griffith was born in Philadelphia on the Second day of September in the year of our Lord A.D. one thousand Eight hundred and Fifty nine ( 1859.) |new page \ FAMILY RECORD DEATHS John Wright Griffith died in Waynesburg Chester Co Pa May 3 1 M 1 873 Son of G. & M. Griffith [ new column| DEATHS George Griffith died October 12, 1913 in Honey Brook borough Chester county Pa. Mary Wright Griffith died Aug. 6 1918 in lloneybrook. From the GSP Bible Records Collection; transcribed by Sandra M. Hewlett, <x;. 350 Pennsylvania (ienealogical Magazine Vol. 46(2010) Griffith-Wright Family Bible Record 2010 357 Charles Edwin Griffith died May 19 1927 in Honey Brook. Annie S. Byle died July 2 4 1917 in Honey Brook \An original marriage certificate is in this file. All names hare been entered in elaborate letters, probably by one of the itinerant scribes who specialized in such documents. \ This is to certify that Mr George Griffith, of Chester Co. in the State of Penna. Ami Miss Mary Wright, of Chester Co. in the State of Penna. were joined together in Holy Matrimony by me, on the Second day of Oct. in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty-one. In presence of E. R. Williams, Minister Jacob Griffith, and others. ARTICLES OF PENNSYLVANIA INTEREST IN NON-PENNSYLVANIA JOURNALS his feature provides brief mentions of recent articles of interest to Pennsylvania researchers who might not otherwise find them easily, since they were published in non-Pennsylvania journals. T ■ ■ ■ * ■ ■ * Peter S. Craig, “The Toy and King f amilies of Senamensing, New Jersey,” Swed¬ ish Colonial News 4 #2(Summer 201()):2, 4-5. Gale Ion Harris, “Alexander2 Hazlett and his 'Anti-Slavery' Family of Indiana County, Pennsylvania,” The Genealogist 24(20 1 0):131 —62. Christopher Hodson, “Exile on Spruce Street: An Arcadian History,” William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series 67(2010):249-78. Alycon Trubey Pierce, “Isabella (Ili f T) Jones Shepherd’s First Husband of Penn¬ sylvania, Kentucky, and Ohio,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 97(2009): 165-78. Betty Lou Malesky, "Indirect Evidence Identifies Polly Vosburg, Wife of Jere¬ miah Gardner Carr of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 97(2009):277-86. Kathryn C. Torpey, “Using Indirect Evidence to Identify the Mother of Joseph McCloskey (1795-1875) of Clinton County, Pennsylvania,” National Genea¬ logical Society Quarterly 97( 2009):287-98. William Norman Stryker, William Allen Stryker, and John Barent Stryker, "Four¬ teen Peter Kenneys in Early New Jersey and Pennsylvania,” Genealogical Maga¬ zine of New Jersey 84(2009):99- 1 12; 85(2010):35-48.